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9 Purple Cows of Film Music
In his excellent 2002 book, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable, Seth Godin tells the story of a trip he took to France with his family. He describes driving around the French countryside,
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9 Favorite FSM CDs
With the release of Jerry Fielding’s THE WILD BUNCH last month, it’s the end of the line for the Film Score Monthly label. With a roster of 250 releases since 1996, FSM filled a
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50 Favorite Film Scores, Part 2: #40–31
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
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9 Favorite Comedy Scores
Because everyone’s sense of humor is different, everyone’s taste in comedy films is also different. (Duh!) I’m not usually a big fan of obvious, slapstick humor. I prefer comedy that has a human element,
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Viva Bombolini!
Ah, the joys of guilty pleasures. And the joys are many in Stanley Kramer’s THE SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA. Based on Robert Crichton’s bestselling novel, the 1969 film stars Anthony Quinn as the bumbling wine maker
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CD Review: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
There’s only one word to describe IT’S A MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD…”mad.” Thankfully for us film score fans, Ernest Gold‘s wonderful score ties together all the loose threads of this bombastic film. This loud
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CD Review: Exodus
There are innumerable issues that can crop up with with re-recordings of old scores. Sure, we can expect the sound quality to significantly improve, but will it match the intensity and quality of the
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A Land Flowing With Milk and Honey
This week heralds the long-awaited arrival of Tadlow’s complete recording of Ernest Gold‘s score for EXODUS (1960). The Oscar-winning score has been a favorite of mine since my early days of Oscar-related film score
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