This is the first year in a long time that I don’t have a favorite film that I’m rooting for... Read More
Even as a confirmed pessimist, I was surprised at how much the state of film music depressed me this year.... Read More
The Oscars are arguably the most derided award in film music. Why? Because it has the farthest reach and the... Read More
One of the joys of compiling a year-end list is revisiting film scores that I may have forgotten. With so... Read More
For all our real-time fascination with the Presidency, audiences usually show very little interest in cinematic portrayals of the Commander... Read More
My 50th birthday is approaching so I’ve naturally been taking stock of, well, everything. I’ve been looking back at the... Read More
I wonder if I’ll look back ten years from now and see 2011 as a turning point in my film... Read More
I’ve held off posting a review of Alexandre Desplat‘s score for THE TREE OF LIFE until I had a chance... Read More
Like many film music fans, I tend to lament the current state of film scoring. And then a year-end Top... Read More
As a longtime Oscar junkie, I live for the end of the year and the glut of Oscar bait that... Read More