Josh Reviews Score: A Film Music Documentary
I love movies, and I love movie scores. I’m not sure when I first started to realize that a part of what I loved about movies was their score; and that, beyond that, it was in fact the score that was a critical element of those movies I loved. It probably began with the Star
Josh Reviews Justice League!
Warner Brothers and DC’s new film, Justice League, is a milestone in their efforts to chase after the achievements of Marvel’s cinematic universe. But whereas Marvel’s last decade-worth of films has seen a remarkably cohesive, gradual unfolding and expansion of a u
Days of De Palma (Part 13): Mission: Impossible (1996)
Slowly but surely, my journey through the films of Brian De Palma continues! (If you scroll down to the bottom of this post, you’ll find links to all the other Brian De Palma films I have watched!) Mission: Impossible is probably the Brian De Palma film that I have seen the most o
“I am the Night” — Music From Batman: The Animated Series!
I can’t believe that Batman: The Animated Series is over twenty years old. Oy vey, that means I am getting pretty old myself! I immediately loved Bruce Timm’s animated Batman series, and as a kid I watched and re-watched those episodes incessantly. To this day, I thi
Josh Enjoys Danny Elfman’s Newly-Released Complete Soundtrack to Batman (1989)!
Last month, La-La Land Records released a limited edition 2-CD set containing the complete score to Tim Burton’s Batman (1989), composed by Danny Elfman. As I’ve written before here on the site, I’m a bit of a nut for movie soundtracks, and I love it when we’re
The Sounds of Gotham City — Music from Batman: The Animated Series!
In 1992, the groundbreaking Batman: The Animated Series premiered on Fox. To this day, despite some mighty competition from the last two live-action Batman movies (especially the magnificent The Dark Knight), this show still stands as my favorite non-comic book depiction of Batman,