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The next James Bond movie must be postponed until Elon is available to play the villain.

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At this point, Mia Khalifa is known to have taken better decisions than The Donald.

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Heartbreaking footage.

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One more soundtrack conducted (but not composed by) by Artie Kane: "Outbreak" (Wolfgang Petersen).

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Another soundtrack conducted by Artie Kane: "The American President" (composed by Marc Shaiman).

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Artie Kane and John Williams, conductor and composer of "Jurassic Park".

(The orchestra was 106-piece.)

From the age of 15 onwards, Artie Kane, né Aaron Cohen, went to school in the morning and played professionally on the radio in the afternoon and as concert pianist in the evening.

He played the piano with/for Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, Quincy Jones and John Williams.

In the nineties, he conducted the orchestra on dozens of film scores in the Hollywood studios.

Artie kindly signed his autobiography for me.

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John Williams' theme for "The Reivers" (Mark Rydell) (1969).

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You may not know this early John Williams soundtrack but it kickstarted a sizeable chunk of movie history.

The score of “The Reivers” (1969) - once again remastered and expanded by La-La Land Records - convinced Steven Spielberg he wanted to be in business with its composer.

When he met him, Williams turned out to be a young man of 37 years whereas Spielberg expected an old-fashioned man that had remained true to the orchestra during a long lifetime.

There would no shark theme, no Indiana Jones march etc. without “The Reivers”!

Nice detail: Artie Kane, who became a concert pianist at the age of 15, plays the piano. He would later conduct the orchestra to record the music for “Jurassic Park” over three days when John Williams unexpectedly fell ill with a bad back.

Sadly, I saw some shocking footage yesterday which tells us that Williams’ (93) unparalleled career may be coming to a close.

I saw him getting pushed onto the podium of the Disney Hall in LA in a wheelchair. Unless he’s recovering from, say, hip surgery, he has lost his mobility.

To see this happening to an artist of his talent when he remained so vigorous into his nineties saddens me to no end. (No further info was given, so we can hope…) 

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Looking for a smashing bit of music to start the sunny weekend?

Here's a composition of film composer Thomas Newman.

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Why worry about the economy? Goya's still canning beans in Puerto Rico, right?

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With Donald's second presidency, the shark problem is back and the movie is worse than the latest installment "Jaws The Revenge".

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Wouldn't it be nice if Donald and Melania ended like Gene Hackman and his wife?

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Studio musician Steve Erdody (cellist) on John Williams.

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Serena McKinney, wife of film composer Ludwig Göransson, played the violin solos on his "Oppenheimer" score.

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I finally got hold of the “Oppenheimer” soundtrack - and it cost me 100 Euro!

I had been looking for it since the movie’s release in the summer of 2023 but was never able to find a CD anywhere.

Who takes these decisions? Does the music industry still bother to release its “product” properly?

And it happens across the board these days - even with soundtracks of John Williams and here with this masterpiece of Ludwig Göransson. (Make no mistake: for once, the Oscars got it right!)

Ludwig’s wife Serena McKinney plays the violin solos and studio musician Steve Erdody (who recorded countless scores with John Williams) is the main cellist.

Stupidly, McKinney is called “Serena Göransson” in the booklet as if the girl doesn’t have a name of her own. Did some MAGA retard write that booklet?

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Have the people of Greenland said "Thank you" once, JD? Didn't think so...

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The starship Enterprise boldly goes where no man has gone before.