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    The Empire Strikes Back Orchestrations
    Lukas Kendall
    • 3 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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    Up the Long Ladder
    Lukas Kendall
    • 5 days ago
    • 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...
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    R.I.P. Vangelis
    Lukas Kendall
    • 6 days ago
    • 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...
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    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...
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    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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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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
    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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    Winning Time Theme
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 3
    • 1 min

    Winning Time Theme

    I am loving Winning Time! And I say that as a lifelong Boston sports fan. The title sequence is terrific: I had been unsure whether the...
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    Lords of Synth
    Lukas Kendall
    • May 1
    • 1 min

    Lords of Synth

    A shout-out today to one of my favorite short films of all time: Live at the Necropolis: The Lords of Synth (2016), which aired on Adult...
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    Logan’s Run Playlist Counts
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 29
    • 2 min

    Logan’s Run Playlist Counts

    The other day I had a little melodic fragment stuck in my head—but I couldn’t remember what it was from. This seems to be happening to me...
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    The Jerry Goldsmith Scoring Session Story: L.A. Confidential
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 27
    • 12 min

    The Jerry Goldsmith Scoring Session Story: L.A. Confidential

    Okay folks, today’s “a good one”! Another one of my encounters with the greats (a la the John Williams story) that’s full of...
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    Jerry Fielding Rare TV Themes
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 26
    • 2 min

    Jerry Fielding Rare TV Themes

    I loooooooove Jerry Fielding. I was first exposed to him via his two Star Trek scores, “The Trouble With Tribbles” and “Spectre of the...
    411 views5 comments
    THX 1138—Poking the Bear
    Lukas Kendall
    • Apr 25
    • 2 min

    THX 1138—Poking the Bear

    So this whole column is a nothingburger: turns out I was remembering something wrong! The name of R2-D2 famously came from postproduction...
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