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Thought Behind ThingsBuilding a Streaming Platform in Pakistan: Competition with Netflix | Ft. Jonathan Mark | Ep 445Joining us today is Jonathan Mark Tatti, the Co founder & CEO of Begin Watch, a new Pakistani OTT platform competing with global giants like Netflix and HBO. With over 20 years in the media industry, Jonathan played key roles at Zee TV, CNBC Pakistan, and SAMAA TV, launching some of the region’s most iconic content and channels.In this episode, we dive into the real story behind Pakistan’s streaming challenges, how Begin Watch was started, the legal and content roadblocks, and how the team plans to build a platform that can rival global play...2025-07-021h 27
Biohack-itMark Cuban on Trump’s Tariffs, Elon Musk, and Biggest Shark Tank RegretsIman sits down with Mark Cuban for a deep-dive into what it really takes to disrupt billion-dollar industries and build a legacy that matters. They explore how emotional intelligence fuels bold investments, why curiosity is Cuban’s ultimate longevity hack, and the mindset shifts that separate true innovators from the noise. Cuban also opens up about the future of the U.S. economy, the state of American politics, and what needs to change to spark real progress. This episode isn’t just about business—it’s a masterclass in thinking sharper, living with intention, and rewr...2025-04-171h 23
We Might Be DrunkEp 209: Hasan MinhajWe do a chunk up top with just the guys while waiting for Hasan Minhaj to arrive. Recapping the meeting with Larry David and how that didn't go great. The show in the Boston Garden and then we chat all things comedy with Hasan. Watch Hasan's new Netflix special "Off With His Head" Spice up your sex life & get 20% off your 1st order at https://www.usejoymode.com/DRUNK Subscribe to We Might Be Drunk: https://bit.ly/ SubscribeToWMBD WMBD Merch: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com/ WMBD Clips Page: https://bit.ly/WMB...2024-12-091h 46
Ditch The LabcoatLearning From Toddlers to Become Better Adults with Dr. Hasan MeraliDISCLAMER >>>>>> The Ditch Lab Coat podcast serves solely for general informational purposes and does not serve as a substitute for professional medical services such as medicine or nursing. It does not establish a doctor/patient relationship, and the use of information from the podcast or linked materials is at the user's own risk. The content does not aim to replace professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and users should promptly seek guidance from healthcare professionals for any medical conditions. >>>>>> The expressed opinions belong solely to the hosts and guests, and they do not necessarily reflect the views or o...2024-08-211h 02
MomentumMark Fletcher on Miami Hurricanes as RBU, UF Rivalry Game, & 2024 ExpectationsMark Fletcher is a star running back for the University of Miami. Coming off a strong freshman season, Mark led the team in carries and ranked second in rushing yards despite missing three games due to injury.
2024-05-221h 02
Crypto HipsterBitcoin & Beyond: Pioneering Innovation in the Crypto Payments Industry with Mark Højgaard @ CoinifyMark Hojgaard is a well-known thought leader in the Fintech and Blockchain industry. Over the past 15 years, he pioneered mobile payments and prepaid cards and co-founded Coinify 2014, a reputable global blockchain payment company. Mark also serves as an advisor to various fintech startups in Scandinavia. He is recognised as a member of the Forbes Finance Council and the European Blockchain Commission advisory board.2024-03-2430 min
Crypto HipsterInsights on the Future of Crypto Derivatives Trading, with Mark Lee @ SynFuturesMark Lee is partner and CMO at SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives trading platform. He is the founder of Eightfive PR and has worked with startups and companies in the emerging tech space for the past several years.
2024-02-0336 min
My Second Cup of CoffeeGreen Chile Apple Pie, Hasan Minhaj and the US and Russia's shared value for colonialismYa'at'eeh my relatives. Today is Friday, November 03, 2023. Today I share a unique New Mexico recipe (that I have not yet tired) for Green Chile Apple Pie. I touch on the Hasan Minhaj controversary and use an article re: Russia's slaughter of Indigenous People in Alaska to discuss our two nation's shared value for colonialism.
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Goldilock's Kitchen: Green Chile Apple Pie:
https://goldilockskitchen.com/2018/10/green-chile-apple-pie/
New Yorker: Hasan Minhaj’s “Emotional Truths”
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Culture Champions PodcastRevolutionizing Patient Care Through Cultural DynamicsOn this episode, host Zain Hasan chats with CEO, Mark Mixer, and COO, Amanda Reed, both of Health One Alliance and Alliant Health Plans. They discuss their innovative Live4It program and the role of culture in healthcare.Key Takeaways:(01:13) The critical role of incentive alignment in healthcare. (04:00) Health One Alliance’s deep community and provider connections. (06:56) The Live4It program’s inspiration for holistic health. (08:41) The impact of value-driven hiring on team and care quality. (11:40) Storytelling’s role in connecting candidates...2023-10-2533 min
Thought Behind Things291 | The Pakistani Mark Cuban Ft. Nabeel QadeerInternational listeners can support TBT here: https://buy.stripe.com/14keVU54r5hQ55S000
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In tonight’s conversation with our special guest, Nabeel Qadeer. What was his early life & education like? How was his experience at FAST? What did he do post-graduation? How does working help him grow? How did he cope with his family problems? Why did he choose to study abroad? How did it affect him? Joining Punjab Information Technology Board? Which of his work is he...2022-12-051h 29
Crypto HipsterVerge Crypto, Quantum, Casino Coins, and Cyber Insights with Mark Wittenberg and Mihael RadoslovicMark Wittenberg
Mark is a crypto educator with a huge following. He has been in Partner Development with the Verge currency ($XVG) Core Team since early 2018. He was also an exhibitor and Top Influencer at CES2021. Mark is currently on the board of advisors for Voice Life Inc , Hypersphere Technologies, and CasinoCoin. His links with cryptocurrency go as far back as 2010. His love for all things crypto is reflected in his very impressive 239,000 followers on Twitter( @itsmwittenberg )
Mihael Radoslovic
Mihael is a member of both Verge and Voice Life teams. He was born...2022-09-0331 min
KQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com / ArtScopeTO --- Interview with abstract painter Donna Wise (2021)For ArtScopeTO, I interviewed Toronto-based abstract painter Donna Wise on her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic. Further info and stills are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit artbydonnawise.com and donnawisefine art on Instagram for more info on the artist and samples of her fine work. Special Thanks to Donna Wise for her time, and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.2021-07-1129 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried - Matadors' Pre-Game vs. Westmont, November 25Head Coach Mark Gottfried previews the 2021 version of the CSUN Matadors, who come off of a 2nd Place finish in the Big West in 2020. CSUN opens the 20-21 season on Wednesday, November 25th against Westmont College, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA.2020-11-2510 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsCanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky on restoring Julian Roffman's THE BLOODY BROOD (1959)Film historian, home video producer, and restorationist Jason Pichonsky discusses the premiere Blu-ray and DVD release of Julian Roffman's restored suspense-drama THE BLOODY BROOD (1959), from KINO Lorber. This podcast follows in the footsteps of my prior Q&A with Peter Roffman and his book DEAR GUELDA: THE DEATH AND LIFE OF PIONEERING CANADIAN FILMMAKER JULIAN ROFFMAN. For further details and links to related CanCon films (including John Huston's PHOBIA), please see the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.2020-04-2500 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried Post Game 0208Lamine Diane & Mark Gottfried post game interviews, from The Matadome, Northridge, CAAudio Courtesy CSUN Sports Network & Learfield/IMG College Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2020-02-0705 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried Post Game 0208Lamine Diane & Mark Gottfried post game interviews, from The Matadome, Northridge, CA
Audio Courtesy CSUN Sports Network & Learfield/IMG College2020-02-0705 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried, UCSB Post Game, 0130Head Coach Mark Gottfried, and Junior PG Terrell Gomez, join us after 79-67 win vs. UCSB, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA.Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield/IMG College Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2020-01-3105 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried, UCSB Post Game, 0130Head Coach Mark Gottfried, and Junior PG Terrell Gomez, join us after 79-67 win vs. UCSB, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA.
Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield/IMG College2020-01-3105 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with composes Amin Bhatia & Ari Posner (2020)Composers Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner discuss scoring ANNE WITH AN E, CBC and Netflix's recent production of L.M. Montgomery's ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, as adapted by BREAKING BAD's Moira Walley-Beckett. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. Special Thanks to Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner, and Maike Eilert at White Bear PR. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter and Instagram.2020-01-3000 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMatadors' Post Game, Mark Gottfried - UC Davis, January 18CSUN Head Coach Mark Gottfried joins Alan & myself on Matadors' Post Game, presented by Under Armour, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA.
Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield/IMG College2020-01-1905 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMatadors' Post Game, Mark Gottfried - UC Davis, January 18CSUN Head Coach Mark Gottfried joins Alan & myself on Matadors' Post Game, presented by Under Armour, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA.Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield/IMG College Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2020-01-1905 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with composer Austin Wintory (2019)Composer Austin Wintory discusses scoring the new interactive full motion video game ERICA from Flavourworks, and published by Sony, and his compilation album REMNANTS. Music from both albums are available via Bandcamp. A prior interview from 2010 regarding Paul Solet's psychological shocker GRACE (2009) is also available. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. Special Thanks to Austin Wintory, and Maike Eilert at White Bear PR. Visit Austin Wintory's website for music samples, news, and media li...2019-10-1000 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com / ArtScopeTO --- Interview with photographer Pengkuei Ben Huang (2019)For the latest edition of ArtScopeTO, I interview photographer Pengkuei (Ben) Huang, whose current eco-series SOLEMN PINES FADING THINGS is exhibited at Toronto's Urban Gallery (400 Queen Street East) from May 2-31st, as part of the 2019 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival. Huang discusses the genesis of his series, which examines the location and people in Japan's Tohoku region, and the lingering effects of the triple hit of an earthquake, tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiishi nuclear disaster in 2011. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If...2019-05-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with composer John Murphy (2019)Composer John Murphy (28 DAYS LATER, MIAMI VICE) discusses scoring the BBC's lavish new 6-part mini-series LES MISERABLES (2018), based on Victor Hugo's epic novel; his main themes & use of the viola; and taking a break from scoring in 2015 after the album ANONYMOUS. Prior interviews with the composer from 2010 (regarding ARMORED) and 2015 (regarding ANONYMOUS)are also available. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. Special Thanks to John Murphy, and Adrianna Perez at White Bear PR. Visit...2019-05-0200 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com / ArtScopeTO --- Interview with photographer Lori Ryerson (2019)In the latest ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview photographer Lori Ryerson, whose current series OFF THE BEATEN PATH is showcased from April 6-27, 2018, at Toronto's Urban Gallery, 400 Queen Street East. Topics include abandoned landscapes, vintage cars, capturing small details in unlikely places, and transitioning from a corporate career to working artist. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit www.focalocity.ca for more info on Lori Ryerson's work. Sp...2019-04-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with composer James T. Sale (2019)Composer-Arranger-Orchestrator James T. Sale discusses his score for SAINT JUDY (2018), the bio-drama on attorney Judy Wood and her successful efforts to improve the laws for immigrants seeking asylum. Also touched upon are temp tracks, Jerry Goldsmith, and Mark Mothersbaugh, with whom Sale worked for several years as an orchestrator and composer. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. Special Thanks to James T. Sale, and Grecco Bray at The Krakower Group. Visit James T. Sale's...2019-04-0100 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried - UC Riverside, February 27Post Game Audio from Mark Gottfried & Mahamadou Kaba-Camara, following 70-68 win over UC Riverside.2019-02-2806 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried - UC Riverside, February 27Post Game Audio from Mark Gottfried & Mahamadou Kaba-Camara, following 70-68 win over UC Riverside. Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2019-02-2806 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried - UC Davis Post GameMark Gottfried - UC Davis Post Game by Ghizal Hasan2019-02-2504 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMark Gottfried - UC Davis Post GameMark Gottfried - UC Davis Post Game by Ghizal Hasan Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2019-02-2504 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastCoach Mark Gottfried - Post Game, December 22ndPost Game Interviews with Head Coach Mark Gottfried and Sophomore PG Terrell Gomez, after December 22nd game vs. SIUE, at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.
Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield2018-12-2304 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastCoach Mark Gottfried - Post Game, December 22ndPost Game Interviews with Head Coach Mark Gottfried and Sophomore PG Terrell Gomez, after December 22nd game vs. SIUE, at Orleans Arena, Las Vegas, NV.Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2018-12-2304 min
PLAYRMEDIAMARK ZUCKENBURG SHOULD SELL FACEBOOK OR ... SHOUPD HE.Mark ZUCKENBURG name will be removed from a hospital2018-12-0105 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMatadors' Post Game, Mark Gottfried - Washington State, November 27thPost Game Interview with CSUN Head Coach Mark Gottfried, after 103-94 loss to Washington State, at Beasley Coliseum, Pullman, WA.Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2018-12-0107 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMatadors' Post Game, Mark Gottfried - Washington State, November 27thPost Game Interview with CSUN Head Coach Mark Gottfried, after 103-94 loss to Washington State, at Beasley Coliseum, Pullman, WA.
Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield2018-12-0107 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastHead Coach Mark GottfriedInterviews with Head Coach Mark Gottfried, and RS Freshman F Lamine Diane, after 80-77 win over Tennessee State, at The Matadome.Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & LearfieldMatadors' Post Game Sponsored by Waba Grill Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2018-11-2104 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastHead Coach Mark Gottfried, Tennessee State Post GameInterviews with Head Coach Mark Gottfried, and RS Freshman F Lamine Diane, after 80-77 win over Tennessee State, at The Matadome.
Audio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties & Learfield
Matadors' Post Game Sponsored by Waba Grill2018-11-2104 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMatadors' Post Game, with Mark Gottfried, November 17th vs. PortlandAudio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties and LearfieldCSUN MBB Head Coach Mark Gottfried's comments after 80-77 loss to Portland, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA, as part of Waba Grill Matadors' Post Game. Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2018-11-1806 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastMatadors' Post Game, with Mark Gottfried, November 17th vs. PortlandAudio Courtesy CSUN Matadors' Sports Properties and Learfield
CSUN MBB Head Coach Mark Gottfried's comments after 80-77 loss to Portland, at The Matadome, Northridge, CA, as part of Waba Grill Matadors' Post Game.2018-11-1806 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastCSUN MBB Head Coach Mark Gottfried, September 25th, 2018Got to speak with CSUN Head Coach Mark Gottfried, and get some early thoughts on the Matadors' 2018-19 season. Home opener is November 6th, vs. New Mexico.https://gomatadors.com/coaches.aspx?rc=443&path=mbball Get on the email list at thebroadcasterstale.substack.com2018-09-2515 min
Ghizal Hasan PodcastCSUN MBB Head Coach Mark Gottfried, September 25th, 2018Got to speak with CSUN Head Coach Mark Gottfried, and get some early thoughts on the Matadors' 2018-19 season. Home opener is November 6th, vs. New Mexico.
https://gomatadors.com/coaches.aspx?rc=443&path=mbball2018-09-2515 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with director Zach Weddington (2018)Filmmaker Zach Weddington discusses the making of Viva Amiga (2017), his affectionate chronicle of the beloved home computer that evolved from a game machine to a pioneering multimedia system for musicians, filmmakers, gamers, and artists. Available digitally from Vimeo, we also discuss the extensive bonus interviews (many free) and the Amiga's impact, including the iconic video editing system the Video Toaster from Newtek, plus vintage computing and video gear. Visit KQEK.com for a review of Viva Amiga and the lightly discussed Stinking Heaven, and my ongoing blog (Mis)Adventures in Video at Big Head Amusements, whic...2018-06-1400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Patricia Rozema and Kiva Reardon on I've Heard the Mermaids Singing, recorded live at The Revue Cinema (2018)Following the April 18, 2018, screening of I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987) at Toronto's Revue Cinema for National Canadian Film Day, writer-director Patricia Rozema discussed her feature film debut with cléo journal’s Kiva Reardon. Topics include the casting of Sheila McCarthy, developing the story, filming in Toronto, a short bit on Harvey Weinstein, Calvinist self-discipline, and Rozema’s latest work, Mouthpiece. Bookending the podcast are some thoughts on my shifting tastes since 1987, and at KQEK.com I've posted additional thoughts on the film, related links, and reviews of Rozema's first two features, I've Heard the Mermaids...2018-05-2400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com / ArtScopeTO --- Interview with photographer Andre VittorioIn this month's ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview photographer Andre Vittorio, whose current series Abstractions on Metal is showcased from April 5-28, 2018, at Toronto's Urban Gallery. Topics include the aesthetics of shooting architectural subjects, especially Brutalist forms in Toronto. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit www.andrevittorio.com for more info on the artist. Special Thanks to Andre Vittorio for his time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hamb...2018-04-1600 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with composer-performer Marilyn Lerner (2018)Jazz composer & improviser Marilyn Lerner discusses performing her score live for Frank Borzage's silent classic Street Angel (1928) at Toronto's Revue Cinema in November of 2017. Also discussed are Lerner's prior scores, including Carl Theodor Dreyer's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), and the nuances of improvising music live for cinema audiences. Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links. Special Thanks to Marilyn Lerner, the Revue Cinema's Eric Veillette, and Silent Revue series programmer & curator Alicia Fletcher. V...2018-02-2100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Peter Roffman on "Dear Guelda: The Death and Life of Pioneering Canadian Filmmaker Julian Roffman."2018's first podcast features a conversation with Peter Roffman, who edited and authored Dear Guelda: The Death and Life of Pioneering Canadian Filmmaker Julian Roffman, newly published as an ebook and available from Amazon. The nearly hour-long program has son Peter reflecting on the incredible career of Julian Roffman, best known for producing & directing Canada's first feature-length 3D and horror film, The Mask (1961), which I profiled separately in a May 16, 2016 podcast, archived on this channel. The elder Roffman was invited by John Grierson to join the then-new National Film Board of Canada organization, then became...2018-01-1100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com / ArtScopeTO --- Interview with painter Donna WiseIn this month's ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview Toronto-based abstract painter Donna Wise, whose current series Flights of Fancy is showcased from December 2-30, 2017, at Toronto's Urban Gallery. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit www.donnawiseart.com for more info on the artist. Special Thanks to Donna Wise for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. f...2017-12-0600 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com / ArtScopeTO --- Interview with painter Mary Lynne AtkinsonIn this month's ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview renowned painter Mary Lynne Atkinson, whose current series Land on Fire is showcased from November 2-25, 2017, at Toronto's Urban Gallery. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit www.atkinsonartworks.com for more info on the artist. Special Thanks to Mary Lynne Atkinson for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R...2017-11-2000 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Goblin on Dario Argento's Suspiria, recorded live at The Royal Cinema (2017)Recorded live at Toronto's Royal Cinema, this week's podcast features an edited version of the Q&A with Italian prog-rock and horror masters Goblin, including Maurizio Guarini, Fabio Pignatelli,Massimo Morante, Agostino Marangolo, and Aiden Zammit, and Rue Morgue Magazine's Aaron von Lupton as moderator. The Q&A was conducted after the Toronto Premiere screening of Synapse Film's gorgeous 4K restoration of Dario Argento's Suspiria (1977). Bookending the podcast are some thoughts on the show, plus details on the upcoming screening of the Italian silent classic Dante's Inferno (1911), to which Guarini will be performing his original sc...2017-10-2000 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsArtScopeTO - Painter Chris MarinIn the latest ArtScopeTO podcast, I interview abstract painter Chris Marin, whose current series Passages is showcased from October 5-28, 2017, at Toronto's Urban Gallery. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Special Thanks to Chris Marin for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at Fordham P.R. for facilitating the interview.2017-10-1000 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Joe Kraemer (2017)In this week's composer interview, Joe Kraemer discusses his latest work, the Amazon production Comrade Detective, a satire of a fake Soviet era detective series; and King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen. Also discussed are DVD audio commentaries and vinyl, and a lengthy editorial on classic Canadian detective shows set in Any City, U.S.A., plus some teasing details on Video Store Day, coming Saturday October 21st to a bricks & mortar video shop near you. Visit KQEK.com for more info, links, and a review of Comrade Detective: Season 1. If y...2017-09-2700 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsArtScopeTO - Painter and Photographer Hanna KostanskiIn my occasional non-film podcast, ArtScopeTO, I chat with Hamilton-Toronto painter & photographer Hanna Kostanski, whose paintings of urban Toronto locations spanning the 1910s through the 1970s are showcased until August 26, 2017 in the exhibit 20th Century Toronto: Intersections & Interactions at The Urban Gallery. Further info and stills from the exhibition are available via the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Special Thanks to Hanna Kostanski for her time, Urban Gallery's manager Calvin Hambrook and curator Allen Shugar and Glenda Fordham at...2017-08-2100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Maurizio Guarini (2017)This week’s podcast features a compact Q&A with legendary Goblin member Maurizio Guarini, who joined the iconic Italian prog-rock band and film composing group in 1975, and co-composed & performed on many of Goblin’s greatest albums, including Roller, Suspiria, and Patrick. Guarini, now based in Richmond Hill outside of Toronto, was recently commissioned by the Italian Institute of Culture to compose and perform a new score for L’inferno (1911), Italy's first feature film, and a surreal adaptation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy, the famous narrative poem completed in 1320. Visit KQEK.com for more info, link...2017-04-0700 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with Julia Marchese, director of Out of Print (2017)Julia Marchese discusses directing Out of Print (2014), a passionate documentary on the New Beverly Cinema, the feisty, independent rep cinema renowned for programming rare slices of film history; and the increasing difficulty for programmers to access and screen 35mm film prints in an age of digital projections and DCPs. Visit KQEK.com for a film review of Out of Print, which was recently released on DVD from Level 33 Entertainment, and thematically related reviews of Cinemania (2002), The Dying of the Light (2016), Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-In Movie (2013), and Side by Side (2012). If you enj...2017-01-0400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with Craig Atkinson, director of Do Not Resist (2016)Craig Atkinson discusses his directorial debut, Do Not Resist (2016), an unsettling documentary on the militarization of local police departments. Filmed just as the violence in Ferguson began to erupt, Atkinson details the overuse of S.W.A.T. for mundane search warrants, and the current government grants that enable departments to buy army surplus vehicles. Visit KQEK.com for a film review of Do Not Resist, which recently screened at Toronto's Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and Detropia (2015), filmed and co-produced by Atkinson. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on T...2016-11-2100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with Jared Scott, director of The Age of Consequences (2016)Jared Scott discusses his latest film, The Age of Consequences (2016), a provocative documentary on climate change, featuring many former military officials who add deeper credence to the correlation between extreme shifts in climate, mass population migration, and war. Scott also touches upon the film's themes, and his storytelling technique which includes the use of chapters, moments of respite for audiences, and Malcolm Francis’ excellent score. Visit KQEK.com for a film review of Age of Consequences, which recently screened at Toronto's Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Fac...2016-11-1600 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- "BSV 1172" Update + Tom Roston & Norman Wilner at Bay Street Video, Pt. 1 (2016)Begun in 2012 and completed in the spring of 2016, my experimental documentary BSV 1172: Your Friendly Neighbourhood Video Store premiered November 13th, 2016, at the San Diego Underground Film Festival, and in this two-part blog I offer thoughts on its genesis (filming the environs of a so-called obsolete form of home entertainment with dead tech), and also present Part One of an edited version of the conversation between I Lost It at the Video Store author Tom Roston and NOW magazine's Norman Wilner which took place at the location and subject of my film, Toronto's Bay Street Video. Visit Big He...2016-11-1400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with Victor Kanefsky, director of Art Bastard (2016)Victor Kanefsky discusses the art of editing, structure, balance, and pacing in a conversation that spans both his latest directorial work, Art Bastard (2016), a lively documentary on painter Robert Cenedella, and his lengthy career as an editor in many genres, including horror (Ganja & Hess) and documentary (Style Wars). Visit KQEK.com for a film review of Art Bastard, which recently screened at Toronto's Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, plus some related review links. If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. Visit KQEK.com for additional film review...2016-10-2200 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with Cary Mansfield, Varese Sarabande's V.P. of A&RIn what’s hopefully the first in a series of vinyl related podcasts, I speak with Cary Mansfield, Varese Sarabande’s Vice President of A&R, about the label's recent trio of limited LP editions of catalogue titles – John Powell’s The Bourne Identity (2002), Don Davis’ The Matrix (1999), and Marco Beltrami’s Scream (1996) and Scream 2 (1997) – and the quirks and nuances of pressing an LP and the market itself, being more collector-oriented that when I began collecting soundtrack LPs in the late 1980s. Visit KQEK.com for a review of Varese Sarabande’s Bourne Identity soundtrack LP, and some links on docum...2016-10-1300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Mike Higham, Part 1 (2016)In a radical move for director Tim Burton, the score for his latest film was written by the collaborative team of Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson, both skilled in composing, orchestrating, and arranging for a diversity of projects (including several Hans Zimmer productions). I’ve divided the podcast on Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children into separate halves, starting with Matthew Margeson in Part 1, and Mike Higham in Part 2. Additionally, coming soon is a separate and more detailed Q&A with Higham on his other specialized skill, an ace music editor. Visit KQEK.com for mor...2016-10-1300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Matthew Margeson (2016)In a radical move for director Tim Burton, the score for his latest film was written by the collaborative team of Mike Higham and Matthew Margeson, both skilled in composing, orchestrating, and arranging for a diversity of projects (including several Hans Zimmer productions). I’ve divided the podcast on Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children into separate halves, starting with Matthew Margeson in Part 1, and Mike Higham in Part 2. Additionally, coming soon is a separate and more detailed Q&A with Higham on his other specialized skill, an ace music editor. Visit KQEK.com for mor...2016-10-1300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Nima Fakhrara (2016)In my latest conversation with Iranian-American composer Nima Fakhrara, we touch upon some of the organic experimentation that gives his recent horror score The Girl in the Photographs its eerie tenor, and the fusion of Persian and vintage electronic sounds for 1979 Revolution: Black Friday (of which both soundtrack albums are available digitally and on CD from Lakeshore Records). This interview is also available as a visual podcast. Visit KQEK.com for more info and related CD reviews. Additional info on the making of the visual podcast is available at my filmmaking site, Big Head Amusements....2016-07-1400 min
GradCast70 | An Appointment with Doctor Dalia HasanThis week we talk to medical doctor and Health Promotion Master's student Dalia Hasan about her work to have better medical school training to combat childhood obesity.
Hosts: Jina Kum and Susan Anthony
2016-07-1325 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- The Mask (1961) + The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul book launch (2015) This partial Editor's Blog features edited excerpts from the pre-screening intros of Julian Roffman's The Mask (1961), Canada's first feature-length 3D and horror film, screened in 2012 and 2015 at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. The 2012 extract focuses on the fragile state of a rare 35mm print and the 3D process, while the 2015 extract covers both the book launch of The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul, with editors Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle providing contextual background info on Canadian film history and The Mask's uniqueness. Read the full Editor's Blog at KQEK.com. Re...2016-05-1600 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with author Tom Roston (2016) Author & journalist Tom Roston (PBS's POV) discusses I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era (The Critical Press), his brisk and engaging chronicle of the disappearing bricks & mortar video rental shop that used to be the main home movie resource for film fans and emerging filmmakers. A review of Tom Roston's I Lost It at the Video Store is available at KQEK.com. Coming soon: a follow-up podcast featuring edited excerpts from the lengthy discussion & audience Q&A with author Roston and NOW Magazine's Senior Film...2016-05-1200 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Scanners actor Stephen Lack at The Royal Cinema (2016)
As part of Reel Canada's National Canadian
Film Day celebrations, actor and artist Stephen Lack
participated in a lengthy Q&A with NOW Magazine's senior film
writer Norman Wilner after a free screening of David
Cronenberg's cranium-cracking classique Scanners
(1981) at Toronto's Royal Cinema.
Topics include Scanners’ 35 years of cult
fame, blowing up Louis Del Grande’s head, co-star Patrick McGoohan,
director Cronenberg, make-up whiz Dick Smith, and The
Rubber Gun, a 1977 film co-written by Lack and director
Allan Moyle which is seeking a Canadian partner in assembling a
special edition release using rare materials from Lack’s...2016-04-2100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Brian Reitzell (2016)I'm back with the first of several podcasts, after taking an extended break to finish up a new experimental doc, BSV 1172.
2016 starts with an interview with the esteemed Brian Reitzell on scoring NBC’s Hannibal, of which music from Season 3 was recently released digitally and on CD from Lakeshore Records and on LP via Invada Records.
Reitzell also discusses musique concrete, working with David Slade, Tangerine Dream, and using vintage analogue synthesizers.
This interview is also available as a visual podcast. Visit KQEK.com for more info.
Additional info on the maki...2016-03-0300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with The Baby director Dan Spurgeon and actor Frank Blocker (2015)Back in 1973, veteran TV and feature film director Ted Post helmed The Baby, a film written by playwright and occasional film & TV writer Abe Polsky.
The Baby tells the story of a social worker assigned to check in on a most unusual case: a grown man living in a crib with the emotional and intellectual capacity of an infant.
The eccentric plot, bizarre characters, twist ending, and classic seventies kitsch motivated writer / director Dan Spurgeon to adapt Polsky’s script into a play with a little more camp value and grindhouse qualities.
Spurgeon’s ba...2015-10-2300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Fabio Frizzi (2015)Interview with Italian film composer Fabio Frizzi, conducted prior to his follow-up concert Frizzi 2 Fulci at London’s famous Barbican in the fall of 2014.
In addition to discussing the thrill of performing his music live in London, Frizzi discusses his early film work – Oscar Brazzi’s “sexy” film Giro girotondo... con il sesso è bello il mondo (1975) and Lucio Fulci’s Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero: Dracula in Brianza (1975) – plus working with Fulci on Zombi (1979), The Beyond (1981), and scoring severe eye trauma.
Frizzi also talks about the restoration of his Contraband (1980) score, which makes its premiere releas...2015-07-2300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Claudio Simonetti (2015)Interview with film composer Claudio Simonetti regarding the expanded, remastered release of Demons (1985) on LP and CD from Rustblade Records. Topics include crafting the score, the remixes, the great sound engineering typical of Italian soundtracks of the 70s and 80s, vinyl releases, an upcoming recording of Goblin's Profondo Rosso / Deep Red score by his new band Claudio Simonetti's Goblin set for release later this year by Rustblade, and the possibility of releasing Simonetti's music for the 1922 classic silent film Nosferatu.
Also available: a print Q&A with Rustblade's owner Stefano Rossello on the nuances of releasing vinyl album...2015-05-1900 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com --- Interview with film composer Craig Safan (2015)Interview with film composer Craig Safan regarding the expanded, remastered releases of The Last Starfighter (1984) on CD from Intrada Records, and Warning Sign (1985) on CD and LP from Invada Records. Topics include electronic / orchestral scoring, 'baking' master tapes, and discussing Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985), Son of the Morning Star (1991), and his upcoming album Rough Magic from Perseverance Records, inspired by ancient cave paintings in Europe.
Read the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com for related film score reviews.
Visit Craig Safan's website at www.craigsafan.com.
If you enjoyed this podcast, c...2015-03-2600 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer John Murphy (2015)Interview with film composer John Murphy (28 Days Later, Sunshine, Miami Vice, Armored ) regarding his latest album, Anonymous Rejected Filmscore.
Topics include being part of the elite 'rejected film score composers club,' crafting themes and variations, using vintage analogue audio gear to create layered distortion, and the album's vinyl / LP release.
Also available: online print interview with John Murphy from 2010.
Read the Editor's Blog at KQEK.com for more info and stills from the upcoming montatge accompanying an extract from Anonymous Rejected Filmscore.
Visit John Murphy's website at www.johnmurphyofficial.com.2015-02-0500 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Elia Cmiral (2014)One of Hollywood's best-kept secrets, film composer Elia Cmiral has built a career scoring diverse movies with traditional orchestral and hybrid electronic scores, and in this latest interview with the composer, Cmiral talks about the classical orchestral sounds of Atlas Shrugged Part 3: Who is John Galt? from Atlas Productions, and being the subject of a documentary by fellow Czech director Petr Kanka - Elia Cmiral: Part 1, which recently premiered at the Golden Prague International Television Festival.
Also available: online print interviews with Elia Cmiral from 2009, 2007, and 2006.
If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with u...2015-01-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Nima FakhraraIranian-born composer Nima Fakhrara discusses his breakthrough electronic score for The Signal (2014), released digitally and on CD by Varese Sarabande, and featuring an incredible blend of hand-crafted sounds for William Eubank's visually striking sci-fi thriller. Fakhrara also talks about classical Persian music, minimalism, and his love for the hammer dulcimer, which he's performed on several scores for mentor Hans Zimmer.
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Ha...2015-01-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Ceiri TorjussenFilm composer / orchestrator Ceiri Torjussen talks about orchestrating for composer Marco Beltrami (Snowpiercer), and his latest soundtrack release from MovieScore Media, Test (2014), which captures the electronic soundscapes of eighties Brit pop in this unique AIDS drama.
If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.
All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced in-house. For inquiries and demo reels, please v...2015-01-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Timothy WilliamsFilm composer / orchestrator Timothy Williams discusses his entry into film scoring, his early years at the BBC, and studying in Ontario, Canada, before moving to Los Angeles and becoming an in-demand orchestrator. Also discussed: his latest release, Red Sky, available from Lakeshore Records.
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.
All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced i...2015-01-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Michael PennFilm composer Michael Penn talks about crafting the music for TV's Masters of Sex and using the sounds of the Mellotron, a fantastic organ-like instrument which allowed musicians to access looped sound samples through a keyboard.
Also available: review of Dianna Dilworth's excellent 2008 documentary Mellodrama: The Mellotron Movie (released by Bazillion Points).
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related l...2015-01-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with Cinerama Restoration Director Dave StrohmaierRenowned Cinerama Restoration Director David Strohmaier discusses his work restoring forgotten films shot and exhibited in Cinerama - the three-panel, wide film process which debuted in 1952 and launched the widescreen wars of the 1950s.
Moving from classic Cinerama films released by Flicker Alley to his latest project, Holiday in Spain (aka the Smell-O-Vision classique Scent of Mystery) available on Blu-ray by Redwind Productions, this lengthy discussion digs into a marginalized, if not fogotten chunk of widescreen film history.
Also available: online print interviews with Redwind Productions' Brian Jamieson + additional comments from David Strohmaier, and a r...2015-01-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Darius HolbertComposer Darius Holbert discusses his entry into film scoring, composing the music for Jason Eisener's grisly and fun Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), the sounds of vintage synths, scoring the series Quick Draw (2013) in the domain of original programming by online film / TV providers, and the music of Oh, the Places You'll Go! (2012), Teddy Saunders' clever translation of Dr. Seuss' final book. Special Thanks to Darius Holbert for his generous time and candor, and Shoshie Aborn at Big Picture Media for facilitating this interview.
If you enjoyed this podcast, connect with us on Facebook a...2014-05-3000 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Jeff ToyneBusy composing music for TV series such as DirectTV’s Rogue, Jeff Toyne’s latest project is the suspense film The Privileged, his third score for writer / director Leah Walker.
The film score also offered Canadian composer Toyne a plum opportunity to score a film set in his home province of Ontario, and use its premiere at the Canadian Film Fest in March of 2014 to discuss the recent talks regarding an alliance between the Canadian Directors Guild and Composers Guild.
The soundtrack to The Privileged is available as a digital album from Jagged Edge Music. Also ava...2014-04-2400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Ronen LandaIn early February, composer & musician Ronen Landa spoke to KQEK.com about his latest scores: the comedy Cavemen(2013), and Home (2014), his second feature film score (after The Pact) for horror director Nicholas McCarthy.
Landa’s skills extend to scoring comedies, dramas, documentaries, and horror, but one of his major influences remains Ennio Morricone, whose work with the famed Gruppo di improvvisazione nuova consonanza inspired the more experimental aspects of Home.
Songs and two score cues from Cavemen are available from Lakeshore Records, whereas Landa’s Home will be released later this year. His prior score for director Mc...2014-04-1100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Fabio Frizzi, Pt. 2 (2013)In Part 2 of a lengthy career & industry discussion, Fabio Frizzi discusses “Frizzi to Fulci,” his first concert in London, England, at Union Chapel on Oct. 31, 2013; the superb sound engineering of classic 70s and 80s Italian soundtrack albums; and the effects of evolving technologies on film composing.
Special thanks to Fabio Frizzi for a lively discussion, and Stuart Kirkham at Fifth Avenue PR for facilitating the interview. “Frizzi to Fulci” is presented by Death Waltz Records and Paint It Black London.
Listen to Part 1 of this extended interview. Visit Fabio Frizzi’s SoundCloud page.
If you e...2013-10-2900 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Fabio Frizzi, Pt. 1 (2013)In Part 1 of a lengthy career & industry podcast, Fabio Frizzi discusses “Frizzi to Fulci,” his first concert in London, England, at Union Chapel on Oct. 31, 2013; the unwavering endurance of Italian film music & soundtrack albums from the 70s and 80s; adapting his own work for the special concert setting; and his unreleased film and non-film work.
Special thanks to Fabio Frizzi for a lively discussion, and Stuart Kirkham at Fifth Avenue PR for facilitating the interview. “Frizzi to Fulci” is presented by Death Waltz Records and Paint It Black London.
Listen to Part 2 of this extended interview...2013-10-2400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Marco BeltramiKnown for his break-though slasher score Scream (1996), Marco Beltrami has written music for every conceivable film genre – plus TV productions – and in our podcast he discusses scoring the zombie films World War Z and Warm Bodies, action movies, mentor Jerry Goldsmith, collaborator Buck Sanders, and one of his early credits, TV’s Land’s End (1995).
Special thanks to Marco Beltrami for discussing his amazing work, and Alex May at Costa Communications for facilitating the interview.
The soundtrack to World War Z is available from Warner Bros. Music.
If you enjoyed this podcast, connect...2013-10-1800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer John PiscitelloPodcast with up & coming composer John Piscitello regarding his work on the documentary No Place on Earth (2012).
Special thanks to John Piscitello for discussing his latest work, and Chandler Poling at White Bear PR.
The digital soundtrack album is available from Varese Sarabande Records, and the DVD is available from Magnolia Home Entertainment.
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and...2013-09-1300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Frederik Wiedmann (2013)After apprenticing under John Frizzell (Legion, Whiteout), Frederik Wiedmann has maintained multiple careers as an orchestrator, mixer, and composer of several graphic horror films, including Return to House on Haunted Hill (2007), The Hills Run Red (2009), and Mirrors 2 (2010), but with Green Lantern: The Animated Series (2011-2012), he’s written a multi-thematic, almost classic orchestral score, with organically blended electronics and sound samples.
Special thanks to Frederik Wiedmann for discussing his latest work, and Beth Krakower at CineMedia Promotions. Volumes 1 and 2 of Green Lantern: The Animated Series are available from La-La Land Records.
A 2009 print interview with Frederik Wiedmann...2013-09-0400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer E.C. WoodleyAlthough he’s only scored a handful of feature films, E.C. Woodley’s latest work, the music for Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral (2012), may be his most impressive calling card, boasting an engrossing if not hypnotic marriage of analogue and digital sounds.
Inspired by the film’s striking visuals and the performances of its cast, the music also reflects the peculiar struggle within the film as fans trying to get close to their idols through biological ingestion, if you will.
The resulting score, released as a digital album by Lakeshore Records, is lush and immersive, and featu...2013-08-0300 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Michael Wandmacher (2013)Michael Wandmacher is one of horror’s most in-demand composers, and this year’s he’s scored the latest entries in two successful franchises: The Last Exorcism Part II, and The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia for director Tom Elkins, who began his career as an assistant editor for Wes Craven.
Wandmacher has maintained a collaborative relationship with director Patrick Lussier, himself a former editor on Craven’s Scream (1996), Cursed and Red Eye (both 2005), and Lussier’s own directorial efforts – My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) and Drive Angry 3D (2011) – have resulted in a pair of very strong and distinct scores.
...2013-07-2900 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Jeff Toyne (2013)Since his debut in 1999 with Maxwell's Demon, Jeff Toyne's scored a diversity of feature films, gliding between studio (Hall Pass) and independent visions (Abel's Field), and working steadily as an orchestrator - most prominently for mentor Brian Tyler on the Final Destination films.
In our interview, Toyne discusses his collaborations with Tyler, and scoring Rogue - DirectTV's first foray into original programming, starring Thandie Newton and Marton Csokas.
In Seaon 1, Toyne's music (set for a commercial release later this year) is both strategic and stealth, fluidly gliding between each episode's sound design and the profanity-laced dialogu...2013-06-1400 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer John DebneyJohn Debney is one of the few composers able to drift between various genres and apply his gift for strong themes and craft either richly melodic orchestral works or large-scale works featuring orchestral dissonance with deft touches of electronics.
Although he's been scoring film and TV projects since 1980, he's perhaps best-known for the hugely successful score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004), plus a long string of popular comedies (Liar Liar), family films (The Ant Bully), sci-fi (Predators), and horror (I Know What You Did Last Summer), and the release of The Call features a un...2013-03-2100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Rob SimonsenSince his debut in 2003 with the indie film Westender, Rob Simonsen has evolved into a composer in his own right with credits spanning a diversity of genres in film and TV, but his formative years were spent learning the intricacies of composing, collaborating, and the realities of the film scoring business with Canadian composer Mychael Danna.
With the Oscar for Best Original Score going to Life of Pi this past February, Simonsen’s career will further flourish, and in our discussion he describes his entry into film scoring, and the chance meeting with Danna which provided an imp...2013-03-0900 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Fernando VelazquezSince his debut in 1999, Spanish composer Fernando Velazquez has scored a wide variety of genres in film and TV, but he’s perhaps best known for a a handful of horror and suspense scores, including BackWoods (2006) starring Gary Oldman, the Guillermo del Toro executive produced The Orphanage (2007), Devil (2010), and the box office hit Mama, directed by Andres Muschietti, which the director expanded from his 2008 short film after del Toro showed an interest in producing a feature length version.
Unlike Devil, which featured a series of snarling suspense cues, Mama is a more layered work, and in our conversat...2013-02-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Atli ÖrvarssonAfter enjoying a successful music career in his native Iceland, composer Atli Örvarsson moved to the U.S. and studied music composition at Berkley. Örvarsson eventually landed a plum scoring position on the hit TV series NYPD Blue with veteran TV composer Mike Post (The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, Hill Street Blues, Magnum P.I., Murder One, and Law and Order).
Orvarsson eventually joined Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Studios, learning the ropes of composing for a wide variety of genres until he eventually landed several auspicious solo ventures, where he delivered a heavy, percussive design for ...2013-01-1700 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Penka KounevaBorn in Bulgaria, classically trained composer Penka Kouneva has spent the past 13 years working primarily as a top orchestrator for some of Hollywood’s biggest composers. Her credits include theTransformers films, Angels & Demons (2009), The Hole (2009), and Hostel Iand II, plus a multitude of video games.
As a solo composer, Kouneva’s tackled several indie productions (Midnight Movie), but her best work is the concept album A Warrior’s Odyssey, written for a fictional video game. Part demo CD and personal project designed to challenge her own skills, WO features a strong blend of folk themes and muscular writing which...2012-11-1900 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer / Immediate Music founder Yoav GorenFor over 20 years, Immediate Music has provided various media outlets with music specifically designed for commercial use – more specifically, trailer soundtracks – and if the company’s name or chief composer, Yoav Goren, don’t ring a bell, the music is instantly recognizable.
Goren’s company, staffed with several composers, is known for a particularly epic sound – big orchestra and large choirs – and many of the cues are designed to provoke audiences using a mix of romanticism, rock, and liturgical harmonies.
They’re tailor-made for films with sweeping character sagas, plights of the disenfranchised, and historical tales where a pivo...2012-11-1500 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Lorne BalfePodcast with composer Lorne Balfe (Megamind, Assassin's Creed III) regarding his recent scoring of the BBC documentary Harry Welcomes Arctic Heroes (2011) in which four British war vets ski to the North Pole under the sponsorship of Prince Harry for the Walking with the Wounded charity.
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All podcast editing, mixing, and audio resto...2012-11-0800 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Bobby JohnstonPodcast with composer Bobby Johnston (Mother's Day, No Impact Man: The Documentary), who discusses his preference for using acoustic instruments, and working with iconic independent filmmakers such as Stuart Gordon.
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.
All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced in-house. For inquiries and demo reels, please visit Mondomark.com.2012-10-0100 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer Tony MoralesInterview with film composer Tony Morales regarding his Emmy-Nominated score (co-composed with John Debney) for the History Channel's epic mini-series Hatfields & McCoys, and his ongoing career as an arranger and guitarist (Unstoppable).
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.
All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced in-house. For inquiries and demo reels, please visit Mondomark.com.2012-09-1000 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with film composer / Lalela founder Alan Ari LazarInterview with film composer Alan Ari Lazar (Jerusalema: Gangster's Paradise, TV's Sex and the City) regarding his film scoring work, and the founding of the Film & TV Music Library site Lalela.com, showcasing music from South African composers and musicians.
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Visit KQEK.com for additional film reviews, soundtrack reviews, interviews, and read the Editor's Blog by Mark R. Hasan for additional info and related links.
All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced in-house. For inquiries and...2012-06-1200 minKQEK.com Digital / Big Head Amusements / ArtScopeTO - PodcastsKQEK.com -- Interview with TIFF Bell Lightbox Programmer & Curator Rae Ann FeraInterview with TIFF Bell Lightbox Programmer & Curator Rae Ann Fera regarding the June 17, 2012 installment of the bi-monthly series Packaged Goods, of which the latest installment, "Girls on Film," features a collection of commercials, music videos, and animated short films directed by women.
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All podcast editing, mixing, and audio restoration produced in-house. Fo...2012-06-1200 min