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I actually fought with myself quite a bit about this, but here we go: These are the things I've written and had published in 2020, chronologically...
I began the year with a look back at @TheHorrorMaster's great ghost story THE FOG, which celebrated its 40th anniversary, via @SYFYWIRE https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/how-john-carpenters-the-fog-went-from-disaster-to-cult-horror-classic-on-its-40th
Then came an interview with @BlanckMass about what turned out to be my favourite score of the year, CALM WITH HORSES via @theQuietus https://thequietus.com/articles/28136-blanck-mass-calm-with-horses-interview
I went long and looked at what made John Williams' music to STAR WARS so timeless, via @rejectnation https://filmschoolrejects.com/star-wars-score-timeless/
I returned to Star Wars to write another long feature, this time on the music of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK https://filmschoolrejects.com/john-williams-empire-strikes-back-score/
With JAWS making its 4K debut, I wrote about the score and how it isn't reliant on that one theme, for @ebertvoices https://www.rogerebert.com/features/revisiting-john-williams-score-for-jaws-45-years-later
In June I began writing my "Talking Music" column for the @TalkingPicsTV newsletter; the first subject was the Delia Derbyshire and Brian Hodgson score for THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE https://www.critiquefantastique.com/links/2020/7/19/talking-music-the-legend-of-hell-house?rq=talking%20music
In July, I had the sad and humbling task of writing the obituary for the great Ennio Morricone, for @ebertvoices https://www.rogerebert.com/tributes/ennio-morricone-1928-2020
Later, I completed my look into the original Star Wars trilogy with my feature on the music of RETURN OF THE JEDI https://filmschoolrejects.com/john-williams-return-of-the-jedi-score/
I talked with @markisham about his job writing the music for BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC via @rejectnation https://filmschoolrejects.com/bill-and-ted-face-the-music-score/
