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155 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsA bi-weekly podcast that discusses the seminal soundtracks in movie history. We speak with the individuals behind the tunes -- musicians, music supervisors, actors, and more.
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Episode #144: Brendon Small (Metalocalypse)
August 25, 2023 07:00 - 23 minutes - 22 BytesWriter/actor/director/musician/et al Brendon Small would be a legend if he’d stopped with the creation of his Adult Swim animated series, Home Movies, in the early ’00s. Following it up with the heavy metal fantasy comedy of Metalocalypse secured that status for all time when it debuted in 2006. Spotlighting the death metal band Dethklok, whose popularity makes them the seventh-largest economy in the world, Metalocalypse managed to skewer the music industry as effectively as Spinal Tap while...
Episode #143: Marty Isenberg
July 12, 2023 21:00 - 17 minutes - 17 BytesPlaying bass was love at first pluck for Marty Isenberg. His career as a jazz musician began at the age of 12, after losing his father to cancer the year prior. A skilled amateur musician, Marty’s father kept many instruments around the house that he would play for the family. After his death, Marty would pull one of these instruments off the wall and begin teaching himself how to play by reading tablature in Bass Player Magazine. The first song he ever learned was My Own Summer by The Defton...
Episode #142: Jon Coco
February 09, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 33 BytesAs a boy growing up in Boston, Jon Coco immersed himself in the music of timeless bands like The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, and Pink Floyd. Tapping into the music of the ‘70s with an impressive vinyl record collection, he started writing original music and dove into performances in the late ‘80s Boston music scene. Invited by an A&M recording studio head engineer to record songs for A&M, Coco gave in to the eventual lure of Los Angeles and the larger opportunities it promised. An...
Episode #141: Peacemaker with Kevin Kiner
February 07, 2023 16:00 - 21 minutes - 20 BytesThe HBO Max series, Peacemaker, the spin-off from director James Gunn's The Suicide Squad has become a massive hit for the streaming service, and not a small amount of its popularity comes from its deft use of music. However, while much as been made of the series' use of under-the-radar or forgotten rock 'n' roll and hair metal, composer Kevin Kiner's work on the series, alongside Clint Mansell, helps set the tone for a show which is by turns outrageous, violent, and surprisingly introspectiv...
Episode #140: New York Ninja with Voyg3r
February 02, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes - 27 BytesPronounced “Voyager 3,” Detroit’s Voyag3r feature keyboardist Steve Greene, guitarist Aaron Greene, and drummer Greg Mastin. Inspired by the soundtracks to vintage horror, action, and sci-fi films, the trio creates experimental rock that owes a debt to pioneers like John Carpenter and shares a kinship with bands such as Trans Am, Teeth of the Sea, and Zombi. Originally directed by and starring martial arts actor John Liu (The Secret Rivals, Invincible Armor) in his only American production, ...
Episode #139: Your Favorite Soundtrack with Katlyn Conroy
January 31, 2023 16:00 - 37 minutes - 35 BytesIs this thing on? Sorry about the length of being gone. It's been a thing. But we're back, and this installment of Your Favorite Soundtrack sees us talking with Katlyn Conroy about the soundtrack to the 1974 Brian De Palma film, Phantom of the Paradise. Katlyn is a longtime music and movie fan, and her work in bands such as Cowboy Indian Bear, La Guerre, and her two new projects, Cheery and Dooms, means that she's well-known in the Midwest for beautiful melodies and emotionally-resonant songw...
Episode #138: Luxury's Matt Hinton & Parallel Love
August 23, 2021 07:00 - 37 minutes - 35 BytesDirector Matt Hinton's documentary, Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury, has a couple of very interesting wrinkles. Not only is the Georgia post-punk band an act you've likely not heard of, the reunited act now features three members who are Eastern Orthodox priests, and director Hinton is part of the band, as well. That's before you get into the fact that Luxury is an often-forgotten part of the early history of Christian label Tooth & Nail Records, or the terrible accident whic...
Episode #137: Antoni Maiovvi
August 09, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 34 BytesA project born in Bristol in 2006 and developed in the bohemian dystopia of Berlin from 2009, Antoni Maiovvi walks the line between retro-synth and horror soundtracks for both real and imagined films. Recently, the musician -- who is one of the co-founders of Giallo Disco Records, in addition to his own endeavors -- has released Church of the Second Sun, a collaboration with prog-rockers ANTA, as well as the latest '80s synthwave album from his Jason Priest alter-ego. I spoke via Zoom with A...
Episode #136: Punk Rock Factory
July 30, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 24 BytesFormed in late 2014 in South Wales, Punk Rock Factory combine everything you love about 1990s/2000s punk rock, and reimagine classic and hit songs like you’ve never heard them before. From Meat Loaf to Disney, nothing is off-limits to them. The band rehearse, write, record, mix, master and film everything themselves in one dedicated space that they affectionately call "The Sausage Factory" and have no problem bringing friends along either. To date, Punk Rock Factory has had singers from band...
Episode #135: Composer Max Aruj
July 26, 2021 14:00 - 26 minutes - 25 BytesSorry for the delay on this episode. I got a promotion at work, live shows are returning, and I have been quite overwhelmed. Rest assured, the podcast is still happening. I just needed to catch up on the things which pay money in order to get around to putting together the next few episodes. So, after much delay, here's our episode on composer Max Aruj. Up and coming Los Angeles based composer Max Aruj had two exciting projects release on June 25: the crime drama Lansky from Vertical Enterta...
Episode #134: Del Casher & Italian Stallion
June 21, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 35 BytesDel Casher may not be a household name, but you've undoubtedly heard his music. He was a member of the famous Wrecking Crew, played on Lawrence Welk, recorded Frank Zappa’s first demo, backed Elvis Presley, and built guitars with Les Paul. His many inventions include the Wah-Wah pedal and the Ecco-Fonic, influencing the development of electric guitar playing. In 1976, Casher was commissioned to write and record a soundtrack for Italian Stallion, a re-branding of the 1970 film The Party at K...
Episode #133: Osei Essed & Amend
June 09, 2021 15:00 - 27 minutes - 26 BytesThe six-part Netflix documentary series Amend: The Fight for America, is executive produced and hosted by Will Smith and features a number of luminaries including Mahershala Ali, Diane Lane, Samuel L. Jackson, Pedro Pascal, and Yara Shahidi among others, and explores the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution—which, in 1868, promised liberty and equal protection for all persons—as America’s most enduring hallmark of democracy. Amend has wall-to-wall music, including Osei Essed’s score...
Episode #132: Joe Cardamone & Quarentina
May 26, 2021 16:00 - 28 minutes - 27 BytesLos Angeles native artist Joe Cardamone has lived a few lifetimes while leaving a wiry dent in the global underground music and film scenes. The band that Joe fronted for 17 years, The Icarus Line, formed in East Los Angeles in 1998. Over the course of six albums the punk agitators became an underground phenomenon and the most dangerous punk group of their generation. The cult band the never gave up. Cardamone's new album, Quarentina, was birthed from the necessity for distraction and expre...
Episode #131: Kid Cosmic with Andy Bean
May 11, 2021 20:00 - 29 minutes - 28 BytesNetflix's Kid Cosmic -- from Craig McCracken, creator of the Powerpuff Girls and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends -- follows the adventures of an imaginative and enthusiastic boy who lives with his free-spirited Grandpa in a sparsely populated desert town. The Kid’s dreams of being a hero seem to come true when he discovers 5 Cosmic Stones of Power in a wrecked spaceship. He forms a team of local heroes to stop an onslaught of alien attacks to steal back the stones. Though the Kid and his...
Episode #130: Electric Jesus with Chris White & Daniel Smith
April 26, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 36 BytesThe new film from director Chris White, Electric Jesus, tells the story of an '80s Christian heavy metal band, 316, and their struggles, trials, and travails trying to make it in a world in which Christians fear metal and metalheads aren't exactly fond of Christians. It's a heartfelt, really truly honest movie that finds new angles in following a struggling band on their first-ever tour, with fantastic performances both in the acting and the music which makes up so much of the film. It help...
Episode #129: Composer Emile Mosseri & Minari
April 12, 2021 14:00 - 22 minutes - 21 BytesComposer Emile Mosseri has, in his short career scoring feature films, worked on some very notable productions. He scored director/producer Joe Talbot's debut, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, has worked with Miranda July on Kajillionaire, and also tackled the second season of the Amazon series, Homecoming. His latest score is for Lee Isaac Chung's Minari, a drama about a Korean American family trying to make their way as farmers in rural Arkansas. All of these might be very different fi...
Episode #128: Will and Benji & BBC Dynasties
March 29, 2021 07:00 - 32 minutes - 27 BytesAcclaimed multi-disciplinary music masters in their own right, Benji Merrison and Will Slater are now creating sounds for the screen together, calling upon their collective experience from a music and arts education, work producing and touring records, as well as composing for Film and Television. Both from the Midlands, UK, their paths first aligned when they were commissioned as a duo to score the popular BBC David Attenborough series Dynasties in 2018, for which they received nominations ...
Episode #127: Gilded Audio
March 15, 2021 20:30 - 35 minutes - 29 BytesGilded Audio, the creative production force behind the podcasts Amy Schumer’s 3 Girls 1 Keith, OTHERtone with Pharrell, and The Pet have launched something entirely different. The Gilded Audio Music Library offers media makers a place to browse organic and beautifully crafted instrumental and atmospheric music to purchase at an affordable price for any creative project (podcasts, films, commercials, etc.) in need of that perfect musical vibe. The Gilded Audio Music Library was built in res...
Episode #126: Blitz//Berlin & Psycho Goreman
March 03, 2021 20:00 - 34 minutes - 32 BytesFormed in 2013 in Toronto, Martin Macphail, Dean Rode and Tristan Tarr make up the award winning trio Blitz//Berlin. Since releasing their debut album Distance in 2015, the band has created three critically acclaimed instrumental albums, and composed the original score to feature films, shorts, and movie trailers, including the recent sci-fi horror comedy, Psycho Goreman. Blitz//Berlin's music for films like The Void, and the trailer for Bad Times at the El Royale, show just how diverse the ...
Episode #125: Composer Chase Horseman
February 18, 2021 17:41 - 53 minutes - 51 BytesI'd like to apologize for the delay on this episode. As we went to record, the trusty Nady six-channel mixer we've been using for the last decade died a quick and horrible death. This necessitated a trip to downtown Lawrence to track down a new mic input for the computer. Big thanks to Guitarma for having the Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 in stock (and affordable), letting us get right back on our feet. We're still figuring it out, so apologies for any audio weirdness in this episode. Chase the Hor...
Episode #124: Jon Dobyns of Tiger Lab Vinyl
February 03, 2021 20:00 - 38 minutes - 36 BytesThis is an episode that's been two years in the making. Can you believe it? We first invited Jon Dobyns to come on the show to discuss his musical project, Alone in the Woods, and his work with the anime soundtrack reissue label, Tiger Lab Vinyl, back in November of 2018, but due to the man's incredibly busy work schedule, it didn't happen until November of 2020. Then we went on our annual holiday hiatus, and so on and so forth, but I'm happy to say that this is a very wide-ranging, awesome i...
Episode #123: Tristan Bechet
January 19, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutes - 25 BytesRoyal Dagger Ballet is Tristan Bechet’s first album as a solo artist after Flux Information Sciences, electronic rock duo SERVICES and Sauna Kings. The result is an edgy, opulent and mesmerizing compilation of genre-defying industrial experimentalism. Engaging in modern electronics, synthesizers and drum machines, each track is its different world, some cinematic and melodic and others rhythmically chaotic, industrial and cacophonous. Born in Portugal but raised between Brazil and New York ...
Episode #122: Paul Hartnoll of Orbital
January 04, 2021 08:00 - 28 minutes - 27 BytesAnd we're back. Every year, it seems like I hope we're going to keep going through the end of the year, but then end up taking Thanksgiving through New Year's off to deal with the day job. Thanks for waiting. I think you'll be pleased with this episode as our comeback. From 1989-2004, musician Paul Hartnoll was one half of the legendary electronic music duo, Orbital, along with his brother, Phil. While the pair have reunited several times in the intervening years, since that time, Paul Hartn...
Episode #121: Terri Nunn of Berlin
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26 BytesNew Wave band Berlin has gone through multiple incarnations during its four-decade tenure, seeing members – including lead singer Terri Nunn – come and go over the years. After Nunn rejoined the band in 1980, the underground success of Berlin's second single led to their debut EP, Pleasure Victim, which spawned the national hit “Sex (I'm A...)” in 1982, followed by “The Metro” the following year. The band's music would go on to be iconic, thanks to the massive success of the Giorgio Moroder w...
Episode #120: Terri Nunn of Berlin
November 23, 2020 08:00 - 26 BytesNew Wave band Berlin has gone through multiple incarnations during its four-decade tenure, seeing members – including lead singer Terri Nunn – come and go over the years. After Nunn rejoined the band in 1980, the underground success of Berlin's second single led to their debut EP, Pleasure Victim, which spawned the national hit “Sex (I'm A...)” in 1982, followed by “The Metro” the following year. The band's music would go on to be iconic, thanks to the massive success of the Giorgio Moroder w...
Episode #120: Composer Richard Band
November 16, 2020 21:30 - 28 BytesEstablished by producer and director Charles Band in 1986, Empire Pictures quickly became notorious for the horror-comedy classics made during its brief but legendary lifespan. With wild special effects, outrageous humour and over-the-top horror action Ghoulies, Troll and TerrorVision were three of Empire Pictures finest works, and each movie featured an unforgettable score by Charles' award-winning composer brother Richard Band. Now, these scores have been carefully remastered and are prese...
Episode #119: The Eight Hundred with Fei Yu and Andrew Kawczynski
November 09, 2020 08:00 - 27 minutes - 26 BytesDirector Hu Guan's film, The Eight Hundred, might have only played briefly in stateside theaters before Covid shut everything down, but the Chinese war drama has taken in over $450 million worldwide since it released at the beginning of August. Just a little after it was released, I spoke with music supervisor Fei Yu and composer Andrew Kawczynski about the music of the film, and how the music was put together on a global scale.
Episode #118: Composer Sam Ewing
October 28, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 28 BytesComposer Sam Ewing has slowly but steadily made a name for himself over the last few years, thanks to his work with the massive talent that is composer Bear McCreary on shows like The Walking Dead and films like the Happy Death Day series. However, Ewing has also started doing work on his own, and the composer's first solo score, for director Frank Sabatella's vampiric horror, The Shed, was just released on vinyl from the folks at Enjoy the Ride Records. We spoke with the composer by phone ab...
Episode #117: "Dream Warriors" with Jeff Pilson
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 22 minutes - 21 BytesFrom 1983 to 1989, and from 1993 to 2001 Jeff Pilson was the bassist for hard rock band Dokken. Over the course of the band's lengthy career, Pilson co-wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including the two tracks included in 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors. The theme song has become rather iconic, as has "Into the Fire," which plays over the film's opening sequence. He was briefly a member of Dio in the mid-90s, and as if that wasn't enough, Pilson now plays bass fo...
Episode #116: "Dream Warriors" with Jeff Pilson
October 19, 2020 07:00 - 21 BytesFrom 1983 to 1989, and from 1993 to 2001 Jeff Pilson was the bassist for hard rock band Dokken. Over the course of the band's lengthy career, Pilson co-wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including the two tracks included in 1987's A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 3: Dream Warriors. The theme song has become rather iconic, as has "Into the Fire," which plays over the film's opening sequence. He was briefly a member of Dio in the mid-90s, and as if that wasn't enough, Pilson now plays bass fo...
Episode #116: Your Favorite Soundtrack with Greg Dedrick
October 12, 2020 20:00 - 37 minutes - 36 BytesThis installment of Your Favorite Soundtrack sees us talking with Greg Dedrick about the soundtrack to the 1985 Tom Holland film, Fright Night. Greg -- aka Greg D -- is a podcaster who hails from Kansas City. Dave is, along with Jenius McGree, the co-host of the Kansas City-based Nightmare Junkhead and Nerds of Nostalgia podcasts, as well as the host and co-host of many cool live events, Covid quarantine restrictions allowing. Greg and Jenius have been cool enough to have me on multiple episo...
Episode #115: Bastien Keb
October 05, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 27 BytesAn ode to Giallo, '70s crime flicks and French new wave cinema; Bastien Keb’s third album, The Killing of Eugene Peeps, is an imagined score of downbeat anti-ballads, cinematic instrumentals, psychedelic-folk and warped soliloquies. Set for an October 9 release via Gearbox Records, the album was oiginally made in three parts: film score, soundtrack and incidental music. The record develops in a dream like state, a narrator periodically guiding the listener between songs of longing and regret....
Episode #114: Ardek of Carach Angren
September 30, 2020 21:30 - 29 minutes - 28 BytesThe Dutch symphonic metal masters known for their love affair with horror, Carach Angren, released their sixth full-length, Franckensteina Strataemontanus, on June 26 via Season of Mist. The record explores the story of the “real” Dr. Frankenstein, Johann Conrad Dippel. Dippel was a mad scientist in Germany who performed sick experiments that even included failed attempts to reanimate dead animals, among other things. The album explores the stark reality of this madman while incorporating fa...
Episode #113: Composer Jackson Greenberg
September 14, 2020 07:00 - 26 minutes - 25 BytesComposer Jackson Greenberg's theme song for Netflix’s hit docuseries, Explained, went viral earlier this year, quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon and taking on a life of its own. It's a bop and a half, and we discussed its unusual rise to fame with the musician, as well as his work on the FX/Hulu documentary, AKA Jane Roe, and other reality projects, earlier this year.
Episode #112: Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake
August 31, 2020 07:00 - 27 minutes - 26 BytesLess Than Jake has been making music since the mid-'90s, and their ska-punk sound is just as popular now as it was during the third wave's heyday. The man behind the drum kit, Vinnie Fiorello, is the mastermind behind many of the band's most popular songs, and so it was a real treat to get him on the phone to talk about the band's work in films like Good Burger and Scream 2, as well as his latest project, the Inevitables. The Inevitables' Kickstarter ends at midnight EST on Thursday, Septem...
Episode #111: The Psychedelic Furs & Pretty in Pink
August 24, 2020 07:00 - 24 minutes - 23 BytesThe Psychedelic Furs have been making moody, beautiful rock music since 1977. Despite a hiatus for the better part of the '90s, when founding members Richard Butler and Tim Butler founded Love Spit Love with Richard Fortus and Frank Ferrer, the long-running band is still going strong. After reuniting in 2000, the Furs have toured regularly, and thanks to the use of their songs “Love My Way” and “The Ghost of You” in Call Me By Your Name and Stranger Things, respectively, the band continues t...
Episode #110: Space Quest Historian
August 17, 2020 07:00 - 31 BytesStarting with Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco & the Time Rippers at the beginning of this year, blogger and YouTuber Troels Pleimart, aka the Space Quest Historian, began reorchestrating the scores to the classic Sierra sci-fi comedy games. Three successful Qrates crowdfunding campaigns later, he's on to his biggest project yet -- a double vinyl release for Space Quest V: Roger Wilco – The Next Mutation. We spoke to him about how this all came to be. Fund the Qrates campaign for Roger Wilco V.
Episode #109: The Vandals & Glory Daze
August 10, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 45 BytesThe Vandals' 1995 album, Live Fast Diarrhea, gets a snazzy 25th anniversary vinyl repress this week from Craft Recordings. To celebrate, we spoke with both the band's guitarist, Warren Fitzgerald, as well as bassist Joe Escalante, about the music of Glory Daze and their appearance in the Penelope Spheeris cult classics, Suburbia and Dudes, as well as the new Live Fast Diarrhea repress.
Episode #108: Composer Joseph Trapanese
August 07, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes - 29 BytesDespite hailing from Jersey City, New Jersey, and only being 35 years old, composer Joseph Trapanese has rapidly ascended to join the ranks of today's most exciting composers. Due in no small part to the composer's work with such musical luminaries as French electronic acts M83 and Daft Punk (the latter of which he helped compose the massively-successful score for Tron: Legacy), along with his work composing scores for films as diverse as the live-action Disney remake of The Lady & the Tramp...
Episode #107: Carmine Appice & Black Roses
July 22, 2020 21:00 - 22 minutes - 21 BytesTen years ago, on May 16, 2010, famed metal vocalist Ronnie James Dio died from cancer. In the intervening decade, there have been myriad tributes to the departed singer, including a hologram tour featuring original members of his band. For the tenth anniversary of his passing, the band Appice – featuring legendary drummers and brother Carmine Appice and Vinny Appice – put together a lockdown tribute to Ronnie James Dio, featuring their song, “Monsters and Heroes,” originally recorded for th...
Episode #106: Composer Kyle Newmaster
July 06, 2020 20:00 - 31 minutes - 30 BytesComposer Kyle Newmaster has been a film, television, game, and concert stage composer for over 15 years. His latest project is the CBS series Blood & Treasure -- an Indiana Jones meets James Bond meets Romancing the Stone action-adventure drama. Kyle was able to record live musicians throughout the season, a rarity with TV composing nowadays. Newmaster has also worked as an orchestrator, most notably for Disasterpeace’s score for Under the Silver Lake, among many other. Additionally, Newmast...
Episode #105: We Summon the Darkness with Timothy Williams
July 01, 2020 19:00 - 35 minutes - 50 BytesHey there! Sorry for the massive delay on this episode. I bought a new computer and had to transfer all my files over and get everything set up, and it took way longer than I expected when trying to fit it in alongside a bunch of freelance writing assignments which had fast turnarounds. So, again -- sorry. We'll make it up to you with a new episode this coming Monday. Composer Timothy Williams has begun to make a name for himself with recent films like the heavy metal horror of We Summon th...
Episode #104: The Incoherents with Alex Emanuel
June 09, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 31 BytesDirector Jared Barel's The Incoherents sees four 40-somethings each mired in some sort of midlife malaise reunite their '90s indie rock band. Written by Jeff Auer, who also plays the lead role of Bruce, the film explores friendships, marriage, and life in general through the eyes of these guys, just trying to play the songs they love. Alex Emanuel, who plays the role of Jimmy, served as music supervisor, and along with Jeff Auer, wrote the original songs the band performed in the film. Emanue...
Episode #103: Composer Joe Kraemer
May 27, 2020 17:00 - 34 minutes - 33 BytesComposer Joe Kraemer has worked on such films as Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, The Way of the Gun, Jack Reacher, and The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot, among many other movies and television programs. He's absolutely aces at blending action themes and emotional resonance. Thanks to his work for author Andrew Cartmel on the Vinyl Detective soundtrack release -- for which he composed the book's theme -- we were able to connect with him for a career-spanning interview, which we ...
Episode #102: Delivered with composer Ben Lovett
May 11, 2020 20:00 - 24 minutes - 23 BytesIn the May Mother's Day installment of Blumhouse Television and Hulu's anthology event series, Into the Dark, Delivered, a pregnant woman’s life is upended when she realizes someone close to her has darker plans for her and the baby. Directed by Emma Tammi, who did The Wind, and starring Tina Majorino, Natalie Paul, Michael Cassidy, and Micah Parker, the episode is creepy as hell, thanks to a really dark turn from Majorino, but also thanks to the score by composer Ben Lovett. Lovett had previ...
Episode #101: Strange Days with Season to Risk's Steve Tulipana
May 04, 2020 07:00 - 32 minutes - 30 BytesDirector Kathryn Bigelow's 1995 film, Strange Days, stars Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, and Tom Sizemore. It's set right before the millenium, and borders on the dystopian. The film was an absolute bomb, despite the star power in it and behind the scenes -- it was co-written by James Cameron, after all -- although, in the last 25 years, it's come to be regarded as an underrated diamond in the rough. Several major scenes in the film feature live musical performances, and one ...
Episode #100: Katelyn Tarver
April 20, 2020 07:00 - 25 minutes - 24 BytesIt's our 100th episode! Holy smokes! We can't believe it. NBC's hit show Songland's 2019 winner, Katelyn Tarver, released her latest single, "Feel Bad," at the end of March. Leading Nashville group Old Dominion recorded her song "Young," and the Songland-winning track was featured on a Joseph Khan-directed Jeep TV commercial which Tarver also starred as the main character in. Tarver also lays claim to a hefty acting resume in addition to her music career - she recently starred alongside Dway...
Episode #99: Grady Hendrix on Vampire Rock
April 06, 2020 07:00 - 42 minutes - 40 BytesAuthor Grady Hendrix is a big time favorite here at the From & Inspired By headquarters. We've interviewed him twice for movie site Cinepunx, and eagerly devoured his books from Horrorstör to We Sold Our Souls, as well as his scripts for movies like Mohawk and Satanic Panic. The man's got his finger on the pulse of what we love about clever horror, and we've been eagerly awaiting his latest book, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, which is out tomorrow, April 7, from Quirk Bo...
Episode #98: Pretty Woman with Lauren Wood
March 23, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 27 BytesA celebrated singer/songwriter whose soothing voice has entranced millions of listeners, Lauren Wood has parlayed a variety of talents into a career spanning over four decades. Best known for a pair of adult contemporary smashes -- "Please Don't Leave," a duet with Michael McDonald, and the Pretty Woman soundtrack's "Fallen" -- Wood also saw her music featured in films like Police Academy 3: Back in Training, as well as singing the end title song for the hit NBC sitcom, Just Shoot Me. Being ...
Episode #97: Andrew Cartmel & The Vinyl Detective
March 09, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 39 BytesWriter Andrew Cartmel's series of Vinyl Detective novels became an instant favorite of mine after discovering the first installment at Lawrence's Raven Bookstore at the end of 2018. Since then, I've gone on to devour all four volumes in the series of novels about a London-dwelling music afficionado whose business cards state that he can find any record for anyone -- for a fee. They're utterly charming books, and fans of records, cats, and coffee -- such as myself -- will find themselves raci...