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.…
Better late than never, here is part one of my favourite scores of 2025, which will be presented in alphabetical order. On the program today, you will hear music by Mathieu Alvado, Simon Franglen, Jerskin Fendrix, Gordy Haab, Evan Call and Romain Paillot. I'll conclude my look at my favourite…
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…