Tag Archives: Something For Thursday

Quinn, Blogging, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. Little Quinn would have been six today. He should be getting ready for first grade and listening to me complain about the expense of school supplies for two kids. Instead…. Here is “This Is … Continue reading →

In memory of Bill Roosa’s passing, here is one of the best marches we ever played under his baton in high school. It’s the Washington Grays March, written by Claudio Grafulla. (Ignore the Union Jack in the video. It’s an … Continue reading →

Here are the last few minutes of a movie I like a lot, Robert Redford’s A River Runs Through It. The film adapts Norman Maclean’s novella about growing up with his brother in Montana, along a beautiful river with a … Continue reading →

I love John Denver, and to paraphrase Ron Burgundy, if anyone has a problem with that, I will fight you. I was trying to decide which John Denver song to use this week, and I figured, there’s no rule that … Continue reading →

Here’s a concert work by one of film music’s greats: Fireworks by Jerry Goldsmith.

I’ve never seen the movie, but John Williams’s score to Empire of the Sun is generally held to be one of his finer efforts. Here’s “Caddilac of the Skies”.

[Sorry, folks, but I had an unplanned hiatus from blogging, just because it’s hot and unpleasant and I just didn’t feel much like blogging.] [Oh, and now I’ve edited the post after originally posting it. Sorry.] I’ve mentioned the music … Continue reading →

Alex North’s score to the film Spartacus is considered one of the greatest of all film scores, and in film music fan circles, a nearly mythical quality has accrued around it, owing partly to the score’s lack of a great … Continue reading →

This song dates from the 1970s, and it has loopy lyrics to match, but the instrumental playing makes it one of the most infectious songs I’ve ever heard. We played a shortened version once at music camp — mainly shortened … Continue reading →