Vancouver Pride Week is upon us so with gak back in the saddle, it's time for LGBTQ+ themes galore with a profile on Gustavo Santaolalla's Oscar-winning score to the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain. 01. Bonnie Tyler: If You Were a Woman [and I Was a Man] (Secret Dreams & Forbidden Fire, 1986) Columbia 02. Cowboy Sadness: The Cowboy Way (Selected Jambient Works: Volume 1, 2024) People Teeth 03. L7: Shirley (Hungry for Stink, 1994) Slash/Reprise 04.Kim Gordon: Grass Jeans (2021) self-released 05. Caleb RK Williams: Dead Prairie Theme (Oracle, 2018) Eagle Stone Collective 06. Avalon Emerson & the Charm: Jupiter & Mars (Written into Changes, 2026) Dead Oceans 07. Suki Waterhouse: Weirdo (Loveland, 2026) Island 08. Laika & the Cosmonauts: Turquoise (Absurdistan, 1997) Evidence/Yep Roc 09. Otha: Baby I Forgive You (2026) self-released 10. Oklou: Harvest Sky [w.Underscores] (Choke Enough, 2025) True Panther Sounds 11. Robin Guthrie: Metropol (Atlas EP, 2024) Soleil Après Minuit 12. LCD Soundsystem: Get Innocuous [live] (Electric Lady Sessions, 2019) DFA/Columbia 13. Lil Nas X & Cardi B: Rodeo (7 EP, 2019) Columbia 14. Terre Thaemlitz: Trans Am [Transgendered American, edit] (Couture Cosmetique, 1997) Caipirinha 15. Zoon: You Can't See Me [This Low] (Happy Thought School, 2026) Paper Bag 16. Cindy Lee: Gayblevision (Diamond Jubilee, 2024) Realistik Studios 17. Dean McPhee: Sky Burial (Tim Peaks: Songs for a Late-Night Diner, 2019) Ace 18. Non La: Every Lie (Like Before, 2024) Mint 19. Woodpigeon: My Denial in Argyle (Die Stadt Muzikanten, 2010) Boompa 20. Matti Bye: Noir (Tove OST, 2021) Oona 21. Rising Appalachia: Speak Out [w.Ani DiFranco] (Leylines, 2019) self-released 22. Shawna Virago: Eternity Street (Blood in Her Dreams, 2024) Tranimal 23. Woody Jackson: An American Pastoral Scene (The Music of Red Dead Redemption 2: Original Score, 2019) Lakeshore 24. Lavender Country: Don't Buy Her No More Roses (Blackberry Rose, 2022) Don Giovanni 25. Crystal Shawanda: Come Unto Me (Homesick Indian Blues, 2026) New Sun 26. Don Elliott: The Bull Speaks (Double Trumpet Doings, 1955) Riverside 27. kd lang: Jericho (Hymns of the 49th Parallel, 2004) Nonesuch 28. kd lang: Sweet Little Cherokee (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues OST, 1993) Sire/Warner 29. Laura Masotto: Dark Horse (The Spirit of Things, 2024) 7k! 30. Rae Spoon: Country Music Breaks My Heart (Assigned Country Singer at Birth, 2026) Coax 31. Orville Peck: Cowboys are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other [w.Willie Nelson] (Stampede, 2024) Warner 32. Gustavo Santaolalla: The Blinding Sun (Babel OST, 2006) Concord 33. Gustavo Santaolalla: Closet (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 34. Willie Nelson: He Was a Friend of Mine (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 35. Rufus Wainwright: The Maker Makes (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 36. Gustavo Santaolalla: Opening (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 37. Gustavo Santaolalla: Brokeback Mountain #2 (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 38. Gustavo Santaolalla: Riding Horses (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 39. Gustavo Santaolalla: The Wings (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 40. Gustavo Santaolalla: Horse Love (Brokeback Mountain OST, 2005) Verve Forecast 41. Owen Pallett: The Sound of Engines (Island, 2020) Domino 42. Arthur Russell: Eli (Love is Overtaking Me, 2008) Rough Trade/Audika 43. Stefan Smulovitz: Perseids (Bow & Brush: 12 Scores of Nadina Tandy, 2024) Redshift 44. Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Laughter in Summer (Laughter in Summer, 2026) Transgressive 45. Avi Engel: Garden of Earthly Delights (Seedhead, 2026) self-released forthcoming 46. Eldritch Priest: Iris (Dormitive Virtue, 2024) Halocline Trance 47. Margo Guryan: Goodbye July (Words & Music, 2024) Numero Group Some kids in a car with a megaphone were driving around campus after the show, ranking pedestrians on apparently gayness, which I misheard what was going on if they were for or against. Hence the importance of pride celebrations since there are still lunkheads about. radiofreegak@gmail.com www.citr.ca/exploding-head-movies https://mas.to/@100aire