Welcome one and all to this very special International Podcast Day broadcast here on CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO. I'm Erik Woods the host and producer of CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO and today's program is a film music roundtable discussion. On September 22nd, Jason Drury the host of THE ARCHIVE on CINEMATIC SOUND…
I found out REALLY early this morning (3am) that we lost a giant in the film music world. Beth Krakower sadly lost her long battle with breast cancer. My heart sank when I heard the news. I've never met Beth, but I've known her for years... decades even. Like many…
It's official! Erik Woods will be returning to CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO very soon, BREAKING THE WAVES, a new show dedicated to electronic music makes its debut this week, Jason Drury holds down the fort and we are officially nominated for a 2018 Podcast Award!!!! Check out the video below for more…
ARTICLE UPDATED: AUGUST 14, 2025 On June 22, 2015, the film music community lost one of its legends when two-time Academy Award-winning composer James Horner died in a tragic accident when his S-312 Tucano MK1 turboprop crashed 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. He was sixty-one years old. Throughout the…
| TRANSCRIPTION OF EPISODE | Hello everyone, Erik here, and I’m just kind of in the middle of something. It is related to the radio show and I have a little time on my own this weekend and just kind of reflecting on my message that I put on Twitter…
On Saturday, September 12th, at midnight I was honoured to be apart of Robert Daniels' VISIONS IN SOUND 780th episode. Robert kindly invited me onto his fantastic Kitchener, Ontario based film music radio program to chat film, TV and video game music and play some of our favourite scores. We chatted…
I remember reading a quote by the famous English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams addressing a class of composition students on the merits of composing for film. He said that having a defined deadline meant the composer didn't have the luxury of time to hem and haw over every little note…
On Sunday, September 8th at stupid o'clock I was honoured to be a guest again on Christopher Coleman's excellent film music podcast, The Soundcast. I desperately wanted to be a guest on the previous James Horner special but I had to decline the invitation because of a previous engagement. Fortunately,…