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2013 Oscar Nominations for Music
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… No, not Christmas. Meh. Oscar Season! And for a confirmed Oscar obsessive such as myself, this is arguably the most important day of the year for me. (Sad,...
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Drawing a Line in the Sand
Looking for a film music gem? 2005’s SAHARA fits bill. Clive Cussler’s Dirk Pitt was the charismatic star of nearly a dozen bestselling adventure novels before Sahara hit bookstores in 1992. After the...
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CD Review: QB VII
In the Dark Ages before cable or the Internet, the Big Three of network television—ABC, NBC and CBS—ruled American homes. In 1974 a new form of television drama came to dominate the airwaves—the...
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9 Favorite Henry Mancini Scores
Before there was John Williams or Hans Zimmer, there was Henry Mancini—the first film music superstar. Through a string of chart-topping studio albums, Mancini’s indelible tunes were played on hi-fi’s...
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2014 Oscar Nominations for Music
This is the first year in a long time that I don’t have a favorite film that I’m rooting for going into the Oscars. There were films that I enjoyed (THE IMITATION GAME) and that surprised me in a good...
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CD Review: La rançon de la gloire (The Price of Fame)
I’m breaking one of my cardinal rules with this post in reviewing a score for a film I haven’t seen. LA RANÇON DE LA GLOIRE only recently opened in France and has yet to arrive in the U.S. But the...
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CD Review: Mr. Turner
The big surprise in last week’s announcement of the Oscar nominations—at least from a film music standpoint—was the inclusion of Gary Yershon’s score for MR. TURNER. Mike Leigh’s biopic of English...
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9 Favorite Film Scores of Michel Legrand
Over the past year I had the privilege of exploring the music of Michel Legrand in more depth. Between writing the liner notes for Intrada’s releases of THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT and SUMMER OF ’42/THE...
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In Space No One Can Hear You Scream
In November 2014, it was announced that a new edition of Alfonso Cuarón’s GRAVITY would arrive in a “Silent Space” edition, removing Steven Price’s Oscar-winning score and giving viewers the experience...
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When In Rome…
…I do as the Romans do. I recently got back from a trip to Switzerland where I hopefully wrapped up the research for my book on the music of Charlie Chaplin. After a week of furiously plowing through...
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