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

Feb 2017

Episode 3: Jurassic Park

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

1h 15m

Oct 2023

MéloCiné : Le Seigneur des Anneaux ou comment la musique raconte une histoire

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

7m 28s

Feb 2017

Episode 2: Raiders of the Lost Ark - Part 2

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

1h 38m

Aug 2019

'The Soundtrack Show': the music in our favourite films

'The Soundtrack Show' looks at the role that music plays in creating the fictional universe in some of our favourite films. From Jaws to Star Wars, from Psycho to Jurassic Park...and beyond! We play a clip from the first of three episodes devoted to the first part of the Lord Of ... Show More

11m 41s

Jul 9

A LOOK AT TWO INSPIRATIONAL FILMS - with Joe Walker - Part 1

SEASON 2 - EPISODE 149 - A LOOK AT TWO INSPIRATIONAL FILMS - with Joe Walker - Part 1 In this episode of the Team Deakins Podcast, editor Joe Walker (Season 1, Episode 35) returns for the first half of a two-part discussion about the filmmaking behind two of our favourite films: ... Show More

1h 19m

Apr 2023

Pink Floyd - The Wall

The Rock n Roll Reverend Andy King takes a look at Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the 1982 film starring the Live Aid guy. We will be looking at this film in-depth, so consider this your spoiler warning. You can purchase the film from Amazon or Vudu, or you can borrow it from your stoner ... Show More

23m 35s

Feb 2024

Les enjeux et les surprises de Dune 2 : On debriefe la suite épique de la saga !

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

58m 40s

Mar 2019

Big Fish with Chris Gethard

Chris Gethard Beautiful/Anonymous podcast returns to Blank Check to discuss 2003's father and son fantasy, Big Fish. And also, to talk about Star Wars some more. But does Big Fish's ending pay out like a slot machine? Was 2003 the year Steven Spielberg and Tim Burton culturally f ... Show More

2h 27m

Sep 2019

Spirited Away with David Rees

Humorist, David Rees, returns to Blank Check discuss one of the greatest animated films of all time, Spirited Away. Together they examine dream logic, Shrek, David Rees presents an important review of Spirited Away from Nigel Andrews at the Financial Times and plenty more! Join ... Show More

2h 38m

Aug 16

Amadeus (1984) - ATRM Classic | Ep. 119

Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Miloš Forman's masterpiece tells the story of Mozart through the envious eyes of his rival Salieri. But how did a Czech director come to make a classic Viennese tale? And what's the real story behind "too many notes"?Join Joh ... Show More

2h 29m

Jurassic Park: A Musical Movie Commentar...