Welcome to CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO's Top 20 Scores of 2015 countdown. 2015 was another outstanding year for film, TV and video game music and was the best year for film, TV and video game music since 2004. Since 2012 music written for film, TV and video games has been getting increasingly better to…
Cinematic Sound Radio turned 19 years old this past September. Last year I missed my 18th anniversary and almost missed my bronze anniversary this year. However, I managed to find a bit of time to produce this very program for you and it's one I'm quite excited about. Like I…
Summer is coming to an end and since we haven't presented a new releases program in 6 months we thought it would be a good time to review some of the best (and not so good) new film and TV scores released during the spring and summer of 2015. During…
On June 22, 2015, the world lost one of its greatest film music heroes when James Horner's S-312 Tucano MK1 turboprop crashed 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles. He was 61 years old. Most fans discovered the news through his assistant, Sylvia Patricia, who said the following on her Facebook page…
Back in 2002, while I was still on the air at C101.5 FM, I produced a three hour tribute to one of my favourite composers, Mark McKenzie. I've been meaning to add that show to the archive but when I went searching for the files I couldn't find them. Fast forward…
Welcome to CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO's Top 15 Scores of 2014 countdown. 2014 turned out of be yet another great year for film, TV and video game scores - especially video game scores, two of which take two of the top five spots in our countdown. Hans Zimmer's output was…
Welcome to CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO's fourth annual Christmas special. On the program this year you will hear a 1992 recording of the HOME ALONE suite performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra and conductor/composer John Williams. You'll also hear selections from ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (Snow), LOVE ACTUALLY (Armstrong), the remake of CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (Fox),…
Welcome to CINEAMTIC SOUND RADIO's Best Scores of 2013 Countdown. It's been another stellar year for film music. 2013 picked up right where 2012 left off. Every month there was another great new score to discover whether from a giant Hollywood blockbuster, a small independent film, a foreign language television show or…