During the last two years of Filmbobbery‘s print run, I wrote reviews of instrumental movie soundtracks, culminating in a final article which summarized my favorites. Those eight reviews are included below, along with scans of the selected CD covers, front […]

For this, my final issue, I have set myself the task of selecting my top ten favorite soundtracks, which is something I’ve never before undertaken.  The following parameters are in place:  they must be predominantly instrumental scores, not song scores; […]

For this issue I have decided to spotlight two seminal soundtracks by the late, great Henry Mancini.  In the late fifties / early sixties, he was The Man for creating hip, melodic, popular film soundtracks.  Weaned on Universal product throughout […]

The three greatest Western soundtracks, in my view, are those for The Magnificent Seven (Elmer Bernstein), The Cowboys (John Williams) and The Big Country (Jerome Moross).  And at the top of that very short, very exclusive list, is Jerome Moross’ wonderful, brilliant score […]

Slightly behind Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams, I think my next favorite composer is Roy Budd.  A jazz pianist, Roy Budd was a familiar sight in London night spots in the 1960s before he was persuaded to try his hand […]

Big band swing music is the focus of The Glenn Miller Story soundtrack.  Because Miller’s original recordings were not made utilizing stereo it was decided by the producers to recreate them, so Universal’s music men, Joseph Gershenson and Henry Mancini, transposed […]