CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

CiTR -- Exploding Head Movies

Join gak as he explores music from the movies, tunes from television and any other cinematic source, along with atmospheric pieces, cutting edge new tracks and strange old goodies that could be used in a soundtrack to be. The spotlight swings widely to encompass composers, genres and other categories, but all in the name of discovery and ironclad whimsy.

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April 28, 2025 122 mins
gak's back, harkening to prior travels where a Sapporo hotel kept looping Yann Tiersen's score to the 2001 film Amélie so this episode goes a bit French, though there's plenty of sad news in the world, including Vancouver, to touch upon. 01. Fred Ho, Kulintang Arts & the Asian American Art Ensemble: Lapu Lapu's Battle Preparation/Jihad (Kulintang Kultura: Danongan Kalanduyan & Gong Music of the Philippine Diaspora, 2021) ...
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As gak hits the road again, it's time for Part 16 of our all-ambient series for your Easter Monday meditation. 01. E Dulanowsky: Time to Go Outside (Anthology of Experimental Music from Canada, 2024) Unexplained Sound Group 02. Bell Dreams: Pallene (Moons, 2023) self-released 03. Joel Vandroogenbroeck: Group Meditation (Meditations: Volume 1, 1980) Coloursound Library 04. RL Huber: The Cracks Underneath (Hafgufa, 2025) self-re...
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In honour of the actor Val Kilmer (1959-2025), we aim for as diverse a profile as his œuvre. Although the main profile is on Bruce Broughton's score from the 1993 western Tombstone, we have bits from comedies & action films. 01. Bruce Broughton: Pit Orchestra Warmup (Tombstone OST, 2006) Intrada 02. Pulp: Spike Island (More, 2025) Rough Trade 03. Loscil & Lawrence English: Vermillion (Chroma, 2024) self-released 04. St...
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25 years ago this week, Twin Peaks debuted on television and a cult phenomenon was born. In our 2nd tribute to David Lynch (1946-2025) this year, we combine past profiles around the world of Laura Palmer & Agent Dale Cooper, ranging from the original show, the 1992 prequel and the 2017 sequel series. Dream big, boy scouts & girl guides. Your coffee & doughnut menu: 01. Kraftwerk: The Model (The Man Machine, 1978) Kl...
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We're behind on doing some funk so let's dig up some James Brown and his work for the 1973 blaxploitation film Slaughter's Big Rip-Off. As a bonus, you'll get some rare Mort Garson with music from the 1974 film Black Eye as gak becomes the 2nd hardest working man in the radio business. Star time! 01. Radio Trailer: Slaughter (Super Bad, Super Black: Radio Spots from Blaxploitation, 1972) Waste Management 02. Billy Preston: Sla...
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With Ramadan partly in mind, we primarily dig into sounds from the Middle East, focusing on Syria, a country that after over a decade of civil war, entered a period of relief. Alexandre Desplat's score to the 2005 film Syriana gives some Western context but we also hear some film music from Lebanon amongst other inspirations. 01. Radio Damascus: 7 Oct 2010 [2133UTC] 9330 kHz (ShortWaveMusic 2011: United Arab Emirates, 2010) Myke ...
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Happy St Patrick's Day! For this rare occasion, we dabble across multiple films dear to the Irish heart, including Michael Collins, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Brooklyn, The Secret of Kells and many more. Faith and begorrah! Here's the craic: 01. House of Pain: Danny Boy, Danny Boy (House of Pain, 1992) Tommy Boy 02. Formula Vee: I Could Drift (Dispersal, 2020) Mule 03. Lenny Randle & the Ballplayers: Kingdome [w.Ras...
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This will be Part I of our look at the music associated with the works of David Lynch (1946-2025). We'll first listen to some of the music tied & inspired by his films; we'll hold on Twin Peaks until next month when things line up for the 25th anniversary of its TV debut. There may be a Part III but we'll see what we stuff into April's ambitions. 01. Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Everybody Loves the Sunshine (Everybody Loves the Sunshi...
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The 97th Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday so gak rushes to recap the winners and sort through all the latest news as a lot of folks have passed away recently. 01. Electropoint: Razor Blades (2024) self-released 02. Daniel Blumberg: Intermission (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 03. Daniel Blumberg: Overture [Bus] (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 04. Daniel Blumberg: Construction (The Brutalist OST, 2024) Milan 05. Daniel...
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For our fourth episode tied to nominees for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we listen to the final two nominated songs and the nom'd score to the 2024 film Emilia Pérez with music by Camille & Clément Ducol. 01. Kyle MacLachlan & Angelo Badalamenti: Agent Cooper's February 24th Opening Monologue/Laura Palmer's Theme [Letter from Harold] (Diane...the Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper x Twin Peaks Archives, 1989) David Lyn...
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For your Family Day programming, we continue on with our Oscars profiles with a nominated song from Elton John: Never Too Late and 2 nom'd scores: Kris Bowers' music from The Wild Robot along with John Powell & Stephen Schwartz and their score to the film adaptation of the musical Wicked. 01. Magazine: The Light Pours out of Me (Real Life, 1978) Virgin 02. Sebastiaan Hooft: Magazine (Modern Times, 2024) Taktschleife 03. Je...
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Along with it being week 2 of our annual Oscars profile, it's Fundrive time again! Discorder Magazine, the print cousin of CITR 101.9FM, is reaching out in new ways and with whatever donation you can provide, you can help expand our physical archives & distribution throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. It'll be a disco inferno, hence why amidst two of the best original song nominees and two surprise snubs, we have ...
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gak's back from Japan and he's back in the thick of things as it's time for our annual Oscars profile series! The nominees for the 97th Academy Awards were announced belatedly whilst he was away so with 4 weeks to tackle the nominees, our 1st profile looks at Volker Bertelmann's score from Conclave & Daniel Blumberg's music from The Brutalist, both up for best original score. We also talk about the Los Angeles fires that impact...
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gak remains on the road and he lacks the future vision to anticipate what, let alone when, the Oscar nominations will be, so you're getting an outsider Japan experience via John Williams' score to 2005's Memoirs of a Geisha amidst some older gems that never it to air despite years in waiting. For those unfamiliar with geisha, these are Japanese women trained in performing arts to entertain people with music, conversation & ot...
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gak's on the road or in the air again so for the 15th episode in our all-ambient series, he recaps some of the music that fits under the ambiguous genre banner. 01. Voice of Hearing: Breathespace (Breathespace, 2024) self-released 02. Tsrono: Shift 01 (Shift, 2024) Not Yet Remembered 03. Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo: Voices of Nature (Kinishba, 2024) Spotted Peccary 04. Fhae: 2001 (2024) self-released 05. Adam Wiltzie: Ti...
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25 shy of your standard BR selection, in celebration of the subatomic particle the quark, we offer six channels in six directions so make you listen to this with a couple friends and each of your ears can focus on different elements on this the 1 000 072nd birthday of art. TOP FLAVOUR t1. Au Vol: The Garden of Forking Paths (The Garden of Forking Paths, 2022) self-released t2. Bill Nace: Les Echos [Piece for Tuba] (Through a Roo...
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In honour of gak's 17th anniversary on CITR 101.9FM Vancouver BC, we dive into a favourite film: 1984's The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension with a score by Michael Boddicker. 01. Mitzi Gaynor: Happy Anniversary (Happy Anniversary OST, 1959) Top Rank 02. Botany Bay: Winter Wolfpack Serenade (Thanksgiver, 2024) Submarine Broadcasting Co. 03. Abigail Lapell: Anniversary Song (Anniversary, 2024) Outside Musi...
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It is now 2025 and as we scan for fiction set in this once futuristic year, we'll profile bits from Ramin Djawadi's score to the 2013 kaiju film Pacific Rim. We also catch up on the recently deceased and some work that has now entered the public domain in some parts of the world. It was a matter of time we had to learn to fight monsters so lasso up your robots! 01. Dramatis: Oh! 2025 (For Future Reference [expanded edition], 2022...
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As this confounding year draws to a close, we'll do our annual recap of the past 12 months in review. Along with some of the artists & songs that defined 2024, we'll profile Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow's score to that year's film Civil War. 01. Jessica Pratt: The Last Year (Here in the Pitch, 2024) City Slang 02. Kristen Roos: Nova (Universal Synthesizer Interface: Volume III, 2024) Hotham Sound 03. Cindy Lee: Diamond ...
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For our 17th annual counter-Christmas carol episode, we plunge deep into some of Dimitri Tiomkin's score that was cut from the 1946 holiday classic It's a Wonderful Life as we mark the festive season with our usual mix of snark, candour, grief & joy. 01. Tito Jackson: Season's Greetings (Season's Greetings from Motown Records 7", 1973) Motown 02. En Attendant Ana: Close Your Mouth Because Christmas is the Day! (En Attendant...
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