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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2090
Song of the Day: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by John Williams, introduces “The Imperial March“, and its menacing Darth Vader motif. For that theme, Williams drew inspiration from Chopin’s Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor and Gustav Holst’s “Mars, the Bringer of…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2089
Song of the Day: Seven Years in Tibet (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by John Williams, features the melodic cello of Yo Yo Ma. Written for the 1997 film starring Brad Pitt, the score is a sweeping orchestral testament to the composer’s remarkable legacy.
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Continue reading →: Grammy Awards 2024
The Grammy Awards show is always a mixed bag. So many of the Awards are presented in the pre-show that you’d better have access to Wikipedia to get the full list of nominees and winners—though the Grammy site was streaming the pre-show on its platform. I was happy to see…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2088
Song of the Day: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (“Helena’s Theme”) [YouTube link], composed and conducted here by the great John Williams, is from one of two of Williams’s film scores nominated tonight at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for “Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media” (the other…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2087
Song of the Day: Gunga Din (“Across the Bridge / Battle at Tantrapur”) [YouTube link], composed by Alfred Newman, is from the 1939 George Stevens-directed adventure film, starring Sam Jaffe in the title role, along with Cary Grant, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Victor McLaglen. Loosely based on the 1890 Rudyard…
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Continue reading →: Me in 1966! Baffled by Batman in Bellmore!
On Thursday, August 25, 1966, I was among the estimated 3,000 people who gathered on Bedford Avenue in Bellmore, Long Island to see Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) from the TV series that brought “POW!”, “BAM!”, and “ZONK” into our living rooms each week. Going through some old…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2086
Song of the Day: Three Little Pigs (“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?”), words and music by Frank Churchill and Ann Ronell, made its screen debut in the 1933 Disney short, “Three Little Pigs“, which won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. Check out the original version from…
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Continue reading →: The 20th Annual Film Music February Festival / Song of the Day #2085
Song of the Day: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (“Someday My Prince Will Come”), words by Larry Morey, music by Frank Churchill, was first heard in this classic Walt Disney 1937 film. The original version featured in the film is sung by Adriana Caselotti [YouTube link]. While this movie…
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Continue reading →: Jonathan Rauch on the History of LGBTQ Erasure
Over the years, Jonathan Rauch’s prolific work has delved into many provocative political and cultural topics. The openly gay author, who is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, has been a strong proponent of same-sex marriage and a gallant critic of attacks on free thought. His newest contribution to…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #2084
Song of the Day: Swing 39, composed by jazz violin virtuoso Stephane Grappelli, was first performed with jazz guitar pioneer Django Reinhardt in their days with the Quintette du Hot Club de France. Check out the sweet 1939 original and a swinging 1972 rendition off Grappelli’s album, “Homage to Django”…
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