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Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast

Nicole Barlow & Ryan Pak | Soundtrack Experts

Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak host Soundtrack Your Life, a podcast about the film and TV soundtracks that shape pop culture. Each episode features a guest who shares personal stories about a soundtrack that"s meaningful to them. Ranging from the iconic best selling soundtracks of all time to cult favorites, they cover them all. Discover hidden gems, behind-the-scenes stories, hot debates, and deep dives into the most iconic songs in movies.🎧 Perfect for fans of:• Movie and TV soundtracks• Original

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76:24

Who Almost Replaced Bowie as The Goblin King in...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2025/01/13

A man of many talents, Keanan Duffty is our guest for this episode. His band, Slinky Vagabond, has a new album coming out on January 14th. You can pre-order that here. He is also a fashion designer, one who has collaborated with the iconic David Bowie on his 2008 fashion line for Target. Since Keanan is a Bowie fan and collaborator, Ryan and Nicole thought it would be only fitting to talk to him about Jim Henson's 1986 film, Labyrinth. Bowie not only starred in the film as The Goblin King, Jareth,

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81:15

The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) w/ Scott Interrante...

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2024/12/18

Happy Holidays!Scott Interrante of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life and Tara Giancaspro of xoxo Gossip Giancaspro join Nicole and Ryan to talk about The Muppet Christmas Carol, which begs the question, "Do we even like the general story of A Christmas Carol?" Our answers to that question will shock you as well our answers to "who is in your muppet big 3?" We also discuss which human should accompany the Muppets if they ever take another shot at adapting this Dickensian

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65:20

What 70s/80s band is Jim from Film Rage Reminded of...

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2024/12/09

Jim from Film Rage joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about John Crowley's 2024 film, We Live in Time. The score is handled by Bryce Dessner (The National, Big Red Machine), and this is Dessner's 2nd score for 2024, the other being for Sing Sing, which was released earlier this year. Dessner's non-traditional score is very front and center in this non-linear romance film.(Pre)Order the soundtrack here:Chapters0:00:000 - 04:22/259 Show / Guest Intro04:22.260 - 12:34.674 Bryce Dessner Bio / Initial

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65:52

When Did Music Rewind's Stephen Epley Discover The...

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2024/12/02

Stephen Epley, host of Music Rewind, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about Alan Parker's 1991 film, The Commitments. The film deserverdly racked up nominations at the BAFTAS, Golden Globes and the Oscars, but it's soundtrack is what really took off in the US and around the world. It went 2x Platinum in the US, 3x Platinum in the UK, and it was a huge hit in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Sweden. It was so successful that they released a 2nd soundtrack, The Commitments Vol. 2.The film follows a

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77:41

This is Spinal Tap (1984) w/ Dan Shinder of Drum Talk TV

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2024/11/11

Dan Shinder, founder of DrumTalkTV joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 1984 Rob Reiner Mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, and how it might be more realistic than a lot of rock biopics out there. We break down the big hair, on-stage disasters, dressing room shenanigans, and of course, THE MUSIC. From "Hell Hole" to "Stonehenge" and everything in between, Dan connects the dots between the absurd events in the film and the real life events that might have inspired them. Also, there's a small wink to

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01:13:04

Why Does Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk (2002)...

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2024/10/28

Pete Abeyta from the Middle Class Film Class Podcast/YouTube Channel, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 film, Punch Drunk Love. This soundtrack consists of a wonderful score by producer/composer/mad scientist, Jon Brion, who also composed the scores to films that we've covered in previous episodes like, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Magnolia. Brion also reworks the iconic "He Needs Me" by Shelley Duvall from Robert Altman's 1980 film,

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01:05:31

Why Does DT of Space Castle Find Scott Pilgrim vs The...

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2024/10/14

DT, host of Space Castle on YouTube (formerly the podcast), joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to the 2010 Edgar Wright film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World. That means discussing Sex B-Bomb, Crash and the Boys, Clash at Demonhead, and the real life musicians behind them like Beck, Broken Social Scene, Metric, and more!We talk about this stacked soundtrack plus:Edgar Wright's real life interaction that he used in the film between Lucas Lee and Wallace WellsThe many versions of "Ramona"

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46:28

How Did Dr. Augusta Palmer Learn that Her Father was...

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2024/09/23

Director of The Blues Society, Dr. Augusta Palmer, and Memphis radio DJ legend, Henry Nelson join Ryan to talk about the 2023 documentary, The Blues Society. The film has recently become available for rental and purchase on digital platforms. We Discuss:The origin of the film and when Dr. Palmer learned that her father was involved with organizing the Memphis Country Blues FestivalHenry Nelson's memories about the festival and The Overton Shell, where the festival took placeHow artists such as The

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01:16:58

Why Does Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Still Resonate with...

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2024/09/09

Jenn Owens, host of the podcast, My Streaming Bubble, is our guest this week to talk about the soundtrack to the Henry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan 1998 film, Can't Hardly Wait. While the film didn't do huge numbers at the box office office upon its release, it is a movie that has grown in popularity over the years. Since the film takes place at a house party, there are tons of needle drops that soundtrack the house party including songs from Smash Mouth, Eve 6, Busta Rhymes, and Guns and Roses.We

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01:00:16

How Did Archer Marsh Manage to Have His Music Show Up...

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2024/08/26

Composer Archer Marsh is our guest this week, and he discusses his work on Bridgerton Season 3 including the viral hit, "Give Me Everything" (Pitbull), which has really taken on a life of its own. Archer has 2 other needle drops in Season 3: "Confident" (Demi Lovato) and "Lights" (Ellie Goulding). All of these songs are off Archer's album, Sequens, which came out at the end of 2022.We talk about Archer's journey as a musician/composer, his knowledge of Bridgerton before they started to license his

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59:58

Soundtrack Your Life Ep 101 - Soundtracking Monopoly...

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2024/08/12

(After a short hiatus, we're back, and we'll be back to releasing 2 episodes of month until December!)This is the Greatest Song that I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante and our favorite substacker, Tara Giancaspro return to Soundtrack Your Life to help Nicole and Ryan soundtrack the recently announced film Monopoly (Margot Robbie’s Lucky Chap Productions has signed up to make it). Whether it gets made or not is anyone’s guess since Monopoly has a long history of directors /

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01:13:41

Soundtrack Your Life Ep 100 - Soundtracking The Sims...

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2024/06/24

Episode 100!For our landmark 100th episode, we have a couple of our favorite guests, Tara Giancaspro, and This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante, returning to join Nicole and Ryan to soundtrack a movie that doesn't quite exist yet, the recently announced movie based on The Sims!Our crew is tasked with coming up with a plot for the film and then a soundtrack full of needle drops. From the beginning of the film, to the end credits, our hosts and guests come up

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01:10:08

What are some of Jim from Film Rage's Favorite Needle...

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2024/06/10

Jim from the Film Rage podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the soundtrack to the 2023 Emerald Fennell film, Saltburn. Jim was previously a guest for our episode on David Byrne’s True Stories.The movie had a moment in 2023 with its infamous needle drop of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor”, which is used in one of the film’s most famous scenes. The soundtrack is full of songs from 2007 and older (the movie takes place in 2007), and there are indie

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01:18:38

What are Some of Rachel Brodsky's Favorite Needle...

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2024/05/27

Pop culture writer, Rachel Brodsky returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the music from the Christopher Storer hit television series, The Bear. With season 3 due in June, we decided to take a look at the massive amount of needle drops from the 1st 2 seasons of this dense award winning dramedy.From Dad rock to Swedish punk to Taylor Swift, we talk about all of our favorite needle drops, and we also talk about how much we love this show that totally stresses us out. Beware

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01:19:24

How Have the Gender Politics of Charlie's Angels...

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2024/05/13

Cultural theorist and host of the Nicstalgia Podcast, Nicole Tremaglio, joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the year 2000 McG directed film, Charlie’s Angels. The film was a huge success at the box office and the soundtrack was also a hit, with lead single “Independent Women Part 1” topping the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 consecutive weeks. Billboard named it the 18th most successful song of the decade (2000-2009)We discuss:the multi-generational and multi-genre needle drops: Heart,

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01:20:16

How Amazing Was Writer/Film Critic, Lex Brisuco's,...

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2024/04/22

Film Critic and writer, Lex Briscuso joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 2006 Sophia Coppola film, Marie Antoinette and it's iconic soundtrack. The soundtrack pulls from the 80s, 90s, and aughts with tracks from Gang of Four, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Strokes, Aphex Twin and more! Coppola put the soundtrack together with soundtrack supervisor, Brian Reitzell, who had worked with Coppola on her previous films, Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides. We previously talked about Reitzell in

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01:01:13

Romance of the Fruits Peddler / Romance of the...

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2024/04/08

Composer and pipa virtuoso, Ms. Min Xiao-Fen is our guest this week to talk about her recently released album Metta, which features the scores of 2 Chinese silent films, The Romance of the Fruits Peddler and Romance of the Western Chamber. These scores were commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute in 2023. We also discuss:Growing up in a musical familyGoing from a classical background to collaborating with jazz greats like John Zorn, Derek Bailey and Wadada Leo SmithCollaborating with Bjork on "I

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01:03:34

The Soundtracks of Dennis Hopper w/ Stephen Lee Naish

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2024/03/25

Writer, Stephen Lee Naish joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about 4 soundtracks from films that Dennis Hopper directed: Easy Rider, The Last Movie, Out of the Blue, and Colors. Stephen just recently released a book on Dennis Hopper and these soundtracks called Music and Sound in the films of Dennis Hopper, which can be found here:https://www.routledge.com/Music-and-Sound-in-the-Films-of-Dennis-Hopper/Naish/p/book/9781032737690We talk to Stephen about how Hopper was one of the first directors to use

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50:18

The 2024 Oscars Best Original Song Episode

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2024/03/04

It's that time of year again! Nicole and Ryan are here to break down the 2024 Oscars Best Original Song category. Did you know that "I'm Just Ken" was written by the same people who co-wrote another Oscar winning song? Will Diane Warren finally win after being nominated for the 16th time? Why is Ryan glad that Joseph Gordon-Levitt didn't get nominated? Find the answer to these questions and more as we break down the category and the songs that didn't make the cut from the shortlist.Don't forget to

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54:48

The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) w/ Composer Robert...

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2024/02/19

Emmy nominated composer, Robert Honstein is our guest this week to talk about the 2021 Peter Middleton and James Spinney directed documentary, The Real Charlie Chaplin. Honstein's Emmy nominated score for the documentary was just released in December of 2023. It is his first film score. We discuss:Honstein's classical composition background and how that contributed to him being brought onto the projectTrying to record for the soundtrack during the beginning of 2020Using his grandmother's slide

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