Archive for October, 2009

Shadows of the Sun

By Tom Teicholz at 22 October, 2009, 11:52 am

When the German forces surrendered to the Allies in May 1945, World War II in Europe ended. However, for the Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, the trauma of what they endured wasn’t over. For many, the effects lingered on in ways large and small, noticeable and not, often in ways their families came to know.
Rita [...]

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The Kraft of Movie Music

By Tom Teicholz at 20 October, 2009, 5:01 pm

“If there’s music in a movie,” said Robert Kraft, president of Fox Music, “whether on screen, or underscore, or someone is playing guitar in a scene, I’m involved.”
That includes the decisions concerning music at every level.
“How it’s paid for, is it creatively appropriate to the film, is it legal, is it focused on selling more [...]

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