SoundCast 36 - The 70s: Two Steps Above a Lunchbox

Episode 36 - The 70s: Two Steps Above a Lunchbox


Christopher, Marius, and Helen discuss their favorites scores from the decade of the 70s.  We read your tweeted faves and sidetrack on Carter Burwell on his return to the Twilight franchise and finally, react to The Hunger Games trailer and the fact that T Bone Burnett will be collaborating with Danny Elfman for its score.


Episode Highlights

00:00 — 70s Montage
00:31 — Intros and Welcome
03:20 — WHYBLT? (What Have You Been Listening To?): Hugo and Muppets
07:00 — WHYBLT? - The Skin I live In and Puss in Boots
08:10 — WHYBLT? - Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Uncharted 3, Dracula
11:30 — SideTracks: Twilight and Carter Burwell
29:30 — SideTracks: The Hunger Games trailer, T Bone, Elfman
35:52 — Main Discussion: The Best of the 70s
65:33 — Conclusion


Select Music

03:27 — "Winding It Up" (Hugo) by Howard Shore
05:44 — "Me Party" (The Muppets) Original Soundtrack
07:03 — "El Cigarral" (The Skin I Live In) by Alberto Iglesias
07:41 — "Chasing Tail" (Puss In Boots) by Henry Jackman
09:32 — "Icarus" (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) by Michael McCann
14:36 — "Bella's Lullaby" (Twilight) by Carter Burwell
35:20 — "Main Title & Mountian Visions" (Close Encounters) by John Williams
40:41 — "Tales of a Jedi Knight-Learn About the Force" (Star Wars) by John Williams
45:14 — "The Godfather Waltz" (The GodFather) by Nino Rota
45:55 — "Alien" (Alien) by Jerry Goldsmith
46:57 — "Main Title And First Victim" (Jaws) by John Williams
48:36 — "Philadelphia Morning" (Rocky) Bill Conti
50:09 — "The Enterprise" (Star Trek: TMP) by Jerry Goldsmith
54:52 — "Stately Purcell" (A Clockwork Orange) by Wendy Carlos
58:41 — "Dirty Harry's Creed" (Dirty Harry) by Lalo Schifrin
60:52 — "Speak Softly Love" (The Godfather) by Nino Rota
62:31 — "Out To Sea"(Jaws) by John Williams
66:23 — "The Conversation" (Close Encounters) by John Williams
69:45 — "Hotel Nacionale" (Voyage Of The Damned) by Lalo Schifrin

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Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Soundtrack) by Karl Preusser - Review

Never Laugh at Animated Dragons
Review by Christopher Coleman


The Dragonlance franchise has been around almost as long as Dungeons and Dragons. This particular world of the fantasy genre was first opened up by Laura and Tracey Hickman with their book DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT. From that were spawned nearly 200 novels, board games and video games. After decades of decent popularity with the D&D faithful, the world of DRAGONLANCE came to video in January 2008.

The animated feature, DRAGONLANCE: DRAGONS OF AUTUMN'S TWILIGHT was certainly shy of the sort of resources that many animated features get today, including those made for television or direct-to-video projects. Unfortunately, the producers were unable to hide this fact and as a result DRAGONLANCE is going to be, for most adults, a very difficult thing to watch. While children, who simply love anything animated, may find this presentation entertaining, most will find ample opportunity to cringe: whether it be from awkward 3D animated characters, stilted writing, uncomfortable, American accented-characters (forgive the stereotype, but British or some European accent is a must for these types of productions), or the painful combination of the lot. These were some of the most difficult 90 minutes of viewing I have had in years. If I were a drinking man, this would have been a much more enjoyable experience playing a Lord of the Rings Reference Drinking Game while watching. All of that negativity spouted, one thing the producers did do right - they hired composer KARL PREUSSER to lay down the musical score. It was Preusser's surprisingly robust score that convinced me to give them film itself a shot. Sadly, not even the composer's dynamic score could lift this feature off the ground, but as a stand-alone experience, DRAGONLANCE proves to be a surprisingly entertaining listen.

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Composer Karl Presseur scores Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Composer Karl Presseur's score to the animated film, DRAGONSLANCE: DRAGONS OF AUTUMN LIGHT, will release on May 13, 2008 at iTunes and Amazon.com
. The direct-to-dvd-feature offers the voice talents of Kiefer Sutherland, Lucy Lawless, and Michael Rosenbaum. The DVD released in January 2008 and is also available at Amazon.com.

You can check out a couple pieces from the Presseur's score at the official site. Here and Here.

You can also visit KARL PRESSEUR's official site here.