A Conversation with Alexandre Desplat

Composer Alexandre Desplat joins David Garland to discuss his music including recent scores for "Moonrise Kingdom," "Rust and Bone," "Rise of the Guardians" and "Argo."

Nov 24, 2012

The Music of James Bond

David Garland features music from several Bond films, including the new "Skyfall," plus some of John Barry's own comments on writing for James Bond, from a 1992 interview.

Nov 10, 2012

Presidential Politics

Host David Garland features highlights from John Williams' new score for "Lincoln," plus music for other presidential and political films, including "Nixon" and "JFK" and Marc Shaiman's "The American President."

Nov 3, 2012

Haunting Soundtracks IV: 'Musique Fantastique'

Saturday at 9 pm, David Garland is joined by Randall Larson, author of Musique Fantastique, a seminal book about horror film scores. He talks about his love of movie music and some of his favorite scores.

Oct 27, 2012

Haunting Soundtracks 3: Supernatural Sounds

Tonight, supernatural sounds from "Poltergeist," "The Uninvited," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The House of Usher" and many other supernatural thrillers.

Oct 20, 2012

Haunting Soundtracks Part 2: Monsters We Love

Creatures from outer space and the Black Lagoon! Werewolves! Giant apes, giant spiders, and humongous radioactive dinosaurs! These are some of the monsters we love, even if the love... Oct 13, 2012

Haunting Soundtracks Part I

Throughout October, the spookiest month, David Garland presents an intriguing range of music from Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy films.

Oct 6, 2012

The Surprising Sounds of 'Looper,' with Composer Nathan Johnson

The movie "Looper" gives us a science-fiction action-thriller strong on character and setting, with an intricate time-travel plot. Composer Nathan Johnson joins David Garland to talk about creating its sonic world.

Sep 29, 2012

Unexpected Power

In Paul Thomas Anderson's new film "The Master," Jonny Greenwood's striking score doesn't only heighten the emotions of the story, it adds new dimension by not "playing" the scene in ... Sep 22, 2012

The Thrilling Sounds of Late Hitchcock

A new restoration of Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest" is just out, and recently John Williams's music for Hitchcock's "Family Plot" was issued for the first time.

Sep 15, 2012