Elfman’s delicate score for Burton’s “Edward Scissorhands” (1990) is so widely imitated that each Christmas, Elfman ends up filing lawsuits.
Don’tcha hate it when that happens?
Article here. It’s not all about Elfman suing folks, but is about his “classical work” as well.
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I’m a fan of Ennio Morricone, so reading that he will be receiving an honorary Oscar is great news.
“I certainly did not expect anything of the sort, by now with great tranquillity and peace of mind I had given up on this,” he told Italy’s Sky TG24 TV. “This is a great, very important recognition, [...]
I’ve already written my little ditty about the Alagna scandal. Now you can watch the event and judge for yourself (although you really don’t hear much, as the clip starts at the end of his aria). It’s interesting to read elsewhere that the replacement wasn’t the #1 guy, and that there was at least one [...]
Tonight is opening night for Der Nußknacker (I though it might be fun to go bilingual on you) and I have a cold.
Doesn’t that just make perfect sense?
So I’m lying down, hoping to feel better quickly. I’ve got English horn work to do. AND I really need … want … to go visit [...]
