The name of Alexander Courage will of course be instantly recognizable to you as the composer of one of the most well known theme tunes for an American television series. But on this side of the final frontier, what else is there to tell about the recently-retired Sandy Courage’s life and career? What stories does…
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…
I would like to thank John Waxman for being so willing to answer my array of questions, as well a offering his advice and constructive criticism of my article. Franz Waxman photos courtesy of John Waxman, please visit the Franz Waxman website, which also features a link to the Waxman papers at Syracuse University. Franz…
“What my eyes beheld was simultaneous, but what I shall now write down will be successive, because language is successive.” - The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges. 1932 saw the birth of one Boris Cladio Schifrin in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the world has come to know him of course as Lalo. This consummate professional…
Whitfield Street Recording Studios are situated next to a public house called ‘Finnegan’s Wake’, in a quiet, unassuming street just off the Tottenham Court Road, London, England. Fronting the entrance is a stone obelisk, fondly referred to as ‘The Tombstone’ by those inside. An entirely appropriate nickname, as the well-thought of film score TOMBSTONE by…
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 to these questions and more,…
Carry On Eric Englishman Eric Rogers was born in 1921 and gained an appreciation for music at an early age. At thirteen years old, as a churchgoer, he was tutored in and played the church organ. During the Second World War, whilst in the RAF, Rogers played the piano, his ‘payment’ consisting of free beer…
RoboBackground As often happens with successful films, in terms of box office receipts (particularly those of the science fiction and action variety), ROBOCOP returned to duty for a sequel in 1990. The title refers both to its status as a follow-up and the name of the second law enforcement cyborg in the film and it…
How many times do we talk of Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, James Horner, John Barry et al? A great deal, almost as often as we mention Korngold, Steiner, Newman, Rozsa and so on. But how often do we think about George Duning, Roy Webb, Frank Skinner, and Cyril J. Mockridge? These men were just as…
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