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Best of May: New to the "Collection"--Early

I know it is still a bit early, and heck there's a weekend yet when new things may appear for review here, but since I am about to take a few down days which will include soaking up 2 John Williams-conducted concerts, I …
Best of March: New to the "Collection"

Coming next week I'll share my real favorite "new" to the library book about film music. But for now, here are a selection of five favorite "new" to my library discs. First up is an older score that I managed to find o…
Best of the Month (New to the Shelf) August

Where did the month of August go? We've been busy here getting ready for our cross-country relocation which has taken up more time than one would think. It is kind of that in between time when it feels like I have one …
Best of the Month (New to the Shelf) July

Where did the month of July go! There were plenty of sleeper announcements throughout the month of limited edition releases and tantalizing new scores on the horizon. Distribution of Varese discs locally have made them…
Tim Burton compilation

Yes, I am avoiding work today....As luck would have it another great little compilation disc appeared Monday as well for review.Early on in Silva’s compilation history they released a series of discs featuring music for …
Golden Globe Nominees

Tis the season, for award announcements. The Foreign Press announced this morning their picks for film and television excellence. Well, if we are honest, it is a list of usually good films with high star power because …
Shore's RETURN OF THE KING (Complete)

If you are a child of the 1970s, we all thought the 2-disc set of Star Wars was a big deal. The later "complete" recordings on CD would not come for almost 20 years after the inital release of that classic score. So fo…
Return to "Return of the King"

I'll have more later, but just thought I'd whet your appetite with this tidbit. I'm currently listening to the upcoming release of Howard Shore's score for The Return of the King. This is a 4-disc set with a fifth DVD-…
HB: Howard Shore

Today marks Howard Shore's 61st birthday. It is hard to believe how far the original Saturday Night Live alum has come since those days as musical director for the program. His work with director David Cronenberg began…
Spiderman 3/Last Mimzy

Headed out to seee the third Spiderman film today. It is actually a fairly good film with a bit more comedy in it than the previous two installments suggesting a greater comfortability of characterizations. Some of thi…