Jul 2024

Star Trek the Original Series - the Music (Part IV)

Our final look at the music of Star Trek puts us in the position of the show's music editors and composers. With so many classic episodes to get through, how did they stretch their music budget to cover an entire season? The music of Sol Kaplan, Joseph Mullendore, Gerald Fried an ... Show More

57m 39s

Dec 2023

Star Trek the Original Series - the Music (Part III)

Music production on a full season of Star Trek begins! Our first two composers get to work, as Alexander Courage and Fred Steiner start writing and recording music at a frantic pace. We'll hear the rest of Courage's work on season one, and listen to Steiner's amazing contribution ... Show More

56m 23s

Jul 2023

Star Trek the Original Series - the Music (Part II)

Before making it to air, Star Trek had not one, but two pilots scored by Alexander Courage. Once the first season finally went into production, it took five composers to pull it off. This episode explores the musical, financial and creative realities of 1960s television music pro ... Show More

56m 11s

Oct 2023

Music for the movies

Synopsis On today’s date in 1927, a landmark film title The Jazz Singer received its premiere showing at the Warner Theater in New York. The Jazz Singer starred Al Jolson and is usually credited with being the first “talkie”—the first motion picture to successfully incorporate pr ... Show More

2 m

Jan 2018

Six O'Clock Soundtrack: The art of TV news music

Ever wonder how the music on your favorite news stations is created? Dive in with news music appreciator + journalist Victor Vlam; Composer Matthew Kajcienski, Composer Irad Eshel, Composer Adarsh Thottetodi, Composer David Lowe, Musicologist James Deaville, Film and TV studies P ... Show More

29m 18s

Jun 2024

Music for the whirly-birds by Stockhausen and Wagner

Synopsis On today’s date in 1995, the four members of the Arditti String Quartet entered four helicopters warming up their engines at an airfield in Holland. Followed by video cameras, each player’s image and audio was relayed to huge video displays and loudspeakers on the ground ... Show More

1m 59s

Jan 2018

Hans Zimmer - 'Dunkirk'

The Oscar and Grammy winning composer, who has masterfully scored some 150 films, reflects on his musical influences; how he began combining instruments and technology to produce new sounds; why he nearly passed on projects for which he later produced iconic work, including 'The ... Show More

1h 29m

Jul 2021

Episode 253: Tom Hiddleston Talks Music

Our latest guest on Soundtracking is not only someone Edith's known for a very long time, but also someone who's been a great supporter of this podcast since day one. Tom Hiddleston is currently tearing up the screen as Loki on Disney +. It's a brilliant vehicle for one of Marvel ... Show More

42m 28s

Jan 2020

Apocalypse Now : Wagner au Vietnam, naissance d’une scène culte

Apocalypse Now, sorti en 1979, est un film rock réalisé par Francis Ford Coppola. Un film sur la guerre du Vietnam qui utilise les Doors et les Rolling Stones comme musique… Mais aussi Wagner ! La scène de l’attaque en hélicoptères sur fond de Chevauchée des Walkyries a marqué de ... Show More

14m 34s

Mar 2021

Pop Strings and Reverence: The Music and Movement of Bridgerton

Music absolutely shapes how we process the ache and splendor of our favorite characters on screen. In this episode, Shonda Rhimes -- the empress of knocking us off the couch with music and a word (“...you’re my person,” anybody??) -- talks about the transformative power of a good ... Show More

43m 43s

Sep 2017

Benedict Andrews On The Music Of Film, Theatre & Opera

Following a string of seasoned moviemakers such as Luc Besson, Doug Liman and Steven Soderbergh, we bring you a relative novice this week in the shape of Benedict Andrews. At least - a novice in cinematic terms. For Benedict is one of the world's foremost theatre and opera direct ... Show More

29m 44s

Wagner: the first Lord of the Ring