Film Score Focus

FSF-243 "TV Land Goes to the Movies" (09/10/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-09-07T00:41:23Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're visiting relatively new movies adapted from relatively old television programs. The "small screen" has long been fertile ground for filmmakers to harvest narrative ideas. Sometimes the movie becomes an extension of the actual television series itself while other times the material is adapted into something completely new. We're going to venture through scores which fit the later of these two types. You can already probably name a host of various television shows which have been turned into movies. From a scoring perspective one of the big questions becomes "Did they use the theme from the show?" Sometimes composers do and sometimes they don't. We'll just have to listen and hear what we can hear.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-243 "TV Land Goes to the Movies"

FSF-242 "If I Could Talk With the Animals" (09/03/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-08-30T18:03:20Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're speaking the universal language of the animals...English! The talking animal movie isn't really anything new. The lovable "Mr. Ed" yakked it up on television from 1961 to 1968 and ever since audiences couldn't get enough of talking animals...Well, some can. Nowadays high-tech computer animation is utilized to make any animal say anything a director wants it to say.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-242 "If I Could Talk With the Animals"

FSF-241 "Ben Stiller My Beating Heart" (08/20/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-08-24T16:40:00Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're yuckin' it up with one of cinema's most lovable losers...Ben Stiller. Although his career is not exclusively composed of comedy films, Ben Stiller has certainly become a household name because of his work in this genre. He's as deft at conjuring up sympathy as he is laughs which makes him an extremely likable actor spanning a fairly diverse crop of films. As diverse as his films are, so are the score that accompany them.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-241 "Ben Stiller My Beating Heart"

Film Score Focus Film Series at the Alamo!

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-08-16T15:37:03Z

Starting in August I'll be hosting a new film series at the Alamo Drafthouse focusing on superlative film scores. First up is the Alfred Hitchcock classic NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) which features a score by Bernard Herrmann. Before the screening, I'll give a brief twenty minute lecture about the score and give audiences a little glimpse inside what makes it so fantastic. I'll isolate a few themes to listen for, spotlight choices reflecting Herrmann's genius and give the audience a little better appreciation of the score just before we watch the film together. I'm really very excited. It'll be the first time I've ever seen NXNW on the big screen.

It'll take place Sunday, August 22, 2010, at the Alamo Ritz theater. Tickets will be $10.00. As an extra bonus for those arriving early, Mitchell Bowman will be performing renditions of Bernard Herrmann's music on the accordion! It should be an absolute awesome evening!

For more information and ticket purchasing, visit the page over at the Alamo website.

FSF-240 "Conducting The Masters of Suspense" (08/20/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-08-16T15:10:08Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're allowing film composer and conductor Joel McNeely to lead the Royal Scottish National Symphony in selections of Bernard Herrmann's music for five classic Alfred Hitchcock films. It is widely known that Hitchcock is referred to as the "Master of Suspense" but without Bernard Herrmann actually creating that suspense with his music there simply wouldn't be any.

For this show all of the selections will be re-recordings made in the last decade. Joel McNeely in conjunction with Varese Sarabande Records have taken on the task of recording many of Bernard Herrmann's classic scores.

Also, don't forget to buy your tickets for the first ever Film Score Focus Film Screening at the Alamo Drafthouse. I'm going to give a short presentation on Herrmann's music for NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) and then we'll watch the film in the comfort of Austin's most famous theater. It'll take place on Sunday, August 22, 2010, at 7PM at the Alamo Ritz Theater on 6th Street in downtown Austin. Tickets are $10.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-240 "Conducting the Masters of Suspense"

FSF-239 "I'm Not Dead Yet!" (08/13/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-08-13T20:40:10Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're raising the dead in search of fresh brains. Do you know what goes really good with brains? Film music! Not just any film music, but zombie film music! There are as many interpretations of what goes into a great zombie score as there are zombie films. Whether you like your zombie scores fast or slow, intelligent or dumb, drippy with goo or fairly well manicured, there's sure to be something for you to enjoy.

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-239 "I'm Not Dead, Yet!"

FSF-238 "Shake Your Urban Groove Thang" (08/06/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-08-04T16:58:21Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're grooving through big city streets in search of the funkiest, hippest, and hardest grooving scores of 1970's urban crime dramas. The groove is something that we really don't hear much of in modern film music. I can't recall the last time I heard a rock solid bass grooving with a kick drum while horns, guitars, or pianos funk and dunk their way up front. It's a lost art.

I dare you to tune into the show this week and try not to bob your head or tap your foot to the beats of these fantastic groove based scores!

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-238 "Shake Your Urban Groove Thang"

FSF-237 "It's My Party And I'll Sing If I Want To" (07/30/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-07-27T03:26:00Z

This week on Film Score Focus we're celebrating my birthday! What better way to laud the passing of another year of my life than with the beauty, majesty, and grace of film music. I'll be playing a random smattering of some of my favorite scores and you're invited to come on down to the party!

Join me Friday night at 8:00PM or Sunday evening 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-237 "It's My Party And I'll Sing If I Want To"

FSF-236 "Seven Notes In Black (w/ Lars Nilsen)" (07/23/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-07-19T04:19:12Z

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)"

FSF-235 "New Release Roundup: July '10" (07/16/10)

nospam@example.com (Brian Satterwhite) — 2010-07-13T04:05:00Z

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"