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...

Some 200 movies are departing HBOMax in April—ahead of its merger with Warner Bros.’ Discovery streaming service. I read that the plan...

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...

There have been numerous closures of Los Angeles restaurants since the start of the pandemic—many of them beloved institutions. I get...

I’m sure you’re familiar with Star Trek: The Motion Picture. You may be familiar with a terrific oral history published by Creature...

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...

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...

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...

A plug today for my longtime pal, contributor and CD producer Jon Burlingame, whose book, Music for Prime Time, is now available from...

Is everything on the Internet now? The answer is steadily approaching: yes. I give you: The Dukes of Hazzard vs. The Waltons on Family...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

Some random thoughts this morning as I’m still adapting to the infernal time change... I’ve watched the Oscars the past few years...

Do you love music but not know anything about music theory? Try this explainer video from a very good composer/pianist/YouTuber, Nahre Sol:

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...

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...

In case you missed it, CBS Sunday Morning recently did a lovely piece on the late, great Henry Mancini: This includes footage from the...

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...

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...

One benefit of John Williams being Oscar-nominated for the score to The Fabelmans is that he’s doing a lot of media—more than I can ever...

Whoa! Another one of my all-time favorite cues comes to YouTube: Dominic Sewell is going through the entire John Williams Empire Strikes...

Many thanks to those who showed up yesterday for the first day of the big Creature Features CD sale! There’s tons of stuff available at...