What’s that I hear coming over the horizon? Could it be? Yup, that’s an 8-bar phrase as sure as I’m... Read More
One Pope is dead and someone is murdering the preferiti, the cardinals in line to be the next Vicar of... Read More
James Horner is not a hack. You don’t work your way up to the top level of film composers without... Read More
Long before Charlton Heston chariot-raced his way to Oscar glory, MGM filmed BEN-HUR as a silent film in 1925, starring... Read More
We reviewers get some strange albums floating across our desks every now and then. And Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin has to... Read More
In BRIGHT STAR, Academy Award-winner Jane Campion once again mines the well of illicit love as she did in THE PIANO.... Read More
It is appropriate that the first entry in the new Discoveries series of posts should have a global influence. Christopher... Read More
Out of the numerous albums in Charles Gerhardt’s Classic Film Scores series, CAPTAIN BLOOD–CLASSIC FILM SCORES FOR ERROL FLYNN, released in... Read More
If you’ve read this blog for any reasonable amount of time, you already know of my love for Alfred Newman.... Read More
The original CARS in 2006 is one of Pixar’s weaker efforts. Its box office performance did not nearly match its... Read More