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Episode 4: Cool World

Alright you 'noids, brace yourselves because this week we're diving into a world full of early-90s EDM, horny cel animation and acid-washed cartoon freakouts. That's right, on this episode we're talking about COOL WORLD, Ralph Bakshi's 1992 Roger Rabbit-inspired fever dream starring Brad Pitt, Kim Basinger and Gabriel Byrne.
This is an album loaded with '80s dance holdovers, early-90s mainstays and the odd industrial track, because that's just how we rolled in 1992. Find out what makes this album tick, how many times The Cult squeezed "The Witch" for a few extra bucks, how the film can be viewed through the lens of postwar PTSD, and a whole lot more!
SHOW NOTES:
This album is available to stream on Spotify
The Cult's music video for "The Witch"
For comparison, here's a taste of the Cool World video game's music
And for more info on the UK Statutory Notification System...
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Episode 3: Back to the Future

Grab your hoverboards and count up your jigowatts, because it's time to go back! To the future, that is! This week, Joe and Libby discuss the entire Back to the Future trilogy and the music that made it iconic. Who is the narrator of "Back in Time"? How much "Power of Love" is too much? Are we seriously going to just let Eric Clapton reggae up this soundtrack? The answers to these questions, and more, are waiting inside!
SHOW NOTES:
Huey Lewis v Ray Parker, Jr.
Back to the Future's Defining Moment
The music video for Huey Lewis & The News's "The Power of Love"
The music video for ZZ Top's "Double Back"
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Episode 2: Batman Forever

Riddle me this, riddle me that, how many tunes were inspired by the Bat?This edition of The O/S/T Party finds Libby & Joe diving into the mid-90s superhero muck that is Batman Forever. It's a neon dayglo nightmare, and the soundtrack is no different, full of smooth R&B, college rock leftovers and one or two of the best songs of the 90s.
Not only did this album spawn SIX. RADIO. SINGLES. ("Kiss From a Rose", anyone?) It also sold millions of copies, would be nominated for, win AND lose Grammy awards, and inspired one of the most baffling animated music videos of all time.
Also in this episode, we discuss middle-aged teenager Dick Grayson, how and why this film became The Jim Carrey Show, Tommy Lee Jones' immortal putdown, and just the general rock opera-ness of the whole production. Strap yourselves in, folks. This episode goes some places!
 
SHOW NOTES:
The video for U2's "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" must be seen to be believed.
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Stay tuned for a brand new episode after the new year!
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Episode 1: Clerks.

Welcome to the very first episode of The O/S/T Party! This is a podcast where movie fans and music fans get together to have a rockin' good time! Join hosts Libby Cudmore and Joseph Wade as we break down your favorite movie soundtracks song by song. Do the songs have a special significance to characters in the movie? Does the soundtrack hang together as an album? Is this just another shameless cash grab? These are the sorts of questions The O/S/T Party will set out to answer!
On our very first episode, we discuss the soundtrack to Kevin Smith's 1994 debut feature, Clerks.
 
The two of us have a long and complicated history with Smith's body of work, but one thing we agree on is that this soundtrack kinda rules! Find out what makes this soundtrack tick, why one cover tune owns while another one stinks, and whatever happened to the band Bash & Pop...
SHOW NOTES:
The Clerks soundtrack is available on Spotify
Supernova's lawsuit against VH1
The day Libby visited the Quick Stop
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