Reacting to the 90th Academy Awards - Soundcast Stereo (Ep. 25)

One day after the 90th Academy Awards, Kristen Romanelli and Christopher Coleman reflect on the sadly lackluster show, which had the lowest viewership in years. While they discuss there feelings about the show and winners in general, they go through the shows use of music and give each category of usage a letter grade! Finally, they give suggestions on how film music could be better integrated into the program making the show a much more entertaning fair ... and, of course, boost its ratings to all-time-highs! Episode Highlights 00:11 - Celebrate the Intro 03:41 - Why do we watch? 06:57 - Overall reaction to the 90th Academy Awards 10:11 - Reacting to the Winners 16:32 - Grading the Music: Pit Orchestra 19:15 - Grading the Music: The Songs 21:38 - Grading the Music: Montages 24:13 - Grading the Music: In Memoriam 26:37 - Grading the Music: Best Score Category 29:17 - How they can improve the music 39:03 - Celebrate the Outro Music Selections 00:00 - "Bump the E" (Celebrate the Oscars) by Hans Zimmer and Sheila E. 38:56 - "Giorgio's new Dancing Shoes" (Celebrate the Oscars) by Hans Zimmer and Giorgio Morodor Notes: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2018/03/06/entertainment-news/oscar-ratings-plunge-record-low-26-5-million-viewers-nielsen/#.Wp3kypPwaRs Find and Follow: Follow Kristen Romanelli on Twitter - @kbfornow Follow The Soundcast on Twitter - @audiosoundcast Follow Tracksounds on Twitter - @tracksounds  Follow Christopher Coleman on Twitter - @ccoleman Spotify:  Find our Spotify Companion Playlist here! https://open.spotify.com/user/tracksounds/playlist/4y7SSy7HVfkj5DXKkPhNvM Support Tracksounds: Most of the soundtracks mentioned in this episode can be found at Amazon. Your purchases through these links help us to keep on keepin' on! Thank You! Buy Soundtracks at Amazon.com  http://bit.ly/amazonsoundtracks Subscribe and More Info aCAST GOOGLE PLAY iTUNES RSS FEED SPOTIFY STITCHER RADIO TUNEIN RADIO http://www.thesoundcast.com/p/the-official-podcast-of-tracksounds.html The official podcast of Tracksounds.com, The SoundCast is hosted by Christopher Coleman and features reviews and discussions centered around film, TV, and video game soundtracks. Special edition episodes include interviews with composers and other industry professionals. The Soundcast Stereo is co-hosted by Christopher Coleman and Erik Woods (Cinematic Sound Radio). Each episode is a 30 minute (ish), two channel conversation about the world of film, television, and video game music.