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Top 10 Film Scores of 2011

Top 10 Film Scores of 2011

Jim Lochner January 11, 2012 8

Film Score Click Track readers have had their say, now it’s my turn. I wonder if I’ll look back ten years from now and see 2011 as a turning point in my film music

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Readers Poll: Top 10 Film Scores of 2011

Readers Poll: Top 10 Film Scores of 2011

Jim Lochner January 10, 2012 4

2011…what a year in film music! Patrick Doyle took his music in “new” directions. Alexandre Desplat found his music subject to severe dissections. And two more John Williams scores were added to our collections.

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9 Favorite Comedy Scores

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,

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9 Favorite Film Scores of 1976

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

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Masterpiece Theater

Masterpiece Theater

Jim Lochner May 2, 2011 2

Masterpiece, like genius, is an often overused word, especially in the arts. Merriam-Webster defines a masterpiece as “a work done with extraordinary skill; especially: a supreme intellectual or artistic achievement.” So how does that apply to film

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9 Film Scores That Deserved a Pulitzer

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

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CD Review: Sound the Bells!

CD Review: Sound the Bells!

Jim Lochner February 24, 2011 8

Every now and then a recording comes along that is so unexpectedly rewarding that you simply want to share it with everyone you know. Such a recording is Sound the Bells! – American Premieres

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9 Favorite Science Fiction Film Scores, Vol. 1 – Space

9 Favorite Science Fiction Film Scores, Vol. 1 – Space

Jim Lochner December 9, 2010 26

Like many boys who liked to read, my genre of choice during my teenage years was science fiction. And since one of my earliest memories of the outside world was the moon walk, it

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“I’m Not a Crook”

“I’m Not a Crook”

Jim Lochner September 21, 2010 6

During the 1995 holiday season, the last thing audiences wanted to see was a controversial biopic about the most disgraced President in U.S. history. Oliver Stone’s NIXON captures the mystery and dichotomy behind the

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Your Average Horny Little Devil

Your Average Horny Little Devil

Jim Lochner June 16, 2010 8

Based on John Updike’s bestseller, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (1987) stars Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon as three man-hungry women with special powers in the quiet, little New England hamlet of Eastwick. When a mysterious

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