Listening to Things: Finding Neverland, original score by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

To: The Members of the Acadamy, circa 2004Re: The winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Original Score, Finding Neverland by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek What, pray tell, were you all thinking when you voted for this score? You had John Williams' wonderfully quirky and dramatic score for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban … Continue reading Listening to Things: Finding Neverland, original score by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek

Listening to Things: The Return of the King, original score by Howard Shore

After a weeklong hiatus, I'm back with this little "let's listen to all the music that won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in the twenty-first century" project with Howard Shore's score for The Return of the King. How many times have I listened to this? A lot. I couldn't begin to tell you … Continue reading Listening to Things: The Return of the King, original score by Howard Shore

Sunday Sum-Up: February 19, 2023

Instead of going to a Super Bowl party last Sunday, I headed downtown to see a documentary at the indie theater. I'd seen a trailer for Lizzie Gottlieb's film Turn Every Page, which is about the longtime professional relationship and friendship between her father, renowned editor Robert Gottlieb, and political writer Robert Caro, who has … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: February 19, 2023