I can’t believe the growing abundance of YouTube videos of film scores presented as orchestrations, reductions, piano reductions and now...

It’s 14 days after our campaign closed so today’s the happy day where I get the Kickstarter payout...only for some reason the initial...

If any of you folks get to Martha’s Vineyard—or are my hometown peeps—you have to check out the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s 50th...

Just a short note this morning to say how excited I am for Tim Greiving’s book on John Williams which is soon to be published . And,...

I’m back at work and making arrangements to get more CDs in stock for FSMCDs.com . I put the word out last month and some folks have...

I’m back at home—and in the office—after a week visiting family on Martha’s Vineyard. I have a bunch of childhood stuff, and also...

Our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter has closed with a whopping $64,726. Thank you all so much! I was pretty sure we would reach our...

Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter concludes tonight (Thursday 7/10) at 11:59PM, Pacific time. Thank you all for your incredible...

Whoa! You guys are awesome! The Kickstarter has surpassed the stretch goal of $50,000 and is sitting north of $52K as of this morning...

All right, home stretch! We are on our way to making the $50K stretch goal and THANK YOU all for your support. We are already building...

Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter is in the final week—it ends Thursday night at 11:59 PM Pacific time, 7/10/25. For me this is...

Happy Sunday everybody! I have a pro Zoom account so let’s do a test today, 7/6/25, at 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern to see who wants to...

What a rough couple of weeks. We’ve lost Mark Snow, composer of The X-Files and so much more. Here’s the Variety obituary . He was a...

Happy Fourth of July! As we’re in the final week of our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter —trying to reach the stretch goal of $50K—this...

It’s the final week of our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter and of this morning we’re knocking on $40K. I am trying to get to the...

UPDATE 9:45AM: The site is working but slow as molasses. What I have learned from our new hosting company is that the particular...

I was sorry to hear yesterday of the passing of Jim Shooter , Marvel Comics’ Editor-in-Chief during a pivotal time in the company’s...

We’re into week four of our 35th anniversary Kickstarter and it’s looking great ! We have passed the initial goal of $25,000, are...

I’ve been thinking about Lalo Schifrin who we lost last week, and all the enjoyment I’ve gotten from his scores over, well, my entire...

Greetings from Mulholland Music , where I visited Doug Schwartz yesterday to put the finishing touches on the master for the Ray...

Farewell to one of the all-time greats, Lalo Schifrin, who died yesterday at 93. Here is the Variety obituary by Jon Burlingame. (Above:...

First off today, I was a guest on The Geek Speak Show and really enjoyed it. Check out their newest episode and thanks for having me! We...

It’s the halfway point in our 35th anniversary Kickstarter and the problem with coming up with a stretch goal is because I put all the...

This is another one of my all-time favorite FSM pieces. It will definitely be going in our Best of FSM book! From FSM Vol. 5, No. 7,...