On Saturday, September 12th, at midnight I was honoured to be apart of Robert Daniels' VISIONS IN SOUND 780th episode. Robert kindly invited me onto his fantastic Kitchener, Ontario based film music radio program to chat film, TV and video game music and play some of our favourite scores. We chatted…
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…
This week in the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO SPOTLIGHT we will be listening to the music of five composers who I would LOVE to see have a crack at scoring a major Hollywood film. These five composers write the type of music that fell in love with when I was a kid; melodic,…
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),…
This week in the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO SPOTLIGHT we will be presenting our 2014 Halloween Special as we'll feature some spooky music from various film, TV and video game scores - most of which we've never played on the program before. Before we get started I just want to thank composer David Coscina…
This week on the CINEMATIC SOUND SPOTLIGHT we will be listening to the fantastic music from one of the most prolific television composers working today having written music to 18 television shows since 2004. Listen to the entire show below. Or listen to each segment separately. Enjoy! SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 - We begin with selections from…