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Star Trek: Picard Composers Interview by Jeff Bond
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 30, 20231 min read


“The Menu” From Jaws 2
Above: what comes up when you Google “Jaws 2 The Menu.” Composer Harrison Ingemarson has created a charming piano reduction of John...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 29, 20231 min read


Elmo in Dune
My compliments to whoever swapped out Timothée Chalamet with Elmo in Dune: Haha!
Lukas Kendall
Mar 28, 20231 min read


Mike Matessino on the Goldsmith Odyssey Podcast
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 27, 20231 min read


HBOMax’s Future: What a Pisser
Some 200 movies are departing HBOMax in April—ahead of its merger with Warner Bros.’ Discovery streaming service. I read that the plan...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 26, 20231 min read


R.I.P. Christopher Gunning—and Longtime Collector Kerry J. Byrnes
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 25, 20231 min read


R.I.P. Off Vine Restaurant—and My Stupid Sharon Stone Story
There have been numerous closures of Los Angeles restaurants since the start of the pandemic—many of them beloved institutions. I get...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 24, 20232 min read


Preston Neal Jones on the Pyramid
I’m sure you’re familiar with Star Trek: The Motion Picture. You may be familiar with a terrific oral history published by Creature...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 23, 20231 min read


Happy Birthday to William Shatner
Happy birthday to William Shatner, 92 today (3/22/23). This man is a force of nature, and has the constitution of an ox. If I understand...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 22, 20236 min read


Screenwriting Truths
I’ve been writing about movie music for a bit. I know a lot about it, and that’s where most of my audience comes from. Back to...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 21, 20233 min read


Comic Book Soundtracks
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 20, 20231 min read


Music for Prime Time
A plug today for my longtime pal, contributor and CD producer Jon Burlingame, whose book, Music for Prime Time, is now available from...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 19, 20232 min read


The Dukes of Hazzard vs. The Waltons...on Family Feud
Is everything on the Internet now? The answer is steadily approaching: yes. I give you: The Dukes of Hazzard vs. The Waltons on Family...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 18, 20231 min read


On Controversy
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 17, 20232 min read


Follow-Up to the All Quiet Score: Hans Zimmer on Facebook
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 16, 20232 min read


All Quiet on the Western Front Best Score Winner
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...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 15, 20232 min read


Justin Chang “Everywhere” Piece
Following up on Oscar reactions from yesterday, I read a piece by Justin Chang in the L.A. Times (I think it’s behind a paywall, sorry)...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 14, 20231 min read


Oscars
Some random thoughts this morning as I’m still adapting to the infernal time change... I’ve watched the Oscars the past few years...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 13, 20232 min read


Music Theory Primer
Do you love music but not know anything about music theory? Try this explainer video from a very good composer/pianist/YouTuber, Nahre Sol:
Lukas Kendall
Mar 12, 20231 min read


Baseball Pitch Clock
My occasional sports opinions are probably of interest to no one. But as a lifelong baseball fan, I can’t help but weigh in about the new...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 11, 20231 min read


Friday Fun
More rain! I don’t remember a winter this wet in L.A. A reminder that Creature Features’ CD sale is ongoing, hope you can find something...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 10, 20231 min read


Mancini on CBS Sunday Morning
In case you missed it, CBS Sunday Morning recently did a lovely piece on the late, great Henry Mancini: This includes footage from the...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 9, 20231 min read


HBO Production From Hell
Yesterday I wrote about Andor, my new favorite show which I adore on so many levels. I find it very easy to believe that Andor is run by...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 8, 20232 min read


Andor Season One
I put off writing about Andor’s first season because it seemed like a lot of work to do it justice. I rewatched the 12 episodes and I...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 7, 20233 min read
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