John Anderson, the wonderful Canadian actor who gave a great performance as the tormented alien in “The Survivors” in Star Trek: The Next...

Here’s a stupid picture of me with Quincy Jones circa 2012. It was some film music gathering, I remember where it was (on the Sunset...

I watched the six-episode Light & Magic documentary on Disney+, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, about (what else) Industrial Light and...

Today, please enjoy this five-minute audio conversation between Robin Williams and George Lucas. Who knows where people find this stuff?...

It’s been a slow time for, well, a couple of years, which has been a bit of a drag. But I suddenly have a lot to do. None of which I can...

I had a column here about paying for reads on scripts in progress. I just deleted it because I felt it was too grumpy. Sorry folks! But I...

There’s a Roy Budd crime score I’ve always loved, The Stone Killer, a 1973 Charles Bronson film. It was directed by Michael Winner, who...

My friend Roger Feigelson at Intrada has been posting a fun game on the Intrada message board. I only recently discovered it when he...

I am watching the Disney+ documentary Light and Magic, about the formation and early years of visual-effects powerhouse ILM, and loving...

The big annual Creation Star Trek convention is going on this weekend in Las Vegas. Although I think they lost the Star Trek license so...

“There’s no happiness in showbiz. There’s only relief.” My friend said that to me, and I’m pretty sure he got it from somewhere else, but...

Earlier this week I drove through Culver City, for the first time in years. The Film Score Monthly office was located at 8503 Washington...

Recently I posted an essay about the appeal of Star Trek. I’m glad it was generally well received. At the time, I got a question—how...

I remember an incident in gym class some time in elementary school. Good ol’ West Tisbury Elementary—and Pat Schofield, a nice woman who...

I was barely even aware that the new Game of Thrones prequel was coming out already. I watched the premiere of House of the Dragon last...

This Sunday, please treat yourself to Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling losing their minds when surprised by an irreverent British talk-show...

The great comic book artist Tom Palmer has died at 80. I was an avid comic book reader in the mid-1980s, at the peak of the “Marvel Age”:...

Above is a random page—and I mean random, I just went to anyplace in the pdf—of Tony Gilroy’s script to The Bourne Supremacy. I DID NOT...

QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4. When we left off, we were talking about coming up with a great...

QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4. THE ACTUAL METHOD (TO WRITING AN UNDENIABLE SCREENPLAY) If you...

QUICK GUIDE: Secret of Screenwriting 1, 2 and 3. Misc. Tips 1, 2, 3, 4. I am a writer and filmmaker who has spent a lot of time and money...

I want to thank Jeff Bond who pointed out a Guardian piece by Paul Verhoeven, of all people, about the joys of watching Columbo. I...

Did it ever feel like Jerry Goldsmith’s scores were so good, and sometimes the movies were so bad, that it was as if he was scoring a...

I only recently discovered a 2012 Guy Farley score to a 1960s-era caper comedy, The Hot Potato. I was listening to it cold (long story)...