What's the Score Podcast

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.

Special Guest: Madison Wilson

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN AT YOUR CONVIENENCE. In an episode from season 1 of What's the Score, my daughter, Madison Wilson shows her wide variety of taste in Film Music. She may be a millennial, but her favorite cues run from the 1950's to current day. You're sure to enjoy her choices!

Guest: Album Producer Robert Townson Part 2

PLEASE DOWNLOAD and listen at your convenience. In part 2 of our discussion, Robert shares some fascinating stories on Jerry Goldsmith and the real story behind the unused score for 2001 A Space Odyssey written by Alex North. Plus more great music! With over 1500 albums produced of film music, Robert Townson is one of the worlds most important and influential figures in film music today. Enjoy!

Guest: Album Producer Robert Townson Part 1

PLEASE DOWNLOAD and listen at your convenience. With over 1500 film score albums to his credit, Producer Robert Townson truly is one of the foremost authorities on the history of film music. Because of his wealth of knowledge and incredible personal stories of working with some of the finest film composers, we are presenting this in 2 episodes. You'll hear first hand accounts of producing film score recordings with Composers such as Goldsmith, North, Bernstein and Barry to name a few. Join us for some amazing story telling AND great music!

Guest: Joseph Darlington

PLEASE DOWNLOAD and listen at your convenience. This episode features internationally known podcaster Joe Darlington, the creator of the podcast "Being James Bond". His popular podcast has been going since 2006, long before podcasts were as popular as they are today. Before you think you know all his choices of film scores....hold on. Joe chooses a very wide net for his favorites to include pop, classical and traditional film scores. Clapton, Gershwin and Barry are just a few of the composers. Join us for a great conversation and some diverse and wonderful film scores!

Guest: Film Historian Steve Saragossi

PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND listen at your convenience. Our guest on this episode of What's the Score is Steve Saragossi, a film historian and writer of articles on films and film music for various publications such as Cinema Retro. A wide ranging discussion on film music ensues with an emphasis on scores from the 60s and 70s. Steve's insightful comments on scores will interest you and his choices of cues will be nostalgic for many.

Guest: Actor/Producer Billy Slaughter

Our guest is Billy Slaughter who just reached 100 acting credits in what is a career just getting started.  Not only is he an accomplished actor and Producer(Magnificent 7, Bad mom's, Dark Meridian,etc), but he is a passionate lover of film music. Learn more about Billy's actors journey and his great selection of scores in this episode. PLEASE DOWNLOAD and listen at your convenience.

Composer Clifton Hyde

PLEASE DOWNLOAD and listen at your convenience. Accomplished musician and film composer Clifton Hyde joins us on the program. As a musician, he has worked with the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway shows and Blue Man Group. As a composer, he has done a variety of films, most recently for former guest Miles Doleac's Hallowed Ground. He shares his insights into the art of scoring and selects a fascinating array of cues, some familiar, some not, that you are sure to enjoy.

Guest: Musician/Leader of "Q the Music" Warren Ringham

PLEASE DOWNLOAD and enjoy at your leisure. We're delighted to have accomplished musician and band leader Warren Ringham as our guest. Warren's tribute band "Q the Music" is dedicated to playing music from the James Bond series. Not just the title songs but the instrumental cues as well. His background and interests make for a interesting selection of cues from the Bond series that you're sure to enjoy!