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The Terrible Two’s

Jim Lochner July 20, 2011 4

Film Score Click Track turned two back in April and the blog is now going through what parents commonly refer to “the terrible two’s.” Some days it’s me. I stomp around my cave like

Book Review: No Minor Chords – My Days In Hollywood

Jim Lochner July 18, 2011 4

Books about film music are rare. Entertaining books about film music are even rarer. And entertaining books about film music written by those who are actually down in the trenches are practically nonexistent. That

CD Review: Winnie the Pooh

Jim Lochner July 15, 2011 7

WINNIE THE POOH, that willy-nilly, silly old bear all stuffed with fluff, is back in theaters for a new generation. I’m sure I saw the original POOH when I was a child, but I

FSCT Playlist #6 – Nail ‘Em Up!

Jim Lochner July 11, 2011 6

Given the topic of my “9 on the 9th” post this month, it should come as no surprise that most of last week’s playlist was spent listening to James Horner. For the Horner scores

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

CD Review: Super 8

Jim Lochner July 7, 2011 7

When a train derails releasing a dangerous, unseen presence in a small suburban town, a group of youngsters making an amateur film unwittingly capture the alien images on their Super 8 camera. The nuts

FSCT Playlist #5 – Rosebud…

Jim Lochner July 4, 2011 4

Thanks to the celebration of Bernard Herrmann’s 100th birthday, this past week featured a wealth of film music manna. For us fans, few pleasures equal revisiting the works of the giants of film music, whoever

CD Review: Cars 2

Jim Lochner June 28, 2011 3

The original CARS in 2006 is widely considered one of the weaker Pixar efforts. Its box office performance did not nearly match its merchandising sales, with an estimated $5 billion in sales. After merchandising

FSCT Playlist #4 – I Am the Law!

Jim Lochner June 27, 2011 4

It was yet another slow week of soundtrack listening, which mainly consisted of listening to certain scores over and over again for reviews (hopefully) later on. Thankfully, the week was full of wonderful music,