Author: Thomas Newman

James Ingram spent the early part of his career supporting artists like Ray Charles and Leon Haywood. Then, in 1980, Quincy Jones heard him perform a demo of Just Once. Jones liked what he heard…

It’s not difficult to find songs about fathers, but finding one about a great dad? Keep looking. In the world of rock and roll, it’s a rare father who reads their kid bedtime stories, holds…

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is a classic ’80s movie, and part of what makes it so great is its amazing soundtrack. The film’s release date was June 11, 1986, and it ran for 103 minutes….

The Iron Eagle is a 1986 American-Canadian military action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Jason Gedrick and Lou Gossett Jr. The film was released on January 17, 1986. The soundtrack for the…

Office Space may have been a major box office disappointment, but it made up for it afterward, becoming a cult favorite that even now, over 20 years after its release, still stands up incredibly well….

1988’s The Coming to America soundtrack is one of the most iconic and well-loved soundtracks in movie history. The soundtrack is jam-packed with amazing music; from the classic track “Coming to America” to the hilarious…

Mitchell Tenpenny started singing at church, fronted a heavy metal band in high school, then did a complete 180 and started chasing success as a country singer. It took him a couple of years to…

5th Dimension came to prominence in the 1960s with their genre-hopping blend of pop, R&B, and Broadway, releasing a slew of gold and platinum albums along with chart-topping hits like Up, Up and Away and…

The film Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American hood drama film directed by John Singleton and written by Singleton. The film stars Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long…