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Star Trek VI Recreation
Many thanks to everybody who reached about the out-of-print FSM CDs we are selling through Screen Archives—details yesterday. I’m always...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 29, 20221 min read


FSM Out-of-Print CDs, Part II
Above: the FSM office in Culver City, circa 2004. Thanks to everybody who read and responded to my post yesterday about a set of...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 28, 20222 min read


FSM Out of Print CDs
I have a dilemma and want your feedback. It concerns a couple of (mostly complete) sets of FSM CDs I have. I would love to get these to...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 27, 20223 min read


William Shatner Obscurities
Above: the last-known picture of William Shatner without his toupee! Sorry if this is mean-spirited. I think Bill can take it. It’s from...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 26, 20221 min read


Star Trek 4 Plot Gag Revealed
You may have seen various clickbait articles about the unmade Star Trek 4 script by J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, now that the writers...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 25, 20222 min read


House of the Dragon First Season Finale
I like this show. I wrote about it when it premiered, and at midseason. I wasn’t in the mood for more Game of Thrones, but it’s...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 24, 20221 min read


Leonard Rosenman Bio Video
Discussion on the FSM board led me to find a four-minute video by Leonard Rosenman’s grandson, Charlie Rosenman, about the late, great...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 23, 20221 min read


Showbiz Salaries
NOTE: I hope people come on out to the soundtrack swap meet this afternoon, Saturday, October 22, 2022! My grandmother always said,...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 22, 20221 min read


Soundtrack Swap Meet
Tomorrow, Saturday 10/22/22, is Peter Hackman’s annual Fans of Film Music event. The 10AM composer panel is sold out but you can watch...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 21, 20222 min read


Andor Audience
I am enjoying Andor so much. I knew I would. It’s fabulous. But that’s not the subject today. You may have seen some articles about...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 20, 20222 min read


Thomas Newman–Rick Beato Interview
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the new interview Rick Beato did with Thomas Newman: Rick Beato is a professional musician who...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 19, 20221 min read


Lukas and Charlie 10-18-22
We’re back, by unpopular demand! No guest this week, just Charlie Vignola and I catching up and talking about the process of...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 18, 20221 min read


Night Gallery Book Kickstarter
A plug this morning! My friend Taylor White from Creature Features has launched a Kickstarter for his newest book project, an updated and...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 17, 20221 min read


Night Moves
Back when we had the FSM CD label, we would often receive requests for scores to release. It was part of the fun and normal operations...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 16, 20222 min read


Star Tours
Everything is on the Internet now! I am trying to remember if I have ever been on Star Tours, the original Star Wars theme park motion...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 15, 20221 min read


Gruesome Megazone 23 Sequence
There’s a really cool anime series from the 1980s called Megazone 23. It’s about (spoilers) a future Earth city where the inhabitants...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 14, 20221 min read


Eye Exams, Sweetheart
We took our twin girls (they’re eight) to the eye doctor. It was all routine, everything’s fine. The optometrist was an old pro, good...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 13, 20221 min read


Warner Bros. Layoffs
I tend not to get too invested in film business news. I pay attention, because it potentially affects me, but I figure things change and...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 12, 20222 min read


Tokyo Vice
I don’t know how I missed Tokyo Vice when it premiered in the spring—but I watched the eight-episode first season this past week and...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 11, 20222 min read


R.I.P. Nikki Finke
I was sorry to hear of the passing of Nikki Finke, the founder of Deadline.com (originally Deadline Hollywood). I was a fan as far back...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 10, 20221 min read


James Bond Concert
Videos from the big James Bond concert in London have popped up on YouTube. Here’s a playlist. And Variety’s review. Shirley Bassey...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 9, 20221 min read


Galaxy Explorer Lego
I don’t have a plan for this blog so sometimes I don’t know what to write—and the answer is always the same: nostalgia! I loved Legos as...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 8, 20222 min read


The Sound of 007 Documentary
I enjoyed the new documentary on James Bond songs and scores, The Sound of 007. See it now on Amazon. It’s a fun overview of the history...
Lukas Kendall
Oct 7, 20221 min read


John Williams Prelude and Scherzo for Piano and Orchestra
I love this new concert work by the Maestro, which I discovered on the FSM message board. (See, the board isn’t all bad.) Details here....
Lukas Kendall
Oct 6, 20221 min read
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