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1. 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 | 367 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

2. 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 | 3665 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

3. 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 | 801 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

4. 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 | 3598 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

5. Don Banks: A Profile

One of the most under-rated British film composers is Don Banks who, while scoring only a handful of films during the One of the most under-rated British film composers is Don Banks who, while scoring only a handful of films during the 1960’s, left a notable mark on British film...

Monday, 13 July 2009 | 439 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

6. Franz Waxman: An Appreciation

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 | 277 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

7. George Duning: A Hoosier in Hollywood

George Duning was born in Richmond, Indiana, in 1908. He began his musical career in 1921, when he was thirteen years old. His mother who taught organ and piano wanted the young Duning to study piano seriously

Wednesday, 02 April 2008 | 752 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

8. James Bernard Dossier

Muir Matheson once said something along the lines of “Films need music, but music does not need films”. Which I suppose is true to a certain degree, but one could argue that if it were not for films, then some of the most popular

Wednesday, 02 April 2008 | 627 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

9. Laurie Johnson: The Avengers Forever

Born in London in 1927, Laurie Johnson received his musical education and training at the Royal College of Music. At the age of 18 he had a number of orchestral works published, which also had been broadcast on the radio.

Wednesday, 02 April 2008 | 625 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report

10. Ron Goodwin: Notes, Quotes and Film Music

The son of a policeman, Goodwin was born in Plymouth in 1930. In 1939, the composer’s father was transferred back to London, the family originally going to Kensal Rise then moving back to London before settling in Ruislip.

Thursday, 10 April 2008 | 676 hits | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Report