FILM SCORE MONTHLY Vol. 10, Number 1

Cover Story
The Best and Worst of 2004 -- From The Aviator to Sideways, from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban to Van Helsing, and from Troy to, well, Troy, last year offered up plenty of fodder for film music fans. Now strap yourself in as your FSM contributors chime in on the state of Film Music, 2004.

Feature Articles
Best of 2004 Sub-sections -- Essays by Jon & Al Kaplan, Jeff Bond, John Takis, Joe Sikoryak (on CD cover art) and Doug Adams.
Memories of Max -- FSM is proud to publish this historical interview with Max Steiner, circa 1967. In Part 1, the Golden Age maestro talks about composing Gone With the Wind, his relationships with Selznick, Cukor and others, and cigars. by Myrl A. Schreibman

Composers of the Roundtable -- Jeff Bond interviews composers on their 2004 scores: Alan Silvestri on The Polar Express, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek on Finding Neverland, Carter Burwell on Kinsey, James Newton Howard on The Village.

Quick But Quotable -- More Jeff Bond interviews! Shorter but still insightful nuggets with Alan Menken on Home on the Range, Alexandre Desplat on Birth, and Alejandro Amenabar on The Sea Inside.

To Master or Not to Remaster? -- New 'Tech Talk' column: Ian D. Thomas on the art of CD mastering. Or, Why Is My Collection So Much Louder These Days?


Monthly Departments
Score: CD Reviews -- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Alexander, Sideways, National Treasure, Beyond the Sea, Bad Education, The Unsaid, The Parole Officer, Mary Poppins, The Weeping Meadow, Roy Rogers -- The King of the Cowboys Greatest Hits, Frankie Laine -- Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, Footprints in Jazz, Cellular, Maigret, King of the Ants.
Hot and Cool Porter -- Mark Griffin reviews De-Lovely and Cocktails With Cole Porter.

Gameboys Attack -- Reviews of CDs for Halo 2: Volume One and Headhunter/Headhunter Redemption.

Plus Mailbag, the FSM Marketplace and more.