Episode #21 - Invasion of the Score Snatchers

Recorded February 17, 2011

Published February 18, 2011

Chris, Marius and Tom talk about the current Hollywood trend of new composers coming from other music genres and score A-List films.

Episode Highlights

00:40 — Intros

03:15 — What we've been listening to (Killzone 3, Sanctum, Secret of Kells, Summer Wars)

18:10 — Tide of the Super Heroe Movies

24:11 — Invasion of the Score Snatchers!

15:07 — The string quartet vs. orchestra in Dead Space 2

18:43 — Dead Space 2's themes

21:20 — Portraying the Church of Unitology

24:29 — Differing instrumentation between Dead Space and Dead Space 2

26:04 — The recording sessions

28:25 — Preparing the abstract musical material

30:53 — How creatively fulfilling were the Dead Space scores?

33:17 — Upcoming projects

34:50 — Fear of typecasting?

37:57 — Conclusion

Music Clips (Select music clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 — Invasion of the Body Snatchers Trailer clip 1

03:30 — "Main Menu - And Ever We Fight On" (Killzone 3) by Joris de Man

05:00 — "Espiritu Esa Ala" (Sanctum) by David Hirschfelder

08:35 — "Kasou Toshi Oz" (Summer Wars) Akihiko Matsumoto

10:00 — "The Chi'Rho Page" (Secret of Kells) by Bruno Coulais

11:03 — "Potus 111" (Eagle Eye) by Brian Tyler

21:31 — "Spider-Man Theme" (Spider-Man TV 1967) by

23:53 — Invasion of the Body Snatchers Trailer Clip 2

30:07 — "Intriguing Possibilities" (The Social Network) by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

37:47 — "End of Line" (Tron Legacy) Daft Punk

48:56 — Invasion of the Body Snatchers Trailer Clip 3

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