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In this episode, we’ll explore the music in BLADE RUNNER and in BLADE RUNNER 2049 through films noir as well as electronic movie music. We’ll talk sound design much more than usual as its so tightly integrated into the soundscapes of these films. Also related is a discussion on some of the social issues inherent in the music of the BLADE RUNNERs and noir, specifically race and gender politics. *SPOILERS* for most of the major plot points in BLADE RUNNER and BLADE RUNNER 2049. Show Notes: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:01:22 - Blade Runner as Hybrid Genre Sci-fi Noir 0:04:30 - Film Noir Music: Intro / Classic Noir 0:09:22 - Jazz in Film: Race & Gender / The Crooner & Chanteuse 0:17:56 - Blade Runner: Memory & Nostalgia 0:20:00 - Noir: Trope of the Jazzy Solo Instrument 0:25:50 - Blade Runner / Chariots of Fire: Expressive & Emotional Electronics 0:28:29 - Electronic Film Music: Alien Sounds / Theremin 0:32:16 - Electronic Film Music: Forbidden Planet / Blurring of Music & Sound Design 0:33:34 - Vehicle Sounds: Blade Runner Films & Forbidden Planet 0:40:02 - Influence of Weather in Music & Film Scores 0:53:48 - Multiculturalism: Blade Runner & Films Noir 1:00:20 - Piano Symbolism in Blade Runner Films 1:04:07 - Reverb & Voice / Voiceover Narration 1:10:43 - 2019 vs. 2049: Stasis vs. Movement 1:19:20 - Outro / Sources / Social media / “Tears in Rain” Please subscribe, rate, review and/or leave a comment on iTunes. For other queries, email us at kinotes.podcast@gmail.com. We’re also on Twitter: @kinotespodcast and @nicknylen (my personal handle). All episodes are written and produced by Nick Nylen. Sources: Noir Music Books (all on Amazon): “Jazz Noir: Listening to Music from The Phantom Lady to The Last Seduction” by David Butler “Sired City: Sound and Source Music in Classic American Noir” by Robert Miklitsch “Music in the Shadows: Noir Musical Films” by Sheri Chinen Biesen “Jazz and Cocktails: Rethinking Race and the Sound of Film Noir” by Jans B. Wager “Film Music: A Neglected Art” by Roy M. Pendergast Other Noir Sources: Articles “Scoring Evil” by Brian Light and “On The Downbeat: Investigating the Special Relationship between Film Noir and Jazz” by Woody Haut from Noir City E-Magazine, Summer 2015 Issue. Available on the Film Noir Foundation’s website: www.noircity.com. Essay “Crossing Musical Borders: The Soundtrack to Touch of Evil” by Jill Leeper from the book “Soundtrack Available: Essays on Film and Pop Music” (available on Amazon). Essay “Notes on Film Noir” by Paul Shrader, published 1972 (http://intelligentagent.com/noir/Schrader.pdf) Podcasts (all on iTunes): “Out of the Past: Investigating Film Noir” “Noir Talk”, two part series “Hollywood Nocturne: Classical Film Noir Scores” Electronic Music Books (all on Amazon): “Forbidden Planet: A Film Score Guide” by James Wierzbicki “Off The Planet: Music, Sound, and Science Fiction Cinema”, edited by Philip Hayward Blade Runner Specific Sources: Book “Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner” by Paul M. Sammon (available on Amazon) Book “Sound Design and Science Fiction” by Willian Whittington (available on Amazon) Video Essay “Listening to Blade Runner” by The Nerdwriter (https://youtu.be/4T_sSSka9pA) Essay “The Music in Blade Runner” by Andrew Stiller from Book “Retrofitting Blade Runner: Issues in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” (available on Amazon)

Michael Giacchino! Part III of our PLANET OF THE APES series! Spurred by this year’s release of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, we kick off Kinotes in a big way with an epic three-episode series on THE PLANET OF THE APES. Part I will tackle the original PLANET OF THE APES, Part II: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and Part III: DAWN & WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. In this episode, Part III, we'll explore Michael Giacchino’s scores from DAWN and WAR. We’ll discuss what Giacchino brings to the series as well as the major musical themes and influences. *SPOILERS* for the major plot points of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES! — and by extension, RISE. Actually let’s throw the ’68 film in there too. Show Notes: 00:00 - Intro & Recap of Episodes 1 & 2 03:00 - Dawn & War / Intro to Michael Giacchino as Composer / Rogue One & Lost 06:03 - Piano / Leitmotif: Main Theme for Dawn 11:34 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Main Theme 23:05 - Goldsmith Influence / Emil Richards 25:46 - The Choir: Ligeti’s Requiem / Duel of the Fates / O Fortuna / Classical Requiems 29:13 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Burdened Leader Theme / Dawn Ending / Empire Strikes Back 37:50 - Intro to War / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Influences 40:21 - The Choir / Leitmotif: Main Theme For War 43:00 - Echoplex Reference / Leitmotif: The Colonel’s Motif / Leon & Morricone 45:40 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Anti-Hero Theme / Morricone: Death Rides a Horse / La Moglie Più Bella 48:30 - Caesar’s Anti-Hero Theme: vs. Super Mario Bros 2 / vs. Porgy and Bess 49:46 - Caesar’s Anti-Hero Theme: John Barry & Goldfinger 52:48 - Leitmotif: Nova’s Theme / Return of Main Theme For Dawn 56:05 - Morricone: Ecstasy of the Bold vs. The Ecstasy of Gold 58:08 - Reference to Jerry Goldsmith’s Link Score 59:30 - Ape Escape / Dies Irae Sidebar / Danny Elfman 1:05:52 - Caesar’s Arc / Reprise of Nova’s Theme 1:06:50 - The Biblical Epic / Rozsa & Ben-Hur 1:08:30 - The End of Caesar’s Trilogy / Comparison to 1968 Apes 1:13:30 - Outro / Sources / Social Media / War “End Credits” Suite You can find a playlist of all the music used in this episode on our Spotify page - kinotespodcast. Please subscribe, rate, review and/or leave a comment on iTunes. For other queries, email us at kinotes.podcast@gmail.com. We’re also on Twitter: @kinotespodcast and @nicknylen (my personal handle). Sources: “Music for Apes” featurette on the WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Blu-ray. You can buy the Blu-ray on Amazon.com “Simian Symphony: How Apes Music Evolved from Man” by Scorekeeper, from Birth.Movies.Death Magazine's Planet of the Apes Issue. You can buy the magazine at www.mondotees.com The Soundcast & Cinematic Sound Radio podcast episodes on WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, which connected me to Morricone’s La Moglie Piu Bella score. You can subscribe to both these podcasts on iTunes. Rebel Force Radio - Star Wars Oxygen: The Music of John Williams gave me much insight on the music of Star Wars. You can subscribe to Rebel for Radio on iTunes. Shake The Box’s video on comparing the Mario music to WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: https://youtu.be/Q-AUFoBSgn0 Special Thanks to Julie Popelka.

Part II of our PLANET OF THE APES series! Spurred by this year’s release of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, we kick off Kinotes in a big way with an epic three-episode series on THE PLANET OF THE APES. Part I will tackle the original PLANET OF THE APES, Part II: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and Part III: DAWN & WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. In this episode, Part II, we'll explore Patrick Doyle’s score from the first entry in the new APES trilogy, RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES. We’ll discuss how and why it’s radically different than Jerry Goldsmith’s 1968 score, but also which elements they share in common. *SPOILERS* for pretty much all the major plot points of RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES! Show Notes: 00:00 - Intro & Recap of Jerry Goldsmith Score 02:05 - Intro to new Apes trilogy / Rise of the Planet of the Apes 04:00 - Intro to Rise of the Planet of the Apes / Action Scores 07:20 - The Choir: Voice in Rise / John Williams & Star Wars 14:47 - Goldsmith Spirit / Animal FX / “Flight of the Bumblebee” / George Crumb 21:38 - Goldsmith Spirit - Instrumentation / SFX: Alarms & Monkey Cage Rattles 24:32 - Leitmotif: Ape Rebellion Theme / Goldsmith Brass Themes 29:13 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Theme 39:00 - Full Development of Caesar’s Theme / Also Sprach Zarathustra “Sunrise Intro” 42:35 - Outro / Sources / Social Media / “Bright Eyes Escapes” You can find a playlist of all the music used in this episode on our Spotify page - kinotespodcast. Please subscribe, rate, review and/or leave a comment on iTunes. For other queries, email us at kinotes.podcast@gmail.com. We’re also on Twitter: @kinotespodcast and @nicknylen (my personal handle). Sources: “Simian Symphony: How Apes Music Evolved from Man” by Scorekeeper, from Birth.Movies.Death Magazine's Planet of the Apes Issue. You can buy the magazine at www.mondotees.com “Composing the Score with Patrick Doyle” feature on the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Blu-ray. You can buy the Blu-ray on Amazon.com The Film Music Foundation’s interview with Patrick Doyle. Found on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_e2H7nOw1fk Filmtracks.com editorial review of the RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES score. Found at http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/rise_planet_apes.html Special Thanks to Dustin Painter, Julie Popelka, Linnea Snyder.

Spurred by this year’s release of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, we kick off Kinotes in a big way with an epic three-episode series on THE PLANET OF THE APES. Part I will tackle the original PLANET OF THE APES, Part II: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and Part III: DAWN & WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES. In this episode, Part I, we'll talk Jerry Goldmith's score from the original 1968 film, the part it has to play in film music history, his unorthodox approaches to composing and recording it, and tons more. *SPOILERS* for only the 1968 PLANET OF THE APES in this one! Also, sorry, we won’t be talking about the original sequels, the television series, or Tim Burton’s remake. Show Notes: 00:00 - Introduction 02:11 - History: Post-War Film Scores (Jazz) 05:12 - History: Film Scores (Westerns) 10:02 - History: Film Scores (Science Fiction) 15:18 - History: Jerry Goldsmith as Composer 17:38 - Planet of the Apes Score - Intro / Approach 20:02 - Apes Score - Influences: Serialism & Schoenberg / Fantastic Voyage 22:22 - Apes Score - Unorthodox Instrumentation / “The Hunt” 25:50 - Apes Score - “The Hunt” / Igor Stravinsky 29:36 - Apes Score - Instruments Played Oddly: Penderecki, Zimmer, Herrmann 33:20 - Apes Score - Influences: Bela Bartok / Psuedo-Motif 40:14 - Apes Score - Echoplex, Acoustic & Electronic / Logan’s Run, Star Trek 45:50 - Influence of Apes Score: On Goldsmith / Williams, Horner, Johannsson 51:23 - Planet of the Apes & 2001: A Space Odyssey - Alex North’s Original Score 53:00 - Conclusion / Planet of the Apes Worldview 53:37 - Outro / Sources / Social media / “Crash Landing” You can find a playlist of all the music used in this episode on our Spotify page - kinotespodcast. Please subscribe, rate, review and/or leave a comment on iTunes. For other queries, email us at kinotes.podcast@gmail.com. We’re also on Twitter: @kinotespodcast and @nicknylen (my personal handle). Sources: “Simians & Serialism” by John O’Callaghan. You can buy the book at www.pithikosentertainment.com “Jerry Goldsmith: Film Scoring for American Movies” by Mauricio Dupuis. You can buy the essay in print or e-book on Amazon.com “Simian Symphony: How Apes Music Evolved from Man” by Scorekeeper, from Birth.Movies.Death Magazine's Planet of the Apes Issue. You can buy the magazine at www.mondotees.com “Planet of the Apes” Review by Film Score Monthly. You can electronically subscribe to FSM at www.filmscoremonthly.com Special Thanks to Dustin Painter, Julie Popelka, Linnea Snyder