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Flight Delay
AIRPORT was the beginning and the end. The beginning of a successful franchise and the disaster movie genre of the 1970′s. And the end of one of the most influential film composers of all
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The Promised Land
When THIS IS CINERAMA was released in 1952, critics called it “The answer to television!” Cinerama was a new process in which three camera magazines were mounted as one. The 27-millimeter lenses, which filmed three separate
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The Dearness of You
I may not have been pleased with the packaging of 20th Century Fox’s 50th anniversary DVD of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, but the power of George Stevens’ film and Alfred Newman’s score remain
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Fasten Your Seatbelts
It’s an Alfred Newman kinda week here at Film Score Click Track. And today we visit my favorite film, which also just happens to feature a score by Newman, my favorite film composer. (Just
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DVD Review: The Diary of Anne Frank
For the 50th anniversary of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959), 20th Century Fox has rereleased the film on DVD and for the first time on Blu-ray. Since I have yet to make the leap
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Out of the Wilderness
From George Washington to George W. Bush, the American presidency has always inspired film composers. Though this post is a bit late to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth in February, it's never
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You Can Call Me Al
On the one month anniversary of FilmScoreClickTrack, I pay tribute to my favorite film composer–ALFRED NEWMAN. No, Newman is not Alfred E. Neuman, the face of Mad magazine. Though, according to the WMFU Blog, in an
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