soundtracks

TPR's Nathan Cone loves movies... and of course movie music! He shares this appreciation of soundtrack label Intrada Records' founder Douglass Fake, who passed away on July 13.

Host Scott Detrow hears about the Academy Award nominees for best original film score.

A new reissue of James Horner's music recalls Disney's short-lived foray into dark fantasy in the 1980s.

"Murder on the Dancefloor," a 2001 hit song in the U.K., is just the latest old track to be introduced to a new generation of listeners after being used at a pivotal moment on screen.

Prey, the new prequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator streaming on Hulu, features a sophisticated soundtrack influenced both by Native cultures and video games.

To produce the iconic theme song, the late composer drew on a piece he had written for a proposed musical adaptation of V.S. Naipaul's "A House for Mr. Biswas."

Vangelis composed the music for Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, which won him an Academy Award.

She's the first woman to score a Disney animated feature, and a history-making Oscar nominee. But most importantly, Franco is a drummer, who brings a jam-band attitude to a by-the-book industry.

Composer John Williams turns 90 years old Tuesday. Over his career, he's won five Oscars, 25 Grammy Awards, and three Emmy Awards. TPR's Nathan Cone picks 9 great scores to celebrate 90 years.

In writing the soundtrack for the "spiritual sequel" to the 1992 film, veteran sound artist and composer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe drew on found sound, horror legacies and African-American history.