I saw Sound City earlier this year. It's an interesting documentary, directed by Dave Grohl, about the titular recording studio. Read on for my thoughts.

This one might be a little unexpected for a Scenes & Songs entry, but I feel it's a very interesting match of music and film. I'm talking about the use of "Goodbye Horses" by Q Lazzarus in The Silence of the Lambs. Which happens to be the Buffalo Bill dance sequence.

I am very interested in the intersection of music and film. As such, I was incredibly excited to talk with Amanda Krieg of Tadpole Audio about her job as a music coordinator, her background, her favorite uses of songs in film, tv, and commercials, and much more. She graciously answered all my questions (and patiently has waited for this interview to make it online) and I think you will all enjoy it immensely. Check it out!

Today I finish my series on the superb uses of music by director Paul Thomas Anderson. For three weeks (in anticipation of his sixth feature The Master), I have been highlighting some of my favorite moments in his films. This third and final installment is a double dose of Punch-Drunk Love and There Will Be Blood. I can't decide if I want pudding or a milkshake.

Today I continue my series on the superb uses of music by director Paul Thomas Anderson. For three weeks (in anticipation of his sixth feature The Master), I am highlighting some of my favorite moments in his films. This second installment is on Magnolia and the sweet styling of Aimee Mann, ladies and germs!

It's been awhile since I've written anything at all here and even longer since I've done a Scenes and Songs, but I'm back and ready to kick off a series looking at the superb uses of music by director Paul Thomas Anderson. Over the next three weeks (in anticipation of his sixth feature The Master), I'll highlight some of my favorite moments in his films. We're starting with the Hot Traxx of Boogie Nights.

It's a beautiful Friday, go outside and enjoy it. After all, life is a filet of fish. You dig?

It's been a while since the last installment of Scenes and Songs so I thought I'd break that streak and bring you New York Philharmonic's performance of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue alongside the opening scene of Woody Allen's equally iconic film Manhattan. Brimming with the "…coiled sexual power of a jungle cat" I could not think of a more exquisite matchup of sound and city. NYC exudes the music of George Gershwin and if you've never seen this film I hope to change that for you with this clip. Enjoy. 

This may be shocking, but I lived the first twenty-seven and a half-plus years of my life without having ever seen Saturday Night Fever. That changed recently and I want to talk about the film, disco, and more in this latest Scenes and Songs.