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The Green Lantern Score

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Last year I created a wish list of composers that i wanted to see get a crack at the Green Lantern score. Luckily, my second favorite film composer of all time, James Newton Howard, got the gig. The score has been recording for the last couple of week and James Newton Howard’s arranger, Stuart M Thomas has been updating the status of the Green Lantern score via his twitter feed. Here are some of the things we can look forward to. March 23 – “Orchestration has begun on #GreenLantern. Scoring in two weeks!” //oh we’re bringin’ it…!” March 25 – “Maxing out … Continue reading The Green Lantern Score

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TRON Legacy Score – Review

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It seems like i have been waiting years for this score to come out! Other than the return of Jeff Bridges, Daft Punk doing the score to TRON Legecy was one of the first bits of news that i heard surrounding the film.  One of the main questions i had was if they were going to utilize some of the themes from Wendy Carlos’ original score to TRON. Even though Daft Punk did not utilize or sample any of the original score, they did honor it by including some gothic elements. Daft Punk’s score to TRON Legacy is unlike any … Continue reading TRON Legacy Score – Review

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Cue The Music

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I am not sure that many of you know this, but while i was doing The Dharmalars, i was also doing a podcast called Cue The Music. It was a podcast about one of my lifelong passions. Film music. It has been a long time since i have done an episode, but recently i decided that i would give it another go. The last episode i did was on Oct. 31st, 2008. It has been over a year and a half, and i figured  that it would be really nice to revisit the show. I am hoping that i will … Continue reading Cue The Music

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Top 10 Favorite Film Composers!

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It dawned on me that i have not really posted anything about one of my main passions. Film Music! I have been a big fan of film music ever since i was about five years old, when my mom refused to allow me to see Raiders of the Lost Ark. I really wanted to see the movie based on the commercials and i would draw pictures of Indiana Jones fighting snakes with his whip. Of course it just looked like Indy fighting a bunch of whips with his snake. My mom felt bad that i couldn’t go see the movie, … Continue reading Top 10 Favorite Film Composers!