This weeks show highlights music from the 2010 Academy Award winning and nominated Scores. 'UP' by Michael Giacchino, to my surprise, was awarded the best score. You'll also hear selections from the nominated scores: Best Picture Film Winner 'THE HURT LOCKER' scored by Marco Beltrami, Hans Zimmer's 'SHERLOCK HOLMES', Alexandre Desplat's 'FANTASTIC MR. FOX' and James Horner's 'AVATAR'.  A selection from 'DISTRICT 9', 'STAR TREK' and 'JULIE & JULIA' will be included and as an added bonus Danny Elfman's 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' score will be previewed.

Tune in and catch the best film music choices over the last year and go out & catch the films in the theaters or DVD. Wed 3-4pm right here on KRUU.

Titanic score composer James Horner teamed up with James Cameron's epic blockbuster Sci-Fi spectacle, Avatar. Horner promised Cameron not to take on any other work for a year-and-a-half resulting in Horner's most difficult and biggest job undertaken. (Read article on Horner's experience scoring Avatar Click Here) Not to mention Cameron has worked on Avatar for 14 years!

One of the most anticipated scores to come this year amongst big contenders. Listen on Wednesday December 30th 3-4pm and experience Horner's use of real orchestras, choirs and ethnic instruments in the Na'Vi world!

Presenting the undisputed King of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music. Juan Garcia Esquivel, band leader, composer and arranger whose recordings "bristled with precisely placed sound effects, wordless vocalizations, swoops into dissonance, and enough on-a-dime tempo changes to fluster James Brown." Esquivel's compsitions were "genre-bending creating the kind of music and sound that would make folks go out and buy stereo's" in the 50's & 60's.

Also Highlighted will be the irresistable mix of Crime Jazz & Saloon Singers. Immerse yourself in the Soundtrack for High Living, Wed Nov 18th 2-3pm.

Composer Nicholas Hooper returns with "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" with hints of John Williams sweeping themes but takes on a much more subtle and atmospheric approach. This film grossed $159 million in the first 5 days showing the franchise is still thriving. You'll also hear tracks & dialogue from Ernest Gold's 1963 "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World", one of the greatest comedies ever made. Tune in Wednesday July 22, 3-4pm for an hour of incredible film music!

Memorial Day hasn't arrived but the Summer Blockbuster flicks have already started to tidal wave us. Tune in Wednesday May 20th 3pm for music selections from the big screen voyage 'Star Trek' by 'Ratatouille' composer Michael Giacchino, 'X-Men Origins:Wolverine' by 'Chronicles of Narnia' fame Harry Gregson-Williams and Hans
Zimmer's effort for

'Angels and Demons'. I'll also play selections from earlier Star Trek films of Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner.

There's sheer Gold in these here scores so give a listen to these movie giants and enhance your film going experience.

Lend your ears Wednesday and listen to a fabulous mix of Bachelor Pad, Crime Jazz, 'B' Movie Music, Surf Rock Instrumentals and More.

You could feel like the life of the party just by tuning into the best Ultra Lounge music with an edge around.

Wednesday, April 22, 2-3pm and every Wednesday giving you the ultimate soundtrack for High Living.

"A good film score is one that works in contrast with the images of the movie. The music says what the images can't say or what they didn't manage to convey."-(from Jarre's final interview last month).

Oscar-winning composer Maurice Jarre passed away last week at the age of 84 leaving a legacy of grand, sweeping themes to some of the greatest movies made. Hard to imagine how David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia (1962), "Dr. Zhivago" (1965), "A Passage to India" (1984) and "Ryan's Daughter" (1970) would have turned out without Jarre's lush musical imagination. He contributed music to more than 150 movies of wide variety. A NY Times appreciation expressed Mr. Jarre well:"All I have to do is listen to how one score of his after another opens a forgotten door in my life. We sit in the movies, and though we hear the music of the films we’re watching, we do not seem to be listening to it. Only later do we realize that it has saturated us." Don't miss this Tribute Wed 3-4PM.

That's right! If you remember some of those 1950's and '60's Hot Rod, Hoodlum, Cheesy Horror, Cult and Soft Porn flicks but wern't aware of the music you're in for a treat. "Hot Rod Rumble", "Beat Girl", "College Confidential", "Wild in the Streets", "Pretty Boy Floyd", and "Touch of Evil" are examples of movies containing some BOSS Rock and Crime Jazz written and performed by some of the best jazz musicians of the time. "Sexy, insinuating, big horn score meshes perfectly with the sleazy antics of the films." Slick chicks and assorted sidekicks. You won't want to miss Ultra Lounge at it's best! Wed, Feb 25 2-3PM.

2009 Oscar night was hot and classy with some well deserved winners. Hear some of the Academy Award winning score selections from various catagories: The Dark Knight; Slumdog Millionaire; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Milk; Iron Man; Wall-E; The Dutchess and a few from last years awards. Enjoy listening to these highly acclaimed composers!: Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard, Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, Thomas Newman, Rachel Portman, A.R. Raman, Dario Marianelli & more! Wednesday, Feb 25th, 3-4PM.