In addition to albums devoted to certain composers, Charles Gerhardt compiled a series of albums devoted to various film stars... Read More
Fans of Dimitri Tiomkin have reason to celebrate this year. We’ve already seen the premiere of Tiomkin’s score for the... Read More
The concluding batch of Sony reissues from Charles Gerhardt’s Classic Film Scores series has been released and the first CD is... Read More
In 1931, four years after THE JAZZ SINGER ushered in the sound era, Charlie Chaplin openly thumbed his nose at... Read More
The six interlinking stories David Mitchell’s “unfilmable” 2004 novel CLOUD ATLAS make for a wild ride at the cineplex. Stories... Read More
Creation requires dedication and passion. And that no doubt spurned Charles Darwin in his pursuit of the theory of evolution,... Read More
Edmund Rostand’s CYRANO DE BERGERAC has smelled like a winner since its premiere in 1897. The story of the unattractive... Read More
When lists are made of the pantheon of Golden Age composers, you’ll always find the usual suspects-Max Steiner, Alfred Newman,... Read More
Back in his days with Bay Cities and Fynsworth Alley, Bruce Kimmel produced albums that no one else would touch,... Read More
I usually don’t fall victim to pop culture hype. I’ve remained immune to reality TV, “talent” (and I use the... Read More