Writing about music is difficult. How to put aural sounds into language is a subjective, and often frustrating, if not...
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Books about film music are rare. Entertaining books about film music are even rarer. And entertaining books about film music...
With the recent release of a complete FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE rerecording on Prometheus Records and La-La Land’s expanded...
Shane Acker’s 9 has had an illustrious beginning. The original 11-minute animated short (you can watch it on YouTube) won a 2005 Student...
I hate Christmas. The forced cheer, the religious overtones, the “peace on Earth, goodwill toward men” that seems to evaporate...
It’s been a good fall for Carter Burwell. While WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE garnered the most attention, the latest film from...
Legendary soprano Galina Vishnevskaya will forever be linked with such legendary recordings as Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem, Shostakovich’s Lady Macbeth of...
Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND continues its spectacular (and surprising) box office run, bringing Danny Elfman‘s score, one of the strongest...
The worlds of film music and classical music co-exist peacefully side by side in my house. Throughout my many years...