Aaron Copland arrived in Hollywood in 1938, and in little more than a decade he’d had enough. With his scores... Read More
From the moment SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE won its first critic award, it was written that it would follow a charmed path... Read More
It’s one of the most famous examples of film editing in movie history. Peter O’Toole blows out a match and... Read More
Baby, remember my name… It was 1980. I had just graduated from high school and was all set to start... Read More
So said the poster for 1976’s THE OMEN. But no amount of Hollywood marketing jargon could have prepared me for the... Read More
I first encountered Erich Wolfgang Korngold‘s Oscar-winning music for THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD in a 3-LP box set dedicated to... Read More
Growing up to the accompaniment of my father’s Roger Williams and Mantovani records, the harshest musical sounds in our house... Read More
No matter what you think of Michael Gore’s Academy Award-winning score to FAME (1980), there’s no denying the impact of... Read More
When I was young, my mother would drum words into my head night after night in preparation for the yearly spelling bee.... Read More
“It’s 1183 and we’re all barbarians…” And barbaric it is! THE LION WINTER follows an aging King Henry II (Peter O’Toole)... Read More