Film on the Radio

Welcome to the last episode, of the first season, of Film on the Radio! This week we’re going to do something a little bit different and cover the work of an artist over many different films, instead of just a single film. I’ve been working really hard this season to highlight female musicians in soundtrack and film scoring… and one of the most successful is our very own, Sia Furler. With contributions to over 25 film soundtracks it was a difficult task whittling down her substantial catalogue. And, of course, no discussion about screen music and Sia can be complete without the Six Feet Under finale. Thanks for listening and tell your friends about this show!

‘Breathe Me’: The Oral History of the Six Feet Under Finale’s Death Montage

Vice: How the Closing Scene of ‘Six Feet Under’ Helped Shape Sia’s Career

Rolling Stone: How Sia Saved Herself

* Time: All 73 Songs Sia Has Written for Other Artists, Ranked

* Stylecaster: 20 Epic Songs You Never Knew Were Written by Sia

* Wikipedia – Songs Written by Sia

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score

Join us for the challenging, inspiring and unusual score to the Matthew Barney art-film Drawing Restraint 9. Composed by his then wife Bjork, it features incredible instrumentation with harpsichord, crotales, glockenspiel and the ancient Japanese instrument the sho.

* Wikipedia: Drawing Restraint 9

* Bjork on the set of Drawing Restraint 9 – the documentary No Restraint

* Bjork on writing the score – the documentary No Restraint

* New York Magazine: New Bjork

* Runnersworld.com: The Amazing Physiology of Pearl Divers

* IMDB: Drawing Restraint 9 song credits

A transcript of the podcast is available here.

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score

San Junipero is Black Mirror’s most upbeat episode – it also centres a lesbian love story across multiple decades, not something that happens in television! #buryyourgays. A rare bird with an (unofficial) soundtrack as robust as it’s score, join us as we dive deep on its 80’s amazingness and futuristic synth score.

Research used for this episode:

* San Junipero extended playlist

* The Quietus: Clint Mansell On His Black Mirror Score

* Vogue: Black Mirror Creator Charlie Brooker on What Really Happened at the End of “San Junipero”

* Telegraph: The story of San Junipero: Why Charlie Brooker’s Emmy-Winning Vision of Heaven Will Live Forever/

* IMDB: San Junipero Trivia

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score

Join us for a discussion of Jonathan Glazer’s 2013 feminist masterpiece – Under the Skin. We talk the significant under representation of women in scoring and composing in general. This was composer Mica Levi’s first score (at the ripe age of 22) and she has gone onto a successful, and lauded, career. This episode is full of SPOILERS so if you haven’t seen the film please watch before listening.

Research used for this episode:

* Pitchfork: Jonathan Glazer and Mica Levi

* The Guardian: How Mica Levi got Under The Skin of her first film soundtrack

* Pitchfork: Under the Skin OST – Review

* Fader: How To Write An Unforgettable Movie Score, According To Mica Levi

* New Yorker: Mica Levi’s Intensely Unconventional Film Scores

* Interview Magazine: Under Mica Levi’s Score

* Indiewire: Mica Levi on Why Composing ‘Under the Skin’ Was “Really Mental”

* BFI: Away from the picture: Mica Levi on her Under the Skin soundtrack

* Incredible BBC interview with Mica Levi

* The Guardian: How blind auditions help orchestras to eliminate gender bias

* DP/30 interview with Mica Levi

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score

Bring in the new year with the disco tunes of the Boogie Nights soundtrack. There’s plenty to discuss surrounding the creation of this iconic film – another soundtrack supervised by Karyn Rachtman. Put on your boogie shoes and your 12″ prosthetic penis and dance the night away.

Research use for this episode:

* Incredible Radio NZ interview with Karyn Rachtman

* Livin’ Thing: An Oral History of ‘Boogie Nights’

* Do You Have ‘The Touch’? Learn the Bizarre History of the Greatest Transformers Song Ever

* Maxim: 10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Boogie Nights

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Christmas! Do you give up? Or are you thirsty for more? In case its passed you by it’s Christmas Eve and I, even I – the anti-capitalist, kind of Marxist bah-humbug Grinch couldn’t resist the challenge of finding something Christmassy to play so.. dear listener… tonight is Home Alone! AHHHH – part score, part soundtrack by the granddaddy of modern scoring John Williams. Keep the change you filthy animals!

Research used for this episode:

* rETro: John Williams Shares Backstory of ‘Home Alone’ Score

* How John Williams Brought ‘Home Alone’ To Life Through Music

* Home Alone’s enduring popularity, explained

* Wikipedia – Home Alone: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

* ‘Home Alone’ turns 25: A deep dive with director Chris Columbus

* Tune Find: Songs and music featured in Home Alone

* Holy Cow, Home Alone Is 25!

* IMDB Home Alone trivia

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score

In this episode we discuss the sublime score to the 2018 film Phantom Thread – Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood’s modern day classical music masterpiece.

Research used for this episode:

* Pitchfork review of the Phantom Thread score

* Variety interview with Jonny Greenwood

* New York Times interview with Jonny Greenwood

* Vicky Krieps interview with The Guardian

* Phantom Thread deleted scenes

* Village Voice – Why Phantom Thread’s Revolutionary Score Should Win the Oscar

A transcript of this episode is available here.

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score

 

On our first episode we discuss the iconic soundtrack to the 1994 film Reality Bites, with an interview with the cast and crew for the 25 year anniversary screening at the Tribecca Film Festival. There is also a live version of Lisa Loeb’s Stay and lots interesting info about the soundtracks construction, and competition, for certain songs.

Research we used for this episode:

* 20 years later – an oral history of Reality Bites

* 25 years later – Reality Bites captured Gen X 

* 25 year screening Q&A at the Tribecca Film Festival

* Stay – Lisa Loeb live at the Tribecca Film Festival

* Surf Music and Seventies Soul – The Songs of ‘Pulp Fiction’

Link to transcript

Credits

* Produced, hosted and edited by Carla Donnelly

* Theme music by Carlos D’Alessio, from the Delicatessen score