William Slyter

The Unholy Trinity of Tim Burton, Danny Elfman, and... Prince? Love them or hate them, comic book and superhero media have been an inescapable feature of our culture for decades. The phenomenon reached a fever pitch in the 2010s with the staggeringly popular Marvel Cinematic Universe. And, while DC Comics

What do 'It's a Wonderful Life,' 'Star Wars,' 'Back to the Future,' 'The Nightmare Before Christmas,' 'The Lion King,' 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action,' 'Harry Potter,' and 'Stranger Things' have in common?

How One of Hollywood's Most Legendary Composers Blazed His Own Trail When ranking the greatest film score composers of the 20th Century, you'll unanimously see the name 'Bernard Herrmann.' The famed film composer was born in New York City in 1911 and showed musical

If you've watched old black-and-white sci-fi and horror movies, you've probably heard a theremin, even if you didn't know what to call it at the time. To meet the surging demand for film scores in the 1930s, recently immigrated European classical music composers were

If you followed the horror movie genre in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the name “John Carpenter” was inescapable. Renowned for crafting suspenseful atmospheres and composing spine-tingling scores in his films, Carpenter was Hollywood’s newest hit-maker. He quickly racked up a string of wins that included famous titles

After making its name in cutting-edge animation with early classics such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, The Walt Disney Company became the household name for family-friendly entertainment. Throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, The Walt Disney Company offered up a prolific catalog of features using animation, live action,