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50 Favorite Film Scores, Part 2: #40–31

Jim Lochner August 14, 2012 3

Yesterday, I began a week-long look at 50 of my favorite film scores. If you want to read about the background behind the project, check out the earlier post. The remaining scores will be

CD Review: The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin

Jim Lochner July 11, 2012 3

Outside of John Williams and film music festivals, it’s not often that film music concerts are devoted to one composer, especially one from the Golden Age. But few composers lend themselves to such extensive

9 Oscar-Winning Scores Still To Be Released

Jim Lochner May 9, 2012 5

You’d think there be a month that went by that I didn’t think about the Oscars. Alas, I’m just that shallow. Even though an Academy Award is no indication of quality, the Oscars are

9 Favorite Western Film Scores

Jim Lochner February 9, 2012 14

I’m not a fan of Westerns particularly. The mythological images created by Hollywood seldom bear any resemblance to reality and their political leanings are often less than honorable. But those wide, open spaces and

CD Review: 55 Days at Peking

Jim Lochner November 22, 2011 0

With the recent release of a complete FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE rerecording on Prometheus Records and La-La Land’s expanded soundtrack of 55 DAYS AT PEKING, it’s a good time to be a fan

CD Review: The Fall of the Roman Empire

Jim Lochner November 2, 2011 4

Samuel Bronston’s THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE belongs to cinema of a different era. In today’s world of bloated CGI, the 1964 film is impressive if for nothing else than the detailed sets and

9 Favorite Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin

Jim Lochner January 9, 2011 6

With the recent release of SAE’s splendid soundtrack for CYRANO DE BERGERAC, I figured this month’s “9 on the 9th” post was the perfect time to celebrate the music of four-time Academy Award winner

CD Review: Cyrano de Bergerac

Jim Lochner January 7, 2011 2

Edmund Rostand’s CYRANO DE BERGERAC has smelled like a winner since its premiere in 1897. The story of the unattractive poet and soldier with a rather large nasal protuberance who speaks his love for

CD Review: Lost Horizon – The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin

Jim Lochner November 5, 2010 2

The final reissued album in the Charles Gerhardt Classic Film Scores series (at least until March) is LOST HORIZON–THE CLASSIC FILM SCORES OF DIMITRI TIOMKIN. Though there were at least two albums in the

CD Review: Champion

Jim Lochner July 15, 2010 0

Fans of Dimitri Tiomkin have reason to celebrate this year. We’ve already seen the premiere of Tiomkin’s score for the 1947 film noir THE LONG NIGHT and the first complete recording of his epic THE ALAMO.