Settling the Score
Today: #124 in TV & Film, South Africa on our combined chart.
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The Third Man
September 24, 2026 · 1 hr 48 minJon and Andy find themselves in a dither over Anton Karas' zither score for the 1949 noir classic The Third Man. Does this music perfectly capture the particular pathos of post-War Vienna, or is it silly and obviously wrong? How did the…
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The Hours
July 14, 2026 · 1 hr 42 minHear Jon and Andy go on and on, over and over and over and over again, about Philip Glass’ score to the 2002 literary drama The Hours. How does Glass' minimalism resonate with the movie's repeating and interwoven timelines? What is it…
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2026 Oscars Special
March 12, 2026 · 2 hr 59 minJon and Andy camp out on Hollywood Blvd. for another marathon episode on this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Original Score. Is it possible there are some trends in film scoring that have us excited? Do we completely understand them? And…
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Beetlejuice
January 14, 2026 · 1 hr 42 minCome on down as Jon, Jon, Jon and Andy, Andy, Andy haunt Danny Elfman's score to the 1988 supernatural comedy Beetlejuice! How did Elfman's background stand him in good stead for this particular brand of craziness? Which of his formative…
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
October 23, 2025 · 1 hr 34 minJoin Jon and Andy as they check into Alexandre Desplat's score for the 2014 Wes Anderson creation The Grand Budapest Hotel. How does Desplat's music align with Anderson's idiosyncratic perspective? What instruments give it its very…
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Elevator to the Gallows
July 24, 2025 · 1 hr 34 minListen as Jon and Andy take a long, meandering stroll through and around Miles Davis’ score for the 1958 crime drama Elevator to the Gallows. How did this French film wind up looming large in the history of American jazz? What special mood…
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The Fugitive
May 6, 2025 · 1 hr 41 minFollow along as Jon and Andy do a hard-target search of James Newton Howard’s score to the 1993 man-on-the-run thriller The Fugitive. How do this film and its music match this cultural moment? What technical rule does Howard break, and why…
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2025 Oscars Special
February 28, 2025 · 2 hr 42 minIt’s back to the Oscars stage for Jon and Andy, to talk about this year’s nominees for Best Original Score, and it’s back to some age old questions: Do we want our music made out of notes or blobs? Does reading up about these scores get in…
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The Graduate
February 11, 2025 · 1 hr 45 minAre you here for an affair? Ah yes, an episode of Settling the Score, very good sir - this one's about Simon and Garfunkel’s song score to Mike Nichol’s classic 1967 satire The Graduate. How was this movie pioneering in its use of music?…
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The Empire Strikes Back
October 3, 2024 · 2 hr 26 min“I love this score.” “I know.” Jon and Andy search their feelings about John Williams’ score for the 1980 hit sci-fi fantasy sequel The Empire Strikes Back. How important has this score been to our hosts? How does its mastery show itself…
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Double Indemnity
June 11, 2024 · 1 hr 27 minJon and Andy go straight down the line through Miklós Rózsa's score for the 1944 film noir classic Double Indemnity. Which elements of this music sound like noir, and which don’t? Why do we enjoy stories about bad people? And, where’s a…
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2024 Oscars Special
March 6, 2024 · 2 hr 51 minIt’s time again for Jon and Andy to strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and find the real tinsel underneath, as they consider this year’s Oscar nominees for Best Original Score. Is it possible that our hosts are feeling less cranky…