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In 1992, Columbia Pictures released director Francis Ford Coppola's sumptuous vision of the Dracula myth, based on Bram Stoker's story. It was a massive success for the studio, earning $215.9 million,...

Despite the lukewarm reception of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, Paramount was committed to continuing with its enormous investment in resurrecting the franchise. However, rookie director Nich...

Film adaptations of classic T.V. shows from the 1960s were the latest trend in Hollywood during the 1990s. Rising above the pack was director Andrew Davis’ vision of The Fugitive, based on characters...

This book has all the hallmarks of a classic Elfman score. He brings back the familiar Batman march for the sequel, but also invents two new themes: one for Penguin and the other for Catwoman. The ord...

It was the seminal, feel-good sci-fi paranormal comedy of the 1980s. Ghostbusters earned $220 million for Columbia at the box office, making it the highest-grossing film of 1984. Both audiences and cr...

Michael Giacchino’s Oscar-winning score for Up features a vibrant orchestral palette—whimsical, adventurous, and deeply moving. Among the highlights is the celebrated waltz "Married Life," composed fo...

When Jerry Goldsmith encouraged Steven Spielberg to see The Secret of NIMH (1982)—Don Bluth’s animated film about a tenacious field mouse seeking help from a colony of intelligent rats—the director lo...

Director John Sturges’ The Magnificent Seven is a Hollywood adaptation of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, which was inspired by John Ford's Westerns. It’s East meets West, transplanting the setting fr...

Westerns had been nearly left for dead by the early 1980s. That all changed when the Lawrence Kasdan production of Silverado was released in 1985. Kasdan assembled an all-star cast of actors whose car...

For more than a century, the legendary tale of Zorro has graced screens big and small. Despite a television series in the early 90s, it had been 50 years since the hero had been seen on the big screen...

With How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, director Dean DeBlois completed his trilogy of films for DreamWorks Animation, based on the book series by Cressida Cowell. Like its two predecessors,...

It was one of the most groundbreaking science fiction films of all time. The Matrix was an overwhelming success when it was released by Warner Bros. in 1999, praised by critics and audiences alike. Th...

Die 'Schwabenkinder'-Messe entstand aus Materialien der Filmmusik zu Jo Baiers Film 'Die Schwabenkinder': Kyrie, Sanctus, Benedictus und Agnus Dei sind bereits im Herbst 2002 für diesen kreuzwegartige...