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The Men Behind the Curtain
While you may fly over the rainbow when you think of the classic songs of Harold Arlen and E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, it took an entire team of musical artists to make THE WIZARD OF OZ
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Top 100 Film Scores At 100
I love lists. Awards, best/worst, “to do” items that I have no intention of completing… You get the idea. Lists beg to be discussed and argued. And among film score fans, The Hollywood Reporter
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The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Mom: What do you want for Easter? Me: The soundtrack for CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND! (Blank stare from Mom.) Mom: What’s a soundtrack? (Equally blank–and incredulous–stare from me.) We had few traditions
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Off the Track
No two words can send film music fans into apoplectic seizures faster than the phrase “TEMP TRACK.” What is a temp track and why is it the bane of film composers and film score
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Golden Opportunity
According to the online dictionary, die.net, the GOLDEN AGE is “the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period.” When discussing Golden
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On the Right Track
Depending on who you ask, the CLICK TRACK was invented in the 1930′s by the “Father of Film Music” Max Steiner, or Carl Stalling or Scott Bradley to accompany their memorable animation scores. However,
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Golden Age Film Music: Colorful, Ornate and Gaudy?
Mark Swed’s Los Angeles Times review of the opening concert of the Pacific Symphony’s American Composers Festival made for some angry comments left by film score fans. However, I found his opening remarks particularly
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Film Music: To Be or Not To Be
Like children, should film music be “seen and not heard”? Many people denigrate film music, saying it takes them out of the experience of watching the film. And yet, these same folks will go
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