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Blade Runner 2049
My appreciation of Blade Runner 2049 only continues to grow. It plays a lot on cable and I am always mesmerized by the incredible...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 2, 20252 min read


Thank you Retro Cult!
As another year draws to a close I am reflecting on how much joy I get from the incredible world of the Retro Euro Cult Film Score Society...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 29, 20241 min read


1980s Goldsmith Interview
Ah, YouTube, keeper of treasures! Here is a late 1980s interview with Jerry Goldsmith from Dennis Daily. Enjoy!
Lukas Kendall
Dec 27, 20241 min read


Skeleton Crew
If I was a kid, this would be my favorite show of all time. I am not a kid but I am finding it enjoyable. The kids are very well cast and...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 26, 20241 min read


Footlight Records
There is a thread on the FSM board, “ Soundtrack Dealers of Yesterday ,” which I have enjoyed reading. I was in touch with most of those...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 23, 20242 min read


Coming in 2025: The Douglass Fake CD Collection
This is not an announcement I ever thought I’d be making...and one that is really quite emotional...so let me try my best to tackle it....
Lukas Kendall
Dec 17, 20242 min read


CD Box Sets
There are a ton of great new soundtrack CDs to buy from the boutique labels! But in case you were doing last-minute holiday shopping (for...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 16, 20241 min read


The Genius of Total Recall
Is “genius” too strong a word? Well, sure. But Total Recall is one of my favorites. I saw it opening weekend at the Vineyard Haven...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 14, 20244 min read


FSMCDs Update
We are done with new CD sales for the year—a few folks were asking. The website store will remain open through the Christmas break, but...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 13, 20241 min read


FSM Nostalgia
There is a thread at the FSM board discussing the early days of my teenage newsletter that became Film Score Monthly. As a reminder, all...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 9, 20241 min read


Post-Tonal Theory on YouTube
I just stumbled across this like ten minutes ago on YouTube. It’s Galen DeGraf’s music education channel. Good stuff!
Lukas Kendall
Dec 7, 20241 min read


A Very Mancini Christmas From Quartet
Whoa! Thank you to my friends at Quartet Records for a quartet (natch) of surprise Henry Mancini releases: the first-ever original...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 6, 20241 min read


Shipping Day!
Thank you everybody for your orders from yesterday’s CD sale . Today we will be busy shipping them out. Check the listings as there are...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 4, 20241 min read


New CD Sale Listings Tuesday, December 3, 2024
UPDATE: Just got an email question. The many discs that say “in a plastic sleeve” in condition—it’s the entire package in a jewel box!...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 3, 20241 min read


Out of Africa on Intrada
Congrats to Intrada who have announced a 2CD set of John Barry’s magnificent Out of Africa score, to be released tomorrow. Here’s a...
Lukas Kendall
Dec 2, 20241 min read


New CD Sale Tuesday
Our next CD listings at www.fsmcds.com will go live Tuesday morning, December 3, at 10AM Pacific time. We’ll be adding 439 titles, with...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 30, 20241 min read


More La-La Bonds
Congrats to La-La Land Records on the news that all my soundtrack friends are waking up to: at long last, expanded 2CD sets of Moonraker...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 29, 20241 min read


Big Collections Coming Soon
We are expecting not one but two huge collections in the next month or two. I sort of can’t believe the work ahead of us—processing,...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 25, 20241 min read


A.I. Composer Voices
I was going to write today about YouTube videos I saw where A.I. generated voices were used to recreate vintage composer interviews. But...
Lukas Kendall
Nov 24, 20241 min read


Seance on a Wet Afternoon Guitar Cover
I saw a link to this on the FSM board, a guitar cover by Aaron Bates of John Barry’s theme to Seance on a Wet Afternoon . Nicely done!
Lukas Kendall
Nov 22, 20241 min read
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