To avoid—or at least minimize—thorny copyright issues, almost all the music in The Blizzard of Osborn podcast is original, composed by Michael Sheen Cuddy. Occasionally, a piece of music may have been obtained from another source. In such cases there is a citation for the relevant episode noting the composer, title, performance, or other details about the sampled music.
Sound Effects (SFX)
Many of the sound effects used in this podcast were sourced from the great open source site, freesound.org (https://freesound.org).
Chapter 2: 100-Year Blizzard – Bela Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, SZ 116, Introduzione. Charles Dutoit, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, 1988 (07:30 – 08:05).
Chapter 3: Punishment – Broadcast excerpts from radio station KXGT, Thunder 106.1 & 98.3 were sourced from https://www.thunder1061.com/ (public domain). Portions of the broadcasts in the background include Vince Gill, “When I Call Your Name” (~05:35) and George Strait, “Carried Away” (~07:30).
Chapter 11: The Valley of the Narsies – J.S. Bach: The Art of Fugue – Fuga A 2 Clavier (07:00-08:00; 10:06-12:16)
– Nino Rota: soundtrack from Federico Fellini’s Juliet of the Spirits (13:10-13:58)
SFX
– Windy marina (01:30-04:50): A blend of sounds, one of which came from http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/
– Ambience, large crowd (14:05-14:42): by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
– Cricket-night-ambience (15:08-15:37): by InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org
– Electric zap (14:20): created by layering these three sounds together: http://www.freesound.org/people/Halleck/sounds/19487/ ; http://www.freesound.org/people/Glaneur%20de%20sons/sounds/34169/ ; http://www.freesound.org/people/JoelAudio/sounds/136542/
Chapter 12: The Far Side – SFX: Some jungle background sound was sourced from Mike The Tunk Woloszyn via freesound.org.
Chapter 13: Vagabonds – SFX: The background sound, “Footsteps, Dry Leaves, D.wav” came from InspectorJ (www.jshaw.co.uk) of Freesound.org.
Chapter 17: The Labyrinth – SFX: The background sound, “slow footsteps in a gorge” (01:33 – 01:39) was recorded and provided by Arnaud Coutancier via freesound.org.
Chapter 18: At the Heart of the Skirling Lies a Reclusive Spider – Atmospheric music sampled from global radio broadcast website, Radiogarden (http://radio.garden).
Chapter 19: The Usher Launch – Atmospheric music sampled from global radio broadcast website, Radiogarden (http://radio.garden).
Chapter 27: A Very Simple Test
SFX – Background office sounds: The Office by Iwan Gabovitch under CC-BY 3.0 License. Sourced from https://freesound.org
Chapter 28: The SED
(03:04-03:26) John Adams, The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra), San Francisco Symphony, Edo DeWaart conducting.
(05:15-05:36) John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, San Francisco Symphony, Edo DeWaart conducting.
(08:17-08:41) Nino Rota: Juliet of the Spirits soundtrack.
Chapter 30: Incognito
SFX – (02:13 – 02:16) Big Metal Chain copyright 2013 Iwan Gabovitch, CC-BY3 license. Sourced from https://freesound.org
(04:20 – 04:27) Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments. Canadian Chamber Ensemble conducted by Raffi Armenian, CBC Records, SMCD5159.
Chapter 31: The Diversion Mask
(00:36 – 01:50) Nino Rota: Juliet of the Spirits soundtrack.
Chapter 32: What Could Go Wrong?
(05:01 – 05:18) Igor Stravinsky: Octet for Wind Instruments. Canadian Chamber Ensemble conducted by Raffi Armenian, CBC Records, SMCD5159.
Chapter 34: Not If I Can Help It
(04:12 – 04:34) John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, San Francisco Symphony, Edo DeWaart conducting.
Chapter 35: The Chancellor
(01:14 – 02:38) Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major for 2 Trumpets, RV537 – Allegro
(02:39-04:21) J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 8, A3
(05:09-06:49) J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto, No. 4, G Major – Presto
(07:52-08:45) J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 12, A4
(08:50-09:41) J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto, No. 6, B Flat Major – Allegro
Chapter 36: The Judge
(00:30 – 01:06) J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 5
(03:11 – 05:50) Bill Frisell, I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
(08:45 – 09:05) Antonio Vivaldi, Concerto in C Major for 2 Trumpets, RV537 – Allegro
Chapter 37: The Oracle
(00:16 – 02:15) J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 3
(02:24 – 03:26) Pink Martini, Que Sera Sera
(03:43 – 04:18) Nino Rota, Juliet of the Spirits soundtrack
(05:17 – 05:30) Nino Rota, Juliet of the Spirits soundtrack
(07:43 – 08:54) J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 5
Chapter 38: Tiny Yellow Bird
(03:25 – 03:52) J.S. Bach, The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 3
(05:10 – 05:36) Harold Budd, Abandoned Cities
(05:43 – 06:06) Nino Rota, Juliet of the Spirits soundtrack
Chapter 39: Some Medicine
(01:49 – 05:14) A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Requiem for the Static King, Pt 2
(13:05 – 16:44) Bill Frisell, Poem for Eva