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Join Nashville-based singer and audio drama creator Newt Schottelkotte in a musical trip to a small town with some big secrets. Where the Stars Fell is a semi-serialized audio fiction supernatural fantasy and part of the Fable and Folly network. In this episode, hear touching stories about how Newt wrote and performed the country-folk song ‘Here With You’ as an outro theme for episode 18 of the series. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

SHOW NOTES

Where The Stars Fell audio drama wherethestarsfell.com/
Newt Schottelkotte home newtschottelkotte.com/
Caldera Studios home calderastudios.me/

MUSIC CREDITS

Music: John Denver – Annie’s Song
Music: Hozier – Wasteland Baby
Music: Tyler Childers – Lady May
The Mountain Goats – It Froze Me

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Join composer and showrunner Mike Atchley in a musical trip into the skies of fantasy tabletop roleplaying game audio drama Dice Tower Theater presents: Dawn of Dragons. Young heroes bound in love and kinship are forced on a quest to discover the truth behind the magic of dragons and seek those that stole it. In this episode, hear how the epic fantasy music of Dice Tower Theater is inspired by re-constructed DnD gameplay recordings. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

SHOW NOTES

Dice Tower Theater audio series dicetowertheatre.com/
Good Ham Productions www.goodhamproductions.com/

MUSIC CREDITS

Music: Glenn Danzig – Retreat And Descent
Music: Jo Blankenburg – Garador’s Flight
Music: Richard Wagner – Ride of the Valkyries

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Patrons get bonus episodes, early access, full video interviews with contributors, a listing on the Wall of Fame, immersive podcast editing tutorial video livestreams and resources, access to the show’s hidden back catalog, bonus material for creating your own show and a massive thank you! → Check it out “110 Dice Tower Theater – Mike Atchley – Dark Journey”

Join Emmy Award-winning composer Marcus Bagala in a trip to the bottom of the ocean for magical realism audio drama Stone Island. Set in present-day Maine, Harry is followed by a journalist who aims to uncover the truth of his harrowing encounter with dark beings from a terrifying storm. In this episode, hear how peaceful ocean field recordings set Marcus off on a journey to write, produce and score a two-part story set in his childhood homeland. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended. 

The piece of music we’re listening to in the background is called A Storm Is Just A Storm. It’s a dark, folk-influenced soundtrack from the audio drama Stone Island today. We’ll break it down and get to why and how it was made. → Check it out “109 Stone Island – Marcus Bagala – A Storm Is Just A Storm”

Join acclaimed composer Christien Ledroit in a trip into popular dark sci-fi audio drama The Program Audio Series. In a future time, protagonist Mira is a scientist whose work rattles the establishment. In this episode, hear how Christien combined mid-pandemic choir recordings and an electronic score to tell the story of Mira’s explosive discoveries. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

TRANSCRIPT

The piece of music we’re listening to in the background is called The Match and the Fire. It’s the final climactic cue I wrote for episode 19 of The Program audio series. The episode is called Abandonware. Today, we’ll break it down and get into why and how it was made. You’re listening to How I Make Music, where audio drama composers get to tell their own stories. → Check it out “108 The Program audio series – Christien Ledroit – The Match and the Fire”

Join Windfall co-creator and composer Adam Raymonda in a fun-filled trip into audio drama sitcom Forgive Me!. A Catholic church called St. Patrick’s is the backdrop for an anthology of stories from a range of colorful parishioner characters, from the zany to the troubled, all rallying around the long-suffering Father Ben. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

INTRO

The piece of music you’re listening to is called Forgive Me, main theme. It acts as the music that concludes each episode of the dramatic comedy podcast ‘Forgive Me’. You’re listening to How I Make Music, where audio drama composers tell their own stories. In the show, we break apart the music of a fictional podcast and take a trip into how it was made. → Check it out “107 Forgive Me! – Adam Raymonda – Forgive Me! Theme”

Join Australian violinist and composer Irene Zhong in a baroque-meets-hip-hop trip into urban fantasy audio drama The Godshead Incidental. To create the theme tune for the show, Irene was Influenced by experimental hip hop group Clipping, found sound sampling, irregular time signatures and their classical music roots. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

TRANSCRIPT
INTRO

The piece of music we’re listening to in the background is called So, So Much to Hold. It’s the title theme from the Godshead Incidental, an urban fantasy audio drama about a writer in a city of gods that may or may not exist. Today, we’ll break it down and get into why and how it was made. You’re listening to How I Make Music, where audio drama composers get to tell their own stories. → Check it out “106 The Godshead Incidental – Irene Zhong – So So Much To Hold”

I just like composed until six in the morning. And then I sent them a bunch of things and I was like, do you want to be like Stranger Things? Here’s eighties horror. Do you want this kind of horror? I really did not do anything groundbreaking.

– Caleb Ritchie, composer for Thirteen audio drama

Join classically trained pianist and composer Caleb Ritchie in a lighthearted trip into anthology audio drama Thirteen. Island witches, ocean marimbas and Rachmaninov all formed the basis for the composition ‘Barrier Islands’, a piece for which Ritchie chose instruments based on the sound of water. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

TRANSCRIPT

01:00 INTRO

All right, let’s do it. The piece of music we’re listening to in the background is called the Barrier Islands. → Check it out “105 Thirteen – Caleb Ritchie – Barrier Islands”

I quit my job during COVID and this was something that I did to pass the time, but I do wonder if I would have made Woe.Begone anyway. It just feels like the drive to make it was very organic. And it was from being in the communities that I was in. Participation in seeing what other people were doing and wanting to be in that sphere.

– Dylan Griggs, showrunner for Woe.Begone audio drama

An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended. Join Woe.Begone audio drama creator Dylan Griggs in a gritty descent into the mind of sociopathic main character Mike Walters. Every episode of Woe.Begone features an all-original score. In this episode of How I Make Music, we discover the musicality behind a troubled mind. → Check it out “104 Woe.Begone – Dylan Griggs – Painted Glass”

I’m a fiend. I just I make music. I can’t stop. It’s nicotine and music. Those are my two vices.

Oliver Morris, composer, “Among the Stars and Bones” audio drama

Join Oliver Morris, composer for audio drama Among the Stars and Bones as we take a trip into alien archeology. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

TRANSCRIPT

00:00 INTRO

Okay. The piece of music we’re listening to in the background is called Pandemonium. It’s a theme from Among the Stars and Bones, an audio drama about a team of xeno-archaeologists investigating alien ruins on a distant world. Today we’ll break it down and get into why and how it was made. I love doing voiceovers. You’re listening to How I Make Music, where audio drama composers get to tell their own stories. → Check it out “103 Among the Stars and Bones – Oliver Morris – Pandemonium”

You immediately have to shelve your ego and say, what’s the best thing for this whole artwork? Rather than what’s the best thing for my track? How am I plus one-ing rather than deterring, or covering something up?

Sam Boase-Miller, composer “Marsfall” audio drama

Join Sam Boase-Miller, composer for audio drama Marsfall in a quirky cello crossover soundtrack to a trial scene. An immersive listening experience. Headphones recommended.

TRANSCRIPT

00:00 INTRO

The piece of music we’re listening to in the background is called The Trial. It’s featured in the soundtrack from the fiction podcast Marsfall. Today we’ll break it down and get into why and how it was made. You’re listening to How I Make Music, where audio drama composers get to tell their own stories. → Check it out “102 Marsfall – Sam Boase-Miller – The Trial”