Category Archives: Composer

Stephen Sondheim (1930–2021)

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) Rated R After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious … Continue reading

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Dusty Hill (1949–2021)

   Overboard (1987) Rated PG A cruel but beautiful heiress mock and cheats a hired carpenter. When she gets amnesia after an accident, he decides to introduce her to regular life by convincing her that they’re husband and wife.  The … Continue reading

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Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)

Django Unchained (2012) Rated R With the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation-owner in Mississippi. Twister (1996) Rated PG-13 Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the … Continue reading

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Lennie Niehaus (1929-2020)

Mystic River (2003) Rated R The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy. Changeling (2008) Rated R Grief-stricken mother Christine Collins takes on the L.A.P.D. to her own detriment … Continue reading

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Bill Withers (1938–2020)

 Jerry Maguire (1996) Rated R When a sports agent has a moral epiphany and is fired for expressing it, he decides to put his new philosophy to the test as an independent agent with the only athlete who stays with … Continue reading

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André Previn (1929-2019)

   My Fair Lady (1964) Rated G A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.  Gigi (1958) Rated G Weary of the conventions of Parisian society, … Continue reading

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