Welcome to Cinematic Sound Radio’s celebration of the 35th anniversary of Film Score Monthly.
In 1990, a young film music fan named Lukas Kendall began what was to become Film Score Monthly with a Xeroxed newsletter sent to a handful of fans who signed up to receive the snail mail newsletter. From there, the newsletter turned into one of the biggest soundtrack publications in the world. The magazine’s run ended in 2005 at 150 issues. It ceased printing due to budgetary reasons. The magazine, however, still lives on in the digital world as FSM On-Line.
A byproduct of the magazine was a record label, which began in 1998 with the release of Jerry Goldsmith’s STAGECOACH / THE LONER. Lukas would go onto produce 250 FSM CDs, many of them long-sought-after “holy grails.” The label would cease production in 2013.
The website and popular message board are still running, but are in desperate need of updating. That’s where you come in.
Lukas is currently raising money on Kickstarter to help fund a brand-new website, message board, book, CD and more! As of the release of this episode on June 20th, 2025, the Kickstarter has reached its initial goal of $25,000 and is currently in its stretch run to raise an additional $25,000. If you’ve already pledged, thank you, but if you haven’t, then please head over to the Kickstarter by CLICKING HERE and donate what you can to help keep this film music institution running smoothly for the next 35 years!
To celebrate FSM’s 35th anniversary, I’m going to play for you my top five favourite Film Score Monthly CDs of all time, featuring the music of Franz Waxman, Bronislau Kaper, Johnny Green, Stu Phillips, Elmer Bernstein, Alexander Courage and Jerry Goldsmith.
Enjoy!
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