Episodes

Friday Mar 05, 2021
Friday Mar 05, 2021
What makes Conan the Destroyer so wonderful? It's the score that is continued with Basil Poledouris. With consistency it breeds a wonderful array of new themes that even play upon the original themes. Conan continues his conquest, protecting a princess, fighting baddies and being the excellent hero that he was meant to be. I hope you enjoy my revisit of this excellent film and its cast, background and of course the score. It's all today!

Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Today I'm presenting an experiment, I'd love feedback for these bite sized episodes to see if you want more of them to break up the week of activity. Let me know how you feel about it. This week is a cue from Waterworld called Escape the Smokers. Check out why I like it and why JAMES NEWTON HOWARD is so valuable for composing film music. Enjoy!

Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Today I'd like to share with you an older episode about the horror comedy Gremlins directed by Joe Dante. I hope you enjoy as I discuss the cast, background, and of course the score by Jerry Goldsmith.

Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
Today you'll hear a revisit of my episode about Buckaroo Banzai. When you go to my website soundtrackalley.com you'll note there is a link for the brand new book coming out in August called Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League. I think you'll enjoy this episode. It's a nice look back and you'll surely enjoy the music as well.

Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Enjoy this excellent episode where I discussed Return to Oz. You’ll hear as I talked about the cast, background and of course the score! Enjoy!

Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Today I’ll give you four films that are beloved to me for the world of Hayao Miyazaki. I hope you enjoy my examination

Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
Listen to this classic episode of Soundtrack Alley, where I had Ruth and Darrin Sutherland on as we discussed Ladyhawke. We discussed the cast, background and the wonderful score by Andrew Powell

Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Today you'll hear my thoughts on the film The Never-ending Story as well as some of the background work through the Jim Henson company and how it changed animatronics. You'll also hear some amazing cues from the film. Sit back, relax as you enjoy the show.

Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021
This week got me a bit behind, here is Wargames, a classic discussion about the possibility of global fallout from a computer simulation

Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Today on Soundtrack Alley You'll hear my interview with Israeli composer Sharon Farber. We'll discuss her career in film composing, how she got into composing with the legendary Shirley Walker and we'll delve into her documentary work as well as her concert work. I hope you enjoy this look back episode!