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4 February 2009 8:31 AM, PST | Daily Film Music Blog | See recent Daily Film Music Blog news »

After the success of The Madwoman of Chaillot, Lewis found himself more film work thanks to the fact that the music he delivered for his first picture was quite good and it was featured very prominently. The next picture we're discussing is from the other end of the spectrum: Upon This Rock is so obscure that I haven't even seen it and I couldn't even find a relevant still or poster from the internet for it! Lewis got the job through his work for a 1970 adaptation of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar for which he composed the music. You might be surprised to learn that he got the job after Britain's eminent William Walton was fed up with film scoring after his experiences on Battle of Britain. For those of you who aren't familiar with the story, let us re-coup:

Sir William Walton was a truly great English, 20th century composer. He »

31 January 2009 5:56 PM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

From this Sunday, February 1 through Tuesday, March 3 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) begins their annual 31 Days of Oscar, which brings you night after night of Oscar winning and nominated films uncut and commercial free on TCM and I have put together for you a mini guide for films to look for each day so you can either sit down and enjoy them as they play or set your DVR to record them for later. Either way, this is a great way to knock off so many of those classic films from your must see list. First, how about the TCM video montage preview. Can you name the films?

Now, for the full schedule you can click here to download the Pdf or you can browse TCM's online calendar at the 31 Days of Oscar official site. Because one thing is for sure, even though I list films for every single day below »

- Brad Brevet

2 articles from 2009