B-Side: Gary Jules' Cover of "Mad World" with Director Showdown - BS12

This week we have Director Showdown hosts Adam and Brent on discussing Gary Jules' version of "Mad World", originally by Tears for Fears.

Show Notes

Brent and Adam come on to talk about Gary Jules’ cover of “Mad World” originally by Tears for Fears for the Donnie Darko soundtrack. 

In addition to talking about this cover and how it fits into the movie, we dive into some of our favorite movie scores and what makes a good needle drops in movies. We also talk about synchronizing albums with movies and dive head first into the vapor wave genre.

Check out Director Showdown wherever you download podcasts. They pit two directors against each other and examine their work one movie at a time.

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