There are innumerable issues that can crop up with with re-recordings of old scores. Sure, we can expect the sound... Read More
“Everything today is thoroughly modern…” Well, not exactly, but that’s half the fun. A tongue-in-cheek musical spoof of the Roaring... Read More
Arguably the least stuffy costumer ever filmed, Albert Finney stars as TOM JONES (1963), Henry Fielding’s classic bastard of ignoble birth.... Read More
Today is one of the most important days of the year for me—the Oscar nominations. Sure, it’s ridiculous, but after... Read More
It’s been a long road of prognosticators and pontificating on the way to this year’s Oscar nominees, myself included. As... Read More
LIMELIGHT is an interesting film in the Charlie Chaplin canon. In his last American film, Chaplin stars as Calvero, a... 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
In 1959, M-G-M’s future was riding on the success or failure of the studio’s $15 million remake of the 1925... Read More
Ask any film score fan for one of Oscar’s greatest injustices and they’ll point to Anne Dudley‘s 1997 win for... Read More
On his 80th birthday, we celebrate the often overlooked career of one of my favorite film composers—André Previn. Previn has found... Read More