Over 50 years later, David Lean’s THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI still stands as one of the all-time great... Read More
Future Pulitzer Prize-winner John Corigliano burst onto the film music scene in 1980 with Ken Russell’s trippy film, ALTERED STATES. Based on... Read More
In 1953, Oscar decided to make up for the embarrassment of 1952’s Best Picture THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (though... Read More
Like the sun pouring through the attic’s broken skylight, the power of George Stevens’ THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK and... Read More
The success of Dimitri Tiomkin’s title song for HIGH NOON prior to the film’s release helped the box office (and... Read More
The star of HUMORESQUE was composer Franx Waxman, not John Garfield’s driven concert violinist nor Joan Crawford as his patroness-slash-lover. Waxman’s... Read More
From George Washington to George W. Bush, the American presidency has always inspired film composers. Though this post is a bit late to celebrate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth in February, it's never too late to visit John Ford’s YOUNG MR. LINCOLN (1939) and Alfred Newman's typically excellent score. Read More
In 1965, studio execs at 20th Century Fox probably thought that audiences were, shall we say, art-impaired. And if today’s... Read More
For such a bona fide star, Whitney Houston has not had much of a film career. Granted, her choice of projects has... Read More