Citr -- Exploding Head Movies

gak's on the road again, this time to bury his dad in Finland, so this will be Part 17 of our all-ambient series. 01. Emissive: Losing Control (Ontario Space, 2020) self-released 02. Ariel Kalma & Richard Tinti: Orguitar Soir (Osmose [reissue], 2006) Blur 03. Ariel Kalma & Richard Tinti: Saxo Planetariel (Osmose, 1978) SFP 04. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma: Strange Dreams (FRKWYS Volume 12: We Know Each Other Somehow, 2014) Rvng Intl. 05. Kilometre Club: Firepits (Wood Cookies EP, 2025) Slow Echo 06. Sarah Davachi: Brasse Brevis (Brasse Brevis, 2025) Portraits GRM 07. More Eaze & Claire Rousay: The Applebees Outside Kalamazoo, Michigan (No Floor, 2025) Thrill Jockey 08. Rosales: Half-Light I (Half-Light, 2025) Home Normal 09. Loscil: Spark (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 10. Gollden & Sun Rain: Release (This Time Tomorrow, 2025) self-released 11. Light Blending In, Plains Apparition & Haunted Ghost: Be All Right (Cold Flame EP, 2025) self-released 12. Sadie Powers: Rabbit Hour (Souvenir, 2025)

Though our main profile will be on the Argentine-American pianist & composer Lalo Schifrin (1932-2025) and a tribute to just some of his film & TV work, CITR also processes the death of The Jazz Show host Gavin Walker amongst other themes as the shock persists. 01. Nine Inch Nails: As Alive as You Need Me to Be (Tron: Ares OST, 2025) Interscope 02. Bennie Green: Soul Stirrin' [mono take] (Soul Stirrin', 1958) Blue Note 03. Connie Francis: It's Gonna Take Me Some Time (Vacation 7", 1962) MGM 04. The Marías: Back to Me (Back to Me, 2025) Nice Life/Atlantic 05. Etceteral: Gesualdo (Kimatika, 2025) tak:til 06. Cymande: One More (Cymande, 1972) Janus 07. Gelli Haha: Normalize (Switcheroo, 2025) Innovative Leisure 08. Tony Cercola: Lumumba (Gabriele Poso presents Ritmo Italiano: Unspoken Sounds of Italian Tamburo, 2025) Mr Bongo 09. Saya Gray: Thus is Why [I Don't Spring for Love] (Saya, 2025) Dirty Hit 10. Ribbon Skirt: Cellophane (Bite Down, 2025) Mint 11. Osmium: Osmium 0 (Osmium, 2025) Invada 12.

This action-packed episode profiles music from Martin Scorsese's 2004 biopic about Howard Hughes, with a score by Howard Shore: The Aviator. Amongst some 1940s style music, we also cover some festivals in Vancouver, the start of the 2025 Polaris Prize nominees & other recent news. 01. Rebekah del Rio: Llorando [Crying] (Mulholland Drive OST, 2001) Milan 02. Mary Lattimore & Paul Sukeena: Flaming Cherries Jubilee at Antoine's (West Kensington, 2022) Three Lobed 03. The Whispers: And the Beat Goes On [single edit] (1979) Solar/RCA Victor 04. Yarbrough & Peoples: Don't Stop the Music [single edit] (1980) Mercury 05. Regis: Let Love Decide (Kuboraum Sound Residency, 2024) Kuboraum Editions 06. Young Cardamom & HAB: #1 Spice (Queen of Katwe OST, 2016) Walt Disney 07. Deltron 3030: Mastermind (Deltron 3030, 2000) 75 Ark/Tommy Boy 08. Surprise Chef: Fare Evader (Superb, 2025) Big Crown 09. Pearl & the Oysters: Big Time (Planet Pearl, 2024) Stones Throw 10. Elisapie: Californiamut [Going to California] (In

This past Sunday would've been gak's dad's 80th birthday but as noted, he died back in May. Themes around fatherhood abound with odes to Finland, with selections from the playlist intended for use at his memorial celebration. 01. Gregory Mann: Ciao Papa (Guillermo del Toro's Pinochhio OST, 2022) Columbia 02. Sarah Pagé: Relucesco I (2025) Backward Music 03. Taina Elg: Nine (Nine: Original Broadway Soundtrack, 1982) CBS Masterworks 04. Taina Elg: Ça, C'est L'amour (Les Girls OST, 1957) MGM 05. Karelian Folk Music Ensemble "Toive": Vaiennut Viulu (Early Years, 2008) Sketis 06. Royal Canoe: Summer Stay (Sidelining, 2021) Paper Bag 07. Praises: Our Father (In This Year: Hierophant, 2022) Hand Drawn Dracula 08. Khruangbin: Father Bird, Mother Bird (Mordechai, 2020) Dead Oceans 09. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges: Father Father (Texas Moon EP, 2022) Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories 10. Barry Woolnough: Great Father Spirit in the Sky (Late Night Tales: David Holmes, 2016) LateNightTales 11. BC Smith: That's My

gak's on the road so he dug up a fun episode from 2014 devoted to Mort Garson, well before a great reissue campaign by Sacred Bones. Check out https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20140526/ for the track listing.

Two icons of American music from the 1960s left us this month: Sly Stone of the Family Stone (1943-2025) & Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys (1942-2025). We pay tribute to them via recent films. We also touch upon the 2025 Vancouver International Jazz Festival that's underway. 01. Lynn Ahrens: No More Kings (Schoolhouse Rock! America Rock, 1975) ABC 02. Anthéne & Simon McCorry: Summer's Glow (Wellspring, 2025) Home Normal 03. Alf Clausen & Dan Castellaneta: Cool (Songs in the Key of Springfield, 1997) Rhino 04. Alf Clausen: Eye on Springfield (Songs in the Key of Springfield, 1997) Rhino 05. Wu-Tang Clan: C.R.E.A.M. (Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers, 1993) Loud/RCA 06. El Michels Affair: Iron Man (Return to the 37th Chamber, 2017) Big Crown 07. Etran de L'Aïr: Adounia (100% Sahara Guitar, 2024) Sahel Sounds 08. Jonathan Richman: No One Was Like Vermeer (Because Her Beauty is Raw & Wild, 2008) Vapour 09. Sarah Davachi & Ariel Kalma: Saxiran (Intemporel, 2019) Black Sweat 10. Lil_Babeee_4EVA: Riddles (20

The dream is always the same. Long in the hopper, we finally properly profile Tangerine Dream's score to Tom Cruise's breakout film: 1983's Risky Business. We've touched upon it in the past but we do a better focus this time. (The podcast may take some time to appear based on recent upgrades made to our server, so stand by for partial excitement. If things get lost, I may reconstruct this down the road if I'm short of material or most likely, time one week. We have hundreds of ideas in the backlog and we can't wait to get new shows into your eardrums.) 01. The Beach Boys: Caroline, No (Pet Sounds, 1966) Capitol 02. Light Blending In, Plains Apparition & Haunted Ghost: Closed Eye Patterns (Cold Flame, 2025) self-released 03. Pere Ubu: Birdies (Urgh! A Music War OST, 1981) A&M 04. Nitzer Ebb: Violent Playground (That Total Age, 1987) Mute/Geffen 05. Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Breathing in Three Orbits (The Closest Thing to Silence, 2024) International Anthem 06. Snotty Nose Rez Kid

gak's back from recent business so as he catches up, consider this Part 3 of our tribute to David Lynch, focusing on his own music mostly separate from film & TV. 01. Jerry Goldsmith: Logo (Tombstone OST, 2006) Intrada 02. Marty Robbins: The Red Hills of Utah (Return of the Gunfighter, 1963) Columbia 03. Loscil: Ash Clouds (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 04. Ramen Fog: Head in the Clouds [Fromage] (Ramen Bog EP, 2025) self-released 05. Badbadnotgood & VCR: Found a Light [Beale Street] (2025) XL 06. Khruangbin: Zionsville (The Universe Smiles Upon You, 2015) Night Time Stories 07. Pidgins: Special Economic Zone (Refrains of the Day: Volume 2, 2025) Lexical 08. Cindy Lee: Olive Drab (Diamond Jubilee, 2024) W.25th 09. Ian William Craig: Prisms (Music for Magnesium_173, 2022) 130701 10. DVTR: Né Pour Flâner (Live aux Foufounes, 2025) Lisbon Lux 11. Divorcer: Tiny Devil (Espionage EP, 2023) Domestic Departure 12. Liona Boyd: Persona (Persona, 1986) CBS/FM 13. Laraw: Beaux Yeux (J'ai Quitté le Heartbreak Cl

Charles Strouse (1928-2025) wrote music for many a project so this week's profile touches upon two disparate works: his score to 1967's gangster film Bonnie & Clyde and then his beloved musical Annie. 01. Ken Page & Burt Reynolds: Let's Make Music Together (All Dogs Go to Heaven OST, 1989) Curb 02. Anthony Tan: Sublime Subliminal Sublimate (Susurrus, 2023) Gengseng 03. No Joy: Bugland (Bugland, 2025) Hand Drawn Dracula/Sonic Cathedral 04. Guerilla Toss: Psychosis is Just a Number (2025) Sub Pop 05. Tommy Guerrero: Tone of the Blade (Cryptic Signals 7", 2025) Too Good 06. Antoine Corriveau: Parc Avenue [avec Cherry Lena] (Oiseau de Nuit, 2025) Secret City 07. L'Isle: Silences à la Lime (2025) Bravo Musique 08. Ben Walker: Showers on Ascension Day [w.Sophie Jameson] (Banish Air from Air, 2023) Folkroom 09. Panda Bear: Defence [w.Cindy Lee] (Sinister Grift, 2025) Domino 10. Wallgrin: To Be a Creature (2025) self-released 11. Castle If: Fifth Gear (Drivin' Easy EP, 2023) self-released 12. TOPS: ICU2

gak's back and in a soft start to eulogizing his father (1945-2025), we touch upon some Finnish themes and then Carmine Coppola's music from his son Francis Ford Coppola's gangster epic: 1972's The Godfather. Grief will be our guide. 01. Karstulan Mieslaulajat ja Savotta-orkesteri: Souvaripojat (Elämää Suomalaismetsissä, 2006) self-released 02. Kara-Lis Coverdale: Freedom (From Where You Came, 2025) Smalltown Supersound 03. The Beggar Girls: Finnish Polka (2019) Camel 04. John Stark & Aino Karelia: Finnish Waltz (Tunes & Songs of Finland, 1957) Smithsonian Folkways 05. Lasse Pihlajamaa: Säkkijärven Polkka (Master of Midcentury Finnish Accordion, 2011) Global Village 06. U2: Dirty Day (Songs of Surrender, 2023) Island/Interscope 07. R.E.M. Sweetness Follows (Automatic for the People, 1992) Warner Bros 08. Arborra: Expanse (Arborra EP, 2024) 7K! 09. Bing Crosby: Count Your Blessings [Instead of Sheep] (1954) Decca 10. The Swan Silvertones: Father Alone (Spirituals Volume 7, 1958) Decca 11. Henry Ma

gak's back, harkening to prior travels where a Sapporo hotel kept looping Yann Tiersen's score to the 2001 film Amélie so this episode goes a bit French, though there's plenty of sad news in the world, including Vancouver, to touch upon. 01. Fred Ho, Kulintang Arts & the Asian American Art Ensemble: Lapu Lapu's Battle Preparation/Jihad (Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora, 2021) Smithsonian Folkways 02. Danongan Kalanduyan, Hafez Modirzadeh, Conrad Benedicto & Royal Hartigan: Tatao (Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora, 2021) Smithsonian Folkways 03. Pantayo: Must've Been a Fool (Ang Pagdaloy, 2023) Telephone Explosion 04. Jeremie Albino: I Don't Mind Waiting (Our Time in the Sun, 2024) Easy Eye Sound 05. Volker Bertelmann: You Should Be Careful (Conclave OST, 2024) Back Lot/Mutant 06. Kenny Delmar, Loring Smith & Orchestra: Politics [conductor: Will Irwin] (Texas, Li'l Darlin': An Original Cast Recording, 1950) Decca

As gak hits the road again, it's time for Part 16 of our all-ambient series for your Easter Monday meditation. 01. E Dulanowsky: Time to Go Outside (Anthology of Experimental Music from Canada, 2024) Unexplained Sound Group 02. Bell Dreams: Pallene (Moons, 2023) self-released 03. Joel Vandroogenbroeck: Group Meditation (Meditations: Volume 1, 1980) Coloursound Library 04. RL Huber: The Cracks Underneath (Hafgufa, 2025) self-released 05. Olson: Magic Show at the Four Crossroads (Diegesis, 2025) LOFS 06. Tim Hecker: Heaven Will Come (Shards, 2025) Kranky 07. Kilometre Club: Carvings (Wood Cookies EP, 2025) Slow Echo 08. Gollden: Missing Hawaii (Birds in September EP, 2024) self-released 09. Lee Rosevere: Float Pt.2 (Float, 2025) self-released 10. Reykkin: Encampment (2024) Gentle World Project 11. Respectfulchild: Still (Re:new, 2023) self-released 12. Joachim Spieth & Pepo Galán: Libration (Pop Ambient 2021, 2020) Kompakt 13. Ayjay Nils: Birds (Microdosing EP, 2024) Mille Plateaux 14. Au Vol: Ch

In honour of the actor Val Kilmer (1959-2025), we aim for as diverse a profile as his œuvre. Although the main profile is on Bruce Broughton's score from the 1993 western Tombstone, we have bits from comedies & action films. 01. Bruce Broughton: Pit Orchestra Warmup (Tombstone OST, 2006) Intrada 02. Pulp: Spike Island (More, 2025) Rough Trade 03. Loscil & Lawrence English: Vermillion (Chroma, 2024) self-released 04. Stereolab: Aerial Troubles (Instant Holograms on Metal Film, 2025) Duophonic UHF/Warp 05. Needs: The Accursed Share (Rare Earths EP, 2013) self-released 06. Jerry Martin: Concrete Jungle (Simcity 3000 OST, 1999) Electronic Arts 07. The Makers: Modern Day Freak (The Sore Losers OST, 1997) Sympathy for the Record Industry 08. Shriekback: Lined Up (Care, 1983) Y/Warner Bros 09. Blondie: Union City Blue [instrumental] (Against the Odds: 1974-1982, 2022) Numero Group/Chrysalis/UMC 10. Mouth Congress: Fascist Love Song (Waiting for Henry, 2021) Captured Tracks 11. Etran de l'Aïr: Amidinine

25 years ago this week, Twin Peaks debuted on television and a cult phenomenon was born. In our 2nd tribute to David Lynch (1946-2025) this year, we combine past profiles around the world of Laura Palmer & Agent Dale Cooper, ranging from the original show, the 1992 prequel and the 2017 sequel series. Dream big, boy scouts & girl guides. Your coffee & doughnut menu: 01. Kraftwerk: The Model (The Man Machine, 1978) Kling Klang/EMI 02. Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz: Stöltzle (FRKWYS Volume 16: In a Word, 2020) RVNG Intl 03. Djo: Basic Being Basic (The Crux, 2025) AWAL 04. Richard Chamberlain: Why Can't I Be Two People (The Slipper & the Rose OST, 1976) EMI/MCA 05. Henry Mancini: Main Title (The Thorn Birds OST, 1983) Varèse Sarabande 06. Gewandhausorchester Leipzig: Gubaidulina's The Wrath of God Pt. I (Sofia Gubaidulina: Dialog Ich und du; The Wrath of God; The Light of the End, 2021) Deutsche Grammophon 07. oOoOO & Islamiq Grrrls: Be on Through (Faminine Mystique, 2018) Nihjgt Feelings 08. Light

We're behind on doing some funk so let's dig up some James Brown and his work for the 1973 blaxploitation film Slaughter's Big Rip-Off. As a bonus, you'll get some rare Mort Garson with music from the 1974 film Black Eye as gak becomes the 2nd hardest working man in the radio business. Star time! 01. Radio Trailer: Slaughter (Super Bad, Super Black: Radio Spots from Blaxploitation, 1972) Waste Management 02. Billy Preston: Slaughter (Slaughter OST, 1972) unreleased 03. Quincy Jones: Manteca (You've Got It Bad Girl, 1973) A&M 04. Sugar Pie Desanto: Do the Whoopie (1967) Brunswick 05. Isley Brothers: That Lady (3+3, 1973) T-Neck/Epic 06. Rusty Bryant: Friday Night Funk for Saturday Night Brothers (Friday Night Funk for Saturday Night Brothers, 1973) Prestige 07. Darkside: SNC (Nothing, 2025) Matador 08. Beak> The Seal (>>>>, 2024) Invada 09. Beak> SOS 7 (State of Silence OST, 2025) self-released 10. Badbadnotgood: Eyes on Me (Mid Spiral, 2024) XL 11. Charlotte Day Wilson: Money (Cyan Blue, 2024)

With Ramadan partly in mind, we primarily dig into sounds from the Middle East, focusing on Syria, a country that after over a decade of civil war, entered a period of relief. Alexandre Desplat's score to the 2005 film Syriana gives some Western context but we also hear some film music from Lebanon amongst other inspirations. 01. Radio Damascus: 7 Oct 2010 [2133UTC] 9330 kHz (ShortWaveMusic 2011: United Arab Emirates, 2010) Myke Weiskopf 02. Benjamin Clementine: Phantom of Aleppoville (I Tell a Fly, 2017) Behind/Virgin EMI 03. Zakir Hussain: Tabla Taal/Ek Taal [w.Alla Rakha] (The Rough Guide to Zakir Hussain, 2018) World Music Network/Music Rough Guides 04. David Johansen: Imaginatin' Cocktail (Better an Old Demon than a New God, 1984) Giorno Poetry Systems 05. Michelle Trachtenberg: Dawn's Lament (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Once More with Feeling OST, 2002) Rounder/Fox Music/Mutant Enemy 06. Marta Salogni & Tom Relleen: March (Music for Open Spaces, 2023) Hands in the Dark 07. Sault: Heal (Acts of Fa

Happy St Patrick's Day! For this rare occasion, we dabble across multiple films dear to the Irish heart, including Michael Collins, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Brooklyn, The Secret of Kells and many more. Faith and begorrah! Here's the craic: 01. House of Pain: Danny Boy, Danny Boy (House of Pain, 1992) Tommy Boy 02. Formula Vee: I Could Drift (Dispersal, 2020) Mule 03. Lenny Randle & the Ballplayers: Kingdome [w.Rashawna] (Wheedle's Groove: Seattle Funk, Modern Soul & Boogie, Volume II 1972-1987, 2014) Light in the Attic 04. Les Brown & his Orchestra: Joltin' Joe Dimaggio [w.Judy Johnson] (1941) Okeh 05. Aaron Parks: Sports (Little Big III, 2024) Blue Note 06. The Baseball Project: Pete Rose Way (Volume 2: High & Inside, 2011) Yep Roc 07. Benjamin Gibbard: Ichiro's Theme (2012) Barsuk 08. Yukihiro Takahashi: The Trouble with Shohei (Poisson D'Avril OST [remastered & expanded], 2022) Yen 09. Georgia Harmer: Can We Be Still (2025) Arts & Crafts 10. P:ano: Song (Ba Ba Ba, 2024) COQ 11. L CON/

This will be Part I of our look at the music associated with the works of David Lynch (1946-2025). We'll first listen to some of the music tied & inspired by his films; we'll hold on Twin Peaks until next month when things line up for the 25th anniversary of its TV debut. There may be a Part III but we'll see what we stuff into April's ambitions. 01. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Everybody Loves the Sunshine, 1976) Polydor 02. Space Ghost: Time Station (Private Paradise, 2022) Pacific Rhythm 03. Sonny Sharrock: Space Ghost Coast to Coast (Television's Greatest Hits Volume 7: Cable Ready, 1996) TVT 04. Space Ghost: Something to Think About (Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que, 1997) Cartoon Network 05. Space Ghost: Hero in His Own Mind Pt 2 (Space Ghost's Musical Bar-B-Que, 1997) Cartoon Network 06. Man or Astro-man: Alternate Show Close (Space Ghost:Coast to Coast OST, 1997) Cartoon Network 07. Matterhorn: Space Ghost [DJ Egadz remix] (Knockoff EP, 2010) Kid Without Radio 08. Sam & Da

The 97th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday so gak rushes to recap the winners and sort through all the latest news as a lot of folks have passed away recently. 01. Electropoint: Razor Blades (2024) self-released 02. Daniel Blumberg: Intermission (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 03. Daniel Blumberg: Overture [Bus] (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 04. Daniel Blumberg: Construction (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 05. Daniel Blumberg: Monologue [w.Adrien Brody] (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 06. Daniel Blumberg: Jazz Club (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 07. Zoe Saldaña: El Mal (Emilia Pérez OST, 2024) Sony Masterworks 08. Cynthia Erivo: Defying Gravity (Wicked: the Soundtrack, 2024) Republic/Universal 09. Hans Zimmer: Beginnings are Such Delicate Times (Dune: Part 2 OST, 2024) Watertower 10. Roberta Flack & Quincy Jones: When You're Smiling [the Whole World Smiles with You, End Title] (Dollar$ OST, 1971) Reprise 11. George & Gwen McCrae: The Rub (Together, 1975) RCA Victor 12. Don Ellis: Theme

For our fourth episode tied to nominees for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we listen to the final two nominated songs and the nom'd score to the 2024 film Emilia Pérez with music by Camille & Clément Ducol. 01. Kyle MacLachlan & Angelo Badalamenti: Agent Cooper's February 24th Opening Monologue/Laura Palmer's Theme [Letter from Harold] (Diane...the Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper x Twin Peaks Archives, 1989) David Lynch 02. The Shapeshifters: Lola's Theme [w.Cookie, radio edit amongst other unintentional radio edits] (Lola's Theme single, 2004) Positiva/Nocturnal Groove 03. Regularfantasy's Rendezvous: Money [instrumental premix] (Alt House, 2024) Rendezvous 04. Suzy Q: Get On Up and Do It Again (Get On Up and Do It Again, 1981) Atlantic 05. Chic: I Want Your Love (C'est Chic, 1978) Atlantic 06. Tim Hecker: Sars Requiem (Shards, 2025) Kranky 07. Jackmaster: Ode 2 U (Don't You Want My Lovin' 12", 2024) Crosstown Rebels 08. Terror Danjah: Dark Crawler [w.Riko] (Hyperdub 10.1, 2014) Hyperdub 09. Er