The SoundCast: Episode 8 - Terminator Salvation Discussion

Episode #8:

Terminator Salvation Roundtable discussion with Marius Masalar and Tom Hoover (Scorenotes.com), SoundCast Spotlight: Siddhartha Barnhoorn's For All Mankind + Gametime 2009 Update with Jim Dooley and Mel Wesson interview tease! Don't miss our first "Bonus Track" at the conclusion of this episode.

Recorded June 03, 11, 2009

Published June 12, 2009

Episode Highlights

00:00 - SoundCast Intro: We're Back!

02:17 - Pimping: 5 Centimeters Per Second, Taken, and Infamous

08:50 - High Score: Gametime Update!

10:52 - Interview Tease with Jim Dooley and Mel Wesson (Infamous)

14:43 - SoundCast Spotlight: "Johnny Red" from For All Mankind by Sid Barnhoorn

17:56 - Terminator Salvation Discussion with Marius Masalr and Tom Hoover

55:18 - Episode Close

57:48 - Bonus Track!

Music Clips (Select musical clips contained in this podcast)

00:00 Opening - Terminator Salvation (Danny Elfman)

03:51 Oukashiyo - 5 Centimeters Per Second (Tenmon)

06:25 End of the Road - Infamous (VG) (Amon Tobin, Jim Dooley, Mel Wesson)

08:23 Gametime - (downRising)

10:09 End of the Road - Infamous (VG) (Amon Tobin, Jim Dooley, Mel Wesson)

12:12 Pleasant Empire - Infamous (VG) (Amon Tobin, Jim Dooley, Mel Wesson)

14:12 SoundCast Spotlight Theme (Marius Masalar)

15:29 Johnny Red - For All Mankind (Siddhartha Barnhoorn)

17:20 The Harvester Returns - Terminator Salvation (Danny Elfman)

32:13 Opening - Terminator Salvation (Danny Elfman)

42:57 Final Confrontation - Terminator Salvation (Danny Elfman)

48:37 Broadcast - Terminator Salvation (Danny Elfman)

52:25 Salvation - Terminator Salvation (Danny Elfman)

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Terminator Salvation (Soundtrack) by Danny Elfman - Review

One Saving Grace
Review by Christopher Coleman

One of the longest running franchises in Hollywood has been that of TERMINATOR. Who would have guessed that 25 years after the small-budgeted, 1984-film, that there would be such a thriving franchise; one that has (like any good, modern-day, franchise must) moved into the parallel realms of the comics, novels, television and video games. As the storyline starts to catch up with itself (ah the perils of time-travel plots), we now, under the unlikely guidance of director McG, move into the full-on, post-apocalyptic part of the Terminator-saga. Now played by box-office-mega-star, Christian Bale, John Connor is starting to move into his role as leader of the human-resistance against the dreaded machines. As we learned at the conclusion of TERMINATOR: RISE OF THE MACHINES, our heroes were not able to avoid "Judgment Day" afterall.

TERMINATOR SALVATION drops us into the future with Connor, a handful of resistance fighters, and some pretty-cool terminators we've never seen the likes of before. The dominant machines and scrappy humans are now at full-scale war, doing battle in the wasteland that once was our fair, semi-green world. TERMINATOR SALVATION not only focuses on the emerging-leader, John Connor, but moreso, tells the story of Marcus Wright, a unique machine/man, hybrid-terminator with his own compelling journey. Marcus' journey eventually leads him to the Resistance, Kyle Reese, and John Connor.

The critical response has been fairly hard on the film, but I had little trouble enjoying this ironically, redemptive tale along with a screening audience, just a few days prior to the official release date. TERMINATOR SALVATION is not without it's flaws (some of them major), but from one who would not likely be counted among the "hard core" fans, McG and company actually made this an enjoyable couple of hours. In between the few moments of exposition or character development director, McG, does deliver a handful of solid action sequences all set in the appropriate dingy, bleakness of a post-nuclear-holocaust California. The film certainly succeeds as an action-flick, but lost is some of the weight of the first two Terminator films. Watching the film, I had little time or resource left to dwell on the plot and time-line issues that have since come to plague my appreciation of the film. Oddly enough, one of the bigger difficulties I suffered during the screening was my attempt to tune into what composer DANNY ELFMAN was doing with his score.


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Updated! Terminator Salvation - Win 2 Tickets + Soundtrack!

Update 5/15/2009: Only Select Cities left (see below):

Can't wait until May 19th to see TERMINATOR SALVATION? Well, if you are following us on TWITTER, here is your chance to win 2 TICKETS to an early screening on MAY 18th, 2009! And, yes, there is more! The winner of of the 2 tickets will also get their own copy of the ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK by DANNY ELFMAN!

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Terminator Salvation Original Soundtrack by Danny Elfman comes May 19

REPRISE RECORDS TO RELEASE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TO TERMINATOR SALVATION 

ON MAY 19TH, 2009

Soundtrack to Highly Anticipated Fourth Installment of Terminator Franchise Features Original Score by Four-Time Oscar® Nominee Danny Elfman, Plus Music From Alice In Chains

Burbank, CA- Reprise Records will release the original soundtrack to the hotly anticipated feature film Terminator Salvation on May 19th — two days before the film--the fourth installment in the Terminator film franchise--hits theaters nationwide on Thursday, May 21st, 2009.

Terminator Salvation — Original Soundtrack features an original score by one of Hollywood's leading film composers, Danny Elfman, a four-time Oscar® nominee and Grammy and Emmy Award winner.   Elfman has composed the score for more than 60 motion pictures, including Batman, all three Spider-Man blockbusters, Milk, Good Will Hunting, Big Fish, Men In Black, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.   

Capturing what the film's director McG calls "the delicate nature of humanity and the unrelenting brutality of the machines," Elfman's synthesizer/orchestral score for Terminator Salvation elevates and expands the sweeping soundscape of one of the most successful film franchises in history. The first three Terminator films grossed more than one billon dollars worldwide.

The soundtrack also includes "Rooster" — a classic song by Seattle hard-rock band Alice in Chains, written by the band's guitarist Jerry Cantrell for his father, who served in the military during the Vietnam War.

A post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure, the film is set in the year is 2018. Judgment Day has come and gone, leveling modern civilization. An army of Terminators roams the post-apocalyptic landscape, killing or collecting humans where they hide in the desolate cities and deserts. But small groups of survivors have organized into a Resistance, hiding in underground bunkers and striking when they can against an enemy force that vastly outnumbers them.

Only one man saw Judgment Day coming. One man, whose destiny has always been intertwined with the fate of human existence: John Connor (Christian Bale). Now the world is on the brink of the future that Connor has been warned about all his life. But something totally new has shaken his belief that humanity stands a chance of winning this war: the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger from the past. Connor must decide whether Marcus can be trusted as they find common ground to meet the enemy head-on.

McG (Charlie's Angels, We Are Marshall) directed Terminator Salvation from a screenplay by John Brancato & Michael Ferris (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines). The film is produced by Moritz Borman, Jeffrey Silver, Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson.   Peter D. Graves, Dan Lin, Jeanne Allgood, Joel B. Michaels, Mario F. Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna served as executive producers.   A presentation of the Halcyon Company, Terminator Salvation is being distributed domestically by Warner Bros. Pictures. Columbia Pictures is distributing the film in most international territories

The film stars Christian Bale (The Dark Knight), Sam Worthington (Avatar), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek), Moon Bloodgood (What Just Happened), Bryce Dallas Howard (Spider-Man 3), Common (Wanted), Jane Alexander (The Unborn) and Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince).

The track-listing for Terminator Salvation — Original Soundtrack is as follows:

Opening

All Is Lost

Broadcast

The Harvester Returns

Fireside

No Plan

Reveal/The Escape

Hydrobot Attack

Farewell

Marcus Enters Skynet

A Solution

Serena

Final Confrontation

Salvation

Rooster (Alice In Chains)

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Danny Elfman to Score Terminator Salvation

Just in case you've been hiding under a pile of nuclear fallout today, composer DANNY ELFMAN , while attending the Critics Choice Awards, told the MTV Movie blog that he would be writing the score for the upcoming TERMINATOR SALVATION.

He will now join the ranks of composer BRAD FIEDEL, who gave us the original and unforgettable Terminator theme, MARCO BELTRAMI who took the reigns on TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES and BEAR MCCREARY who is currently handling the hit television series: TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES.

While I'm quite sure Elfmanites around the globe are in full rejoice-mode, it will surprise few of you, that I'm not quite there. Hard to envision what direction Elfman will go here. He did tell MTV that it wasn't even for sure that he'd employ Brad Feidel's original theme...and that alone causes me concern.

Well, we'll just have to wait and hear. What do you think about this news? Are you lovin' it or hatin' it?

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