The Goldsmith Odyssey

Earlier this year the good folks at Intrada Records served up the world premiere release of Jerry Goldsmith's lively score for the 1963 comedy Take Her, She's Mine , and that album is now getting its own Soundtrack Spotlight! Yavar and David are joined by three of the album's key participants: Mike Matessino (who produced the album), Chris Malone (who did the painstaking restoration...

After joining us for what turned out to be a full-blown Odyssey Interview , composer Carlos Rafael Rivera (currently earning widespread acclaim for his fine work on the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit ) was kind enough to stick around for an examination of the Goldsmith-scored Rawhide episode "Incident in the Middle of Nowhere." It's a dynamic, exciting effort that both f...

In their historic second episode of Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight , Doug Fake joins Yavar to discuss Intrada Records' latest expansion of a classic Jerry Goldsmith score, written for Rod Lurie's 2001 military prison drama The Last Castle . So pour yourself a glass of whiskey, sit back in your comfortable armchair overlooking Fort Leavenworth, turn on your vintage sound system, and let Dou...

The Odyssey team is thrilled to welcome a very special guest: film composer (and bona fide Goldsmith enthusiast) Carlos Rafael Rivera, whose music for the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit ranks as one of the year's most compelling original scores. When your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark began recording this episode, our intention was to interview Carlos for about thirty minut...

We're late, we're late For a very important date No time to say hello and welcome to The Goldsmith Odyssey A chronological journey through the filmography of Jerry Goldsmith In this episode, your humble hosts Yavar, David, and Clark Take a look at the Thriller installment "Late Date" A sharply-directed (if intermittently frustrating) hour of television Featuring one of the most...

There is a vast estate. Within that estate, there is some moorland. Within that moorland, there is an old castle. Within that old castle, there is a well. Within that well, there are your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark, splashing and fumbling in the dark, searching for a way out. To achieve this goal, they must explore a particularly moody episode of “Thriller,” and uncover the many secrets...

The Goldsmith Odyssey is thrilled to present a brand new sub-series! In our very first Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlight , Yavar chats with Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson of Intrada Records about their forthcoming release of Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 1973 crime drama The Don Is Dead . Over the course of this half-hour chat, you'll hear about the movie's place in pop culture hist...

The latest Odyssey Interview is our longest single episode to date, but we believe it's well worth the time. Mastering Engineer Chris Malone joins Yavar and David for a detailed, wide-ranging conversation about the myriad complexities of film music restoration, memories of tackling his first restoration project for Film Score Monthly , working on Goldsmith soundtrack releases like Take Her, S...

Ever wonder what a ballet set to the music of Capricorn One might be like? For our latest Gold Nugget , Jens sits down with film critic and film music enthusiast Bryan Erdy, who talks about his pair of first-hand encounters with Jerry Goldsmith, conversations with other notable film composers (including Michael Giacchino, Danny Elfman, and Tom Holkenborg) who expressed admiration for Jerry, fright...

Who wants seconds? Hot on the heels of our first installment, here's part two of Yavar and David's Odyssey Interview with soundtrack album editor and producer Neil S. Bulk. In this part of the conversation, Neil offers his memories of working on a host of additional Goldsmith scores ( Gremlins 2: The New Batch , Star Trek: The Motion Picture , Total Recall , The Great Train Robbery , and...

Double your interview, double your fun! The latest Odyssey Interview not only offers two installments, but two interviewers: Yavar and David team up for a wide-ranging chat with renowned soundtrack album editor and producer Neil S. Bulk. In the first half of their conversation, Neil talks about how he got his start in the world of film music album production thanks to Mike Matessino, working with...

On infrequent occasions, members of the Goldsmith Odyssey team will disagree about something. On rare occasions, we will disagree about something without even realizing it. On the rarest of occasions —just the once, so far— examining the cause and nature of that disagreement requires its own miniature episode. Something a little less than a Gold Nugget , and a little more than Gold Dust . Join Dav...

Dear Goldsmith Odyssey Listeners, In these uncertain times, we want to remind all of our loyal customers that we are here for you. In response to the unprecedented events that we are all experiencing, we are taking a series of new measures to ensure a satisfactory podcast experience. Measures taken in the latest Gold Nugget include: The return of all four core members of the Goldsmith Odyssey Fami...

The Goldsmith Odyssey s of this world don't come back. Comebacks are for ordinary podcasts. I don't know, maybe there never was a Goldsmith Odyssey . Maybe it's just the eternal fresh carnation, the eternal grin, the eternal hope. It's a legend. A legend that plays like a podcast. Well, here's to both of 'em: the legend... and the podcast. Within that podcast, your hu...

Don't miss the fascinating conclusion of Yavar's conversation with film music scholar Nasrollah Davoodi! After opening with a discussion of Jerry Goldsmith's assorted forays into the Middle East (in works such as Justine , The Wind and the Lion , and The Mummy ), Davoodi offers a crash course in the history of Iranian art music and a tour through some of the most important composers...

Grab your passport, because Odyssey Interviews is journeying to new and exotic lands! This time, we're pleased to present part one of an in-depth conversation between Yavar and Iranian film music scholar Nasrollah Davoodi, who gave a Jerry Goldsmith lecture in Tehran just last year. Their wide-ranging chat touches on a host of topics, from the political urgency of Goldsmith's music for U...

The Goldsmith Odyssey plays a round of musical chairs as former host Jens returns to his former seat to fill in for the absent Clark. Well, to be accurate, Jens's seat is currently occupied by David, and Yavar is in the same seat he's always been in, so Jens is actually in Clark's seat. Unless David sat there? Entirely possible Yavar sat there. I'm not sure if... anyway, your t...

An episode so nice we recorded it twice! This time, your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark, along with special guest Jeff Bond - graciously agreeing to return after technical snafus thwarted our initial recording with him - take a look at the Thriller episode "Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook." In addition to spotlighting a memorably vivid Goldsmith score (offering lovely melodies, thrilling ac...

One great composer pays tribute to another! In Yavar's latest Odyssey Interview, Oscar-nominated composer Bruce Broughton ( Silverado , Young Sherlock Holmes , Tombstone ) shares numerous memories of his colleague Jerry Goldsmith. Additionally, Broughton offers a host of thoughts on key moments from his own career: his early days as a television composer, memories of some of his major feature...

This episode marks the latest installment of a seemingly never-ending blood feud between the Goldsmith Odyssey family and the notorious Time clan (led by the eternally stubborn Father Time). Your humble hosts David, Yavar, and Clark have killed a whole lot of hours over the course of this podcast, and eagerly take out three more in the process of discussing two episodes of Gunsmoke: "Love Thy...

Cards on the table: the latest Odyssey Interview doesn't devote a lot of time to Jerry Goldsmith. However, we imagine that most Goldsmith fans are also fans of the great Elmer Bernstein, whose career mirrored Goldsmith's in a number of ways. Yavar has an in-depth conversation with Elmer's son Peter Bernstein, who discusses memories of growing up in the world of film music, his succe...

From working on the replacement score for Richard Donner's Timeline to re-recording the Universal Studios logo music to taking over scoring duties for the Rambo franchise, composer Brian Tyler has made a host of surprising Jerry Goldsmith connections over the course of his impressive career. In this engaging Odyssey Interview , Yavar chats with Tyler about meeting Jerry, the many Goldsmith-re...

Our journey through Jerry Goldsmith's contributions to The Twilight Zone (the TV series, anyway – give us a few* years and we'll get to the movie) concludes in epic fashion with a plus-sized installment featuring TWO special guests. This time, we're taking a look at the iconic episode "The Invaders," a nearly dialogue-free affair that proves an exceptional canvas for Golds...

If you're a fan of Jerry Goldsmith's music (and of course you are, because you're here, reading this), you've almost certainly enjoyed the work of recording engineer Mike Ross-Trevor, who worked with Jerry on a wide variety of projects in the '80s and '90s. In this revealing Odyssey Interview , Mike talks to Yavar about his memories of working on many different scores...

The Empire Strikes Back . The Godfather Part II . Lionheart Volume Two . The best sequels thoughtfully build on the foundation of their predecessors, and the second installment of Yavar's interview with Robert Townson certainly does so. This time around, Robert reveals a variety of unrealized projects he had hoped to work on with Jerry, shares memorable moments from the final years of Jerry&a...