On the one month anniversary of FilmScoreClickTrack, I pay tribute to my favorite film composer-ALFRED NEWMAN. No, Newman is not... 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
It’s an Alfred Newman kinda week here at Film Score Click Track. And today we visit my favorite film, which... 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
When THIS IS CINERAMA was released in 1952, critics called it “The answer to television!” Cinerama was a new process in which... Read More
AIRPORT was the beginning and the end. The beginning of a successful franchise and the disaster movie genre of the... Read More
Today, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY is known as the film that most cinephiles believe “undeservedly” won the 1941 Best... Read More
For a heathen like me, films with religious overtones are usually best when played for their camp entertainment value, a... Read More
ALFRED NEWMAN guards my apartment. In my entryway, a framed, bronze, first-day-issue Newman postage stamp welcomes visitors. This used to... Read More
Ah, the time-honored tradition of “desert island discs”-the discs, in our case the film scores, you simply can’t live without. Forget... Read More