Music

Thanks for joining us as we finish up our look at classical music in the world of Star Trek: The Next Generation. To guide us, we'll take a look at two more of YouTube user johannalaforge's Star Trek music montage videos. Read More

Composer Mark Isham has said, “the score for Warrior has an extremely wide dynamic and dramatic range; perhaps more than any other score I've composed.” While this may be true quantitatively (there is definitely a wide range musically between certain Read More

CDs may appear to be a dying medium, but a devoted niche base is keeping the format alive. What does the future look like for CDs? Read More

Sci-Fi’s Finest - Volume One is a compilation of three dozen songs and themes from the best that the offbeat side of entertainment has to offer. For someone who has about 60 theme songs on her own iPod, this is a dream come true album. Read More

If “witty” orchestral music seems like a foreign concept, I think the perfect place to begin exploring it can be found in the music of Michel Legrand. The endlessly clever melodies and orchestrations sound wonderfully fresh on this album. Read More

The soundtrack of this fourth installment of the Spy Kids movie franchise might be described as Mission: Impossible meets The Pink Panther, with a bit of James Bond thrown in for good measure. In addition to directing the movie, Robert Rodriguez Read More

The Red Hot Chili Peppers are back on Rock Band this week with a downloadable 8-pack of songs. Read More

I generally expected to get about the same level of enjoyment out of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – The Worst Album as I did with the show's first soundtrack. Did I? Not as much as I might have liked. Read More

In this installment in the Geek's Guide's look at examples of classical music as found in Star Trek: The Next Generation, we're going to look at another one of YouTube user johannalaforge's Star Trek music videos, followed by more information on the Read More

Kirby Krackle are back with their third album, Super Powered Love. They continue their nerd rock sound with plenty of geekiness, but also branch out a bit in terms of lyrical content. It's a fine follow-up to last year's awesome E for Everyone. Read More

The Vampire Collection, brought to you by The Hammer Legacy, is a gathering of a handful of artists who bring to life the reality of vampire tales, whimsical at times, eerie at other times but overall dramatic the entire time. Read More

Incubus hits Rock Band this week with a three-pack of downloadable songs, two classics and one from the band's newest album. Read More