Written by Sam HaiNe

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            I was watching the first Terminator movie on cable television for the one-ba’jillionth time this morning. It never gets old; it only gets better with age. Little tiny quirks and nuances make each viewing fresh and new to me… call me nostalgic.

            But, this time I couldn’t help but, remember how cool Michael Biehn was. I mean he is still capable of delivering solid performances but, he rode a gigantic wave of great movies back in the day. I mean like massive cult classic films like Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Navy SEALs, The Seventh Sign and Tombstone.

               Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956), got his start in movies with a bit part in the film version of Grease in 1978. He appears in two scenes, in the more memorable of which John Travolta‘s character, Danny, hits Biehn’s uncredited character in the stomach while playing basketball. But, it wasn’t until he scored the role of Kyle Reese in the James Cameron science fiction / horror film The Terminator (1984) that got him real notice and attention. Following the success of that film, he would reunite with Cameron on Aliens (1986) and TheAbyss (1989). He would reprise his role as Kyle Reese in the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgement Day in a cameo performance that was cut from the theatrical release but can be seen in the special edition directors cut.

In 1988, he starred in The Seventh Sign opposite the lovely Demi Moore. The Seventh Sign was about the coming of the apocalypse as prophesized in the Book of Revelations following the return of Jesus played by Jürgen Prochnow (DUNE, The Keep).  

            Navy SEALs (1990) starred Biehn with then sane Charlie Sheen as members of the real life fraternity of military operators. The movie was not a box office success, debuting at No. 4 and eventually grossing $25 million domestically, just barely above its reported budget of $21 million. The film was more successful on home video, with a VHS released on January 31st, 1991. A Blu-ray was released in 2009 in USA.

            However, one of his greatest roles was that of Johnny Ringo in the amazing Tombstone (1993), starring Kurt Russel, and Val Kilmer, Powers Booth, Dana Delany, Bill Paxton, Stephen Lang, Sam Elliot and many more names to be called out. The real Johnny Ringo—was a known associate of the loosely federated group of outlaw Cochise County Cowboys in frontier Tombstone, Cochise County, Arizona Territory. He was affiliated with Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, Ike Clanton, and Frank Stilwellduring 1881–1882, and Michael Biehn played him with a psychopathic fever and intensity only equaled on screen to Val Kilmer’s deteriorated yet charmingly dangerous Doc Holiday. The film went on to earn $56,505,065 in total ticket sales in the North American market. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 73% of 44 sampled critics gave the film a positive review, with an average score of 6.2 out of 10. Following its cinematic release in 1993, Tombstone was named “One of the 5 greatest Westerns ever made” by True West Magazine. The film was also called “One of the year’s 10 best!” by KCOP-TV in Los Angeles, California.

            As the years progressed, Michael Biehn would go on to work in other films. However with the dawning of the current age, many actors were going unnoticed in the cluttered sea of information and media frenzy. The five minute attention span of the average American overlooks a lot of its stars and quickly moves to the next spoonful of fast food.

            To be honest a lot of us didn’t really notice Michael was still working until Robert Rodriquez’s half of Grindhouse (2007) as Sheriff Hague.

            The man is still out there working and we must not only remember the films he did but, take the time to follow up on what he’s doing now. There could be some contemporary gems and future cult favorites to be seen in his resume.

            Stay classy Retro Lovers and remember to keep your fingers on the REWIND BUTTON.

            In 1991, styles were changing. Fashion was changing. Careers were rising and falling. A lot of people who may had starred at your local grindhouse were clawing their way across the floor by any means necessary on the downward slope into “straight to video” limbo.

Roddy Piper was on this course with no seat belts and no airbags; he didn’t need any. Jesse Ventura wasn’t doing much of anything. Remember this was before his venture into politics. Ha Ventura’s venture.

In 1991, the two former professional wrestlers co-starred in a pilot for a new television series about, well, two professional wrestlers who become unemployed and decide to join the local police force. Sounds like the premise for an 80’s comedy or a cross between Chips and Police Academy. The concept was weak and the writing was ehh…. It was a lighter shade of trash but, it could be really funny to look at today, as a novelty.

So here’s the rundown on this one and only episode of the show that no one watched.

Tricky Rick MacDonald and Billy the Body Youngblood are two of the best wrestlers in the country (sound familiar). After being told to take a dive under threat of blackmail, they refuse to lose and are immediately kicked to the curb faster than Hulkamania. Too Legit to Quit, I guess.  Now they are out of work and swolled up. No job will hire them. The bills are stacking up in their pleasant apartment. It’s looking tough.

However, after thwarting a robbery, they put their heads together and decide to become cops. Now they can stop crime, clean the streets, serve the community and bodyslam crims.

So look for some light humor. Look for funny faces. Look for oddball coincidences. Look for that inevitable freeze frame. And remember to put your hands up, walk slowly and put your finger on that rewind button. 

R.I.P. Hot Rod.

 Yes. Singing and dancing and all that jazz; pomade and tap shoes; documentaries about actual musicians and two films from a little thing named Prince.

 Okay let’s get Purple Rain out the way. My beer is getting warm.

“Oh no; You’re not talking about Purple Rain in the proper tone.” – You bet your ass I’m not.

PURPLE RAIN (1984)

The best film featuring Prince and the only one of his films not directed by him (what a coincidence). Conceived by himself and written by Albert Magnoli & William Blinn. Purple Rain stars “you know who” with his best backup band to date playing his classic songs. Best part is The TIME. Basically it’s not the greatest musical you can list nor even a great one. P.S. Don’t see Graffiti Bridge!

Now that’s out the way, we can look at some musicals worth your time.

AMERICAN POP (1981)

 – Produced & Directed by the great Ralph Bakshi (Fritz the Cat, Coonskin, Fire and Ice, Wizards, Lord of the Rings) and starring Ron Thompson. The majority of the films animation was completed in rotoscoping while other parts were done using water colors, live-action shots, and archival footage. American Pop follows four generations of Russian Jews living in America as their lives and careers parallel the history of American popular music. Worth your time and definitely something to own in your collection.

  BEAT STREET (1984) / BREAKIN’ (1984)

 – The godfathers of Hip Hop dance movies. Funny story: When hip hop was just starting as a localized sub-culture stirring up pop culture, Orion Pictures was developing a film about a group of friends living in the Bronx, where each member would represent a different element of the culture, called Beat Street. Hearing rumors of the project moving past preproduction the brothers Golan & Globus wanted to be the ones to make the first Hip Hop movie but focusing more on Breakdancing. Both films were released pretty much around the same time and BREAKIN’ beat out Beat Street at the box office and ushering in the breakdance explosion all over the country. Breakin’ had the dancing and the optimism. Beat Street had some grit and gravity to it. One had rapping Santa Claus’ and the other had Lucinda Dickey. One had an early ICE-T in a studded belt and the other had a SPIT. Both are worth your time. But, stay away from RAPPIN’(1985), Body Rock (1984) and Rooftops (1989).

FOOTLOOSE (1984)

 – The reason Kevin Bacon doesn’t like going to wedding receptions, dances, baby showers, or any of that. Why? Because some DJ is going to spot him and mix in Kenny Loggins’ “Footloose” and everyone is going to clap their hands and stare at Kevin Bacon. Yes as long as there’s on-campus housing, people will be into Footloose. Maybe not as much as Dirty Dancing but it’s pretty much a part of our pop culture history. Starring Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and Chris Penn. Directed by Herbert Ross. If you’re an alien and have never seen it it’s worth a drunken viewing. See also: Dirty Dancing (1987), Flashdance (1983), Fast Forward (1985), Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (1985), SALSA: the motion picture (|1988).

HAIRSPRAY (1988)

 – a Romantic, Musical, Comedy Film, are all the things that no one thought could be made by John Waters in 1988. John Waters the “king of Bad Taste”, the “pope of trash”, who brought us such films as: Pink Flamingos (1972), Female Trouble (1974), Polyester (1981). Hairspray was the first film to star future talk show icon Ricki Lake and the last film featuring Waters’ star phenomenon DIVINE. When first released, Hairspray only took in an honest $8 million dollars at the box office but with the help of VHS and DVD has become a cult classic and a successful Broadway Musical. See Also: Earth Girls Are Easy (1989), Cry-Baby (1990).

STREETS OF FIRE (1984)

 – Walter Hill and company after the success of 48Hours got together again to work on a passion project. A rock & roll summer action movie with music and neon lights; and chicks; and bikers; and Bill Paxton. Streets of Fire was a mix of retro-50’s with 80’s elements. Starring Michale Pare (Eddie & the Cruisers, Bad Moon), Diane Lane (The Outsiders, The Cotton Club), Rick Moranis (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters), Willem Dafoe (The Loveless, Live & Die in LA, Wild at Heart, Light Sleeper) with a plethora of who’s who before they were who you know them and co-starring Lee Ving the frontman for Los Angeles punk band FEAR. A failure at the box office put the brakes on any sequels but the soundtrack gave the film a cult following. See also:  Dick Tracy (1990).

EDDIE & The CRUISERS (1983)

 – It didn’t make any money at the theaters but, so what. Based on the novel by P.F. Kluge and marketed with the tagline: “Rebel. Rocker. Lover. Idol. Vanished.”. Starring Michael Pare, Tom Berenger (Platoon, Major League, Sliver), Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix, Sopranos) and Ellen Barkin (Diner, Johnny Handsome, Drop Dead Gorgeous). The perfectly lip-sync’d movie went south while its soundtrack went quadruple platinum after successful screening on HBO in 1984. See Also: Light of Day (1987), Satisfaction (1988).

ZOOT SUIT (1981)

 – Adapted from a Broadway Play of the same name by playwright and director Luis Valdez. Starring Daniel Valdez and Edward James Olmos, both reprise their stage roles for the film. And like the play features music by Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero. The story of set around the real life events of the Sleepy Lagoon Murders and the Zoot Suit Riots, tells the story of a young pachuco gang leader who gets unfairly pinched for a murder in Los Angeles during the 40’s. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy; only to lose to Arthur starring the late Dudley Moore. Edward James Olmos later went on to co-star in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner. See Also: Victor Victoria (1982), Fame (1980), Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1982).

That was my rundown of some retro-aged musicals you can sink your teeth into. In the meantime, keep on dancing – dancing – dancing on that rewind button.

After being rejected by all of the networks, David Lloyd (writer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi and Cheers) was approached by Showtime to air his pilot as a series on their new pay for cable network. The premise of a working class family coming to terms and coming together after a sibling comes out of the closet was just the sort of daring television that Showtime was looking for.

It premiered the summer of 1984 and lasted five years. It was the first situational comedy series ever on cable TV; starring: Robert Walden, Paul Regina, Brandon Maggart, Philips Charles Mackenzie, Hallie Todd, and Robin Riker.

The official synopsis of BROTHERS is: Set in south Philadelphia, Brothers centered around the lives and relationships of the Waters brothers; oldest brother Lou (Brandon Maggart), a somewhat uncouth, but well-meaning construction foreman, middle brother Joe (Robert Walden), a retired placekicker for the Philadelphia Eagles and owner of a sports bar called The Point After, and the youngest brother, Cliff (Paul Regina), an aspiring chef.

In the premiere episode, Cliff shocks his family when he runs away from the altar on his wedding day. Instead of getting married, Cliff reveals to his family that he is gay.

The series would go on to deal with issues of sexual identity, love, dating, discrimination, stereotypes exc. But overall it was about people navigating personal relationships.

The series was nominated for numerous Cable ACE awards during its 115 episode run. The only win belonging to Philip Charles Mackenzie for Best Actor in a Comedy Series.

Now go on and enjoy the video link below and binge watch the other episodes while they are still there; you can find each season on playlists created by fans on youtube. So stay classy, stay retro and keep your manicured fingers on that rewind button.

Video for season 1 playlist Link :   Brothers – Season 1 (Showtime):

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCDE606E94D5B981A

The first person that came to mind was Taylor Negron.

Born August 1st, 1957 to Puerto Rican parents and raised in California. Taylor was an actor, comedian, painter and playwright. Best known for his roles in Easy Money, The Last Boy Scout, Nothing But Trouble, Better Off Dead, Punchline, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, River’s Edge and more. His television appearances include  Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld, Reno 9-11.

In 2008, he wrote “Unbearable Lightness of Being Taylor Negron” as well his essays were published in the anthology “Dirty Laundry” and more. He was a member of the “Uncabaret”.

Unfortunately Taylor died from lung cancer at the age of 57. He was with close friends and family during his final moments.

 Clip – The Moth Presents Taylor Negron: California Gothic: 

Fisher Stevens  –

 Born November 27, 1963. Known for his film roles as Eugene “The Plague” Belford (Hackers), Hawk Ganz (Flamingo Kid),  Ben Jabituya/Jahveri (Short Circuit); Television: Frasier, Lost and LAW & ORDER. His best known roles on Broadway include: Jigger Craigin in the 1994 Lincoln Center revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Carousel. He had an early success in the 1982 Broadway production of Torch Song Trilogy playing David, the adopted son of the gay protagonist played by the show’s writer Harvey Fierstein, and the original Broadway production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, where he succeeded Matthew Broderick in the starring role of Eugene. Throughout his career, he has acted in and directed more than 50 stage productions.

Fisher has had more than three decades in theater. He co-founded Naked Angels Theater Company in 1986. Co-founded New Media/Documentary Co. in 1996. In June 2010, Stevens made his major theatrical directing debut with John Leguizamo’s one-man show, Ghetto Klown (originally called Klass Klown), which eventually ran on Broadway from March to July 2011. The two had appeared together in a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Public Theater about 20 years earlier. On July 13, 2012, PBS debuted Tales From a Ghetto Klown, a documentary about the development of the show which prominently features Stevens.

In 2010, Stevens won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for co-producing The Cove.

Dean Cameron – 

Born Dean Eikleberry on December 25, 1962, in Morrison, Illinois. Best known roles: Summer School(1987) and Ski School (1991). Dean has starred in some short-lived television series like Spencer (1984), Fast Times (1986, a spinoff of the 1982 film Fast Times at Ridgemont High), They Came from Outer Space (1990), and Mister Sterling (2003).

He tours with a two person show entitled “The Nigerian Spam Scam Scam” with Victor Isaac; read from Dean’s correspondence with a Nigerian 419 scammer. He’s performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival in 2004 and 2005; “Just for Laughs Fest” and “Upright Citizens Brigade” 2005.

Dean also directed a video for Steel Panther and co-wrote a song for them. He also co-wrote the independent film “Hollywood Palms” and and directed a short film, Glutton Falls and directed/choreographed “Bukowsical”, a sell-out late night musical theater parody at the Sacred Fools Theater Company in Los Angeles, California.

Phoebe Cates –

Born Phoebe Belle Cates; July 16, 1963. Best known roles: Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Gremlins, Private School, Date with an Angel, Bright Lights Big City, Drop Dead Fred, The Anniversary Party.

Retired from acting in 1994 to raise her children with husband and actor Kevin Kline. She briefly returned to acting as a favor to friend Jennifer Jason Leigh in her directorial debut “The Anniversary Party”.

In 2005, Cates opened her own boutique called “Blue Tree”. A downtown style vintage and thrift shop on Madison Avenue. 

In Film:

Fun fact: I love Loretta Lynn. Really old country might be as far removed synthwave as possible, but I eat that stuff up. March of 1980 gave us the Loretta Lynn biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter starring Sissy Spacek. The film was a huge success that garnered a tremendous amount of critical praise. If you aren’t familiar with Lynn’s music, I strongly encourage you to check out “Fist City”, a song that was banned from radio at the time of its release due to the violence of the lyrics. That’s right, the country song had lyrics deemed too violent for people to hear.

Speaking of Danny Elfman, Forbidden Zone was also released this month. While Danny Elfman is most well known today for his compositions and film scores, he was formerly a member of The Mystic Knights of Oingo Boingo. The film, which is based on the band’s performances, marks the band’s transition from the earlier baroque/cabaret recordings to their new wave sound.

In Music:

Patti Smith and the MC5 each released one of my all time favorite albums with Horses and Kick Out the Jams. The punk powercouple of Patti Smith and MC5 guitarist Fred Smith got married in March of 1980. Unlike a lot of celebrity / musician relationships, they lasted until Fred Smith’s untimely death in 1994. Interestingly enough, their son is married to Meg White, formerly of the White Stripes.

In Literature:

As a slight change from the typical focus on traditional books, this month I am going to focus on comic book history exclusively. I will be mixing the two in the future. Spider-Man teams up with the Punisher and later prevents him from murdering a drug dealer in Amazing Spider-Man #202. Things got a little more intense over in the DC Universe in Batman Vol. 1 #321. The Joker celebrated his birthday by kidnapping Robin, Alfred, Commissioner Gordon, and Catwoman and creating what he calls the “Victim-Go-Round”. It is all of a sudden hitting me why there needs to be a future article on retro comics. Anyway, the caped crusader ends up saving his friends (of course). The issue is also notable for being the first instance of what would become a recurring Joker motif of a “Bang” flag coming out of a gun, only to be followed an actual gunshot. That sounds convoluted; just look at the picture.

In Television:

In 1977 the world was treated to the television film My Mom’s Having a Baby. Three years later, in March of 1980, the world was given its sequel, a film with a title unrivaled since. I am talking about the television film Where Do Teenagers Come From? It actually received a good degree of criticism for depicting sex education during daytime programming hours. How scandalous.

In Sports:

On March 14, 1980 twenty-two members of the United States Olympic team died in a plane crash. Also, due to the conflict between the Soviet Union and Afghanistan, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the Moscow Olympics.

            It’s about three in the morning here in the time capsule. After a few medicated hours picking at my flux capacitor, I began to notice that feeling start to creep into my room as the light bulbs flickered and dimmed out – the beginning of a trip down memory lane.

            Like a scene in a proto-cyberpunk film where the android replicant spends time humming, whistlin’ and singing catchy theme songs from his creators youth, of a time that was thought to be but now seen as a retro-future of the past, I chanted and repeated key lyrics and tapped my feet. Now I am recording this onto the retro mixtape of my mind, before some omnipresent director hacks it away and leaves it on the cutting room floor of time…  This is the only record of that playlist; played in no particular order with commentary.

            *if your song has not been listed please don’t panic. It could’ve turned out a lot worse, I could’ve included the theme music to Riptide, Hart to Hart, Hardcastle & McCormick and a bunch of others, even Jake & the Fatman [yeesh]. If there is a jingle that’s been stuck in your cavity, feel free to leave a fond memory in the comment box. Now let’s take a trip.

            1.) Greatest American Hero (1981-1983):  

2.) Crockett’s Theme from Miami Vice: 

I was never really into the main opening theme of Miami Vice. The featured music during each episode actually served the show better. The pilot episodes sequence with “In the Air Tonight” by Phil Collins is probably one of the best moments in television if you ask me. But tonight I am going with Crockett’s Theme that first appeared in the episode “Calderone’s Return: part 1- The Hit List” and composed by Jan Hammer.

3.) The Equalizer (1985-1989): 

No not the Denzel Washington film. And for the record, what was that? If you needed a feature film adaptation of a popular 80’s crime series with a Black protagonist, why didn’t they just produce a film based around Hawk from “Spencer for Hire”? Hawk had a spin-off series and its star Avery Brooks was badass enough to lead “Deep Space 9”.

            Regardless, The opening sequence of this gritty NYC series always started with images of dark streets, graffiti littered subways, women being stalked by killers or worse. Building up with tension (fear, danger) until finally the music kicks in and the silhouette of the Equalizer steps from the darkness to deal his prescription for street justice. The main theme was composed/performed by Stuart Copeland of The Police.

4.) 21 Jump Street (1987-1991):

What’s 21 Jump Street, you say?

“Where Richard Grieco and Johnny Depp got their start. Come on. Where you been?”

– Rupert, Rules of Attraction.

Theme song performed by Holly Robinson with backing vocals by Johnny Depp and Peter Deluise.

5.) Alice (1976-1985):

I don’t remember ever watching this show or know about it, other than it’s based on the film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”. The show starred Linda Lavine, who also sang the damn theme and I can’t stop the urge to sing parts of this tune in the same kind of affected smokey bravado you’d find at an after hour piano bar off the Atlantic City boardwalk. For a better example of my fixation with this song just go google Opie & Anthony ‘Alice Theme’ and you can hear those poor bastards experience what I’m going through with this song.

6.) Barney Miller (1975-1982):

You knew you were past your bedtime when two things came on, The opening to “TAXI” by Bob James, or the Barney Miller theme by Jack Elliott with Allyn Ferguson and performed in studio by Chuck Berghofer. Played over a shot of the New York Skyline as would have been seen from the water of Upper New York Bay with a garbage barge being towed in the foreground of Lower Manhattan. It’s the type of music the average Joe Coffee would play as he started his backbreaking day eating a butter roll with his cafe’ con leche inside his 1971′ Chevy Caprice.

7.) Misfits of Science (1985-1986):

Way before the 2009’s BBC series “Misfits” , about a motley crew of teenage superpowered heroes. NBC premiered their own short lived  series about superhero teens called “The Misfits of Science” with a double-length pilot and only 15 additional episodes and soon cancelled due to low ratings. It was the 80s equivalent to NBCs Heroes; in fact the creator of Heroes wrote on this show. Also co-starred a young Courteney Cox. As for the theme music, C’mon listen to it. It’s here for a reason.

8.) Family Ties (1982-1989):

Why? Because I once knew every word of this song; I have friends who know the song; I’ve been in the vicinity of people who know this song; it’s even being played at a wedding somewhere right now. It’s a nice and sentimental piece like the Moonlighting theme or Who’s the Boss. Composed by Jeff Barry and Tom Scott. Performed by Deniece Williams and Johnny Mathis, except for the first ten episodes when it was performed by Dennis Tufano and Mindy Sterling. Sing it you’ll like it. “Sha la la la”.

9.) Gimmie A Break (1981-1987):

If there is a song that you want to play whenever someone annoying starts the monologue for the unloved, or tells it from the gut about being shortchanged, this is it. Before they can utter a second sentence just start singing the first bars – “Gimme a break I sure deserve it/ It’s time I made it to the top.Gimme a break I’m looking forward-“; They will leave you alone by the time you get to the chorus. Composed by Jay Graydon and performed by Nell Carter.

10.) RED DWARF (1988-1993):

The British series about the last known human being alive and a hologram traveling through space accompanied by an evolved humanoid cat named, well “Cat” and a service mechanoid, “kryten”. Theme and incidental music were written and performed by Howard Goodall, with the distinctive vocals on the closing theme by Jenna Russell. Its catchy and reminds me of Christmas. It really does. It does.

11.) Are You Being Served (1972-1985):

No mall I have ever been present in has felt like Grace Brothers. “Ground floor: perfumery, stationery, and leather goods, wigs and haberdashery, kitchenware and food. Going up…  First Floor: Telephones, gents ready made suits, shirts, suits, ties, hats, underwear, and shoes. Going up…”and so and so forth. 1980’s MACY’s came close but I never saw Mr. Humphries or Mrs. Slocombe’s pussy(cat). But one can dream.

12.) Unsolved Mysteries (1987-2002):

The documentary style series featuring re-enactments of unsolved crimes, missing persons, conspiracy theories and unexplained phenomena. It scared you more than “America’s Most Wanted” and inspired imitators like the more paranormal themed “Sightings” or the Investigation Discovery Channel. Robert Stack always wearing his trenchcoat and haunting some dark alley as he reminded you every episode that a murderer could be next door to you. This will be the song that puts me to sleep this morning.

13.) THE HITCHHIKER (1983-1987):

And finally, one of my favorites. The theme to HBO’s The Hitchhiker. It’s one of my favorite opening sequences ever, much like “The Prisoner”. #13 on this list is a potential candidate for a future Remember This… The title music is gloriously ominous, dark and vacant. It conjures images of rattlesnakes, deserts and haunted landscapes. Composed by Michael Rubini who also collaborated on the film score to The Hunger and composed Graham’s Theme for Michael Mann’s film Manhunter. He also co-scored two episodes of Tales From the Crypt.

It’s time for the sleepless to get some sleep. But in the meantime keep your fingers firmly positioned on that rewind button.