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1. Robocop 2
(Leonard Rosenman)

... which ROBOCOP 2 unashamedly is. What a pity then that Leonard Rosenman did not take advantage of the success evident in Poledouris’ approach, because he falls prey to every possible misstep in scoring ...

2. Battle for the Planet of the Apes
(Leonard Rosenman)

... you into submission. Leonard Rosenman returned to score BATTLE. Transcending the blandness of the film, his music is rich and energetic from the outset, avoiding the lackluster pitfalls of much of Scott’s ...

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

... for this soft-spoken visionary many years ago when he was just a child. “My father, Leonard Raimi, used to take 16mm home movies of the family at birthday parties and when I would watch them projected ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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, ...

6. James Peterson: A Red Classic Canvas
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein. • Current Film Composers: John Williams, James Horner, Chris Young, Joel McNeely, Edward Shearmur, Theodor Shapiro, Bruce Broughton, Marco Beltrami, Elliot Goldenthal ...

7. David Michael Frank on THE FAMILY BLOOM and UNDER WRAPS
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... scored, COSMIC VOYAGE? David Michael Frank: COSMIC VOYAGE was great. It was my chance to be Tchaikovsky and Leonard Bernstein and write beautiful music. The thing that struck me about the movie, and ...

8. Carl Davis’ CITY LIGHTS
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... and THE GENERAL on Sunday. David Hirsch: The performance is all done in one sitting, or do you take a break? Carl Davis: No. What we’re doing with CITY LIGHTS is a short concert with Leonard Bernstein’s ...

9. Melody Time
(Soundtrack/Analyses)

... Monthly CD releases of RAINTREE COUNTY, THE FUGITIVE KIND, BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN, and THE 7 FACES OF DR. LAO and provided some of the commentaries for Leonard Maltin’s second Disney Treasures volume of ...

10. Joel Goldsmith: The Son Also Rises
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... my surprise, I discovered Joel not only knew of my work for Starlog (he is apparently an avid reader), but my interview with Leonard Rosenman in #172 (November 1991) had become something of an underground ...

11. Laurence Rosenthal Interview
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... with a bit of help from Leonard Bernstein, whom I had known in my college days. When David Susskind did RAISIN IN THE SUN, he wanted to bring an entire New York crew to Hollywood. We weren’t very popular ...

12. Basil Poledouris: A Man and His Music
(Dossier/The Poledouris Files)

... Poledouris, Julia Michels, Greg Hinton, Ken Brady, Stacy Lumbrezer, Mickey McDermott, and Leonard Brady. These wonderful people made these interviews possible.  ...

13. George Duning Remembered
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... instance, Johnny Williams, Leonard Rosenman, they always rely on the strict symphonic sound for contemporary films, with very little of the so-called gimmick sounds electronics, and so forth. To me, it’s ...

14. 1979 - Soundtrack No. 17
(Printed Matter/Soundtrack)

... of the Rings – Leonard Rosenman  ...

15. 1987 - Soundtrack No. 21
(Printed Matter/Soundtrack)

... Tail – James Horner||Music for Radio and Television – Bernard Herrmann||Star Trek IV – Leonard Rosenman||Dark Shadows Vol 2 – Robert Cobert||Epic Film Scores – Miklos Rozsa||When the River Runs Black – ...

16. Alex North Remembered
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

...  Also in attendance to pay their respects were composers like Basil Poledouris, Leonard Rosenman, David Raksin, Jamies DiPasquale and others, along with North’s current agents, Mike Gorfaine and Sam ...

17. 1990 - Soundtrack No. 36
(Printed Matter/Soundtrack)

... Sakamoto||Film Music - Jerry Fielding||Arachnophobia – Trevor Jones||Thirst/Bloodmoon – Brian May||Robocop II – Leonard Rosenman Book Review The Composer in Hollywood (Christopher Palmer)  ...

18. 1991 - Soundtrack No. 40
(Printed Matter/Soundtrack)

... of the Night – Daniel Licht||The Lord of the Rings – Leonard Rosenman||The Lost Empire/Retribution – Alan Howarth Book Review A Heart at Fire’s Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann (Steven ...

19. Miklós Rózsa Interview 2
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... for Gregor Piatigorsky and a piano concerto for Leonard Pennarlo. He also found time to serve as president of the Screen Composers Guild. More recently, though, Rozsa has written for fewer films, giving ...

20. 1995 - Soundtrack No. 56
(Printed Matter/Soundtrack)

Soundtrack No. 56 (December 1995) Crossfade – Recording Julius Caesar||Interview with Leonard Rosenman: Part 2||Ghent International Film Festival||Species ...