In honour of the upcoming 50th edition of The Archive, Jason Drury, presenter of Talking Soundtracks and The Archive, joined me in the Cinematic Sound Radio studio last night. We talk about a variety of topics for more than two hours, and you will hear that conversation in a future episode.

⚾️ Remembering my friend, film music enthusiast, photographer, and lover of baseball THOMAS L. KIEFNER (1947-2025) 📻 Also, please enjoy the Cinematic Sound Radio episode that he guest-hosted in September 2010. 🎧 cinematicsound.net/thomas-l-kie... 🕊️ Rest in peace, my friend!

Elliot Goldenthal's BATMAN FOREVER. How does one spin this? Loud or REALLY loud?!

The late, great Basil Poledouris would have been 80 years old today! Conan the Barbarian remains one of the greatest scores ever! On the 10th anniversary of his passing, CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO presented a show dedicated to the Emmy Award-winning composer. www.cinematicsound.net/ep-29-a-trib...

NP: Red Sonja by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli 😲 This was a pleasant surprise, especially this cue. WOW! WHAT A THEME! youtu.be/n82p4nqxY-Y?...

Born on this day, the late great 2-time Academy Award-winning composer, James Horner. Take a journey through his brilliant career by enjoying one of the numerous programs we've produced dedicated to Horner's music. www.cinematicsound.net/remembering-...

💥NEW EPISODE | THE MUSIC OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR Let’s listen to some music from #FantasticFour scores by Eric & David Wurst, John Ottman, Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass & more—starting with Michael Giacchino’s score for #FantasticFourFirstSteps Enjoy! www.cinematicsound.net/the-flag-shi...

NEW EPISODE | THE ARCHIVE EP. #48 Jason Drury presents a mammoth 2-hour show ft. music from BACK TO THE FUTURE, GLADIATOR, FIRST BLOOD, THE MIRROR CRACK’D, THE THORN BIRDS, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, PURSUIT, and QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER. Enjoy! www.cinematicsound.net/the-archive-...

Excellent article about the music of Superman by @filmsonwax.bsky.social

Trying something new… The 10 Greatest tracks from the Jurassic World / Jurassic Park series. No main themes! 😜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KqM...

🎉 NEW EPISODE | FILM SCORE MONTHLY'S 35th ANNIVERSARY To celebrate FSM’s 35th anniversary, I’m going to play for you my five favourite Film Score Monthly CDs of all time, ft. the music of Waxman, Kaper, Green, Phillips, Bernstein, Courage & Goldsmith. www.cinematicsound.net/the-flag-shi...

🕹️NEW EPISODE! Here is a lost episode of THE 1UPBEAT. I was going to put this on Patreon, but it's too good not to share with the rest of the world. Today Eric SilverC plays some of the best video game music arrangement albums released last year! Enjoy! www.cinematicsound.net/the-1upbeat-...

NEW EPISODE!!! Hear selections from HERCULES (Velazquez), HUNDRA (Morricone), BEOWULF (Silvestri), KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE (Rozsa), THE MISTS OF AVALON (Holdridge), THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER (Whitaker) and HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEY (LoDuca) Enjoy! www.cinematicsound.net/friday-playl...

This hypnotic score from the highly underrated Knut Avenstroup Haugan is easily one of the top 3 scores of the year. It's a mix of Tron Legacy meets Interstellar meets Zimmer's Dune meets Vangelis... and it's utterly gorgeous! youtu.be/DAcG5jjXUMY?...

💥NEW EPISODE | THE ARCHIVE WITH JASON DRURY: EPISODE 47 Today, Jason Drury features more excellent music from JAMES BOND, THE REIVERS, ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, TERRAHAWKS, THE PINK PANTHER, GREYFRIARS BOBBY, CAPE FEAR & more. Enjoy! www.cinematicsound.net/the-archive-...

Excellent review of one of my all-time favourite video game scores, THE DIG. Give it a watch and subscribe to Rob’s channel. He only needs nine more subs to hit 100 subscribers and then he’ll tell us all his John Frizell story. youtu.be/4h_1UPxSInA?...

🤬 So, this happened this morning. Over 200 episodes of the podcast were removed from Spotify. I'm currently in the process of removing the entire show from Spotify. Remember, folks, SPOTIFY SUCKS! Please, listen to your podcasts somewhere else!

I remember the first time I saw Star Wars when I was a kid, hoping and praying that one day, just one day, I'd get to see an attempted rape scene in a future Star Wars show. Dream come true! 🤦 #AndorSeason2

💥NEW EPISODE We're usually the last ones to do it, so why break from tradition? In today's episode, Erik Woods counts down his favourite scores from 2024, ft. music by Furukawa, Sato, Simonini, Mancinelli, Silvestri, & Debney. This is part one of two. www.cinematicsound.net/the-flag-shi...

🎉NEW EPISODE Today, CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO patron Eldaly Morningstar curates a playlist full of wonderful music from video game scores, featuring works by Yasunori Mitsuda, Yoko Shimomura, Colin O'Malley, Nima Fakhrara, Jessica Curry, and more. Enjoy! www.cinematicsound.net/patreon-play...

Today would’ve been Erich Kunzel’s 90th birthday. The legendary Cincinnati Pops conductor helped shape my love of film music. I was lucky to see him live twice with the Toronto Symphony. In 2017, I produced this tribute to Mr. Kunzel for WROCK Radio. www.cinematicsound.net/a-tribute-to...

💋NEW EPISODE: PORNO GROOVES - MUSIC FROM ADULT FILMS Everyone starts somewhere—even in the adult film world, composers play a role. Join Dr. Love as he explores vintage porn soundtracks, featuring SPACE THING, WOMB RAIDER, DEEP THROAT and more. www.cinematicsound.net/obscure-scor...

🎶NEW EPISODE🎶 Jason Drury opens with a suite from Christopher Young’s NOSFERATU before diving into music from THE PATRIOT, THE DARK CRYSTAL, BEVERLEY HILLS COP III, & more. He also features a 2024 re-recording of THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA & much more. www.cinematicsound.net/the-archive-...

Happy Valentine’s Day! www.cinematicsound.net/top-10-love-...

🏆 Here are the nominees for the 2024 IFMCA Awards. 🎉 Congratulations to all of the nominees. 🙌 Winners will be announced LIVE on the IFMCA YouTube channel on February 27, 2025. filmmusiccritics.org/2025/02/ifmc...

This week's Patreon Exclusive Friday Playlist is available for FREE MEMBERS as well. Head over to our Patreon, sign up as a free member and you get to hear us celebrate Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams' rarely heard gems! LISTEN 👉 www.patreon.com/posts/freebi...

Here's a friendly reminder NOT to use Spotify for your podcast listening. Over the weekend, Spotify removed 20 episodes for "violation of our content policies." 🙄 If you are a fan of the show, please find one of the hundreds of other podcatchers to listen to the show.

A fantastic breakdown of one of the greatest pieces of dialogue music ever written from INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. youtu.be/nBPa7QzwiT4?...

Here is the brand-spankin' new version of the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO PODCAST audio trailer! youtu.be/xwnVlw7nEcc?...

The Oscars still suck but John Powell's nomination for Wicked (I'm not sure how it broke the rules to get in) is fantastic. I believe he has great odds of winning his first Oscar, which he should have received for How to Train Your Dragon.

NEW EPISODE Jason Drury presents music from Elliot Goldenthal's "Grand Gothic Suite" from Batman Forever/Batman & Robin, Nino Rota’s The Godfather Part II, Jerry Goldsmith’s Islands in the Stream, Don Davis’s Jurassic Park III, Goldenthal’s Alien3 & more. www.cinematicsound.net/the-archive-...

Workday Podcast Entertainment: @cinsoundradio.bsky.social Talking Soundtracks: The Music Of Johnny Douglas 𝐋𝐒𝐆 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀: Kirking Off “Death Wish” #VOY “The Jem’Hadar” #DS9 @thenerdparty.bsky.social House Lights: Tarantino “Pulp Fiction” @unspooledpod.bsky.social Interstellar Thanks 😎

Dulcima Records released music from Dungeons & Dragons, celebrating its 40th anniversary with music composed by Johnny Douglas (Spider-Man & Transformers) Jason Drury chats with his granddaughter, Louise Camby, who is writing a book on his life & career. www.cinematicsound.net/talking-soun...

Cinematic Sound Radio is nominated for Podcast of the Year & Best Music Podcast in the 2024 Discover Pods Awards! Voting ends in less than 9 hours. Please vote here: discoverpods.com/2024-discove... Also, support Robert Daniels' Visions in Sound in the TV & Films category. Thank you!

Good for him!

We’re switching out our mics for the first time since 2004! Merry Christmas ya filthy animals!

2024 ALL REQUEST CHRISTMAS SPECIAL! Since April 2021, our Patreon has offered perks like All Request shows. This 3rd Xmas edition ft. favorites from composers like Williams, Kamen, Doyle, Broughton, & more. Enjoy & thanks to all for your support in 2024! www.cinematicsound.net/2024-all-req...

I'm on Christmas vacation. For how long you ask?

SUPERMAN 2025 TEASER... WITH BETTER MUSIC! Replaced the teaser's trash guitar music with John Williams' Superman themes (arr. John Ottman, Superman Returns), and added sound effects for smoother edits. This is how you hype a NEW Superman film! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ypm...

🔴NEW EPISODE | INTERVIEW WITH STUART HANCOCK Jason Drury chats with Stuart Hancock about his brilliant score to the animated film KENSUKE’S KINGDOM and the similarities and differences between scoring for commercials and narrative work. Enjoy! 👇 www.cinematicsound.net/talking-soun...

🔵 BRAND NEW EPISODE | SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: ROCKSTARS AT THE MOVIES PART 2 After a long break, SCORED TO DEATH RADIO returns. Host J. Blake Fichera spotlights film scores by rock icons like Rick Wakeman, Eddie Van Halen, and Jimmy Page, spanning horror, fantasy, comedy, and drama.

Stop what are doing and watch Skeleton Crew right now! It’s everything that Star Wars hasn’t been since Solo… fun! It’s Spielberg 80s goodness in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars Goonies!!!!!

Here you go—some of the best action writing in the Bond series—a 12-minute barn burner that's a superb example of a cue that builds layers upon layers as the intensity rises! Bloody brilliant scoring and writing by David Arnold! youtu.be/HUY1E6HdxGU?...

I love hearing how fans find hidden gems in their collections! My friend Robert Daniels shares a day at a thrift store where he uncovered a treasure trove of soundtracks. Check out his video below and PLEASE subscribe to his channel—he’s just 38 subscribers away from 100! youtu.be/68zR-0UfzNg?...

Inspired by Charlie Brigden's soundtrack music group (link in comments), I thought I'd create a group near and dear to my heart. Here's a starter pack for people/accounts creating Film, TV & Video Game Music radio shows/podcasts. Please let me know who I should add to the list. go.bsky.app/4dJY5E4

Yesterday on Facebook, I discussed whether writing music has rules. Can anything be music, or must it follow structure to qualify? Is music just personal expression, or are there boundaries that define it? I’d love to hear your—especially composers' thoughts on this!

🚨 NEW EPISODE! Emmy-winning composer Christophe Beck, known for Frozen, The Hangover, Buffy, and Marvel’s Agatha All Along, joins Jason Drury to discuss his career, Jerry Goldsmith's mentorship, & scoring Doug Liman's The Instigators. Enjoy! 👇 www.cinematicsound.net/talking-soun...

Star Trek: Generations turns 30 years old today. Join Erik Woods & Randy Andrews as they talk about the new uniforms, deleted scenes, the destruction of The Enterprise D and more. Also covered in great length is Dennis McCarthy’s underappreciated score. www.cinematicsound.net/the-essentia...

Well, I think I know when to admit when I'm wrong... #Goldeneye #JamesBond #ericserra

Rob Daniels invited me & FSM contributor Jason Drury on his show to discuss WAR SCORES FROM WAR FILMS. For my final pick, I cover an unreleased score credited to one composer but ghostwritten by another, with a sample played during the discussion. Enjoy! youtu.be/BAesUYC-5zE?...