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UTC 092 Geoff Zanelli Composer of Pirates of the Caribbean 5

May 26, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Geoff Zanelli, Composer of Pirates of the Caribbean 5
I’m super excited to bring you Geoff Zanelli today! Geoff wrote the musical score for Pirates of the Caribbean 5: Dead Men Tell No Tales. He’s also credited with “additional music” on the first four POTC films. We talk about what that means (and it means way more than it sounds like).

Plus we’ll dig into how he went about capturing some of the POTC1 feel while still bringing his own voice to this new score. And how he got in with Hans Zimmer after his years growing up in Orange County and going to the Berklee School of Music.

This is such a fun talk and Geoff’s enthusiasm for the Pirates of the Caribbean films is infectious!

If you’re new to the show, here are a few other episodes you might like to check out as a starting point.

For More Pirates of the Caribbean

Ep 25 – Jim Byrkit – Storyboard artist and location scout for early POTC films

Ep 31 – Jason Surrell – Former Disney Imagineer and expert on all things POTC from the rides to the films

Ep 74 – Lee Arenberg – Pintel from first 3 POTC films

Other Cool Episodes

Ep 7 – Don Maitz – Painter and creator of Captain Morgan Rum character

Ep 27/28 – John Chatterton – wreck diver and one of the few people to ever find a sunken pirate ship

Ep 55 – Ye Banished Privateers – One of Europe’s best pirate bands!

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Stuff We Talked About In The Show:

You can hear Hans Zimmer’s original demo recordings for Pirates of the Caribbean at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6wsGESeNjk

Here’s a bit more in depth discussion with Hans Zimmer about POTC’s music: http://www.soundtrack.net/content/article/?id=205

And if you really want to go down the rabbit hole, check out the comments section of this page on Zimmer and POTC too: http://www.hans-zimmer.com/index.php?rub=disco&id=1128

Rodrigo y Gabriela collaborated with Geoff and Hans on POTC 4. Check out some of their work:

Music from Pirates of the Caribbean 4

And some other stuff that I think shows them off even better

In the fun fact about the number 92, I mentioned the world record length name for a place, the hill in New Zealand. Here’s the full name:

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Bet ya can’t say that 10 times fast!

Important Websites:

Geoff Zanelli
www.GeoffZanelli.com
@geoffzanelli on Twitter

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at http://bit.ly/prettyfromtheback

Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

UTC 091 Pirate Women author Laura Sook Duncombe

May 16, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 2 Comments

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Laura Sook Duncombe author of Pirate Women

Laura Sook Duncombe is the author of “Pirate Women: The Princesses, Prostitutes, and Privateers Who Ruled The Seven Seas”. It’s a fantastic book about female pirates throughout history, both in fact and fiction.

I got a ton of new info in my brain from this book and from my talk with Laura and I know you’ll dig it too. She’s done all the research so you don’t have to. 🙂

Viking pirate ladies? Check. Some Anne Bonny and Mary Read talk? Check. Cheng I Sao? Check. And tons more you had no idea ever existed. Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbar Corsairs? That’s the just the beginning.

We also talk the issues of factual vs fictional characters and how to not create fake history.

Cosmopolitan Magazine rated ‘Pirate Women’ as the #1 book to read in 2017. And you may have heard Laura on This American Life (along with Mark Hanna) in their recent pirate episode.

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Get Laura’s book at Amazon and help support the show!

Important Websites:

Laura Sook Duncombe http://www.LauraSookDuncombe.com

You can get my latest comedy special, “Pretty From TheBack”at

Support the show!: http://www.UnderTheCrossbones.com/support

UTC 090 Scott Graham of Pirates 365

May 9, 2017 / Phil Johnson / 0 Comments

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Scott Graham of Pirates 365

Scott Graham is the host and resident pirate fan of Pirates 365 on YouTube. In the many dozens of videos he digs deep into every aspect of Pirates of the Caribbean. We’re talking rides, movies, toys, video games, the whole shebang.

In our talk we dig into idea generation and how he comes up with some much stuff to post. Not to mention how to get through the days when we’re not feeling up to putting something new together. (Hint: You, dear listener, are why we do it…)

And of course, we dork out hard about Disney and Pirates of the Caribbean!

Today’s show is sponsored by:

Pirate Radio of the Treasure Coast – The best in pirate talk and music! Get to listenin’! http://www.PirateRadioOfTheTreasureCoast.com

Here’s the “On Stranger Tides” Tag video we spoke about during the show.

And since I mentioned Henry Phillips, here’s some of his work.

If you want to see Henry’s really great movies “Punching the Clown” and “Punching Henry” (I found out the name of the new one…) click the links below and check them out on Amazon. (PtC is free is you’re a Prime member.)