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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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51:32

Who is Taking Home the 2023 Best Original Song Oscar...

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2023/03/06

Paolo and Sophia from The Song Will Go On Podcast join Ryan and Nicole to talk about the 2023 Oscar's Best Original Song Category. This year has some big names so we partnered up with our fellow soundtrack podcasters to break it down.We discuss:Is this finally Diane Warren's year? Will Rihanna continue take the momentum from her Super Bowl Halftime performance to take home the statue? Will Gaga take her power ballad from the top grossing movie of the year to another Oscar win? Will RRR upset

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01:06:43

How Big of a Hamilton (2015) Fan is Brittney Williams...

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2023/02/27

Brittney Williams, aka The Reclusive Blogger is our guest this week to talk about the 2015 Lin Manuel Miranda musical phenomenon, Hamilton, which captured the zeitgeist in ways that few musicals have. There's a lot to unpack and luckily for our hosts, Brittney knows her Hamilton lore. We discuss:The lyrical density of HamiltonThe Hamilton Mixtape and HamildropsLin Manuel Miranda's Disney projects like Moana, Mary Poppins Returns and the upcoming live action adaptation of The Little Mermaid.If you're

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01:04:35

How Does Jon Brion's Score Work as A Character In...

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2023/02/13

Lacy and Josh Vetter from the When Cinephiles Attack Podcast are the guests for our 2023 Valentine's Day episode and they're joining Ryan and Nicole to talk about the soundtrack to Michel Gondry's 2004 film, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which bounces between Jon Brion's score and songs from artists such as Beck, The Polyphonic Spree, and The Willowz. From discussing the importance of the score to the needle drop of Beck's cover of The Korgis' "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime", all the

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50:51

How Did Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Dinosaur...

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2023/01/23

Indie Rock Legend, Lou Barlow, is our guest this week and it was truly an honor to interview him. He created the music for the 1995 cult classic Kids with John Davis aka the band Folk Implosion. We covered this soundtrack for our very first episode. The movie also features a previously released song from Lou's band Sebadoh, and a song from his Deluxx Folk Implosion. The soundtrack spawned the Top 40 Single, "Natural One". We chat about Kids and working with our favorite soundtrack supervisor,

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40:05

What Kind of Beer Would Dave Zalatoris (host of the...

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2023/01/09

Dave Zalatoris from the Beer in Front Podcast is our guest for this episode to talk about the many song used throughout the 6 season run of The Sopranos. We go from the opening notes of The Alabama 3's "Woke Up This Morning" to the abrupt end of Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" with Dave's favorite music selections in between. From The Rolling Stones to TLC's "No Scrubs", the show weaved a lot of genres from different decades to tell the complicated story of Tony Soprano. We also cover Dave's

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01:06:29

Who would Scott Interrante (of This is the Greatest...

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2022/12/23

Happy Holidays!Scott Interrante (of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard In My Entire Life) returns to talk about Jon Favreau's most famous Christmas film, Elf (2003)! From Louis Prima to Zooey Deschanel singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside", we cover the Gold certified soundtrack for this Christmas classic.We also discuss:How the film launched careers of Jon Favreau (as a director) and Zooey Deschanel (as an actress AND as a singer)How veteran actors James Caan (RIP), Ed Asner, and Bob Newhart add

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01:10:22

How Did Tyler of I Turn My Podcast On Acquire His...

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2022/12/12

Our guest for this week is Tyler, host of I Turn My Podcast On, the best Spoon podcast out there. He joins Ryan and Nicole to talk about the blockbuster soundtrack to the blockbuster 1995 Joel Schumacher film, Batman Forever. From U2 to The Flaming Lips, we bounce around between talking about the stacked music from the soundtrack and the stacked rumors surrounding casting Batman, Robin and The Riddler for the film. Ethan Hawke? Leo? Ewen MacGregor? (Nicole fans, drink!) We cover them all.We discuss

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01:10:32

How did the LA 90s Power Pop Scene Connect...

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2022/11/28

Michael Lockwood (guitarist for Lions and Ghosts, Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Carly Simon, among others) somehow has found some time in his crazy busy schedule to talk about his score for the 2022 film As the Village Sleeps, which was just released digitally. His label, Sparkle Plenty, has also just released the album Lagoon, from Bird Streets, and it has also digitally reissued the debut album from Michael's band, Lions and Ghosts.We also go back and talk about Michael's work on Aimee Mann's songs for

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39:21

Season 3 B-Sides w/ Craig Wedren, Scott Interrante,...

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2022/11/14

As we approach the end of 2022, we look back at some of our favorite conversations that we had to cut out of our regular episodes. We'd like to thank all of our guests in 2022! This should would not be the same without you.In this episode:Ryan talks to Craig Wedren about performing with the Foo Fighters on Letterman and growing up with Dave Grohl in the DC punk and hardcore scene.Ryan and Nicole talk to Scott Interrante about the band, Sugar Ray.Ryan and Brandice talk to Colin Jackson Brown about

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01:05:28

Is Singles (1992) the Greatest Rock Soundtrack of the...

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2022/10/31

Branden Palomo from the Better Band Podcast, Danny Prokup, and Mike Boroski (regular guests on the Music Rewind Podcast) join Ryan to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Cameron Crowe's love letter to Seattle, the 1992 film, Singles. The film and the soundtrack are both fondly remembered by our guests and both were put together before many of the bands featured on the soundtrack became household names.We talk about the mixtape nature of the soundtrack, and how odd that this romantic comedy film kicks

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01:15:50

How Does the Pop Satire of Music and Lyrics (2007)...

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2022/10/10

Ryan and Nicole welcome Scott Interrante from the This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard In My Entire Life Podcast to talk about the soundtrack to the 2007 Marc Lawrence film, Music and Lyrics. The soundtrack contains a ton of original music, mostly from Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) and Andrew Wyatt (Miike Snow), 2 veterans of writing songs for fake artists in movies. Clive Lawrence is also credited for writing the song "Dance with Me Tonight" and while Clive is Marc's son, his

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57:26

How did Setlusting Bruce's Jesse Jackson React to the...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/09/26

Jesse Jackson of the Setlisting Bruce Podcast joins the podcast to talk to Ryan about the soundtrack to the 2019 Gurinder Chadha film, Blinded by the Lights, a film that is centered around a character's discovery of the music of Bruce Springsteen. Naturally, Jesse is the perfect guest to talk about The Boss, who contributes 12 songs to the soundtrack. Jesse is also familiar with the book that the film is based on, Sarfraz Manzoor's Greetings from Bury Park, so Jesse explains the differences between

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01:04:06

How Does Andres of The Latin Jukebox Feel About How...

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2022/09/12

Andres from The Latin Jukebox Podcast was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia, and he's on the podcast to discuss the Oscar winning animated film Encanto (2021), which takes place in a fictional version Columbia. By growing up in the country and understanding the culture, he has a unique perspective on the 2021 animated blockbuster. He talks about what Disney got right about Colombia and sheds some background on all the Columbian voice talent that is sprinkled throughout this movie.Obviously, we

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57:08

How did DarkTyme Composer Bob Rogue Discover “The...

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2022/08/22

Composer of the web series/podcast, DarkTyme: Stories From The Future, and business manager of the Black Corporation, Bob Rogue, chose the soundtrack to the 1978 film, Midnight Express, with it’s Oscar winning Giorgio Moroder score. Bob became familiar with the soundtrack before even seeing the movie and he shares a fun story about hunting down “The Chase”.Ryan and Bob also chat about the legendary career of Giorgio Moroder in both pop music and the soundtrack world as well as Moroder's legacy as a

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01:14:14

How Hard Does Phil Collins Go On the Tarzan...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/08/08

Tara Giancaspro aka Sweaty Lamarr is our guest for this Phil Collins-centric episode on the 1999 Kevin Lima and Chris Buck directed animated film, Tarzan. She also just released her album, A Little Bit Cuntry, A Little Bit Rock and Roll. (link to her Bandcamp below)Phil Collins wrote all the original songs for this film and he recorded the songs in over 5 different languages. He also won an Oscar for the single, "You'll Be in My Heart" and the soundtrack has sold over 2 million copies. Tara talks

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01:05:41

From First Love, Last Rites to Yellow Jackets (with a...

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2022/07/25

To celebrate 2 years of Soundtrack Your Life, we present to you a very special guest: Craig Wedren, the former Shudder to Think front man, and current TV/Film composer. Craig fronted the highly influential rock band, Shudder to Think in the late 80s/early 90s before the band turned to soundtrack work. Shudder to Think soundtracked Jesse Peretz's 1997 film, First Love, Last Rites and 1998's Lisa Cholodenko's 1998 film, High Art. Craig continued to work the TV/Film space, creating music for films such

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01:09:06

Why is the Fugazi's Instrument (1999) Soundtrack Not...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/07/18

David Ballantyne of The Vinyl Score returns to make his 2nd appearance of the year to talk about the 1999 Jem Cohen documentary, Instrument, which captures a 10 year snapshot of the band, Fugazi, between 1987 and 1996. Even though the film has live footage, and footage of the band recording, it's not a traditional rock documentary and the soundtrack also subverts those expectations.David and Ryan share about how they first discovered the band and what expectations they had for the documentary upon

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01:00:19

How Did Lance Ingram of Yesterday's Concert Fall in...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/07/11

This week's guest is Lance Ingram of the Yesterday's Concert Podcast and he picked the rock and roll film, Penelope Spheeris' Wayne's World (1992). From the iconic, "Bohemian Rhapsody" to Wayne and Garth bowing and screaming "We're not worthy!" to Alice Cooper, Ryan and Lance talk about all the classic and 80s rock references that they weave throughout the movie, as well as breaking down the majority of the soundtrack.Lance points out that the movie exists in a very different musical universe than

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01:12:10

How is Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album (1999)...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/06/27

Matt Latham from the Pick a Disc podcast, joins Ryan and Brandice, all the way from the UK to talk about the soundtrack to the TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This 1999 soundtrack and TV show has had a profound impact on Matt's life, and Matt shares the Pick a Disc origin story.Ryan, Brandice and Matt discuss about the iconic Nerf Herder theme song for the show, as well as a cover of it that shows up on the Buffy: Radio Sunnydale compilation. Ryan points out why the production of the song

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01:01:39

How Does School of Rock (2003) Avoid Being a Cliché...

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2022/06/13

Jon Reilly from the Life's But a Song Podcast stops by to talk about Richard Linklater's 2003 film, School of Rock. A movie that has since become a musical on Broadway. There was enough discussion about School of Rock to fill this episode as well as an episode on Life's But a Song, so please check that out as well, with guests Ryan and Nicole.The soundtrack for School of Rock is a mix of some original tunes from a couple of fake bands (The School of Rock and No Vacancy) as well as music from a bunch

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