I no longer remember my first exposure to the music of Alexandre Desplat. It seems like his musical gifts have always...
Over the past year, I had the privilege of exploring the film music of Michel Legrand in more depth. Between writing...
Before there was John Williams or Hans Zimmer, there was Henry Mancini—the first film music superstar. Through a string of chart-topping...
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, movies used to have main titles that were scored. For...
In his excellent 2002 book, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable, Seth Godin tells the story of a trip...
With the release of Jerry Fielding’s THE WILD BUNCH, it’s the end of the line for the Film Score Monthly...
Every film composer brings his or her talent to a project. They carve out a career path for themselves in...
We film music fans sure do love to argue. No matter the topic or time of day—on Facebook and Twitter,...
I have the utmost respect for the Bible—at least as source material for entertaining, pompous 1950s costume dramas—but something within...
For all our real-time fascination with the Presidency, audiences usually show very little interest in cinematic portrayals of the Commander...