Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, and Kristopher Carter, collectively known as Dynamic Music Partners, have created music for a variety of different genres, including TV series, independent films, video games, and live performance events. They have all won individual awards, but collectively, they have earned 28 Emmy Award nominations and 6 Annie Award nominations as composers for Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, Batman: The Brave And The Bold, Justice League, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, and The New Batman Superman Adventures.

Kristopher Carter has been on this show before. Back in 2015, Episode 20, Carter came on the podcast to discuss his career. He teased that he would return with Michael and Lolita, and he made good on that promise in this episode.

Topics include: how they got their start, the process of scoring animation. They also discuss great moments in the DC animated universe, including working on the Batman and Superman animated series in the 1990s. They also discuss how the late composer Shirley Walker hired them and introduced them into the superhero world.

For more information, including information on a new Teen Titans release, visit https://dynamicmusicpartners.com/.

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Iconic voice actor Cam Clarke makes his second appearance on the show. His first was with his Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle co-stars Barry Gordon, Rob Paulsen, and Townsend Coleman (Episode 148). Clarke began his career at six years old on TV’s The King Family Show. Cam’s solo career began in the early 1980s, and he quickly became a prolific voice-over actor, lending his voice to numerous animated series and video games. His most famous role is Leonardo in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the favorite villain of numerous fans as Liquid Snake in the Metal Gear Solid games.

Other roles include He-Man in the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Kaneda in the anime classic Akira, Max Sterling in Robotech, the tween idol Heath Burns in the original Monster High, and, continuing a legacy, Simba in The Lion King franchise.

He comes from a family that has been in the entertainment business for over 100 years. He chronicles his family's incredible history in a new book, “Now They’re All Here, Over 100 Years of Entertainment From America’s First Family of Song.”

The King Family has been performing together (and with solo careers) since the 1920s: vaudeville, radio, musical films of the 1940s, kitschy sci-fi from the 1950s, tours across the country, recordings in musical genres from jazz and big band to Broadway and pop, even cartoons and video games.

In this episode, Clarke discusses his family’s rich entertainment heritage and how the book tells those stories. He also talks about his iconic career, spending particular time on He-Man, The Tick, and the 1990s animated Spider-Man series, where he played Mr. Fantastic.

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In 1990, director Albert Pyun created Captain America, a direct-to-video film based on the Marvel Comics character. It stars Matt Salinger as Steve Rogers/Captain America and Scott Paulin as the Red Skull. Menahem Golan produced the film for the now-defunct 21st Century Film Corporation. The director Pyun said that the 21st Century Film Corporation had chopped the film down before release and that he had a longer “director’s cut” of the movie, which sat in a closet until Pyun died in 2022. The film has since been remastered and newly released.

Kenny Williams runs Yippee Ki-Yay Mother Video, who has released this director’s cut of Albert Pyun’s Captain America. Kenny was a protégé of Pyun and is carrying on his legacy.

In this episode, Williams discusses the value of physical media and the impact Pyun had on his film aspirations.

For more information: https://yippeekiyaymothervideo.com/.

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