Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

I know, I know — complete lack of posting of late! As usual, sorry about that. Nothing bad is going on — quite the opposite, actually! I’m writing and working and this week we’ve been spending time at night with … Continue reading →

I was looking for some music to post on Facebook for SamuraiFrog’s fortieth birthday (go say hello to him!), and I found this quite by accident. And what a happy accident it is! Here is the United States Marine Band … Continue reading →

I heard a performance of this on the radio the other day, and since this is one of those “Hear it once and hum it for days and days” pieces, I just have to share it. It’s one of the … Continue reading →

When you’re a trumpet player, sooner or later you come up against the Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra by Haydn. It’s one of relatively few notable solo works for the instrument between the Baroque period and the modern years; it’s … Continue reading →

Sometimes you need perfection, and for that, you need Mozart.

Yes, I know you said that you didn’t want to listen to some showtunes sung by a big operatic baritone, but you’re wrong. Here’s Bryn Terfel!

Today a brief suite from Elmer Bernstein’s score to the film Far From Heaven, a movie which seems to have dropped somewhat off the radar unfortunately. Bernstein died not long afterwards, following one of the great careers in film scoring. … Continue reading →

(Ooops…didn’t publish. Ayup!) I have a weird relationship with country music. I actively dislike a good deal of it, and most of it makes no impression on me at all. But those songs that I like? Well, those I tend … Continue reading →

This movie seems rather forgotten nowadays, even though it won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan. This is legendarily due to some serious politicking done by Miramix in this movie’s favor, but frankly, I’ve always liked it more than SPR, … Continue reading →

A selection from Trevor Jones’s score to the teevee movie Merlin. This was made when filmed fantasy was just starting to make its big comeback, a couple of years before The Lord of the Rings, and it’s actually not a … Continue reading →