Kinotes

By: Kinotes Podcast
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • A podcast about the innovative ways music is used in film. Each episode host Nick Nylen analyzes the score of a different film or film series.
    Show More Show Less
Art Music Social Sciences
Show More Show Less
Episodes
  • 08 The Lord of the Rings / The Rings of Power: Side by Side - Part II

    08 The Lord of the Rings / The Rings of Power: Side by Side - Part II
    Oct 13 2022
    In this two-part Kinotes series, we look at Bear McCreary’s work on the new “Lord of the Rings” TV show, THE RINGS OF POWER as it relates to Howard Shore’s expansive score for the LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy. McCreary wasn’t allowed to use the music from the movies, but felt it was important to stay true to the musical tapestry Shore established for Middle-earth.

    In the second episode, we tackle the human realms: Gondor, Númenor, Rohan, and the Southlands, and some of the figures associated with them. We also look at star-crossed Elf and human relationships, Sauron and the various villainous figures of the show and movies, and try to use McCreary’s music to speculate about mysterious characters from the show.

    Show Notes:
    00:00 - Introduction & Recap
    03:11 - Music of the High Men: Gondor & Númenor
    11:20 - Human Heroes: Elendil & Isildur / Aragorn
    16:37 - Star-Crossed Love: Aragorn & Arwen / Bronwyn & Arondir
    21:12 - Music of the Middle & Low Men: Rohan & The Southlands
    27:57 - Halbrand
    19:06 - The Dark Lord Sauron
    28:42 - Challengers: Saruman & Adar
    40:15 - Dark Servants: The Nazgûl
    43:42 - Mystery Figures: The Stranger & The Mystics
    49:06 - Gandalf the White
    50:24 - Outro / Sources / Social Media / “White Leaves”

    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:

    • Books: THE MUSIC OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS by Doug Adams. Available used on Amazon.
    • Podcasts: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING series of “The Soundtrack Show” by David W. Collins. Available on Apple Podcasts.
    • Interviews: Bear McCreary interview for YouTube channel In Deep Geek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyf7WQ6wQt8
    • Blog: Bear McCreary’s blog series on making the music for THE RINGS OF POWER - https://bearmccreary.com/bears-blog
    • Others: The insights and musical analysis of Frank Lehman (@fmlehman on Twitter) and Monoverantus on YouTube & Twitter (@AMoverus) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbyg3ujMxvifnRRHFrlCvmg/featured
    • The Tolkien Professor Corey Olson (@tolkienprof and @SignumU) on Twitter.
    Show More Show Less
    57 mins
  • 07 The Lord of the Rings / The Rings of Power: Side by Side - Part I

    07 The Lord of the Rings / The Rings of Power: Side by Side - Part I
    Oct 4 2022
    In a two-part Kinotes series, we look at Bear McCreary’s work on the new “Lord of the Rings” TV show, THE RINGS OF POWER as it relates to Howard Shore’s expansive score for the LORD OF THE RINGS film trilogy. McCreary wasn’t allowed to use the music from the movies, but felt it was important to stay true to the musical tapestry Shore established for Middle-earth.

    In the first episode, we’ll look at the approaches the composers took and how important music was for Tolkien and his legendarium. We’ll compare the way the Galadriel-narrated prologues establish the world differently between the show and first movie. Then we’ll go through the various realms and cultures of Middle-earth, putting the show and films side-by-side: The Elves, Galadriel & Elrond; The Dwarves, Moria, Khazad-dûm, Durin and Disa; the differences and similarities between the Hobbits and the Harfoots, between Bilbo Baggins and Nori Brandyfoot. We’ll listen to the evolution of Howard Shore’s Fellowship of the Ring, and try to understand the various themes for the powers of the Ring and its consequences—even theorize about a piece of music that may be building to Bear McCreary’s theme for the One Ring and the other Rings of Power.

    Then, next episode, we’ll tackle the human realms: Gondor, Númenor, Rohan, and the Southlands, and some of the figures associated with them. We’ll also look at star-crossed Elf and human relationships, Sauron and the various villainous figures of the show and movies, and try to use McCreary’s music to speculate about mysterious characters from the show.

    Show Notes:
    00:00 - Introduction
    02:06 - Tolkien & Music
    04:19 - Composers’ Approaches: Shore & McCreary
    06:13 - The World of Middle-earth
    07:18 - Prologues & Antiquity
    09:47 - Valinor
    13:18 - Greed, Power & Seduction
    19:06 - Music of the Elves: Galadriel & Elrond
    30:33 - Music of the Dwarves: Moria & Khazad-dûm
    40:16 - Homebodies & Nomads: Hobbits & Harfoots
    49:31 - Fellowship of Races
    52:54 - Outro / Looking Ahead / Sources / Social Media / “Valinor”

    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:

    • Books: THE MUSIC OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS FILMS by Doug Adams. Available used on Amazon.
    • Podcasts: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING series of “The Soundtrack Show” by David W. Collins. Available on Apple Podcasts.
    • Interviews: Bear McCreary interview for YouTube channel In Deep Geek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyf7WQ6wQt8
    • Blog: Bear McCreary’s blog series on making the music for THE RINGS OF POWER - https://bearmccreary.com/bears-blog
    • Others: The insights and musical analysis of Frank Lehman (@fmlehman on Twitter) and Monoverantus on YouTube & Twitter (@AMoverus) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbyg3ujMxvifnRRHFrlCvmg/featured
    • The Tolkien Professor Corey Olson (@tolkienprof and @SignumU) on Twitter.
    Show More Show Less
    58 mins
  • 06 Hitchcock: The Music of Suspense, Obsession, & Murder - Part I

    06 Hitchcock: The Music of Suspense, Obsession, & Murder - Part I
    Feb 4 2019

    In a new episode of Kinotes, we explore the music of the “Master of Suspense”, Alfred Hitchcock, in part one of a two-part series entitled “Hitchcock: The Music of Suspense, Obsession, & Murder".

    There’s been so much discussion about Hitchcock’s use of visuals in the movies, but less so his soundtracks. In this first part, we’ll talk about Hitchcock’s use of music before his collaboration with Bernard Herrmann (with one exception), beginning with his first sound film BLACKMAIL and including films like THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, REBECCA, SUSPICION, SHADOW OF A DOUBT, SPELLBOUND, NOTORIOUS, ROPE, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN, REAR WINDOW, and many others.

    We’ll talk about his early sound and music innovations, his constant return to the waltz as a musical form, his technique of threading a song throughout a story, and his collaboration with a variety of accomplished composers including Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Miklos Rozsa.

    Show Notes:

    0:00:00 - Introduction

    0:02:36 - Advent of Talkies: BLACKMAIL, MURDER, JUNO & THE PAYCOCK

    0:21:00 - The Waltz & Development of a Song: WALTZES FROM VIENNA, REAR WINDOW

    0:26:48 - Public Performance, Music for Life and Death: THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH ('34 & '56), SECRET AGENT

    0:40:58 - Earworms: THE 39 STEPS & THE LADY VANISHES

    0:48:14 - Musical Performances & Guilt: YOUNG & INNOCENT, ROPE, STAGEFRIGHT

    0:55:43 - Waxman's Seductive Feminine Themes: REBECCA, THE PARADINE CASE, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, SUNSET BLVD

    01:06:04 - Piano Symbolism: PARADINE CASE, WESTWORLD, SABOTEUR

    01:09:00 - Themes for Villains: SUSPICION, SHADOW OF A DOUBT, & STRANGERS ON A TRAIN

    01:21:08 - Ticking Tiomkin: HIGH NOON, DIAL M FOR MURDER, Boris Gudonov

    1:24:56 - The Two Sides of Love: SPELLBOUND, NOTORIOUS

    1:32:30 - Outro / Sources / Social Media / Suite from REBECCA

    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:

    • Books: HITCHCOCK’S MUSIC by Jack Sullivan, SILENT SCREAM: ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S SOUNDTRACK By Elisabeth Weis, A HEART AT FIRE’S CENTER: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF BERNARD HERRMANN by Stephen C. Smith, and HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT by Francois Truffaut.

    • Film commentary from the PARADINE CASE Blu-ra by Stephen Rebello and Bill Krohn.

    • The documentary film, HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT about the conception of the book of the same name.

    • If you liked this podcast, I have a few other deep dives on music in specific Hitchcock films to recommend: “Settling the Score’s” episodes on VERTIGO and PSYCHO, “Underscore”’s episodes on VERTIGO and on Bernard Herrmann, and “The Soundtrack Show’s” episode on PSYCHO.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 42 mins

What listeners say about Kinotes

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com.au reviews

Amazon Reviews
No Reviews are Available
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.