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The Lukas and Charlie Screenplay Power Hour, Episode 4
All right, so nobody wants to hear two people they’ve never heard of talk about writing screenplays. But give us a shot? Today we talk...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 9, 20221 min read


The Dumbest Thing I Hated Producing CDs: Warner Bros. Art Licenses
I feel like venting today! But first, may I ask a favor? Could you take a second and visit my IMDB page? You don’t have to do anything,...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 8, 20225 min read


Elmer Bernstein Photo Archive
In honor of Elmer Bernstein’s 100th birthday (4/4/2022), I’ve posted our collection of Elmer photos to Facebook. I’ve tried my best to...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 7, 20221 min read


Knight Rider Score Page
Here’s a piece of history for you: the first page of the famous Knight Rider theme by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson (but really, the...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 6, 20221 min read


La-La Land Final Star Trek Album
La-La Land Records has announced their final Star Trek franchise album, a 4CD set of previously unreleased music from the four Rick...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 5, 20221 min read


Elmer Bernstein’s 100th Birthday
Today, April 4, 2022, is the centennial of Elmer Bernstein’s birth and I’ve been asked by a lot of people (okay, two) if I’d be sharing...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 4, 20227 min read


Violet
Violet is an indie I’ve heard about for some time, as my old friend Larry Hummel was one of the producers. Larry is a talent manager who...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 3, 20223 min read


The Lukas and Charlie Screenplay Power Hour, Episode 3
My friend Charlie Vignola and I recorded a third episode of our “show.” We know that very few people are watching these—and of course,...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 2, 20221 min read


April Fools List
My old friend Mike Schiff, over at the message board, helpfully reminded us on this April Fool’s Day about the “joke release lists” that...
Lukas Kendall
Apr 1, 20221 min read


The Power—George Pal Letter
One of the benefits of producing the FSM CD catalog was that I got a hell of an education in weird and obscure movies from the past. I...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 31, 20222 min read


Hans and Dune
Congrats to Hans Zimmer for his Oscar win for Best Score for Dune. I thought it was clearly the best score of 2021, and the obvious...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 30, 20222 min read


Jack Sheldon Interview
Jack Sheldon (1931–2019) had a hell of a life. He was an all-time great jazz trumpet player and first-call session musician. (Buy the...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 29, 20226 min read


The Slap Heard Round the World
A very boring Oscars suddenly got very interesting—although I already feel dirty from the Monday morning memes and hot-takes. Like most...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 28, 20221 min read


Admiral Kirk’s Shoe Lifts
Taylor White’s Creature Features store in Burbank used to host live events (panels and gallery openings) and boy were those fun. The...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 27, 20222 min read


My Decades-Long Silvestri Question
Marc Silvestri is a very successful comic book artist and creator. He is one of the founders, and the current CEO, of Image Comics. And...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 26, 20221 min read


Lyn Williams’ Composer Photos
Lyndon “Lyn” Williams, chairman of the Goldsmith Society, sent this wonderful album of composer photos which I’ve posted at Facebook...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 25, 20221 min read


The Lukas and Charlie Screenplay Power Hour, Episode Two
Live on tape on YouTube—my friend Charlie Vignola and I are back to talk about screenwriting. This week we look at some loglines tweeted...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 24, 20221 min read


Thunderball Cues
I noticed some folks on our message board discussing the 2003 Thunderball CD (with the expanded track list, which I put together for EMI)...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 23, 20222 min read


The Shaft Dispute (1973)
Above is a pic of Gordon Parks, who directed Shaft and Shaft’s Big Score! but had a rich and consequential life well beyond that. When we...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 22, 20225 min read


John Barry Footage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Here’s a pretty amazing find: a 30-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 1972 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, with a...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 21, 20221 min read


Don’t Look Up
My wife and I loved this crazy movie! As far as we’re concerned, it’s the first worthy successor to Idiocracy—skewering our dumb culture,...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 20, 20222 min read


FSM CD Covers 1500x1500
Film Score Monthly has endured as long as it has basically because of luck and the kindness of strangers: specifically, the luck I had in...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 19, 20221 min read


The Lukas and Charlie Screenplay Power Hour on YouTube
I’ve thought about hosting a podcast, because it might be fun and also help my “brand.” (Is that too blunt?) I enjoy public speaking and...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 18, 20222 min read


Leave Shia Alone
Yesterday there was some drama on “screenwriting Twitter” because Shia LaBeouf likes to enter a lot of screenwriting competitions. Yes,...
Lukas Kendall
Mar 17, 20222 min read
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