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Jan 22, 20221 min read

My Most–Played Music Tracks

Would you folks like to see the list of my most-played music tracks in Apple music (formerly iTunes)? I don’t subscribe to their service,...

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Lukas Kendall

Jan 7, 20221 min read

John Barry Autograph

I was going through the scans I made of the FSM “physical archives,” looking for something quick and fun to post. I used to have bankers...

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Lukas Kendall

Jan 4, 20221 min read

Orangutan Goldsmith

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to give you this YouTube video of an orangutan driving a golf cart, which longtime FSM...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 31, 20211 min read

The Empire Strikes Back Reductions

A YouTube user named leibniz154 has been posting piano reductions of film cues, including a great many from the Star Wars films. I love...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 30, 20213 min read

1990 John Barry Interview

Here’s a 1990 interview with John Barry about Dances With Wolves for, I presume, a press junket, by a longtime entertainment journalist,...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 29, 20213 min read

The Retro Euro Cult Film Score Society

I want to give a shout-out today to one of my favorite people, John(ny) Bender, and one of my favorite Facebook groups, The Retro Euro...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 28, 20213 min read

Being the Ricardos = Missing?

I watched Being the Ricardos on Amazon and liked it. I always watch and enjoy Aaron Sorkin’s work. He operates at such a high level, it’s...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 26, 20212 min read

Do You Know How Christm—ACKKKK!

Here’s a good topic for your post-Christmas hangover: “Do You Know How Christmas Trees Are Grown?”—the John Barry–Hal David Xmas song...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 24, 20213 min read

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

We were going to visit my wife’s parents in Chicago over the holidays. Omicron put an end to that plan. It would have been our first trip...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 21, 20212 min read

Catching Up With Quartet Records

I got my new CD player for the computer so I am happily catching up with Quartet Records’ latest releases. So great! Piero Piccioni...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 20, 20212 min read

Matto, caldo, soldi, morto...girotondo

I got a huge package of CDs from Quartet Records and I am so excited to listen to them! But I am waiting on a new CD player to hook up to...

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The Most Illuminating Video on James Horner

Lukas Kendall

Dec 18, 20212 min read

The Most Illuminating Video on James Horner

UPDATE 3/8/22: Wow, was I grouchy when I wrote the below! So many negative ways to express things. Sorry!!! But for posterity’s sake,...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 17, 20213 min read

James Horner/Star Trek Music Theory

I’d like to do a little music theory today. Maybe somebody smarter than I am will read this and offer some wisdom? I love James Horner’s...

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Belling the Slayer—the Capricorn One Ballet

Lukas Kendall

Dec 15, 20211 min read

Belling the Slayer—the Capricorn One Ballet

If you’re like me, you love Jerry Goldsmith’s score to Capricorn One. But did you love it enough to choreograph and produce a ballet...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 13, 202111 min read

Remembering Leonard Rosenman

I’ve wanted to write this piece for some time, but have put it off because it’s a little complicated—and, also, personal and emotional....

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 11, 20212 min read

Keiko Nobumoto, Michael Nesmith

A couple of passings came across the news yesterday. First, Keiko Nobumoto, the screenwriter for the original Cowboy Bebop, as well as...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 6, 20212 min read

The Written Scores

This is a large topic that I’ve been meaning to tackle, but don’t have too much time to spend on it now. I studied music in college,...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 2, 20211 min read

FSM CD Low Quantity Alert

I’m glad people seemed to enjoy the story yesterday about the unreleased Predator/Die Hard CD from 1994. I’m glad to provide some insight...

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Lukas Kendall

Dec 1, 20216 min read

The Abandoned Predator/Die Hard CD

I went into my box of old cassettes looking for a story to tell. Here’s one! The last quarter-century (or more) of soundtrack releases...

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Lukas Kendall

Nov 30, 20212 min read

Scott Saslow Art

Scott Saslow is a terrific graphic designer who followed Film Score Monthly for years as a passionate soundtrack collector. When I was...

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