Empire of the Sun: Overlooked Masterpiece

THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan returns to our podcast The Movies That Made Me. This time, Joe takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante on a sonic journey to unpack the John Williams scores that made him! Check out Joe's first appearance on the podcast here.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Rip (2026)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Earthquake (1974)

Jaws (1975)

Images (1972)

The Cowboys (1972)

Shaft (1971)

Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Superman: The Movie (1978)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

Poltergeist (1982)

Cobra (1986)

JFK (1991)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Munich (2005)

The Great Escape (1968)

Stripes (1980)

1941 (1979)

Animal House (1978)

The A-Team (2010)

The Howling (1981)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Maestro (2024)

Not Without Hope (2025)

Shadow Force (2025)

ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Always (1989)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

The Last Emperor (1987)

Last Tango in Paris (1973)

Other Notable Items

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Orson Welles

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Brad Pitt

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John Huston

Paul Newman

Robert Redford

Humphrey Bogart

Clark Gable

Sean Connery

Michael Caine

The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA

John Williams

“The Sabbath Prayer” song from Fiddler on the Roof

Irwin Allen

Steven Spielberg

Robert Altman

John Wayne

Dede Allen

Bruce Dern

Jason Patrick

Roscoe Lee Brown

The Smokehouse Restaurant

Richard Roundtree

“Theme From Shaft” song by Isaac Hayes (1971)

Glen Ford

Glen Campbell

Frank Oz

Sylvester Stallone

John Ottman

Donald Surherland

Jerry Goldsmith

David Mamet

Elmer Bernstein

Dick Miller

Nancy Allen

Tim Matheson

Robert Zemeckis

Bob Gale

Our Stephen Bissette podcast episode

Swamp Thing comic books

Pino Donaggio

Bernard Hermann

The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64)

Bradley Cooper

Clinton Shorter

Kerry Washington

James Cameron

Christopher Nolan

Omar Sy

The Hollywood Bowl

Bernardo Bertolucci

Maria Schneider

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