The Battlestar Galactica web series Blood and Chrome finally aired on the Syfy Channel yesterday, but the franchise isn't quite finished yet — at least if you're interested in hearing composer Bear McCreary explain how he made the prequel series' fantastic score in this vlog. It's actually a fascinating look at the…
100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To:…
We're on the penultimate day of our countdown of the 100 albums every science fiction and fantasy fan must experience once in this lifetime. Or particular corner of the multiverse. Whatever! What tunes are lined up for this beautiful Friday? We've got devil horns, lightcycles, the pharaoh master of jazz, and John…
100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To:…
Music can tell a story, or split your head open like a guava. So it's no surprise the love affair between music and science fiction/fantasy has been a fruitful and tempestuous one, full of drama and strange creations. We're counting down the 100 CDs that every self-respecting genre lover should have on his/her spinner…
100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To:…
It's the second day of our massive music countdown, in which we gesticulate wildly at the 100 albums that tickle our dendrites.
100 Albums Every Science Fiction and Fantasy Fan Should Listen To:…
Science fiction and fantasy have colonized every corner of pop culture — especially the world of music. From awesome movie soundtracks to science fiction-inspired rock operas, genre stories have always gone along with sonic landscapes. You can't really know science fiction and fantasy without knowing the music these…
A free mixtape of John Carpenter's greatest soundtracks by Alan Howarth
What's better than a mixtape of John Carpenter's finest movie themes? How about a mixtape curated by his longtime musical collaborator Alan Howarth, who co-composed the soundtracks for Escape From New York, They Live, and Big Trouble in Little China?
Clint Mansell to score Moon director's consciousness-swapping terrorism …
Good news, soundtrack aficionados! Pi and Moon composer Clint Mansell will be scoring The Source Code, Duncan Jones' upcoming flick about a soldier (Jake Gyllenhaal) whose consciousness is transferred into the body of a commuter who's witnessed a train bombing.
The improbable life of Stan Bush's "The Touch"
This cheeseball rock anthem first came to prominence as the "theme" of the 1986 Transformers animated movie. Since then, it's managed to crop up in the strangest of places — and seemingly refuses to die.
A 2-CD set of James Horner's complete Star Trek III score? Yes please.
For those of us who played the LP version of the Star Trek III: The Search For Spock soundtrack until it was just a mass of scratches, there's a bold new hope. James Horner's full score, never before released in its entirety, just came out on CD. (Good thing too — according to Amazon, the previous CD release of this…
Iron Man and AC/DC "Destroy" an Olde English Castle
Yes, it's a very elaborate ad for AC/DC's Iron Man 2 soundtrack, but this video in which the Great Keep of England's Rochester Castle is the backdrop for a display of architectural projection mapping is totally wicked.
