I loooooooove Jerry Fielding. I was first exposed to him via his two Star Trek scores, “The Trouble With Tribbles” and “Spectre of the...

So this whole column is a nothingburger: turns out I was remembering something wrong! The name of R2-D2 famously came from postproduction...

I used to tape weird stuff off of TV. I have a couple of boxes of VHS tapes in a closet here, and several more in my mom’s basement....

That was fun yesterday—in case you missed it, I randomly blew off steam about an old pet peeve of mine, which is when we’d release a cool...

Above is a computer “wallpaper” screen that Joe Sikoryak made for us circa 2008. You can find this and a few others on our website, under...

There’s a lot of stress when you run a CD label. And the biggest nightmare (other than a project being canceled on you) is when you...

First off, I know that most of the people who read this blog are from the film score world, not the aspiring-screenwriting world—and...

One of my all-time favorite shows is Mad Men. That’s not exactly an outlier opinion. So I was delighted to learn that composer David...

Here’s something I had blocked out of my memory: an attempt to make, circa 2009, a free FSM “sampler CD” from our albums released out of...

Happy Easter (and Passover, to my people). Sorry, I don’t have anything holiday related. I came across the above video about Cowboy...

Episode 5 of my YouTube screenwriting show with Charlie Vignola is up, and we talk about the ways to make a good script great. This was a...

Amin Matalqa is a director whose debut feature, Captain Abu Raed (2007), was the first film produced in Jordan in 50 years, and won the...

Neumation Music has published excerpts from a J.A.C. Redford interview about his work orchestrating for James Horner. It’s very...

Billions wrapped up its sixth season Sunday night. I guess there will be at least one more? I have enjoyed this show way more than I...

There were many fun things about producing the FSM catalog—chiefly, getting to access great film music and release it to the fans! But...

I asked people to visit my IMDB page to goose my stupid “star” rating—and it worked! Thanks! I’m up to #82,623 or so this—fun! Hey, it’s...

I watched Krull on HBOMax. I hadn’t seen it in ages—and maybe never in its proper aspect ratio. It is what it is: a very expensive,...

All right, so nobody wants to hear two people they’ve never heard of talk about writing screenplays. But give us a shot? Today we talk...

I feel like venting today! But first, may I ask a favor? Could you take a second and visit my IMDB page? You don’t have to do anything,...

In honor of Elmer Bernstein’s 100th birthday (4/4/2022), I’ve posted our collection of Elmer photos to Facebook. I’ve tried my best to...

Here’s a piece of history for you: the first page of the famous Knight Rider theme by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson (but really, the...

La-La Land Records has announced their final Star Trek franchise album, a 4CD set of previously unreleased music from the four Rick...

Today, April 4, 2022, is the centennial of Elmer Bernstein’s birth and I’ve been asked by a lot of people (okay, two) if I’d be sharing...

Violet is an indie I’ve heard about for some time, as my old friend Larry Hummel was one of the producers. Larry is a talent manager who...