It has been many years since I originally compiled one of my first concept albums Flight. Along with Songs of the Heavens and The Farthest Reaches, this remained a personal favorite of mine of that particular vintage. However, due to some of the complications involved with the Great Computer Crash of 2010, it never made it on to my iPod. I wanted ( Read more... )

After a slow opening, 2011 rolled merrily along; the year was over before I knew it. A lot has happened. After years of yearning for one, finally gotten a cat, who has been a delightful addition to my life. I've finished The Early Mixes and it's a very strange feeling not to have to have it somewhere in my mind at all times. A friend has re- ( Read more... )

SICK AGAIN


• Alas, I am sick. I was feeling nasty all day yesterday, went to bed early and woke up exhausted and stuffed. I hate being sick, it's such a waste of time off from work. On the other hand, I have to stave off boredom, so I write.


ALIENIDIS


• I was quite eager to get The Alien Anthology on Blu-ray mostly because of how good I expected ( Read more... )

I had originally compiled a mix titled The Uncanny X-Men three years ago. While I had access to Kamen's complete score and most of Ottman's (as well as their respective albums), when I put the original disc together I only had the soundtrack album of Powell's contribution. In the interim, I have procured the complete version of X-Men: The Last ( Read more... )

What with the cascade of jobs I had yesterday despite the fact that it was Passover and my boss knew I had someplace to be, it has been an extremely harrowing week on many levels. On the other hand, it seems to be winding down rather nicely, as it was nice to see everybody at the Passover seder.

• The weather has been very erratic of late, with little ( Read more... )

Michael Kamen's main theme from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, specifically the overture, fittingly became the signature music for Morgan Creek Productions. It is the first thing one hears in their films and on their incomplete websiteI'm aware that movie studios no longer have the sort of "name brand" recognition they once did, it would still ( Read more... )

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This genesis of this project was a conversation with melancthe, in which she mentioned that listening to "Building the Crate" from Chicken Run was one of the few things that could cut through the tedium of washing dishes. It occurred to me that there are several cues I could think of offhand that had that same sort of "can do" aspect to them. In fact, ( Read more... )

There is now more music on my iPod than I've had capacity for in the past. Just for shits and giggles...


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Okay, the teaser for Live Free or Die Hard looks rather foul. I know that I'm in the minority in finding the two sequels rather blah (although I did think there were some fun moments in the third film). It is interesting, however, to see how John McClane went from being an underdog to being an unstoppable force of Jack Slater proportions (I feel ( Read more... )