The August edition of FSM ONLINE is now live for your reading and listening pleasure. This month’s cover story is coverage of the phenomenon known as BARBENHEIMER; orchestrator MATT DUNKLEY takes us through the underscore for Greta Gerwig’s uber-blockbuster, while Jon Brown and Sean Wilson check in with LUDWIG GORANSSON about Christopher Nolan’s record-shattering OPPENHEIMER. Also this issue are an interview with SOFIA HULTQUIST (DRUM & LACE) about her horrifying work on the thriller COBWEB; take a moment to cast your vote for THE RETRO FSMIES: 1983, which allows for the face-off of classic scores including RETURN OF THE JEDI, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE and WARGAMES; ANDREW LOCKINGTON reteams with Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+’s SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS; a new SCORE RESTORE column features three restored sequences from JERRY GOLDSMITH’s score for CITY HALL; DOYLE DONEHOO scores the new video game ALIENS: DARK DESCENT, diving into the sound world of the film series; a concert review of this year’s MAESTRO OF THE MOVIES at the Hollywood Bowl; checking in with composer RYAN AMON (ELYSIUM, BLOODBORNE); an audio tribute to the late CARL DAVIS; lots of album reviews, including ASTEROID CITY, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM and THE LEE HOLDRIDGE COLLECTION, VOL. 3; plus embedded audio clips, and more. Enjoy!

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