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1. Dragonslayer
(Alex North)

This was probably one of the most anticipated scores from a movie amongst collectors of film music; Alex north was after all a master of his craft, a composer of great experience and also of enormous diversity ...

2. Viva Zapata! / Death of a Salesman
(Alex North)

3. Michael Kamen on Scoring LETHAL WEAPON IV
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

Michael Kamen on Scoring LETHAL WEAPON IV An Interview with Michael Kamen by Ford A. Thaxton © 1998 /2010 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.17/No.67/1998 Text reproduced by kind ...

4. Edward Shearmur on Scoring SPECIES II and THE GOVERNESS
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

Alien Tonalities and Sephardic Traditions An Interview with Edward Shearmur by Randall D. Larson © 1998/2010 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.17/No.67/1998 Text reproduced by ...

5. Joel McNeely meets Peter Pan in RETURN TO NEVER LAND
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... and I’ve got their scores. I can put my nose into an Alex North score or a Bernard Herrmann score or a Franz Waxman score, how cool is that? Imagine what you can learn by sitting there and looking at ...

6. Mario Nascimbene: The Innovative Use of Sounds
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... Did Richard Burton himself ask you to score DR: FAUSTUS? Maybe because you had previously scored ALEXANDER THE GREAT? Why did you re-use existing music from FRANCIS OF ASSISI and SOLOMON AND SHEBA in that ...

7. Danny Elfman on Scoring the Action-Adventure Battlefield
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

Danny Elfman on Scoring the Action-Adventure Battlefield An Interview with Danny Elfman by Chris Cutter Written and Transcribed by Rudy Koppl Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.21/No.82/2002 ...

8. Franz Waxman: An Appreciation
(Soundtrack/Composers)

... harmonies. Those who say that it was primarily Alex North, David Raksin and Leonard Rosenman who remodelled the 19th Century approach of the typical “Hollywood Sound” should study Franz Waxman. Also, Waxman ...

9. John Debney’s Sword and Sorcery Spectacular
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

John Debney’s Sword and Sorcery Spectacular An Interview with John Debney and Chuck Russell by Rudy Koppl © 2002/2010 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.21/No.82/2002 Text reproduced ...

10. Alex North: Breaking New Ground
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

Alex North: Breaking New Ground A Conversation with Alex North by David Kraft © 1985 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.4/No.13/1985 Text reproduced by kind permission of the editor, ...

11. Don Davis Goes Ballistic
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

Going Ballistic: The Electronica of Don Davis A conversation with Don Davis by Rudy Koppl Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.21/No.83/2002 Text reproduced by kind permission of ...

12. Alexander Courage: The Story of His Life
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

Alexander Courage: The Story of His Life An Interview with Alexander Courage by Dirk Wickenden © 2001/2010 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.20/No.79/2001 Text reproduced by kind ...

13. Jerry Goldsmith on Scoring BASIC INSTINCT
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... everyone saying jobs are political things. Yeah, you might get a break now and then because of a friend, but the belief in your abilities is what keeps an artist going. Daniel Schweiger: Since Alex ...

14. Barry Gray: Music with Strings
(Soundtrack/Composers)

Barry Gray: Music with Strings Biographical Essay by Theo de Klerk © 1993/2010 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.12/No.47/1993 Text reproduced by kind permission of the editor, Luc ...

15. Alan Silvestri: From Romances to Predators
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... to the Bernard Herrmanns and the Alfred Newmans and all, but speaking just of the contemporary guys, the likes of John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, these guys have done a great deal for keeping ...

16. Philip Glass: Collaboration
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

Philip Glass: Collaboration An Interview with Philip Glass by Jim Doherty © 1989 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.8/No.31/1989 Text reproduced by kind permission of the editor, ...

17. The Alamo Remembered
(Soundtrack/Analyses)

... muscularity anything and everything musically and thematically comparable, from the denouement of Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture” to the “Battle on the Ice” sequence of Prokofiev’s ALEXANDER NEVSKY.  ...

18. Malcolm Arnold just writes what he would like to hear
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

Malcolm Arnold just writes what he would like to hear An Interview with Malcolm Arnold by Christopher Ritchie © 1988 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.7/Nos.27/1988 Text reproduced ...

19. Emilio Estevez on Working with Basil Poledouris
(Dossier/The Poledouris Files)

... shot the film to 3:5 and for a small movie this was considered kind of odd, but there were two things that I always wanted for this movie, which was a big look and a big sound. Rick Alexander was the head ...

20. Henry Mancini: A Gifted Musician and a Gentleman
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

Henry Mancini: A Gifted Musician and a Gentleman A conversation with Henry Mancini by Mathias Büdinger © 1988 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.7/Nos.26/1988 Text reproduced by kind ...