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 Posted:   Dec 9, 2022 - 5:04 AM   
 By:   W. David Lichty [Lorien]   (Member)

I ran into Carol Goldsmith at a screening of the new Charles Fox doc called "Killing Me Softly With His Songs". Wonderful doc. The subject of The Goldsmith Odyssey was brought up and I mentioned you folks REALLY know your Goldsmith. She did not know about it, but asked this, "Is it respectful?" I said oh yes very respectful and I said you'd be pleased. Thought you may want to know smile

Thank you so much, Peter!

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 9, 2022 - 9:05 AM   
 By:   Howard L   (Member)

Now that is quite a coincidence. I just re-read A Separate Peace for the first time since high school and then watched the DVD of the film version that was in the cinema around the same time (1972). And there's the name "Charles Fox" in the credits. Nice, simple score that did justice to a rather grave story. Good choice to use T. Dorsey's "Opus One" for the opening credits/action, too.

 
 Posted:   Dec 13, 2022 - 9:16 AM   
 By:   W. David Lichty [Lorien]   (Member)

https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/11785925-odyssey-interviews-amin-matalqa-and-panu-aaltio

Lotsa music in this one, specifically Panu's (smiling, on the right). That picture is a good characterization of our guests, so I do hope you enjoy this.

It was an un planned Part One, only because their film is in theaters now and it would have taken too long to produce the entire show and get it out in time. They actually came aboard to talk with us about Thriller: What Beckoning Ghost, which comes out next.

Here's Clark's description!
While we've been honored to have both composers and directors appear on The Goldsmith Odyssey, it was a particular treat to welcome our first director-composer team to the program: filmmaker Amin Maltaqa and composer Panu Aaltio, whose new film 5000 Blankets is playing in theaters December 12 & 13 (and will be streamable in the months ahead). In this Odyssey Interview, Amin and Panu tell your humble hosts Yavar, David, and Clark about their deep and abiding film music fandom, their love of Jerry Goldsmith, their collaborative process, and much more! Naturally you'll hear plenty of excerpts from Panu's new score: a melodic, emotional work marked by memorable themes, striking orchestrations, and a welcome sense of old-fashioned romanticism. And stay tuned for our next regular episode, in which Amin and Panu will join us for an examination of Jerry's score for the Thriller installment “What Beckoning Ghost?” Enjoy!

 
 Posted:   Dec 13, 2022 - 9:20 AM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

And by “in theaters now” we mean: *today* is the second and final day of its limited run.

Yavar

 
 
 Posted:   Dec 13, 2022 - 1:47 PM   
 By:   The Shadow   (Member)

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 Posted:   Dec 14, 2022 - 6:57 AM   
 By:   W. David Lichty [Lorien]   (Member)

Regarding THE HOLLOW MAN, if anybody wants to know where these hand written Paul Verhoeven kind words about Jerry Goldsmith come from, well, they actually come from this deluxe Kanagawa october 2000 japanese concert program...

Nice finds, Thierry! The little note is a treasure.

 
 Posted:   May 26, 2023 - 1:34 PM   
 By:   DavidCorkum   (Member)

Congratulations on the 5th Anniversary of your wonderful podcast!

 
 Posted:   May 26, 2023 - 2:50 PM   
 By:   W. David Lichty [Lorien]   (Member)

Thank you!

(on behalf of four of the years)

And I agree (on the first!).

 
 Posted:   May 26, 2023 - 3:33 PM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

Yes, thank you! Our fifth anniversary was actually technically almost three months ago, as we debuted March 1, 2018. We recorded our celebratory show with Jens joining us a couple weeks into March 2023, but due to circumstances (including needing to do time-sensitive Production Reports on another Leigh Phillips GE Theater recording, as well as Jeff Bond's Jerry Goldsmith Companion book) we just weren't able to get out the episode until this past week. I'm really proud of it and think it turned out fantastic, though. Here it is, for anyone who hasn't already subscribed to our podcast and heard it smile --

https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/12559323-episode-39-the-security-agent-cbs-suspense-1956-fifth-anniversary-celebration

Yavar

 
 Posted:   Sep 10, 2023 - 10:34 PM   
 By:   Joe Sikoryak   (Member)

Modesty prevents me from starting my own thread, but I wanted to go on the record and thank Yavar, David and everyone at the Odyssey for hosting me on the latest episode. I had a blast talking to you!

After 25 years working for FSM, Intrada, La-La Land and Percepto, I have a few stories about our favorite hobby—-and I hope you’ll check it out.

Besides, everything sounds better with a “heapin’ helping” of Jerry Goldsmith music in the background. ;-)

https://goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/12160268-odyssey-interviews-joe-sikoryak

 
 
 Posted:   Sep 10, 2023 - 11:29 PM   
 By:   Graham   (Member)

Another great listen.

Graham

 
 Posted:   Sep 11, 2023 - 12:01 PM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

It was such a pleasure to have you on (both times) Joe!

Glad you enjoyed the conversation too, Graham. smile

Jeez, I've really been remiss in updating this thread when we have new episodes. I should fix that.

Yavar

 
 Posted:   Sep 13, 2023 - 4:10 PM   
 By:   Mike Esssss   (Member)

Great episode, guys. Hey, what is the Gerald Fried cue that pops up about 15 minutes in?

 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2024 - 6:55 AM   
 By:   DavidCorkum   (Member)

I'm starting to miss this podcast! It's pushing 2 months since the last interview or spotlight, and 5 months since the last actual episode. I hope the gentlemen involved are OK! I realize they all have real jobs elsewhere.

 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2024 - 7:56 AM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

Thanks for asking! We are fine, just busy with life as you surmised. Don’t worry, we aren’t going to pull an Art of the Score on you! wink (So glad they came back!!)

Just this past weekend we recorded a new regular episode on “Guillotine”, the last remaining un-Tadlowed Thriller score. But before that comes out we actually still have a couple regular episodes “in the can” from last year still to get out to you. One (the next one) is substantially edited but taking longer than normal because it is our longest episode to date!

So hang in there a little longer and you’ll be rewarded I think…

Yavar

 
 Posted:   Apr 21, 2024 - 11:46 AM   
 By:   DavidCorkum   (Member)

Your audience very much appreciates all the work you put into them. Although I think that if Goldsmith himself had lived to hear it he'd be completely bewildered!

 
 Posted:   Jan 8, 2025 - 6:37 PM   
 By:   DavidCorkum   (Member)

We only got 2 regular shows of the Odyssey in 2024, and 3 in 2023. Please go absolutely nuts and go for 4 in 2025!!

 
 Posted:   Jan 8, 2025 - 7:13 PM   
 By:   Yavar Moradi   (Member)

Hah! We have plans to get back on track. We have actually kept recording these but sometimes life intrudes and editing takes longer than expected. Some really great shows “in the can” from last year though! Hang in there and you’ll hear them. Two coming soon.

Yavar

 
 Posted:   Jan 9, 2025 - 5:40 AM   
 By:   W. David Lichty [Lorien]   (Member)

We only got 2 regular shows of the Odyssey in 2024, and 3 in 2023. Please go absolutely nuts and go for 4 in 2025!!

Hey, we did FOUR in 2023!

January 08, 2023 - Episode 38 - Project Immortality - Playhouse 90 (1959)
May 24, 2023 - Episode 39 - The Security Agent - CBS Suspense (1956) & Fifth Anniversary Celebration (with Jens!)
July 26, 2023 - Episode 40 - The Shape of the River - Playhouse 90 (1960) with Andy from the excellent film music podcast Settling the Score
December 01, 2023 - Episode 41 - Storm - CBS Radio Workshop (1956)

June 03, 2024 - Episode 42 - The Early Guitar Scores (1954-1958) with Carlos Rafael Rivera
September 26, 2024 - Episode 43 - Season of Disbelief & Hail and Farewell - CBS Radio Workshop (1956)

... not that this devastates your point at all, yeesh.

As I said elsewhere - and by the way, thank you for saying what you did; it's really nice to know the regular journey episodes are missed - we plan, whether we achieve it or not, we do plan to release a regular episode every month, and to let the bonuses be bonuses. The bonuses make sense. Goldsmith died 20 years ago. The people who knew and worked with him are getting along too. We're not a colossal podcast on the listener front, but we seem to have earned some respect, and we treat guests well. Maybe that gets around, because more people are willing to talk with us, and we want to talk with them about Jerry before the memories fade, as they do over time for anybody.

Plus, right as we decided to add coverage of new CD releases to our roster with the Soundtrack Spotlights, we had a 365 day period in which 16 Goldsmith CDs with 19 total scores came out. I know they don't come out like this, but that averages to about one release every three weeks. That's more frequently than we were even able to release shows at the time! It was crazy, and led to bonus episodes taking over, which then became a sort of habit for us. Were deliberately being more disciplined about that going forward.

The Goldsmith Odyssey is a three (to four) person show made by people with jobs, some with marriages, one with kids, all with lives. It's a well researched, highly produced program, both time-taking elements and two qualities of which we're all proud, but as Yavar said, life happens. By mid-summer, we had five shows in the can fully edited, and a couple of those are still coming out as we make final additions to them. In the can unedited we have two Spotlights, two and a half regular episodes and a great interview. I'm the editor; I'm the slow one on those last 5 1/2. Others held up the five from last summer because we have people, jobs, and just ourselves to take care of sometimes.

That's not to complain or Woe Is Us or anything, just to say that even when it looks like the show is petering out, we're not going anywhere, Lord willing. In 2018, some index determined that the average podcast lasts 174 days, and those are the two or three people chat charmingly for a half hour ones. Many people go a full year then reassess, and sometimes that's the end. We're approaching the completion of our sixth year, my fifth as Jens's replacement. We joke internally and externally about how long the whole thing will take. In 2018, they said "10 years." Well, it ain't 10 years anymore, or we'd already be past the '70s, and we still joke about it, but in that I get no sense from Clark or Yavar that anyone's feeling like tapping out, or like that's inevitable. The reality is, we just don't get to be as regular as most podcasts have become, much as we try, but we're still on this Russian Steamroller.

And I do hope that by journey's end, I'll have actually met my co-hosts in person.

 
 Posted:   Jan 9, 2025 - 2:39 PM   
 By:   DavidCorkum   (Member)

We only got 2 regular shows of the Odyssey in 2024, and 3 in 2023. Please go absolutely nuts and go for 4 in 2025!!

Hey, we did FOUR in 2023!
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Good grief, I can't even count to 4. Sorry!

I really do appreciate the show. Perhaps more so because it's scarcity makes it more eventful!

 
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