Jurassic Park: A Musical Movie Commentar...

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

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

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

For our third episode, we look at another great Williams-Spielberg collaboration with the 1993 score to Jurassic Park. This landmark film redefined special effects and Hollywood itself, but what did it do for film music? Join us as we take a look at the main themes for the score ... Show More

Dans la trilogie du Seigneur des Anneaux, la musique du compositeur Howard Shore est ce qu’on appelle “narrative”. C'est-à-dire qu’elle raconte une histoire en plus de ce que l’on voit à l’image. Dans cet épisode nous allons analyser une scène épique, et cela en partie grâce à la ... Show More

In the second episode of Art of the Score, we’re going even deeper into John Williams’ 1981 score for Raiders of the Lost Ark. In the previous episode, we looked at the main themes for the score – in this episode, we’ll uncover the hidden moments and orchestrational genius that m ... Show More

In this episode, Hannah and Marcelle discuss what made Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park (1993) the ultimate CGI summer blockbuster, the history of American spectacle, and the monstrosity of the movie's out-of-control lady dinosaurs! Hannah leads this episode and if you're left wa ... Show More

Pour les 92 ans du grand John Williams, nous revenons sur ces 5 notes entendues dans le film de Steven Spielberg : Rencontres du troisième type. Ces notes sont entrées dans la culture populaire, puisqu'elles ont été de nombreuses fois parodiées et reprises au cinéma. Mais quel es ... Show More

Author and pop culture historian Brad Gilmore returns just in time for the 40th anniversary of Back To The Future! He and Chris break down Brad’s new book, Why We Love Back To The Future, a deep dive into the making, legacy, and ongoing cultural impact of the iconic film trilogy. ... Show More

On this weeks episode Oscar winning director and producer team Rob Marshall (Chicago) and John DeLuca (Mary Poppins Returns) chat with Giles Alderson and Dom Lenoir about re-creating Disney's classic The Little Mermaid as a live action epic. They also discuss: Using under water s ... Show More

You had so many great questions about Hannah's forthcoming book, Clever Girl and our Jurassic Park episode all about spectacle —and we answer a lot of them in part one of this Material Concerns episode! As a reminder, for just $5 USD/month you'll get part two, our extensive backl ... Show More

À la Dune... à la deux ! Christopher Nolan le compare à L’Empire contre-attaque, d’autres le placent parmi les meilleures suites jamais produites. Et les critiques parlent de film "colossal" et "jamais vu". La Rédac AlloCiné débriefe "Dune : deuxième partie", ses enjeux, ses réus ... Show More

The 500th episode of The Director's Cut! To celebrate, we are highlighting some of our most notable discussions over our nine years on the air. We'll be revisiting the futuristic dunes of Arrakis, the streets of 1970s Mexico City, the trenches of WW1-era Europe and more as filmma ... Show More