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The Best Classical Music Moments In Blockbusters

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 07.07.2012 | Home
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Classical music forms the soundscape of many films -- think Strauss in Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the blue diva in “The Fifth Element,...

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Famed 'Star Trek' & 'Stargate' Composer Dead At 54

Posted 05.01.2012 | Entertainment
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Joel Goldsmith, the famed composer behind both "Star Trek" and "Stargate," died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, Variety reports. He was 54. ...

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Stage Door: The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers

Fern Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Radio City Music Hall, NY Culture, Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, J.R.R. Tolkien, Film Scores, Ludwig Wicki, Movies, Cinema, New York News
Fern Siegel

The audience includes those dressed as their favorite elves or wizards. This is fellowship of a wholly different order -- a mesmerizing venture, both visual and musical.

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WATCH: JAZZ ON FILM: Wynton Marsalis Scores 'Louis," Plus Five Great Jazz Scores

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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Can't say he didn't focus on the music... Filmmaker Dan Pritzker's latest effort, Louis, is loosely based on the childhood of jazz legend Louis Armstr...

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Journalism vs. Commentary; and Remembering Maurice Jarre

Alec Baldwin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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Alec Baldwin

Journalism is what is required now. And, yes, some commentary. But more journalism than commentary. That's what a newspaper does.

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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