Episodes

  • 36: Scoreheads Presents - From The Archives - Doyle W. Donehoo on the Music of 'Aliens: Dark Descent'

    36: Scoreheads Presents - From The Archives - Doyle W. Donehoo on the Music of 'Aliens: Dark Descent'
    Sep 7 2024
    Presenting to you the next in our series of ‘From The Archives’ episodes where we revisit an interview with a Composer that was perhaps previously only heard via the medium of Radio and not yet available online or presented on another platform in another format in a shorter form or just to revisit to celebrate an anniversary or special occasion.

    In the case of this episode it’s all of the above as we celebrate the anniversary of the brilliant turn based video game based on the phenomenal ‘Alien’ franchise - ‘Aliens: Dark Descent’, the flurry of love for the superb DLC for the game in recent months, as well as the surge of ‘Alien’ mania that’s been going on recently with both the launch of ‘Alien: Romulus’ in cinemas and the announcement of ‘Alien: Earth’ on streaming this year.

    With all of that in mind, then who better to revisit for this classic episode from just over a year ago than one of the biggest, if not THE biggest fan of ‘Alien’ scores there is - Mr Doyle W. Donehoo, a Composer who himself got to live a lifelong dream of composing for the franchise with his superb score for ‘Aliens: Dark Descent’.

    No stranger to scoring for games - Doyle’s now infamous work in the 'Warhammer' universe has seen him write music for huge titles such as 'Warhammer 40, 000 Dawn Of War II', 'Dawn Of War II - Chaos Rising', 'Dawn Of War II - Retribution', 'Space Hulk: Deathwing', ‘Sniper: Path Of Vengeance’, ‘Sniper: Ghost Warrior’ and many, many more.

    Last year, Doyle joined Sean Wilson and Jon Brown to discuss his life, his work, his passion for science fiction, his love of music for the ‘Alien’ and ‘Star Wars’ films and much more.

    So please sit back and do enjoy this chat now for the first time ever to be released anywhere in it’s full, uncut, expanded glory as we revisit, at the height of ‘Alien’ fever - the music of the game ‘Aliens: Dark Descent’.

    Written, Presented & Recorded By: Jon Brown & Sean Wilson
    Interview: Sean Wilson & Jon Brown
    Edited & Mixed By: Jon Brown
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown & Paul Marsh
    Logo Design: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Jon Brown
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks: Doyle W. Donehoo, Sean Wilson, Greg O'Connor-Read, Holly Battaglia, Keith Souch, Paul Marsh, 20th Century Studios, Tindalos Interactive, Focus Entertainment, Hollywood Records, Disney Music Group, Top Dollar PR and Miles, Ian, Harrison, Darren and all at Express FM Studios.

    Stay frosty...
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    50 mins
  • 35: Scoreheads Presents Dominic Lewis discussing his Music for 'The Fall Guy'

    35: Scoreheads Presents Dominic Lewis discussing his Music for 'The Fall Guy'
    May 24 2024
    Jon Brown & Sean Wilson are back with a stunt worthy explosive bang and for this latest instalment, they're crashing through the sugar glass windows of your listening space to light up a fire in your ears with the return of the mighty Mr Dominic Lewis as their guest.

    Yes that’s right, the British born, California residing, multi talented musical magician has pulled some sonic stunts of his own recently, reteaming with iconic action director David Leitch on his cinematic adaptation of the TV classic ‘The Fall Guy’ with Hollywood heavyweights Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt starring in a film that goes big on stunts, stars, music, magic, action, adventure, laughs and even bigger on heart!

    So lend us your ear dear listener whilst we get our 80’s on for the best film you never saw in the 90’s, (but will be very glad if you go see it now) - a supremely fun and uplifting ode to movies of those times composed by that super chap that brought you the music for ‘The Man In The High Castle’, ‘Money Monster’, ‘Peter Rabbit’, ‘Peter Rabbit 2’, ‘Jolt’, ‘The Kings Man’, ‘Bullet Train’, ‘Spirited’, ‘Kaleidoscope’, ‘Violent Night’ and many, many more.

    Sean & Jon, caught up with Dom to discuss the musical heat behind ‘The Fall Guy’s’ beat - here on your latest episode… of ‘Scoreheads’.

    Written, Presented & Recorded By: Jon Brown & Sean Wilson
    Interview: Sean Wilson & Jon Brown
    Edited & Mixed By: Jon Brown
    Logo Design: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Jon Brown
    Cover Imaging Copyright: Dominic Lewis, Universal Pictures, Backlot Music
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown, Paul Marsh & Sean Wilson
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks: Dominic Lewis, Alix Becq-Weinstein, Nikki Walsh, Qin Yu, Keith Souch, Universal Pictures, Backlot Music, Rhapsody PR, Vue Cinemas and Miles, Ian, Harrison, Darren and all at Express FM Studios.

    Engage your core...
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    40 mins
  • 34: Scoreheads Presents Johnnie Burn on the Sound Design of 'The Zone Of Interest', 'Poor Things', 'Nope' & more!

    34: Scoreheads Presents Johnnie Burn on the Sound Design of 'The Zone Of Interest', 'Poor Things', 'Nope' & more!
    Mar 18 2024
    The Oscar & BAFTA winning Sound Editor & Sound Designer Johnnie Burn is our guest for this latest episode, as Jon Brown and Sean Wilson switch things up a bit and speak to a Composer not of music this time, but of sound.

    Working regularly with cinematic masterminds such as Jonathan Glazer, Yorgos Lanthimos and Jordan Peele, Johnnie’s work as a Sound Editor and Designer is a glorious collection of carefully crafted and innovational soundscapes.

    Works of art in their own audible right, Johnnie's craftsmanship can be heard within many critically celebrated films such as 'Under The Skin', 'The Lobster', 'The Favourite', 'The Killing Of A Sacred Deer', 'Ammonite', 'Nope', 'Poor Things' and 'The Zone Of Interest' - for which he won both a BAFTA and an Oscar for his work.

    Prior to his recent Oscar win, Jon & Sean sat down with Johnnie for a chat...

    Written, Presented & Recorded By: Jon Brown & Sean Wilson
    Interview: Sean Wilson & Jon Brown
    Edited & Mixed By: Jon Brown
    Logo Design: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Jon Brown
    Cover Imaging Copyright: Johnnie Burn, Studio Canal, Universal Pictures, Searchlight Pictures, Walt Disney Motion Picture Studios and A24
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown, Paul Marsh & Sean Wilson
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks: Johnnie Burn, Andrew Cohen, Elyssa Ruiz, LanaLay, Ryan Mazie, Jon Kaplan, Sean Wilson, Paul Marsh, A24, Searchlight Pictures, Disney UK, Universal Pictures, Vue Cinemas Gunwharf Quays, Watershed Bristol and Miles, Ian, Harrison, Darren and all at Express FM Studios.

    Since the moment pictures could move, we had skin in the game.
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    43 mins
  • 33: Scoreheads Presents Jerskin Fendrix on the Music of 'Poor Things'

    33: Scoreheads Presents Jerskin Fendrix on the Music of 'Poor Things'
    Mar 9 2024
    The multi award nominated talent and fast rising star that is the awesome Jerskin Fendrix joins Jon Brown and Sean Wilson, for this latest episode of the Podcast that celebrates the people that make the notes that emote.

    As it’s Oscar Week (at the time of releasing of course), who better a guest to have on the show than an Oscar Nominee for Best Original Score, marking for his first Oscar nomination for his first ever film score and all at the bright young age of 29.

    He’s a musician by trade, born in England, he’s a University Of Cambridge alumnus and having spent his youth writing, creating and releasing critically praised music, he soon caught the attention of acclaimed film director Yorgos Lanthimos who requested our guest write the now feverishly popular score to the widely celebrated film ‘Poor Things’.

    Let’s find out more about him shall we, on this latest edition of ‘Scoreheads’!

    Written, Presented & Recorded By: Jon Brown & Sean Wilson
    Interview: Sean Wilson & Jon Brown
    Edited & Mixed By: Jon Brown
    Logo Design: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Jon Brown
    Cover Imaging Copyright: Jerskin Fendrix, Searchlight Pictures, Walt Disney Motion Picture Studios, Milan Records and Sony Music Entertainment
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown, Paul Marsh & Sean Wilson
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks: Jerskin Fendrix, Karen Pitchford, Sean Wilson, Paul Marsh, Disney UK, Searchlight Pictures, Milan Records, Sony Music, Sony Soundtracks, Vue Cinemas Gunwharf Quays, Watershed Bristol and Miles, Ian, Harrison, Darren and all at Express FM Studios.

    Bellaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....
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    38 mins
  • 32: Scoreheads Presents John Powell on the Music of 'Migration', 'How To Train Your Dragon' & more!

    32: Scoreheads Presents John Powell on the Music of 'Migration', 'How To Train Your Dragon' & more!
    Feb 14 2024
    We're taking to the skies once more this week as 'How To Train Your Dragon' master maestro John Powell joins Jon Brown and Sean Wilson for this latest episode of the Podcast that celebrates the people that make the notes that emote.

    For this week’s show we’re set to soar as one of the masters of making the music for flight - the iconic and multi award winning Hollywood film Composer John Powell joins us on this all new Scoreheads.

    He’s a British Composer, now residing in Los Angeles and is known for his incredible work on well over 70 feature films. 

    Initially starting out as part of Hans Zimmer’s Media Ventures (now Remote Control Productions) John worked and collaborated on a number of now well loved animated scores including Dreamworks’ ‘Antz’, ‘Chicken Run’ and ‘Shrek’ with Harry Gregson-Williams and ‘The Road To Eldorado’ with Hans Zimmer, as well as feature films such as ‘Face / Off’ and ‘Forces Of Nature’.

    He then went on to make his own mark in the film music space with outstanding work on the scores for the Jason Bourne films, ‘Robots’, ‘Mr & Mrs Smith’, the ‘Ice Age’ sequels, ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’, ‘Kung Fu Panda’ (again working with Hans Zimmer), ‘Knight and Day’ the ‘Rio’ movies, all three instalments of the groundbreaking ‘How To Train Your Dragon’, ‘The Call Of The Wild’, ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ and many, many more.

    Recently he’s been celebrated and praised for his inventive work on scores for films like ‘Don’t Worry Darling’, the beautiful and heartwarming ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ and the film that’s currently entertaining families in cinemas across the UK - Illumination’s ‘Migration’ - seeing our maestro return to writing for flight in the animated storytelling realm.

    John joined Sean Wilson & Jon Brown for this expanded edition of 'Scoreheads' with an additional 15 minutes of chat, never before heard anywhere else. (A version of this Podcast was recently broadcast on Sunday 11th February at 6pm (UK) on Express FM) 

    Written, Presented & Recorded By: Jon Brown & Sean Wilson
    Interview:  Sean Wilson & Jon Brown
    Edited & Mixed By: Jon Brown
    Logo Design: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Jon Brown 
    Cover Imaging Copyright: John Powell, World Soundtrack Awards, Universal Pictures, Backlot Music
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown, Paul Marsh & Sean Wilson
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks: John Powell, Qin Yu, Nikki Walsh, Sean Wilson, Paul Marsh, Lily Parke, Universal Pictures, Illumination, Backlot Music, Hollywood Records, Disney Music Group, Lakeshore Records, Varese Sarabande, Vue Cinemas Gunwharf Quays, Watershed Bristol and Miles, Ian, Darren, Harrison and all at Express FM Studios.

    You look like you need a Hug...
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    45 mins
  • 31: Scoreheads Presents Laura Karpman on the Music of 'The Marvels', 'What If?' & more!

    31: Scoreheads Presents Laura Karpman on the Music of 'The Marvels', 'What If?' & more!
    Jan 29 2024
    In honour of the upcoming Disney+ and 4K, Blu-Ray and DVD debut of Marvel Studios supersonic female led adventure 'The Marvels' and the imminent UK cinema release of the superb 'American Fiction' (for which our guest has since received her first Oscar nomination), here's another chance to hear Jon Brown & Sean Wilson's chat with the outstanding Composer of the soundtracks to both those projects - Laura Karpman.

    If you’re hearing about Laura for the first time, well, she’s a bold, incandescent talent who creates powerful, imaginative scores that push the boundaries of storytelling. 

    Her award-winning music, spanning film, television, theatre, interactive media and live performance, reflects an audaciously creative, prodigious, fresh spirit who has collaborated with the most creative filmmakers of our time, including Misha Green, Steven Spielberg, Nia DaCosta, Kevin Feige, Alex Gibney, Kasi Lemmons, Sam Pollard and Eleanor, Francis Ford & Sophia Coppola.

    Her recent foray into the Marvel Universe has her scoring the eclectic animated series ‘What If?’ and the newly acclaimed Ms. Marvel which blends bold, driving, heroic orchestral music with authentic South Asian elements to create a unique sound for this ground-breaking superhero.  

    Across concert halls, Karpman is well known for her Grammy award-winning album, ASK YOUR MAMA, a multimedia opera based on the iconic cycle of poems by Langston Hughes.

    A fierce champion for inclusion in Hollywood, after founding the Alliance for Women Film Composers, Karpman became the first woman governor in the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was subsequently elected to be the first female governor of the music branch. 

    Presented here for the first time - is a never before heard, expanded version of Jon & Sean's chat with Laura recorded over Thanksgiving 2023, featuring additional unheard interview material that includes wider discussions on Laura's music for ‘The Marvels’, the debut of ‘What If’ Season 2 on Disney+, her role with The Alliance For Women Film Composers & so much more!

    Written, Presented & Recorded By: Jon Brown & Sean Wilson
    Interview:  Sean Wilson & Jon Brown
    Edited & Mixed By: Jon Brown
    Logo Design: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Jon Brown 
    Cover Imaging Copyright: Laura Karpman, Marvel Studios, Marvel Music, Hollywood Records, Disney Music, Sony Classical Records
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown, Paul Marsh & Sean Wilson
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks: Laura Karpman, Amelia Allen, Holly Battaglia, Karen Pitchford, Sean Wilson, Paul Marsh, Lily Parke, Marvel Music, Hollywood Records, Disney Music Group, Sony Classical Records, Disney UK, Vue Cinemas Gunwharf Quays, Watershed Bristol and Miles, Ian, Darren, Harrison and all at Express FM Studios.

    That's no Cat.
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    55 mins
  • 30: Natalie Simpson and Nabil Elouahabi Interviewed, Tip Top 5 Best Picture Winners, Reviews and more!

    30: Natalie Simpson and Nabil Elouahabi Interviewed, Tip Top 5 Best Picture Winners, Reviews and more!
    Jan 25 2024
    This week we test everybody's Trigger Point and take it down to the wire by choosing to cut red or blue, as Jon Brown & Paul Marsh present an episode of your (hopefully) favourite film Podcast, we promise, whatever you choose, we won't Hold it Over you and be Mean Girls.

    This weeks Podcast contains our full (spoiler free) reviews of 'The Holdovers', 'Mean Girls' & more and we catch up with ITV's 'Trigger Point' actors Natalie Simpson and Nabil Elouahabi for a chat about the second series of the hit TV show. There's all your usual agenda items including News, Trailer Talk, the latest releases at the Cinema, on Streaming, Digital, 4K, Blu-Ray and DVD releases too.

    And, rounding us out we take nearly 100 years of cinema and narrow it down to five films, in which we read out YOUR Tip Top 5 Best Picture Oscar Winners and our own Tip Top 5 as well!

    Written, Presented, Recorded & Produced By: Paul Marsh & Jon Brown 
    Interviews: Paul Marsh
    Edited & Mixed By: Simon Bruce
    Jingle & Theme Master Supreme: Simon Bruce
    Recorded At: Express FM Studios, Portsmouth, UK
    Logo Art: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Paul Marsh 
    Additional Noises That Make Us Sound Cool: Simon Bruce
    Executive Producers: Paul Marsh & Jon Brown
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks To: Natalie Simpson, Nabil Elouahabi, Stephanie Hitch, Madeleine Finlay-Hudson, Kate Mears, Anna Khandelwal, Simon Bruce, Sean Wilson, Samantha Marsh, Lily Parke, Walt Disney Animation, Disney UK, Disney +, Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, A24, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Studios, Cameo Productions, Premier PR, Film Distributors Association, EPK, DMS, Vue Cinemas Gunwharf Quays & Miles, Ian, Harrison & Darren at Express FM Studios. 

    We've only got thirty seconds, get back and take cover!
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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • 29: Neil Linpow talks One More Shot, Poor Things, Lift, Role Play Reviewed, Your Tip Top 5 Most Anticipated Films of 2024

    29: Neil Linpow talks One More Shot, Poor Things, Lift, Role Play Reviewed, Your Tip Top 5 Most Anticipated Films of 2024
    Jan 17 2024
    This week, we take One More Shot of giving you a Lift as Jon Brown & Paul Marsh present an episode to get you Poor Things in the mood to Role Play as movie critics and tell us what you want in 2024.

    For our latest show, your (hopefully) favourite film Podcast contains our full (spoiler free) reviews of 'Poor Things', 'One More Shot' & more and we catch up with 'Little Bone Lodge & 'One More Shot' actor Neil Linpow for a chat about the movie itself. There's all your usual agenda items including News, Trailer Talk, the latest releases at the Cinema, on Streaming, Digital, 4K, Blu-Ray and DVD releases too.

    And, rounding us out we take a look into the future, in which we read out YOUR Tip Top 5 Most Anticipated films of 2024 and our own personal Top 5 films that we can't wait to see (OK maybe more than 5!)

    All this and more, in another bursting instalment of 'We're Gonna Need A Bigger Pod'!

    Written, Presented, Recorded By: Jon Brown & Paul Marsh
    Interviews: Paul Marsh
    Produced, Edited & Mixed By: Simon Bruce
    Jingle, Theme & Foley Master Supreme: Simon Bruce
    Recorded At: Express FM Studios, Portsmouth, UK
    Logo Art: Mason Jordan
    Cover Art Design: Paul Marsh
    Executive Producers: Jon Brown & Paul Marsh
    Distributed By: Michael Marsh Productions

    Special Thanks To: Neil Linpow, Stephanie Hitch, Madeleine Finlay-Hudson, Kate Mears, Hayley Donaghy, Sean Wilson, Simon Bruce, Sam Marsh, Lily Parke, Warner Bros. UK, Watertower Music, Disney UK, Walt Disney Home Entertainment, Paramount Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Amazon Studios, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, SKY TV, Now, Cameo Productions, Organic PR, EPK, Vue Cinemas Gunwharf Quays, Cineworld IMAX Leicester Square & Miles, Ian, Harrison, Darren & Dave at Express FM Studios. 

    Bella!!!!!!!!
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    1 hr and 21 mins