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Congratulations to all the winners!

I hope you all can watch today! I had the great pleasure of editing and hosting the awards presentation! Please check it out at 12:00 PM (EST) | 9:00 AM (PST) TODAY!

What's this? A film music award show where the voting membership actually know what they are talking about?

IFMCA Award Nominations 2025 INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION (IFMCA) AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED ALEXANDRE DESPLAT LEADS LIST OF NOMINATED COMPOSERS WITH SIX NOMINATIONS FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR FILMS DOM…

Here are the nominations for the 2025 IFMCA Awards.

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TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY - EPISODE 5 - SCORES 15-11 Erik Woods continues his countdown of the best scores of the 21st with scores 15-11

NEW EPISODE

In part five of our 7-part series counting down the TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY, we continue with scores 15-11. In this episode, you'll hear selections from Philippe Rombi, Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Marco Beltrami & Elliot Goldenthal.

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IFMCA Award Nominations 2025 INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION (IFMCA) AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED ALEXANDRE DESPLAT LEADS LIST OF NOMINATED COMPOSERS WITH SIX NOMINATIONS FANTASY, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR FILMS DOM…

Here are the nominations for the 2025 IFMCA Awards.

filmmusiccritics.org/2026/02/ifmc...

Hell yeah!

First Listen: Best Scores of the 21st Century Part 4 | Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast Get more from Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast on Patreon

Be the first to hear the latest episode of THE BEST SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY on CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO's Patreon page.

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ANIME SPECTACULAR: EPISODE 20 After over a year of hiatus, Anime Spectacular with Randy Andrews is finally back with a brand-new episode.

NEW EPISODE | ANIME SPECTACULAR: EPISODE 20

After over a year of hiatus, Anime Spectacular is finally back ft. music from four more animes: Apothecary Diaries, Witch Watch, Ranma 1/2 and Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX, Beginning.

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TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY - EPISODE 3 - SCORES 25-21 Erik Woods continues his countdown of the best scores of the 21st with more honourable mentions.

💥 THE FLAGSHIP SHOW: TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY – EPISODE 3 – SCORES 25-21

In this episode (part 3 of 7) you’ll hear selections from James Newton Howard, Mark McKenzie, Roque Baños, Andy Hull, Robert McDowell, and Panu Aaltio.

Enjoy!

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Cheer,s my friend! Thank you for tuning in! I hope you enjoyed it!

CinematicSoundRadio - Twitch Welcome to Cinematic Sound Radio, your home for live soundtrack music radio! Erik Woods, your host, will share his expanding collection of film, television, and video game albums with passionate sound...

CHRISTMAS MUSIC TWITCH STREAM TODAY!

Early birds, join me at 4 PM (EST) 1 PM (PST), and 9 PM (GMT). The official start time will be an hour later. Join me for some festive film, TV and video game music LIVE on Twitch!

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See you then!

TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY - EPISODE 2 - MORE HONOURABLE MENTIONS Erik Woods continues his countdown of the best scores of the 21st with more honourable mentions.

📷NEW EPISODE | TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY – EP.2

In part 2 of our 7-part series counting down the TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY, we will be featuring three more honourable mentions ft. Hans Zimmer, James Horner and Thomas Newman.

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TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY - EPISODE 1 - HONOURABLE MENTIONS Erik Woods begins his countdown of the best scores of the 21st with his honourable mentions

🔵 NEW EPISODE | TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY!

Today I'm kicking off a 7-part series counting down my TOP 25 SCORES OF THE 21st CENTURY.

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Episode 1 features three honourable mentions from John Williams, Frederic Talgorn and Alexandre Desplat.

CinematicSoundRadio - Twitch Welcome to Cinematic Sound Radio, your home for live soundtrack music radio! Erik Woods, your host, will share his expanding collection of film, television, and video game albums with passionate sound...

Going live in less than 10 minutes! Concert music by film composers

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FIRST OFFICIAL CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO TWITCH STREAM PREMIERES TODAY!

Come join the fun... listen to some good music, join in the chat and request some tracks.

WATCH: www.twitch.tv/cinematicsou...

I hope to see you there. It's going to be fun... trust me!

My friend Robert Daniels is going live on Twitch today at 12 PM EST (9 AM PST / 5 PM GMT). He’s dedicating the stream to Michael Kamen, and it would mean a lot if you stopped by, said hi, and gave him a follow.

Here’s the link: www.twitch.tv/visionsinsound

See you there

THE FLAGSHIP SHOW: INTERVIEW WITH JASON DRURY PART 1 Erik Woods interviews film music journalist and Cinematic Sound Radio host, Jason Drury

🎙️NEW EPISODE | INTERVIEW WITH JASON DRURY PT.1

On Sept 25, I sat down with CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO’s Jason Drury to discuss his passion for film music, his path from KASPAAR to CSR, and how music and podcasting helped him rise above adversity.

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Enjoy!

Nominations for the Canadian Podcast Awards close TONIGHT at 11:59pm. If you feel inclined to do so, please nominate our show in the OUTSTANDING FOREIGN SERIES category.

Thanks in advance!

canpodawards.ca/nominate

Nominations for the Canadian Podcast Awards are now open. They close on Nov 1. If you feel inclined to do so, please nominate our show in the OUTSTANDING FOREIGN SERIES category. It's the only one we are eligible for due to our international hosts. Thanks in advance.

canpodawards.ca/nominate/

I love challenging people who write blanket statements to explain to me why they think the way they do. But instead of engaging, they deflect and then block! This action makes it clear to me that they are talking out of their asses.

In honour of the upcoming 50th edition of The Archive, Jason Drury, presenter of Talking Soundtracks and The Archive, joined me in the Cinematic Sound Radio studio last night. We talk about a variety of topics for more than two hours, and you will hear that conversation in a future episode.

THE FLAGSHIP SHOW: THOMAS L. KIEFNER A rebroadcast of Thomas L. Kiefner guest-hosted program from September 2010.

⚾️ Remembering my friend, film music enthusiast, photographer, and lover of baseball THOMAS L. KIEFNER (1947-2025)

📻 Also, please enjoy the Cinematic Sound Radio episode that he guest-hosted in September 2010.

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🕊️ Rest in peace, my friend!

Elliot Goldenthal's BATMAN FOREVER. How does one spin this? Loud or REALLY loud?!

A TRIBUTE TO BASIL POLEDOURIS (1945-2006) - Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast On November 8, 2006, the film music world lost one of its most cherished and beloved heroes, Basil Poledouris. It has been ten years since his sudden passing from cancer, and on today’s program, CINEM...

The late, great Basil Poledouris would have been 80 years old today! Conan the Barbarian remains one of the greatest scores ever!

On the 10th anniversary of his passing, CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO presented a show dedicated to the Emmy Award-winning composer.

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YouTube video by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli - Topic Red Sonja

NP: Red Sonja by Sonya Belousova & Giona Ostinelli

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This was a pleasant surprise, especially this cue.

WOW! WHAT A THEME!

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REMEMBERING JAMES HORNER (1953-2015) - Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast ARTICLE UPDATED: JUNE 22, 2024 On June 22, 2015, the film music community lost one of its legends when two-time Academy Award-winning composer James Horner died in a tragic accident when his S-312 Tuc...

Born on this day, the late great 2-time Academy Award-winning composer, James Horner.

Take a journey through his brilliant career by enjoying one of the numerous programs we've produced dedicated to Horner's music.

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THE FLAGSHIP SHOW: THE FANTASTIC FOUR Listen to some music from the various FANTASTIC FOUR scores written over the years.

💥NEW EPISODE | THE MUSIC OF THE FANTASTIC FOUR

Let’s listen to some music from #FantasticFour scores by Eric & David Wurst, John Ottman, Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass & more—starting with Michael Giacchino’s score for #FantasticFourFirstSteps

Enjoy!

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THE ARCHIVE WITH JASON DRURY: EPISODE 48 In a show packed, as always, with quality music you'll hear selections from Back to the Future, Gladiator, Quigley Down Under, The Three Musketeers and more.

NEW EPISODE | THE ARCHIVE EP. #48

Jason Drury presents a mammoth 2-hour show ft. music from BACK TO THE FUTURE, GLADIATOR, FIRST BLOOD, THE MIRROR CRACK’D, THE THORN BIRDS, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, PURSUIT, and QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER.

Enjoy!

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Most score albums these days are TOO DAMN long! Now, my 20-year-old self would have a heart attack if he heard me talk like that now, but I really do miss the days of a properly curated soundtrack album.