Last Thursday I made my second guest appearance on Tracksounds film music podcast called The Soundcast. I, along with host Christopher Coleman, Marius Masalar, Richard Buxton and Edmund Meinerts did a marathon run through the bountiful decade of the nineties. We also chatted about Austin Wintory's video game score for…
GUEST HOST: ROBERT DANIELS Introduction by Robert Daniels: On this edition of Film Music Mix journey with me again as I explore more obscure scores. You’ll hear music from some of the masters as well as some composers you’ve probably never heard of including Bruce Broughton’s THE BALLAD OF LUCY…
GUEST HOST: AMER ZAHID Cinematic Sound's celebration of Bernard Herrmann's 100th anniversary continues with part two of Amer Zahid's FIRE & PASSION: A TRIBUTE TO BERNARD HERRMANN. In this second and final instalment, Amer presents music from arguably the greatest debut film score of all time to Orson's Welles' 1941…
Yesterday was legendary composer Elmer Bernstein's 90th birthday. The last link to Hollywood's Golden Age passed away on August 18th, 2004. Three days later I produced a 3-hour tribute to the Academy Award-winning composer featuring over 35 of Bernstein's greatest themes and cues. CLICK HERE to listen to that program…
GUEST HOST: TIM BURDEN Tim Burden returns with an exclusive interview with Academy Award winning composer Ludovic Bource. Bource's fantastic score to THE ARTIST garnered numerous awards in 2011 including the BAFTA, the Golden Globe, and an IFMCA Award for Breakout Composer of the Year. During the course of the…
GUEST HOST: AMER ZAHID Cinematic Sound is proud to add another personality to our ever-expanding roster of guest hosts. Amer Zahid is a lifelong film-music aficionado and collector from Karachi, Pakistan. His formal introduction to film music began at age 7 with John Williams' SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE in the late…
In the final part of Cinematic Sound's five-part radio series celebrating John Williams' 80th birthday we will be looking back the years spanning 1997-2011. You will hear music from such films as THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK, ROSEWOOD, SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, THE PHANTOM MENACE, ANGELA'S ASHES, THE PATRIOT, HARRY…
JOHN WILLIAMS WINS FIVE AWARDS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS INCLUDING SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR “WAR HORSE” FEBRUARY 23, 2012 - The International Film Music Critics Association announces the winners of its eighth annual awards for excellence in musical scoring in 2011 with John Williams’ score for Steven…