Songs in the Key of SF

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Russo has composed music for sci-fi fantasy shows like Star Trek Discovery and Picard, The Umbrella Academy, Altered Carbon, For All Mankind, and Lucifer. But he didn’t set out to be known as a composer of SF projects, or even a composer at all. He began as a rock musician, and found he had a knack for writing music for the screen because he understood that music plays a crucial role in grounding unreal stories in the emotions of the characters. We talk about his approaching to scoring and why it’s so challenging to write a theme song. Our ad partner is Multitude. If you’re interested in advertising on Imaginary Worlds, you can contact them here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds.
0:31.8	A show about how we create them and why we suspend our disbelief.
0:35.1	I'm Eric Melinsky.
0:37.2	A TV theme song can be iconic.
0:40.0	And a sci-fi or fantasy theme song can really set the mood,
0:44.0	like the original Star Trek theme,
0:50.4	or the X-Files.
0:51.6	Or Twin Peaks.
0:58.5	In the last 20 years, a lot of network TV shows and cable shows
1:08.3	have done away with theme songs.
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