…I do as the Romans do. I recently got back from a trip to Switzerland where I hopefully wrapped up the... Read More
With the release of Jerry Fielding’s THE WILD BUNCH, it’s the end of the line for the Film Score Monthly... Read More
If you want to refresh your memory of earlier entries in the list, check out the past few posts—Part 1,... Read More
A DOUBLE LIFE (1947) shows that jealousy makes monsters of us all. Especially when you’re Ronald Colman and your latest... Read More
When it comes to writing marches, you’d think every composer would throw up their hands in defeat following in the... Read More
In addition to albums devoted to certain composers, Charles Gerhardt compiled a series of albums devoted to various film stars... Read More
Billy Wilder’s DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944) wasn’t the first film noir, but it was the beginning of a new phase in Miklos Rozsa’s already... 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
I just recently finished Film Score Monthly’s massive, and massively entertaining, 15-CD Miklós Rózsa Treasury (1949-1968). So who better to... Read More
Producer David O. Selznick, who had recently gone through a “successful” bout of therapy (not at all common in the... Read More