What's the Score Podcast

Guest: Author/Producer Ajay Chowdhury

On this episode of What's the Score, we welcome Ajay Chowdhury. Ajay was born in London and read Law at university there and in The Netherlands. For over two decades, Ajay has consulted on various motion picture, music, publishing, television and theatrical projects. Ajay has been involved with British and European feature film production in various capacities. He was the associate producer on two feature films, ‘Lost Dogs’ (2005) and ‘Flirting With Flamenco’ (2006). Ajay has been an Advisory Board member on Tongues On Fire Film Festival. In 2015, he co-wrote the internationally bestselling, ground-breaking Some Kind of Hero: The Remarkable Story of the James Bond Films with Matthew Field, published by The History Press. The book was updated in paperback to cover The Road To Bond 25 and published in August 2018 which features extensive coverage on the soundtracks and songs of the 007 movies.

Find out why Ajay rates Eric Serra, listen to lost Bond songs from Casino Royale 1967 and OHMSS as well as rule-breaking, musical tribute to George Lazenby.

 

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Guest: Author and Film Historian Raymond Benson

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR PLEASURE. Raymond Benson is a prolific author with over 40 books to his name. While his 5 part serial called "The Black Stiletto" was an acclaimed hit, he is probably best known as the third official author of the James Bond continuation novels. In addition to writing, he is a noted film historian who provides the most wide ranging selection of composers yet. Learn more about this fascinating man and his interesting choices in film music on this episode.

WTS 3.7 Guest: Screenwriter Ron Peer

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR CONVIENENCE. Our guest is Screenwriter/Playwriter Ron Peer. Ron has over 50 credits to his name which include films and plays. His most notable film was "Goodbye Lover", directed by Roland Joffe. He currently has a family film feature streaming on several providers called "The Boy, The Dog and The Clown. In our most music packed episode yet, Ron takes you on a wide ranging journey of film music you sure to enjoy including composers Goldsmith, Bernstein, Goodwin and Barry.

Guest: Author/Professor Gergely Hubai

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR CONVIENENCE. With the James Bond films in the news (new film was to be released in April, now Nov.), we will have a couple of shows going forward looking at the music from those films. This episode features Gergely Hubai, a lecturer at several Hungarian Universities where he teaches film history. His knowledge of the scores, coupled with many unknown bits about them, make for an entertaining discussion and some great music!

WTS 3.5 Guest: Jonathan McIntosh

A lover of film music from an early age, Jonathan McIntosh developed a keen ear for music, even working on a few jingles and short films. As an actor, he has appeared in several short films and is now branching out to directing a web series. His selections are quite varied and include Morricone, Newman (Randy) and Barry among others. Some great music to be coupled with interesting conversation.

WTS 3.4 Guest David Zarisky

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR CONVIENCE. With all the talk about the title song to the New Bond film, we may have several theme shows over the coming weeks of the music of Bond. We're starting off with a bang with our guest David Zaritsky who is the creator of the widely popular youtube channel "The Bond Experience". A fascinating man whose story will entertain you and choices of favorite cues that may surprise you.

Guest: Film Music Journalist Stephen Woolston

When he's not working in IT or helping people grow through his coaching practice, Stephen Woolston is a prolific writer on the subject of film scores. He has contributed commentary on numerous CD liner notes, forums and articles for magazines such as "Soundtrack" and "Music from the Movies". His selections will surprise you and his insights will stimulate your thinking. Scores from the 50s to the 80s from the legends of film music to the not so famous composers. Be prepared to learn and enjoy!

WTS 3.2 Guest Matt Spaiser

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR CONVIENENCE. This episode features an influential blogger on films and fashion, specifically James Bond fashion. With the new Bond film weeks away, there will be much marketing done and some of it will focus on Bond's style. Matt runs the very successful website "The Suits of James Bond" where you can learn all about fashion and style of oo7. His choices of scores may surprise you and no...only one James Bond cue on the list. Listen for great conversation and classic film music!

WTS 3.1 Guest Jason Frederick

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR CONVIENENCE. Our guest is film/tv composer Jason Frederick. His work ranges from commercials to Disney projects on tv to feature films. Based in the UK, this Canadian also has a blog on film scoring and his upcoming projects include a score for a silent film, which we talk about. His choices are mostly scores from pre 1980 and include a couple of surprise choices from TV. Interesting conversation on film scoring and some great music!

Film Critic Kevin Sampson

PLEASE DOWNLOAD and listen at your convenience. Kevin Sampson is a Writer, Producer and Director and he's taken that experience and applied it to his primary role as a film critic. He also runs an entertainment website, hosts a podcast and a film review TV show. As if that wasn't enough he launched a PR firm called "Picture Lock" to help independent filmmakers, with a focus on filmmakers of color. Like you would expect, he has chosen a wide variety of scores ranging from the 1950's to present day. Some will be familiar and others won't be but you're sure to enjoy it all. A fascinating discussion on all things film plus some great music make this an episode not to be missed.