Beginning with this episode (the 40th!) of the podcast, I plan to present a multi-part analysis into a specific cinematic genre, that being the music of science fiction through the years. The 1950's is often considered the initial Golden Age of Science Fiction, when the genre showcased its own distinctiveness onscreen and gained notoriety in part due to films such as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951), CONQUEST OF SPACE (1955) and INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (1956). Music from this decade's theatrical entries is where my listening journey starts, including selections composed by Bernard Herrmann, Leith Stevens, Herman Stein and Nathan Van Cleave.
Of course, this isn’t meant to be an exhaustive or definitive overview in any sense of the word, consisting instead of my own observations of how music for science fiction movies, those involving outer space, invading aliens and time travel, developed its own personality and evolved over time. With luck, my reach won't exceed my grasp and I will endeavor to produce an episode for each decade at least up until the 1990's. As a teaser, I've created a special suite of musical selections from various Sci-Fi film scores from the 50's to the 90's.
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ASTS 055: Guest Neil S. Bulk, soundtrack album producer and editor-2023 in review
ASTS 054: Now Playing... ”Barbie”, ”Oppenheimer”, ”Tetris”, ”The Marvels” and more!
ASTS 053: TV Goes To The Movies - ”The Transformers”
ASTS 052: TV Goes To The Movies - ”The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”
ASTS 051: TV Goes To The Movies - ”Mission: Impossible”
ASTS 050: Guest Neil S. Bulk, soundtrack album producer and editor-2022 in review
ASTS 049: Now Playing... ”Thor: Love and Thunder”, ”Nope”, ”The Woman King”, ”Black Adam” and more!
ASTS 048: Listening To... Music for ”Predator” and ”Prey”
ASTS 047: Now Playing... ”The Batman”, ”Death On The Nile”, ”The King’s Man” and more!
ASTS 046: The Evolving Sound of Science Fiction Cinema, Part 6-The 1980’s, cont.
ASTS 045: Guest Neil S. Bulk, soundtrack album producer and editor-2021 in review
ASTS 044: The Evolving Sound of Science Fiction Cinema, Part 5-The 1980’s
ASTS 043: The Evolving Sound of Science Fiction Cinema, Part 4-The 1970‘s, cont.
ASTS 042: The Evolving Sound of Science Fiction Cinema, Part 3-The 1970's
ASTS 041: The Evolving Sound of Science Fiction Cinema, Part 2-The 1960's
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