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The Oscars are broken, and Best Original Score is the safest way to fix them

It’s the eve of the 88th Academy Awards, which means …

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‘Force Awakens’ Featurette: John Williams and the Iconic Sound of Star Wars

It’s hard to imagine Star Wars without John Williams. Even …

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The final pieces of the ‘Star Wars’ saga showed John Williams at his strongest and weakest

George Lucas had a lot to answer for in 1983. …

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For better and for worse, the music of ‘Star Wars’ dominates its middle chapters

Among the many sweeping divisions that separate the original Star Wars …

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John Williams defined a musical template with ‘Star Wars’ — and then redefined it in ‘The Phantom Menace’

The story of Star Wars may repeat, but its music tells a narrative all on its own.

‘Star Wars,’ ‘Indiana Jones’ composer John Williams to get AFI Life Achievement Award

One of the most recognizable movie composers of all-time is …

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Listen to the ‘Jurassic Park’ theme 1000x slower

Jurassic World continues to make an absolute ton of …

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The 10 Most Anticipated Movie Scores of 2015

Film scores are pretty ephemeral to a large chunk of …

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Hey You Geeks!! Podcast #22: Dissecting the Star Wars VII Cast

Just as we did with the inaugural episode of …

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‘Jurassic Park’ and Digital vs. Film: Sound on Sight Podcast # 353

With Steven Spielberg’s landmark blockbuster Jurassic Park making a 3D-assisted comeback in theaters, Ricky, Josh and Simon take a look back in order to rank it among Spielberg’s crowd-pleasers and see how it stands the test of time, regardless of technological additives. After that, the floor is opened to a general discussion of the digital vs. film debate, sparked by the Keanu Reeves-produced and hosted doc Side by Side. (Special guest Gregory Ashman of CriticalMassCast joined us for the first chunk of the show, but had to be dropped due to a Skype issue.)