My apologies if I am repeating myself today. I could use the line: "I can't remember what I had for breakfast" but that would be untrue always. With little exception, I have the same thing every day: ...

The 1970s represented the golden age of television theme songs—an era when opening credits weren’t skipped but savored. These ...

Johnny Mandel was the composer who gave M*A*S*H its theme song, “Suicide is Painless”, who wrote the Oscar -winning “The Shadow of Your Smile” for The Sandpiper, and whose talents as an ...

Johnny Depp fired Joel Mandel in 2016, accusing him of mismanaging his finances. They later settled a lawsuit over it.

Emily St. John Mandel on Time Travel, Parenting and the Apocalypse The novelist explains why we secretly long for different worlds, and how post-apocalyptic fiction quells our grief.

WASHINGTON — Johnny Mandel, the composer who gave ‘‘M*A*S*H’’ its theme song, ‘‘Suicide Is Painless,’’ who wrote the Oscar-winning ‘‘The Shadow of Your Smile’’ for ...

Mandel also did the arrangements for this album. Jazz songwriter Dave Frishberg, of Schoolhouse Rock fame, was also a frequent Johnny Mandel collaborator over the years.

Yesterday, I posted my complete 2008 interview with Johnny Mandel. But what did his music sound like over the decades and what made him so special? Here are my 20 favorite arrangements by Johnny, ...

Composer Johnny Mandel died at the age of 94. He's best known for award-winning pieces like The Shadow of Your Smile and the theme to the TV show M*A*S*H.

Composer Johnny Mandel died at the age of 94. He's best known for award-winning pieces like The Shadow of Your Smile and the theme to the TV show M*A*S*H.

NEW YORK — Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy-winning composer, arranger and musician who worked on albums by Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole and many others and whose songwriting credits included ...