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Feb 24, 2023 - 9:27 PM
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Tom Servo
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I don’t normally post about my podcast here on the board, possibly because I’m just too modest, but I felt to compelled to share the milestone of reaching 50 episodes as of this month. Granted it took me 5 years to reach this number, but unfortunately it can take me awhile to produce these and life kept happening!
If anyone here is interested, my 50th episode is a conversation with Neil S. Bulk, recapping the albums he produced and/or edited in 2022. This has been an annual tradition and I’m always happy that my friend Neil makes time to chat with me about his projects each year. This episode includes discussion on the RAMBO LP set from Quartet and the LLL Black Friday releases:
https://ascoretosettle.podbean.com/e/asts-050-guest-neil-s-bulk-soundtrack-album-producer-and-editor-2022-in-review/
Back in 2017 I had reached an impasse in my blog site, A Score To Settle, devoted to momentous soundtrack-related memories and incidents in my life. I wanted to share more of the music itself, in addition to my observations. In addition, I had grown frustrated with some of the existing soundtrack podcast around that 2015-2016 time frame (other than Cinematic Sound Radio!), finding that while the various hosts could be enthusiastic about movie music, they often had no knowledge of the mechanics of film scoring and/or stated factually incorrect details. Facts matter to me, so rather than just get frustrated listening while sitting in LA traffic, I wondered if I could produce my own podcast show.
I also felt motivated to feature composers and titles not usually heard on the podcasts at that time, titles outside of Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, LOTR and John Williams. I wanted my episodes to be of educational value, painstakingly researched and cited, but also express some subjective observations without falling into a “best/worst”, “winner/loser” dualistic dynamic heard on many fan-run podcasts.
I was proud to have episodes devoted to Maurice Jarre and Franz Waxman as well as Elmer Bernstein’s jazz and Western scores. I produced a 2-parter specifically focused on the LETHAL WEAPON film series, with part 1 relating it the history of music for cop and detective movies and part 2 including an overview of Michael Kamen’s career up to and around that same time frame. And I so happy to be able to interview the aforementioned Neil S Bulk, along with Dan Goldwasser, Jeff Bond, Marshall Harvey and a number of working composers.
I’m at another crossroads again, this time unsure of whether I pause the show at episode 50 or continue forward. I have a tentative plan for a year-long focused sub-series, similar to last year’s “Evolving Sound of Science Fiction Cinema”, but we’ll see if I can muster the motivation! Anyway, if you’re curious, take a listen at the links below and hopefully you might find some entertainment and illumination in a few episodes!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-score-to-settle/id1317649943?mt=2
https://open.spotify.com/show/1KS5lN5RfVQ1claGbxR2YJ
https://twitter.com/score2settlepod
https://www.facebook.com/ascoretosettle
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The Lethal Weapon 2 parter was what really helped me to get into those scores. Congratulations, Brian.
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Major congrats on this milestone Brian! A wonderful episode, as all of your conversations with Neil are. You two have excellent chemistry! I'm glad you got him to dish a bit about the Rambo box set in particular. And near the end I laughed when he was all apologetic about already discussing The 'Burbs on "another podcast" (The Goldsmith Odyssey) ... I guess he didn't know you're one of our biggest supporters too. 
Here's to another 50! And frankly, if you felt like transitioning the show to Neil's playful "Inside Track" suggestion, with more emphasis on conversation with people working in the industry like himself (and heck, maybe a conversation with Neil 3-4 times a year instead of just once... or maybe he'd even just be a semi-regular cohost with you?), I would be really excited for it! IMO it'd be great if some other more general film music podcast like yours did the equivalent of what we are doing with Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlights, but for other composers besides Goldsmith.
Yavar
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Mar 5, 2023 - 9:00 AM
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Tom Servo
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Major congrats on this milestone Brian! A wonderful episode, as all of your conversations with Neil are. You two have excellent chemistry! I'm glad you got him to dish a bit about the Rambo box set in particular. And near the end I laughed when he was all apologetic about already discussing The 'Burbs on "another podcast" (The Goldsmith Odyssey) ... I guess he didn't know you're one of our biggest supporters too.
Here's to another 50! And frankly, if you felt like transitioning the show to Neil's playful "Inside Track" suggestion, with more emphasis on conversation with people working in the industry like himself (and heck, maybe a conversation with Neil 3-4 times a year instead of just once... or maybe he'd even just be a semi-regular cohost with you?), I would be really excited for it! IMO it'd be great if some other more general film music podcast like yours did the equivalent of what we are doing with Odyssey Soundtrack Spotlights, but for other composers besides Goldsmith.
Yavar
Thanks for flattering words and excellent suggestions, Yavar! Neil is indeed a popular guy, all the soundtrack podcasts want to have him on as guest! I could consider more frequent conversations with him through the year, maybe it'd be easier to stay more up to date on his album projects.
And it would be interesting for another podcast to tackle what you and the Williams Legacy podcast do, a journey through a singular composer's canon... I'm not sure who I would select as my focus though, I have so many favorites! I am plotting out the details a year-long focus now, it's a pretty broad topic but may only wind up as 4-5 episodes.
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