Beginning with episode 98, we asked Scriptnotes listeners to send us their take on the Scriptnotes theme for us to use as an outro. Here are the ones we’ve used so far.
If you’d like to submit one of your own, send a link to ask@johnaugust.com. (Soundcloud is terrific if you use it.)
By Joe Palen, from Episode 541: Intelligence vs. Charisma
By Nico Mansy, from Episode 540: Nice to Meet-Cute You
By Contra Entropy, from Episode 539: Science Movies
By Christiaan Mentz, from Episode 538: On Being A Screenwriter
By Nico Mansy, from Episode 537: The One With Mike Schur
By Owen Danoff, from Episode 536: Adaptation and Transition
By Julia Hostetler, from Episode 535: Main Character Energy
By William Phillipson, from Episode 534: Halfway There
By William Brink, from Episode 533: We See and We Hear
By Owen Danoff, from Episode 532: Mistakes of Yes
By Henry Adler, from Episode 531: Scene to Scene
By Nico Mansy, from Episode 530: The One With Jack Thorne
By Ryan Gerberding, from Episode 529: The Journey, the Destination, and Movie Lego
By Timothy Vajda, from Episode 528: M is for Minimum
By Andy Roninson, from Episode 527: Diehard: Extended Edition
By Henry Adler, from Episode 526: Just One Question
By Ryan Gerberding, from Episode 525: The Story this was Based On
By Henry Adler, from Episode 524: The Home Stretch
By Henry Adler, from Episode 523: A Screenwriter’s Guide to Bullshitting
By Andrew Ryan, from Episode 522: Blind Spots and Natural Structures
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 521: Action Density
By Layn Pieratt, from Episode 520: You Can’t Even Imagine
By Owen Danoff, from Episode 519: How to Forget
By Eric Pearson, from Episode 518: Knives Outback
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 517: Smart People Talking About TV
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 516: 10 Year Anniversary
By Zach Lo, from Episode 515: Ashley is Back
By Christian Mentz, from Episode 514: Looking Back and Forward
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 513: Writing for Stars
By Andrew Hart, from Episode 512: There is No Conspiracy
By Caden Brown, from Episode 511: Framing the Story
By William Brink, from Episode 510: Craft Compendium
By Michael Karman, from Episode 509: Foreshadowing
By Ryan Riley, from Episode 505: Making TV Like Features but Better
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 405: Live at the Ace Hotel
By Mackey Landy, from Episode 404: The One with Charlie Brooker
By Matthew Chilleli, from Episode 403: How to Write a Movie
By Matthew Chilleli, from Episode 402: How Do You Like Your Stakes?
By Jonathan Mann, from Episode 401: You Got Verve
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 400: Movies They Don’t Make Anymore
By Mackey Landy, from Episode 399: Notes on Notes
By Luke Davis, from Episode 398: The Curated Craft Compendium
By Thomas Johnstone, from Episode 397: The Sound Episode
By Lou Stone Borenstein, from Episode 396: Big Numbers
By David John Banks, from Episode 395: All in this Together
By James Llonch and Jim Bond, from Episode 394: Broken but Sympathetic
By Chuck Eyler, from Episode 393: Twenty Questions about the Agency Agreement
By James Bond and Jim Llonch, from Episode 392: The Final Moment
By Victor Krause, from Episode 391: When It’s All Said and Done
The Stuart Special By James Llonch & Jim Bond, from Episode 390: Getting Staffed
By XLNYC, from Episode 389: The Future of the Industry
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 388: The Clown Stays in the Picture
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 387: Seattle Live Show 2019
By Cole Parzenn, from Episode 386: The Princess Bride
By Luke Brown, from Episode 372: No Writing Left Behind
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 371: Writing Memorable Dialogue
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 370: Two Things at the Same Time
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 369: What Is a Movie, Anyway?
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 368: Advice for a New Staff Writer
By Luke Davis, from Episode 367: One Year Later
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 366: Tying Things Up
By Timothy Vajda, from Episode 365: Craig Hates Dummies
By Luke Davis, from Episode 364: Netflix Killed the Video Store
By Luke Davis, from Episode 363: Best Popular Screenwriting Podcast
By Timothy Vajda, from Episode 362: The One with Mindy Kaling
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 361: From Indie to Action Comedy
By Michael O’Konis, from Episode 360: Relationships
By Larry Douziech, from Episode 359: Where Movies Come From
By Luke Davis, from Episode 358: Point of View
By Timothy Vajda, from Episode 357: This Title is an Example of Exposition
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 356: Writing Animated Movies
By Jeff Mooney, from Episode 355: Not Worth Winning
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 354: Upgrade
By Jon Spurney, from Episode 353: Bad Behavior
Intro by Jon Spurney and Outro by Matthew Chilleli, from Episode 352: Infinite Westworld
By Olufemi Sowemimo, from Episode 351: Full Circle
By Larry Douziech, from Episode 349: Putting Words on the Page
By Nicolas Curcio, from Episode 348: All About Family
By Tim Garcia, from Episode 347: Conflict of Interest
By Hunter Christensen, from Episode 346: Changing the Defaults
By Travis Newton, from Episode 345: Love, Aptaker & Berger
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 344: Comedy Geometry
By Luke Davis, from Episode 343: The One with the Indie Producer
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 342: Getting Paid for It
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 340: What’s the Plan, Anyway?
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 339: Mostly Terrible People
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 338: We’re Back, Baby
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 337: The One with Stephen Schiff
By Hunter Christensen, from Episode 336: Call Me by Your Name
By Andy Roninson, from Episode 334: Worst Case Scenarios
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 333: The End of the Beginning
By Travis Newton, from Episode 332: Wait for It
By Matthew Chilelli and the Children’s Bell Choir of Akita, from Episode 331: We Had the Same Idea
By Andy Roninson, from Episode 330: A Cop’s Cop Show
Intro and outro, from Episode 329: Five-Star Podnerships
By Jon Spurney
By Andy Roninson
By Phil Baker, from Episode 328: Pitching Television, or Being a Passionate Widget
By Arbitrary Jukebox, from Episode 327: Mergers and Breakups
By Matt Davis, from Episode 326: Austin 2017 Three Page Challenge
By Rowland Salley and performed by Craig Mazin, from Episode 325: (Adjective) Soldier
Listen to “Killing the Blues” here
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 324: All of It Needs to Stop
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 323: Austin Live Show 2017 (AKA Too Many Scotts)
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 322: The Post-Weinstein Era
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 321: Getting Stuff Written
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 320: Should You Give Up?
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 319: Movies Dodged a Bullet
By John August (lyrics) and Sam Davis (music), from Episode 318: Writing Other Things
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 317: First Day on the Job
By Jonathan Mann, from Episode 316: Distracted Boyfriend Is All of Us
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 315: Big Screens, Big Money
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 314: Unforgiven
By Jonathan Mann, from Episode 313: Well, It Worked in the 80s
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 312: The Magic Word Is In This Episode
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 310: What’s in the WGA Deal
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 309: Logic and Gimmickry
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 308: Chekhov’s Ladder
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 307: Teaching Your Heroes to Drive
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 306: DRAMA!
By Sam Brady, from Episode 305: Forever Young and Stupid
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 304: Location Is Where It’s At
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 303: 75% of Nothing
By Esther Longhurst and Jessica Messenger, from Episode 302: Let’s Make Some Oscar Bait
Dear Mr. Darcy
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 301: The Addams Family
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 300: From Writer to Writer-Director
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 299: It’s Always Sunny in Star Wars
By Andres Cantor, from Episode 298: How Characters Move
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 297: Free-Agent Franchises
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 296: Television with Damon Lindelof
By Jeff Bayson, from Episode 295: The Return of Malcolm
By Ben Singer, from Episode 294: Getting the Details Wrong
By Victor Krause, from Episode 293: Underground Railroad of Love
By Panic Moon, from Episode 291: California Cannibal Cults
By Eric Pearson, from Episode 290: The Social Media Episode
By Kristian Gotthelf, from Episode 289: WGA Negotiations 101
By The Arbitrary Jukebox Experiment, from Episode 288: Betty, Veronica and Craig
By Malcolm Nygard, from Episode 287: Hollywood is Always Dying
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 285: Sinbad and the Sea-Monkeys
By Bleak Gilliam, from Episode 284: AMA With Derek Haas
By Adam Pasulko, from Episode 283: Director Disorientation
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 282: The One from Paris
By Tim Minchin, from Episode 281: Holiday Homeopathy Spectacular
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 280: Black List Boys Don’t Cry
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 279: What Do They Want?
By Eric Pearson, from Episode 278: Revenge of the Clams
By Victor Krause, from Episode 277: Fantasy and Reality
By Pedro Aguilera, from Episode 276: Mammoths of Mercy
By Eric Pearson, from Episode 275: English is not Latin
By Rich Woodson, from Episode 274: Welcome to Gator Country
By Ben Grimes, from Episode 273: What is a Career in Screenwriting Like?
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 272: The Secret Live Show in Austin
By Pedro Aguilera, from Episode 271: Buckling Down
By Tim Gerth, from Episode 270: John Lee Hancock
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 269: Mystery Vs. Confusion
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 268: (Sometimes) You Need a Montage
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 267: Dig Two Graves
By John Venable, from Episode 266: Stranger Things and Other Things
By Matt Davis, from Episode 265: Sheep Crossing Roads
By Roman Mittermayr, from Episode 264: The One With the Agent
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 263: Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting
By John Venable, from Episode 262: Tidy Screenwriting
By Matt Davis, from Episode 261: Don’t Think Twice
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 260: Anthrax, Amnesia and Atomic Veterans
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 259: The Exit Interview
By Sam Comer, from Episode 258: Generic Trigger Warning
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 256: Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 254: The One with the Kates
By Adam Lastname, from Episode 253: Television Economics for Dummies
By Timothy Vajda, from Episode 252: An Alliance with House Mazin
By Paul B, from Episode 251: They Won’t Even Read You
By Paul B, from Episode 250: The One with the Austin Winner
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 249: How to Introduce Characters
By Jonathan Mann, from Episode 248: Pitching an Open Writing Assignment
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 247: The One with Lawrence Kasdan
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 246: The One with the Idiot Teamster
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 245: Outlines and Treatments
By Adam Lastname, from Episode 244: The Invitation, and Requels
By Brantley Aufill, from Episode 243: Heroes, Villains and Two-Handers
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 242: No More Milk Money
By Sam Tahhan, from Episode 241: Fan Fiction and Ghost Taxis
By Adam Lastname, from Episode 240: David Mamet and the producer pass
By Daniel Green, from Episode 239: What is good writing?
By Adam Lastname, from Episode 238: The job of writer-producer
By Adam Lastname, from Episode 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It
By Sam Tahhan, from Episode 236: Franchises and Final Draft
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys
By Sam Tahhan, from Episode 234: The Script Graveyard
By Mary Webb, from Episode 232: Fun with Numbers
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 231: Room, Spotlight and The Big Short
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 229: Random Advice 2015
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 228: Scriptnotes Holiday Show 2015
By Roman Mittermayr, from Episode 227: Feel the Nerd Burn
By Jon Spurney, from Episode 225: Only haters hate rom-coms
By Kim Atle, from Episode 224: Whiplash, on paper and on screen
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 223: Confusing, Unlikable and On-The-Nose
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 222: Live from Austin 2015
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 220: Writers Rooms, Taxes, and Fat Hamlet
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 219: The One Where Aline’s Show Debuts
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 218: Features are different
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 216: Rewrites and Scheduling
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 214: Clerks and recreation
By Duncan Pflaster, from Episode 213: NDAs and other acronyms
By Jack Mazin, from Episode 212: Diary of a First-Time Director
By Jonah Bech Vestergard, from Episode 211: The International Episode
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 210: One-Handed Movie Heroes
By Kim Atle, from Episode 209: How to Not Be a Jerk
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 208: How descriptive audio works
By Leon Schatz, from Episode 207: Why movies have reshoots
By Stuart Neville, from Episode 206: Everything but the dialogue
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 205: The One with Alec Berg
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 204: No one makes those movies anymore
By Jonathan Mann, from Episode 203: Nobody Eats Four Marshmallows
The “Some Guy” Anthem
By Adrian Tanner, from Episode 202: Everyman vs. Superman
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 201: How would this be a movie?
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 200: The 200th Episode Live Show
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 200 (intro): The 200th Episode Live Show
By Travis Newton, from Episode 199: Second Draft Doldrums
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 198: Back to 100
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 197: How do bad movies get made?
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 196: The long and short of it
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 195: Writing for Hollywood without living there
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 194: Poking the bear
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 193: How writing credits work
By JT Butler, from Episode 192: You can’t train a cobra to do that
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 191: The Deal with Scripped.com
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 190: This Is Working
By Jon Spurney, from Episode 189: Uncluttered by Ignorance
By Kristian Gotthelf, from Episode 188: Midseason Finale
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 187: The Coyote Could Stop Any Time
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 185: Malcolm Spellman, a Study in Heat
By Manoel Felciano, from Episode 184: Go Set a Spider-Man
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 182: The One with Rebel Wilson and Dan Savage
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 181: INT. THE WOODS – NIGHT
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 180: Bad Teachers, Good Advice and the Default Male
By Jason Young, from Episode 179: The Conflict Episode
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 178: Doing, not thinking
By Brandon S Meyers, from Episode 176: Advice to a First-Time Director
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 175: Twelve Days of Scriptnotes
By Kris Gotthelf, from Episode 174 (and 119): Hacks, Transference and Where to Begin
By Betty Spinks, from Episode 173: The Perfect Reader
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 172: Franz Kafka’s brother, and the perfect agent
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 170: Lotteries, lightning strikes and twist endings
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 169: Descending Into Darkness
By Peter Rinaldi, from Episode 168: Austin Forever
By Jackie Ann, from Episode 167: The Tentpoles of 2019
By Jonas Bech, from Episode 166: Critics, Characters and Business Affairs
By Betty Spinks, from Episode 165: Toxic Perfection Syndrome
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 164: Guardians of the Galaxy’s Nicole Perlman
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 163: Ghost
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 162: Luck, sequels and bus money
By Robert Hutchison, from Episode 161: A Cheap Cut of Meat Soaked in Butter
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 159: The Mystery of the Disappearing Articles
By Brian Shane, from Episode 158: Putting a price on it
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 157: Threshers, Mergers and the Top Two Boxes
By Sir Funkytown, from Episode 155: Two Writers, One Script
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 154: Making Things Better by Making Things Worse
By Jeff Harms, from Episode 153: Selling without selling out
By JT Butler, from Episode 152: The Rocky Shoals (pages 70-90)
By Regis Duffy, from Episode 151: Secrets and Lies
By Rajesh Naroth, from Episode 150: Yes, screenwriting is actually writing
By Betty Spinks, from Episode 149: The Long-Lost Austin Three Page Challenge
By Robin Karlsson, from Episode 148: From Debussy to VOD
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 147: To Chase or To Spec
By Wilson Kelly, from Episode 145: Q&A from the Superhero Spectacular
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 144: The Summer Superhero Spectacular
By Sam Worseldine, from Episode 143: Photoplays and archetypes
By Betty Spinks, from Episode 142: The Angeles Crest Fiasco
By Adrian Tanner, from Episode 141: Uncomfortable Ambiguity, or Nobody Wants Me at their Orgy
By Chris Henry, from Episode 140: Falling back in love with your script
By Blake Kuehn, from Episode 138: The Deal with the Deal
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 137: Draw Your Own Werewolf
By Jeff Harms, from Episode 136: Ghosts Laughing at Jokes
By Blake Kuehn, from Episode 135: World-building
By Jakob Freudenthal, from Episode 134: So Many Questions
By Jonas Bech, from Episode 133 (and 117): Groundhog Day
By Betty Spinks, from Episode 132: The Contract between Writers and Readers
By Kim Atle, from Episode 131: Procrastination and Pageorexia
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 130: Period Space
By Jakob Freudenthal, from Episode 129: The One with the Guys from Final Draft
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 128: Frozen with Jennifer Lee
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 127: Women and Pilots
By Kim Atle, from Episode 126: Punching the Salty Ocean
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 125: Egoless Screenwriting
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 124: Q&A from the Holiday Spectacular
By Fred Tepper, from Episode 123: Scriptnotes Holiday Spectacular
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 123 (Intro): Scriptnotes Holiday Spectacular
By Andreas Hornig, from Episode 122: Young Billionaire’s Guide to Hollywood
By Cole Parzenn, from Episode 121: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend’s Screenwriter
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 120: Let’s talk about coverage
By Kris Gotthelf, from Episode 119 (and 174): Positive Moviegoing
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 118: Time Travel with Richard Kelly
By Jonas Bech, from Episode 117 (and 133): Not Just Dialogue
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 116: Damsels in distress
By Lawrence Fehler, from Episode 115: Back to Austin with Rian Johnson and Kelly Marcel
By Ashley Kotzur, from Episode 114: Blockbusters
By Alan Dague-Greene, from Episode 113: Not Safe for Children
By The Face of Human Error, from Episode 112: Let me give you some advice
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 111: What’s Next
By Daniel Johnson, from Episode 110: Putting your pain second
By Jason Young, from Episode 108: Are two screens better than one?
By Kurt Kuenne, from Episode 107: Talking to actors
By Latif Ullah, from Episode 106: Two ENTJs walk into a bar (and fix it)
By Stephen Moore, from Episode 105: Adventures in semi-colons
By Olivia Neutron Bomb, from Episode 104: Ender’s Game, one-hours and alt-jokes
By Bryan Duke, from Episode 103: Disaster Porn, and Spelling Things Out
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 102: Hits, misses and hedge funds
By Seth Podowitz, from Episode 101: Q&A from the live show
By Mike Timmerman, from Episode 100 (and 146): Scriptnotes, the 100th episode
By Matthew Chilelli, from Episode 98: Long movies, producer credits and price-fixing