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Twice a month, Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak take a look at a soundtrack. Whether it be a song, a band, or a connection to a specific scene, They discuss personal connections to the soundtrack, with a guest. Episodes are released on 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month. Guest inquires can be made at: soundtrackcast@gmail.com You can support the podcast at https://www.patreon.com/soundtrackyourlife Voice Over: Amber Aviles https://amberaviles.com Music: Phil Bertulfo of Rubber Spaniel https://sound ...
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Why Does DT of Space Castle Find Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) So Rewatchable?
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DT, host of Space Castle on YouTube (formerly the podcast), joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to the 2010 Edgar Wright film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World. That means discussing Sex B-Bomb, Crash and the Boys, Clash at Demonhead, and the real life musicians behind them like Beck, Broken Social Scene, Metric, and more! We talk about th…
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How Did Dr. Augusta Palmer Learn that Her Father was a Famous Music Critic and Festival Curator? [The Blues Society (2023) w/ Director Dr. Augusta Palmer and Henry Nelson]
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Director of The Blues Society, Dr. Augusta Palmer, and Memphis radio DJ legend, Henry Nelson join Ryan to talk about the 2023 documentary, The Blues Society. The film has recently become available for rental and purchase on digital platforms. We Discuss: The origin of the film and when Dr. Palmer learned that her father was involved with organizing…
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Why Does Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Still Resonate with Jenn from My Streaming Bubble 25+ years later?
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Jenn Owens, host of the podcast, My Streaming Bubble, is our guest this week to talk about the soundtrack to the Henry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan 1998 film, Can't Hardly Wait. While the film didn't do huge numbers at the box office office upon its release, it is a movie that has grown in popularity over the years. Since the film takes place at a hou…
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How Did Archer Marsh Manage to Have His Music Show Up 3 Times in Bridgerton Season 3?
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Composer Archer Marsh is our guest this week, and he discusses his work on Bridgerton Season 3 including the viral hit, "Give Me Everything" (Pitbull), which has really taken on a life of its own. Archer has 2 other needle drops in Season 3: "Confident" (Demi Lovato) and "Lights" (Ellie Goulding). All of these songs are off Archer's album, Sequens,…
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Soundtrack Your Life Ep 101 - Soundtracking Monopoly w/ Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro
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(After a short hiatus, we're back, and we'll be back to releasing 2 episodes of month until December!) This is the Greatest Song that I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante and our favorite substacker, Tara Giancaspro return to Soundtrack Your Life to help Nicole and Ryan soundtrack the recently announced film Monopoly (Margot Robbie’…
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Soundtrack Your Life Ep 100 - Soundtracking The Sims w/ Tara Giancaspro and Scott Interrante
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Episode 100! For our landmark 100th episode, we have a couple of our favorite guests, Tara Giancaspro, and This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante, returning to join Nicole and Ryan to soundtrack a movie that doesn't quite exist yet, the recently announced movie based on The Sims! Our crew is tasked with comin…
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What are some of Jim from Film Rage's Favorite Needle Drops in Saltburn (2023) that are not "Murder on the Dancefloor"?
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Jim from the Film Rage podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the soundtrack to the 2023 Emerald Fennell film, Saltburn. Jim was previously a guest for our episode on David Byrne’s True Stories. The movie had a moment in 2023 with its infamous needle drop of Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s “Murder on the Dancefloor”, which i…
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What are Some of Rachel Brodsky's Favorite Needle Drops from The Bear - Season 1 and Season 2?
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Pop culture writer, Rachel Brodsky returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the music from the Christopher Storer hit television series, The Bear. With season 3 due in June, we decided to take a look at the massive amount of needle drops from the 1st 2 seasons of this dense award winning dramedy. From Dad rock to Swedish pun…
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How Have the Gender Politics of Charlie's Angels (2000) Aged According to Nicole Tremaglio of the Nicstalgia Podcast?
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Cultural theorist and host of the Nicstalgia Podcast, Nicole Tremaglio, joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the year 2000 McG directed film, Charlie’s Angels. The film was a huge success at the box office and the soundtrack was also a hit, with lead single “Independent Women Part 1” topping the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 consecutive we…
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How Amazing Was Writer/Film Critic, Lex Brisuco's, Marie Antoinette (2006) Themed Sweet 16 Birthday Party?
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Film Critic and writer, Lex Briscuso joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 2006 Sophia Coppola film, Marie Antoinette and it's iconic soundtrack. The soundtrack pulls from the 80s, 90s, and aughts with tracks from Gang of Four, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Strokes, Aphex Twin and more! Coppola put the soundtrack together with soundtrack supervis…
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Romance of the Fruit Peddler / Romance of the Western Chamber (Metta) w/ Composer Min Xiao-Fen
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Composer and pipa virtuoso, Ms. Min Xiao-Fen is our guest this week to talk about her recently released album Metta, which features the scores of 2 Chinese silent films, The Romance of the Fruits Peddler and Romance of the Western Chamber. These scores were commissioned by the Smithsonian Institute in 2023. We also discuss: Growing up in a musical …
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The Soundtracks of Dennis Hopper w/ Stephen Lee Naish
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Writer, Stephen Lee Naish joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about 4 soundtracks from films that Dennis Hopper directed: Easy Rider, The Last Movie, Out of the Blue, and Colors. Stephen just recently released a book on Dennis Hopper and these soundtracks called Music and Sound in the films of Dennis Hopper, which can be found here: https://www.routledge…
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The 2024 Oscars Best Original Song Episode
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It's that time of year again! Nicole and Ryan are here to break down the 2024 Oscars Best Original Song category. Did you know that "I'm Just Ken" was written by the same people who co-wrote another Oscar winning song? Will Diane Warren finally win after being nominated for the 16th time? Why is Ryan glad that Joseph Gordon-Levitt didn't get nomina…
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The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) w/ Composer Robert Honstein
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Emmy nominated composer, Robert Honstein is our guest this week to talk about the 2021 Peter Middleton and James Spinney directed documentary, The Real Charlie Chaplin. Honstein's Emmy nominated score for the documentary was just released in December of 2023. It is his first film score. We discuss: Honstein's classical composition background and ho…
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Forsaken Themes From Fantastic Films Vol. 2: Who Wants to Live Forever w/ Perseverance Records Founder Robin Esterhammer
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Perseverance Records founder, Robin Esterhammer, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about his label's recent release, Forsaken Themes From Fantastic Films Vol. 2: Who Wants to Live Forever? The compilation features selections from Resident Evil (Mario Beltrami), Phantoms (David Williams), Dragon Soldiers (Edwin Wendler), as well as unused music from The…
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The Soundtrack Your Life Season 5 (2024) Trailer
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Nicole and Ryan are back on February 5th with Season 5 of Soundtrack Your Life! Season 5 will be split in 2 halves, each half containing 10 episodes. The first half will be released between February and June (2 episodes per month) The second half will be released between August and December (2 episodes per month) We have an exciting mix of new and …
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What are Nicole and Ryan's Favorite Moments from Christmas at Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1988)
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Happy Holidays! We've made it to the end of 2023 and Nicole and Ryan are ending the year by paying tribute to the great Paul Reubens aka Pee-Wee Herman, who passed away earlier this year. Christmas at Pee-Wee's Playhouse was released in 1988 as a primetime special but it still holds a special place in the hearts of our hosts. It's a special packed …
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Which Ending of Pretty in Pink (1986) does Pop Culture Writer Rachel Brodsky (Stereogum, The InSync Podcast) Prefer?
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Pop culture writer and co-host of the InSync Podcast, Rachel Brodsky, returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Howard Deutch's 1986 film, Pretty in Pink. Rachel previously guested on this season's Dirty Dancing episode which you can find here: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/c8a28688-3efa-4f2a-899a-82edfb335f01 Pretty in…
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Why Did Kevin Smith's Clerks (1994) Seem Like a Documentary to Sean Faust?
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Musician and cat lover, Sean Faust, joins Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to Kevin Smith's directorial debut, Clerks. Being a New Jersey native, Sean has a deeper connection to the film than the average movie fan. He has also performed on a Christmas album with Brian O'Halloran and Scott Schiaffo's Wandering Wannabes. Ryan and Sean talk about how th…
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Why Does Dan Delgado of The Industry Podcast Love Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) When He Doesn’t Love Folk Music?
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Dan Delgado, host of the Industry podcast and fellow Feedback with Earbuds list curator, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the Coen Brothers' 2013 film, Inside Llewyn Davis and its folk heavy, T Bone Burnett produced soundtrack. Juliard graduate, Oscar Isaac cut almost all of his tracks live, actually playing the guitar and singing. We Discuss: H…
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When Did Executive Producer Daniel Efram Get Involved with The Elephant 6 Movie (2023)?
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Manager of The Apples in stereo, Daniel Efram returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Chad Stockfleth’s recently released and extremely well received Elephant 6 Movie, which Daniel was involved with as an executive producer. While the film doesn’t technically have a soundtrack, we talk about many of the great artists that m…
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What Bands Did Tara Giancaspro Discover From Josh Schwartz's TV Series, The OC (2003-2007)?
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Pop culture writer and songwriter, Tara Giancaspro, returns to the podcast to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Josh Schwartz's television series, The OC, which ran 4 seasons between 2003-2007 and launched the career of Schwartz (Chuck, Gossip Girl, Marvel's Runaways) and the many bands that were featured on the show. From Phantom Planet's iconic theme…
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What is the Legacy of the Judgement Night Soundtrack (1993) according to Brian Colburn (My Weekly Mixtape, Playlist Wars)?
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Brian Colburn of My Weekly Mixtape returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Ryan about the 1993 soundtrack juggernaut, Judgement Night. In season 2, Brian was our guest when we covered That Thing You Do with him, so he definitely knows his way around a rocking soundtrack! We Discuss: -How this soundtrack was the brainchild of Happy Walters, manag…
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Why Does Courtney E Smith of Songs My Ex Ruined and Eater Dallas Think that the Reality Bites Soundtrack is Odd for a 90's Soundtrack?
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Courtney E Smith, host of the Songs My Ex Ruined Podcast, and writer for Eater Dallas, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to Ben Stiller's 1994 film, Reality Bites. The film is still thought of fondly by many because of how it captures the spirit of the 90s. The soundtrack was also successful and it even had a Billboard Top 100 #1 s…
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Do Scott and Katherine from This is The Greatest Song I've Heard in My Entire Life Think that the Barbie (2023) Soundtrack has (K)enough Bangers to Be Considered a Classic Soundtrack?
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*We’ve changed our Twitter (X) handle to @soundtrackcast to match our IG.* Scott and Katherine from This Is the Greatest Song I’ver Heard in My Entire Life join Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the 2023 Greta Gerwig film, Barbie. (The episode starts spoiler free and mentions when the discussion of spoilers will begin.) Among topics disc…
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