When it comes to writing marches, you’d think every composer would throw up their hands in defeat following in the... Read More
The world always seems to go bananas for apes. The year is 3978 A.D. and a spaceship with a crew of... 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
Masterpiece, like genius, is an often overused word, especially in the arts. Merriam-Webster defines a masterpiece as “a work done with... Read More
I’ve never participated in a fox hunt for a couple of reasons—1) It’s now banned almost everywhere, 2) I’m afraid... Read More
In the U.S., an obsession with pop culture ad celebrity worship often goes overboard. Film music is usually far removed from... Read More
Like many boys who liked to read, my genre of choice during my teenage years was science fiction. And since... 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
In 1965, studio execs at 20th Century Fox probably thought that audiences were, shall we say, art-impaired. And if today’s... 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