The highlight of Franz Waxman’s Oscar-nominated score for TARAS BULBA (1962) is the thrilling “The Ride to Dubno.” As Yul... Read More
Sometimes a President’s rise bears more drama than his tenure in the White House. Though Franklin Delano Roosevelt experienced his... Read More
I love Twitter. In 140 characters or less, you can connect with people you might never meet otherwise. While fishing in... Read More
FRANZ WAXMAN made history when he won for the Academy Award for his score to A PLACE IN THE SUN... Read More
For this month’s “9 on the 9th” post, we focus on one of my favorite film composers, Golden Age or... Read More
The star of HUMORESQUE was composer Franx Waxman, not John Garfield’s driven concert violinist nor Joan Crawford as his patroness-slash-lover. Waxman’s... Read More
In addition to albums devoted to certain composers, Charles Gerhardt compiled a series of albums devoted to various film stars... 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
Bernard Herrmann called it “the score of a lifetime.” And, oh, what a lifetime! Except for some TV work and... Read More
August is my birthday month. But rather than wait for the 19th to roll around, I’m celebrating my birthday a... Read More