Today on THE ESSENTIAL SOUNDTRACKS, Erik Woods, Robert Daniels, and Randy Andrews continue their journey through the STAR TREK films and their soundtracks as they discuss the ninth movie in the series, STAR TREK: INSURRECTION. STAR TREK: INSURRECTION is the third STAR TREK film to star the cast of STAR…
The all-too-common practice of desperately rushing to wring some last-minute recreation and rest out of the dog days of August has made many a vacation go sideways, to either a horrifying or hilarious degree. The continuation of Play Morricone For Me's two-part Vacations Gone Wrong program compiles more scores from thrillers…
On today's program, I'll be playing for you more music from Varese Sarabande's CD Club, including music from TIMECOP by Mark Isham and THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER by John Debney. You'll also hear selections from previous club releases like THE MANHATTAN PROJECT (Sarde) and SPACEHUNTER: ADVENTURES IN…
In this episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME, we explore a fun theme called "Vacations Gone Wrong" to an either horrifying or hilarious degree. (I feel like in movies, there are only those two extremes.) This is part one of a two-parter, and the second part will be along shortly.…
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…
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…
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…