The Pulitzer Prizes, handed out every April, are arguably the most prestigious prizes for journalism, arts and letters, and music... Read More
Every now and then a recording comes along that is so unexpectedly rewarding that you simply want to share it... Read More
Like many boys who liked to read, my genre of choice during my teenage years was science fiction. And since... Read More
During the 1995 holiday season, the last thing audiences wanted to see was a controversial biopic about the most disgraced... Read More
Based on John Updike’s bestseller, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (1987) stars Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon as three man-hungry women with... 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
So why is a Scrooge like me writing a blog post about holiday film scores when I’m usually so down... Read More
Like many fans, 1977 was a seminal year in my film score education. Beyond the blockbuster status of STAR WARS... Read More
Based on Anne Tyler’s novel, THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST (1988) stars William Hurt as travel writer Macon Leary, whose marriage to Kathleen Turner... Read More
In my “9 on the 9th” post last week listing my favorite John Williams scores, I was asked in the... Read More