Have you ever listened to a song that stopped you in your tracks and made you say out loud, ’This is the greatest song I’ve ever heard in my entire life!’? Composer and lapsed-musicologist Scott Interrante and producer Katherine Mohr talk to musicians, writers, actors, comedians, and other cool creative people about the music they love, why they love it, and the song that makes them scream, ’This Is The Greatest Song I’ve Ever Heard In My Entire Life!’ @Gr8SongPod on Twitter and Instagram. @ ...
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Original songs! Fake bands! Real good needle drops! Welcome to Soundtrack Your Life, a podcast about the film and TV soundtracks that shape pop culture.Hosted by Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak, each episode features a guest who shares personal stories about a soundtrack that's meaningful to them. Discover hidden gems, behind-the-scenes stories, hot debates, and deep dives into the most iconic songs in movies. 🎧 Perfect for fans of: • Movie and TV soundtracks • Music and pop culture connections • ...
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Writer James Deon Williams Breaks Down Boomerang's (1992) Stacked Soundtrack and Stacked Cast
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47:49Pop culture writer, James Down Williams, joins Ryan to talk about the 1992 Reginald Hudlin film, Boomerang and it's 3x Platinum soundtrack. The soundtrack boasted 6 singles including Toni Braxton's "Give U My Heart" and Boyz II Men's "End of the Road", which would top the Billboard Top 100 for 13 weeks, which was a record at the time. Equally impre…
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LIMAHL (Kajagoogoo) on Why His Needle Drops "Too Shy" and "The NeverEnding Story" Are Showing up in the 2000s
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48:51Solo artist, and lead singer of Kajagoogoo, Limahl is our guest this week and it was an honor to talk to the singer of the chart topping soundtrack song, The NeverEnding Story. It was a top 10 hit in over 15 countries, including hitting #1 in Norway, Spain and Sweden. Limahl has recently released a new single, a great cover of America's "A Horse wi…
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How Many Times Did Trent Reznor Watch Natural Born Killers (1994)?! w/ Erin from It's a Fandom Thing
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1:15:42Erin Marlow of It's a Fandom Thing joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 1994 Oliver Stone film, Natural Born Killers. It began as a Quentin Tarantino script before Oliver Stone turned it into an entirely different thing, which is just one of many controversies that surround this film. What's not controversial is the greatness of the Natural Born…
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Frank Meyer (Streetwalkin' Cheetahs/Fear) on the Repo Man (1984) Soundtrack and Being in One of the Bands on the Soundtrack
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1:25:01Rocker Frank Meyer (The Street Walkin' Cheetahs / Trading Aces / Fear) has a new album out on 3/25 called Living Between the Lines (Kitten Robot Records) and he joins Nicole and Ryan to discuss his career and the soundtrack to the 1984 film, Repo Man. It's a soundtrack full of LA punk rock legends like Black Flag, Fear, The Plugz and the Circle Jer…
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Pop Culture Yearbook’s Brad on the Hilarious Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016) Soundtrack and The Lonely Island’s Songcraft
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1:07:00Doink da doink! Brad from the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about the Lonely Island 2016 film, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. It flamed out when it was released back in 2016 but it's reached cult status with it's joke-dense comedy, super talented cast, and songs that are equally brillia…
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Why is There Controversy with the 2025 Best Original Song Category and Is This Diane Warren's Year?
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56:41It's time to talk the 2025 Oscars! Nicole and Ryan break down the 2025 Oscars Best Original Song category. There are some past winners (Elton John), a 16 time nominee (Diane Warren), 2 songs from Emilia Perez, and a nomination for Sing Sing. There's also a controversy regarding the category: none of the songs will be performed at the ceremony! Here…
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Space Castle's DT on The Scene from 500 Days of Summer (2009) That He Thought Was Copied From HIs Life
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1:15:37DT, host of the Space Castle YouTube Channel, returns to Soundtrack Your Life to talk to Nicole and Ryan about Marc Webb's 2009 film, 500 Days of Summer. Lots of stories or heartbreak in our 20s follows since this film is a perfect backdrop for our Valentines Day episode. Tales of heartbreak, dumping someone over their bad music taste, making mixta…
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On this bonus episode, Scott and Katherine recap the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for 2025 including the relief of Beyoncé finally winning Album Of The Year, friend of the pod Chappell Roan winning Best New Artist, great performances by Sabrina Carpenter and Doechii, and more! @gr8songpod on twitter, and instagram @ScottInterrante on instagram @Kather…
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How do Kogonada's Directing & Hammock's Score Transform Columbus (2017)? w/ Jen and Sarah of Movies and Us
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1:06:45Jen and Sarah from Movies and Us join Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak to talk about Kogonada's 2017 directorial debut, Columbus. The film is intimate and captures smaller moments. Hammock's gorgeous ambient score is the perfect compliment to the visuals. Kogonada would follow up Columbus with 2021's After Yang and he would direct episodes of Disney Plus…
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Slinky Vagabond's Keanan Duffty Explains Why the Labyrinth (1986) Soundtrack Still Resonates Today
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1:16:24A man of many talents, Keanan Duffty is our guest for this episode. His band, Slinky Vagabond, has a new album coming out on January 14th. You can pre-order that here. He is also a fashion designer, one who has collaborated with the iconic David Bowie on his 2008 fashion line for Target. Since Keanan is a Bowie fan and collaborator, Ryan and Nicole…
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These Are The Greatest Songs We've Heard All Year (2024 In Review)
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46:26Closing out the season with a special end of the year episode, Scott and Katherine look back and draft their Top 5 Songs and Albums of 2024 as well as their pick for best song pick from an episode this year! Plus, they're joined by Marissa Schuh to talk all about Brat and Charli xcx's big year. Featuring music by Chappell Roan, Waxahatchee, Beyoncé…
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Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro On The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) & Where It Ranks Among The Muppet Films
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1:21:15Happy Holidays! Scott Interrante of This is the Greatest Song I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life and Tara Giancaspro of xoxo Gossip Giancaspro join Nicole and Ryan to talk about The Muppet Christmas Carol, which begs the question, "Do we even like the general story of A Christmas Carol?" Our answers to that question will shock you as well our answer…
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Bald Ann Dowd Was Stopped In Her Tracks By "This Must Be The Place"
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36:49Internet personality (sensation?!) Ali Sivi aka Bald Ann Dowd joins us to talk about this year in music and film, growing up listening to 80s synth pop, and the great song she's ever heard in her entire life, "This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)" by Talking Heads Plus, Scott and Katherine discuss Spotify Wrapped, becoming Doechii fans, and Sabrin…
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What 70s/80s band is Jim from Film Rage Reminded of When He Hears the Score for We Live in Time (2024)?
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1:05:20Jim from Film Rage joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about John Crowley's 2024 film, We Live in Time. The score is handled by Bryce Dessner (The National, Big Red Machine), and this is Dessner's 2nd score for 2024, the other being for Sing Sing, which was released earlier this year. Dessner's non-traditional score is very front and center in this non-l…
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Music Rewind's Stephen Epley on Discovering Soul Music via the Soundtrack to The Commitments (1991)
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1:05:52Stephen Epley, host of Music Rewind, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about Alan Parker's 1991 film, The Commitments. The film deserverdly racked up nominations at the BAFTAS, Golden Globes and the Oscars, but it's soundtrack is what really took off in the US and around the world. It went 2x Platinum in the US, 3x Platinum in the UK, and it was a huge…
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Musician, actor, and filmmaker Augie Isaac joins us to talk about coming to music late, watching Get Back with his dad, and the greatest song he's ever heard in his entire life, "Something" by The Beatles! Plus, Scott and Katherine go long on the new Wicked movie Follow Augie Isaac on instagram @augieisaac and stream his latest single "Ever Feel Th…
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Founder and editor of Taypedia Krista Doyle joins to talk about running a Taylor Swift-focused publication, music she's listening to outside of Taylor, and the greatest song she's ever heard in her entire life, "Gold Rush" by, of course, Taylor Swift. Plus, Scott and Katherine react to the 2025 Grammy Award Nominations You can follow Krista on twit…
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DrumTalk TV's Dan Shinder Explains Why He's One of the Drummers of This is Spinal Tap (1984)
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1:17:41Dan Shinder, founder of DrumTalkTV joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the 1984 Rob Reiner Mockumentary, This is Spinal Tap, and how it might be more realistic than a lot of rock biopics out there. We break down the big hair, on-stage disasters, dressing room shenanigans, and of course, THE MUSIC. From "Hell Hole" to "Stonehenge" and everything in …
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Cody Meacham Wants His Funeral Song To Be "Butterflies and Hurricanes"
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34:01Artist Cody Meacham of Radley Relics joins our Halloween episode to talk about his horror-themed artwork, playing Earth Wind And Fire in High School Marching Band, and the greatest song he's ever heard in his entire life, "Butterflies And Hurricanes" by Muse. Plus, Katherine and Scott catch up on music-related movies and new pop releases Check out …
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Middle Class Film Class' Pete Abeyta on the Punch Drunk Love Soundtrack (2002) and Jon Brion's Gorgeous Score
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1:13:05Pete Abeyta from the Middle Class Film Class Podcast/YouTube Channel, joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 film, Punch Drunk Love. This soundtrack consists of a wonderful score by producer/composer/mad scientist, Jon Brion, who also composed the scores to films that we've covered in previous episodes lik…
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Leannie Feels Like She's In A Movie With "My Way"
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34:14Singer-Songwriter Leannie joins to talk about her new album Stuck At The Playground, gaining confidence from TikTok, and the greatest song she's ever heard in her entire life, "My Way" by Frank Sinatra! Plus, Scott and Katherine talk about Joker: Folie à Deux Listen to Stuck At The Playground wherever you get your music and follow Leannie on instag…
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DT of Space Castle Finds The Score and Soundtrack for Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) Perfect
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1:05:32DT, host of Space Castle on YouTube (formerly the podcast), joins Nicole and Ryan to talk about the soundtrack to the 2010 Edgar Wright film, Scott Pilgrim vs the World. That means discussing Sex B-Bomb, Crash and the Boys, Clash at Demonhead, and the real life musicians behind them like Beck, Broken Social Scene, Metric, and more!We talk about thi…
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Sofia, Charlie, and Julian from the incredible band MICHELLE join us to talk about their new album Songs About You Specifically, which member of the band is best on aux, and the greatest song they've ever heard in their entire life, "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson! Plus, Scott and Katherine talk about 2024's All Things Go music festival Follow MI…
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Director Dr. Augusta Palmer Talks About Exploring Her Father's Legacy in The Blues Society (2023)
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46:28Director of The Blues Society, Dr. Augusta Palmer, and Memphis radio DJ legend, Henry Nelson join Ryan to talk about the 2023 documentary, The Blues Society. The film has recently become available for rental and purchase on digital platforms. We Discuss: The origin of the film and when Dr. Palmer learned that her father was involved with organizing…
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Maddie Rice Gets Into Prog With "America"
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30:06Singer-songwriter and guitarist for the SNL House Band joins us to talk about transitioning from being a hired gun to an artist in control, listening to Simon and Garfunkel tapes in the car, and the greatest song she's ever heard in her entire life, "America" written by Paul Simon as covered by Yes! Plus, Scott and Katherine review the 2024 MTV VMA…
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Bonus: 2009 VMAs 15th Anniversary Special
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33:14On September 13th, 2009 the MTV VMAs unexpectedly became one of the most consequential award shows in history. In this special Bonus Episode Scott and Katherine are joined by culture writer and host of the In Sync podcast Rachel Brodsky to look back for the 15th Anniversary of the award show where Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance sp…
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The Can't Hardly Wait (1998) Soundtrack Brings Jenn from My Streaming Bubble Back to 1998 25+ years later
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1:16:59Jenn Owens, host of the podcast, My Streaming Bubble, is our guest this week to talk about the soundtrack to the Henry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan 1998 film, Can't Hardly Wait. While the film didn't do huge numbers at the box office office upon its release, it is a movie that has grown in popularity over the years. Since the film takes place at a hou…
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Juveria Zaheer Turns Her Orbit Towards "Jesus, Etc."
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34:29Jeopardy! Champion Juveria Zaheer (winner of the Season 40 Second Chance Tournament and Champions Wildcard Tournament) joins us to talk about the Charli XCX clue she shouldn't have missed, watching her children fall in love with music, and the greatest song she's ever heard in her entire life, "Jesus, Etc." by Wilco. Plus, Scott and Katherine catch…
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Composer Archer Marsh On His Needle Drops that Appear On The Bridgerton Season 3 Soundtrack
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1:00:17Composer Archer Marsh is our guest this week, and he discusses his work on Bridgerton Season 3 including the viral hit, "Give Me Everything" (Pitbull), which has really taken on a life of its own. Archer has 2 other needle drops in Season 3: "Confident" (Demi Lovato) and "Lights" (Ellie Goulding). All of these songs are off Archer's album, Sequens,…
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Kishi Bashi Feels Elevated By "Aqualera do Brasil"
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23:37Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi joins to talk about his new album Kantos, the records he listens to at dinner, and the greatest song he's ever heard in his entire life, "Aqualera do Brasil" as covered by João Gilberto. Get Kantos wherever you get your music when it's released August 23rd and follow him on instagram @kishi_bashi @gr…
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Soundtrack Your Life Ep 101 - Soundtracking Monopoly w/ Scott Interrante and Tara Giancaspro
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59:59(After a short hiatus, we're back, and we'll be back to releasing 2 episodes of month until December!)This is the Greatest Song that I've Ever Heard in My Entire Life's Scott Interrante and our favorite substacker, Tara Giancaspro return to Soundtrack Your Life to help Nicole and Ryan soundtrack the recently announced film Monopoly (Margot Robbie’s…
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