# 'BLARF: FILM SCORES FOR FILMS THAT DON'T EXIST' w/ Prateek Rajagopal

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Published: 2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00
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My guest this week is composer and musician Prateek Rajagopal (Executive Producer and Co-Composer of Blarf with Eric André : Film Scores For Films That Don't Exist, former member of Indian grindcore band Gutslit & film composer. We discuss how Prateek at a young age was not deemed ready for Metallica by his older brother, growing up in metal and hardcore punk, high school bands, Prateek writing jingles in India while working as a banker, the Indian metal scene, Grindcore & Gutslit, how punk and metal were not united in the 80s, going on autopilot as a musician, how to do weird things with an electric guitar, bombing in music, how Jonny Greenwood inspired Prateek and how he ended up in the USC Film Scoring Masters program, the lack of western musical infrastructure in India and how that's improving, scoring the film Tu Yaa Main and working with director Bejoy Nambiar, how Prateek and Eric André got on each other’s radar, straddling Blarf's earnest film scores with heaps of subversiveness, composing the songs Dead Balleria and Run For Your Death, translating Blarf live, smashing instruments, what Eric André and Prateek hoped to achieve with this record and more! PRATEEK RAJAGOPAL: prateekrajagopal.com BLARF: stonesthrow.com/store/film-scores-for-films-that-dont-exist REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: Host Chris Slusarenko ( Eyelids , Guided By Voices , owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide. Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any pod…

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