During the 1995 holiday season, the last thing audiences wanted to see was a controversial biopic about the most disgraced... Read More
The Pulitzer Prizes, handed out every April, are arguably the most prestigious prizes for journalism, arts and letters, and music... Read More
I’m not a fan of Westerns particularly. The mythological images created by Hollywood seldom bear any resemblance to reality. Plus,... Read More
Like many boys who liked to read, my genre of choice during my teenage years was science fiction. And since... Read More
Because everyone’s sense of humor is different, everyone’s taste in comedy films is also different. I’m not usually a big... Read More
So why is a Scrooge like me writing a blog post about holiday film scores when I’m usually so down... Read More
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. Tom and Jerry. Carl Hanratty and Frank Abagnale, Jr. It’s all about the chase. Steven Spielberg’s confection,... 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
Every film composer brings his or her talent to a project. They carve out a career path for themselves in... Read More
The Oscars are arguably the most derided award in film music. Why? Because it has the farthest reach and the... Read More