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Every month on the 9th, join me for 9 of my favorite things about film music.

9 Questions For the Film Music Community

Jim Lochner January 9, 2012 14

Maybe I’m just a cantankerous ol’ cuss or perhaps it’s residual holiday misanthropy, but I’m starting 2012 with more questions than answers. But, oh, do I still have opinions. So I thought I’d devote

9 Favorite Film Scores of Nino Rota

Jim Lochner December 9, 2011 5

He’s Fellini’s musical muse, the Corleone family’s classically chromatic consigliere, and the potent musical potion for two star-crossed lovers. (Okay, enough with the annoying alliterations.) But there’s more to Nino Rota‘s music than wine-soaked

9 Favorite Film Scores of André Previn

Jim Lochner November 9, 2011 2

André Previn doesn’t like to discuss his film music in interviews, so it’s up to disciples like me to champion his output. Like all great film composers, Previn’s music bears an unmistakable sound. Tricky, syncopated

9 Favorite Comedy Scores

Jim Lochner October 9, 2011 10

Because everyone’s sense of humor is different, everyone’s taste in comedy films is also different. (Duh!) I’m not usually a big fan of obvious, slapstick humor. I prefer comedy that has a human element,

9 Favorite Film Scores of 1976

Jim Lochner September 9, 2011 8

1976…the year I discovered film music. It’s an important year for me. With my purchase of THE OMEN soundtrack, and for the last 35 years, film music became my preferred listening of choice and eventually

9 Favorite Film Scores of 1962

Jim Lochner August 9, 2011 6

August is my birthday month. Back in school it sucked because kids never bothered to remember your birthday during the summer. As a young adult, I used to have a mental list that I’d

9 Favorite Film Scores of James Horner

Jim Lochner July 9, 2011 27

I’m usually negatively vocal about the works of James Horner—in person and in print. I’ve criticized his uncredited borrowing from Prokofiev, as well as his over-reliance on certain motifs. Rumors to the contrary, I

9 Favorite Film Scores of Howard Shore

Jim Lochner June 9, 2011 9

June seems to be Howard Shore month. THE LORD OF THE RINGS extended editions are being released on Blu-ray at the end of the month, it was just announced that RETURN OF THE KING will return to

9 Favorite Film Scores of Max Steiner

Jim Lochner May 9, 2011 6

“The Father of Film Music”… How’s that for a moniker to live up to? I don’t know when or where that title was given to Max Steiner, or whether it gave him pause or

9 Film Scores That Deserved a Pulitzer

Jim Lochner April 9, 2011 1

The Pulitzer Prizes, handed out every April, are arguably the most prestigious prizes for journalism, arts and letters, and music in the U.S. Their monetary value is nominal; what matters is the prestige. In