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May 12, 2025

Writer James Deon Williams Breaks Down Boomerang's (1992) Stacked Soundtrack and Stacked Cast

Writer James Deon Williams Breaks Down Boomerang's (1992) Stacked Soundtrack and Stacked Cast

Pop culture writer, James Down Williams, joins Ryan to talk about the 1992 Reginald Hudlin film, Boomerang and it's 3x Platinum soundtrack. The soundtrack boasted 6 singles including Toni Braxton's "Give U My Heart" and Boyz II Men's "End of the Road", which would top the Billboard Top 100 for…

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April 21, 2025

LIMAHL (Kajagoogoo) on Why His Hits "Too Shy" and "The NeverEnding Story" Are Popular Needle Drop...

LIMAHL (Kajagoogoo) on Why His Hits "Too Shy" and "The NeverEnding Story" Are Popular Needle Drop...

Solo artist, and lead singer of Kajagoogoo, Limahl is our guest this week and it was an honor to talk to the singer of the chart topping soundtrack song, The NeverEnding Story. It was a top 10 hit in over 15 countries, including hitting #1 in Norway, Spain and Sweden.…

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April 14, 2025

It's a Fandom Thing's Erin on Trent Reznor's Curation of The Natural Born Killers Soundtrack (1994)

It's a Fandom Thing's Erin on Trent Reznor's Curation of The Natural Born Killers Soundtrack (1994)

Erin Marlow of It's a Fandom Thing (https://itsafandomthingpod.com/) joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 1994 Oliver Stone film, Natural Born Killers. It began as a Quentin Tarantino script before Oliver Stone turned it into an entirely different thing, which is just one of many controversies that surround this…

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March 24, 2025

Frank Meyer (Streetwalkin' Cheetahs/Fear) on the Repo Man (1984) Soundtrack and The Film's Influe...

Frank Meyer (Streetwalkin' Cheetahs/Fear) on the Repo Man (1984) Soundtrack and The Film's Influe...

Rocker Frank Meyer (The Street Walkin' Cheetahs / Trading Aces / Fear) has a new album out on 3/25 called Living Between the Lines (Kitten Robot Records) (https://frankmeyer.bandcamp.com/) and he joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss his career and the soundtrack to the 1984 film, Repo Man. It's a soundtrack…

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March 10, 2025

Pop Culture Yearbook’s Brad on the Hilarious and Catchy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)...

Pop Culture Yearbook’s Brad on the Hilarious and Catchy Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)...

Doink da doink! Brad from the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the Lonely Island 2016 film, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. It flamed out when it was released back in 2016 but it's reached cult status with it's joke-dense…

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Feb. 24, 2025

The Controversy with the 2025 Best Original Song Category and And a Unique Diane Warren Soundtrac...

The Controversy with the 2025 Best Original Song Category and And a Unique Diane Warren Soundtrac...

It's time to talk the 2025 Oscars! Nicole and Ryan break down the 2025 Oscars Best Original Song category. There are some past winners (Elton John), a 16 time nominee (Diane Warren), 2 songs from Emilia Perez, and a nomination for Sing Sing. There's also a controversy regarding the category:…

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Feb. 10, 2025

Space Castle's DT on The Scene from 500 Days of Summer (2009) That He Thought Was Copied From HIs...

Space Castle's DT on The Scene from 500 Days of Summer (2009) That He Thought Was Copied From HIs...

DT, host of the Space Castle YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL9LooNWHVGILb5fB4JJvXQ) , returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Marc Webb's 2009 film, 500 Days of Summer. Lots of stories or heartbreak in our 20s follows since this film is a perfect backdrop for our Valentines Day…

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Jan. 27, 2025

Movies and Us' Jen and Sarah on How Kogonada's Directing & Hammock's Score Transform Columbus (2017)

Movies and Us' Jen and Sarah on How Kogonada's Directing & Hammock's Score Transform Columbus (2017)

Jen and Sarah from Movies and Us (https://moviesanduspod.podbean.com/) join Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about Kogonada's 2017 directorial debut, Columbus. The film is intimate and captures smaller moments. Hammock's gorgeous ambient score is the perfect compliment to the visuals. Kogonada would follow up Columbus with 2021's After Yang…

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Jan. 13, 2025

Slinky Vagabond's Keanan Duffty Explains Why the Labyrinth (1986) Soundtrack Still Resonates Today

Slinky Vagabond's Keanan Duffty Explains Why the Labyrinth (1986) Soundtrack Still Resonates Today

A man of many talents, Keanan Duffty is our guest for this episode. His band, Slinky Vagabond, has a new album coming out on January 14th. You can pre-order that here (https://www.slinkyvagabond.net/negozio/) . He is also a fashion designer, one who has collaborated with the iconic David Bowie on his…

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Dec. 18, 2024

Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro On The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) & Where It Ranks Among ...

Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro On The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) & Where It Ranks Among ...

Happy Holidays! Scott Interrante of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life (https://gr8songpod.podbean.com/) and Tara Giancaspro of xoxo Gossip Giancaspro (https://taragiancaspro.substack.com/) join Nicole and Ryan to talk about The Muppet Christmas Carol, which begs the question, "Do we even like the general story of A…

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Dec. 9, 2024

What 70s/80s band is Jim from Film Rage Reminded of When He Hears the Score for We Live in Time (...

What 70s/80s band is Jim from Film Rage Reminded of When He Hears the Score for We Live in Time (...

Jim from Film Rage joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about John Crowley's 2024 film, We Live in Time. The score is handled by Bryce Dessner (The National, Big Red Machine), and this is Dessner's 2nd score for 2024, the other being for Sing Sing, which was released earlier this…

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Dec. 2, 2024

When Did Music Rewind's Stephen Epley Discover The Commitments (1991) and Soul Music?

When Did Music Rewind's Stephen Epley Discover The Commitments (1991) and Soul Music?

Stephen Epley, host of Music Rewind, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about Alan Parker's 1991 film, The Commitments. The film deserverdly racked up nominations at the BAFTAS, Golden Globes and the Oscars, but it's soundtrack is what really took off in the US and around the world. It went…

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Nov. 11, 2024

This is Spinal Tap (1984) w/ Dan Shinder of Drum Talk TV

This is Spinal Tap (1984) w/ Dan Shinder of Drum Talk TV

Dan Shinder, founder of DrumTalkTV joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 1984 Rob Reiner Mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, and how it might be more realistic than a lot of rock biopics out there. We break down the big hair, on-stage disasters, dressing room shenanigans, and of course,…

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Oct. 28, 2024

Why Does Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk (2002) Seem Like a Musical With No Singing? w/ Pete A...

Why Does Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk (2002) Seem Like a Musical With No Singing? w/ Pete A...

Pete Abeyta from the Middle Class Film Class Podcast/YouTube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI1lVsk1xjMSBgZK82uAzgQ?app=desktop) , joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 film, Punch Drunk Love. This soundtrack consists of a wonderful score by producer/composer/mad scientist, Jon Brion, who also composed the scores to films that…

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Oct. 14, 2024

Why Does DT of Space Castle Find Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) So Rewatchable?

Why Does DT of Space Castle Find Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) So Rewatchable?

DT, host of Space Castle on YouTube (formerly the podcast), joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to the 2010 Edgar Wright film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World. That means discussing Sex B-Bomb, Crash and the Boys, Clash at Demonhead, and the real life musicians behind them like…

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Sept. 23, 2024

How Did Dr. Augusta Palmer Learn that Her Father was a Famous Music Critic and Festival Curator? ...

How Did Dr. Augusta Palmer Learn that Her Father was a Famous Music Critic and Festival Curator? ...

Director of The Blues Society, Dr. Augusta Palmer, and Memphis radio DJ legend, Henry Nelson join Ryan to talk about the 2023 documentary, The Blues Society. The film has recently become available for rental and purchase on digital platforms. We Discuss: • The origin of the film and when Dr.…

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Sept. 9, 2024

Why Does Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Still Resonate with Jenn from My Streaming Bubble 25+ years later?

Why Does Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Still Resonate with Jenn from My Streaming Bubble 25+ years later?

Jenn Owens, host of the podcast, My Streaming Bubble, is our guest this week to talk about the soundtrack to the Henry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan 1998 film, Can't Hardly Wait. While the film didn't do huge numbers at the box office office upon its release, it is a movie…

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Aug. 26, 2024

How Did Archer Marsh Manage to Have His Music Show Up 3 Times in Bridgerton Season 3?

How Did Archer Marsh Manage to Have His Music Show Up 3 Times in Bridgerton Season 3?

Composer Archer Marsh is our guest this week, and he discusses his work on Bridgerton Season 3 including the viral hit, "Give Me Everything" (Pitbull), which has really taken on a life of its own. Archer has 2 other needle drops in Season 3: "Confident" (Demi Lovato) and "Lights" (Ellie…

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Aug. 12, 2024

Soundtrack Your Life Ep 101 - Soundtracking Monopoly w/ Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro

Soundtrack Your Life Ep 101 - Soundtracking Monopoly w/ Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro

(After a short hiatus, we're back, and we'll be back to releasing 2 episodes of month until December!)This is the Greatest Song that I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante and our favorite substacker, Tara Giancaspro return to Soundtrack Your Life to help Nicole and Ryan soundtrack the…

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June 24, 2024

Soundtrack Your Life Ep 100 - Soundtracking The Sims w/ Tara Giancaspro and Scott Interrante

Soundtrack Your Life Ep 100 - Soundtracking The Sims w/ Tara Giancaspro and Scott Interrante

Episode 100!For our landmark 100th episode, we have a couple of our favorite guests, Tara Giancaspro, and This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante, returning to join Nicole and Ryan to soundtrack a movie that doesn't quite exist yet, the recently announced movie…

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June 10, 2024

What are some of Jim from Film Rage's Favorite Needle Drops in Saltburn (2023) that are not "Murd...

What are some of Jim from Film Rage's Favorite Needle Drops in Saltburn (2023) that are not "Murd...

Jim from the Film Rage podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the soundtrack to the 2023 Emerald Fennell film, Saltburn. Jim was previously a guest for our episode on David Byrne’s True Stories (https://player.captivate.fm/episode/63ccde14-bf82-460f-87c8-8eea5a2eb51a) .The movie had a moment in 2023 with its…

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May 27, 2024

What are Some of Rachel Brodsky's Favorite Needle Drops from The Bear - Season 1 and Season 2?

What are Some of Rachel Brodsky's Favorite Needle Drops from The Bear - Season 1 and Season 2?

Pop culture writer, Rachel Brodsky returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the music from the Christopher Storer hit television series, The Bear. With season 3 due in June, we decided to take a look at the massive amount of needle drops from the 1st…

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May 13, 2024

How Have the Gender Politics of Charlie's Angels (2000) Aged According to Nicole Tremaglio of the...

How Have the Gender Politics of Charlie's Angels (2000) Aged According to Nicole Tremaglio of the...

Cultural theorist and host of the Nicstalgia Podcast, Nicole Tremaglio, joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss the soundtrack to the year 2000 McG directed film, Charlie’s Angels. The film was a huge success at the box office and the soundtrack was also a hit, with lead single “Independent Women Part…

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April 22, 2024

How Amazing Was Writer/Film Critic, Lex Brisuco's, Marie Antoinette (2006) Themed Sweet 16 Birthd...

How Amazing Was Writer/Film Critic, Lex Brisuco's, Marie Antoinette (2006) Themed Sweet 16 Birthd...

Film Critic and writer, Lex Briscuso joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 2006 Sophia Coppola film, Marie Antoinette and it's iconic soundtrack. The soundtrack pulls from the 80s, 90s, and aughts with tracks from Gang of Four, Siouxie and the Banshees, The Strokes, Aphex Twin and more! Coppola…

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