The December edition of FSM ONLINE is now live for your reading and listening pleasure. This month’s cover story is an interview with HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS about his score for Ridley Scott’s belated sequel, GLADIATOR II, with an accompanying analysis of the written score by Erik Heine. Also this issue are a follow-up interview with VOLKER BERTELMANN about his dueling TV series DUNE: PROPHECY and THE DAY OF THE JACKAL; Michael Giacchino’s son MICK GIACCHINO scores THE PENGUIN and teases STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW; AARON ZIGMAN goes to war with Tyler Perry’s SIX TRIPLE EIGHT; ALEX SOMERS and SCOTT ALARIO join forces for NICKEL BOYS; OSVALDO GOLIJOV conjures the Golden Age sound of Ancient Rome for Coppola’s MEGALOPOLIS; SHERRI CHUNG takes on Jerry Goldsmith with GREMLINS: THE WILD BATCH; Daniel Azevedo’s report from THE 2024 WSA; Cary Wong’s MEMO TO THE ACADEMY MUSIC BRANCH; JACK WALL reports for CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6; audio from two recent pre-show discussions at ROYAL ALBERT HALL, featuring JAMES CAMERON, SIMON FRANGLEN and PETER BERNSTEIN; a HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS-themed Ear of the Month; album reviews, including HERE, THE PIANO LESSON, WICKED and BLITZ; plus embedded audio clips, and more. Enjoy!

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