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50 Favorite Film Scores, Part 1: #50–41
In the countdown to my 50th birthday on the 19th, in addition to foolishly choosing nine of my favorite film composers, I decided to tackle an even more daunting task—choose 50 of my favorite
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The Thrill of the Hunt
I’ve never participated in a fox hunt for a couple of reasons–1) It’s now banned almost everywhere, 2) I’m afraid of horses, and 3) it requires me to be outdoors. Though I’m fully aware
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To Trip the Score Fantastic
Future Pulitzer Prize-winner John Corigliano burst onto the film music scene in 1980 with Ken Russell’s trippy film, ALTERED STATES. Based on Paddy Chayefsky’s novel, William Hurt stars as a college professor researching different states of consciousness
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CD Review: Revolution
In December 2007, I came across a copy of John Corigliano‘s score for REVOLUTION. The 1985 film starring Al Pacino and Nastassja Kinski during the Revolutionary War was one of the most notorious flops
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CD Review: Mr. Tambourine Man/Three Hallucinations
The relationship between Hollywood and the concert hall has always been strained at best. But for me, film music and classical music have always existed peacefully side by side. As a clarinet performance major
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War Is Hell
“You could hear the city a mile off…New York goin’ crazy.” But New York wasn’t the only city going crazy when Revolution opened in limited release on Christmas Day, 1985.
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