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Top 10 Film Scores of 2011
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
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
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
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, 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
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!
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
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”
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
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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