If there’s one thing I love, it’s putting maximum effort into something that’s culturally marginal—how’s that for damning with faint...

My grandfather, my dad’s dad, was a prominent pediatrician in Philadelphia. I once asked him what his father did, who was before my time....

I’ve written before about my late friend Jeff Cava, who was a mensch and left us far too soon. Jeff’s biggest triumph, and also biggest...

I’m still in awe over the Succession finale. Here is a terrific article from Slate about the series’ music by Nicholas Britell (above)...

Danny Elfman turned 70 on Monday, May 29th. This seems incredible to me. I still think of him as a “boy wonder,” the upstart composer of...

I watched She Said, given that I always loved good newspaper movies, and hated Harvey Weinstein. Even back in the day, when Harvey was...

I rewatched The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) last night. I was searching the Showtime movie menu for something to watch, and it seemed...

As I write this Friday morning, the Kickstarter for Jeff Bond’s two-volume Jerry Goldsmith Companion is about to cross $100,000. I always...

Just a shout-out today to two volumes of CDs—and their accompanying book of cover art—that I got probably 25 years ago and still adore....

I’ve been helping with the promotion of The Jerry Goldsmith Companion on Kickstarter, which is doing great! They passed this noteworthy...

My compliments to the YouTube user simply called “Film Music Composer” for a terrific collection of rare composer videos. Thanks to this...

If you were around in the 1980s, you know The People’s Court: the first of the courtroom shows with real-life participants. Early reality...

I’ve written before how, in addition to film scores, I love listening to music I’ve discovered on KCRW (NPR) here in Los Angeles. I guess...

I watched Air and found it super enjoyable. Great cast, tight script, well directed. I wasn’t expecting to be in the mood for a 1980s...

There sure is some weird stuff on the Internet. Today’s example, which I discovered via somebody on Facebook: this excerpt from a French...

Congrats to my pal and longtime FSM contributor Jeff Bond on a super-strong opening to Creature Features Publishing’s Kickstarter for his...

If you haven’t seen already, the long-awaited, two-volume Jerry Goldsmith biography by Jeff Bond will launch as a Kickstarter tomorrow,...

I wrote recently how there are few movies of the past 25 years that I really love. I still think of Lost in Translation as my favorite...

Somehow May 4th became Star Wars day—“May the Fourth be With You.” It’s not even a release date of any of the movies. But oh well. Even...

Well, the WGA strike is on. That was predictable. Thinking of unions and how important they are: Listen to one of the all-time great...