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CD Review: The Artist
Every year, if we film music fans are lucky, a film score or two will come out of nowhere that surprises us and moves us in unexpected ways. This year’s winner for me (in
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Game Score Review: Warhammer 40,000 – Space Marine
It is no surprise that the Remote Control-ed film music landscape of feature films is also the primary music palette of video games. With so many dark chords, synth drum pads, and electronics, how does
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CD Review: Hugo
Martin Scorcese directing a family film? What the what? Based on Brian Selznick’s Caldecott-winning The Invention of Hugo Cabret, HUGO stars Asa Butterfield as an orphan living in the walls of a train station in 1930s
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CD Review: 55 Days at Peking
With the recent release of a complete FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE rerecording on Prometheus Records and La-La Land’s expanded soundtrack of 55 DAYS AT PEKING, it’s a good time to be a fan
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Kiss Me Once Then Kiss Me Twice…
If you’re visiting this blog, then no doubt you’re not just a fan of film music but film as well. If so, then arguably no other film captures our love affair with the movies
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9 Favorite Film Scores of André Previn
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
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CD Review: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Samuel Bronston’s THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE belongs to cinema of a different era. In today’s world of bloated CGI, the 1964 film is impressive if for nothing else than the detailed sets and
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The Numbers Game
If life is a circus, then I imagine making a film is even more so. Or perhaps it’s only in the hands of director Federico Fellini that it seems that way. In Fellini’s autobiographical 8
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9 Favorite Comedy Scores
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,
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