An Interview with Viggo Mortensen
As season 4 draws to a close, I’m joined by someone all of you should know: Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings, The Road)! One thing you might not know about Viggo – it was certainly news to me […]
An Interview with Jason Graves
On the latest episode, I’m joined by Jason Graves! Jason is best known for a number of different video game scores, such as the Dead Space games, Tomb Raider, Far Cry Primal, and Moss 1 and 2, so it’s no […]
An Interview with Carla Patullo
Recently anointed Grammy winner Carla Patullo joins The Film Scorer podcast! While Carla has over thirty scores under her belt, she might be most known for her non-score album So She Howls, for which Carla won the Grammy for Best […]
An Interview with Suvi-Eeva Äikäs & Ben Steiner
In a Film Scorer first, a composer-director team joins the show! Composer Suvi-Eeva Äikäs & director Ben Steiner recently worked together on Ben’s film Matriarch (which Ben directed and which Suvi scored). As such, we primarily talk about Suvi’s score for Matriarch […]
An Interview with Eiko Ishibashi
Fresh off of scoring Evil Does Not Exist, composer Eiko Ishibashi joins The Film Scorer podcast! Evil Does Not Exist is Eiko’s second collaboration with acclaimed director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, and the film itself actually stemmed from Eiko approaching Ryusuke regarding providing […]
An Interview with Gareth Coker
To celebrate his first full-length tv series score, Gareth Coker joins The Film Scorer podcast! You video game fans in particular may know Gareth from his work scoring games like Ori, Ark, and Halo Infinite, but Gareth hasn’t stopped there. […]
The Covenant (2023) – Christopher Benstead – Film Score Review
I’ve been watching a lot of action movies lately, mostly ones released in 2023 and 2024, and one thing I’ve noticed (not surprisingly) is the scores. Specifically, I’m noticing the scores of more recent releases. It seems like the sonic […]
An Interview with Mike Post
Five-time Grammy winner Mike Post joins The Film Scorer podcast! A lot of you will probably be familiar with Mike already, who boasts one of the most impressive tv resumes of all time. For those of you that aren’t, Mike’s […]
An Interview With Andrew Scott Bell
Last year’s Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey drew a pretty divisive reception, but my favorite part, Andrew Scott Bell’s score, rose above all the noise and discord. With Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 about to release, Andrew joins me on The […]
2024 Academy Award Nominations – Best Original Score Overview
The Oscars are tonight (March 10), marking the end of awards season. At this point, the winner of the best original score seems certain, but nothing ever is. At the very least, we can celebrate that score (Ludwig Göransson’s Oppenheimer), […]
The “Best” Film Scores of 2023
Another year, another list of the ten “best” film scores, this time I’m running through 2023. These scores aren’t presented in any particular order – I intended to go alphabetically, but instead ended up going by vibes instead, wherever the […]
An Interview with Tom Schraeder
Composer Tom Schraeder joins me for my first-ever in-person interview. Tom and I broke the ice by chatting for about an hour in my kitchen before heading downstairs and hitting record, and I think the comfort really shows up here. […]