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1. Akira Ifukube

Film music in Japan has tended to follow one of two, or perhaps three, directions. Much music is derived from historical Japanese musical traditions, particularly in older films and, of course, historical dramas. But there has been an increasing tendency to adapt Western musical...

Tuesday, 09 November 2010 | 772 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

2. Alexander Courage: Courageous Composer

Can you think of one composition by Alexander Courage, apart from the original STAR TREK theme? This article sets out to show that Sandy Courage is under-rated as a composer. As you will be aware, he has worked exclusively as Jerry Goldsmith’s primary orchestrator for a number of years now that Arthur Morton is getting on, but there is much more to him than just playing second fiddle to another composer.

Tuesday, 02 August 2011 | 1006 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

3. Barry Gray: Music with Strings

From an early age, Barry Gray received a sound musical education in Lancashire, where he was born and where his first teacher remarked of his notating and arranging abilities...

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 | 933 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

4. Bernard Herrmann: The Early Years

I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters… It can propel narrative forward or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry” So wrote Bernard Herrmann for a 1972 London recording,

Sunday, 11 May 2008 | 6211 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

5. Carlo Rustichelli: Composer by Coincidence

The name of Italian composer Carlo Rustichelli is inseparably tied to the career of film director Pietro Germi. Rustichelli wrote the scores for all of Germi’s pictures (except IL TESTIMONE, 1946), including AMICI MIEI, which had to be interrupted because of the director’s illness.

Saturday, 17 May 2008 | 2151 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

6. Dimitri Tiomkin’s Golden Decade

Today Dimitri Tiomkin is remembered primarily for his later scores such as THE ALAMO and THE GUNS OF NAVARONE. As enjoyable as these scores are, there is so much more to enjoy...

Thursday, 24 April 2008 | 6401 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

7. Franz Waxman

Franz Waxman is an important figure in the annals of motion picture music. His special brand of music, composition, has influenced many subsequent film composers...

Friday, 07 May 2010 | 1612 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

8. Nathan Van Cleave

To the contemporary film music aficionado, the name Van Cleave, as seen on countless film and television credits, is shrouded in an aura of mystery. It is difficult to find out much about him. Who was he? Where did he come from? To help us in finding out the answers...

Thursday, 14 October 2010 | 1682 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report