Jaz Wiseman, an author and historian, is our guest today on WHAT'S THE SCORE. Jaz primarily writes about British TV shows from the 1960s, such as THE SAINT, THE PERSUADERS, and DANGER MAN. These were all created by ITC, a firm owned by Sir Lew Grade. On the program, Jaz…
Kara Talve is a Grammy and four-time Emmy Award-nominated composer for film and television, and she is a principal composer at Bleeding Fingers Music. Founded by Hans Zimmer and Steve Kofsky, Bleeding Fingers Music is a custom scoring company in the film and television industry. Talve is known for scoring…
On today's program, I'll be playing for you music from Varese Sarabande's CD Club releases, including music from their new release of Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell and John Debney's score to the 2005 comic book film, SIN CITY. You'll also hear selections from previous club releases like THE SCORPION KING…
In this final part of our seven-part series counting down the TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY, we will conclude the countdown with the presentation of scores 5-1. In this episode, you'll hear selections from Conrad Pope, Daft Punk, John Williams, John Powell and James Newton Howard. If you…
This episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME explores the sordid world of 80's & 90's erotic thrillers—flippantly described as "bunny boilers" in the trades. The genre exploded into the mainstream with FATAL ATTRACTION, saw the rewriting of its musical DNA with BASIC INSTINCT, and exists today in a hibernative state,…
Jeff Beal is a prolific composer who has scored hundreds of films and series, including House of Cards (Netflix), Rome (HBO), Carnivàle (HBO), and Monk (USA Network), as well as the films Pollock and Appaloosa and numerous acclaimed documentaries. His recent project is a new symphonic score for the 1927 silent film classic Metropolis, widely regarded as one of the most…
CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO has added a new podcast to the network. WHAT'S THE SCORE and its host, Frank R. Wilson, decided to produce a podcast introducing him to his new listeners. In this episode, you'll learn about Frank's background, some of his favourite film music, and his opinions on how…
Welcome to the first-ever FREE edition of the SIX DEGREES OF SCORES. This is a new sub-genre show that connects one score to the next through composers, genres, actors, directors, and music styles. Episode one (which you can listen to for FREE by clicking HERE) premiered on Patreon last month…