January 27, 2017
Get ready for a show of epic proportions, and a roller-coaster journey through the making of an absolute classic.
Daniel Floyd of Extra Credits and Joshua Garrity of Cane and Rinse join us for a deep study into what made this work so well, and why it manages what so many of the previous films in the canon couldn't quite reach. Every aspect is discussed, from animation to music, to rejected ideas, to what makes Beast and Belle so endlessly appealing and what function the supporting cast serve.
This is either one to absorb in two sittings or a long evening spent watching the movie with the sound off at the same time... twice.
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January 20, 2017
This will be the shortest of our Disney 90s Renaissance episodes, principally because there's so little information available on the making of this movie and also not too much actually happens.
It's more mice wearing shirts, but there are some wonderful elements in there that we will illuminate in between me being scathing about Disney underachieving and some amusing side roads into Australia.
Daniel Floyd of Extra Credits joins us once again.
Next week; one of the greatest animated films ever made.
January 13, 2017
We finally his the 90s third renaissance for Disney, and this kicks off a series of two hours plus shows of super detail and perspective on this era. Disney was under new management and after a string of mediocre successes and big failures now aimed to pull themselves out of the doldrums they had settled into following Walt's death. This entailed a storm of creativity with artists being ridden ruthlessly by cold-hearted businessmen. By all rights it shouldn't have produced such wonderful results... but it did.
The Little Mermaid is a story of a human girl born as a mermaid, who just never feels right down under the sea, looking up longingly at our world. The emotional arc of the movie is the barely-seen King Triton getting over his overprotective desire to see his child stay down aith her family, culminating in him letting her go for her own happiness.
Plus it has a Jamaican crab.
Daniel Floyd of Extra Credits and Extra Histories joins us again and you will hear the music of Alan Menken and the late, but indescribably great Howard Ashman.
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January 6, 2017
Recently the excellent YouTube series Every Frame a Painting asked members of the public if they could hum any of the music from the Marvel films. Unsurprisingly they couldn't come up with anything. There are a few reasons for this, that I go into on the show, but this presentation right here is crafted to allow everyone to explore the music that has come so far. We laser-focus on the core melodies, the hero themes that were left by the wayside as the series evolved and we showcase the wide range of actually rather brilliant musical moments that have punctuated the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Join me for an epic, three hour musical journey, run through the filter of my brain. By the end, if I've done my job, you'll be able to hum at least one piece of Marvel music.
1. Marvel Logo (Thor: The Dark World)
2. Back in Black – AC/DC (Iron Man)
3. Mark II/Driving With the Top Down/Gulmira - Ramin Djawadi (Iron Man)
4. Iron Man - Black Sabbath (Iron Man)
5. Main Titles - Craig Armstrong (The Incredible Hulk)
6. Thunderstruck - AC/DC (Iron Man 2)
7. Black Widow Kicks Ass/ I Am Iron Man – John Debney (Iron Man 2)
8. Shoot to Thrill – AC/DC (Iron Man 2)
9. Prologue/The Compound/Forgive Me/Thor Kills the Destroyer – Patrick Doyle (Thor)
10. Walk – Foo Fighters (Thor)
11. Main Titles/Farewell to Bucky/The Star Spangled Man/Triumphant Return/Captain America March – Alan Silvestri (Captain America: The First Avenger)
12. Main Titles/Helicarrier/Avengers Assemble/A Promise/End Titles – Alan Silvestri (Avengers Assemble)
13. Live to Rise – Chris Cornel (Avengers Assemble)
14. Main Titles/Can You Dig It? – Brian Tyler (Iron Man 3)
15. End Titles/Into Eternity – Brian Tyler (Thor: The Dark World)
16. Lemurian Star/Project Insight/The Causeway/To the End of the Line/Taking a Stand – Henry Jackman (Captain America: The Winter Soldier)
17. Soundtrack Medley (Guardians of the Galaxy)
18. The Kyln Escape/Groot Spores/Groot Cocoon (Guardians of the Galaxy)
19. Age of Ultron Theme – Danny Elfman (Avengers: Age of Ultron)
20. Escape - Roger Ayer (Ant-Man)
21. Ant Man Theme – Christophe Beck (Ant-Man)
22. Plainsong – The Cure (Ant-Man)
23. Siberian Overture/Ancestral Call/New Recruit/Closure/Cap’s Promise – Henry Jackman (Captain America: Civil War)
24. Sharks Don’t Sleep – Dean Valentine (Civil War Trailer)
25. New Marvel Fanfare
26. Strange Days Ahead/The Master of the Mystic End Credits – Michael Giacchino (Doctor Strange)
