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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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It’s a Great Day for the Oscars!
It’s been a little over a month since this year’s Academy Awards, and how many people have already forgotten that Mychael Danna won for LIFE OF PI? Our collective memories seem to be “like
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9 Most Influential Film Composers
Every film composer brings his or her talent to a project. They carve out a career path for themselves in which they (hopefully) can make a living through the art and craft of creating
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9 Tired Topics in Film Music
We film music fans sure do love to argue. No matter the topic or time of day—on Facebook and Twitter, over brunch and over cocktails, in person or hiding behind some lame screen name—we
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Tall Tales
THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN is exactly what the title suggests: an episodic, highly entertaining (and highly fictionalized) “biography” of the celebrated author through his childhood, riverboating on the Mississippi River, his books and
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2012 Oscar Nominations for Music
The Oscars are arguably the most derided award in film music. Why? Because it has the farthest reach and the biggest impact on the general public at large. Film music fans get all bent
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The Ten Commandments of Film Music
Holy Moses! Ten items in a “9 on the 9th” post? I decided to shake things up a bit in the new year. I have the utmost respect for the Bible—at least as source
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Top 10 Film Scores of 2012
One of the joys of compiling a year-end list is revisiting film scores that I may have forgotten. With so many scores released over the last 12 months, it’s easy for one or more
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75 Songs Vie for Oscar
Buh-bye ridiculous AMPAS rules. The original songs eligible for this year’s Academy Awards face a less daunting nomination process than in year’s past. Gone are the confusing stipulations that nominated songs needed to receive a
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