No, not the Chevy Chase movies. Our family is taking our first vacation in three years (!) to visit grandparents and have fun! (Vineyard...

Sad news this morning—Julee Cruise has died at the age of 65. What a wonderful, unique talent and voice. She is, of course, best known...

No, not La-La Land Records! La La Land, the movie. Or specifically, the composer of the songs and score, Justin Hurwitz, has filed a...

Intrada is reissuing our Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 2CD set on June 14. I am glad. It was the highlight of my time at FSM to...

As of this morning (June 7, 2022), we are at $6,430 for the WeFunder for FSM Studios. I am so appreciative of the people who made...

Is anybody watching the Amazon show, Undone? No, really...is anybody? It’s really good. The show features rotoscoped animation (a la A...

Yesterday, June 4, 2022, was the 40th anniversary of the U.S. releases of both Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Poltergeist. It seems...

I wasn’t sure if I should tell this story—but ah, what the hell. Around 20 years ago my social life used to consist of hanging out at...

Time to pause the self-promotion and promote something by somebody else that is totally worthy: a Basil Poledouris tribute concert at...

Above: my crude sketches for some of the VFX in our Sky Fighter short film. I put this message on social yesterday—we have almost $3K,...

Today is a big day for me! I’ll know in a few hours—or certainly within 24—whether my plan of raising investment to make my own film...

Today I am gearing up for our “hard” (real) launch tomorrow (June 1, 2022) of a crowdfunding effort for FSM Studios—my production entity!...

On Friday I announced the next stage of my professional life, turning Film Score Monthly into a film and TV company—FSM Studios. This is,...

People seemed reasonably interested in my breakdown a few days ago of which orchestrators worked on which cues for John Williams on The...

I’ve been happy to publish this blog, which I started in August 2021 and have continued ever since with daily updates (except for a few...

Good morning, world! As we head into this holiday weekend (Memorial Day in the U.S.) I am announcing the “soft launch” of what will...

Like most fans of my generation, I knew Wil Wheaton as the terrific star of Stand by Me, and was encouraged when he was announced in 1987...

I try not to write about politics here. Not because I’m not interested; I follow it pretty closely. But I learned a long time ago, in...

I used to spend way too much time hanging out at (screenwriter) Shane Black’s house (roughly 1997–2003, for me). Shane had the greatest...

Over the weekend, Jo Ann Kane Music Service put up a Facebook post celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back (released...

Despite overwhelming apathy, Charlie Vignola and I are continuing to record our weekly screenwriting “power hour” (neither an hour, nor...

I have a soft spot for this late-second season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. It was the first time I really started to take...

I was posting my column yesterday about an old Star Trek episode when I saw that Vangelis died. Truly, this is a far more consequential...

The all-time classic Next Generation episode “Q Who” rolled around again in the nightly airing of vintage Trek shows on the Heroes &...