Mark Isham
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Sep 27, 2026
Lawrence PuryearHOST
I'm your host, Lawrence Puryear.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
This week we're putting The Tone Arm's needle on trumpeter, composer, and synthesist Mark Isham.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
Mark's out now with At the Carousel Club, his first solo album in 15 years.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
It's built around vintage analog synthesizers and a band that includes Nels Klein, Vinnie Kaliuta, and a string quartet.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
We talk about where the album's title comes from, Mark's history with David Silvian, and what it was like hearing the finished record on vinyl after 16 hours of recording sessions.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
Stay tuned for Mark Isham.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
You compared the instrument that you have in the back wall of your studio to Tonto.
Lawrence PuryearHOST
That made me laugh because I'm curious, does your setup misbehave the way Tonto does in terms of seeming to have its own mind and autonomy? Or have you learned how to tame it?
Joe AltermanHOST
Jonathan's new album, Full Circle, celebrates Diane's music.
Joe AltermanHOST
And later, we'll hear from trumpeter and film composer Mark Isham about his album at the Carousel Club.
Joe AltermanHOST
Jonathan and Diane joined me from Woodland Hills, California, where Diane has lived since retiring from touring.
Joe AltermanHOST
I started by asking what they do when they get together.
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Joe AltermanHOST
Welcome back to The Upside of Jazz from WABE.
Joe AltermanHOST
My name is Joe Alterman, and my next guest is trumpeter and composer Mark Isham.
Joe AltermanHOST
Mark's film scores include A River Runs Through It, Crash, and Blade.
R.C. CatesGUEST
Any music that makes me dance is music I love.
R.C. CatesGUEST
and you know although that really doesn't apply into uh victor newman is holding a gun let's break out four on the floor you know it doesn't really work there but it's just it's my personal zone of like it's a place where i can escape because i like dancing and um you know i mean just and and it's just a release for me so there's that but then there's also film music you know i i listen on a regular basis to almost all film uh soundtracks all the time uh and i have my favorite composers out there that that i like more than others um i don't know you know for game i was jawadi from uh game of thrones i was really into him for a while um I've always loved Mark Isham's music.
R.C. CatesGUEST
Yeah, yes.
R.C. CatesGUEST
I've always loved Thomas Newman's music.
Dean LeggeroHOST
Yeah.
Dean LeggeroHOST
but still Metallica, still the imagery, you know, the, the, the strobe lights of the, of that video, it, it, it was perfect for the time, you know, it just kind of really, cause they got, what was it? Wayne, Wayne Isham or Mark, Mark Isham, I think was the director.
Dean LeggeroHOST
Um, I don't
Andrew CreminesGUEST
remember.
Joanne MouletGUEST
And then the score can be written by one composer.
Joanne MouletGUEST
So you have composers like Mark Isham, who writes the whole score.
Joanne MouletGUEST
We have John Williams out there, the 3T, and writes the entire score.
Joanne MouletGUEST
And then we have the music supervisor, which might take a popular track from the day and, you know, synchronize it, or go to something called a music library and put out a word called a brief, which you respond to, and a composer will submit, you know, to that brief.
A.J. GonzalezHOST
Then he says the score.
A.J. GonzalezHOST
And again, just going off of what's in this article, he says that score by Mark Isham, who, speaking of Herzog, would go on to do the score for Bad Lieutenant Port of Call, New Orleans, and also the score for In Her Shoes.
A.J. GonzalezHOST
So he'll come back
Bryan ConnollyHOST
for Curtis Hanson.
ConradHOST
Blade, you mentioned.
ConradHOST
Mark Isham's score is very techno infused.
ConradHOST
Graham Ravel's entire output for the whole decade.
ConradHOST
Right.
R.C. CatesGUEST
Any music that makes me dance is music I love.
R.C. CatesGUEST
and you know although that really doesn't apply into uh victor newman is holding a gun let's break out four on the floor you know it doesn't really work there but it's just it's my personal zone of like it's a place where i can escape because i like dancing and um you know i mean just and and it's just a release for me so there's that but then there's also film music you know i i listen on a regular basis to almost all film uh soundtracks all the time uh and i have my favorite composers out there that that i like more than others um i don't know you know for game i was jawadi from uh game of thrones i was really into him for a while um I've always loved Mark Isham's music.
R.C. CatesGUEST
Yeah, yes.
R.C. CatesGUEST
I've always loved Thomas Newman's music.
Leander YoungHOST
Do you want to say anything? If not, we'll just get into it.
Mark IshamGUEST
Well, I am Mark Isham.
Mark IshamGUEST
I am a composer and an instrumentalist.
Mark IshamGUEST
I'm a trumpet player.
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Leander YoungHOST
Could you tell the people where to find you, how to contact you, et cetera?
Mark IshamGUEST
Yes.
Mark IshamGUEST
Mark Isham.
Mark IshamGUEST
I think the website is actually isham.com.
SkyeHOST
He comes out, a shot of the dog walking past the end of the corridor from screen right to screen left is just so well done and creepy.
SkyeHOST
Couple them with some more great sound design and Mark Isham's brilliantly subliminal score which we're going to have to talk about at some point.
SkyeHOST
It just gives everything this surreal nightmare quality.
SkyeHOST
And then as Halsey slowly goes into the main office, he sees the three cops brutally murdered.
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SkyeHOST
Is it twice? He just unloads the shotgun and clearly blows a big hole in his torso and finally kills him.
SkyeHOST
And I got to say, Carl, I don't think there's any better example other than this scene, right? And the way the sequence is shot with natural lighting and just use of that wide 2.35 to 1 aspect ratio, that wide frame.
SkyeHOST
And Mark Isham's incredible score, which we said we'd come back to and talk about.
SkyeHOST
I mean, the score is just incredible.
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