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Star Wars in Concert - or - Hey, listen, it's not the Concert Arrangements! Well, mostly not. Okay, it is, but still...
Posted By: Neil Shurley 11/14/2009 - 9:00 PM
Apparently, a series of films were made about some sort of war amidst the stars, featuring people, spacecraft, robots, muppets, and, eventually, a metric crapload of CGI.

They also had, by all accounts, pretty good scores.

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Man From Atlantis Pilot Film on DVD
Posted By: Neil Shurley 10/17/2009 - 9:00 PM
It's no secret that the music from Man From Atlantis, the short lived 1977 NBC series, is, was and always shall be my one and only original holy grail of releases. In particular, it's the music from the pilot movie that I've been wanting to own since, well, 1977.

While no cd is in sight as far as I know, I am pleased to see that Warner Brothers has released the pilot film on dvd as part of its Archive Collection.
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This Week in the Cult of Jerry
Posted By: Neil Shurley 10/3/2009 - 9:00 PM
What am I, collecting bottle caps or something?
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On the Intuitive Nature of Film Music - or - A Short Anecdote About My Kids. And Star Trek. Yes, More Star Trek.
Posted By: Neil Shurley 9/19/2009 - 9:00 PM
Today, "The Mountain," the opening cue from Star Trek V, came on and my 3-year old son shouted “Yay, Star Wars!” as Jerry’s march played.

*sigh*

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Pleasant Moments or Help Me Create A Compilation CD
Posted By: Neil Shurley 7/11/2009 - 9:00 PM
It's always a challenge to decide what to listen to in the car. Today I picked Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies to accompany a partly sunny, nicely temperate morning, perfect for rolling down the windows.

It turned out to be an inspired choice.

Room 222 started things out with Jerry's pleasant recorder-based tune. It's all so, well, sunny and nice. Later, Ace Eli began and I found myself repeating the track A New Plane. What a terrifically Americana sort of accompaniment to gently cruising down city streets on a beautiful day.

It made me start thinking about putting together a compilation of similar feeling pieces.

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From the Heights to the Depths in a Few Short Minutes or Whatever Happened to Orchestral Fireworks?
Posted By: Neil Shurley 7/4/2009 - 9:00 PM
Last night, we watched a live display of fireworks. Typical, really, for a U.S. American family on the fourth of July (non-U.S. Americans, look it up). My two year old son somehow slept through the whole thing while my 4 year old daughter spent the whole time with her fingers jammed into her ears. We then returned to the in-laws' place (where we're currently visiting), put the kids in bed and got ready to pass out ourselves after a full day of boating, eating, swimming, biking and more eating. 
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My One and Only Original Holy Grail (and How It Got That Way)
Posted By: Neil Shurley 6/27/2009 - 9:00 PM
To my knowledge, it’s never been released on LP, CD, mp3, minidisc, reel-to-reel, cassette or even 8-track, but thanks to the miracle of the internets, I can actually hear it anytime. Though the movie that spawned it doesn’t yet exist on dvd, clips are available on the YouTube, including the scene containing my most wanted piece of music. The clip’s chock full o’ dialogue and sound effects, but the music’s there, behind the scene, right where it was originally meant to be.
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My Five Definitive Star Trek Cues
Posted By: Neil Shurley 6/20/2009 - 9:00 PM

My Five Definitive Star Trek Cues (At Least If You Asked Me Today, Which I Know You Didn’t)

Or

Yet Another Star Trek Related Blog Post on a Subject That’s Undoubtedly Been Covered Numerous Times Already on the Message Boards, Plus A Tangential Non-Film Score Related Item

With a new Star Trek score now playing on cd, most of my other Trek music has been dusted off and been getting a lot more play lately. While listening to Star Trek III, It struck me that the delightful "Stealing the Enterprise" cue is pretty representative of Horner’s overall contribution to the films. And then I thought I’d spit out a brief list of cues I felt covered the range of the series, cues that I can listen to again and again and again.

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This Week in the Cult of Jerry
Posted By: Neil Shurley 6/13/2009 - 9:00 PM
Sunday

I’m thinking there’s an oratorio to be had in Jerry’s music. Combine three or four grand tracks -- an up tempo piece, then a slower meditative one, followed by a big, rousing finale --  add some Old Testament text sung by a choir on top of it all and, Bingo!, instant classic.
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Some Pleasant Surprises, or, I’m Pretty Sure There Was A Message Board Thread That Covered This Territory Recently, But, Eh, Whatcha Gonna Do?
Posted By: Neil Shurley 6/6/2009 - 9:00 PM
This one came as part of the Silver Age Charter Club. (For you kids too young to remember, this was a marvelous invention in which FSM mailed you their latest release every month, automatically.) I’d never heard of this film, had never heard of the composer and most certainly would never have purchased the CD if it hadn’t dropped into my mailbox. That being said, the music grabbed me from the delightful opening fanfare and main theme expressed in the first track.
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