I found a set of photos of a bunch of us film score geeks having a pre-concert dinner, I think at the W hotel in Westwood, before a Jerry...

I can’t say I’m proud of this, but apparently I drew this circa 1994 when we were covering Basil Poledouris’ score to the ludicrous...

I’ve been looking through the FSM “physical archives” (the boxes I scanned in 2014) for fun stuff to post—things that are interesting but...

Here’s a random scan from the FSM “physical archives,” which is the digital folder I created from several dozens of bankers boxes of...

I am not planning or preparing these daily blog posts, which is actually quite liberating. I post what I feel, and whoever reads it—well,...

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

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

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

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...

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

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....

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...

I was going to write a long, confessional true story of the unpublished Jerry Goldsmith book that his daughter, Carrie Goldsmith, was...