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Look for the Silver Lining
The Digital Future really kicked my ass yesterday. If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then you’ve already heard about the demise of my external hard drive. My entire music collection–film scores, pop
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VOTE: Best Film Scores of 2010
All year long, I’ve had the opportunity to review some great scores from 2010…and some not-so-great (most of which you’ll never hear about). Now it’s YOUR turn! It’s time for my annual online survey
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The Lay of the Land
In April 2009, I began Film Score Click Track as a forum to share my love of film music from my small section of cyberspace. Over the last 20 months, your support has been
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Mano a Mano
My buddy Tim Greiving wrote a nostalgic blog post last week over on his blog, The Greiving Process, about a tradition that I’ve never experienced–just hanging out with a friend and listening to film music. Tim
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Culture Club
If the title of this post gave you pause, don’t worry, I’m not going to break out in a Texas-twanged rendition of “Karma Chameleon.” (Though I bet you won’t be able to get that song
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10 Film Music-Related Things You Might Not Know About Jim Lochner
You can tell I’m going through a creative dry spell if I’m forced to focus a blog post solely on me. I usually try to be a bit more subtle about my self-aggrandizing than this.
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Are We Jam Idiots?
In his fascinating book, Blink, Malcolm Gladwell discusses some interesting tests surrounding jam. That’s right, jam. In one famous study, Columbia business professor Sheena Iyengar set up two taste booths with a variety of
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My Own Theme Music
I’m a big fan of Family Guy. One of my favorite episodes comes near the end of Season 3 in which Peter opens a bottle of beer and out pops a genie to grant
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I Feel Good
While most of this blog hopefully focuses on the better aspects of film music, I’ve spent more than my share of time highlighting the negative as well. Perhaps that’s the jaded New Yorker in
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Composers I Don’t Know
Because I write about film music for a living, you’d think I’d be able to rattle off anecdotes about most any composer and be able to discuss their music in intimate detail. There are
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