Today, on THE 1UPBEAT, we celebrate the great Koji Kondo’s 65th birthday with a look back on his career, with particular focus on his early and later lesser-known works. Skipping his well-known game scores from the late 80s and the 90s, you’ll hear Kondo’s music from his early years at…
In this episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME, we explore a fun theme called "Vacations Gone Wrong" to an either horrifying or hilarious degree. (I feel like in movies, there are only those two extremes.) This is part one of a two-parter, and the second part will be along shortly.…
As the Super Mario Bros. series continues the yearlong celebration of its 40th anniversary, we take a look back at its decades-long history via the musical arrangements featured in 2025’s Mario Kart World. The game’s free-roam mode features brand new arrangements of music from every single game in the series.…
As the Super Mario Bros. series continues the yearlong celebration of its 40th anniversary, we take a look back at its decades-long history via the musical arrangements featured in 2025’s Mario Kart World. The game’s free-roam mode features brand new arrangements of music from every single game in the series.…
Our guest hails from Greece, where she attended several acting schools and appeared in numerous plays, television shows, and films. She then pursued her dream by relocating to Los Angeles, where she appeared in several independent films and began writing screenplays. Her playlist includes music by Hans Zimmer, John Williams,…
Here is part two of my favourite scores of 2025, which will be presented in alphabetical order. On the program today, you will hear music by Michael Giacchino, Fil Eisler, Alan Silvestri, Sonya Belousova, Giona Ostinelli, Cameron Moody, John Powell and Stephen Schwartz. At the end of the show I…
Back in May 2025, my friend and David Arnold super-fan Brendan Anderson reached out to me with an idea of producing a podcast episode celebrating the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Roland Emmerich epic sci-fi-action film INDEPENDENCE DAY. In that message, he mentioned the possibility of interviewing David Arnold while…
Our guest is a long-time host of the Canadian film music radio program VISIONS IN SOUND. His score knowledge is impressive, and our conversation, as well as the interesting selection of music, much of which is by composers who have never appeared on our program, will undoubtedly pique your interest.…