2013 turned out to be another fantastic year for film, television and video game music. A few months ago Cinematic Sound Radio celebrated the 10 best scores of 2013 (LISTEN HERE) and as we do every year we would like to look back and present some of the very best…
Welcome to CINEAMTIC SOUND RADIO's Best Scores of 2013 Countdown. It's been another stellar year for film music. 2013 picked up right where 2012 left off. Every month there was another great new score to discover whether from a giant Hollywood blockbuster, a small independent film, a foreign language television show or…
The track of the day for January 11, 2014 comes from composer Ennio Morricone and his score to Giuseppe Tornatore's 1998 film, THE LEGEND OF 1900. "The Legend of the Pianist" - an 8 minute orchestral and emotional journey - is one of my all time favourite Morricone cues and…
2014's first track of the day comes from composer Cliff Eidelman and his concert work inspired by William Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST. The Los Angeles born composer/conductor has written many film and concert works including TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT, STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, UNTAMED HEART, FIVE PIECES FOR VIOLIN…
Welcome one and all to Cinematic Sound Radio's third annual Christmas special. On the program this year you will hear music from Jeannot Szwarc's 1985 film SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE starring Dudley Moore. You'll also hear a rare Christmas gem by Bruce Broughton for the 1991 family comedy ALL I WANT…
On the program today you are going to hear a three hour plus program dedicated to music written for anything but film, TV and video games by film, TV and video game composers. It is not uncommon place for film composers to cross over and dabble in the concert hall.…
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…
November 4, 2013's track of the day comes from the pen of Japanese composer, Akira Ifukube. In the early 80's, Ifukube arranged a concert suite utilizing cues from several Toho Studios monster films that he scored, including music from films featuring the King Of All Monsters, Godzilla, who turned 59…