Month: October 2017
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Jerry Goldsmith’s Alien Score
In a strange parallel with his experiences on the first Star Trek movie, Jerry Goldsmith had to quickly redo the main theme for Alien. This is quite long, but well worth a watch, with some fascinating insights into the process.
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James Horner’s Wrath Of Khan Score
I think the score for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan is rather underrated. I often write to it, and it is a huge part of the movie for me. Here’s James Horner talking about it.
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Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek Score
Here’s Jerry Goldsmith talking about his first version of the Star Trek: The Motion Picture theme.
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The Secret Lyrics Of Star Trek And The Tonight Show Themes
You know all the ear-worm theme tunes from your favourite TV shows, the ones that stick in your head? Every time they’re played on screen, the composer gets paid, quite rightly. But there’s a little money-making scam some showrunners and producers adopt, and that’s to write lyrics for the tune, even if they’re never used,…
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What You Find On A Writer’s Desk
More procrastination here, with a video expose of all the wonderful things that sit on my desk to distract me when I should be writing instead. It may need to be unmuted. If you’re looking at this on Feedly, or another such syndication feed, you might not see the video, so you’ll need to click…
