I'm excited to announce the next new episode of my podcast, "A Score To Settle"! In this episode, I turn my "Listening To..." series towards the inimitable composer Jerry Goldsmith and specifically, his music for films released in 1982. In that year alone there were five theatrical releases which featured his eloquent accompaniment - POLTERGEIST, NIGHT CROSSING, THE SECRET OF N.I.M.H., THE CHALLENGE and FIRST BLOOD. It was a typically busy year for Goldsmith and he produced several of his strongest, most celebrated scores, resulting in an Academy Award nomination for POLTERGEIST. I wanted to examine the aural connections between these efforts, a bit of the concert classical influences and their place in Goldsmith's overall canon.
As always, I hope everyone who listens enjoys this episode and forgives any technical or factual gaffes I might make, I aim to make sure my film facts are correct as well. Below is the embedded player from which you can listen, but also feel free to subscribe and download the episode from iTunes (search their store for "a score to settle"). Check out the link from the Facebook page or click on the website link below the player, which should take you directly to where the show is hosted. If you do listen via iTunes, take a moment to rate the podcast, it will help bring notice. Lastly, I finally started a Twitter account for the podcast, which you can find at @score2settlepod. Thanks again!
