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Sideshow Sound Radio

We discuss the scores, soundtracks and media music we love, along with a healthy dose of Disney!

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Score Guide – Casper (1995)

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2025/10/21

In this heartwarming Score Guide finale for spooky season, Wend and Will revisit James Horner’s beloved score for Casper (1995). They’ll explore how Horner weaves together a never-ending well of hauntingly beautiful melodies, tender emotion, and spectral playfulness to bring this ghostly tale to life. From the film’s ethereal emotional beats to its bittersweet finale, […]

34:18

The Sideshow Theme Show #14 – They Will Never Stop...

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2025/09/30

Spooky season marches on, and this week Will and Lasse descend into the darkness of Middle-earth to face one of Howard Shore’s most chilling creations: the Ringwraith (Nazgûl) theme from The Lord of the Rings. The hosts unravel how Shore conjures terror through ritualistic choirs, dissonant pitch cells, and heavy orchestration, turning the Nine into […]

36:07

The Sideshow Theme Show #12 – Stabby Strings

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2025/09/09

This week – on the Spooky Season debut of The Sideshow Theme Show, Will and Lasse dive headfirst into one of the most iconic pieces of film music ever written: Bernard Herrmann’s “Prelude” from Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. We talk about how Herrmann’s bold choice to score Hitchcock’s thriller entirely with strings created a sound world […]

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Score Guide – Hocus Pocus (1993)

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2025/09/02

Sideshow Sound Radio is back for a brand-new season — and we’re kicking things off in true Halloween style! 🎧🎃 Join your hosts Wend and Will as they light the Black Flame Candle and dive broom-first into John Debney’s bewitching score for Hocus Pocus. From its mischievous motifs and spooky orchestrations to its heartwarming magic, […]

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Score Guide – The Rocketeer (1991)

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2025/04/22

In the thrilling conclusion to our Spring Season, Sideshow Sound Radio takes flight with a Score Guide dedicated to James Horner’s magnificent score for The Rocketeer (1991). Directed by Joe Johnston, this film brings to life the high-flying adventures of Cliff Secord, a stunt pilot who discovers a jetpack and becomes the titular hero. Horner’s […]

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The Sideshow Theme Show #10 – Ori & The Sound of Light

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2025/04/01

In this episode of The Sideshow Theme Show, Will and Lasse take a deep dive into the enchanting main theme of the Ori franchise, composed by Gareth Coker. We explore how this beautifully straightforward, diatonic melody captures the magic of Ori’s ethereal world—its sense of flight, wonder, and luminous adventure. Join us as we dissect […]

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Score Guide – The Incredibles (2004)

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2025/03/04

Welcome to the season debut of Sideshow Sound Radio—a podcast network dedicated to the film scores we love and why we love them! In our very first episode of this exciting new season, we’re kicking things off with a brand new Score Guide for The Incredibles. In this episode, we dive deep into the super-powered […]

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Score Guide – Elf (2003)

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2024/12/23

Happy Holidays! If you’ve traveled through the seven levels of the candy cane forest looking for entertaining and informative musical insights, you’ve arrived at your destination! Join hosts Wend and Will as they discuss the themes, leitmotifs, and peppermint-flavored instrumentation that make Elf one of their holiday favorites, all brought to us by the underrated […]

81:38

FROM THE VAULT – Score Guide – Home Alone (1990)

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2024/12/16

(Original Air Date – December 24th, 2017) Join Will & Wend for their first Christmas Score Guide! In their final episode of 2017 they merrily explore a childhood classic, the 1990 comedy chrimbo movie, Home Alone, composed and conducted by masterful maestro, John Williams. Your festive hosts shall be pulling back the composer’s christmassy curtain for you our loyal listener, to reveal […]

Score Guide – The Mummy (1999)

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2024/07/02

Welcome, sons of the Pharaohs, under the shadow of Anubis to our 42nd Score Guide! Will, Wend, and Claude return to 1999 once more to guide you around quicksand, past plagues and curses, through the action-adventure horror remake, cream of cinematic cheese, The Mummy, composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Twenty-five years after its release, […]

From the Vault – Episode 11 – The Music of the X-Men,...

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2024/05/23

**Original Air date: December 16, 2014** This week marks 3 years since our friend, producer, host, and collaborator Ian Crabb passed away. Since this is also his birthday week, we’ve decided to spend the next couple of weeks re-releasing some of our favorite episodes that he was a part of, starting with this episode, which […]

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The Sideshow Theme Show #6 – Riddle Me This, Vengeance

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2024/05/07

Welcome back to The Sideshow Theme Show! In today’s episode, Will and Lasse return to Gotham City, this time exploring Michael Giacchino’s two chord SLEDGEHAMMER of a main theme to 2021’s The Batman. Riddle us this, dear listeners – what does Nirvana, The Empire, and triple forte have to do with the loudest main theme […]

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FROM THE VAULT – Score Guide – Signs (2002)

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2024/04/30

**This episode originally aired October 8th 2016** Will and Wend are joined by host and producer of Cinematic Sound Radio, Erik Woods, to discuss their favourite score of this century in our Halloween Score Guide of 2016! The trio discuss the 2002 sci-fi thriller Signs by James Newton Howard. Guiding you through this sensational, supernatural film score, track-by-track, in the most entertaining and […]

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The Sideshow Theme Show #5 – I Am The Night

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2024/04/23

Welcome back to The Sideshow Theme Show! In today’s episode, Will and Lasse delve into the iconic main theme of Batman: The Animated Series, also known as Gotham City Overture, composed by Shirley Walker. Explore the dark and atmospheric soundscape crafted by Walker, reminiscent of classic film noir scores, and learn how her collaboration with […]

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From the Vault – Score Guide – Shrek (2001)

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2024/03/26

We welcome you and all fairytale creatures across the land to our 37th Score Guide! Will & Wend set off from Duloc to embark on a great and noble quest to guide their loyal listenership through the masterful score to the 2001 Academy Award-winning, DreamWorks animation, Shrek by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell. Your hosts journey past […]

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The Sideshow Theme Show #3 – The Old Ways

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2024/03/05

Welcome to another episode of The Sideshow Theme Show! In this episode, hosts Will Dodson and Lasse Vogt dive into the magical world of Trevor Jones’ enchanting theme for the 1998 miniseries, Merlin. Join us as we explore the intricacies of this captivating score and discuss its significance in the realm of fantasy soundtracks. From […]

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