Sonic Cinema

Of all of the filmmakers I’ve gotten to know over the years, Matthew Saliba is probably my one of my 2-3 favorite to talk to over the years. Part of that is because he’s helped me dive head-first into kaiju cinema, but it’s always been interesting to see how he dives into filmmakers and film genres a lot of my other friends and filmmaker friends don’t really watch on a […]

Even though such things are easier to see in hindsight, as I started to ramp up my moviewatching in 1996, I could definitely tell my tastes were getting expanded, and my horizons were broadening. Ironically, it began with a TV channel. To this day, I do not remember the name of the cable channel that really led me down the path of supporting indie cinema with reckless abandon, but it […]

**This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. Last year, it appeared that the greatest film composer of all-time, John Williams, might be retiring after “The Fabelmans” and “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”. Now, we are not sure, but it’s still a great time to honor the […]

**This podcast was recorded during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the movies being covered here wouldn’t exist. Film preservation is vital to keeping film alive, and right now, we are at a perilous moment for the practice. Today’s guest was on in 2022 as he launched a new streaming site for showing classic films as a part of […]

Happy New Year! Hope everyone’s having a good 2006 so far. Just wanted to let you know about a couple of music related things, including two new releases online. The two new pieces online are “Danger of the Frontier” (available at www.sonic-cinema.com) and “A New Old West” (available on www.myspace.com/brianskutle). They are the final two pieces of my series of Western-inspired pieces I’ve been working on since starting to compose […]

As a composer, 2005 was a year of opportunity. Specifically, opportunities which presented themselves and I grabbed at. Even more specifically, opportunities that gave me a chance to do what I’ve wanted to do since 1995- compose film scores. You won’t hear my work on the big screen anytime soon, but I’ve been given chances this year to work towards that possibility; some worked out, some didn’t. First up in […]