In this week’s newscast, your host Ian discusses the latest film and television music releases including The 33 by James Horner, from WaterTower Music, a 2-disc edition of The Martian by Harry Gregson-Williams, from Columbia Records, and Truth by Brian Tyler, from Varèse Sarabande. Ian also brings us the news that film composer Michael Giacchino is currently scoring Zootopia for Walt Disney Animation Studios and finishes this edition of SAT with his pick of the week from Silva Screen Records!
Join Xander, Jesi, Will & Wend as they return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to discuss all 6 film scores in Phase 2! Starting with Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World by Brian Tyler, they later discuss Henry Jackman’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Tyler Bates’ Guardians of the Galaxy score, finishing off with Avengers: Age of Ultron by Brian Tyler and Danny Elfman and the recently-released score to Ant-Man by Christophe Beck.
Timestamps:
4:23 – Iron Man 3
13:51 – Thor: The Dark World
25:52 – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
38:26 – Guardians of the Galaxy
52:50 – Avengers: Age of Ultron
1:02:23 – Ant-Man
Massive thanks to Ian, Rob & Krystal for the vocal contributions in the intro!
In this week´s newscast, Ian discusses the latest film and television music releases including Z for Zachariah by Heather McIntosh from Varèse Sarabande, the digitally-released score to the documentary Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words by Michael Nyman, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence by Ryuichi Sakamoto from Milan Records, and from Music On Vinyl, Furious 7 by Brian Tyler, The Cotton Club by John Barry and the 2015 remake Poltergeist by Marc Streitenfeld. Ian also brings us breaking news regarding the five-part BBC Series “London Spy”, which is to be scored by television composers David Holmes and Keefus Ciancia and the hiring of composer Tony Morales for Disney Television Animation´s upcoming series “Elena of Avalor”. Finally, the badass we all know and love, finishes this week´s news with his pick of the week from BSX Records!
Ahoy, mateys! Join us as we set sail for the pirate-inspired, soundtrack waters we love! Cap’n Dodson and shipmates Wend and Xander discuss Brian Tyler’s video game soundtrack for Assassin’s Creed Black Flag and the first four Pirates of the Caribbean film scores by film composer Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt. To finish, our Captain guides us through the Pirates of the Caribbean ride in Adventureland, Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, featuring the song “Yo Ho (A Pirate’s Life for Me)”, the most iconic piece of pirate music in pop culture today, written by George Bruns and X Atencio, and based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s sea shanty “Dead Man’s Chest” from Treasure Island.
They also briefly touch on Bear McCreary’s Black Sails music, and present their honourable mentions to the crew, including Cutthroat Island by John Debney, the masterclass that is Treasure Planet by James Newton Howard, Harry Gregson-Williams’ Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas, Muppet Treasure Island by Hans Zimmer, The Goonies by Dave Grusin and The Sea Hawk by Erich Wolfgang Korngold for good measure.
Enjoy the show ye scallywags or you’ll walk the plank! Arrr!
Timestamps:
2:17 – Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
22:03 – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
27:40 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
33:38 – Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
44:28 – Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
49:23 – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides