A perfect musical theme elevates a movie’s emotional resonance with its audience. Think of some of the all-time best movies: Jaws, The Godfather, and Star Wars are all elevated by powerful scores. For ...

Will “Wicked: For Good” bring the movie musical back for good? Like Christopher Lee’s Dracula, movie musicals have risen from the grave on multiple occasions. The once-cherished genre has built up — ...

Janelle has an extensive career as a writer, with over a decade of freelance experience, especially when it comes to pop culture. Although her first love was music, she also enjoys digging into ...

"Da, duh." Two simple notes – E and F – have become synonymous with tension, fear and sharks, representing the primal dread of being stalked by a predator. And they largely have "Jaws" to thank. Fifty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. From left: Jack Black, Jason Momoa and Sebastian Hansen in 'A ...

No matter what type of musical movies you enjoy, there is probably more than one from 2025 that could be up your alley. The ...

We hope we don’t sound too “get off our lawn” right now, but they sure don’t make TV and movie theme music like they used to. We still get a few memorable ones here and there, like Alan Silvestri’s ...

Some critics are calling Jon M. Chu’s Wicked adaptation “the best movie-to-musical adaptation since Chicago and Mamma Mia.” This may be an indictment of the movie musicals of the last 15 years rather ...

Which theme park is witch? That’s one burning question that “Wicked” fans have as speculation grows that the film, spawned from a Broadway musical, might be turned into a real-life attraction. A ...

Recently, some colleagues and I got into a discussion about the theme song to “St. Elmo’s Fire,” the 1985 movie starring Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, and the rest of the Brat Pack. My boss hated John Parr’s ...