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    Best of the Blog!
    Lukas Kendall
    • 8 hours ago
    • 4 min

    Best of the Blog!

    Yesterday I announced that I am raising money to start a film company. I realize that is a lot to ask of the universe! I don’t like...
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    FSM Studios Announcement: Crowdfunding Soft-Launch
    Lukas Kendall
    • 1 day ago
    • 5 min

    FSM Studios Announcement: Crowdfunding Soft-Launch

    Good morning, world! As we head into this holiday weekend (Memorial Day in the U.S.) I am announcing the “soft launch” of what will...
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    Wil Wheaton
    Lukas Kendall
    • 2 days ago
    • 3 min

    Wil Wheaton

    Like most fans of my generation, I knew Wil Wheaton as the terrific star of Stand by Me, and was encouraged when he was announced in 1987...
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    Unspeakable
    Lukas Kendall
    • 3 days ago
    • 2 min

    Unspeakable

    I try not to write about politics here. Not because I’m not interested; I follow it pretty closely. But I learned a long time ago, in...
    263 views1 comment
    Shane Black Halloween Party Invite
    Lukas Kendall
    • 4 days ago
    • 1 min

    Shane Black Halloween Party Invite

    I used to spend way too much time hanging out at (screenwriter) Shane Black’s house (roughly 1997–2003, for me). Shane had the greatest...
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    The Empire Strikes Back Orchestrations
    Lukas Kendall
    • 5 days ago
    • 5 min

    The Empire Strikes Back Orchestrations

    Over the weekend, Jo Ann Kane Music Service put up a Facebook post celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back (released...
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    Lukas and Charlie Episode 10
    Lukas Kendall
    • 6 days ago
    • 1 min

    Lukas and Charlie Episode 10

    Despite overwhelming apathy, Charlie Vignola and I are continuing to record our weekly screenwriting “power hour” (neither an hour, nor...
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    Up the Long Ladder
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 21
    • 3 min

    Up the Long Ladder

    I have a soft spot for this late-second season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. It was the first time I really started to take...
    201 views6 comments
    R.I.P. Vangelis
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 20
    • 2 min

    R.I.P. Vangelis

    I was posting my column yesterday about an old Star Trek episode when I saw that Vangelis died. Truly, this is a far more consequential...
    123 views2 comments
    Q Who (or Q Who?)
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 19
    • 5 min

    Q Who (or Q Who?)

    The all-time classic Next Generation episode “Q Who” rolled around again in the nightly airing of vintage Trek shows on the Heroes &...
    208 views6 comments
    The Popular!
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 18
    • 5 min

    The Popular!

    Yesterday I posted an album of John Williams pictures to Facebook that we collected over the years. It was, naturally, well-received, and...
    344 views2 comments
    John Williams Photos
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 17
    • 1 min

    John Williams Photos

    I’ve posted a fun collection of John Williams photos to Facebook. We collected these over the years for Film Score Monthly, and many...
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    Checking In...
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 16
    • 1 min

    Checking In...

    That lunar eclipse was pretty cool. I remember a solar eclipse, I think in 1996 (I was at college) which brought a veil of darkness onto...
    63 views1 comment
    Keeping Scores by Paul MacLean
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 15
    • 1 min

    Keeping Scores by Paul MacLean

    A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post about some composer interview videos I found on a YouTube channel called ThemeWorks. My old...
    281 views0 comments
    Spectral Shimmers
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 14
    • 3 min

    Spectral Shimmers

    Above: James Horner’s cameo in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Wow, we finally got to hear “Spectral Shimmers”! This was an early James...
    181 views0 comments
    Golden Child John Barry LP Assemblies
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 13
    • 2 min

    Golden Child John Barry LP Assemblies

    NEWS FLASH: Selected FSM CDs are 20% off at Screen Archives, May 12–17. Go here for the details. I’ve had some interesting journeys in...
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    Jerry Goldsmith Photo Album
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 12
    • 1 min

    Jerry Goldsmith Photo Album

    I have posted an album to Facebook of our collection of Jerry Goldsmith photos. Above is a super-rare shot from 1968 we found in the...
    121 views1 comment
    Gloria Bell
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 11
    • 1 min

    Gloria Bell

    Gloria Bell is a 2018 film by Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio, an American adaptation of his 2013 film, Gloria. I never even knew this...
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    I Hate Spam
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 10
    • 3 min

    I Hate Spam

    Is it fun owning one of the most popular discussion boards for film music? Well...sometimes? I’ve always been glad to host a place to...
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    Irresponsible Speculation
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 9
    • 1 min

    Irresponsible Speculation

    On a couple of occasions the past several weeks I’ve felt obligated to weigh in (once on the FSM message board, once on Facebook) on...
    377 views1 comment
    Black Sunday Disco
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 8
    • 1 min

    Black Sunday Disco

    Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! Having nothing to do with that, Tim Greiving, journalist extraordinaire, posted this film...
    91 views2 comments
    People Don’t Read Scripts
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 7
    • 2 min

    People Don’t Read Scripts

    Above: a random page from Blade Runner 2049. You should read it! I just posted this random rant to reddit/screenwriting and a Facebook...
    76 views1 comment
    Better Call Saul
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 6
    • 1 min

    Better Call Saul

    The pandemic wreaked havoc with a lot of production schedules—consequently a number of shows are finally coming back with long-awaited...
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    Hotel by Johnny Keating—Tape Format Confusion
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 5
    • 2 min

    Hotel by Johnny Keating—Tape Format Confusion

    I am too young to have experienced the 1960s—but I sure like the aesthetics! Hotel (1967), based on a 1965 Arthur Hailey novel, was a...
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