Seeing so many young people experiencing E.T. for the first time this way makes my heart glow as much as E.T.’s 🥰! Ireland’s NSO raised the NCH roof last night. Special mention to harpist Claire O’Donnell, Matthew Billing on clarinet and Brendan Thomas, French horn 📯. Not a dry eye in the house!

Check out my chats with Carlos Rafael Rivera (THEY WILL KILL YOU) and Tom Howe (MGM+'s AMERICAN CLASSIC, REMINDERS OF HIM), plus my conversation with longtime film music fan/collector Henry Stanny and lots more in the new April issue of Film Score Monthly Online! www.fsmonlinemag.com #filmscores

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I think it’s safe to say that Interstellar LIVE is now in my top 5 favourite live to picture concerts! The power and performance is quite something and to experience audiences cheer at seminal audio visual sync points is simply thrilling! Congratulations @tommypearsonmusic.bsky.social & Hans Zimmer!

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Happy Oscars Day 🙌🥂🎬! This year’s score 🎹📯🎸nominations are discussed on BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Ulster tonight. John and I will play some of our favourite cues from the diverse music 🎶. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

“Even a broken clock is right twice a day, right?” The Sopranos are in Belfast tonight! Excited is an understatement 😎

Back in 1990 when we moved from York to N. Ireland we listened to Jerry Goldsmith’s “Best Shot” (Hoosiers) through the car stereo whilst driving to the ferry ⛴️. When I listen to this thrilling score today it brings back so many mixed emotions! Happy Birthday to the late, great Jerry Goldsmith!

A duo of brilliant love letters to film are showing at @queensfilmtheatre.bsky.social this week. #lovecinema

Happy Christmas 🎅🏻 from the Grotto! 🎄🥂 10 joyous years of shaking my belly like a bowl full of jelly across the Galgorm Collection properties. Sleigh Ho! 🙌

My favourite Kamen score! A real gem 👏

Very sad news that the pioneering arts legend Sir Humphrey Burton CBE has passed away. We first met in 2018 during my Ely Cathedral event which presented his classic 1973 film of Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler 2. We kept in touch ever since and it’s a collaboration I’ll always treasure. RIP ❤️

Congrats Maurizio for providing excellent writing for Decca Classics’ new Braveheart Anniversary Edition. Needless to say it’s a joy to see all of the London Symphony Orchestra musicians listed after 30 years 👏❤️ Hugh Seenan’s stunning French horn solo during the opening still sends shivers 📯👌

Congratulations to the Golden Globes music nominees 🙌👏🥂: ALEXANDRE DESPLAT - Frankenstein LUDWIG GÖRANSSON - Sinners JONNY GREENWOOD - One Battle After Another MAX RICHTER - Hamnet HANS ZIMMER - F1: The Movie

Yet another hugely successful Hans Zimmer Live show in Dublin’s 3Arena. A new “composer cut” of Gladiator was stunning and the star cellist did a beautiful job on Hannibal. The audience was in tears. Best of all though, and not surprising for those who know me, 6 French horns were given 🙌📯by Hans! ❤️

Alan Silvestri's score to "Play Dirty" is available on CD now from @lalalandrecords.bsky.social .

There’s a special symmetry to this anniversary event with the original cast of YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. The film is 40 years old and Bruce Broughton is 80 years young. The cast received a lovely video message from Bruce congratulating them and José (Quartet Records) sent 💿. The score is a true classic

New Production Report! We’re joined by Leigh Phillips to talk about the marvelous new recordings of Jerry Goldsmith’s scores for the TV movies PURSUIT, CRAWLSPACE, and THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR. Plus, a heartfelt tribute to the late John Morgan. Enjoy! goldsmithodyssey.buzzsprout.com/159614/episo...

The 36th #CinemagicFilmFestival has begun and “A Girl Named Willow” is a lovely warm blanket of a film🎥❤️

Must Love Jaws! 😁 🦈🎵https://youtu.be/FmfZU3fQu8M?si=CLT-941fIYptfnRw

- Who are you, and how did you get in here? - I'm a locksmith. And I'm a locksmith. #PoliceSquad #locksmith

Kurt-Hans Goedicke was a musician that played a huge part in my appreciation of music. In later years I learned that his playing style was timpani mallet focused 👌🛢️ R.I.P. Here are 5 favourite performances: 1. Mahler 2 at Ely Cathedral 2. Candide (1988) 3. Star Wars (Ep 1-6) 4. The Fury 5. Aliens

Worthy world premiere of John Williams’ Piano Concerto at @tanglewoodma.bsky.social @bostonsymphony.bsky.social ✍️ Kevin Wells bachtrack.com/review-ax-ne...

One of Jerry Goldsmith’s greatest scores is released by Intrada today in a new and improved edition by @malonedigital.bsky.social: “The Secret of Nimh” (1982). Here are the legendary London musicians who made the music 🎶 fly high! 👏

Thank you Cinemagic for the invitation to experience the latest @dreamworks_animation movie! 🍿 #thebadguys2 is in cinemas from July 25th 🎦 @universal_irl @universalpicturesuk

RIP Lalo Schifrin 🎹

“We’re gonna need a bigger concert hall!” Absolutely fabulous performance of #Jaws50 by NSO Ireland at National Concert Hall, Dublin. The audience reactions throughout were priceless. Jumps! Laughs! Thrills! Chills! 👏👏👏Check out www.Jaws50Music.com for more #JohnWilliams soundtrack news & updates 👌

28 Years Later is really something! A visceral experience that will leave a lasting impression. Opening with a thumping soundtrack with militaristic speech samples, leading to some very moving writing for strings. The raw emotion though, that’s what Boyle & Garland deliver for a solid 2 hours!

Cinema Spectacular features a glorious repertoire by Anthony GABRIELE which the A* players of the National Symphony Orchestra Ireland relished playing. The same concert is being performed in Waterford today, local friends should go. A perfect Saturday night at the movies setuarena.ie/arena-events...

From the south coast to the north! It’s City of Derry Jazz Festival day and we’re heading to the beautiful walled city for Morgan Roussel’s 7pm concert at the Nerve Centre. See you soon 🤗🥂! Book tickets NOW @ www.morganrousselreborn.com/events.html ! #derryjazzfestival

Sir Tim Rice has so many great stories and these were shared on stage at NCH, Dublin last night with charm and style. Writing songs for Elvis, the movies and theatre 🎭, a career succinctly summarised in 2.5 hours. Accompanied by 4 singers & live musicians with great new arrangements by Duncan Waugh.

Happy Easter 🐣 from our house to yours. X

My report on the inaugural London Soundtrack Festival aired on BBC Radio last night if you’d like to have a listen 📻. Featuring the voices of #HowardShore, @jonburlingame.bsky.social & #NatalieHolt 🎤 . Plus new music from the #Baldenwegs 🎹😎 ! 🎧 @ 35mins in ⬇️ #LSF25 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What a week! It was a joy to spend time at the first London Soundtrack Festival. Meeting David Cronenberg was one of many highlights, but above all the atmosphere at each event was something special. Thanks Tommy, Team LSF, Ben, Jon and all of the participants and musicians. Roll on #LSF26 🙌🙌👏👏😎🥂❤️🎹🎹

The score that started it all! For Spielberg & Williams that is because SS was so taken with the score he sought JW out. Mike Matessino has done wonders with the sound quality of this overlooked classic & stay tuned for a Legacy of John Williams podcast special 💿. lalalandrecords.com/reivers-the-...

The music of Andrew Lloyd Webber was played with suitable gusto by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and Stephen Bell last night. Thrilling to hear the NCH organ raising the roof during Andrew Cottee’s superb symphonic suite from The Phantom of the Opera. Congrats to all on the front and back of stage 👏🎻🙌🎻🥂

Happy Valentine’s Day from Conrad Dublin , where we spent some of our honeymoon over 20 years ago. X @conradhotels.bsky.social

Happy “Downright Operatic” Birthday John Williams!

Tense. Tenacious. Terrific. @september5movie is a must see film and historically significant in its execution. See it in cinemas from today! #september5movie

During this interview I made a point of mentioning all hornists that contributed to The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s but I was edited. Therefore, bells up 📯 & 🙌 for all 5 players that enhance this classic music: Alan Civil, Tony Randall, Jim Buck Snr, Neil Sanders & John Burden www.itv.com/watch/news/f...

First date night of 2025 at the delicious Flax Steakhouse! We braved a snowstorm to get there but it was SO worth it 👌 Thanks to Granny B for babysitting ❤️!

Happy 2025! 🍾🥂 If you have a spare couple of hours then listen to all in this jolly screenshot wax rhapsodic about #JohnWilliams @ www.thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com - Mike Matessino interviewing Jon Burlingame and a live performance of the rarely heard “Heartbeeps” themes are particular highlights!🎺📯🎹

Christmas Jumper and Christmas Hat at the ready for the big dinner. Happy Holidays to you and yours!📯🥂🎺🎄🔔

This is the first time we have done a The Legacy of #JohnWilliams Christmas Special, so we hope you think it’s as special as we do! 📯🎺🔔 Happy Holidays! @TheLegacyofJW @JWilliams_Fan @JWFancom #filmmusic #soundtrack 🥂🎄 thelegacyofjohnwilliams.com/2024/12/23/p...

For fans of #soundtrack releases and #physicalmedia, check out The Second Disc’s soundtrack news page. It’s been a year of beyond amazing releases, that’s for sure! Coverage by Joe and Mike. theseconddisc.com/genre/soundt...

A very merry Christmas 🎄 from The Rabbit Hotel’s glorious grotto! 4 Santa Sundays filled with cheer, crying new borns and some garlic 🧄 mayonnaise. Lego, make up and shoes were at the top of the children’s lists this year. #hashtaghohoho 🎅🏻

It’s been an honour and a privilege to work on these gifts of Mancini Magic with José M. Benitez, a tireless worker and a marvellous friend. Enjoy! #Mancini100 #soundtrack www.quartetrecords.com

Our latest www.LegacyofJohnWilliams.com conversation is now available for listening on the various platforms. The @londonsymphony.bsky.social ‘s Neil Percy talks with Maurizio and I about his many sessions with #JohnWilliams

Big thanks to Kathy and Owen at #TheTicket on BBCRU for chatting with me about next week’s Christmas at the Movies concerts in Belfast & Derry on Tues & Wed. I’m delighted to be the on stage host. Listen 🎧 @ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... and book tickets 🎟️ here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/christmas-...