Soundtrack Your Life

By Ryan Pak

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Needle Drops! Fake Bands Singing Original Songs! Iconic Scores ... And More! Hosts, Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak, bring you 'Soundtrack Your Life,' where they explore iconic soundtracks / scores and their cultural impact. Episodes feature guest discussions on personal connections to film and television music. Support us on Patreon for bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/soundtrackyourlifeVoice Over: Amber Aviles https://amberaviles.comMusic: Phil Bertulfo of Rubber Spaniel https://rubberspaniel.bandcamp.com/album/cocker-spatula This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacySpotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

Episode Date
Writer James Deon Williams Breaks Down Boomerang's (1992) Stacked Soundtrack and Stacked Cast
May 12, 2025
LIMAHL (Kajagoogoo) on Why His Needle Drops "Too Shy" and "The NeverEnding Story" Are Showing up in the 2000s
Apr 21, 2025
How Many Times Did Trent Reznor Watch Natural Born Killers (1994)?! w/ Erin from It's a Fandom Thing
Apr 14, 2025
How Has Repo Man (1984) Directly Influenced Frank Meyer's (Streetwalkin' Cheetahs/Fear) Career?
Mar 24, 2025
Why Does Brad (Pop Culture Yearbook) Find Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) So Rewatchable?
Mar 10, 2025
Why is There Controversy with the 2025 Best Original Song Category and Is This Diane Warren's Year?
Feb 24, 2025
Space Castle's DT on The Scene from 500 Days of Summer (2009) That He Thought Was Copied From HIs Life
Feb 10, 2025
How do Kogonada's Directing & Hammock's Score Transform Columbus (2017)? w/ Jen and Sarah of Movies and Us
Jan 27, 2025
Slinky Vagabond's Keanan Duffty Explains Why the Labyrinth (1986) Soundtrack Still Resonates Today
Jan 13, 2025
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) w/ Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro
Dec 18, 2024
What 70s/80s band is Jim from Film Rage Reminded of When He Hears the Score for We Live in Time (2024)?
Dec 09, 2024
Music Rewind's Stephen Epley on Discovering Soul Music via the Soundtrack to The Commitments (1991)
Dec 02, 2024
DrumTalk TV's Dan Shinder Explains Why He's One of the Drummers of This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Nov 11, 2024
Why Does Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch Drunk (2002) Seem Like a Musical With No Singing? w/ Pete Abeyta of Middle Class Film Class
Oct 28, 2024
DT of Space Castle Finds The Score and Soundtrack for Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) Perfect
Oct 14, 2024
Director Dr. Augusta Palmer Talks About Exploring Her Father's Legacy in The Blues Society (2023)
Sep 23, 2024
The Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Soundtrack Brings Jenn from My Streaming Bubble Back to 1998 25+ years later
Sep 09, 2024
Composer Archer Marsh Talks About His Needle Drops that Appear Times in Bridgerton Season 3
Aug 26, 2024
Soundtrack Your Life Ep 101 - Soundtracking Monopoly w/ Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro
Aug 12, 2024
Soundtrack Your Life Ep 100 - Soundtracking The Sims w/ Tara Giancaspro and Scott Interrante
Jun 24, 2024
Film Rage's Jim On His Favorite Needle Drops in Saltburn (2023) that are not "Murder on the Dancefloor"
Jun 10, 2024
What are Some of Rachel Brodsky's Favorite Needle Drops from The Bear - Season 1 and Season 2?
May 27, 2024
How Have the Gender Politics of Charlie's Angels (2000) Aged According to Nicole Tremaglio of the Nicstalgia Podcast?
May 13, 2024
How Amazing Was Writer/Film Critic, Lex Brisuco's, Marie Antoinette (2006) Themed Sweet 16 Birthday Party?
Apr 22, 2024
Composer Min Xiao-Fen on Scoring Romance of the Fruit Peddler / Romance of the Western Chamber
Apr 08, 2024
The Soundtracks of Dennis Hopper w/ Stephen Lee Naish
Mar 25, 2024
The 2024 Oscars Best Original Song Episode
Mar 04, 2024
Emmy Nominated Robert Honstein on Scoring The Real Charlie Chaplin (2021) vs Classical Music
Feb 19, 2024
Perseverance Records' Robin Esterhammer on His Forsaken Themes From Fantastic Films Series
Feb 12, 2024
The Soundtrack Your Life Season 5 (2024) Trailer
Jan 15, 2024
What are Nicole and Ryan's Favorite Moments from Christmas at Pee-Wee's Playhouse (1988)
Dec 21, 2023
Which Ending of Pretty in Pink (1986) does Pop Culture Writer Rachel Brodsky (Stereogum, The InSync Podcast) Prefer?
Dec 11, 2023
Why Did Kevin Smith's Clerks (1994) Seem Like a Documentary to Sean Faust?
Nov 27, 2023
The Industry Podcast's Dan Delgado On Why He Loves The Inside Llewyn Davis Soundtrack (2013) Even Though He Hates Folk
Nov 13, 2023
When Did Executive Producer Daniel Efram Get Involved with The Elephant 6 Movie (2023)?
Oct 23, 2023
Tara Giancaspro on the Bands that She Discovered From the OC TV Show Soundtracks (2003-2007)
Oct 09, 2023
What is the Legacy of the Judgement Night Soundtrack (1993) according to Brian Colburn (My Weekly Mixtape, Playlist Wars)?
Sep 25, 2023
Why Does Courtney E Smith of Songs My Ex Ruined and Eater Dallas Think that the Reality Bites Soundtrack is Odd for a 90's Soundtrack?
Sep 11, 2023
Scott and Katherine from Gr8songpod on Whether the Barbie (2023) Soundtrack has (K)enough Bangers
Aug 28, 2023
Why Does Brad (from the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast) view Ted Demme's Beautiful Girls (1996) as a Minnesota Film?
Aug 14, 2023
What About David Byrne's True Stories (1986) Draws Jim From Film Rage Back to it Again and Again?
Jun 26, 2023
Pop Culture Writer Rachel Brodsky on Patrick Swayze’s Singing on the Dirty Dancing (1987) Soundtrack
Jun 12, 2023
Composer Jermaine Stegall (Coming to America 2) on The Scores That Inspired Him to Compose
May 29, 2023
How Does Jen Howell of the EveryRomCom Podcast Find Flashdance’s Soundtrack (1983) Empowering?
May 15, 2023
What Shrek Soundtrack Neede Drop is on I Hate Your Taste in Movies' Austin's Running Playlist
Apr 24, 2023
How Does Dina Friedman (Producer of The Media Path Podcast) Remember Seeing The Full Monty (1997) for the 1st Time?
Apr 10, 2023
Daniel Efram (The Steve Keene Art Book) Share Why He Loves the Joe Strummer Scored Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
Mar 30, 2023
How Do All the Sampled Scores on the Kill Bill Vol. 1 Soundtrack (2003) Resonate with Poet/Writer Jaylan Salman?
Mar 13, 2023
Who is Taking Home the 2023 Best Original Song Oscar According to Paolo and Sophia of The Song Will Go On Podcast?
Mar 06, 2023
How Big of a Hamilton (2015) Fan is Brittney Williams (The Reclusive Blogger) ?
Feb 27, 2023
When Chinephiles Attack's Josh & Lacy On How The Eternal Sunshine Soundtrack Matches the Film's Romanticism
Feb 13, 2023
How Did Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Folk Implosion, Dinosaur Jr) Get Involved With Making Music For Kids (1995) and Acting in Laurel Canyon (2002)?
Jan 23, 2023
What Kind of Beer Would Dave Zalatoris (host of the Beer in Front Podcast) Share with Tony Soprano (from The Sopranos 99-06)?
Jan 09, 2023
Who would Scott Interrante (of This is the Greatest Song that I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life) cast as Jovie if Elf (2003) was being Recas
Dec 23, 2022
How Did Tyler of I Turn My Podcast On Acquire His Copy of The Batman Forever (1995) Soundtrack as a Kid?
Dec 12, 2022
Musician/Producer Michael Lockwood On Playing On Soundtracks (Magnolia, Huckabees) to Scoring As the Village Sleeps (2022)
Nov 28, 2022
Season 3 B-Sides w/ Craig Wedren, Scott Interrante, Colin Jackson Brown, and John Munson
Nov 14, 2022
Danny Prokup, Mike Boroski, and Better Band's Branden Palomo Explain Why Singles (1992) is the Greatest Rock Soundtrack of the 90s
Oct 31, 2022
How Does the Pop Satire of Music and Lyrics (2007) Hold up 15 years Later? W/ Scott Interrante of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard
Oct 10, 2022
How did Setlusting Bruce's Jesse Jackson React to the Springsteen-centric Blinded By the Lights (2019)?
Sep 26, 2022
How Does Andres of The Latin Jukebox Feel About How Disney Represents Colombia in Encanto (2021)?
Sep 12, 2022
How did DarkTyme Composer Bob Rogue Discover “The Chase” from Midnight Express (1978)?
Aug 22, 2022
How Hard Does Phil Collins Go On the Tarzan Soundtrack (1999)? w/ Tara Giancaspro aka Sweaty Lamarr
Aug 08, 2022
From First Love, Last Rites to Yellow Jackets (with a Wet Hot American Summer in Between): How Craig Wedren Soundtracked My Life w/ Craig We
Jul 25, 2022
Why is the Fugazi's Instrument (1999) Soundtrack Not Just Another Fugazi Album? w/ David Ballantyne of the Vinyl Score
Jul 18, 2022
How Did Lance Ingram of Yesterday's Concert Fall in Love with Wayne's World (1992) Without SNL w/ Lance Ingram
Jul 11, 2022
How is Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Album (1999) part of Pick a Disc's Origin Story? w/ Matt Latham of Pick a Disc
Jun 27, 2022
How Does School of Rock (2003) Avoid Being a Cliché Crowd Pleaser? w/ Jon Reilly of the Life's But a Song Podcast
Jun 13, 2022
Free With This Month’s Issue’s Colin Shares His Favorite Tracks From The Crow (1994) Soundtrack
May 23, 2022
Menage with the MariJayne Maven's MJ Shares Why the 8 Mile (2002) Soundtrack is So Beloved
May 09, 2022
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) w/ The Vern from The Cinema Recall Podcast
Apr 25, 2022
That Thing You Do (1996) w/ Brian Colburn of the Playlist Wars Podcast
Apr 11, 2022
Brandice & Nicole Highlight Britt Daniel's Swagger on the Stranger Than Fiction Soundtrack (2006)
Mar 28, 2022
2022 Best Original Song Oscar Nominations w/ Nicole Barlow
Mar 25, 2022
Piecing it Together's David Rosen on the Great Barlow/Salisbury Ambient Score for Ex-Machina (2014)
Mar 14, 2022
Transformers: Dark of the Moon Score (2011) w/ Author George Sirois
Feb 28, 2022
Brandice Wilson & Nicole Barlow on How the Garden State (2004) Soundtrack Carries the Film
Feb 14, 2022
The Vinyl Score's David Ballantyne on How the Pulp Fiction Soundtrack (1994) is a Gateway to the 70s
Jan 24, 2022
The Soundtrack Songs of Semisonic (1996-2001) w/ John Munson of Semisonic
Jan 10, 2022
How Many of the Love, Actually (2003) Storylines Have Actually Aged Well? w/ Austin and Jenn from I Hate Your Taste in Movies
Dec 20, 2021
Season 1 B-Sides w/ Brandice Wilson, Nicole Barlow, Phil Bertulfo, and Beverly Encina
Nov 16, 2021
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) w/ Brandice Wilson and Nicole Barlow
Oct 25, 2021
Almost Famous (2000) w/ Lily and Hannah from Society Owes Me a Gen-X Podcast
Oct 11, 2021
Rubber Spaniel's Phil Bertulfo & Comic Writer J.M. Brandt on How the Diverse Scream 2 (1997) Soundtrack Fits the Film
Sep 28, 2021
Space Jam (1996) w/ Brandice Wilson
Sep 13, 2021
Season 2 B-Sides with Brandice Wilson, Nicole Barlow, Peter Gardner, J.M. Brandt, Austin from I Hate Your Taste in Movies, and Raymond Luu f
Aug 23, 2021
Songs in the Key of Springfield (1997) w/ Robert and Steven Sklansky of The Simpsons Did It Podcast
Aug 09, 2021
The Return of the Living Dead (1985) w/ JM Brandt, writer of Swamp Dogs: House of Crows
Jul 26, 2021
Brandice Wilson & Nicole Barlow on How the High Fidelity (2000) Soundtrack Still Holds Up Even Though the Film Does Not
Jul 12, 2021
Does Austin from I Hate Your Taste in Movies Prefer Annie (1982), Annie (1999) or Annie (2014)?
Jun 28, 2021
Brandice Wilson & Nicole Barlow on the Bowie Stand-Ins on the Velvet Goldmine (1998) Soundtrack
Jun 24, 2021
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) w/ Peter Gardner
Mar 22, 2021
Reel Asian Podcast's Raymond Luu on How Kendrick Lamar Throws a Party on the Black Panther (2018) Soundtrack
Mar 08, 2021
Atomic Blonde (2017) w/ Brandice Wilson and Nicole Barlow
Mar 01, 2021
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) w/ Peter Gardner
Feb 22, 2021
The Wonderful World of Disney Villains Podcast's Kaytie Ohashi on the difference between Aladdin (2014) on Broadway and the Films
Feb 15, 2021
Donnie Darko (2001) w/ Damon Gross
Feb 08, 2021
Why Doesn't Richard Linklater Get More Credit for His Music Choices Especially with Dazed and Confused (1993)? w/MJ of Ménage with the MariJ
Feb 01, 2021
Moulin Rouge (2001) Part 2 w/ Brandice Wilson and Nicole Barlow
Jan 25, 2021
Moulin Rouge (2001) Part 1 w/ Brandice Wilson and Nicole Barlow
Jan 18, 2021
Empire Records (1995) w/ Hannah and Lily of Society Owes Me a Gen-X Podcast
Jan 12, 2021
Scrooge (1970) w/ Dr. Rebecca L. Salois
Dec 21, 2020
Why Does Brandice Despise Trainspotting (1996? w/ Brandice Wilson and Nicole Barlow
Nov 23, 2020
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) w/ Phil Bertulfo
Nov 16, 2020
How Difficult is it to Explain the Plot of O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000)? w/ Dr. Alaina Rajagopal
Nov 09, 2020
Nicole Barlow on All the Bowie Connections on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) Soundtrack
Oct 26, 2020
Kevin on The Excitement Over the Purple Rain (1984) Soundtrack Before The Film Was Released
Oct 19, 2020
The Social Network (2010) w/ Brandice Wilson
Oct 12, 2020
Airheads (1994) w/ Edgar Rodriguez
Sep 28, 2020
Xanadu (1980) w/ Tracy Lane
Sep 21, 2020
Christian Durrett on Paul Westerberg Writing Songs for the Animated Film, Open Season (2006)
Sep 14, 2020
How Did the Soundtrack to Romeo + Juliet (1996) Change Dietrich Seney's View of Shakespeare?
Sep 07, 2020
Dogs in Space (1986) w/ Edgar Rodriguez
Aug 31, 2020
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) w/ Beverly Encina
Aug 24, 2020
Why Did The Bellbottoms Scene in Baby Driver (2017) Blow Rubber Spaniel Member Phil Bertulfo's Mind?
Aug 17, 2020
Long Nguyen and Damon Gross on How the Clueless (1995) Soundtrack Stayed Away from Grunge
Aug 10, 2020
Damon Gross Breaks down the Differences Between the Soundtracks to Valley Girl 2020 & Valley Girl (1983)
Aug 03, 2020
Toy Story (1996) w/ Amber Aviles
Jul 27, 2020
Damin Gross Explains why the Kids (1995) Soundtrack is the Perfect Early 90s Indie Gateway Album
Jul 20, 2020