I’ve wanted to write this piece for some time, but have put it off because it’s a little complicated—and, also, personal and emotional....

A couple of passings came across the news yesterday. First, Keiko Nobumoto, the screenwriter for the original Cowboy Bebop, as well as...

This is a large topic that I’ve been meaning to tackle, but don’t have too much time to spend on it now. I studied music in college,...

I’m glad people seemed to enjoy the story yesterday about the unreleased Predator/Die Hard CD from 1994. I’m glad to provide some insight...

I went into my box of old cassettes looking for a story to tell. Here’s one! The last quarter-century (or more) of soundtrack releases...

Scott Saslow is a terrific graphic designer who followed Film Score Monthly for years as a passionate soundtrack collector. When I was...

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Here is Vince Guaraldi’s “Thanksgiving Theme” from the Peanuts specials.

Yesterday was November 23rd. And it fell on a Tuesday. This rang a bell because it was on a Tuesday, November 23, 1993—28 years...

Yesterday I wrote about The Split (Quincy Jones) being down to the last ten (now eight) copies. It is very strange to be talking about...

One of the coolest scores we ever released at Film Score Monthly is down to the last 10 copies at Screen Archives. If you love 1960s/’70s...

Just a quick shout-out today to one of my favorite YouTube channels, Enzo Music, for his lovingly crafted remixes of 1980s film and TV...

One of the earliest FSM albums that I remember putting special attention into was the first CD we did from I Spy, the groundbreaking...

There’s no dignified way to write a begging letter. And I should know, I’ve written a lot of them! Here’s my best attempt from a Screen...

I’ve reached the point of watching so much Narcos that I feel like I can speak fluent Spanish, even though I barely understand a word....

In the 1980s, somehow or other I stumbled across some interesting small-press books about Star Trek and other sci-fi franchises. I don’t...

I was looking for something “from the archives” to post and it was slow going...until I found a folder of “Pukas” cartoons by Altomari...

UPDATE: Of course, they took it down (pic above is a screen cap). Can’t wait to hear it for real! I love Cowboy Bebop. I am looking...

I am going through a somewhat complicated reckoning with the fact that I’ve spent my whole life enamored with...stuff, for lack of a...

I watched The Bonfire of the Vanities on HBOMax. I was looking at the A–Z of movies in the TCM section, it came up (this is why cheapo...

Congrats and many thanks to the Small family and Tim Greiving for a brand new and terrific website dedicated to the late Michael Small,...