The January edition of FSM ONLINE is now live for your reading and listening pleasure. This month’s cover story is an interview with MARK MANCINA about his work on the Walt Disney megahit sequel MOANA 2, plus his contributions to MUFASA and past Disney projects like the original LION KING. Joining MOANA on the cover is our annual YEAR IN REVIEW coverage, with columns from Jon and Al, Tim Burden, Vikram Lakhanpal, Cary Wong and more.

Our regular features this issue include an interview with LORENZ DANGEL, composer of the harrowing Tim Fehlbaum drama SEPTEMBER 5; GORDY HAAB effectively channels John Williams once again for the AAA game INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE; NAMI MELUMAD scores her DREAM (PRODUCTIONS) project for Disney+; Erik Heine’s GLADIATOR II PROJECT concludes with a detailed look at key cues from throughout HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS’ score; Daniel Azevedo solves JON BURLINGAME’s latest book, DREAMSVILLE: HENRY MANCINI, PETER GUNN AND MUSIC FOR TV NOIR; ANDREA FEDELI discusses his work on the long-running Italian travelogue series, OVERLAND; plenty of album reviews, including NOSFERATU, THE BRUTALIST, THAT CHRISTMAS and QUEER; plus embedded audio clips, and more. Enjoy!

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