The late composer Jerry Goldsmith was born 96 years ago today. Over the course of his long career, he composed many classic film scores. He was nominated for 18 Oscars and won for his score for The Omen.
Today’s song of the day comes from Goldsmith’s score for 1968’s Planet of the Apes! Listen to this and try not visualize Charlton Heston being chased by a bunch of gorillas on horseback.
Here at TSL, we’re all about doing things our own way.
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Today’s song of the day is an instrumental that was recorded and released in 1972. Frank Vincent is playing the drums. Joe Pesci is on guitar. Even if not for the celebrity connection, I would love this song. It’s really good!
Happy birthday, Joe Pesci!
Today is the 93rd birthday of the great composer John Williams and today’s song of the day is one of his greatest compositions. Here’s is John Williams, conducting Raiders March (from the Indiana Jones films) in Vienna.
Enjoy this dramatic and stylish music video!
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Today’s song of the day is one of my favorite pieces of music, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra. Conducting is Valery Gergiev.
It’s always kind of nice when the old folks get to rock. I also appreciate any group that can poke fun at itself. That’s actually a pretty rare thing nowadays.
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Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 94th birthday to actress and singer, Mamie Van Doren! Here she is performing today’s song of the day, The Girl Who Invented Rock and Roll!
This scene is from 1958’s Teacher’s Pet.
Today’s music video of the day is a rather moody piece of nightlife from Shower Curtain. Watching this video really took me back to the day when they was nothing better than going out at one in the morning and being jaded.
Enjoy!
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