Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Road Trip

This afternoon The Elusive 4th Tenor and I are road tripping across the state to St. Louis. The St. Louis Symphony is performing Messiaen's colossal and amazing Turangalila Symphony. Neither rain nor sleet nor snow nor those damned 40 mph gusts of wind are gonna stop us.

None of my recent experiences with the SLSO have been disappointments so I'm pretty excited about this, especially since the chances are slim I'm ever going to hear this amazing work in my hometown.

Friday, January 04, 2008

Film Score Friday: Alien Invasion Edition

The Day the Earth Stood Still (Bernard Herrmann, 1951)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris, 1997)
Stargate (David Arnold, 1994)
E.T.: The Extraterrestrial (1982)
Alien (Jerry Goldsmith, 1979; The Complete Score, with thanks to the Pikey)
Aliens (James Horner, 1986)
Independence Day (David Arnold, 1996)
Signs (James Newton Howard, 2002)
Mars Attacks! (Danny Elfman, 1996)

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