Frank Sernfine was brought in to provide the synthesized sound effects for TRON. Operating a small sound effects studio in Los Angeles, SFX, Serafine’s background was in the music and audio synthesis recording field before he began to work with motion picture sound effects in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. Subsequently, Serafine has been involved…
Wendy Carlos first achieved notice with the release of a pair of Switched-On Bach recordings in 1968, adapting the famous classical material for a synthesizer developed by Carlos and engineer Robert Moog. Carlos later adapted the classical music for Stanley Kubrick’s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1972) and continued the association by scoring Kubrick’s THE SHINING (1980),…
Background MEDICINE MAN is based on what was to be one of many ‘million-dollar screenplays’ of the time; it was directed by the acclaimed action director John McTiernan, who had previously helmed such solid thrillers as Predator and Die Hard. Sean Connery was executive producer as well as star, portraying Dr. Robert Campbell. Lorraine Bracco…
RoboBackground As often happens with successful films, in terms of box office receipts (particularly those of the science fiction and action variety), ROBOCOP returned to duty for a sequel in 1990. The title refers both to its status as a follow-up and the name of the second law enforcement cyborg in the film and it…
Author’s Foreword 2014 – A Look Back Since Jeff’s book and my review below was published back in the day, in the pages of Legend (the journal of the ongoing Goldsmith Film Music Society), there have been more movies and television incarnations of STAR TREK. However, in the judgement of this reviewer, I believe that…
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