Join Rebel host Wend and co-pilot Will Dodson on the SSR-15, for the first and only special Star Wars Score Guide of 2017! In celebration of the recent Blu-ray release, they guide you through the incredible score to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, by composer Michael Giacchino.
Your hosts explore all the themes and adaptations, gush over their favourite musical moments in each cue and take you the listener on an informative and entertaining web John Williams spun, navigate his many themes and motifs, old and new, highlight their favourite moments in each cue and take you their passenger, their loyal listener on an informative and entertaining track-by-track ride through the soundtrack release with the help of their proud Rebel Alliance*.
*We want to give a GALACTIC thank you to our strongest Rebel Alliance yet for burning down Imperial flags across the galaxy, protecting the Kyber crystals, and giving us better musical insights than ever: Rob Rawdon, Jamie Burns, Megan Culley, Dane Walker, Jennifer Wolff, Tiago Gomes and Thomas Midena.
Rebels everywhere, gather your things…it’s time we talk Rogue One.
Release
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Walt Disney Records (2016)
Merry Christmas and happy holidays internet! A hearty welcome to episode 69 of Sideshow & Tell, our second annual holiday special! We start off the final episode of the year with your host bringing you news of the latest film music releases including Passengers by Thomas Newman, from Sony Masterworks, a deluxe edition of Star Trek Beyond by Michael Giacchino, from Varèse Sarabande, news of who’s eligible for the 2017 Academy Awards, TWO Home Video Picks, a Pick of the Week from Walt Disney Records but also guest appearances from the Sideshow team with their favourite holiday films and scores!
The second half of the show features Ian, Will, Drew & Todd discussing the most recent addition to the Star Wars Saga, Rogue One by Michael Giacchino. We shall be taking our customary short break over the Christmas period but will be back in the new year with more amazing content! Thank you all so much for listening, supporting and contributing to Sideshow in 2016, we wouldn’t be here without you! We wish you all the very happiest of holidays and we’ll see you in the new year!
Timestamps
1:28 Passengers
3:17 Todd Horan – Gremlins by Jerry Goldsmith
11:19 Star Trek Beyond
13:24 2017 Academy Awards
16:26 Wendell Jones – Die Hard by Michael Kamen
19:45 Home Video Pick
21:58 Ian Crabb – Batman Returns by Danny Elfman
24:54 Andrew Steele – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Welcome peeps of the interwebs to the 61st episode of your favourite weekly mini newscast, Sideshow & Tell, where host and producer of the show Ian Crabb brings you all the juicy goings-on from the world of film music, composers and movie news! In this week’s live, unscripted and unedited SAT, your host is joined by some bloke called Wend to discuss the latest releases including American Pastoral by Alexandre Desplat, from Lakeshore Records, and a limited edition vinyl release of The Fountain by Clint Mansell, from Mondo Records. The two Englishmen also have a proper chinwag about composer Michael Giacchino replacing Alexandre Desplat on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Finally, Ian delivers the news that composer Johan Johansson is to score the new film by director Darren Aronofsky, and concludes SAT61 with a pick of the week by our very own Sideshow Sound Theatre. Wend announces details of SST’s new Halloween album, They Landed on Halloween, which will be digitally released on Bandcamp on October 24th!