Here’s an unhappy memory: taking Film Score Monthly overstock back issues to the recycling center. I always tried to print the FSM...

I am so excited to see The Many Saints of Newark. And I’m happy I can see it at home. With unvaccinated children at home, we’re not...

When you watch Star Trek reruns for decades, you start to obsessively notice some things. (“You don’t say!” says every Star Trek fan.)...

I spent a year and way too much money to make a 15-minute sci-fi short film. It was a demanding, stressful experience that I thought...

Just a quick shout-out today to one of my favorite YouTube channels, Ryan’s Edits, which I guess is by a guy named Ryan. He has a series...

I love Mancini. My appreciation for him has only grown as I’ve gotten older, especially of his lesser-known dramatic scores. I was...

I was sad to hear of Norm Macdonald’s death this week. Cancer is one of the few things I truly fear. 61 is way too young. We lost my...

Here is the fundamental conflict in being an entertainment journalist: You can have honesty. You can have access. But you can’t have...

Showtime has been showing the four Indiana Jones movies. I love watching them—even the ones I like less (more below)—because Spielberg’s...

I wrote a few days ago about Star Trek: The Next Generation’s lame first season. The embarrassing early-season episode “Justice” aired...

I have explained elsewhere, to the approximately three people reading this blog (including my mom—hi mom!), that I have been trying to...

Here, briefly, is the story of my most memorable childhood trip aboard the Steamship Authority’s crummiest boat, the M.V. Uncatena. This...

Here’s a screen grab from the teleplay to the Star Trek: The Next Generation pilot, “Encounter at Farpoint,” by D.C. Fontana and Gene...

Above: the chair (the white glider) where I sat and watched the news on 9–11. I once had an Internet date with a young woman who dabbled...

Here’s a vintage, rare clip from 1988 of John Williams talking with Gene Shalit about the score for The Accidental Tourist. I love when...

Things from 10 years ago feel lame. But things from 20 years ago feel cool. Circa 1989, Star Wars was passé. (It was actually kind of...

Fifty-five years, wow. I remember when it was the 20th anniversary in 1986. Getting old! This is from a Star Trek exhibit in Hollywood in...

This is a random photo of tapes stored at UCLA of the CBS music library, which was donated to the Special Collections dept. and,...

Writing a blog on what I guess will be a daily basis reminds me of the first time I tried “daily programming”—in elementary school, I...

There was talk on a Facebook James Bond music group about some of the remaining unreleased Bond music, and given that I produced the 2003...

From 1994 concert work by Wojciech Kilar. WHY WAS I NOT INFORMED. (It reminded me in some places, favorably, of early James Horner....

The above “score grid” is from a coverage I bought from one of the script competition/coverage companies, Shore Scripts, which I’ve been...

Our twin girls (they’re seven) have a large stuffed bear that they like me to position in the house for them to find. This looks cute in...

I’ve added an “About Me” page to the site, with rapid-fire smart-aleck remarks. The above pic: this is a drawing I made of Jay...