Well this is an exciting surprise—the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is debuting a “new” piece by the late James Horner, “Skyward Spirit,” which was discovered in his archives and brought to life by his longtime collaborator, Simon Rhodes. Their video is NOT the full piece, alas, but the story behind it. Very excited for this!

We’ve made some improvements at FSMCDs.com in the store interface, making the shopping carts easier to use, and giving some new search options. Hope they help—thanks!

The new issue of FSM Online is live and I am looking forward to reading (well, listening, it’s an audio interview) Tim Burden’s interview with Barry Levinson about his entire composer history—wow! Go here for the new issue—and if you haven’t subscribed, please do so, we need you!

Congrats to La-La Land Records as they make their way through the James Bond catalog, this time with a long overdue 2CD set of Michel Legrand’s score to Never Say Never Again. At last—the “horse chase” music, which I know now is “Escape From Palmyra (Film Version).” (I never realized there’s evidently an alternate of this on the album, also called “Escape From Palmyra.”) What a catchy piece! And yeah, they actually dropped a horse in the ocean—1980s moviemaking: This movie—oy

Mighty Orbots blew my 10-year-old mind when it aired Saturday mornings in the fall of 1984. Visually, at least—the writing was so juvenile, I remember one reviewer said it was only fit for “ormons.” But those dazzling, swirling images (24-frame Japanese animation), and the futuristic designs—and the cool title song and jazzy background music—what a presentation! The show only lasted a season, which was typical for anything space-oriented back in the day so I didn’t pay it muc

Thanks for all your orders from yesterday’s new CD listings! Here is an updated spreadsheet of inventory as of this morning—and the store, as always, is at FSMCDs.com. Thanks!

We are live at FSMCDs.com with more CDs! We have some top-rare Jerry Goldsmith collector’s editions, as well as some film music books from my personal collection, and more odds and ends from Jeanne Jones’ massive collection. Here is a spreadsheet of everything, but keep in mind this does not update as items sell. But it is faster to review than the site itself, which you’ll need to use to order. Hope you find some goodies, thank you!

Be here tomorrow, Tuesday, July 28, at 10AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern for a small new lot of CDs and film music books. Oh, and by the way, we only have a couple dozen mugs left from our 35th anniversary Kickstarter. They’re pretty neat!

Congrats to Leigh Phillips, with whom we’re working on our James Horner TV music album, on his new Kickstarter for a volume 3 of Jerry Goldsmith’s Thriller music. He very quickly made his initial goal, but having done some of these things, I can tell you how fast the money goes. Check out the campaign and hope you can contribute. Thanks!

Many thanks to Philippe Blumenthal for reaching out for a short interview, which you can find on their site as of today. The intro and journal is in German, but the interview itself is in English.

Check out this two-hour interview with our friend John Ottman, going behind the scenes of so many important projects: Enjoy!

I am back in L.A. after a nice week away. We are putting together a small new sale for next Tuesday, July 28, at 10AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern at FSMCDs.com. Thanks!

I am out of town this next week. FSMCDs.com is open for business but any orders that come in after this evening (Saturday, July 11) will ship the week of the 20th. Enjoy your summer!

Check out this playlist for Lefties Symphonies Through Time, a recording project of Henry Mancini themes and arrangements by Nazareno Bicocchi meticulously reconstructed by ear from the original performances. I can’t imagine the time that went into this—lovely work! Much more at the playlist link. And here’s a behind-the-scenes article on how it was all made.

Thank you for your CD orders from yesterday’s new list. We will start the shipping at once! Here is an updated spreadsheet of our inventory. This is for browsing only, please use fsm.cds.com to order. Thank you!

Be here tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, at 10AM Pacific / 1PM Eastern for nearly 400 listings added to FSMCDs.com, including autographed titles from the Jeanne Jones collection. Some fun stuff—thanks!

Does anybody have any idea whose signature this is on a digipak reissue of El Greco by Vangelis? It is not Vangelis. I thought maybe the director, Iannis Smaragdis, but can’t find any examples online. Thanks folks!

The time has come for me to type up the listings for a small box of soundtrack cassettes as part of the Jeanne Jones collction. Here is a sealed Runaway cassette from Varèse Sarabande. A Goldsmith rarity! If you collect these and would be interested in a bulk buy at a discount, feel free to reach out asap: lukaskendallmv@gmail.com. Thanks!

Just as a reminder: if you have CDs you want to sell through FSMCDs.com, we’ll take them! We pay 50% on consignment. Our new office is already stuffed but we can always find room for more! Email LukasKendallMV@gmail.com to inquire.

There’s a lengthy and very engaging interview with John Ottman on YouTube courtesy Half a Picture: Good stories!