British composer and arranger Laurie Johnson has died at the age of 96. I was of the wrong age, and on the wrong continent, to watch The...

There is a disturbing news story about the Tampa Bay Rays’ 22-year-old superstar shortstop, Wander Franco (a potential hall of famer),...

So I realized I hadn’t given an update on my projects in a while. I actually have a ton I am trying to do...but nothing I can announce....

The only time I watch network television is for sports. I see ads for the latest “dramas”—which play over and over to promote upcoming...

Farewell to the great Peter Schickele and his alter ego, P.D.Q. Bach. He actually made classical music funny: Bravo to a true original.

I’ve written of my fondness for fan-made blueprints of Star Trek ships (and other sci-fi vehicles). I also enjoy baseball park...

Dominic Sewell on YouTube is around halfway through a detailed reduction of John Williams’ Star Wars (1977) score, going through each and...

I am really enjoying For All Mankind. But it is reminding me of something that always nags at me when I watch movies or TV shows set on...

Here’s one for my hometown peeps. With the new year came time to put the 2024 calendar on my office wall—the Vineyard Calendar, of...

This is sort of cool: a die-hard fan of David Lynch’s Dune uncovered a half-completed script to a possible Dune II that Lynch would have...

There has been an unfortunate deluge of spam hitting the FSM board for a couple of weeks. Have I mentioned how much I hate these jerks?...

At some point in the summer of 2009 I was in my car listening to KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” when I heard a catchy song that I...

I was sorry to wake up to the sad news that Tracy Tormé has died. We Trekkies knew him a one of the best writers of the initial seasons...

A plug today for a friend of a friend, Chris Mich, who is celebrating the 100th birthday of the great Henry Mancini with an extended...

One perk of having created Film Score Monthly is that I have lifetime access to FSM Online, which has continuously published monthly...

Screenwriter Cole Haddon has posted a lengthy essay on his blog about Luke Skywalker in Star Wars, and the contradictions of his...

I was sorry to hear of the passing of recording engineer Mike Ross-Trevor, whose name I have seen on countless number of my favorite...

Check out this piano transcription—created by ear—by composer Harrison Ingemarson of “State of the Art/The Charge” from Jerry Goldsmith’s...

After I wrote about AppleTV+, many thanks to those who suggested I check out For All Mankind. It’s great! I think I had been reluctant to...

There have lately been, in the aspiring/amateur/emerging screenwriting world, a growing number of script “showcases” designed to help...

Intrada has announced an expanded reissue of James Horner’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, a terrific early score from the master. Yay!...

Happy new year everybody! My new year is already going great because I found the above picture aboard the old Martha’s Vineyard and...

On this last day of 2023, I give you my shock and amazement to learn how many huge actors were guest stars on Miami Vice: I never watched...

Michael Moriarty was so great on the first four years of Law & Order. I mean, wow. He did a great acting trick that not many can pull...