If you want to refresh your memory of earlier entries in the list, check out the past few posts—Part 1,... Read More
You’d think there be a month that went by that I didn’t think about the Oscars. Alas, I’m just that... Read More
Out of the numerous albums in Charles Gerhardt’s Classic Film Scores series, CAPTAIN BLOOD–CLASSIC FILM SCORES FOR ERROL FLYNN, released in... Read More
The Classic Film Scores recordings of Charles Gerhardt from the 1970s were an essential part of my film music education,... Read More
Based on Hervey Allen’s bestselling epic novel of historical romance in the Napoleonic era, ANTHONY ADVERSE emerged as one of... Read More
Film music and the concert hall have always forged a strained relationship. “Classical” (for lack of a better term) composers... Read More
With its latest release, Tribute Film Classics serves up a musical treasure fit for a king–Erich Wolfgang Korngold’s complete score... 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
Mark Swed’s Los Angeles Times review of the opening concert of the Pacific Symphony’s American Composers Festival made for some... Read More