An Interview with Charlie Clouser
Season 4 is here! Charlie Clouser (the Saw series, Nine Inch Nails) joins the show to kick-off the latest season. Charlie and I talk about not just his score for the latest Saw film – Saw X – but his […]
An Interview with Sherri Chung
Even though Season 3 is over and Season 4 has yet to begin, The Film Scorer podcast returns with a new interview. This time, I’m joined by composer Sherri Chung! Sherri (Riverdale, Kung Fu) and I intended to chat about […]
An Interview with Steph Economou
To celebrate the season 3 finale, I’m joined by Grammy winning composer Steph Economou! Steph’s latest score is for the Dreamworks animated film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken. As such, we primarily talk about Steph’s score, including her choice to approach […]
Musical Nasties: Underappreciated or Obscure Soundtracks for Summer (Part 1)
After an extended hiatus, I’m back! And what better time to return than when the weather’s getting warmer, days are getting longer, and adult refreshments are flowing freer. If you’re anything like me—which, if you’re spending time on a website […]
An Interview with Chad Cannon
As season 3 of The Film Scorer podcast slowly comes to a close (only a few episodes left), Chad Cannon joins the show! Chad and I primarily talk about his latest score, which is for the documentary miniseries Algiers, America, […]
An Interview with Brian Tyler
Brian Tyler joins The Film Scorer Podcast, finishing up our unofficial “month of Tylers”! Brian is fresh off the back of scoring the global smash hit The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and we spend the bulk of our conversation discussing […]
An Interview with Tyler Bates
Fresh off of scoring the critical and box office hit action film John Wick 4, Tyler Bates joins The Film Scorer Podcast! Unsurprisingly, Tyler and I spend a decent amount of time talking about his work on John Wick; not […]
An Interview with Carter Burwell
Three-time Oscar nominated composer Carter Burwell joins The Film Scorer Podcast! We primarily talk about his latest score, which also happened to land him his third Oscar nomination (as well as another BAFTA nom, among others), The Banshees of Inisherin! […]
An Interview with Zak Engel
Composer Zak Engel joins me to kick off 2023, and end my brief interview hiatus. We primarily chat about his score for the mind-bending sci-fi thriller Ultrasound, which released a couple of years ago but for which Zak’s score has […]
Bones and All – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2022)
Here we are at the end of another fantastic year for film music. Of course, there were many scores that earned my affection in 2022—Michael Giacchino’s best-in-blockbuster-class The Batman, the jazz wizardry of Justin Hurwitz’s Babylon, Arnoud Rebotini’s pulse-pounding Dark […]
Scoring a Murder Mystery: Nathan Johnson’s Glass Onion
To finish up 2022, I attempt to unravel the new murder mystery Glass Onion, with the help of its composer, Nathan Johnson (Knives Out, Looper). Not surprisingly, then, Nathan and I jump into his big, orchestral score, including revisiting themes […]
The Tragedy of Macbeth – Carter Burwell
It’s rare these days to have film score releases contain dialogue excerpts. The rarity shouldn’t be a surprise – after all, presumably most people are listening in solely for the music. Sometimes the combination leaves ample room for the music […]