top of page
Lukas Kendall, Writer/Filmmaker/Producer
Search


FSMCDs Repair Work
Please bear with us as FSMCDs.com will be taken apart and put back together this week into a site that actually works. Long story, but...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 29, 20251 min read


Organ Donation
A member of our extended family is in need of a life-saving kidney. It seems a longshot to get one from soundtrack collectors (it wasn’t...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 28, 20251 min read


Nu Trek Scoring
I really don’t get the new Paramount+ Star Trek shows. I accept that I’m no longer the audience, but I just find them bewildering in so...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 27, 20251 min read


Star Wars Piano Roll
I can’t believe the growing abundance of YouTube videos of film scores presented as orchestrations, reductions, piano reductions and now...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 26, 20251 min read


Kickstarter Update
It’s 14 days after our campaign closed so today’s the happy day where I get the Kickstarter payout...only for some reason the initial...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 25, 20251 min read


Jaws Exhibit
If any of you folks get to Martha’s Vineyard—or are my hometown peeps—you have to check out the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s 50th...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 24, 20251 min read


Behind the Moon Blog
Just a short note this morning to say how excited I am for Tim Greiving’s book on John Williams which is soon to be published . And,...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 23, 20251 min read


FSMCDs Update and Classical Discounts
I’m back at work and making arrangements to get more CDs in stock for FSMCDs.com . I put the word out last month and some folks have...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 22, 20251 min read


I’m Back
I’m back at home—and in the office—after a week visiting family on Martha’s Vineyard. I have a bunch of childhood stuff, and also...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 21, 20251 min read


Kickstarter Thank You!
Our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter has closed with a whopping $64,726. Thank you all so much! I was pretty sure we would reach our...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 11, 20253 min read


Kickstarter Last Day
Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter concludes tonight (Thursday 7/10) at 11:59PM, Pacific time. Thank you all for your incredible...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 10, 20251 min read


Kickstarter Countdown
Whoa! You guys are awesome! The Kickstarter has surpassed the stretch goal of $50,000 and is sitting north of $52K as of this morning...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 9, 20253 min read


Kickstarter Ends Thursday Night
All right, home stretch! We are on our way to making the $50K stretch goal and THANK YOU all for your support. We are already building...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 8, 20252 min read


Kickstarter Final Week
Our FSM 35th anniversary Kickstarter is in the final week—it ends Thursday night at 11:59 PM Pacific time, 7/10/25. For me this is...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 7, 20252 min read


Zoom Test Today
Happy Sunday everybody! I have a pro Zoom account so let’s do a test today, 7/6/25, at 11AM Pacific / 2PM Eastern to see who wants to...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 6, 20251 min read


Farewell to Mark Snow
What a rough couple of weeks. We’ve lost Mark Snow, composer of The X-Files and so much more. Here’s the Variety obituary . He was a...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 5, 20251 min read


Ray Ellis Sound Samples
Happy Fourth of July! As we’re in the final week of our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter —trying to reach the stretch goal of $50K—this...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 4, 20251 min read


7 Days to Go
It’s the final week of our FSM 35th Anniversary Kickstarter and of this morning we’re knocking on $40K. I am trying to get to the...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 3, 20252 min read


FSMCDs New Listings
UPDATE 9:45AM: The site is working but slow as molasses. What I have learned from our new hosting company is that the particular...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 2, 20252 min read


Farewell Jim Shooter
I was sorry to hear yesterday of the passing of Jim Shooter , Marvel Comics’ Editor-in-Chief during a pivotal time in the company’s...
Lukas Kendall
Jul 1, 20252 min read


Kickstarter Week 4
We’re into week four of our 35th anniversary Kickstarter and it’s looking great ! We have passed the initial goal of $25,000, are...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 30, 20254 min read


The Lalo on My List
I’ve been thinking about Lalo Schifrin who we lost last week, and all the enjoyment I’ve gotten from his scores over, well, my entire...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 29, 20252 min read


Finishing the Ray Ellis CD
Greetings from Mulholland Music , where I visited Doug Schwartz yesterday to put the finishing touches on the master for the Ray...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 28, 20251 min read


Lalo Schifrin
Farewell to one of the all-time greats, Lalo Schifrin, who died yesterday at 93. Here is the Variety obituary by Jon Burlingame. (Above:...
Lukas Kendall
Jun 27, 20252 min read
bottom of page




