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March 16, 2026

Vicious (2025) - What Did Composer Tom Schraeder Learn From Scoring Vicious and The Dark and the ...

Vicious (2025) - What Did Composer Tom Schraeder Learn From Scoring Vicious and The Dark and the ...

This episode is part of the Pocasthon 2026! We're supporting the YWCA of Minneapolis. Please learn more about the YWCA of Minneapolis here (https://www.ywcampls.org/) Tom Schraeder is a songwriter and composer and he scored the 2025 Brian Bertino film, Vicious,. He talks to Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak and scoring…

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March 9, 2026

Can a Sinners Sweep Take the Best Original Song Oscar Away from K-Pop Demon Hunters?

Can a Sinners Sweep Take the Best Original Song Oscar Away from K-Pop Demon Hunters?

We've launched a SYL Merch Store (https://soundtrackcast.creator-spring.com/) ! 10% for the month of March by using promo code SYLMPLS. All profits will go to various organizations in Minnesota. Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak break down the 2026 Oscars Best Original Song category. It looks like Huntrix's "Golden" from K-Pop Demon…

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Feb. 23, 2026

Pop Culture Writer Tamar Herman on Whether the Music in K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) is Actually K-Pop

Pop Culture Writer Tamar Herman on Whether the Music in K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025) is Actually K-Pop

Pop Culture Writer, Tamar Herman, (https://notesonkpop.com/) joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss the blockbuster soundtrack to the Maggie Kang's 2025 film, K-Pop Demon Hunters (2025). As someone who has covered the K-Pop industry for years, Tamar is the perfect guest to talk about the impact that the soundtrack…

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Feb. 9, 2026

Scott Interrante on How the Reznor/Ross Score Creates Dramatic Tennis in Challengers (2024)

Scott Interrante on How the Reznor/Ross Score Creates Dramatic Tennis in Challengers (2024)

Scott Interrante of Big White Elephants and This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life (https://gr8songpod.podbean.com/) joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss the soundtrack to the 2024 Luca Guadagnino film, Challengers. The film was scored by the team of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross…

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Jan. 26, 2026

Mometu President Bryan Louzil on Why Gangsta Rap Works So Well in Office Space (1999)

Mometu President Bryan Louzil on Why Gangsta Rap Works So Well in Office Space (1999)

Mometu (https://mometu.com/) President Bryan Louzil joins Nicole and Ryan Pak to discuss the soundtrack to Mike Judge's 1999 cult classic, Office Space. The soundtrack boasts needle drops from artists like Scarface, The Geto Boys, Slum Village, Canibus & Biz Markie, Ice Cube and Kool Keith. Obviously, we have to talk…

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Jan. 12, 2026

Filmmaker/Comedian Cameron Smith on the Infectious Song and Jokes of Walk Hard (2007)

Filmmaker/Comedian Cameron Smith on the Infectious Song and Jokes of Walk Hard (2007)

Comedian and Filmmaker (https://www.youtube.com/@cumsmut/videos) , Cameron Smith, joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about the soundtrack to the 2007 Jake Kasdan film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. While the film flopped at the box office, it has become a cult classic and star, John C. Reilly is…

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Dec. 22, 2025

Musician Sean Griffin on The Nightmare Before Christmas, His New Holiday Single, & Holiday Tradit...

Musician Sean Griffin on The Nightmare Before Christmas, His New Holiday Single, & Holiday Tradit...

Musician Sean Griffin (The Ruffians) is our guest to ring in the holidays by talking about Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas on Soundtrack Your Life! Sean has just released the Christmas song, "I'm in Love for Christmas" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woia7oGjWL8) , so he's the perfect guest for our holiday episode! Obviously,…

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Dec. 8, 2025

Author Eric Gee on how the GO! Soundtrack (1999) Perfectly Captures the Late 90s

Author Eric Gee on how the GO! Soundtrack  (1999) Perfectly Captures the Late 90s

Author Eric Gee joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss the soundtrack to Doug Liman's 1999 film, Go! From the B.T. score to the timeless earworm of Len's "Steal My Sunshine", to a new No Doubt song, Go! captures all the music that suburban kids were into in 1999.…

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Nov. 24, 2025

Pop Culture Writer Rachel Brodsky on Why Adventureland (2009) is Timeless Even Though It's a Peri...

Pop Culture Writer Rachel Brodsky on Why Adventureland (2009) is Timeless Even Though It's a Peri...

Pop culture writer, and soon to be author, Rachel Brodsky (Time, LA Times, Stereogum, Rolling Stone, and more!) returns to Soundtrack Your Life to discuss the soundtrack to the 2009 Greg Mottolla film, Adventureland, with hosts Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak. Outside of Falco's hit "Rock Me Amadeus", the soundtrack…

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Nov. 10, 2025

Singer Kelsie Watts on The Greatest Showman (2017) and Getting Hugh Jackman's Attention

Singer Kelsie Watts on The Greatest Showman (2017) and Getting Hugh Jackman's Attention

Singer and Star of SIX on Broadway, Kelsie Watts, joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss the soundtrack to the 2017 Michael Gracey film, The Greatest Showman. The soundtrack spent 28 weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts, and the song "This is Me" won the Best Original Song…

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Oct. 31, 2025

Tales From the Crypt Writer/Showrunner Alan Katz on the Legendary Composers on Tales

Tales From the Crypt Writer/Showrunner Alan Katz on the Legendary Composers on Tales

*Trigger Warning: This episode has references to self harm and sexual assault. Alan Katz, formerly a writer/showrunner for the TV show, Tales from the Crypt, joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about his new career in podcasting. Alan owns Costard and Touchstone Productions (https://costardandtouchstone.com/) , which is home…

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Oct. 27, 2025

Kat Robichaud on Paul Williams' Brilliant Performance and Songs in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Kat Robichaud on Paul Williams' Brilliant Performance and Songs in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Singer, performer, and creator of Kat Robichaud's Misfit Cabaret, Kat Robichaud joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss the soundtrack to the 1974 Brian De Palma film, Phantom of the Paradise. Oscar winner, Paul Williams starred in the film, wrote original songs for it, and scored the film. He…

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Oct. 13, 2025

Musician Reeya Banerjee on Why the A Mighty Wind Soundtrack and Film (2003) Is a Comfort Watch/Li...

Musician Reeya Banerjee on Why the A Mighty Wind Soundtrack and Film (2003) Is a Comfort Watch/Li...

Musician Reeya Banerjee has just released her album, This Place (https://reeyabanerjee.bandcamp.com/album/this-place) . She joined Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak on Soundtrack Your Life to discuss the new album as well as the soundtrack to Christopher Guest's 2003 film, A Mighty Wind. The soundtrack features the Oscar nominated song, "A Kiss…

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Sept. 22, 2025

The Nostalgia Pit's Colin Casserd on The Godzilla Soundtrack (1998) and the Rap-Rock Hit Made for It

The Nostalgia Pit's Colin Casserd on The Godzilla Soundtrack (1998) and the Rap-Rock Hit Made for It

The Nostalgia Pit's Colin Casserd joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the 1998 Roland Emmerich film, Godzilla. The soundtrack is aptly titled, Godzilla: The Album since barely any of the songs on the soundtrack actually appear in the film. For More Information About The Nostalgia Pit: Linktree…

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Sept. 22, 2025

The Nostalgia Pit's Colin Casserd on The Godzilla Soundtrack (1998) and the Rap-Rock Hit Made for It

The Nostalgia Pit's Colin Casserd on The Godzilla Soundtrack (1998) and the Rap-Rock Hit Made for It

The Nostalgia Pit's Colin Casserd joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the 1998 Roland Emmerich film, Godzilla. The soundtrack is aptly titled, Godzilla: The Album since barely any of the songs on the soundtrack actually appear in the film. For More Information About The Nostalgia Pit: ⁠Linktree⁠…

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Sept. 8, 2025

I Have That on Vinyl's Michele Catalano on The Spawn Soundtrack (1997) and The Songs That Are Sti...

I Have That on Vinyl's Michele Catalano on The Spawn Soundtrack (1997) and The Songs That Are Sti...

(00:00:00) Introducing Michele Catalano and Why Did She Pick Spawn? (00:07:33) Thoughts on Spawn the film (00:17:36) Soundtrack Composer Graham Revell and ILM Worked on this Movie? (00:19:03) Breaking Down the Best Songs of the Spawn Soundtrack (00:31:51) Todd Macfarlane Post-Spawn (00:33:46) Thoughts on the Spawn Cast (00:37:59) The Blade…

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Aug. 25, 2025

Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills on How George Harrison's Wonderwall Score (1968) Was a Musical Gatew...

Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills on How George Harrison's Wonderwall Score (1968) Was a Musical Gatew...

(00:00:00) What's New with Kula Shaker and Why Did Crispian Select Wonderwall? (00:10:29) Wonderwall's Influence on Kula Shaker (00:13:47) Kula Shaker Sampling "Skiing" for Gokula (00:17:09) Wondewall as a Gateway into Indian Musicians (00:19:53) George Harrison's Love of Creating Music for Wonderwall (00:23:01) Wonderwall (the Oasis song) Renewing Interest in…

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Aug. 11, 2025

Save Ferris' Monique on Being in the 10 Things I Hate About You Prom Band and The Enduring Power ...

Save Ferris' Monique on Being in the 10 Things I Hate About You Prom Band and The Enduring Power ...

(00:00:00) Introducing Monique Powell from Save Ferris (00:12:21) How Save Ferris Ended up in 10 Things I Hate About You (00:18:32) Filming with Letters to Cleo (00:22:49) Soundtrack Composer Richard Gibbs and the Soundtrack Supervisor (00:25:00) Finding Music in Your Teens (00:30:07) Save Ferris Appearing on Roswell and Finding Music…

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July 28, 2025

The Bear Season 4 Thoughts w/ Erin from It's a Fandom Thing and Jenn from My Streaming Bubble

The Bear Season 4 Thoughts w/ Erin from It's a Fandom Thing and Jenn from My Streaming Bubble

Erin Marlow of @itsafandomthingpod1047 and Jenn Owens of @My.Streaming.Bubble join Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to discuss Season 4 of FX's hit show, The Bear. From discussing the best needle drops from Season 4, to their opinions on the newest guest Fak, they break down everything from the latest season…

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July 28, 2025

We Are Scientists' Keith Murray on The Nostalgia of The Lost Boys Soundtrack (1987) and His New A...

We Are Scientists' Keith Murray on The Nostalgia of The Lost Boys Soundtrack (1987) and His New A...

(00:00:00) Introducing Keith Murray and the New We Are Scientists Album, Qualifying Miles (00:10:08) Why are We Talking About The Lost Boys? (00:17:00) Breaking Down the Lost Boys Soundtrack (00:23:30) Kiefer Sutherland, Rock Star? (00:32:40) The Lost Boys Influenced Keith to Move to California? (00:41:16) The Lost Boys Sequels (00:46:16)…

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July 14, 2025

The Ritualists' Christian Dryden on the Queen Soundtracked Space Opera, Flash Gordon (1980)

The Ritualists' Christian Dryden on the Queen Soundtracked Space Opera, Flash Gordon (1980)

Christian Dryden, bassist and lead singer of The Ritualists (https://www.theritualists.com/) , joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about the Queen soundtracked 1980 Mike Hodges film, Flash Gordon. Queen took the assignment so seriously that they spent a year dedicated to creating the soundtrack for this out of this…

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June 23, 2025

Film Rage's Jim on How The Legend of Ochi Soundtrack (2025) Helps Isaiah Saxon Blur Fantasy and R...

Film Rage's Jim on How The Legend of Ochi Soundtrack (2025) Helps Isaiah Saxon Blur Fantasy and R...

(00:00:00) Introducing Jim and The Legend of Ochi (00:09:24) The Soundtrack and Composer Dave Longstreth (00:16:57) The Tension Building Throughout The Legend of Ochi (00:22:22) What is an Ochi? (00:24:17) Metal Bands in the Film (00:26:16) The World Building of the Film (00:29:21) Isaiah Saxon's Background (00:30:28) Is this Film…

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June 9, 2025

Ryan and Nicole Try to Explain Pavements (2025), the Pavements Soundtrack, & Their Pavement Fandom

Ryan and Nicole Try to Explain Pavements (2025), the Pavements Soundtrack, & Their Pavement Fandom

(00:00:00) Intro (00:06:24) Who is Alex Ross Perry? What is Pavements? (00:12:46) Slanted! Enchanted! (00:18:24) Catchy Songs, Distant Lyrics (00:21:24) Range life (00:27:03) Wants For the Pavements DVD/BluRay Bonus Features (00:30:52) The Pavements Soundtrack (00:32:51) What We Wanted to See More Of (00:37:43) Pavement Needle Drops Not Covered in Pavements…

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May 26, 2025

Russ Burlingame on The Needle Drops that Make The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 Soundtrack a Hit

Russ Burlingame on The Needle Drops that Make The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 1 Soundtrack a Hit

Pop Culture Writer Russ Burlingame joins Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about the soundtrack to James Gunn's 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1. It's the 1st soundtrack to ever hit #1 on the Billboard Top 200 charts with all previously released songs. It's sold over 3…

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