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The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards were announced last week so it's that time of year: our annual Oscars profiles on the nominated original songs & scores! First up: Jerskin Fendrix's beguilingly quirky music from Yorgos Lanthimos' adaptation of Poor Things. 01. David Holmes & Raven Violet: Blind on a Galloping Horse (Blind on a Galloping Horse, 2023) Heavenly 02. Brian Ring: Aperol Spritz (Late Summer Compilation: Volume 10 - Pt I, 2020) Lagasta 03. Chai: We the Female! (Chai, 2023) Sub Pop/Otemayon 04. The Shangri-Las: Leader of the Pack (Leader of the Pack, 1964) Red Bird 05. Henry Mancini: The Windmills of Your Mind (The Piano, Orchestra & Chorus of Henry Mancini, 1969) RCA Victor 06. Jean Knight: What One Man Won't Do, Another Man Will (1976) Open 07. Basement Jaxx: A Possibility [w.Amp Fiddler] (Scars, 2009) XL 08. Joseph LoDuca, Jeff Grace & Orchestra: Angelo Badalamenti's A Late Quartet/Bidding Farewell (A Late Quartet OST, 2012) Decca 09. Isola: Aquarius (LP1, 2023) Smartdumb 10. Pe

gak marks 16 years at CITR 101.9FM with another profile on the film score work of Ennio Morricone: 1971's Giù la Testa (aka Duck, You Sucker!) amidst the other mix of glitter and doom. Somehow we made this far. Somehow you made it here too. Can't do this without you. 01 - Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons (Asteroid City OST, 2023) ABKCO 02 - Elizabeth Reid & Alison Bruce Cerutti: Constable and the Spirit of the Clouds (Conjuring: Viola Music of David Jaeger, 2023) Redshift 03 - Jackson Ramsey: Good News (Tropical Drone, 2024) Fanta 04 - DJ Shadow: You Played Me (Action Adventure, 2023) Mass Appeal 05 - DJ Shadow: High Noon (Preemptive Strike, 1997) Mo' Wax/FFRR 06 - Nadah El Shazly: Claustrophobic Love (Les Damnés Ne Pleurent Pas OST, 2024) Asadun Alay 07 - Al Fajer Group: 3an al Umniyat (Al Dajer/The Dawn, 2022) Majazz Project 08 - Wendy Carlos: Love Theme (Tron OST, 1982) CBS 09 - Ghost Twin: Babes in the Woods [Touching remix] (Artoffact Records 2022 Sampler, 2022) Artoffact 10 - À La Mode: C

gak's back with a spacious yet spacy mix that takes elements from synthesized bird noises and mixes it with drones, particular in honour of Catherine Christer Hennix (1948-2023). Sponges & buckets sold separately; bring the noise. 00. gak: intro DRONE QUARTER: A1. Constellation425: Undecided (Drone Day, 2023) self-released A2. Lawrence English & Werner Dafeldecker: Tropic of Carpicorn Pt I (Tropic of Carpicorn, 2023) Hallow Ground A3. V Vecker Ensemble: Torpor (Acedia Phrase, 2023) Hotham Sound A4. Martin Küchen & Sophi Agnel: The Gould Passage (Detour Tunnels of Light, 2023) Thanatosis A5. Mount Maxwell: Ages (Littlefolk, 2023) Hotham Sound A6. Pantayo: Basta (Ang Pagdaloy, 2023) Telephone Explosion A7. Dev-i-Ant: The Path I No Longer Follow (Progression of the Wolf, 2023) Reverse Alignment A8. Aarniseppä: Dance of Gnomes (Anthology of Electroacoustic Music from Finland, 2023) Unexplained Sounds Group A9. KMRU: Dissolution Grip (Dissolution Grip, 2023) OFNOT AA. Geneva Skeen: Leveled Ground, Bott

We mark the calendar year properly now as we profile Michael Small's soundtrack to the 1978 film The Driver in honour of the actor Ryan O'Neal (1941-2023). We also pay tribute to another Ryan (1976-2024) whilst recapping the recent Emmys in relation to music. 01. Novi Split: This Will Be Our Year (Covers Anthology, 2021) Cake Party 02. bvdub: Geometries of Water (Slowly Shifting Lakes, 2023) Past Inside the Present 03. The Be Good Tanyas: The Littlest Birds (Blue Horse, 2000) Nettwerk 04. Jonathan Richman: Hey There Little Insect (Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers, 1976) Beserkley 05. Quincy Jones: Sanford & Son [The Streetbeater] (You've Got It Bad Girl, 1973) A&M 06. Donny Hathaway: Maude (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume III: 70s & 80s, 1987) TVT 07. Mason Williams & Nancy Ames: The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Theme (Television's Greatest Hits - Volume II: More TV Themes from the 50s & 60s, 1986) TVT 08. Lynn F Kowal: Original Theme from Homicide: Life on the Street (Homicide: Life on the

Before we charge into the new year properly, let's look back at the past 12 months as we try to make sense of 2023. Our soundtrack profile will be on the smash film Barbie in all the doll's many forms. 01. PJ Harvey: I Inside the Old Year Dying (I Inside the Old Year Dying, 2023) Partisan 02. Wata Igarashi: Floating Against Time (Agartha, 2023) Kompakt 03. Knower: Do Hot Girls Like Chords (Knower Forever, 2023) self-released 04. Sparks: Veronica Lake (The Girl is Crying in Her Latte, 2023) Island 05. Blank Banshee: Lost Angles (4D, 2023) Hologram Bay 06. Sofia Kourtesis: Cecilia (Madres, 2023) Ninja Tune 07. Overmono: So U Kno (Good Lies, 2023) XL 08. Light Blending In: Heartbeat (2023) self-released 09. Jessy Lanza: Midnight Ontario (Love Hallucination, 2023) Hyperdub 10. Jayda G: I Got Tired of Running [interlude] (Guy, 2023) Ninja Tune 11. Jayda G: Meant to Be [Todd Edwards remix, edit] (2023) Ninja Tune 12. Yu Su: Pardon (I Want an Earth EP, 2023) Pinchy & Friends 13. Isola: Last Winter (LP1

Christmas Day means the 1st true day of the 12 days of Christmas. It's also the morning when most open presents and then the afternoon of family visits. With all that in mind, this pre-recorded episode, marking the 16th annual alternate-Yuletide carol episode assembled in the central realms of Canada, profiles music from the 1989 holiday classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. Podcast subscribers, you're getting this early. Santa said. 01. Mike Campbell: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, Christopher Guest, Michael O'Donoghue, Harold Ramis, Anne Beatts, Gilda Radner & Paul Shaffer: Kung Fu Christmas [a Motown Parody] (Greatest Hits of The National Lampoon, 1972) GRT/Visa/Passport 03. Plains Apparition: First Snowfall Together (Late to the Afterthoughts, 2023) self-released 04. Shane MacGowan & the Popes: Christmas Lullaby (Christmas Party EP, 1996) ZTT 05. Gordon Lightfoot: Song for a Winter

From the Exploding Head Archives, this episode from 2013 celebrates the holidays in its own loopy fashion. This predates a single film theme, opting to hop around a fair bit. This includes the highly undocumented yet required December listening version of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas that aired on CBC radio some 30 years ago. Merry Crimble one and dang y'all! 01! George Slater: The Wassail Song (Peace Tower Christmas/Carillon Noël, 1979) Tapestry 02! gak: XHM #195 - Kindness to animals and your buddies (Exploding Head Movies, 2013) CITR 03! Dorothy Remsen: Variations Pastorales Sur un Vieux Noël (Harpist, 1967) Avant Extracting the true playlist will take some time since the originally filed sheets have been mangled from a prior version of the station's web server and my last draft of the script had many missing details that I likely filled in live 10 years ago. For now, roll with it and let the gift that this show is be unwrapped by your ears until I dig into the archives properly. radiofreegak@gmai

For the 5th night of Hanukkah, we pay tribute to the physicist J Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of the 2023 Christopher Nolan film about the creation of the atom bomb. The score by Ludwig Göransson is starting to receive acclaim, so amongst that profile, we'll ease into nuclear themes and recapping the year about to end. 001. Massive Attack: Angel (Mezzanine [20th Anniversary Remastered Edition], 2019) Virgin 002. Mark Shreeve: Flagg (Legion, 1985) Jive Electro 003. Yo La Tengo: Sinatra Drive Breakdown (This Stupid World, 2023) Matador 004. Haley K Turner: Intangible Things [A Hanukkah Song] (2021) self-released 005. Kilometre Club: City of Angles (Open Skies, 2023) Imaginary North 006. Kilometre Club: Enough Oil [1st movement] (A Lasting Light: An Ambient Hanukkah, 2021) Sound Meditation 007. Harry Belafonte: Hava Nagila (An Evening with Harry Belafonte, 1957) RCA Victor 008. John Oliver: Stop War (2023) self-released 009. Sofia Kourtesis: Vajkoczy (Madres, 2023) Ninja Tune 010. The Chemical Brot

This episode crams a lot in: CITR's Shindig finales happen this week; some other recent deaths & Robbie Robertson's posthumous score to Martin Scorsese's 2023 film Killers of the Flower Moon. 1. Monty Python: Henry Kissinger (Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album, 1980) Charisma/Arista 2. V Vecker Ensemble: Atonement (Acedia Phase, 2023) Hotham Sound 3. The Pogues: Whiskey You're the Devil (The Stiff Records B-Sides: 1984-1987, 2023) Warner Bros 4. Killing Joke: Change [live] (The Peel Sessions: 1979-1981, 1980) Virgin 5. Perrey & Kingsley: Swan's Splashdown (The Essential Perrey & Kingsley, 1975) Vanguard 6. The Waitresses: Square Pegs (I Could Rule the World if I Could Only Get the Parts EP, 1982) ZE/Polydor 7. Elkka: I Just Want to Love You (2022) Ninja Tune 8. Roy Budd: Hallucinations (Get Carter OST, 1971) Odeon/Cinephile/Castle 9. The Hausplants: Edge of the World (Bright, Indirect Light, 2023) self-released 10. Worrywart: Pretty [Ugly version] (2023) self-released 11. Vincent Parker

Hip hop music started in South Bronx, NYC back in August 1973 and in fifty years, it's become a dominant form in pop music. This episode brazenly tries to recap it all, though with highlights on recent acts, Vancouver performers and then multiple soundtracks, primarily from the early 1980s with films like Wild Style & Style Wars amidst others like Krush Groove & Deep Cover. This is the birthday message. 1. Isaac Hayes: Theme from Shaft [Take 2, live] (Soul'd Out: The Complete Wattstax Collection, 2023) Craft/Stax 2. Badbadnotgood & MF Doom: The Chocolate Conquistadors [instrumental] (Grand Theft Auto Online: The Cayo Perico Heist 10", 2020) self-released 3. Marva Whitney: Unwind Yourself (It's My Thing, 1969) King/Polydor 4. Too Nice: Cold Facts [45 King remix] (Cold Facts remixes, 1989) Arista 5. David McCallum: House of Mirrors (Music: It's Happening Now! 1969) Capitol 6. Rascalz: Gametime (Global Warning, 1999) Vik/BMG 7. Jaykin: ETS [Take Your Time] (2015) 1995ismajor 8. Moka Only: More Doin

As 2023 draws to a close in just over a month, we look a hundred years hence to 1923. Amongst indicative recordings that have survived all that time, we profile Charlie Chaplin's score to one of his silent films of that era The Pilgrim (kinda redone in the 1950s). Hoopty-doo, let's blouse! 01. Roger Whittaker: Mammy Blue (Roma OST, 2018) Sony Masterworks 02. Bell Orchestre: Open Organ (As Seen Through Windows [special edition], 2023) Erased Tapes 03. Cygnets: Everything Counts (Covers, 2022) self-released 04. Depeche Mode: Wagging Tongue [Wet Leg remix] (Wagging Tongue Remixes, 2023) Columbia 05. Autumn Fair: Three Pastorals (Autumn Fair, 2022) Recital 06. Skinny Puppy: Jackhammer (BRAP: Back & Forth - Volumes 3 & 4, 1996) Nettwerk 07. The Lonely Island & Sia: Oakland Nights (The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience OST, 2019) Netflix 08. Mychael Danna: The Streak (Moneyball OST, 2011) Columbia 09. Kellarissa: Swimming (Synthesized Lullabies, 2023) self-released 10. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Lakeland

With both the actors' & writers' strikes over, we can play catch up on newish films as we dig into Wes Anderson's latest Asteroid City. High winds have messed with a bit the radio station's tech so behind the scenes, there's chicken wire & hay to prop things up and we sound great as always despite what the weather has wrought. 1. DJ Shadow: Ozone Scraper (Action Adventure, 2023) Mass Appeal 2. Tangerine Dream: Asteroid Agenda (Ultima Thule, 1972) Purple Pyramid 3. Pulp: Acrylic Afternoons (His'n'Hers, 1994) Island 4. The Smiths: Barbarism Begins at Home [7" version] (Meat is Murder, 1985) Rough Trade 5. Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis & Shirley Walker: Harley & Ivy (Batman: The Animated Series OST - Volume 2, 2012) La-La Land 6. Siouxsie & the Banshees: Israel (Israel 7", 1980) Polydor 7. 47Soul: Border Ctrl [w.Shadia Mansour & Fedzilla] (Semitics, 2020) Cooking Vinyl 8. The Luvmenauts: Asteroid Mines of the Kuiper Belt (Extravehicular Activity EP, 2021) Do Right! Music 9. Be Your Own Pet: Drive

gak's back after some food poisoning so with Hallowe'en done, it's time to harken back to recent travels with a show that explores Glasgow, Islay & Scotland, profiling John Barry's score to the 1971 film Mary, Queen of Scots. 1. Orange Juice: Rip It Up (Rip It Up, 1983) Polydor 2. Melanie de Biasio: Alba (Il Viaggio, 2023) PIAS 3. Choir of Young Believers: Patricia's Thirst (Rhine Gold, 2012) Ghostly Int'l 4. Felt: Ballad of the Band (Ballad of the Band 12", 1986) Creation 5. Primal Scream: Get Duffy (Vanishing Point, 1997) Creation 6. Tough Age: Paradise by Another Name (Waiting Here, 2023) Mint 7. Iskwé: Sweet Tuesday [Stars mix] (The Stars EP, 2021) self-released 8. Eve Egoyan & Mauricio Pauly: Single Sport Flexing Gently (Hopeful Monster, 2023) No Hay Discos 9. Guy Davis: Palestine, Oh Palestine (Be Ready When I Call You, 2021) Smokeydoke/MC 10. Hannah Georgas: What I Don't Want (I'd Be Lying if I Said I Didn't Care, 2023) Arts & Crafts/Real Kind/Communion 11. Beatrice Deer: Accordion Song (S

It's been a while since we've profiled the music of John Carpenter so as we count down to Hallowe'en, we'll listen to music from a recent compilation of reworked themes from his past films and then profile the score he did with Dave Davies for the 1995 adaptation of Village of the Damned. Sinister sons & deadly daughters abound. 01. Claudio Simonetti & Daemonia: Mater Lacrimarum [end titles w.Dani Filth] (La Terza Madre: Colonna Sonora del Film, 2007) Medusa 02. Constellation425: Carpenter Inspired (OEM Compilation I, 2020) Ottawa Experimental Music 03. Astral Projection: Kabalah (Trust in Trance, 1996) TIP 04. Infected Mushroom: Elevation (Converting Vegetarians, 2003) Statik/YoYo/BNE 05. Bergsonist: Gaza Border Violence (Middle Ouest, 2020) Optimo 06. Helena Hauff: Turn Your Sights Inward (fabric presents Helena Hauff, 2023) Fabric 07. Ellen Allien x Ash Code: Shining on You (Dance and Kill, 2023) BPitch Control 08. Natasha Barrett: Urban Melt in Park Palais Meran (Heterotopia, 2022) Persistence of

Hallowe'en Horror Month continues here as we get properly glammy and camp with Richard O'Brien's subversive music from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. 1. Castle If: Suspension (Drivin' Easy EP, 2023) self-released 2. Deek Watson & The Brown Dots: At Our Fireplace (Bow-Wow-Wow 10", 1949) Manor 3. Nadja: Funkspiel Pt I (Nalepa, 2022) Midira 4. The Black Angels: Firefly (Wilderness of Mirrors, 2022) Partisan 5. Kiefer: My Disorder (It's Ok, B U, 2023) Stones Throw 6. Kiefer: Doomed (It's Ok, B U, 2023) Stones Throw 7. Fluf: Sheela Na Gig (Sheela Na Gig 7", 1993) Goldenrod 8. Transvestimentals: Cosmic Planet Rock (Transvestimentals, 1998) self-released 9. Föllakzoid: V-II (V, 2023) Sacred Bones TEN. Asexuals: World for the Taking [live] (Brave New Waves, 2017) Artoffact 11. TJ Felix: Ticket2ride (World of Hurt, 2023) self-released 12. The Birthday Party: Mutiny in Heaven (Mutiny! EP, 1983) Mute 13. Ghost Power: Grimalkin (Ghost Power, 2022) Duophonic Super 45s 14. Witch Prophet: Energy Vampire [

Canadian Thanksgiving is upon us all, so we go with a Canadian option here for this pre-recorded episode: Tim Hecker and his score to the 2023 Brandon Cronenberg scifi horror film Infinity Pool. Hallowe'en Horror Month continues. 1. Laurel Halo: Late Night Drive (Atlas, 2023) Awe 2. Waclaw Zimpel: Infinite Grey (Train Spotter, 2023) The State51 Conspiracy 3. Loscil & Lawrence English: Black (Colours of Air, 2023) Kranky 4. Blake Hargreaves: You Can Pray Once You Co-operate 1 (Gitmo/Camp X-Ray, 2006) Maran Tape Label 5. John Brennan: Live Improvisation [excerpt, 2017 April 24] (Fishbowl Sessions: Live from CITR/Discorder, 2017) CITR 6. Big Brave: My Hope Renders Me a Fool (Nature Morte, 2023) Thrill Jockey 7. Void Stasis: First Contact [w.Atrium Carceri] (Viral Incubation, 2023) Cryo Chamber 8. Castle If: Dark Thread (Darknet, 2023) self-released 9. Bryozone: Fateful Torment (Eye of Delirious, 2023) Muscut 10. Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement: Breaching Puget Sound (Killer Whale Atmospheres, 2023)

October is nigh so our annual horror month beings in honour of Hallowe'en. Amidst more Vancouver International Film Festival previews, we'll profile Tangerine Dream's score to the 1987 vampire western Near Dark. 1. The Cramps: Fever (Near Dark OST, 1987) Varèse Sarabande 2. Redshift: Nails (Down Time, 1999) Champagne Lake 3. Aysanabee: We Were Here (Watin, 2022) Ishkodé 4. Cub: Someday [live] (Live on Thunderbird Radio Hell, October 1, 1992) CITR 5. Hugo Montenegro: Illya (Original Music from The Man from U.N.C.L.E, 1965) RCA Victor 6. West Hell 5: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Final Themes from U.N.C.L.E, 2013) MA 7. David McCallum: The Edge (Music: A Bit More of Me, 1967) Capitol 8. Thought Forms: Burn Me (Clean, 2022) Lava Thief 9. Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills (The Number of the Beast, 1982) Harvest/EMI 10. Babymetal: Gimme Chocolate!! (Babymetal, 2015) earMusic 11. Kavinsky: Ghost (The French Connection, 2007) Record Makers 12. Odonis Odonis: No One Left [w.Actors] (Icon EP, 2023) Felte 13. Leat

For our 666th episode under this show name -- we're actually 764 now in our total CITR history so we're safe for a wee while -- we'll dip a bit early into our usual October horror themes with selections from Marc Wilkinson's score to the 1971 British folk horror film Blood on Satan's Claw. Doom and/or gloom will ensue. 1. Delia Derbyshire & Brian Hodgson: A5 (The Legend of the Hell House OST 7", 1973) Cheddar Brothers 2. Brian Berdan & Robert Downey Jr: Route 666 (Natural Born Killers OST, 1994) Nothing/Interscope/Atlantic 3. Islaja: Featherless (Angel Tape, 2023) Other Power 4. White Noise: The Black Mass (An Electric Storm, 1969) Island 5. Dávila 666: Sabes Que Quiero (Primero Muerta 7", 2009) Hozac 666. Dave Bixby: 666 (Ode to Quetzalcoatl, 1970) self-released 7. Michael Perkins: Murder by Phone (MR666 12", 2011) Ghost Arcade 8. Xiu Xiu: 666 Photos of Nothing (Ignore Grief, 2023) Polyvinyl 9. Backxwash: 666 in Luxaxa (I Lie Here Buried with My Rings and My Dresses, 2021) Uglyhag 10. Hologram Tee

Our 13th all-ambient episode primarily profiles Brian McBride (1970-2023) and some of the music he made either solo or in Stars of the Lid. We also preview parts of the Vancouver New Music Vox Organi Festival next month. Pre-recorded for your end of summer salve. ONE. Ra/Sol: Artist's Meditation [w.EZ Naive] (2023) self-released TWO. Brian Eno: Floating on Sleep's Shore (Top Boy OST, 2023) Netflix Music THREE. IKSRE & anthéne: Lungs (Seasons Shifting, 2023) anthéne FOUR. Aidan Baker & Matt Borghi: Turning Tides (Undercurrents, 2004) Zenapolæ FIVE. Stars of the Lid: Tape Hiss Makes Me Happy (Music for Nitrous Oxide, 1995) Sedimental SIX. Stars of the Lid: Sun Drugs (The Ballasted Orchestra, 1997) Kranky SEVEN. Stars of the Lid & Jon McCafferty: Low Level Listening Pt. 2 (Per Aspera Ad Astra, 1997) Kranky EIGHT. Brian McBride: Silent Motels (When the Detail Lost Its Freedom, 2005) Kranky NINE. Stars of the Lid: Articulate Silences Pt. 2 (...and Their Refinement of the Decline, 2007) Kranky TEN. Loscil

It's Labour Day so as school comes to mind, as does fall so we'll hear selections from The Blasting Company's soundtrack to the sublimely autumnal animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall. We'll also touch upon the start to a lot of concerts in town, wrap up our 2023 Polaris Prize nominees profile a bit early and pay tribute to game show host Bob Barker through The Price is Right production library music. Come on down! 01. Lime: I Don't Wanna Lose You [remix] (12" Classics, 1993) Unidisc 02. Crypthios: I Saw Them as Their Fins were Splitting the Sky (Fading Coast, 2023) Cryo Chamber 03. Yu Su: Manta y Menta (I Want an Earth EP, 2023) Pinchy & Friends 04. Jungle: Back on 74 (Volcano, 2023) Caiola/AWAL 05. Hermanos Gutierrez: Pueblo Man (El Bueno y El Malo, 2022) Easy Eye Sound 06. Reggie Watts: Social Construct (Why Shit So Crazy? 2010) Comedy Central 07. DijahSB: Dance Like This (2022) self-released 08. Gohj-ji: Calm (Gohj-ji's Groove Tape Part 3, 2020) self-released 09. Kruder & Dorfmeister: Swal