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CD Review: The Princess and the Frog
I like Randy Newman. His interviews are usually laced with biting wit and sarcasm, and he doesn’t seem to take Hollywood too seriously, which is refreshing. And that’s not to mention his prodigious talents
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The ABC’s of Film Music
A is for the Academy Awards, my initial education into the world of film music B is for Best Original Score C is for the almighty CD, forever may it reign D is for
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2009 Grammy Nominations
For many film music fans, the Grammys merit even less discussion than the Oscars. The film categories are never handed out on TV, and with such a proliferation of categories, it’s hard to take
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CD Review: A Serious Man
It’s been a good fall for Carter Burwell. While WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE garnered the most attention, the latest film from the Coen Brothers, A SERIOUS MAN, opened quietly and to expectedly excellent reviews. The
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The Catered Affair
Based on a play by Paddy Chayefsky (the Oscar-winning MARTY and NETWORK), THE CATERED AFFAIR is a kitchen-sink drama starring Ernest Borgnine and Bette Davis as a Bronx cabbie and his wife whose daughter
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Giving Thanks Through Film Music
This week has not exactly gone as planned. On Monday, I went to the Performing Arts Library at Lincoln Center to do some research for my next Gold Rush column for Film Score Monthly
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Lost in the Shuffle XXI
The theme of this week’s “Lost in the Shuffle” post is black. From the Caped Crusader and stop-motion Halloween hijinks to an unwilling assassin, a kidnapper, and the Devil, this week’s post looks at
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CD Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Since I’m not a teenage girl or a middle-aged woman, I don’t really get the appeal of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally popular Twilight series of vampire tales. (Yes, I realize how sexist that sounds, but from
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Mark Isham’s Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Suite
When I interviewed Mark Isham back in September, his new film, BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS, was currently hitting the festival circuit. The film, which is directed by Werner Herzog and stars Nicolas
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