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I’ve always loved Ryuichi Sakamoto’s theme for the movie Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (1983). He also stared in the film, which is quite rare. Usually a movie’s composer is unseen and …
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Read More
A new Star Wars score by the one and only John Williams is a big deal. For fans of John Williams, there is no bigger deal as for many fans …
Star Wars Episode 7: The Music Awakens! Read More John Williams beginning work on Steven Spielberg’s adaption of Roald Dahl’s The BFG at the end of 2015 provided incentive to revisit his previous scores for films also based on popular and …
John Williams & The Philosopher’s Prisoner of Secrets Read More The recent release of John Williams seventh Star Wars score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) coincided with me having some extra free time and the desire to write …
Musical Memories 1: John Williams Read More
I put together this list last year for one of my classes in which students created their own Word Press blog and wrote about two of their passions. The idea …
Top 10 Favourite Scores for War Films Read More
Here I am playing a theme from John Williams‘ latest score for The Book Thief (2013) when, and you’re not going to believe this, a real book thief breaks into my apartment …
The Book Thief by John Williams Read More
This mournful piece from John Williams’ score for Lincoln (2012) sounds better sans guitar. Unfortunately, something went wrong with the recording as the guitar should sound much, much, much, and …
The Blue & The Grey (A Duet for Two Peters) Read More
Just a little piano and guitar practice with one of my favorite James Horner melodies. Unfortunately, I don’t think I’ll get around to a less bad version. Not that I …
Legends Of The Fall (A Dusty Duet for Two Peters) Read More