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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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01:04:44

The Crow (1994) w/ Colin from Free With This Month's...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/05/23

Trigger Warning: There is brief mention of sexual assault in this episode since it is central to the plot of The Crow.Colin Jackson-Brown from the podcasts, Free with This Months's Issue and We Dig Music, talks with Brandice and Ryan about the 1994 Alex Proyas film, The Crow. The film was a sleeper hit, while the soundtrack debuted at #1 on the Billboard albums chart and went on to go triple platinum. The soundtrack featured The Cure, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, Helmet and Nine

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01:04:08

8 Mile (2002) w/ MJ from the Menage with the...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/05/09

We’ve reached Episode 50, and to celebrate this milestone, we're covering the blockbuster 8 Mile Soundtrack with MJ from the Menage with the MariJayne Maven Podcast! This multiplatinum soundtrack is the companion piece to the 2002 Curtis Hanson film, 8 Mile, which stars Eminem. Eminem is also the star of the soundtrack with his mega hit, "Lose Yourself", a song that has won an Oscar, a Grammy, topped the Billboard Top 100, and has been streamed over a billion times on Spotify.We discuss the

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01:04:30

Josie and the Pussycats (2001) w/ The Vern from The...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/04/25

The Vern from the Cinema Recall podcast joins us this week to talk about the 2001 Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont film, Josie and the Pussycats, a film that has slowly transformed from box office bomb to cult classic. We chat about the loaded soundtrack featuring the songwriting of Dave Gibbs (Gigolo Aunts, Rock of Ages musical director), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, That Thing You Do, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Adam Duritz (Counting Crows), Anna Waronker (That Dog, Shrill, Yellowjackets 96),

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01:02:19

That Thing You Do (1996) w/ Brian Colburn of the...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/04/11

Brian Colburn of the Playlist Wars podcast stops by to talk about his favorite movie, Tom Hanks' 1996 film, That Thing You Do. The film boasts the infectious award nominated hit single, "That Thing You Do", written by the late Fountains of Wayne / Ivy / Tinted Windows bassist, Adam Schlesinger, who would go on to write for various other films and TV shows, including the Emmy Award winning, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.Beyond the title track from the film, we dive in to contributions from Dave Gibbs (Gigolo

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01:03:24

Stranger Than Fiction (2006) w/ Brandice Wilson and...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/03/28

Ryan, Brandice and Nicole talk about the soundtrack to the 2006 Marc Forster film, Stranger than Fiction. The soundtrack was originally promoted as a Britt Daniel score, but it turns out that Brian Reitzell co-scored the film with Daniel as well as helming the role of soundtrack supervisor. They chat about the many Spoon songs included in the film, including the song "The Book I Write", which was written specifically for the film. They also discuss one of the pivotal scenes in the film where Will

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42:09

2022 Best Original Song Oscar Nominations w/ Nicole...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/03/25

Ryan and Nicole break down the 5 nominees for the 2022 Best Original Song Oscar. They talk about how the category has had as few as 2 nominees (2011) in the past and they question whether this year should've had 5 nominees or not. They discuss Diane Warren's winless streak and whether her song for Reba McEntire, "Somehow you Do" will finally get her a statue. From there, they discuss the Van Morrison heavy soundtrack to Belfast, and his nominated song, "Down to Joy", Beyonce's Doors sampling "Be

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51:16

Ex-Machina (2014) w/ David Rosen, Award Winning...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/03/14

Award winning composer and host of the Piecing It Together Podcast, David Rosen is our guest for this episode. Ryan and David talk about the score to the 2014 Alex Garland film, Ex-Machina. They discuss how Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury’s score has influenced David’s own score work as well as the rise in experimental electronic scores and how the duo continues to push in that direction even though Salisbury’s background is in traditional piano/string based scores. They also chat about the

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46:22

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Score (2011) w/ Author...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/02/28

Author of the international best selling books, Excelsior, and Ever Upward, George Sirius shares about how Steve Jablonsky’s score to the 2011 Michael Bay film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon has directly inspired scenes in the Excelsior Journey series. While George is a fan of the majority of Jablonsky’s work for Transformers, he explains why the score Dark of the Moon stands out in particular.We also chat about Jablonsky's filmography dating all the way back to when he was an understudy of Hans

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01:03:59

How Did a Writing Project Gone Wrong Ruin Garden...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/02/14

Happy Valentines Day!For this week's episode, Ryan, Brandice, and Nicole talk about a film where a character tells another character "This song will change your life." which seems like the perfect film to discuss on this podcast! That's right, we discuss Zach Braff's 2004 film, Garden State, and it's Grammy Award Winning Soundtrack. Ryan and Nicole originally saw the movie in its original theatrical run, while Brandice had never seen the film until she was tasked to for the podcast, so there's an

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01:05:31

Pulp Fiction (1994) w/ David Ballantyne of The Vinyl...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/01/24

David Ballantyne of The Vinyl Score YouTube Channel stops by to chat with Ryan and Nicole about the 1994 Quentin Tarantino blockbuster Pulp Fiction and its triple platinum soundtrack. It's a soundtrack that seemed to be everywhere in 1994 and it opened up a lot of ears to a bunch of different genres of music including surf rock, R&B and classic rock. We start with "Pumpkin and Hunny Bunny" / "Misirlou" and go through our favorite tracks from the soundtrack as well as how Tarantino wanted to

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54:08

The Soundtrack Songs of Semisonic (1996-2001) w/ John...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2022/01/10

We kick off Season 3 with a very special guest, John Munson of Semisonic. (Also of Trip Shakespeare, The New Standards, Munson Hicks Party Supplies, The Twilight Hours). Instead of talking about one soundtrack, we talk about the different soundtracks that Semisonic has appeared in. While John doesn't have all the details about how the band ended up on every soundtrack, he shares some fun behind the scenes stories. We chat about the excitement of being placed on a soundtrack for the first time (The

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01:08:38

How Many of the Love, Actually (2003) Storylines Have...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/12/20

It's the holiday episode and Austin and Jenn from I Hate Your Taste in Movies stopped by to join Brandice, Nicole and myself to discuss the 2003 Richard Curtis film, Love, Actually. This holiday get together with our friends to The North turned into a bit of a holiday massacre as we pick apart how both the film and the soundtrack haven't aged particularly well. From Bill Nighy's "Christmas is All Around" to the Mariah Carey (but not Mariah Carey) Christmas sing along, we jump from storyline to

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18:56

Season 1 B-Sides w/ Brandice Wilson, Nicole Barlow,...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/11/16

As 2020 comes to an end, we're ending our season with a B-Sides (outtakes) episode where we showcase some fun conversations that didn't make the final cut or our Season 1 episodes. We're happy to share clips from our Trainspotting, Baby Driver, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, and Life Aquatic with Stevie Zissou episodes.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacyPodsights - https://podsights.com/privacyChartable -

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59:28

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) w/ Brandice Wilson and...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/10/25

Brandice Wilson and Nicole Barlow are back to discuss the 2001 Wes Anderson film, The Royal Tenenbaums, and it's much celebrated soundtrack. It begins with the Mark Mothersbaugh score, and from there it ranges from Vince Guaraldi's iconic "Christmas Time Is Here" to Elliott Smith's Needle in the Hay with a lot of great classic and punk rock in between. We talk about Margot Tenenbaum getting off Greenline bus to Nico's "These Days", the use of two Rolling Stones' tracks (that aren't on the

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01:05:33

Almost Famous (2000) w/ Lily and Hannah from Society...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/10/11

Lily and Hannah return as guests to talk about Cameron Crowe's 2000 Rock'n'Roll classic, Almost Famous. We dive into the early 70s, talking about everything from Alvin and the Chipmunks to Zepplin. With over 120 songs featured in this film, we cover a lot of ground, but we make sure to talk about the fictional band in the film, Stillwater (which is also a real band), which features Pearl Jam's Mike McCready and Peter Frampton. We talk about Cameron Crowe, both as a music journalist, and as a

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57:36

Scream 2 (1997) w/ Phil Bertulfo and J.M. Brandt

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/09/28

Our music composer, Phil Bertulfo and comic writer / horror expert-in-residence, J.M. Brandt, return to talk about Wes Craven’s 1997 slasher film, Scream 2. Why are we covering Scream 2 opposed to the original, you might ask? The soundtrack of course! This soundtrack ranges from D’Angelo covering Prince to The Foo Fighters to… the Kottonmouth Kings? We chat about this diverse and uneven soundtrack as well as how it compares to the other installments in the franchise and we discuss how much Jamie

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59:20

Space Jam (1996) w/ Brandice Wilson

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/09/13

Brandice is back to talk about the 1996 Joe Pytka film, Space Jam, and the blockbuster soundtrack that accompanied the film. We manage to spend our time talking about everything from The Quad City DJs "Space Jam" theme to Bugs Bunny's "Buggin", while avoiding talking about that one song by that one very problematic artist. We also discuss how some of the artists featured on the soundtrack had major soundtrack hits the year before (Coolio, Seal), and how stacked the soundtrack was with big name

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24:30

Season 2 B-Sides with Brandice Wilson, Nicole Barlow,...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/08/23

We're almost done with Season 2 so here's our B-Sides compilation of this season. We have conversations with regulars Brandice and Nicole as well as clips from many of our many entertaining guests. From some of our favorite podcasters to a writer / actor / director triple threat and a horror comic book writer, we've had a lot of great people stop by the podcast this season as we're forever grateful for ALL OF THEM! Conversations in this episode range from geeking out about Asian American hip hop

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04:17

Songs in the Key of Springfield (1997) w/ Robert and...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/08/09

This week we welcome Robert and Steven Sklansky, brothers, and co-hosts of The Simpsons Did It Podcast, to talk about the 1997 soundtrack, Songs in the Key of Springfield, which is the first official Simpsons soundtrack. We chat about all kinds of music from the show, from Danny Elfman's iconic Simpsons theme to the recent Morrisey parody episode, and everything in between. We discuss some of our favorite musical guests, some musical guests we hope cameo on the show one day, and all the different

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01:01:52

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) w/ JM Brandt,...

Soundtrack Your Life | A Film and TV Podcast ·

2021/07/26

We cover our first horror soundtrack this week with JM Brandt, writer of the upcoming horror comic, Swamp Dogs: House of Crows (Scout/Black Caravan), which comes out in ashcan form this week! We talk about the 1985 Dan O'Bannon horror comedy, The Return of the Living Dead and its very punk, but sometimes not punk soundtrack, which features artists such as The Cramps, TSOL, Roky Erikson, and SSQ. We also chat about how the music fits within the film, Dan O'Bannon's underrated screenwriting career,

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