Ah, the time-honored tradition of “desert island discs”–the discs, in our case the film scores, you simply can’t live without. Forget...
I have a dear friend in Austin who refuses to see animated films. I’ve tried for nearly 25 years to...
Because everyone’s sense of humor is different, everyone’s taste in comedy films is also different. I’m not usually a big...
Danny Elfman is composer du jour at the multiplex with his recent scores for THE WOLFMAN and ALICE IN WONDERLAND....
My 50th birthday is approaching so I’ve naturally been taking stock of, well, everything. I’ve been looking back at the...
When it comes to writing marches, you’d think every composer would throw up their hands in defeat following in the...
With the release of Jerry Fielding’s THE WILD BUNCH, it’s the end of the line for the Film Score Monthly...
August is my birthday month. But rather than wait for the 19th to roll around, I’m celebrating my birthday a...
1976…the year I discovered film music. It’s an important year for me. With my purchase of THE OMEN soundtrack, and for...
I no longer remember my first exposure to the music of Alexandre Desplat. It seems like his musical gifts have always...