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Continue reading →: Chick Corea, RIP
Sad news of the deaths of Hal Holbrook, Christopher Plummer, and Mary Wilson came over the past week or two. But tonight’s news was truly devastating for this long-time fan of one of the greatest musicians in the history of jazz: Chick Corea, who passed away on Tuesday at the…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1842
Song of the Day: Poltergeist (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by Jerry Goldsmith, continues our four-day salute to this great film score maestro. This suite, derived from his 1982 Oscar-nominated score to one of the best supernatural horror films, shows the enormous breadth of moods and motifs that Goldsmith typically…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1841
Song of the Day: Gremlins 2 (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link] was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, who was born on this date in 1929. Having composed the score to the original “Gremlins” (1984), he returned in 1990 to compose the score to its sequel, “Gremlins 2: The New Batch.” Opening with…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1840
Song of the Day: Gremlins 1 (“Soundtrack Suite”) [YouTube link], composed by the late Jerry Goldsmith, features highlights from this 1984 comedy-horror hybrid. It embodies elements of both genres. Today begins a four-day celebration of the wonderful Goldsmith and his artistry. He has composed some of my all-time favorite scores,…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1839
Song of the Day: Jaws (“One Barrel Chase”) [YouTube link], composed by John Williams, begins with an echo of that ominous “shark” theme before bursting into the sounds of a seafaring adventure. This is one of the best cues from the Oscar-winning soundtrack to Steven Spielberg‘s suspenseful 1975 film (and…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1838
Song of the Day: Mighty Joe Young (“Main Title”) [YouTube link], composed by Roy Webb, opens the original 1949 version of this classic fantasy film, created by the folks who brought us the original “King Kong” (including producer and writer Merriam C. Cooper and special effects Wiz, Willis O’Brien, and…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1837
Song of the Day: The Rains of Ranchipur (“Main Title”) [YouTube link], composed by Hugo Friedofer, opens this 1955 remake of the 1939 film, “The Rains Came.” This film, starring Lana Turner, Richard Burton, Fred MacMurray, and Michael Rennie, has had its share of criticisms, but it features fine cinematograhy,…
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Continue reading →: JARS: 20th Anniversary = 20,000+ Reasons to Celebrate!
The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies just received its 2020 annual report from Pennsylvania State University Press. This report does not count print subscriptions. But the news is wonderful. As the only scholarly, university-press published, interdisciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the study of Ayn Rand and her times, last…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1836
Song of the Day: Airport 1975 (“Main Title”) [YouTube link], composed by John Cacavas, opens the second installment in the “Airport” film series, inspired by the original Arthur Hailey novel (and 1970 film). George Kennedy (as Joe Patroni) was the only actor to star in all four films of the…
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Continue reading →: Song of the Day #1835
Song of the Day: Marty (“Hey, Marty”) [YouTube link] features the music of Harry Warren (who was once characterized on TCM by Michael Feinstein as the most successful writer of popular songs in the twentieth century!) and the lyrics of Paddy Chayefsky, who wrote the screenplay for this 1955 Best…
Chris Sciabarra, April 2022 Coney Island Parachute Jump, Brooklyn, New York
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