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Frank Lehman
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Assoc. Prof of Music, Tufts University | Music Theory, Film Music, John Williams | Author, Hollywood Harmony (OUP 2018) | Ed. Film Music Analysis (Routledge 2024) | Articles in NYT, WaPo | Currently Wrting The Skywalker Symphonies (OUP forthcoming)
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October 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excusable:
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This game has it out for Elden Ring players.
September 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The hell it’s not!
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Take that, Sister Splinter!

(I love this game)
September 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Speedrunning music analysis: Silksong edition. Here's a reduction and beginnings of a neo-Riemannian account of the music for the first legit challenging miniboss (Skull Ant) and subsequent area (Hunter's March). Wonderful music from Christopher Larkin!
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
He also played on a couple Marty Paich albums. That said, I have no clue if he was familiar with this specific Art Pepper arrangement. Strikes me as a superficial resemblance compared to the Force Theme's more plausible sources, most notably Siegfried's leitmotif from the Ring:
August 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Neither the hardest nor most time-consuming boss from Elden Ring but my vote for the worst on an RL1. I *hated* this fight. Between the horrid summons, teleporting, animation locks after successfully dodging attacks, it drove me crazy. Even this win feels lousy b/c it was so random and unclean.
May 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
When a Star Wars TV show is more morally clear-eyed, more willing to call out genocide, than the entire rest of our media landscape.
May 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Another one down. Clayman's Harpoon w/ Ice Spear and Godrick's Greatrune. Took forever to reach Phase 2 (hundreds of attempts), but when I finally did, beat her on my first try...
April 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I made this 13 years ago and stand by it.
March 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
February 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I just hit Placi tonight, and oh man, I do not think I'm ready... And man that runback is stressful.

Did just get deflect tear though and looking forward to having much fun with that tho!
January 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM