IX.
July 2003-present
The
week of July 7-13, 2003: "E2:
E-Mail United."
Featured
are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to movies like
Akira and Batman and series like The Prisoner and
Lupin the 3rd. (Production code: WEB17)
The
week of July 7-13, 2003: "Monarch
of the Glum."
It
sucks to be the king. Featured are selections from scores to movies in
which the guys in power could use some Prozac (The Godfather Part II,
Scarface, Nixon, Citizen Kane). (Production code: WEB18)
The
next five eps were named after Elvis Costello songs, just like how
Cowboy Bebop eps were named after Rolling Stones tunes and jazz standards.
The
week of July 21-27, 2003: "Living
in Paradise."
Fistful salutes Turner Classic Movies—the greatest non-porno,
non-sports cable channel ever—with selections from soundtracks
to movies that Fistful host/producer Jimmy has watched on TCM,
as well as highlights from releases put out by the Turner Classic Movies
Music label. (Production code: WEB19)
The
week of August 4-10, 2003: "Pump
It Up."
Featured are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to
movies like Adventures of Don Juan, Moulin Rouge, 25th
Hour and Backdraft. (Production code: WEB20)
The
week of August 11-17, 2003: "Turning
the Town Red."
Selections from scores to movies and series with "red" in the
title (The Hunt for Red October, Red Dragon, Deep Red,
Raise the Red Lantern, Red Dwarf). (Production code: WEB21)
The
week of August 18-24, 2003: "A
Town Called Big Nothing."
Obscure themes from spaghetti westerns not directed by Sergio Leone. Inspired
by a
Blogcritics entry about someone who burned a spaghetti western
score mixtape CD for a desert road trip. (Production code: WEB22)
The
week of September 8-14, 2003: "Brilliant
Mistake."
"I wish that I could push a button/And talk in the past and not the
present tense..." Featured on this episode are selections from great
scores to movies that must have been exciting to work on—and the
end result is far from a disaster—but the public didn't give two
sh**s about these movies when they were released. It wasn't until after
their release that these box-office disappointments became better appreciated
(The Right Stuff, Out of Sight, Election). (Go
here to read a transcript of
this ep.) (Production code: WEB23)
The
week of September 15-21, 2003: "Submitted
for Your Approval."
Featured are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to
the original Twilight Zone, Candyman, Six Feet Under
and Barbarella. (Production code: WEB24)
The
week of October 6-12, 2003: "You're
So Money and You Don't Even Know It."
Music from our favorite cult movies, including Rushmore, Pootie
Tang, Willy Wonka and Swingers. (Production code: WEB25)
The
week of October 13-19, 2003: "Monster's
Ball."
Featured are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to
movies like Destroy All Monsters, Philip Kaufman's Invasion
of the Body Snatchers and John Carpenter's The Thing. (Production
code: WEB26)
The
week of November 3-9, 2003: "Sleazy
Listening."
Favorite film score cuts with that "sleazy listening" sound.
(Production code: WEB27)
The
week of November 10-16, 2003: "Bullitt
Time."
Featured are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to
movies like Bullitt, Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. (Production code: WEB28)
The
week of December 1-7, 2003: "Making
the Bampf."
Featuring music from the X-Men movies, Spy Kids, Spider-Man
and Once Upon a Time in the West. (Production code: WEB29)
The
week of December 8-14, 2003: "In
Case I Don't See Ya..."
Featured are listener requests for selections from The Carl Stalling
Project and the soundtracks to movies like The Truman Show,
On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Edward Scissorhands.
(Production code: WEB30)
The
next five eps were named after Clash songs.
The
week of January 12-18, 2004: "Complete
Control."
Featured are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to
movies like Touch of Evil, The Power, Escape from New
York, Ghost World and Kill Bill Vol. 1. (Production
code: WEB31)
The
week of January 19-25, 2004: "I'm
So Bored with the U.S.A."
Music from foreign films. (Production code: WEB32)
The
week of February 2-8, 2004: "Somebody
Got Murdered."
Selections from the scores to murder mysteries like The Hound of the
Baskervilles, L.A. Confidential, Twin Peaks, CSI
and—you bet your ass it was a murder mystery—Star Trek
VI: The Undiscovered Country. (Production code: WEB33)
The
week of February 9-15, 2004: "Revolution
Rock."
Featured are listener requests for selections from the soundtracks to
shows like Cowboy Bebop and Lexx and movies like The
Matrix Revolutions, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Steven
Soderbergh's King of the Hill. (Production code: WEB34)
The
week of March 1-7, 2004: "Police
on My Back."
The listeners have asked for it, so here it is: an anime ep. Featured
are title themes and action cues from anime crime shows like Lupin
the 3rd, New Dominion Tank Police, Silent Möbius
and Cowboy Bebop. (Production code: WEB35)
The
week of March 8-14, 2004: "The
Passion of the Khan."
Featured are listener-requested selections from the soundtracks to Star
Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Six-String
Samurai and the PS2 game Secret Weapons Over Normandy. (Production
code: WEB36)
The
week of April 5-11, 2004: "Face
Hug-Her."
Featured are listener-requested selections from the scores to movies like
Aliens, Daredevil and Superfly. (Production code:
WEB37)
The
week of April 12-18, 2004: "Moneypenny,
What Will I Do Without You?"
Fistful salutes everybody's favorite secretary, Miss Moneypenny,
with an ep featuring cues from the Bond scores and clips of classic Bond/Moneypenny
dialogue. (April 21 is Secretary's Day.) (Production code: WEB38)
The
week of May 3-9, 2004: "Honk
If You Love Justice."
What's up with all these vigilante movies coming out of Hollywood these
days? Has this thirst for revenge flicks also affected Fistful's
listeners? Because the May 2004 mailbag episode features listener-requested
selections from the soundtracks to such Lifetime Television staples as
Batman, The Crow and Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter.
(Production code: WEB39)
The
week of May 10-16, 2004: "Cover
Me (Part 1)."
Rock and ska bands and jazz musicians often love to do covers of spy/crime
jazz themes or score cues by the likes of Morricone, Schifrin and Bacharach
(sounds like the world's swingingest law firm, doesn't it?). This ep features
the coolest soundtrack theme covers, like the Who's take on the Adam West
Batman theme, the Love version of "My Little Red Book" from What's
New Pussycat? and the Skatalites' rendition of "The James Bond Theme."
Each cover is preceded by the original version. (This ep is based on
a playlist in my iPod entitled "Cover Me," in which I pair up songs with
their cover versions.) (Production code: WEB40)
The
week of May 24-30, 2004: "Cover
Me (Part 2)."
The second part of this ep features more cool soundtrack theme covers,
including Bobby McFerrin's Son of the Pink Panther main title theme
and the Ramones version of the old Spider-Man cartoon theme. (Production
code: WEB41)
The
week of May 31-June 6, 2004: "If
Wishes Were Transylvanian Horses."
Featured are listener-requested selections from the soundtracks to such
movies as Van Helsing, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Alien and
Predator. (Production code: WEB42)
The
week of June 28-July 4, 2004: "Collabs."
This ep centers on classic composer/director partnerships (Bernard Herrmann/Alfred
Hitchcock, Nino Rota/Federico Fellini, Danny Elfman/Tim Burton). (Production
code: WEB43)
The
week of July 5-11, 2004: "Super
Size Me (Part 1)."
A Fistful of Soundtracks received so many listener requests during
the weeks preceding the July 2004 mailbag episode that for the first time
ever, a mailbag ep had to be expanded into a two-parter. Featured in Part
1 of the mailbag ep are listener-requested selections from the soundtracks
to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Van Helsing and Midnight
Run. (Production code: WEB44)
The
week of July 12-18, 2004: "Super
Size Me (Part 2)."
Part 2 of the July 2004 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections
from the soundtracks to The Knack... And How to Get It, Schoolhouse
Rock and Beneath the Planet of the Apes. (Production code:
WEB45)
The
week of July 26-August 1, 2004: "Our
Man Goldsmith."
A tribute to Jerry Goldsmith, who passed away on July 21. (Production
code: WEB46)
The
week of August 2-8, 2004: "Ballers
and Wallcrawlers."
The August 2004 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the scores to The Godfather, Spider-Man 2, Hellboy
and Dune. (Production code: WEB47)
The
week of August 16-22, 2004: "Songs
That Missed the Hit Parade."
Great lesser-known or forgotten TV themes. (Production code: WEB48)
The
week of August 23-29, 2004: "Magnificence."
A tribute to Elmer Bernstein, who passed away on August 18. (Production
code: WEB49)
The
week of August 30-September 5, 2004: "The
Mails of August."
The September 2004 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the scores to such movies as Big Wednesday, The Falcon and the
Snowman, Resident Evil and King Arthur. (Production
code: WEB50)
The
week of October 4-10, 2004: "This
Year, Halloween Fell on a Weekend."
The October 2004 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the scores to such movies as The Nightmare Before Christmas, Halloween,
Alien vs. Predator and Ravenous. (Production code: WEB51)
The
week of October 25-31, 2004: "Slay
Ride."
Selections from the scores to episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
and vampire-hunter flicks like Van Helsing, Captain Kronos
and Blade II. (Production code: WEB52)
The
week of November 8-14, 2004: "Five-Point
Palm Exploding Heart Technique."
The November 2004 mailbag ep features several of the cues Quentin Tarantino
recycled from other film scores for Jackie Brown and Kill Bill,
as well as listener-requested selections from the soundtracks to movies
like Where Eagles Dare, Kelly's Heroes and Nashville.
(Production code: WEB53)
The
week of November 22-28, 2004: "Superhero
Worship."
Featured are superhero themes, from films like Superman: The Movie,
Spider-Man 2 and The Incredibles. (Production code: WEB54)
The
week of December 13-19, 2004: "Wuxia!!
Got You All in Check."
The December 2004 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the soundtracks to movies like Hero, Crouching Tiger, Hidden
Dragon, In the Mood for Love and Alexander. (Production
code: WEB55)
The
week of January 17-23, 2005: "Ziggy
Played Guitarra."
The January 2005 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the soundtracks to movies like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,
Blazing Saddles and Monsters, Inc. (Production code: WEB56)
The
week of February 7-13, 2005: "Look
at the Pelican Fly."
The February 2005 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the soundtracks to such movies as Winged Migration, The Life
Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Ocean's Twelve. (Production code:
WEB57)
The
week of February 28-March 6, 2005: "Choral
Fixation."
Choral pieces from the scores to such films as Malcolm X, The
Matrix Revolutions and the Angels in America miniseries. (Production code: WEB58)
The
week of March 7-13, 2005: "By
Your Command."
The March 2005 mailbag ep features listener-requested selections from
the scores to such movies as Flash Gordon, Amarcord and
both the 1978 and 2003 pilot eps of Battlestar Galactica. (Production
code: WEB59)
The
week of April 4-10, 2005: "You
Will Always Be My Boo."
The April 2005 mailbag ep includes listener-requested selections from
the soundtracks for To Kill a Mockingbird, You Only Live Twice
and Cowboy Bebop. (Production code: WEB60)
The
week of May 9-15, 2005: "A Cornelius Concerto."
The May 2005 mailbag ep includes
listener-requested selections from the soundtracks for Planet of the
Apes, Phantom of the Paradise and Ali. (Production code: WEB61)
The
week of June 6-12, 2005: "A Pile of Sith."
The June 2005 mailbag ep includes listener-requested selections from the soundtracks for Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith, Buffy's "Once More, With Feeling" ep and Shaun of the Dead. (Production code: WEB62)
The
week of July 11-17, 2005: "Feel the City Breakin'."
The best original music from movies and shows that represent New York in the '70s. Inspired by photographer Allan Tannenbaum's New York in the 70s book. (Production code: WEB63)
The
week of July 18-24, 2005: "Zimmer Down Now."
The July 2005 mailbag ep includes listener-requested selections from the soundtracks for War of the Worlds, Batman Begins and Backdraft. (Production code: WEB64)
The
week of August 15-21, 2005: "Palookaville."
The August 2005 mailbag ep includes listener-requested music from On the Waterfront, Once Upon a Time in America and The Thing from Another World. (Production code: WEB65)
The
week of September 12-18, 2005: "More Cowbell."
Even film composers have got a fever too. (Production code: WEB66)
The
week of October 31-November 7, 2005: "Pissholes in the Snow."
The November 2005 mailbag ep includes listener-requested music from the original Get Carter, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Cowboy Bebop. (Production code: WEB67)
The
week of November 14-20, 2005: "Out of Print."
Selections from out-of-print CDs like the score albums for Midnight Run, The Last Seduction, The Edge and Secretary. (Production code: WEB68)
The
week of November 28-December 4, 2005: "Zero Churn."
Selections from scores to movies that aired on L.A.'s legendary Z Channel, the subject of the 2004 documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, now on DVD. (Production code: WEB69)
The
week of December 5-11, 2005: "To Build a Snowman."
The December 2005 mailbag ep includes listener-requested music from Cannibal! The Musical, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Crash and Vertigo. (Production code: WEB70)
The
week of December 19-25, 2005: "Yule Log."
A "Spybreak!"-style mix of music from holiday-related movies and Christmas TV specials. (Production code: WEB71)
The
week of January 9-15, 2006: "Up Jumped the Boogie."
The January 2006 mailbag ep includes listener-requested music from Run Lola Run, Thank God It's Friday and American Gigolo. (Production code: WEB72)
The
week of February 27-March 5, 2006: "Kiss Kiss Ban Ban."
Rejected or unused music from scores to movies like Thunderball, The Getaway, Timeline and 2001. (Production code: WEB73)
The
week of March 13-19, 2006: "Monsters of March."
This mailbag ep includes listener-requested music from Godzilla movies, Beetlejuice, Spy Game and 24. (Production code: WEB74)
The
week of April 10-16, 2006: "Currently Unavailable."
More selections from out-of-print releases. This episode's featured rarities include the score albums for The Hot Rock, The Thief Who Came to Dinner and The Saint. (Production code: WEB75)
The
week of May 15-21, 2006: "Unimaginative Repetition."
This mailbag ep includes listener-requested music from Pride & Prejudice, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Army of Darkness. (Production code: WEB76)
The
week of May 22-28, 2006: "Cover Ill."
Covers of movie and TV themes by the likes of Sex Mob, Tweet and Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. (Production code: WEB77)
The
week of July 17-23, 2006: "Barenaked Ladies."
Every movie theme song during this episode accompanied a title sequence designed by the legendary Maurice Binder. (Production code: WEB78)
The
week of July 17-23, 2006: "Sartana Craps Bigger Than You."
This mailbag ep includes tracks that were played during the 2003 Fistful ep "A Town Called Big Nothing" (WEB22), which focused on theme tunes from obscure spaghetti westerns. (Production code: WEB79)
The
week of July 17-23, 2006: "The Android's Dungeon."
Selections from scores to movies based on comic books and graphic novels (Superman Returns, American Splendor). (Production code: WEB80)
The
week of September 11-17, 2006: "Got 'Em Covered."
Covers of movie and TV themes by the likes of the Reverend Horton Heat, the Skatalites and Los Straitjackets. (Production code: WEB81)
The
week of September 18-24, 2006: "Show Me the Fever."
This mailbag ep includes listener-requested selections from the scores to Wet Hot American Summer and Brick. (Production code: WEB82)
The
week of January 1-7, 2007: "Four-Star Playlist."
All the tracks during this episode were given four or more stars by Live365 listeners. (Production code: WEB83)
The
week of February 12-18, 2007: "Sleazy Listening Revisited."
This episode rehashes all the tracks from the 2003 Fistful ep "Sleazy Listening" (WEB27), which focused on groovetastic scores composed for B-movies and sex comedies during the '60s and '70s. (Production code: WEB84)
The
week of February 19-25, 2007: "Damn It Feels Good to Be a Gangster."
Original themes from films and shows about gangsters (The Departed, Deadwood). (Production code: WEB85)
The
week of February 19-25, 2007: "We Want Sleazy."
This sequel to the 2003 "Sleazy Listening" episode features selections from the scores to The Liquidator, The Hanged Man, Ocean's Twelve and "poliziotteschi" movies (High Crime, Violent Naples). (Production code: WEB86)
The
week of February 26-March 4, 2007: "Kids Come Running for the Rich Taste of Samples."
Blaxploitation-era theme tunes that have been sampled by hip-hop artists (Shaft in Africa, Black Belt Jones). (Production code: WEB87)
The
week of June 18-24, 2007: "Bad Things Come in Threes (Alright, Maybe Not Always)."
Selections from scores to movies that are threequels (Ocean's Thirteen, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly). (Production code: WEB88)
The
week of June 18-24, 2007: "I'll Kill You and Recommend to God That He Put His Foot in Your Ass."
Another batch of score cues from obscure spaghetti westerns like Viva Django and Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (The ep's title is a play on the title of the 1968 spaghetti western I'll Kill You and Recommend You to God, a.k.a. Dead for a Dollar.) (Production code: WEB89)
The
week of July 30-August 5, 2007: "Around the World in 60 Minutes."
Selections from scores to movies that were shot all over the globe (The Bourne Ultimatum, Dhoom 2). (Production code: WEB90)
The
week of July 30-August 5, 2007: "The Wonderful World of Covers."
Film and TV theme covers from around the world, including a '60s instrumental rock-style take on the Get Carter theme from Finland and a funkdafied cover of Beyonce's Austin Powers tune "Work It Out" from the U.K. (Production code: WEB91)
The
week of April 7-13, 2008: "Funk in the Trunk."
Music from Lyle Workman's blaxploitation-style score to Superbad, plus classic funky themes like the Four Tops' theme from Shaft in Africa, which shows up during Superbad, and James Brown's Slaughter's Big Rip-Off track, "People Get Up and Drive Your Funky Soul," which Sam Raimi used during the Emo Peter Parker montage in Spider-Man 3. (Production code: WEB92)
The
week of April 14-20, 2008: "All This Has Happened Before."
This episode features the most memorable season finale cues from Battlestar Galactica, as well as selections from scores to other remakes that outstripped their predecessors like Galactica (Casino Royale, Buffy). (Production code: WEB93)
The
week of April 21-27, 2008: "Galloping Around the Cosmos."
Selections from the scores to the original series-era Star Trek films are featured on this appetizer to J.J. Abrams' 2009 Star Trek prequel, the first Trek movie since Star Trek VI to focus on the characters from the original series. (Production code: WEB94)
The
week of April 21-27, 2008: "Bottomless Party."
Favorite moments of comedic scoring, plus music from George S. Clinton's score to Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. (Production code: WEB95)
The
week of April 28-May 4, 2008: "The Inmates Are Taking Over the Asylum."
Selections from scores to films that were released by United Artists, which has begun celebrating its 90th anniversary with the 2007 release of a mammoth DVD box set and a traveling festival of the studio's most popular movies, even though the anniversary doesn't take place until 2009. (Production code: WEB96)
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