Keeping Scores: A Conversation with Bruce Broughton and the Founders of La-La Land Records

Writer, film historian and preservationist of classic film music Mike Matessino leads a conversation with film composer Bruce Broughton and the co-founders of La-La Land Records about film scores of the 80s and their lasting impact.

[@D.Pensak]

An exceptional panel discussion. Thank you Conrad, Michael, & panel guests for a very memorable experience.

[@OliverHarper]

Superb video! Well done Michael!

[@creasybear31]

I purchased Bruce Broughton's score for Rescuers Down Under before even seeing the film and it is still one of my most beloved soundtracks! Very cool to see one of my childhood inspirations!

[@carlo2384]

Love film scores and have many of LaLa Lands releases. Missed the live panel and only found it today. Bruce Broughton's recording of Herrmann's Jason and the Argonauts score is fantastic. Thank you!

[@oregonvibez]

Idk how I ended up here but aye - I love the organization and the audio/video quality is great!

[@kibagami74]

As a big soundtrack fan, I greatly appreciated this panel. Bruce Broughton is awesome. The past 25 years or so, the quality of soundtracks has really fallen but then so has much of the movie making, writing etc. I hope we can get a renaissance in music someday, but I don't see it happening anytime soon. Great job moderating Michael, your a class act.

[@LeonardoTDragon]

100% agreed. Hans Zimmer's production company now dominates scoring and EVERYTHING sounds the same. Broughton comes from the era where each composer had a really distinct sound.

[@KennyWhitty]

Had to catch the replay but what a great panel thank you guys 👍🏻

[@GloopTrekker]

This is my favorite discussion so far. Although I was aware of Bruce Broughton's work over the years, I didn't know his name until his brief score for 1998's Lost in Space appeared on one of the "Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits" compilation CDs. It was beautiful, and I had to look him up to see what else he had done.

[@thewistfulsnail]

One of the most fascinating streams ever! Incredible insight into film scoring and the industry!

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

Homeward Bound was another great Broughton score.

[@davidhyslop3376]

I like John Barrys albums in the 60's and 70's because he new how to make them like a pop album and he would edit 2 pieces to make a longer version like journey to blofelds hideaway

[@BooshmanLee]

This was excellent, thanks to all involved. La La Land, please do a Thundercats release!

[@MakThaNife]

What a dang interesting conversation!

[@goldenage]

Question to the guys of La-La Land records. Any chance of getting "The New Batman Adventures" soundtrack?

[@brettlueckfeld6248]

My origin story is Star Wars by Johnny Williams after seeing Star Wars. For Home Theatre it was Jurassic Park on a 5.1 system @ Circuit City.

[@impossiblepie]

I love Bruce discussing about when to have music and when not to in films (when he was talking about Psycho) I agree today's movies are flooded with unnecessary music. Im also tired of every movie trailer all sounding the same with that stupid effect!