Film Music Friday: Like Composer, Like Son

Hi again,

I’m trying something new with this post.  Much in the vein of my occasional Favorite “Forgotten” Films entries, I’m using today’s musings to launch a new series (to say nothing of further motivation to update this blog more regularly).

The title more or less speaks for itself; Film Music Friday will be my opportunity to share some of the scores I’ve collected and enjoyed over the years, along with some fun facts about their composition and recording.  Not so much reviews, these posts are really just fun you-gotta-hear-this stories.  Hope you enjoy them…

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The Lee Hurtado Project?

For a good several months, Nikki and Jamye have been planning the next step in their respective and shared careers.  And I’ve been there to help them make it happen.

That next step (just in case you’re not following us on any of the myriad social networks we’re on) is a trip to California.  So as I’ve been working with Nikki to lock down all the details for her part of it all, I thought it only fair (me being me and all) to give it a proper name.

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More Reasons Why You Should Be Reading The Human Division

I don’t typically recommend judging a series by its pilot episode.  It’s made when the writers and producers are still trying to figure out what the show’s going to be, where it’s going to go.  So, much of what we may come to love about the series, should it get that far, is yet unformed in that first episode.

But the first episode in John Scalzi‘s serial The Human Division was so good that I felt pretty confident in recommending it.  “The B-Team” was a fantastic opening, and promised another classic from the creator of Old Man’s War and Redshirts.

And it’s only gotten better…

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