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The latest part of the Tron series is 2025's Tron: Ares with a film score by Nine Inch Nails so we'll dive into the grid via the sea of simulation. 01. Robyn: Dopamine (2025) Young/Konichiwa 02. Formula Vee: One (Two Boxes, 2025) self-released 03. Steve "Silk" Hurley & Keith Nunnally: Jack Your Body [Hardfloor radio edit] (Jack Your Body EP, 1986) Underground 04. Dillinja & Clarky: Sinewave (Sinewave 12", 1993) Cybotron 05. Wata Igarashi: One for EM (My Supernova 12", 2025) Dekmantel 06. Charlotte de Witte: Higher (Charlotte de Witte, 2025) Kntxt 07. Orbital & Tilda Swinton: Deepest (Radiccio EP, 2025) London 08. Loscil: Arrhythmia (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 09. Yu Su: Foundry (Foundry 12", 2025) Short Span 10. Kelly Lee Owens: Ascend (Kelly EP, 2025) d2h 11. Castle If: Not Safe for Life (Darknet EP, 2023) self-released 12. Ladytron: I Believe in You (2025) Nettwerk 13. Teen Daze: Moving Forward (2025) Easy Listening 14. Pacific Coliseum: Breath Dance (Dreaming in Paradise EP, 2025) Rhythm Sectio

We tried this last year but station upgrades around that time meant things went sideways so it's take two of our Remembrance Day profile tied to Max Steiner's score from the legendary 1942 film Casablanca. Less political, limited repetition and new memories will be made. You must remember this, properly now. This could be XHM #717.1 but it's mostly redone. 01. Bambii: Remember [w.Ravyn Lenae & Scrufizzer] (Infinity Club II, 2025) Because Music 02. Mary Lattimore & Walt McClements: The Poppies, the Wild Mustard, the Blue-Eye Grass (Rain on the Road, 2024) Thrill Jockey 03. Pleasure Planet: Remember [in Dreams] (Pleasure Planet, 2024) Self:Timer 04. Vic Chesnutt: Dick Cheney (Skitter On Take-Off, 2009) ADA/Vapor 05. Nicholas Britell: The Iraq War Symphony (Vice OST, 2018) Decca Classics 06. John Williams: Lost in Space (Television's Greatest Hits of the '50s & '60s, 1986) TVT 07. Les Baxter: Lassie (Television's Greatest Hits: Volume 4, 1996) TVT 08. Sigur Rós: Skel (Átta, 2023) Krúnk 09. The Halluc

Playwright & director Robert Wilson (1941-2025) had an enormous impact on avant-garde theatre so we'll explore music associated with his works, particularly a few with Tom Waits. We also play catchup post-Hallowe'en horror on various fronts. 01. The Specials: Everybody Knows (Protest Songs 1924-2012, 2021) Island/Universal 02. John Oliver: Promise (Cool Take, 2017) self-released 03. Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway: Back Together Again (Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway, 1980) Atlantic 04. Diane Keaton, Natalie Mosco & Suzannah Norstrand: Black Boys (Hair: Original Broadway Recording, 1988) RCA Victor 05. Nino Rota: Kay (The Godfather Pt II OST, 1974) ABC 06. Nun Gun: Stealth Empire [w.Mark Stewart] (Mondo Decay, 2021) Witty Kiwi 07. Ruth Lyon: November (Poems & Non Fiction, 2025) Pink Lane 08. Mark Isham: The Park (Justified: City Primeval OST, 2023) Madison Gate 09. Feist: The Park (The Reminder, 2007) Arts & Crafts/Interscope 10. Finn Wolfhard: Everytown There's a Darling (Happy Birthday, 20

Our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month concludes this week with a film that confuses holidays but has become a seasonal fave: 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Themes collide as we figure out what night to dress for. 01. Neko Case: Baby, I'm Not [A Werewolf] (Neon Grey Midnight Green, 2025) Anti- 02. Clarice Jensen: In Holiday Clothing, Out of the Great Darkness Pt. I (In Holiday Clothing, Out of the Great Darkness, 2025) 130701/Fatcat 03. Water from Your Eyes: Playing Classics (It's a Beautiful Place, 2025) Matador 04. Desire: Behind the Mask (Lost River OST, 2015) Italians Do It Better 05. Laurel Halo: Atlas (Atlas, 2023) Awe 06. Lil Baby & Gunna: Drip Too Hard (Drip Harder, 2018) YSL/Quality Control/Motown/Capitol 07. DJ Roderick & DJ Jose Gonzalez: Bailalo Rocky [w.Ariadne Arana] (2025) self-released 08. Keith Mansfield: World Series (BBC Sporting Themes, 1979) BBC 09. Rondellus: Rotæ Confusionis [Wheels of Confusion] (Sabbatum: A Mediæval Tribute to Black Sabbath, 2003) The Music Cartel 10. So

Hallowe'en Horror Month continues in earnest as we explore the human body & celebrity skin via EC Woodley's score to the 2012 film Antiviral. 01. Ace Frehley: Rip It Out (Ace Frehley, 1978) Casablanca 02. Lea Bertucci: Warp & Weft (Resonant Field, 2019) NNA Tapes 03. D'Angelo: Unshaken (Red Dead Redemption 2 OST, 2019) Lakeshore 04. Garbage: Afterglow (I Think I'm Paranoid single, 1998) Mushroom 05. Chxmeras: Formline (Second Sight EP, 2025) Apparatus 06. Ada Lea: Somebody is Walking Into the Water (When I Paint My Masterpiece, 2025) Saddle Creek 07. Destroyer: I Materialize (Dan's Boogie, 2025) Merge 08. Paolo Rustichelli: Black Tunnel [M19] (Scream! Italian Horror Soundtrack Music, 2025) Decca 09. In Mirrors: Boy Moonlight (2025) self-released 10. Leathers: Crash (Ultraviolet, 2024) Artoffact 11. Yasunao Tone: Book14-3348 (Musica Simulacra, 2011) Atak 12. Geese: Trinidad (Getting Killed, 2025) Partisan/PIAS 13. Miki Berenyi Trio: Gango (Tripla, 2025) Bella Union 14. Marina Mello: Transborder

For your Thanksgiving enjoyment, in contrast to past holiday episodes that aided with digestion, this one is designed to help with any harvest meal prep. However, amidst all the food-related songs, it's heavily pizza related for those who eschew roast beasts or rote beets. Our soundtrack profile is horror-adjacent with Nima Fakhara's score to the 2020 action thriller Becky. Lots of questions, exclamations and bitches, so very on-brand for a Canadian holiday. 01. Susan Raye: Thanksgiving (Merry Christmas/Happy New Year 7", 1970) RCA 02. Thundercat: Children of the Baked Potato [w.Remi Wolf] (2025) Brainfeeder 03. Hugh Fraser: Thank You Very Much (Bonehenge! 2004) Boathouse 04. Fan Death: Jealousy [strings] (Demos, 2000s?) self-released 05. The Olivia Tremor Control: A Peculiar Noise called Train Director (Black Foliage: Animation Music - Volume 1, 1999) Blue Nose/Flydaddy 06. Bitchin Bajas: Skylarking (Inland See, 2025) Drag City 07. Stereolab: Fed Up with Your Job? (Fed Up with Your Job/Constant &

It's October so it's time for our annual Hallowe'en Horror Month! One of the big films in 2025 is Sinners, so we get bloody & bluesy with Ludwig Göransson's music from Ryan Coogler's latest. We also press on with our Vancouver International Film Festival previews, particularly on the live front. 01. Nourished by Time: Automatic Love (The Passionate Ones, 2025) XL 02. Loscil: Lake Fire (Lake Fire, 2025) Kranky 03. Julianna Barwick & William Tyler: Drift of the Jenny (2025) self-released 04. Mychael & Jeff Danna: Dad (Onward OST, 2020) Disney 05. Claire Rousay: Just [w.M Sage] (Little Death, 2025) Thrill Jockey 06. Claire Rousay: VI (The Bloody Lady, 2024) Viernulvier 07. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe: Music Box (Candyman OST, 2021) Waxwork/Back Lot 08. Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe & Ariel Kalma: Mille Voix (Frkwys 12: We Know Each Other Somehow, 2014) RVNG Intl 09. Dominique Fils-Aimé: Tall Lion Down [live] (Live at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, 2025) Ensoul 10. The Organ: A Sudden Death (Grab That

In honour of the actor Graham Greene (1952-2025) along with Canada's National Day of Truth & Reconciliation, we span indigenous themes with some soundtracks tied to Greene's films, particularly from the one he received an Oscar nomiation for: Dances with Wolves. We also preview the upcoming Vancouver International Film Festival in a bonkers episode that your host turned into a stampede. 01. Massive Attack vs Mad Professor: Eternal Feedback [Sly dub] (No Protection, 1995) Wild Bunch/Virgin 02. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Summer's End (Sitting on the Moon, 2025) Mexican Summer 03. Verses GT: Intention (Verses GT, 2025) Luckyme 04. Magdalena Bay & Grimes: Image [Grimes special] (2024) Mom+Pop 05. Nap & Charming Ultra: El Llanto [Dub for] (Solidarity, 2020) self-released 06. Elisapie: Uummati Attanarsimat [Heart of Glass, remix] (Inuktitut Remixes, 2025) Bonsound 07. Aysanabee: Gone Baby Gone (Edge of the Earth, 2025) Ishkōdé 08. Robbie Robertson: Too Much Dynamite (Killers of the Flower Moon OST, 2023) Masterw

Robert Redford (1936-2025) had a profound influence on the world, be it through acting, directing, producing & activism. As we pivot to pay tribute to him, we'll focus on baseball and Randy Newman's iconic score from 1984's The Natural. Seasons change and so do we, though the Exploding Head Sports Desk got kinda itchy here. Your starting lineup with the best that ever was: .001 Tame Impala: End of Summer (Deadbeat, 2025) Columbia .002 Milt Jackson: I'm Not So Sure (Olinga, 1974) CTI .003 Yves Jarvis: Warp & Woof (All Cylinders, 2025) Next Door/In Real Life .004 Mustafa: Gaza is Calling (Dunya, 2024) Arts & Crafts/Jagjaguwar .005 Franco Micalizzi: Night Breeze (Unusual Sounds, 2018) Anthology .006 Mac DeMarco: Nightmare (Guitar, 2025) Mac's Record Label .007 Sparks: Do Things My Own Way (Mad! 2025) Transgressive .008 Múm: Kostrzyn (Dusk Log single, 2004) FatCat .009 Múm: Avignon (History of Silence, 2025) Morr .010 Laufey: Mr Eclectic (A Matter of Time, 2025) Awal/Vingolf .011 Autechre: Bronchus

As we attempt to recap the recent Emmy awards, we profile the violinist/composer Alexander Balanescu and his score to the 1995 film Angels & Insects. We also wrap up all the Polaris lead-up by listening to 2 of the nominated songs for the inaugural Polaris Song Prize from albums that are in the short list for Polaris Album Prize. Fly away with me and these numbers. 01. Malibu: So Sweet & Willing (Vanities, 2025) Year0001 02. The Field: Monte Veritá (The Follower, 2016) Kompakt 03. Sophia Stel: All My Friends are Models (How to Win at Solitaire EP, 2025) Pack 04. Whatever the Weather: 23°C [Intermittent Sunshine] (Whatever the Weather II, 2025) Ghostly International 05. Tim Hecker: Icesynth (Shards EP, 2025) Kranky 06. Yeule: Eko (Evangelic Girl is a Gun, 2025) Ninja Tune 07. Ice Cube: It's My Ego (Man Down, 2024) Lench Mob 08. Antonio Sanchez: Ice Cube is Gone (The Studio OST, 2025) Lions Gate 09. Antonio Sanchez: It's Happening (The Studio OST, 2025) Lions Gate 10. Kendrick Lamar: Squabble Up (G

As gak rushed back from the ocean, we explore life underwater as we freely associate the fact that the new Wes Anderson film The Phoenician Scheme has a short score so we can dig up some 2004 gems off The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou to dive into our main theme: music from various documentary series with Jacques Cousteau. Let me tell you about my playlist. 01. Thundercat: The Life Aquatic (Apocalypse, 2013) Brainfeeder 02. Nick Joliat: Underwater Garden of Forking Paths (Casio Music 2, 2023) People Places 03. Jill Sobule: Palm Springs (California Years, 2009) Pinko 04. Nemahsis: Coloured Concrete (Verbathim, 2024) self-released 05. Arid Landscapes: Summerhill (Arid Landscapes, 2025) self-released 06. Dijon: Another Baby! (Baby, 2025) R&R/Warner 07. Peggy Lipton: I Know Where I'm Going (The Complete Ode Recordings, 2014) Ode/Real Gone/Vivid Sound 08. Quincy Jones: Summer in the City (You've Got It Bad Girl, 1973) A&M 09. Ada Lea: Baby Blue Frigidaire Mini Fridge (When I Paint My Masterpiece, 2025

For your Labour Day enjoyment, we go mostly electronic though naturally so as we profile Lawrence Lek's 2020 AI-musical Aidol. Kneel before gak! Where do we begin? 000001. Jenny Hval: I Want to Start at the Beginning (Iris Silver Mist, 2025) 4AD 000010. CHYPS: Soundtracks for Mutants During Labour Disruption (Soundtracks for Mutants During Labour Disruption EP, 2015) self-released 000011. Badbadnotgood: Juan's World (Mid Spiral, 2024) Innovative Leisure/XL 000100. Neil Young: Sail Away (Oceanside Countryside, 2025) Reprise 000101. Japanese Breakfast: Exploration [Nature] (Sable OST, 2021) Masterworks/Dead Oceans 000110. Japanese Breakfast: Men in Bars [w.Jeff Bridges] (For Melancholy Brunettes & Sad Women, 2025) Dead Oceans 000111. Terence Stamp: Colours (The Limey OST, 1999) Flash Cut 001000. Cliff Martinez & Michael Williams: Wanna Take Me Out? [edit] (The Limey OST, 1999) Flash Cut 001001. Nino Rota: Main Titles/Toby Dammit Theme (Toby Dammit OST, 1968) Quartet/Bella Casa 001010. John Williams

It's been a while since we've dug into the film score work of David Holmes so we'll skip across some recent soundtracks from the Northern Irish DJ. We also talk about Slarta John, JD Twitch and Jim Lovell. 01. Kaytranada: Space Invader (Ain't No Damn Way! 2025) RCA 02. David Holmes: Gone [Kruder & Dorfmeister session] (K&D Sessions, 1998) Studio !K7 03. Slarta John & Hatiras: Spaced Invader [Olav Basoski radio edit] (The Many Moods of Slarta John, 2001) Atlantic Jaxx 04. Slarta John: So Life Go (The Many Moods of Slarta John, 2001) Atlantic Jaxx 05. JD Twitch: Sophis Scholl (May Day EP, 2020) Optimo 06. JD Twitch: The Ecstasy of Saint Therese [w.Chloë Sevigny] (More of That Frightful Oompty Boompty Music, 2022) Spun Out 07. Christiane F: Wunderbar [JD Twitch edit] (Kreaturen der Nacht: Deutsche Post-Punk Subkultur 1980-1985, 1982) Optimo/Strut 08. The Sabres of Paradise: Smokebelch II [Beatless mix] (Sabresonic [remastered], 2025) Warp 09. Population II: Homme Étoilé (Maintenant Jamais, 2025) Bonsou

With some recent Ennio Morricone reissues, we go with a slightly older film score with a mix of the new: 1970's Compañeros. We also touch upon Tom Lehrer, Ozzy Osbourne, Eddie Palmieri & other news as we juggle Spanish themes, BIPOC country & acts playing in Vancouver before summer ends. 01. Tom Lehrer: New Math (That Was the Year That Was, 1965) Reprise/Warner Bros 02. Jazz Sabbath: Paranoid (Volume 2, 2022) Blacklake 03. Black Sabbath: The Wizard (Black Sabbath, 1970) Vertigo 04. Ozzy Osbourne: Bark at the Moon (Bark at the Moon, 1983) CBS/Epic 05. Eddie Palmieri: My Spiritual Indian (Justicia, 1970) Tico 06. Ziad Rahbani: Al Jeel [The Generation] (Amrak Seedna & Abtal Wa Harameyah, 2000) EMI Arabia 07. Antena: Camino del Sol (Camino del Sol, 1982) Les Disques Du Crépuscule 08. Emma Rush: A Lost Love (The Life & Times of Catharina Pratten, 2025) self-released 09. The OBGMs: Get Up (Sorry, It's Over, 2024) self-released 10. Leon Bridges & Hermanos Gutiérrez: Elegantly Wasted (2025) Easy Eye Sou

gak's back from being afar so he's jetlagged & overheated. That said, it was this month that 80 years ago, two atomic bombs were detonated over Japan during World War II so we pay tribute to the cities of Hiroshima & Nagasaki through song & film. We also talk Michael Madsen, Mark Snow and pick up where we left off with the 2025 Polaris Prize album nominees as the new song award popped up. 01. OMD: Enola Gay (Organisation, 1980) Dindisc 02. Stomu Yamash'ta: Memory of Hiroshima (The Man Who Fell to Earth OST, 2016) UMC 03. Christophe: Sunny Road to Salina (La Route de Salina: Bande Originale du Film, 1970) Delta Italiana/les Disques Motors 04. Stealers Wheel: Stuck in the Middle with You [Todd Terje edit] (2008) self-released 05. Hans Zimmer: Watching Him Go/Jimmy Pops the Question (Thelma & Louise OST, 2025) La-La Land 06. Mark Snow: Main Theme from La Femme Nikita [club version] (The Snow Files, 1999) Sonic Images 07. Mark Snow: Main Title from The X-Files (The X-Files 7", 1995) Warner Bros 08. Mark

Since gak's still far far away, enjoy this repeat broadcast featuring sunny themes in honour of the 2007 film Sunshine, which is a space horror. Original playsheet: https://www.citr.ca/radio/exploding-head-movies/episode/20130819/ radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire

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