Exploding Head Movies

As a new dawn rises, we pay tribute to the French composer Claude Bolling (1930-2020) and listen to selections from his scores to Borsalino, California Suite & Le Magnifique.

1, Jim Heath: Theme from Commander in Chief (Commander in Chief OST, 2005) ABC
2. Blackalicious: Paragraph President (Blazing Arrow, 2002) Quannum/MCA/Mahogany Sun
3. Markus Floats: Forward Always (Third Album, 2020) Constellation
4. Len Barry: 1-2-3 (1-2-3, 1965) Decca/MCA/Brunswick
5. The Ronettes: You, Baby (...presenting the Fabulous Ronettes featuring Veronica, 1964) Philles/London
6. The Free Association: Code 46 (Music from the film Code 46, 2004) Koch/Commotion
7. Bernardino Femminielli: L'amour Avec Moi [Cosmo Vitelli remix] (L'amour Avec Moi: Cosmo Vitelli Remixes, 2020) I'm A Cliché
8. Smerz: Because (Okey EP, 2017) XL
9. Brian Eno: Designer Piano (RAMS OST, 2020) UMC/Opal
10. K+D: Johnson (1995, 2020) G-Stone
11. Boards of Canada: Aquarius [7" version] (Aquarius 7", 1998) Skam
12. Darshan Ambient: He Lamented His Thoughtless Acts (Ambient Electronic Sampler 34, 2021) Spotted Peccary
13. Wax Tailor: Never Forget (The Shadow of Their Suns, 2021) Lab'Oratoire
14. Beautify Junkyards: Reverie (Cosmorama, 2021) Ghost Box
15. Loscil: Sous Marin (Stases, 2006) One
16. Myd & Mac DeMarco: Moving Men (2020) Ed Banger
17. Larry June & Harry Fraud: Orange Juice in Vancouver [w.Jay Worthy] (Keep Going, 2020) Freeminded/SRCSCHL
18. Jennifer Castle: Theory Rest (Monarch Season, 2020) Paradise of Bachelors
19. Adrianne Lenker: Anything (Songs & Instrumentals, 2020) 4AD
20. Grimes: Life in the Vivid Dream (Art Angels, 2015) 4AD
21. Gene Rodemich's Orchestra: Snowflake [from Greenwich Village Follies] (Snowflake 10", 1921) Brunswick
22. Good Sad Happy Bad: Shades (Shades, 2020) Textile
23. Theresa Andersson: January (Street Parade, 2012) Basin Street
24. Anthéne & Andrew Tasselmyer: Progressions, Pt 2 (Progressions, 2020) Constellation Tatsu
25. TV Freaks: Capital Eye (People, 2020) Schizophrenic
26. Crack Cloud: Something's Gotta Give (Pain Olympics, 2020) Meat Machine
27. Jex Opolis: Opivoid (Net Worth, 2020) Good Timin'
28. P'tit Belliveau: Les Bateaux dans la Baie (Greatest Hits: Volume 1, 2020) Bonsound
29. Yumi Zouma: Lie Like You Want Me Back [alternate version] (Truth or Consequences: Alternate Versions, 2020) Polyvinyl
30. Claude Bolling: Mexican Paradise [film version] (Le Magnifique: Bande Original du Film, 1973) Polydor
31. Michèle Bach: Prends-Moi Matelot (Borsalino OST, 1970) Paramount
32. Claude Bolling: Générique (Borsalino OST, 1970) Paramount
33. Claude Bolling: Roch Attaque (Borsalino & Co OST, 1974) Galloway
34. Claude Bolling: Full Speed (Stereo Ultra, 1998) Big Cheese
35. Claude Bolling: California (California Suite OST, 1978) CBS/Columbia
36. Claude Bolling: Love Theme from California Suite (California Suite OST, 1978) CBS/Columbia
37. Claude Bolling: Pop Mod (Le Magnifique: Bande Original du Film, 1973) Polydor
38. Melissa Kacalanos & Andy: Scottish Branle, France 1588/Robert Burns' My Heart is in the Highlands (Tunes from a Strange Land/Robert Burn's 250th Anniversary, 2007/2009) Librivox

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On this Dr Martin Luther King Jr day, we zigzag over to Iceland with Frank Hall's score to the 2017 film I Remember You based on the recent release of that soundtrack. We'll have other Icelandic classical for you along with a bit of noise since I skipped this year's 24 Hours of Radio Art.

1. Public Enemy: By the Time I Get to Arizona (Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black, 1991) Def Jam/Columbia
2. Khotin: Digital Field Trip (Dream Mentor EP, 2020) Public Release
3. Noah Creshevsky: Strategic Defense Initiative (Reanimator, 2018) Orange Milk
4. Sväng: Minä Yksin Kuljen (In Trad We Trust, 2020) Galileo
5. Children of Bodom: Hatebreeder (Hatebreeder, 1999) Spinefarm/Toy's Factory/Svart
6. lié: All Night Long (You Want It Real, 2020) Mint
7. Ryan Hemsworth: Nashville (Ever New, 2020) Ever New
8. Like a Motorcycle: Sick Children (Dead Broke, 2020) Known Accomplice
9. Sweeping Promises: Hunger for a Way Out (Hunger for a Way Out, 2020) Feel It
10. Owen Pallett: Horse Shit (Spaceship Earth OST, 2020) NEON
11. Art Noir: Thorns and Lilies [radio edit] (Poems of an Extinct Species, 2021) Aenaos
12. Le Couleur: Silenzio (Concorde, 2020) Lisbon Lux
13. Ennio Morricone: Il Grande Silenzio [Restless] (Il Grande Silenzio: Dalla Colonna Sonore Originale del Film, 1968) Parade
14. Staplin: Celluloid [w.April March] (Neon Shades, 2020) Velvetica
15. Blue Hawaii: Where are the Keys??? (Under 1 House mixtape, 2020) Arbutus
16. Jon Hassell: Reykjavik (Seeing Through Sound: Pentimento Volume 2, 2020) Ndeya/Warp
17. Julianna Barwick: Inspirit (Healing is a Miracle, 2020) Ninja Tune
18. Sarah Davachi: Play the Ghost (Cantus, Descant, 2020) Late Music
19. Anthéne: Inflorescence (Collide, 2020) Home Normal
20. Sigur Rós with Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson, Steindór Andersen & María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir: Alföður Orkar (Odin's Raven Magic, 2020) Krúnk
21. Will Ferrell & My Marianne: Húsavík (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga OST, 2020) Arista
22. Ólafur Arnalds: Ypsilon (Re:member, 2018) Mercury KX
23. Hildur Guðnadóttir: Overcast (Without Sinking, 2009) Touch
24. Valgeir Sigurðsson: The Mountain Road (The County OST, 2020) Bedroom Community
25. Jóhann Jóhannsson: Convoy (Sicario OST, 2015) Varèse Sarabande
26. Frank Hall: Benni (I Remember You OST, 2020) Cold Spring
27. Frank Hall: Bernodus II (I Remember You OST, 2020) Cold Spring
28. Frank Hall: Móðir mín í kví kví (I Remember You OST, 2020) Cold Spring
29. Frank Hall: Hvalstöðin (I Remember You OST, 2020) Cold Spring
30. Dr Martin Luther King Jr: We Shall Overcome (We Shall Overcome, 2000) Speechworks
31. Nina Simone: Why? [The King of Love is Dead] ('Nuff Said!, 1968) RCA Victor

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gak marks his 13th anniversary at CITR with one wary eye from last week's autogolpe at the US Capitol. Our profile: Jon Batiste's jazzy songs and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' electronic score to the recent Pixar film Soul. We also tackle the music from the controversial video game Cyberpunk 2077 amidst talk of sedition, treason, Boba Fett & Chuck Yeager.

1. Johnny Cash: Thirteen (American Recordings, 1994) American
2. EbE404: Death Cult in the Rose Garden (Tedium & Loss, 2020) Give/Take
3. Baddd Spellah vs MC Chris: Fett's Vette [The Good, the Baddd & the Ugly remix] (2004) self-released
4. Supergenius: A Bobadelic Relic (Star Wars Breakbeats, 1998) Suckadelic
5. John Williams & the London Symphony Orchestra: The Departure of Boba Fett (Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, 1993) 20th Century Fox
6. Electric Youth: Thirteen (Memory Emotion, 2019) self-released
7. Trust: Capitol (Joyland, 2014) Arts & Crafts
8. James Newton Howard: Entering the Capitol (The Hunger Games: Original Score, 2012) Universal Republic
9. Maarja Nuut & Ruum: World Inverted (World Inverted, 2020) Õunaviks
10. Whodini: Magic's Wand [original 12" mix] (Magic's Wand 12", 1982) Jive
11? The Souljazz Orchestra: Insurrection (Freedom No Go Die, 2006) Do Right!
12. Lido Pimienta: Resisto y Ya (Miss Colombia, 2020) Anti-
13! Angel Olsen: [New Love] Cassette (Whole New Mess, 2020) Jagjaguwar
14. Sepehr: Coup D'etat (Shaytoon, 2020) Dark Entries
15. Grimes: Delicate Weapon [as Lizzy Wizzy] (Cyberpunk 2077, Radio: Volume 2, 2020) Lakeshore
16. Run the Jewels: No Save Point [as Yankee & The Brave] (Cyberpunk 2077, Radio: Volume 1, 2020) Lakeshore
17. PT Adamczyk: You Shall Never Have to Forgive Me Again (Cyberpunk 2077: Original Score, 2020) CD Projekt Red
18. Krief: Man About Lies (Chemical Trance, 2020) Indica
19. Michaëlle Richer: Osti (Fâcheuse Tendance, 2019) self-released
20. Bill Conti: Yeager & the F104 (The Right Stuff OST, 1983) Warner Bros
21. Wallgrin: Slice in the Mouth (2020) self-released
22. Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams: I'm Unfamiliar (Plastic Bouquet, 2020) New West
23. B.Michaael: Black Mountain, Silver Life (White Rooms, Glass Bells, 2020) Thjanks
24. DB Armitage: Old Bones (2020) Give/Take
25. Leila: Melodicore (Like Weather [remastered], 2020) Modern Love/Thank U
26. Sharon van Etten: [untitled] (To the People of the Land: Carrizo/Comecrudo Solidarity Compilation, 2020) Keeled Scales
27. Kamilita: Can U (Killer Diller, 2020) Sister 9
28. Nine Inch Nails: Your New Normal (Ghosts VI: Locusts, 2020) The Null Corporation
29. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Glassy Eyes (Mank OST [extras edition], 2020) The Null Corporation
30. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: The Great Before/U Seminar (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney
31. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Terry Time (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney
32. Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross: Epiphany (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney
33. Jon Batiste: Born to Play (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney
34. Jon Batiste: Bigger Than Us (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney
35. Jon Batiste: Space Maker (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney
36. JD Allen: 13 (Barracoon, 2019) Savant
37. Jon Batiste: It's All Right (Soul OST, 2020) Walt Disney

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We've made it into 2021! gak digs up old plans from an episode devoted to Carter Burwell's score to the Coen Brothers' 1996 classic Fargo and its weird spiritual successor, 2015's Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter with a soundtrack by The Octopus Project. Wintry topics arise but we'll avoid the Minnesota accent.

1. Calamine: Theme from Sealab 2021 (Sealab 2021 OST, 2001) Adult Swim
2. AG Cook: 2021 (7G, 2020) PC Music
3. Sunaïra: Snow Leopard (Naï, 2020) self-released
4. Vampire Weekend: 2021 (Father of the Bride, 2019) Spring Snow/Columbia
5. Don Ellis: Moon Zero Two (The Hammer Film Music Collection: Volume 1, 1998) GDI
6. Marco Beltrami: All Together Now (A Quiet Place OST, 2018) Milan
7. KMD: Peachfuzz (Mr Hood, 1991) Elektra
8. Madvillain: Accordion (Madvillainy, 2004) Stones Throw
9. Metal Fingers: Bergamot Wild (Special Herbs: Volumes 3 & 4, 2003) Nature Sounds/Metal Face
10. JJ Doom: GMO [w.Beth Gibbons] (Key to the Kuffs, 2012) Lex
11. Ennio Morricone: Fondati Timori [from La Smagliatura] (Morricone Segreto, 2020) Universal/Decca
12. Ennio Morricone: And Afterwards? (Mission to Mars OST, 2000) Hollywood
13. Pauline Anna Strom: Virgin Ice (Trans-Millenia Music, 2017) Rnvg Intl.
14. Mr Oizo: Freezing Out [w.Peaches] (All Wet, 2016) Because/Ed Banger
15. Brad Fiedel: Send It Out (Johnny Mnemonic OST, 1995) Columbia
16. AM Static: Glaciers (A Life Well Lived, 2014) self-released
17. Marker Starling: High January (High January, 2020) Tin Angel
18. Takashi Toyoda: Snow (Kankyo Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990, 2019) Light in the Attic
19. Stereolab: The Flower Called Nowhere (Dots & Loops [expanded edition], 2019) Duophonic/Warp
TWENTY... Language Arts: Luckiness (Able Island, 2015) MapleMusic
TWENTY-ONE! Rachel Portman: Winter Thaw (Beloved OST, 1999) Epic
22. Tanya Tagaq: Snowblind (Toothsayer EP, 2019) Six Shooter
23. Kelly Lee Owens: Melt! (Inner Song, 2020) Smalltown Supersound
24. Vangelis: Theme from Antartica (Antarctica: Music from Koreyoshi Kurahara's Film, 1983) Polydor
25. Prince Innocence: Cold (2014) self-released
26. The Courtneys: Minnesota (II, 2017) Flying Nun
27. CFCF: Blanketed in Snow a Place Returned (Radiance & Submission, 2015) Driftless/Plancha
28. Fargo: Talks We Used to Have (I See It Now, 1969) RCA Victor
29. Jeff Russo: Benmidji, MN [Main Theme] (Fargo: An Original MGM/FXP Television Series, 2014) Sony Classical/Music on Vinyl
30. Jeff Russo: The Long Road Home [Paint Cans] (Fargo: An Original MGM/FXP Television Series, 2014) Sony Classical/Music on Vinyl
31. Carter Burwell: Fargo, North Dakota (Fargo & Barton Fink OST, 1996) TVT Soundtrax
32. Carter Burwell: Rubbernecking (Fargo & Barton Fink OST, 1996) TVT Soundtrax
33. Carter Burwell: Safe Keeping (Fargo & Barton Fink OST, 1996) TVT Soundtrax
34. Mathias Eick: Fargo (Midwest, 2015) ECM
35. The Octopus Project: Into the Cave/Main Theme (Kumiko the Treasure Hunter OST, 2015) Robot High School/Illuminated Paths
36. The Octopus Project: A Plan (Kumiko the Treasure Hunter OST, 2015) Robot High School/Illuminated Paths
37. The Octopus Project: Ice (Kumiko the Treasure Hunter OST, 2015) Robot High School/Illuminated Paths
38. Babe Rainbow: Minnesota Winter (Music for 1 Piano, 2 Pianos & More Pianos, 2014) 1080p
39. Leonard Cohen: Last Year's Man (Songs of Love and Hate, 1971) Columbia/CBS

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With 2020 almost in hindsight, we review the year with songs that represent this difficult time along with a profile on Ludwig Göransson's score to the Christopher Nolan film Tenet, which is indicative of the struggles faced by many over the past twelve months.

01. The Avalanches: Ghost Story [w.Orono] (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular
02. Gorillaz: Strange Timez [w.Robert Smith] (The Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez, 2020) Parlophone/Warner
03. Sarah Davachi: Praha (Qualities of Bodies Permanent, 2020) Constellation Tatsu
04. Magik Markers: Hymn for 2020 (2020, 2020) Drag City
05. Avenue Beat: F2020 [remix, w.Jessie Reyez] (2020) Big Machine/Island
06. Klaus Dead: 2020 (2020, 2020) FUSELab
07. Backxwash: God has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It (God has Nothing to Do with This Leave Him Out of It, 2020) self-released
08. Anderson.Paak: Lockdown [radio edit] (Lockdown Remix Bundle EP, 2020) Aftermath
09. Zombi: First Flower (2020, 2020) Relapse
10. Thundercat: Dragonball Durag (It Is What It Is, 2020) Brainfeeder
11. Run the Jewels: Ju$t [w.Pharrell Williams & Zach de la Rocha] (RTJ4, 2020) BMG
12. The Future Sound of London: Amid the Overwhelm (Cascade 2020, 2020) fsoldigital.com
13. Megan Thee Stallion: Savage Remix [w.Beyoncé] (Savage 12", 2020) 300 Entertainment
14. Sault: Stop Dem (untitled [Black Is], 2020) Forever Living Originals
15. Tenderlonious: Covid Blues (Quaratena, 2020) 22a
16. Orville Peck: Legends Never Die [w.Shania Twain] (Show Pony EP, 2020) Columbia
17. Tough Age: Anti-Anxiety Exercises (Which Way Am I?, 2020) Mint
18. William Basinski: Please, This Shit Has Got to Stop (Lamentations, 2020) Temporary Residence
19. The Weather Station: Robber (Robber/Better Now single, 2020) Fat Possum/Next Door
TWENTY! Sleepy Gonzales: Slow Apocalpse (Slow Apocalpse, 2020) Light Organ
TWENTY-one. Jacaszek: The Zone (Music for Film, 2020) Ghostly International
TWENTY-two. Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters (Fetch the Bolt Cutters, 2020) Epic/Clean Slate
TWENTY-three. Jessy Lanza: Over and Over (All the Time, 2020) Hyperdub
TWENTY-four. Ólafur Arnalds: Woven Song (Some Kind of Peace, 2020) Mercury KX
TWENTY-five. Bon Iver: PDLIF (2020) Jagjaguwar
TWENTY-six. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: River Dreams (Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland, 2020) Transgressive
TWENTY-seven. Paradise Cinema: Possible Futures (Paradise Cinema, 2020) Gondwana
TWENTY-eight. Colin Stetson: The War Show (The War Show OST, 2020) Milan
TWENTY-nine. Ludwig Göransson: A Mandalorian and a Jedi (The Mandalorian: Season 2, Volume 2 [Chapters 13-16] OST, 2020) Walt Disney
30. Ludwig Göransson: Open the Door (The Mandalorian: Season 2, Volume 2 [Chapters 13-16] OST, 2020) Walt Disney
31. Ludwig Göransson: Foils (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
32. Ludwig Göransson: Trucks in Place (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
33. Ludwig Göransson: Inversion (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
34. Ludwig Göransson: Fast Cars (Tenet OST, 2020) WaterTower
35. Maria Schneider Orchestra: Braided Together (Data Lords, 2020) ArtistShare
36. The Avalanches: Weightless (We Will Always Love You, 2020) Modular
37. The Go! Team: Look Outside [A New Year's Coming] (Lost Christmas: A Festive Memphis Industries Selection Box, 2020) Memphis Industries

Time travellers: focus on visiting January and February for this year, unless you masks and cask-strength booze.

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Our annual tradition regarding Yuletide numbers that you won't hear anywhere else continues -- it's our counter-Christmas carol episode! That said, with a rotten year almost kicked to the curb, this episode profiles the music from the 1983 holiday classic A Christmas Story along with hymns from the dead and newish solstice music.

BESURETODRINKYOUROVALTINE:

1. Driptapes: Intro (A Very Merry Dripsmas, 2015) Driptapes
2. Phoebe Bridgers: If We Make It Through December (If We Make It Through December EP, 2020) Dead Oceans
3. Lindstrøm: Little Drummer Boy (Little Drummer Boy single, 2020) Smalltown Supersound
4. Charley Pride: Christmas in My Home Town (Christmas in My Home Town [expanded edition], 1998) BMG
5. John Prine: Everything is Cool (A John Prine Christmas, 1993) Oh Boy
6. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd: Snowfall (Mysterious Skin OST, 2005) Commotion/Rykodisc
7. Mazzy Star: Flowers in December (Among My Swan, 1996) Capitol
8. Cristina: Things Fall Apart (Sleep It Off, 1984) Mercury/Ze
9. Orchestra Diretta Da Gian Mario Guarino: Prese?pe (Christmas in Italy/Natale in Italia, 1965) Capitol
X. Johnny Nash: The Borning Day (Prince of Peace, 1969) Jad/Major Minor
11. The Maytals: Happy Christmas (Happy Christmas 7", 1974) Jaguar
12. Khruangbin: Christmas Time is Here (Christmas Time is Here 7", 2020) Dead Oceans
13. Forever Rising: Covid Christmas (Wild Xmas with Bomarr: Volume 12, 2020) self-released
14. Vincent S Green: Santa Got Covid (2020) self-released
15. Roger & Brian Eno: Wintergreen (Mixing Colours, 2020) Deutsche Grammophon
16. US Girls: Santa Stay Home (2020) 4AD
17. Jenn Grant: Downtown Christmas Eve (Forever on Christmas Eve, 2020) Leovela
18. Droni Mitchell: Teach Your Feet to Fly (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII, 2020) The Line of Best Fit
19. Kristian Noel Pedersen: Everything's the Same [Except It Isn't] (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XII, 2020) The Line of Best Fit
XX. Piqsiq: Qimuksiq/Dogsled Ride (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, 2019) The Line of Best Fit
21. Jon Neher & Michael Scott Dawson: The Young Winter (Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada 10, 2018) The Line of Best Fit
22. Leon Redbone: Kitty Cats' Christmas (Christmas Island, 1988) August
23. Pom Poms: Christmas Postcard [Wish You Were Here] (Make the Holidays Bright: Volume 1, 2020) MAKE
24. Joanna Brouk: Winter Chimes (The Space Between, 2019) Hummingbird
25. Julia Jacklin: Baby Jesus is Nobody's Baby Now (2020) self-released
26. Kathleen Edwards: It's Christmastime [Let's Just Survive] (2019) Dualtone
27. Doubletooth: Little Drummer Boy (All I Want for Christmas is My Doubletooth, 2020) Backward Music
28. Jody Glenham: Christmas List [alternate version] (Melt EP, 2020) self-released
29. Neil Young: Star of Bethlehem (Homegrown, 2020) Reprise
XXX. Alexandre Desplat: Christmas Breakfast (Little Women OST, 2019) Sony Classical
31. Alex Babineau: First Christmas Alone (The Chvrch of Santa, 2018) Friends Friends Friends
32. Michael Dumont: Thank God the Year is Finally Over (Electric Boogaloo, 2011) Friends Friends Friends
33. Duke Pearson: Wassail Song (Merry Ole Soul, 1969) Blue Note
34. Judy Collins, Jonas Fjeld & Chatham County Line: River (Winter Stories, 2019) Cleopatra/Wildflower
35. Noah Reid: Neverending December (Gemini, 2020) self-released
36. Cheryl Duvall: Anna Höstman's Late Winter [for the Left Hand] (Harbour, 2020) Redshift
37. Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza: Sleigh Bells (A Christmas Story OST, 1983) TCM/Rhino Movie Music
38. Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza: Ralphie's Brilliant Idea (A Christmas Story OST, 1983) TCM/Rhino Movie Music
39. Carl Zittrer & Paul Zaza: The Bumpus Hounds Make Their Rounds (A Christmas Story OST, 1983) TCM/Rhino Movie Music
XL. Gary Peacock: December Greenwings (December Poems, 1979) ECM
41. Hugh Fraser: Winter's Here! (Bonehenge! 2004) Boathouse
42. Driptapes: Outro (A Very Merry Dripsmas, 2015) Driptapes

At one point, the working playlist was over 3 days worth of music. Clearly, Christmas can be contained.

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Composer Harold Budd (1936-2020) created super minimal music, so in his tribute, we return again to our all-ambient well with plenty of his music, including his scores from the recent HBO series I Know This Much is True and the 2014 film White Bird in a Blizzard (co-scored by Robin Guthrie of The Cocteau Twins).

1. Robert G Hamilton & The Frankford High School A Cappella Choir: El Yivneh Hagalil/The Lord Will Build Galilee (The Frankford High School A Cappella Choir Sings '61-'62, 1962) Acoustic Arts Recording Studios
2. John Klein at the Console of the Carillon Americana: Hanukkah Song (Around the World on a Carillon, 1959) Columbia
3. Loscil: Coasts (Faults, Coasts, Lines, 2020) self-released
4. Echo Collective: Respire (The See Within, 2020) 7k!
5. Anthéne & Andrew Tasselmyer: Progressions, Pt 6 (Progressions, 2020) Constellation Tatsu
6. Kinnie Starr: Rivers Move Fast/Gandlee Kwah Gusdlaang (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
7. Kinnie Starr: All I See/'Waadluwaan Hl Kinggang (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
8. Blank Banshee: Batteries [Not Included] (Gaia, 2020) Hologram Bay
9. Emily A Sprague: Mirror (Hill, Flower, Fog, 2020) Plancha
10. Museum of No Art: Form and Focus (Museum of No Art, 2020) Séance Centre
11. Kalte: Stochastic Resonance (Morphology, 2020) self-released
12. John Jeffrey: Pacific Calm (Passage, 2020) Jean Sandwich/Volante Discos
13. Lucy Gooch: There is a Space in Between (Rushing EP, 2020) Past Inside the Present
14. 1-CV Rhythms: Geese Fly By [w.Kantele] (2020) self-released
15. Anna von Hausswolff: Outside the Gate [for Bruna] (All Thoughts Fly, 2020) Southern Lord
16. Brian Eno: Through Hollow Lands [for Harold Budd] (Before and After Science, 1977) Polydor
17. Brian Eno & Harold Budd: The Plateaux of Mirror (Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror, 1980) Editions EG
18. Harold Budd & Brian Eno: The Pearl (The Pearl, 1984) Editions EG
19. Harold Budd: Madrigals of the Rose Angel - Rosetti Noise/The Crystal Garden and a Coda (The Pavilion of Dreams, 1978) Obscure
20. Harold Budd & Cocteau Twins: Memory Gongs (The Moon and the Melodies, 1986) 4AD
21. Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd: Curious (White Bird in a Blizzard OST, 2014) Lakeshore
22. Harold Budd: Lament for Eve (White Bird in a Blizzard OST, 2014) Lakeshore
23. Harold Budd: As Long as I Can Hold My Breath (Avalon Sutra, 2004) Samadhisound
24. Harold Budd: The Serpent [in Quicksilver] (I Know This Much is True: Music from the HBO Series, 2020) All Saints
25. Harold Budd: To the Falls (I Know This Much is True: Music from the HBO Series, 2020) All Saints
26. Harold Budd: A Sidelong Glance from My Round Nerfertiti (I Know This Much is True: Music from the HBO Series, 2020) All Saints
27. Harold Budd: Down the Slopes to the Meadow (I Know This Much is True: Music from the HBO Series, 2020) All Saints
28. Mary Lattimore: Sometimes He's in My Dreams (Silver Ladders, 2020) Ghostly International

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As we enter the final month in a bizarre year, we profile Mychael & Jeff Danna's score to the recent Pixar film Onward.

1. Pharoah Overlord: Tomorrow's Sun (6, 2020) Rocket
2. Tom Holkenborg/Junkie XL: Immortan's Citadel [extended] (Mad Max: Fury Road OST, 2015) WaterTower
3. Brian May: Rampage of the Toecutter (Mad Max OST, 1980) Varèse Sarabande
4. Wendy Carlos: Theme from A Clockwork Orange [Beethoviana] (A Clockwork Orange: Complete Original Score, 1972) Columbia
5. John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra: Darth Vader's Death (Star Wars Trilogy: The Original Soundtrack Anthology, 1993) Arista
6. Andrew Weatherall: Unknown Plunderer (Unknown Plunderer/End Times Sound 12", 2020) ByrdOut
7. Daniel Avery: Lone Swordsman (Dusting for Smoke single, 2020) self-released
8. NWIII: 2020 (2020, 2020) Fuselab
9. Buscabulla: NTE [Jonti remix] (Regresa Remix, 2020) Ribbon
10. Disclosure: Tondo [w.Eko Roosevelt] (Energy, 2020) Island/Universal
11. Blanck Mass: Descent (Calm with Horses OST, 2020) Invada
12. Susanna & The Magical Orchestra: Subdivisions (3, 2009) Rune Grammofon
13. CFCF: Subdivisions (Liquid Colours, 2019) BGM Solutions/Plancha
14. Brian Eno & Jah Wobble: Lockdown (Spinner: Expanded Edition, 2020) All Saints
15. Flora Yin-Wong: Martyrr (Holy Palm, 2020) Modern Love
16. The Chemical Brothers: Got to Keep On (No Geography, 2019) Astralwerks/Virgin EMI
17. Emily A Sprague: Moon View (Hill, Flower, Fog, 2020) self-released/Plancha
18. Actors: Love U More (2020) Artoffact
19. Les Dales Hawerchuk: Dale Hawerchuk (Les Dales Hawerchuk, 2005) C4
20. Minor Science: Spoken and Unspoken (Second Language, 2020) Whities
21. Waxahatchee: Fire (Saint Cloud, 2020) Merge
22. Maybe Babs: Doorstep (2020) self-released
23. The Caretaker: Loss of Want Back There (Everywhere, An Empty Bliss, 2019) History Always Favours the Winners
24. Rina Sawayama: Bad Friend (Sawayama, 2020) Dirty Hit
25. US Girls: Overtime (Heavy Light, 2020) 4AD
26. Martin Rude & Jakob Skøtt Duo: A New Arrival (The Discipline of Assent, 2020) El Paraiso
27. Dirty Projectors: On and Ever Onward [w.Björk] (Mount Wittenberg Orca, 2010) Domino
28. Community Theatre: Onward and Upward (Northern Register, 2014) You've Changed/Headless Owl
29. John Barry: Onward Christian Spacemen (Beat for Beatniks & Beat Girls, 1963) Connoisseur Collection
30. Mychael & Jeff Danna: The World was Full of Wonder (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
31. Mychael & Jeff Danna: New Ian (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
32. Mychael & Jeff Danna: The Spell (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
33. Mychael & Jeff Danna: Driving Test (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
34. Mychael & Jeff Danna: Dance Fight (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
35. Mychael & Jeff Danna: Sacrifice (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
36. Mychael & Jeff Danna: Led Us to Our Victory! (Onward OST, 2020) Walt Disney/Pixar
37. Donald Byrd: Onward 'til Morning (Caricatures, 1976) Blue Note
38. Matthew Tavares & Leland Whitty: Black Magic (Visions, 2020) Mr Bongo

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Kinnie Starr's soundtrack to the 2018 Haida Gwaii supernatural film Edge of the Knife is finally available, so that'll be our profile along with a wide array of wild music. Huu 'laagan, haala kaats’ii.

1. Quakers: Electrify (Quakers II: The Next Wave, 2020) Stones Throw
2. Quakers: A Myth [w.Sageinfinite] (Quakers II: The Next Wave, 2020) Stones Throw
3. Badge Époque Ensemble: Birds Fly through Ancient Ruins (Self Help, 2020) Telephone Explosion
4. New Order: Touched by the Hand of God [7" edit] (Salvation OST, 1987) Factory
5. Víctor Hugo Morales: Diego Maradona's Goal of the Century (World Cup Quarterfinal: Argentina vs. England, 1986) ATC
6. SebastiAn: Sober [w.Bakar] (Thirst, 2019) Ed Banger
7. The Electric Blues Company: Our Day Will Come (Music from Patch Cord Productions, 2020) Sacred Bones
8. Jimi Tenor: 128 Cosmic Rock (Aulos, 2020) Philophon
9. Timo Kaukolampi, Tuomo Puranen & Maria's Choir: Herran Joukot Sure Eivät (Maria's Paradise OST, 2020) Svart
10. Ludwig Göransson: Mando is Back (The Mandalorian OST: Season 2 - Volume 1 [Chapters 9-12], 2020) Walt Disney
11. VIRE: Con Fiction (Loyal Invasions, 2020) self-released
12. KONE: Wash Your Hands (Solip Cystic Mystic, 2014) self-released
13. Call Super: Every Mouth Teeth Missing (Every Mouth Teeth Missing, 2020) Incienso
14. Autechre: si00 (SIGN, 2020) Warp
15. Jacques Greene: For Love (Dawn Chorus, 2019) LuckyMe
16. Nosaj Thing: Pressure Points (No Mind EP, 2020) LuckyMe
17. Thaïs: Boréal (Paradis Artificiels, 2020) Troublemakers
18. Ana Roxanne: Camille (Because of a Flower, 2020) Kranky
19. Nils Frahm: Ode (LateNightTales: Hot Chip, 2020) LateNightTales
20. Nick Cave: Euthanasia (Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandria Palace, 2020) Bad Seed
21. Helen Reddy: Angie Baby (Free & Easy, 1974) Capitol
22. Faex Optim: Amber Lance (Strange Selectors, 2020) Werra Foxma
23. Grimes & i_o: Violence (Miss Anthropocene, 2020) Crystal Math/4AD
24. Loraine James: Nothing [w.Lila Tirando a Violeta] (Nothing EP, 2020) Hyperdub
25. Sarah Harmer, Bry Webb & Jim Guthrie: Longhouse [Gwaii Haanas, BC, edit] (National Parks Project, 2011) FilmCan/Last Gang
26. Kinnie Starr: Breathe Harder/Gaganjuu hl Gusdlaa (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
27. Kinnie Starr: Light Comes In/Xuhltla'algaang (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
28. Kinnie Starr: Run Run Run/Gadhlaa Gadhlaa Gadlaa (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
29. Kinnie Starr: Back out to the Water/Hawan kas'aagaang (Edge of the Knife/SGaawaay K’uuna OST, 2020) Apopria
30. Khotin: WEM Lagoon Jump (Finds You Well, 2020) Ghostly International
31. Jaga Jazzist: Tomita (Pyramid, 2020) Brainfeeder

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Actor Sean Connery (1930-2020) and game show host Alex Trebek (1940-2020) leaving our plane of existence so close apart feels cruel, particularly in this bizarre year, so along with some Jeopardy hijinx, we'll profile a mix of James Bond music, focusing primarily on 1971's Diamonds are Forever as scored by the legendary John Barry.

001 Sean Connery & Michael Kamen: Prologue (Highlander OST, 1986) Cimmerian
002 Absolutely Free: Beneath the Air (Absolutely Free. 2014) Lefse
003 John Jeffrey: Leaving Franklin (Passage, 2020) Jean Sandwich/Volante Discos
004 Billie Eilish: No Time to Die (No Time to Die single, 2020) Darkroom/Interscope
005 Alex Trebek: Jeopardy Commercial Outakes (Jeopardy!, 1988?) Sony
006 "Weird Al" Yankovic: I Lost on Jeopardy [w.Don Pardo] ("Weird Al" Yankovic in 3-D, 1984) Rock 'n' Roll
007 The Greatest Hit Machine: Jeopardy (Ultimate Game Show Theme Music, 2009) Ultimate Party Music
008 Haviah Mighty: Atlantic (2020) self-released
009 Alex Trebek: Jeopardy Blooper (Jeopardy!, 2011?) Sony
010 DJ Screw, D One, Chris Ward, AD & Big Floyd: Freestyle [Sittin' on Top of the World] (Diary of the Originator Chapter 324: Dusk 2 Dawn, 1996) Screwed Up
011 Anna von Hausswolff: Entering (All Thoughts Fly, 2020) Southern Lord
012 Louise Burns: Clowns [Odile Myrtil remix] (Silhouettes, 2020) Light Organ
013 Blue Hawaii: Sparkle (Open Reduction Internal Fixation, 2020) Arbutus
014 The Luvmenauts: I Ain't Your Daddy (Presenting..., 2013) Boogaloo
015 Le Couleur: Concorde (Concorde, 2020) Lisbon Lux
016 Men I Trust: Lucky Sue (2020) self-released
017 Museum of No Art: Eternal Explorer (Museum of No Art, 2020) Séance Centre
018 Teen Daze: Looking West (Late Summer Compilation: Volume 10 - Part II, 2020) Lagasta
019 Will Farrell & Darrell Hammond: Celebrity Jeopardy "An Album Cover" (Saturday Night Live, 2000) Broadway Video
020 The Brooks: Nebula [intro] (Any Day Now, 2020) Duprince/Underdog
021 B.Michaael: Raaange (White Rooms, Glass Bells, 2020) Thjanks
022 Sault: I Just Want to Dance (Untitled [Rise], 2020) Forever Living Originals
023 Trailer: Zardoz (Exploitation Radio Spots, 2012) Funky Frolic
024 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings: Keep On Looking [Kenny Dope remix] (Daptone Records Remixed, 2007) Scion
025 Santo & Johnny: Goldfinger (Goldfinger 7", 1964) Canadian American
026 Honor Blackman: Men Will Deceive You (Everything I've Got, 1964) Decca
027 Trailer: You Only Live Twice (Exploitation Radio Spots, 2012) Funky Frolic
028 The Postmarks: You Only Live Twice (By the Numbers, 2008) Unfiltered
029 Byron Lee & The Dragonaires: Jamaican Rock (Dr No OST, 2015) The Soundtrack Factory
030 Tom Jones: Thunderball (Thunderball OST, 1965) United Artists
031 Arctic Monkeys: Diamonds are Forever (All the Rage, 2008) Domino
032 John Barry: 007 Theme (From Russia with Love OST: 50th Anniversary, 1963) Harkit
033 John Barry: Gunbarrel and Manhunt (Diamonds are Forever: Expanded Score, 2003) Capitol/EMI
034 John Barry: Tiffany Case (Diamonds are Forever: Expanded Score, 2003) Capitol/EMI
035 John Barry: Double Jeopardy (Diamonds are Forever: Expanded Score, 2003) Capitol/EMI
036 John Barry: Bond Meets Bambi and Thumper (Diamonds are Forever: Expanded Score, 2003) Capitol/EMI
037 John Barry: 007 and Counting (Diamonds are Forever: Expanded Score, 2003) Capitol/EMI
038 Shirley Bassey: Diamonds are Forever [reprise] (Diamonds are Forever: Expanded Score, 2003) Capitol/EMI
039 Roland Alphonso & The Studio One Orchestra: From Russia with Love (Studio One 007: Licensed to Ska, 2020) Soul Jazz
040 Norah Jones: Hurts to be Alone (Pick Me Up off the Floor, 2020) Blue Note

This feels close in spirit to the old XHM mixtapes of the 1990s. The game remains afoot.

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