Horror film scores with Matthew Nolan | Púca Festival

Episode 153 of the Nialler9 Podcast is a Halloween / Samhain special!*On this episode we are talking about scoring horror movies and experiences.Our guest joining Nialler and Andrea are Matthew Nolan who is the composer who has made spooky scores for Púca Festival's outdoor installations at Slane Castle this week both on the castle itself with projection mapping as Double Take Projections, and its eerie woodlands as Oíche Shamhna Whispers. More on Púca's musical offerings here.Nolan is a founder of the post-rock band 3epkano who formed in 2004. The band were known for composing and performing live scores for classic silent films like The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari, Metropolis, Faust and Nosferatu. Matthew shares eight pieces of influential music with us from horror film scores as listed below, and takes us through why they resonate with him. Listen to the episode below or Subscribe in your favourite podcast app:Subscribe in Apple | Android | ACAST | Pocketcasts | CastBox | Stitcher | Spotify | RSS FeedMatthew's choicesMica Levi - Lipstick to Void - Under the Skin (2014)Jerry Goldsmith - The Dome - Logan’s Run (1976)Eduard Artemyev - CoH - Mirror (1975)John Carpenter - Halloween Theme (1978)Krzysztof Komeda - Lullaby from Rosemary’s Baby - Rosemary’s Baby (1968)Simon Fisher Turner - Isle Of Species - Nadja (1995)Stuart A Staples - TheBox - High Life (2018)Jóhann Jóhannsson - Forging The Beast - Mandy (2018)You'll also hear Matthew's score for Púca Festival at the end.* It wouldn't be a Halloween special without a spooky incident, and this week, Andrea's podcast cut out at 13 minutes in so we're using backup audio for some of this.... 👻Last year's Halloween special: The devil in music, a short history of horror soundtracks & spooky tunesSongs played on the Nialler9 Podcast Spotify PlaylistAndrea has a new podcast - My Favourite AlbumSupport Nialler9 on Patreon and join our Discord chat + member playlists and content.Andrea has a Ghost newsletterSubscribe to the podcast and please leave a review on iTunes, tell your friends or commit to supporting us directly. Support us on Patreon.Previous podcast episodes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.