James Horner’s re-recording of his score to Brainstorm clocks in at just over 30 minutes. But within these 30 minutes is some of the most impressive and original material Horner has ever created. There's a wonderful clash of emotions right off the top of the album opening with angelic female…
This energetic, high tempo score was composed by Christopher Drake who has become one of the most impressive new composers I’ve heard from in the past few years. His work on BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHT was superb. Drake doesn’t fool around with his new score to WONDER WOMAN as he knocks…
Creative, complex, daring, smart, inventive, emotional... Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (as well as the rest of the series) is one of the finest modern day scores I've heard in the past 10 years or so. I was at first dismissive of Richard Gibbs and Bear McCreary's approach to scoring this…
Christopher Young’s new score to Drag Me To Hell is sending shivers down my back!. Horror is a genre Young is VERY comfortable in and this time (unlike The Uninvited) Young reinvents himself and hits a home-run... no, a 9th inning 2 out World Series clinching grand-slam with this one.…
In honour of one of the greatest conductors of film music, CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO presents a landmark 4 part radio series dedicated to Charles Gerhardt’s film music re-recordings with the National Philharmonic Orchestra. The goal was to feature every single album from the RCA Gerhardt Classic Film Scores catalogue on…
Back in 2004, we presented a special three-hour program dedicated to Jerry Goldsmith celebrating the Maestro’s 75th birthday. Sadly, Jerry Goldsmith passed away only a few months later on July 21, 2004. To honour one of Hollywood’s greatest composers we are proud to rebroadcast our 75th birthday program where we…
On August 18, 2004, Elmer Bernstein, Hollywood’s last link to Golden Age film composing, sadly passed away at the age of 82. In honour of his great career, we presented a special three hour to the Academy Award-winning composer which featured close to 35 of Bernstein’s greatest themes and cues. …
NOTE: THIS SHOW IS NOW OFF THE AIR! To say thank you to a label that has supported Cinematic Sound since its inception we have decided to dedicate an entire three hour program to some of La La Land Records most recent CD releases. One of the biggest surprises of…