Explore the magic of music in film. Kirt Debique interviews the top music supervisors and media experts who electrify movies with music that makes us cry, laugh, jump and dance, transforming star performances and the very meanings of films.
An ElectraCast podcast.
6 Available Episodes (6 Total)Average duration: 00:28:51
Feb 07, 2022
105. A Clockwork Orange: Revolutionizing Music and Film
00:25:22
Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange forever changed the perception of what is possible in movie music and ushered in a new era of electronica. It made a life-changing impression on former EVP/Director of Music for Grey Group, professor and music consultant Josh Rabinowitz.
Heather Boyd tells how Crowe’s astonishing film inspired her to become a music supervisor, how Kurt Cobain’s final song was smuggled illicitly into the soundtrack and compares the star-song driven Vanilla Sky with the score-driven film it was based on, Abre Los Ojos.
Aminé Ramer, whose credits include Crip Camp, tells how to wing it on a shoe-string budget, and then shows how surprising song choices transformed John Hughes’ Pretty in Pink from what could have been an outdated film into a timeless classic.
102. I’m Thinking of Ending Things: The Border of Dreams
00:45:25
Charlie Kaufman’s mind-bending film is illuminated by Saelyx Finna (formerly Courtney Sheehan), expert in the emerging field of dream neurotechnology, exploring the mysterious, elusive boundary between our conscious / unconscious minds which drive music and film creation.
101. The Royal Tenenbaums: Music Transforming Film
00:40:14
Award-winner Mike Ladman explains how unexpected song choices made perfect moments in Wes Anderson’squirkyclassic and explores the lifestyle, and role, of the music supervisor.
Kirt Debique interviews the top music supervisors and media experts who electrify movies with music that makes us cry, laugh, jump and dance, transforming star performances and the very meanings of films.