Film Ear Podcast

On a new episode of the FilmEar podcast, I welcome composer and YouTube educator Thomas Little – also known as The Classical Nerd. Through his YouTube videos, he tells of the lives and works of many well-known and obscure composers of classical music. In his videos, he also teaches classical composing techniques and terms while sometimes including his … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 28: Thomas Little the Classical Nerd Interview

This week’s episode is a short FilmEar ‘Byte’ that allows me to toot my own horn a little by presenting a reading of my poem ‘The Creepy Piano’ along with music of the same name that inspired it. The music is available on the album LEFT OVER PIECES: THE MUSIC OF NAT MURPHY at iTunes, … Continue reading FilmEar (Byte) Episode 27: The Creepy Piano (Poem)

Sorry about the delay but boy do I have a doozy for you! Welcome to my (your host Natrebo’s) first fully drunk interview as I got together with family and some friends to listen to Chris Kayfield tell his Danny Elfman story about the Recording Sessions of Justice League. We also talk a little about … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 26: Drunk Justice – An Elfman Story

On a very special episode I invite my Mom on the podcast, Barbara Murphy, and we chat about how her musical influences and the music she played around the house rubbed off on me – from Stravinsky and George Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue to musicals like South Pacific.  We also talk about her early love … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 25: Mother Knows Best

In 2016 the Voice reigned supreme in my choices for favorite scores, wither in TV’s Game of Thrones, the Irish band film Sing Street, or musicals both live action (La La Land) or animated (Moana).  That’s not to say there weren’t any scores without them that I didn’t like (just check out John Williams’ The … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 24: Favorites of 2016

Spoiler Warning! To commemorate the release of Rogue One on Blu-Ray and DVD join Natrebo, Chris and first timer Crystal as we run down the movie and our thoughts on this Star Wars Story.  Although there are a few tangents into talk of Transformer trailers and dinning theaters we do “stay on target” for the … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 23: Rogue One – A Star Wars Podcast

Holy Podcast Batman!  Jason Beghtol is back and we rundown the Superhero films of 2016 with score clips, so join us in discussions of Deadpool (Junky XL), Batman v Superman (Hans Zimmer & Junky XL), Civil War (Henry Jackman), X-Men Apocalypse (John Ottman), Suicide Squad (Steven Price) & Doctor Strange (Michael Giacchino).  We weave in … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 22: From Deadpool to Doctor Strange – 2016 in Superheroes!

In this Spoiler filled episode we are back with our Producer Justin and we welcome back our old friend Chris Kayfield (check out his Photography at http://www.kayfieldmedia.com/) as we discuss only Westworld, The music of Westworld by Ramin Djawadi, the use of player piano in Westworld, Westworld the 1973 film with music by Fred Karlin, … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 21: Spoiling Westworld

In this Episode we meet Jason Beghtol, a music educator, musician and friend.  We discuss his trombone prowess and why bass is better than tenor.  He confesses his love of the Dave Matthews Band along with the musical Wicked.  Biases in music are talked about as well as the benefits of listening to live Music.  … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 20: Jason’s Jam

My friend Terrence “Binky” Cummings is interviewed in this episode and we discuss Church Music, Michael Jackson, Inappropriate Car CD Shuffling, Paper Saxophones, Charlie Parker, School Band, Lean On Me, Musicals and the story behind his business Music Masters. Check him out by searching Music Masters Inner Circle on Facebook or going to musicmastersstudio.blogspot.com FilmEar … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 19: Binky’s Sax Odyssey

FilmEar is now over a year old and to commemorate that achievement I record my first solo episode looking back to 2015 and picking my favorite scores. Join me as I talk about the usual suspects of John Williams, Danny Elfman, Ennio Morricone and a slew of others. I play samples from each and there … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 18: Favorites of 2015

The sound quality is not perfect as I visit my brother-in-law Allen on this episode and we geek out over Star Wars and other epic Sci-Fi scores.  We discuss the mastery of John Williams and his journey though a galaxy far, far away including The Force Awakens.  That carries us into thoughts on James Horner, … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 17: Epic Sci-Fi with Allen

On this episode I interview the wonderful Tanya Kang about her Pearl Jam Fan Portrait project and how she captures a fan base’s favorite lyrics in photographs.  We talk about her journeys and delve into her background as we make detours through live concert life and the soundtracks that she loves.  With more concerts coming … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 16: Fan Portraits with Tanya Kang

On this episode I interview Ben, a musician and all around great guy who has a Star Trek the Next Generation podcast on our network.  We discuss his early guitar and piano influences and bounce around from Michael Jackson to Nirvana, The Dillinger Escape Plan to Danny Elfman and the films of Miyazaki and the … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 15: B-E-N, I spell it Ben

Musician and great guy Ben joins us in our second installment of the 1995 bracket.  This time Justin, Ben and Natrebo discuss the busy year of James Newton Howard, again how incredible Danny Elfman is and we even have a split decision winner of the overall bracket that is 1995! Films debated will be Outbreak, … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 14: 1995 A Look Back – Part 2, Ben’s Turn

Christopher joins Justin and Natrebo this time in the first half of our 1995 retrospective.  We discuss Powder and First Knight from Jerry Goldsmith, Apollo 13 and Jumanji from James Horner and continue to see how Danny Elfman is the man with Dolores Claiborne and To Die For. 12 Monkeys adds a South American flair … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 13: 1995 A Look Back – Part 1

In this off the rails crossover episode of FilmEar we welcome back Chris from the Why The Hell Would You Care podcast to discuss Liam Neeson and the Taken movies as well has having drinks thrown in your face.  We jump back on track with thoughts on our favorite Bar and Action movies in which … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 12: Crossing Over with Chris from WTHWYC

Chris of the Why The Hell Would You Care Podcast sits in with Natrebo and Justin as we go through the life and career of the great Michael Kamen. We start with his New York Rock and Roll Ensemble beginnings and pass through his scoring heights of Highlander, Die Hard trilogy, Lethal Weapon and Robin … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 11: Kamen to Party with Chris

  On this “little” episode of FilmEar we bring a conclusion to our Emmy Awards coverage and discuss Jeff Beal and House of Cards as well as the other winners.  We talk about the very funny writing on Veep and Tatiana Maslany’s wonderful turn on Orphan Black and delve into our TV watching habits and … Continue reading FilmEar Byte: Emmy Given Sunday – Ernesto TV

On a special episode of FilmEar Natrebo and Justin welcome Mickey (father of Natrebo) as he sits down to talk about growing up in rural Mississippi as well as his love of Jerry Lee Lewis and Country music.  He explains his affinity for Gunsmoke on Radio and TV and living in an age where you … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 10: Murphy’s Law 2 – Mickey’s Revenge

We trip the life electrical on this episode of FilmEar and welcome a new guest, Dan to the podcast and learn of his love of dance music, MTV in the 90s and the world of Tron. We are joined by past guest Chris and interrupted by the new extra-special guest, Bane who has escaped the … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 9: Electric Dan-Man vs. Bane

The big adventure begins on this bracket busting episode of FilmEar as Natrebo and Justin take 64+ of the biggest movies and scores of 1985 and make them duke it out to crown a supreme winner. We have 2 Stallone sequels in the Rocky and Rambo franchises fighting for supremacy over films with scores composed … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 8: Back to 1985

This time on FilmEar I, Natrebo, interview Justin about his musical journey, but before that we dive head first into the Internet to find great YouTube film music covers and interesting podcasts.  Ant-Man once again raises it’s tiny head to bring us Christophe Beck and his daughter’s performance of the theme. We walk with the … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 7: Enter the Net with Justin

Join me Natrebo, Justin and Nic as we dive into the world of TV and discuss the Emmy nominations in the music categories.  We discover great music from Abel Korzeniowski  (Penny Dreadful), Jeff Beal (House of Cards & The Dovekeepers), Maurizio Malagnini (The Paradise) and the surprisingly great music from Chef’s Table by Duncan Thum. … Continue reading FilmEar 6: Three Boobs Talk Tube with Nic Returning

FilmEar Byte: TV Preview Show In this mini ‘byte’ episode of the FilmEar podcast Natrebo and Justin run down some of the Emmy nominated TV series (comedy and drama) as well as the nominations for best main title music and best series score. Our larger TV episode, full of clips, is on the way so … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 5 (Byte): Emmy Given Sunday

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, involves a FilmEar retrospective of the Terminator and Mission: Impossible franchises. With the release of new entries into both series this year we discuss each film and it’s music with Ernesto as guest – dipping our toes into the TV series of both as well.  We talk … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 4: E2 – Rise Of The Ernesto

This week listen to a FilmEar Echo edition of the Podcast as Ernesto sits in with Natrebo and Justin for the second time.  (Our audio is a little off in this episode!)  We discuss Christophe Beck, John Williams, orchestration techniques,  the lack of musical unity in the Marvel MCU films and Trailers (can you spot … Continue reading FilmEar Episode 3: Ernesto Reloaded (Echo)