This coming of Podcast is like the falling of small stones that starts an avalanche in the mountains. Full TTT Podcast coming next time. Email your questions to: DAdams1127@aol.com

We've got a light little piece of candy corn for you this time, as we celebrate the spookiest time of year with a close look at some of filmdom's creepier compositions. (Disclaimer: Ok, the true spookiest time of year is actually Thanksgiving when we're all forced to eat a dead bird surrounded by our extended families. But Halloween's more fun.)

Get out your brickbats as the Kaplans tackle one of the trickiest topics in all of film music -- plagiarism!

The FSM crew takes a look at Elfman's first foray into the world of concert music... with special guest, Danny Elfman!

A look back at the James Newton Howard / M. Night Shyamalan collaboration, along with a lesson on Minimalism, special guest Dave Coscina and Al's incisive impersonation of Elmer Bernstein.

SUPERMAN RETURNS! Doug and Jon wield the Kryptonite while Al does so much devil's advocate flip-flopping, even we're not sure what he thinks... but we're pretty sure he didn’t like it either.

We're back from the opera hall and are digging into this summer's batch of high-profile film scores. Here we turn our sights towards X-Men: The Last Stand, and watch as John Powell discovers his mutant ability to write better and better music.

Oh, and no, we really don't know if Alan Silvestri was upset or not. You'll see.

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Here's the scene: Tim, Al, Jon and Doug have just returned from the world premiere of Elliot Goldenthal's Grendel... and are dining on a delicious Mrs. Field's cookie (adorned with the counter-jockey-confusing phrase "Happy Grendel!") and, of course, the requisite bottle of Silvestri wine.  Join them in their post-performance musings won't you?

Interspersed is more Goldenthal music than you can shake your grimy blue fist at, as well as recorded excerpts from an early May phone interview with the composer.

Beginning Monday, June 26 you'll be able to read FSM's official review of Grendel on Film Score Monthly Online (www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline).  Was the opera an accident, an accident, an accident, or gold?

 

The Kaplans take up the mantle in their continued attempt to get punched by someone.

FSM sets the SUN and drops the curtain on this year's Oscars. Remember to visit www.filmscoremonthly.com/fsmonline

Could Howard Shore's Sun: Soul of the Ultimate Nation be the best videogame score yet? And where did Doug go, anyway?

It's gonna be a bright SUNshiny day! Enjoy a preview of Howard Shore's score to Sun: Soul of the Ultimate Nation. Full podcast up later this week!

It’s 2006 and we’re back to what we do best: arguing about film music! This week, John Williams’ score to Munich sits in the spotlight.

It's the podast of Christmas past! If you play this episode backwards, you can clearly hear Al Kaplan say, "Tim is dead."

Is the new boxed set featuring Howard Shore’s complete score from THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING all it’s cracked up to be? Well, of course we think so. Tune in and listen to a few behind the scenes tidbits. Also, 30 seconds of unreleased music from THE KARATE KID, in honor of the late Pat Morita.