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Christopher Nolan on Colbert
Christopher Nolan gave an interesting interview to Stephen Colbert. Here’s the pertinent part about film music: I also just saw a new...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 9, 20241 min read


Do You Want to Sell Any CDs?
As I wrote earlier this week, announcing an upcoming CD estate sale, I never thought I’d be in the used CD business. But having done it a...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 8, 20241 min read


New John Williams Interview
There is a new interview with John Williams at symphony.org, by Simon Woods, which is quite good. Williams tends to be so diplomatic in...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 7, 20241 min read


Thumbs Up For All Mankind
I have finished watching For All Mankind, the four available seasons—I started a month and a half ago—and really enjoyed it. It sounds...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 6, 20242 min read


New CD Sale Coming Soon
I didn’t expect to any further CD sales. But right before New Year’s Eve, I was contacted by a longtime FSM subscriber and collector who...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 5, 20242 min read


What Is Argylle?
Checking Deadline this morning, I saw news that a movie I had barely heard of, Argylle (which I now know how to spell) was a box-office...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 4, 20241 min read


Farewell Carl Weathers
Very sorry to hear of the loss of Carl Weathers. He had that thing that all the greats had: you were always happy to see him. And he...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 3, 20241 min read


News From Me Next Week
Announcing the announcement! Stay tuned. Thanks!
Lukas Kendall
Feb 2, 20241 min read


Brett Ratner’s Miles Davis Story
I met director Brett Ratner in the late 1990s when he hired Lalo Schifrin to score his early films, and I went to the scoring sessions. I...
Lukas Kendall
Feb 1, 20241 min read


The Asplundh Truck
Yesterday in our neighborhood I saw a tree-trimming truck with a worker up in the “cherry picker.” This reminded me of the orange...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 31, 20242 min read


New Supergirl
I see that Milly Alcock has been cast as the new Supergirl. I’m glad, I thought she was really good in the Game of Thrones prequel, The...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 30, 20241 min read


Sportsball Loss
My heart breaks for the fans of the Detroit Lions, who coughed up a devastating loss in one of two exciting football games yesterday....
Lukas Kendall
Jan 29, 20241 min read


John Williams Disaster Strings
The YouTube channel Dominic Sewell Music posted Dominic’s latest Star Wars score reduction, of the “Death of Alderaan.” The passage I’ve...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 28, 20241 min read


British Baking—Mel and Sue
Our family loves to watch The Great British Baking Show. We’re now catching up on the first two years of the show (2010–11), before it...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 27, 20242 min read


Richard Kraft’s Melody Contest
When I was publishing Film Score Monthly, I used to get a fair number of emails (and before that, hardcopy letters) from aspiring...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 26, 20242 min read


The Intersection Scene
Check out this list and see if you can tell what it’s for: The Sugarland Express YES Jaws YES Close Encounters of the Third Kind YES 1941...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 25, 20243 min read


Author Laura Kalpakian, aka Bear McCreary’s Mom
I did not know that composer Bear McCreary’s mom is an author. I read a remembrance she wrote of one of Bear and his brother Brendan’s...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 24, 20241 min read


Oscar Nominations
I didn’t even know the Oscar nominations were being announced today. I am so out of touch. Here’s the list.
Lukas Kendall
Jan 23, 20241 min read


Farewell to Laurie Johnson
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...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 22, 20241 min read


Wander Franco
There is a disturbing news story about the Tampa Bay Rays’ 22-year-old superstar shortstop, Wander Franco (a potential hall of famer),...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 21, 20241 min read


What’s Up With Me
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....
Lukas Kendall
Jan 20, 20241 min read


Old Television
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...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 19, 20242 min read


Farewell to Peter Schickele
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.
Lukas Kendall
Jan 18, 20241 min read


Bandbox Ballparks
I’ve written of my fondness for fan-made blueprints of Star Trek ships (and other sci-fi vehicles). I also enjoy baseball park...
Lukas Kendall
Jan 17, 20241 min read
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