So said the poster for 1976’s THE OMEN. But no amount of Hollywood marketing jargon could have prepared me for the... 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
Probably no other composer inspires more dedication and passion in film score fans than Jerry Goldsmith. A word to the wise:... Read More
With no disrespect to Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and “The Big Bopper,” for many film music fans July 21, 2004, was “the... Read More
Kirk Douglas said of LONELY ARE THE BRAVE, “Of all the movies I have made, this is my favorite.” And... Read More
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM was the album I bought the day Jerry Goldsmith died. Goldsmith counted the score as one... 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
In 1965, studio execs at 20th Century Fox probably thought that audiences were, shall we say, art-impaired. And if today’s... Read More
In this month’s “9 on the 9th” post, I decided to forgo the usual composer format and highlight some film... Read More