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Oct 4, 2021
1 min

Ratings

When I created this blog, I used a bunch of Wix templates without giving it much thought. As a result, there’s a view counter on each...

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Lukas Kendall

Oct 3, 2021
2 min

Los Angeles Celebrates 25 Years of ME!

I graduated college in May 1996. I spent the summer at home on Martha’s Vineyard working on Film Score Monthly, and some time in August,...

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Lukas Kendall

Oct 2, 2021
1 min

The Soundtrack Handbook

Here’s a blast from the past: the “Soundtrack Handbook” I used to compile and send to first-time subscribers of FSM, or upon request (I...

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Lukas Kendall

Oct 1, 2021
2 min

2008 UCLA Goldsmith Concert Dinner

I found a set of photos of a bunch of us film score geeks having a pre-concert dinner, I think at the W hotel in Westwood, before a Jerry...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 30, 2021
3 min

Pitching Enterprise

Yesterday I talked about my early attempts writing Star Trek: The Next Generation spec scripts circa 1991, when I was 16–17. I went to...

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My Star Trek: The Next Generation Spec Scripts

Lukas Kendall

Sep 29, 2021
6 min

My Star Trek: The Next Generation Spec Scripts

This is the first script I ever wrote, a spec submission to Star Trek: The Next Generation circa 1991. I was 16. I think I found it in my...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 28, 2021
1 min

I Guess I Drew This

I can’t say I’m proud of this, but apparently I drew this circa 1994 when we were covering Basil Poledouris’ score to the ludicrous...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 27, 2021
2 min

Coma Playlist

I’ve been looking through the FSM “physical archives” (the boxes I scanned in 2014) for fun stuff to post—things that are interesting but...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 26, 2021
2 min

Ride the High Country Cues

Here’s a random scan from the FSM “physical archives,” which is the digital folder I created from several dozens of bankers boxes of...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 25, 2021
1 min

Arthur C. Clarke Letter

I am not planning or preparing these daily blog posts, which is actually quite liberating. I post what I feel, and whoever reads it—well,...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 24, 2021
3 min

Pulping FSM Backissues

Here’s an unhappy memory: taking Film Score Monthly overstock back issues to the recycling center. I always tried to print the FSM...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 23, 2021
3 min

The Sopranos Returns

I am so excited to see The Many Saints of Newark. And I’m happy I can see it at home. With unvaccinated children at home, we’re not...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 22, 2021
2 min

Dr. Crusher’s Hair

When you watch Star Trek reruns for decades, you start to obsessively notice some things. (“You don’t say!” says every Star Trek fan.)...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 21, 2021
14 min

Notes on Short Films

I spent a year and way too much money to make a 15-minute sci-fi short film. It was a demanding, stressful experience that I thought...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 20, 2021
1 min

Star Trek “In-Takes”

Just a quick shout-out today to one of my favorite YouTube channels, Ryan’s Edits, which I guess is by a guy named Ryan. He has a series...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 19, 2021
3 min

The Peter Gunn Bass Line

I love Mancini. My appreciation for him has only grown as I’ve gotten older, especially of his lesser-known dramatic scores. I was...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 18, 2021
1 min

RIP Norm MacDonald

I was sad to hear of Norm Macdonald’s death this week. Cancer is one of the few things I truly fear. 61 is way too young. We lost my...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 17, 2021
7 min

The Entertainment Journalist Paradox

Here is the fundamental conflict in being an entertainment journalist: You can have honesty. You can have access. But you can’t have...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 16, 2021
4 min

Indy!

Showtime has been showing the four Indiana Jones movies. I love watching them—even the ones I like less (more below)—because Spielberg’s...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 15, 2021
2 min

Even Lamer “Justice”

I wrote a few days ago about Star Trek: The Next Generation’s lame first season. The embarrassing early-season episode “Justice” aired...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 14, 2021
5 min

The Screenwriting Industrial Complex

I have explained elsewhere, to the approximately three people reading this blog (including my mom—hi mom!), that I have been trying to...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 13, 2021
3 min

“Dad, I Locked the Car”

Here, briefly, is the story of my most memorable childhood trip aboard the Steamship Authority’s crummiest boat, the M.V. Uncatena. This...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 12, 2021
6 min

Encounter at Dumbpoint

Here’s a screen grab from the teleplay to the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint,” by D.C. Fontana and Gene...

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Lukas Kendall

Sep 11, 2021
2 min

Take Me to 9–11

Above: the chair (the white glider) where I sat and watched the news on 9–11. I once had an Internet date with a young woman who dabbled...

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