My kids (they just turned nine, twins) needed something to watch so I showed them Mystery Science Theater 3000, the new episodes on...

Rolling Stone is out with a terrific new oral history on the making of The Fugitive, which was released almost thirty years ago (on...

Anthony Marinelli would be known to soundtrack collectors for Young Guns, The Man From Elysian Fields and his long filmography as a...

Above: Joe Sikoryak, me, Ed Dennis and “the Godfather,” Craig Spaulding of Screen Archives, probably 15 years ago. I woke up this morning...

I watched 65 on Netflix. I’ve said this probably a dozen times, but I’m very concerned about this blog becoming a bunch of time bombs...

I’m very grateful for the unorthodox movie education I got as a result of publishing Film Score Monthly, and producing our CDs. From Star...

La-La Land Records has released Vol. 1 in a series of 2CD sets of music from Star Trek: The Original Series. I’m involved as a producer,...

I am a huge Yoko Kanno fan. I think she’s absolutely fantastic. So I was delighted to find this detailed interview with her in Forbes by...

Forty years ago, a group of people moved heaven and earth to make their own James Bond movie, starring Sean Connery (!). The only problem...

Continuing the talk about Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (here and here), see a great new interview with director James Mangold in...

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny opened to disappointing numbers worldwide. Sure seems like it made money to me, but apparently it...

Yesterday (June 26) was Dave Grusin’s 89th birthday—happy birthday to one of the all-time greats! I got into Grusin later than I did...

This is a weird one. I’ve enjoyed all of Damien Chazelle’s movies. He’s the real deal! But this one had all the makings of a “passion...

James Horner died in a single-occupant plane crash eight years ago today, June 22, 2015. He was only 61. Such a gifted artist—and so...

Today (6/21) is the first day of summer—and the birthday of the one and only Lalo Schifrin. I was reminded of this by a post from Robert...

Black Mirror is back on Netflix with a sixth season of five episodes. I watched the third (and longest) episode, “Beyond the Sea,” which...

The Goldsmith Companion Kickstarter finished at a whopping $171.207. I am so happy for the author and publisher—and all of you, who will...

The Kickstarter for Jeff Bond’s two-volume Jerry Goldsmith Companion books ends tonight at 11:59PM Pacific time, Thursday, June 15, 2023....

The Kickstarter campaign for Jerry Bond’s Jerry Goldsmith Companion two-volume book is in the final 72 hours. It ends at 11:59PM,...

Farewell to Astrud Gilberto, the one-of-a-kind Brazilian singer with the unique voice. By the time I was a kid, “The Girl From Ipanema”...