A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time

Latest Episodes:

Episode 3: BLESS THE BEASTS AND CHILDREN Dec 31, 2022

Kier-La talks about Stanley Kramer's 1971 adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's best-selling book of teen misfits who embark on a great adventure with results both triumphant and tragic. Featuring interviews with actors Miles Chapin and Bill Mumy, and composers Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse
Special Guests: Miles Chapin, Bill Mumy, Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

Clips from:
Bless the Beasts and Children ©1971 Columbia Pictures
R.P.M. ©1970 Columbia Pictures
Ladybug Ladybug ©1963 United Artists

Music:
"Bless the Beasts and Children", "Cotton's Dream", "Down the Line", "Bless the Beasts and Children (Reprise)", "Down the Line (Reprise)", "Journey's End", "Stampede", "Free", "Requiem" ©1971 Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr.

"Bless the Children", "Beautiful Day" © So Boss Music & Paul Gordon Music ASCAP
"She Came to Hollywood" ©2016 Bill Mumy
Bill Mumy Official Website >>

Additional Music from Epidemic Sound:
"The Vanished" by John Barzetti
"Buried in our Lands" by Enigmanic

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)

Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley

Episode 2: CIPHER IN THE SNOW Feb 14, 2021

Kier-La talks to acclaimed poet, author, playwright and screenwriter Carol Lynn Pearson, who adapted Jean Mizer's classic short story into the 1974 Mormon film production of the same name.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse
Special guest: Carol Lynn Pearson

Bonus Audio - Carol Lynn Pearson reads "Our Mother in the Movies"

Clips from:

Cipher in the Snow ©1974 Brigham Young University
Brigham Young ©1940 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Mirror, Mirror ©1969 Brigham Young University
The Great Brain ©1978 Inter Planetary Pictures
Snakes ©MCMLXXV Holy Wednesday Productions, Inc.

Music:

War in Heaven - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records
Before the Beginning - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records
Are You Up There? - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records
Darlin' - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records
And Now You Know Me - The Clingers ℗1969 Columbia Records

Additional music from freemusicarchive.org:
Solitude - Entertainment for the Braindead
Travel Light - Jason Shaw
Running Water - Jason Shaw
Ghosts - Crowander

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)

Special Thanks to Skip Elsheimer, Dennis Nyback, Jesse Ficks, Chris Davidson and Becky Ebenkamp
Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley

Episode 1: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL MOUSE Oct 12, 2020

Kier-La talks to Nelvana co-founder Clive A. Smith and musician/songwriter John Sebastian about the 1978 Canadian Halloween special from which this podcast derives its name, as well as delving into Nelvana's early years and their ill-fated feature, Rock and Rule.

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Credits:

Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse
Special Guests: Clive Smith and John Sebastian

Clips from:
The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana Limited
Mr. Pencil Draws the Line ©1975 Nelvana Limited
A Cosmic Christmas ©1977 Nelvana Limited
Inside Out ©1972 National Instructional Television Center
How We Made The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana Limited
White Line Fever ©1975 Columbia Pictures Industries
Rock and Rule ©1983 Nelvana Limited
Inspector Gadget ©1983 DHX Media

Episode adapted from Kier-La Janisse's book chapter in The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul, edited by Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle, University of Toronto Press, 2014.

Incidental music: Robert Farmer, "Why Seeming so Fast but so Deadly Slow" from freemusicarchive.org

Special Thanks to Amanda Reyes and Bill Ackerman

Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980)
Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley