Release Date: October 31, 2023 Summary: Composer and bassist Caeden Brusett joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss the bass solo from Act IV of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Otello. This is the first OPERA entry in the podcast, but it is opera...
Release Date: October 15, 2023 Summary: Composer, lyricist and bandleader Brian Woodbury joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss “A Whole New World” music by Alan Menken. They also discuss three of Brian’s own songs and his ambitious project to...
Meet Kay Hanley and Tom Polce, who are the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds musical episode, Subspace Rhapsody songwriters! (SPOILERS!) Kay and Tom discuss the process of creating the songs for Star Trek’s first ever musical episode, including working with the...
Release Date: August 31, 2023 Summary: Award-winning composer, musician, and sound editor Scott Halgren joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Charles Mingus. This is the first real Jazz melody discussed so far in the podcast,...
Release Date: July 31, 2023 Summary:Grammy-winning producer, composer, music director, and multi-instrumentalist Dominic Fallacaro joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss one of the best selling singles of all time: “Baby One More Time” by Swedish...
Release Date: July 18, 2023 Summary:Haakon Davidsen, award-nominated composer for video games, film & TV, joins podcast host Arthur Breur to explore and celebrate the amazing “Batman Theme” from the film “Batman”, 1989, composed by the...
Release Date: April 16, 2023 Summary: Award-winning British composer Tamsin Jones joins the podcast to discuss the Renaissance choral work “Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen” by Heinrich Isaac, and shares two choral works of her own–one of which is inspired...
Release Date: March 19, 2023 Summary:New music powerhouse Lisa Neher joins Melodology Podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the underappreciated “Luke and Leia” by John Williams, and she shares two of her own works — including one of her own...
Release Date: March 11, 2023 Summary:Composer Aaron Lee joins podcast host Arthur Breur to explore the Jewish Folk Song “Seit Gesunderhait” (“Farewell My Dear Parents”) and two of his own compositions, one of which uses “Seit Gesunderhait” as a component in the...
Release Date: February 26, 2023 Summary:Composer Richard Peat joins podcast host Arthur Breur to explore “Down In Yon Forest” and brings three beautiful choral works of his own to share. Melody”Down In Yon Forest” (YouTube video of...
Release Date: November 13, 2022 Summary:Composer, pianist, and host of the Euterpean Podcast, Zachary Davies joins Melodology Podcast host Arthur Breur to examine one of the two melodies that inspired the Melodology Podcast in the first place: “Over the...
Release Date: October 19, 2022 Summary:Composer Kevin Day joins podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the melody from the “Obi Wan” theme by John Williams, composed for the series “Obi-Wan Kenobi”. Kevin also shares some of his own exciting music and...
Release Date: August 31, 2022 Summary:Guest composer Troisnyx joins podcast host Arthur Breur to explore the melody from “Estavius” by Phyrnna, composed for the Epic Battle Fantasy games. Troisnyx also shares her own song, “The Drummer’s...
Release Date: May 13, 2022 Summary:Composer Tony Manfredonia joins podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the melody of the brilliant Star Wars “Force Theme”, by John Williams. Tony also shares his main theme to the game “Call of Saregnar”, and...
Release Date: April 29, 2022 Summary:Composer Anne McKennon joins podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the melody of the wonderful song “Rainbow Connection”, sung by Kermit the Frog in “The Muppet Movie”. Anne also shares a lullaby she composed...
Release Date: April 15, 2022 Summary:Composer Kimberly Osberg joins podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the melody of “Londonderry Air”, more commonly known as “Danny Boy”. Along the way, they discuss scores to quirky films, composing music to...
Release Date: March 18, 2022 Summary:Choral composer and author Dale Trumbore joins podcast host Arthur Breur to do a deep dive into the song “Losing My Mind” by Stephen Sondeheim. They discuss how the song is meaningful to Dale, how perfectly the melody...
Release Date: February 28, 2022 Summary:New Zealand composer Matthew Beardsworth joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss just the main theme from the “Raiders March”, and to talk about how Matthew reconsidered and reconstructed a theme in one of his own...
Release Date: February 16, 2022 Summary:Composer, podcaster, speaker, and coach, Garrett Hope joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss a hymn tune that, at one point or another, seems to break a number of the “established” rules of melody writing....
Release Date: February 14, 2022 Summary:Special guest, composer Christina Rusnak joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss a recent addition to Disney’s long string of popular melodies. Melody:”Let It Go” from Disney’s “Frozen”,...
Summary:Special guest, podcaster, author, and coach Steven Shomler interviews Melodology Podcast creator and host, composer Arthur Breur. They discuss the concept of this podcast, as well as its format and target audience. Duration: 26:01 Guest: Steven...
