Soundtrack Alley

142: Revisit The Burbs

Today on Soundtrack Alley is a revisit of The Burbs from the early 90's. It's a dark comedy with Tom Hanks and Carrie Fisher. It's great Jerry Goldsmith Fun! Even includes Corey Feldman! You'll enjoy it.

141: Interview with Composer Frank Ilfman

Today is a special episode, I'll be interviewing Frank Ilfman who is a composer of recent works such as Ghost Stories, Big Bad Wolves, Speer Goes to Hollywood and most recently Gunpowder Milkshake. You'll be informed and educated about Frank's Career, his process and along the way, you'll hear music from his various works. If you go to my website, you'll see a list of the different projects that Frank has worked on and the cues used within this interview.

140: Revisit Dances with Wolves

Today is a look back episode about a wonderfully shot and beautiful film starring Kevin Costner, taking place during the civil war. It's an amazing movie and the score is by John Barry, one of his best scores. I think you'll enjoy this retro look back episode.

139: National Science Fiction Day Part IV Show!

Today is the final day of the National Science Fiction Day show extravaganza. I've really enjoyed doing this one this year. It's been a lot of work but so much fun. You get this every year! To take into account what is being covered here on the show, you don't get everything, for it's impossible to cover everything. It takes far too long. The shows covered on this show are Lost in Space Season 3, Hawkeye, Wheel of Time, Arcane, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, and Sweet Tooth. You'll hear a couple themes along the way, but let's not spoil that.
Here is the list of shows along with the cues that will be shared.
Lost in Space Season 3 - Christopher Lennertz; Jupiter Rising/Updraft, Skeletons and Falling Rocks, Welcome to Alpha Centari.
Hawkeye - CHRISTOPHE BECK; Hawkeye Theme, Ronin, Larp in the Park, Christmas Peril, Lady Hawk.
Wheel of Time - Lorne Balfe; Moiraine Sedai, On Your Knees, Dragon Reborn.
Arcane - Alexander Temple and Alex Seaver; The Bridge, You’re Stronger than You Think, The Era of HexTech, You’re a Jinx, the next chapter of hex tech, Romance I’m calling it the HexCore
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier - Henry Jackman; Louisiana Hero, Airborne Operation, Outmatched, Real Partners, Captain America.
Sweet Tooth - Jeff Grace; Story of a Boy, the Story of Hybrids, Civil War, Sweet Tooth.
Soundtrack Alley's theme music is composed by Alexander Schiebel
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138: Annual National Science Fiction Day Part III Show!

Today we are delving into the television part of the show. We'll cover seven shows and there will be six for the final part tomorrow. Today though you will hear music from Foundation, Jupiter's Legacy, Star Trek Prodigy, Loki, The Bad Batch, Shadow and Bone, and WandaVision. It's a very good collection of music and I discuss other programs but don't share everything. There is just too much tv to cover for science fiction.
Here is the list of the Programming and the cues used.
Foundation - Bear McCreary; Main theme, Gaal Leaves Synnax, the promise of the imperium.
Jupiter's Legacy - Stephanie Economou; The Utopian, Traversing the Crevasse, Tree Symbols, The Hilltop Battle.
Star Trek Prodigy - theme - Michael Giachinno; Score - Nami Melumad; Main Theme, Tars Lamora, The Last of Vau N’Akat, USS Protostar NX-76884.
Loki - Natalie Holt; TVA, Loki Green Theme, DB Cooper, Glorious Purpose
The Bad Batch - Kevin Kliner; Omega’s Theme, Battle Simulation, Stranger at the Bar.
Shadow and Bone - Joseph Trapanese; Ravka, Her Name is Alina Starkov, Fight for the Light.
WandaVision - CHRISTOPHE BECK; Wanda’s Theme, Beekeeper, The Strangest Thing, Westview, Missle Strike, Super Speed, Agatha All Along
Soundtrack Alley's theme music is composed by Alexander Schiebel
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137: Annual National Science Fiction Day Part II

It is January 1st! Happy 2022! Welcome to Part II of my Annual Science Fiction Show. Today you'll hear so much more of sci fi films from 2021. Today you'll hear music from Free Guy, Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Venom-Let There Be Carnage, Dune, Ghostbusters Afterlife, Zone 414, The Eternals, Resident Evil-Welcome to Raccoon City, Spider-Man No Way Home, The Matrix Resurrections, Finch and Don't Look Up.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, there were many more films during the year that represented good sci-fi, but alas there isn't that much time to go into all of them. I'm again providing a list of the cues for each film that I've covered.
Free Guy- Christophe Beck; Sunglasses, Ice Cream.
Shang Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings- Joel P West; Xu Shang Chi, the deep, Family
Venom Let There Be Carnage- Marco Beltrami; Carnage Unleashed, Unholy Matrimony Pt.1 & 2.
Dune - Hans Zimmer; Herald of the Change, Ripples in the Sand, Ornithopter
Ghostbusters Afterlife- Rob Simonsen; Trapped, Chess, Lab Partners.
Zone 414 - Raffertie; Neo London, Blue Light, Free Zone
The Eternals - Ramin Djwadi; Eternals Theme, Mission, Celestials
Resident Evil-Welcome to Raccoon City - Mark Korven; Opening, Claire & the Neighbors, Mansion Search
Spider-Man No Way Home- Michael Giachinno; All Spell Breaks Loose, Otto Trouble, Shield of Pain
The Matrix Resurrections - Johnny Kilmer and Tom Tykwer; Opening, The Dojo, Bullet Time
Finch - Gustavo Santaolalla; Radiation Exposure/Dewey’s Eyes, Tornado, Finch.
Don't Look Up - Nicholas Brittel; Discovery, It’s a Strange Glorious World, The Launch, The End?
Soundtrack Alley's theme music is composed by Alexander Schiebel
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Annual Soundtrack Alley National Science Fiction Show Part 1

It's here! My annual review of science fiction film and television for 2021. It's a large show, and I've split it into four parts. Today you'll hear music from Monster Hunter, Shadow in the Cloud, Little Fish, Chaos Walking, Godzilla Vs Kong, Mortal Kombat, The Mitchells Vs the Machines, A Quiet Place Part II, The Tomorrow War, Black Widow and Snake Eyes!
I'll be listing here the cues from each segment so you know what the music is. It's a massive show and I'm doing four of them so sit back, enjoy the day and listen to some great music!
Monster Hunter - Paul Haslinger ; World's Beyond Our Senses, Diablos, Monsters in Hiding
Shadow in the Cloud - Mahula Bridgman-Cooper; Losing the Plot, Maude's Legacy
Little Fish - Keegan DeWitt; The Government has the cure
Chaos Walking - Marco Beltrami; Brandon Roberts; Love that Knife, Posse on the Move/Exploring the Ship, Riverbank Chase/Rapids
Godzilla Vs Kong - Tom Holkenberg; Hong Kong
Mortal Kombat - Benjamin Wallfish; Sonja Blade, Liu Kang
The Mitchells Vs The Machines - Mark Mothersbaugh; Katie's Life/Good Cop Dog Cop, Rise of the Robots, Mall Robots Attack, Katie to the Rescue
A Quiet Place Part II - Marco Beltrami; From the Beginning, Dive, Regan on her own
The Tomorrow War - Lorne Balfe; Back from the Past, Homecoming, The Tomorrow War
Black Widow - Lorne Balfe; Natasha's Lullaby, Yelena Romanoff, Natasha Soars
Snake Eyes - Martin Todsharow; Behind the Mask
Soundtrack Alley's theme music is composed by Alexander Schiebel
Find his work through xanderscores.com
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The podcast is on Anchor.fm, Stitcher, Spotify, Radio Public, Breaker, PocketCast, OverCast, Google Podcast and Apple Podcast

135: Gremlins 2 The New Batch

" Now was that civilized? No. Clearly not. Fun. But by no means civilized" Brain Gremlin. Yes Gremlins 2 The New Batch is here. I'm super excited to share this fun episode with all of you today to get you laughing and enjoy the great music of Jerry Goldsmith. He really worked his magic on this score and in my opinion, it is one of his best comedy scores. It's right up there with The Burbs. So sit back, relax as I share with you my thoughts on this great under appreciated film.

134: Hook

Let it be known that as having a guest on my show, Jenn from the Shake the Sheets podcast is guesting on my show today as we discuss Hook from 1991. We discuss some great tidbits on the film itself with background on the cast like the late Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and the late Bob Hoskins. We also discuss some on the special effects and makeup in the film. The prime reason is for the score by John Williams. This is an episode that should not be missed. Listen and enjoy!

132: Interview with Chris Edgar and Jenn Paige - Playing with Beethoven

With a classically trained composer Chris Edgar, I interview him with Jenn Paige the director of the film Playing With Beethoven. The film hit theaters on Nov. 26th. You can also rent the film on Vudu, Amazon, and other places. I discuss with Chris, his influences, his background, the specific process for recording live with classically trained players of orchestral instruments, as well as some other unique tools he has learned in his collaboration with Jenn Paige. Jenn Paige has been an actress, and now has become a director who directed the film The Breakout The Rock Opera. Now going on with this new project Playing with Beethoven. Both are very skilled and enjoy the light conversation surrounding the film. Along the way you'll hear some well placed cues from the film and from other projects given the scope and range that these two fine creatives have given us. Listen well, enjoy the conversation and watch the film.