Holy moly. Check out this new YouTube analysis by Patrick Suiter on the “Helicopter Rescue” from John Williams’ score to Superman: The...

Now this is my kind of YouTube channel! Musician David Page has created a series of deep-dive videos about the classic Star Trek...

I generally find that fans make too much of an orchestrator’s contribution to a film score. The really great, A-list composers either...

Above: the FSM office in Culver City circa 2004. I reconnected with some friends from the soundtrack specialty labels this past week. I...

One of the things that literary managers tell new screenwriters is to be prepared to name some of your favorite movies—and specifically,...

Hello friends! Time for one of those periodic notices about FSM CDs that are almost sold out. It’s hard to believe most of these were...

I used to love This Week in Baseball. Before ESPN, Sportscenter and a million cable channels with their overpriced sports packages, it...

Whoa! Another one of my all-time favorite cues: “Luke Pursues the Captives” by John Williams from The Empire Strikes Back. The harmony to...

Sad news as the magnificent Japanese composer and recording artist Ryuichi Sakamoto has died. He had been battling cancer for nearly a...

One of the things I’ve always found fascinating are classical works by composers best known for film. But, a confession...I’ve always...

Like most Trekkies I am loving Picard season 3. All my TV friends back together! Trekmovie and Trekcore are the best Star Trek fan sites...

Above: what comes up when you Google “Jaws 2 The Menu.” Composer Harrison Ingemarson has created a charming piano reduction of John...

Our pals Yavar Moradi and W. David Lichty have a podcast where they discuss each and every project of Jerry Goldsmith’s career. Check out...

I saw on Facebook this morning that the very prolific English composer Christopher Gunning has passed away. Here’s a good tune! I am not...

I saw that the Shazam sequel underperformed. I don’t have much of an opinion. I remember seeing the first of the Marvel films that kicked...

A plug today for my longtime pal, contributor and CD producer Jon Burlingame, whose book, Music for Prime Time, is now available from...

It was interesting to see the traffic on my blog post from yesterday. My discussion of the Oscar-winning score to All Quiet on the...

So this was funny: yesterday I wrote about the Oscar-winning score to All Quiet on the Western Front, which I liked, but seems to have...

I had heard of All Quiet on the Western Front because of the heroic efforts of one of the screenwriters and producers, Lesley Paterson to...

Do you love music but not know anything about music theory? Try this explainer video from a very good composer/pianist/YouTuber, Nahre Sol: