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The OST Party

Libby Cudmore is a music nerd. Joseph Wade is a movie nerd. Together, we break down your favorite movie soundtracks one song at a time!

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01:00:06

Episode 60: The Great Muppet Songbook

The OST Party ·

2021/09/09

It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights! For nearly fifty years, Jim Henson's Muppets have raised entire generations on classic tunes that have taught us how to laugh, cry, and experience the whole range of emotions in between. So this week, we're taking a look at ten of our favorite Muppet songs! Our selection ranges from the original Muppet Show all the way up to the latest feature film, Muppets Most Wanted. Join us as we cry our eyes out over "I'm Going To Go Back There

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01:24:44

Episode 59: The Flintstones

The OST Party ·

2021/08/20

Yabba Dabba Doo! We couldn't let the summer end without covering a ridiculous summer blockbuster, and The Flintstones is most certainly that. The Steven Spielberg-produced, live-action adaptation of the 60s cartoon has to be seen to be believed. It's got gaudy caveman sets and costumes, John Goodman hamming it up as Fred Flintstone, and a wild soundtrack... Good lord, the soundtrack. One half of this album features awkward attempts at caveman humor by the likes of The B(C)-52s, Big Audio Dynamite,

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01:08:39

Episode 58: Married To The Mob

The OST Party ·

2021/08/05

When was the last time you thought about Married To The Mob? We're willing to bet it's been a minute! Married To The Mob follows Michelle Pfeiffer as widowed mob wife Angela, who moves to Manhattan to escape Tony, the mob boss who killed her husband. And she soon learns the hard way that once you're in, you're in for life... The soundtrack is an expertly curated grab bag of 80s new wave artists. We've got singles from Debbie Harry, Chris Isaak, Ziggy Marley and Sinead O'Connor, all specifically

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01:55:30

Episode 57: Clueless

The OST Party ·

2021/07/15

No movie put a stamp on the mid-90s quite like Amy Heckerling's Clueless. Loosely adapted from Jane Austen's "Emma", Clueless follows a year in the life of Beverly Hills teen Cher as she plays matchmaker to teacher and student alike (but not, like, at the same time). And the soundtrack is the rare album that actually helps tell the story. With tracks from 90s mainstays Luscious Jackson, Coolio, Cracker, Smoking Popes and more, the Clueless soundtrack is full of angst, social satire, and just some

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01:28:14

Episode 56: School of Rock

The OST Party ·

2021/06/24

School may be out for summer, but the School of Rock is now in session! Aspiring rocker Jack Black cons his way into a teaching job and shows a bunch of 5th graders how to rock. Along the way, he teaches them the finer points of classic rock history, gives them some lessons about self respect, and winds up learning to be a responsible adult. It's all very sweet. And the soundtrack is loaded with choice classic rock cuts! We've got The Doors! We've got Led Zeppelin! AC/DC, Cream, The Who, The

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01:21:50

Episode 55: Dispatches from the Magic Kingdom

The OST Party ·

2021/05/27

This week's OST Party is dedicated to the long and storied tradition of Disney soundtrack songs! We've cherrypicked a few of our favorites from the Disney Vault worth discussing, as well as a couple of stinkers that should never see the light of day again. One of the great things about Disney is that there really is something for everybody, and our selections range from Walt's era in the 40s and 50s, to modern classics from the 90s renaissance, and just about everything in between! So pop on those

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01:31:01

Episode 54: Me, Myself & Irene

The OST Party ·

2021/05/13

We've been threatening to do this for a while, and now it's finally here. This week we're discussing the soundtrack to 2000's Me, Myself & Irene. If you're not familiar, it's the film that closed out Jim Carrey's run of blockbuster 90s comedies with a resounding thud. Carrey plays Charlie, a mild-mannered cop with a split personality. He also plays Hank, Charlie's deranged alter ego. Renee Zellweger is here as well. The rest really isn't important. And the soundtrack is equally split down the

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01:32:50

Episode 53: True Stories

The OST Party ·

2021/04/29

This week we dive into David Byrne's 1986 slice-of-life film True Stories! While on tour with Talking Heads and Stop Making Sense, Byrne concocted a feature film about a town where all sorts of tabloid headlines came true. It's silly, it's strange, and it's beautiful in its own way. There's truly nothing like it. As for the album itself, Talking Heads deliver a handful of classic tunes, but we also get some wonderful instrumental pieces, as well as performances from John Goodman, Annie McEnroe,

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01:48:09

Episode 52: Empire Records

The OST Party ·

2021/04/08

It's Rex Manning Day here at the OST Party, so this week we're joined by Johnny-5 from the Christmas Creeps podcast to discuss the soundtrack to Empire Records! In the grand tradition of 90s hangout comedies like Clerks and Dazed and Confused, this film chronicles a day in the life of a record store full of hormonal teens. Whether you love it or not entirely depends on if you saw this film as a hormonal teen... This album comes from that moment in time when grunge was on the decline and a whole

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01:47:55

Episode 51: Daft Punk's Interstella 5555

The OST Party ·

2021/03/18

Niall Flanagan and Dwayne Moloney from the Secret of the Sailor Madness podcast join us this week to break down Daft Punk's Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem! French robot dance-pop duo Daft Punk released their album "Discovery" in 2001, and commissioned artist Leiji Matsumoto to create a companion feature film, telling the story of a rock band from outer space, kidnapped and molded into Earth's Next Big Thing. There's some commentary about the music industry and some wacky

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01:08:33

Episode 50: The Big 5-0

The OST Party ·

2021/03/04

Can you believe we've made it to fifty episodes? With forty soundtracks (and ten On The 5's) under our belt, now seems like a good time to look back at how far we've come! Join us this week as we share ten of our favorite songs that we've discovered through this podcast. These are songs that we've put into our personal rotations, found ourselves humming along to at work, or just generally haven't been able to get these songs out of our heads! We've covered everything from the 80s punk of Repo Man to

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01:23:15

Episode 49: A Knight's Tale

The OST Party ·

2021/02/11

This week we fire up the Wayback Machine for a trap to the middle ages, when jousting was the sport of choice and classic rock tunes were somehow all the rage. That's right, it's time for A Knight's Tale! And pinch hitting for Libby this week is Nikki Shermer! This soundtrack is full of classic rock staples we all know by heart. We've got Queen, David Bowie, Thin Lizzy, Sly & The Family Stone, and a whole lot more. And in between we discuss medieval times, the dinner show Medieval Times, places

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01:22:43

Episode 48: Footloose

The OST Party ·

2021/01/15

Happy New Year, party pals! This week we're spinning the soundtrack to everyone's favorite "Kevin Bacon saves a town's soul through the power of dance" movie: Footloose! This is one of the quintessential 80s movie soundtracks. Six of this album's seven radio singles wound up hitting the Top 40, two of which landed Academy Award nominations! We've got Kenny Loggins. We've got Bonnie Tyler. We've got Shalamar, Deneice Williams, Mike Reno, Ann Wilson, and so much more! Sammy Hagar even manages to show

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01:17:57

Episode 47: Scrooged

The OST Party ·

2020/12/31

Welcome back, folks! We may have missed Christmas, but as this week's film reminds us, it's never too late. Round up some leftover wassail, put on your new fuzzy slippers, and join us as we break down the soundtrack to Richard Donner's 1988 "Christmas Carol" riff Scrooged! Bill Murray plays Frank Cross, a jaded TV executive hellbent on producing the most tasteless Dickens adaptation ever seen. But he's soon visited by three spirits... You know how this one goes. The soundtrack is not your

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01:30:03

Episode 46: Jingle All The Way

The OST Party ·

2020/12/10

Season's Greetings! This week on the podcast we bring you a Christmas movie soundtrack like no other. It's the soundtrack to the 1996 Christmas comedy Jingle All The Way! Arnold Schwarzenegger goes toe to toe with Sinbad in a race to find their kids the last Turboman doll in the city. Along the way we meet black market Santas, Martin Mull in a ponytail, and a reindeer named Ted! And the soundtrack is an interesting beast, too. Half of it feels like a glimpse into a world where The Brian Setzer

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01:04:48

Episode 45: Give Thanks For TV!

The OST Party ·

2020/11/26

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! This week we're giving thanks for all the TV that's kept us company over the years. We've got ten great theme songs to discuss tonight, covering everything from old-school Nickelodeon favorites to cult cartoon rockers to the only acceptable use of acapella. There are some real obscure gems in tonight's show, and also one or two that we know you all know by heart. Who doesn't love to sing along to their favorite theme song? Nobody, that's who! So polish off the last of

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01:01:03

Episode 44: Hobgoblins

The OST Party ·

2020/10/29

Happy Halloween, everybody! It's time to party down with another one of Libby's favorite wackadoo cult classics. It's Hobgoblins! It's a film that looks an awful lot like Gremlins or Critters, but has its own set of tricks up its sleeve. Famously one of the worst films ever covered on "Mystery Science Theater 3000", Hobgoblins features a soundtrack by post-punk band The Fontanelles. The band also appears in the film, playing the song "Kiss Kicker 99" to a room of roughly six people. In this episode

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01:25:45

Episode 43: The Karate Kid

The OST Party ·

2020/10/22

Seems like everyone is raving about the Cobra Kai series right now, so what better time to jump waaay back to 1984 and discuss the original? It's The Karate Kid this week on The OST Party! This one is a personal favorite of Joe's, and we get into a lot of why this film still works so well some 36 years later. And as popular as the film is, you'd think the soundtrack would be wall to wall bangers, right? Well, aside from Joe Esposito's "You're The Best", this soundtrack is surprisingly...dull. You

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01:16:50

Episode 42: Down With Love

The OST Party ·

2020/10/01

It's time to go back to the 60s, when men were men, women were women, and sex was only referenced with vague hand gestures and sideways glances. This week we dive into the soundtrack to 2003's Down With Love. Renée Zellweger is a self help guru whose book is liberating women's sex drives the world over. Ewan McGregor is the dashing reporter hellbent on exposing her as a massive phony. Together, they fight crime! Wait, no... They fall in love. Or maybe not. Who's to say? At any rate, the soundtrack

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01:28:15

Episode 41: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

The OST Party ·

2020/09/03

With the release of Bill & Ted Face The Music, we return to bring you more musical madness courtesy of Wyld Stallyns and Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. It's a film near and dear to Joe's strange, twisted heart! Bogus Journey is a snapshot of the moment when hair metal acts like Winger and Neverland began to fall out of favor as alt-rock acts like Primus and Faith No More began to hit the mainstream. Landing just before Nirvana's "Nevermind," it was a musical changing of the guard, and the blending of

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