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How did John Williams's 'Star Wars' music reach number one on the pop charts? Meco's hit single 'Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band' was just one of a number of pop interpretations of the score.

Legendary director Martin Scorsese is planning to direct a movie about the life of Leonard Bernstein. Who should star?

Throughout this weekend we're playing the best scores from your favorite scary movies.

It's the time of the year when we think about scary movies, so you might want to turn on an extra light or two, although Lynne Warfel's pick this week may make you laugh: it's the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy, 'Young Frankenstein', featuring music by John Morris.

To score a new documentary about the art-world Impressionists, composer Stephen Baysted took musical Impressionism as a starting point.

The new "Batman: Arkham Knight" extends what's becoming a remarkable lineage of video game music.

One of the most successful movie studios in Hollywood is actually located 374 miles north of Los Angeles. Pixar Animation Studios is headquartered in Emeryville - across the Bay from San Francisco. Its physical distance from the center of the movie business is just one factor in why this studio doesn't seem to function like all the others.

As a remake of the 1982 horror classic "Poltergeist" hits theaters, Garrett Tiedemann looks back on the history of music for a franchise that's had both highs and lows. (Anyone remember "Poltergeist III"?)

As "Mad Max: Fury Road" opens in movie theaters, Garrett Tiedemann revisits the music of this epic action series.

Several different composers have contributed to the increasingly epic cinematic universe of Marvel Comics, with expands today with the release of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron.'