In this month’s “9 on the 9th” post, I decided to forgo the usual composer format and highlight some film... Read More
In the Dark Ages before cable or the Internet, the Big Three of network television—ABC, NBC and CBS—ruled American homes.... Read More
If you’ve been following my posts all week, then you know that I’ve been celebrating my impending 50th birthday on... 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
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
For all our real-time fascination with the Presidency, audiences usually show very little interest in cinematic portrayals of the Commander... Read More
In his excellent 2002 book, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable, Seth Godin tells the story of a trip... Read More
Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away, movies used to have main titles that were scored. For... 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
The world always seems to go bananas for apes. The year is 3978 A.D. and a spaceship with a crew of... Read More