Film Score Focus

This week on Film Score Focus we're going to wallow in the uber-coolness of vintage Italian genre scores. Since I don't know squat about the subject I'm calling in the big guns. Lars Nilsen, who is the head programmer over at the famed Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, will be bringing his encyclopedic knowledge and infectious passion for genre and exploitation films into the studio with me. An avid lover of Italian genre scores, Lars will be walking us through an area of film music I've long wanted to explore. We're going to listen to scores from westerns, action flicks, and even erotic cinema from some of Italy's finest composers for the silver screen including Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai, Piero Umiliani, and several others. Bellissimo!!!

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. You can also listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-236 "Seven Notes In Black (w/ Lars Nilsen)"

This week on Film Score Focus we're going to catch up with a number of brand new film scores created in the last four to six months. If you don't try to keep up with all the latest and greatest a few gems are sure to pass you by. Although I don't think this has been a particularly great first half as far as film music goes, there have been some intriguing additions to the literature. As I continue to listen more and more a few of these are really starting to grow on me. Hopefully they will for you as well.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. You can also listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-235 "New Release Roundup: July '10"

This week on Film Score Focus we're going to visit the exotic and mysterious country of Tibet. There are a lot of unique characteristics inherent in Tibetan folk music that film composers love to employ when scoring a film with a Tibetan theme. Sometimes they push these elements to the extreme while others touch on them ever so slightly. No matter how much they lean on Tibetan folk music, it's sure to evoke all of the sounds and images that make Tibet such a unique country.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. You can also listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-234 "Free Tibet With Film Music"

This week on Film Score Focus I'm going to Las Vegas...literally. My wife and I will be taking our first ever trip to Las Vegas and I couldn't be more excited. To get me in the spirit of the trip I've dedicated the show this week to Las Vegas film scores! There's a certain style and flavor that embodies Las Vegas and you don't have to actually go to fully realize how well it's expressed in cinema. So what makes a great Las Vegas film score? High energy grooves, a suave and sophisticated coolness, refined class, and of course a little gritty naughtiness are all ingredients that you'll find the classic Las Vegas film score.

Bring your cash rolls, ante up, and join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA I'll be on a plane to Las Vegas but you'll be along for the ride if you tune in. You can also listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-233 "What Sounds in Vegas Stays in Vegas"

This week on Film Score Focus we're criss-crossing through time in our spiffy new time machines in search of some timeless time traveling scores. I'm a sucker for a good time-traveling flick. There's something about the notion of venturing back into the past or zipping ahead in to the future that really ignites my imagination. Apparently a lot of other film composers feel the same way since the time-traveling picture has been a valuable resource for great musical inspiration. There are no boundaries to what a time-traveling movie can bring...it can be adventurous, mysterious, or even dangerous and well explore them all.

Power up your time machines and join me Friday night at 8:00PM or if you miss it just jump back into your time machine for that exact time or just wait until Sunday night at 7:00PM right here on 89.5 KMFA. You can also listen live via the internet at www.kmfa.org.

Here's the lineup for FSF-232 "Calling All Time Travelers"