The Film Music Society: Past Award Winners

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Career Achievement Awards


Miklos Rozsa (April 17, 1984)
Host: KFAC personality Martin Workman
Guest speakers: author Rudy Behlmer, composer David Raksin

David Raksin (June 18, 1985)
Host: KFAC personality Martin Workman
Guest speakers: author Tony Thomas, president William Rosar

Alex North (June 10, 1986)
Master of Ceremonies: Eddy Manson
Guest speakers: actor Tony Franciosa, director Daniel Mann, lyricist Arthur Hamilton, composers John Green and David Raksin

George Duning (December 16, 1987)
Guest speakers: author Tony Thomas, producer Andrew Fenady, lyricist Arthur Hamilton, composers Fred Steiner, Herschel Burke Gilbert, David Raksin

Elmer Bernstein (December 19, 1988)
Master of Ceremonies: Steve Allen
Guest speakers: agent Alvin Bart, lyricist Arthur Hamilton, composers Herschel Burke Gilbert, Joe Harnell, David Raksin

Ernest Gold (November 16, 1989)
Master of Ceremonies: Frank De Vol
Guest speakers: agent Robert Light, composers David Raksin, Fred Steiner, Leonard Rosenman, Elmer Bernstein

John Williams (March 8, 1991)
Master of Ceremonies: Henry Mancini
Guest speakers: author Tony Thomas, BMI's Theadora Zavin, lyricist Arthur Hamilton, composers Irwin Kostal, David Raksin, Ernest Gold

Henry Mancini (March 13, 1992)
Master of Ceremonies: John Williams
Guest speaker: Stanley Donen

Jerry Goldsmith (March 5, 1993)
Master of Ceremonies: Joe Dante
Guest speakers: director David Anspaugh, agent Richard Kraft, composers Buddy Baker, Elmer Bernstein

Hans J. Salter (August 5, 1993)
Master of Ceremonies: David Raksin
Guest speaker: producer Tony Thomas

Ennio Morricone (March 18, 1994)
Guest speakers: director Roland Joffe, Italian consul general Gabriella Meneghello Battistello, composers John Williams, Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre

Toru Takemitsu (March 15, 1995)
Guest speakers: David Raksin, William Kraft, Howard Shore, Fred Karlin, Herschel Burke Gilbert; Japanese deputy consul general Osamu Yoshihara

Maurice Jarre (October 11, 1996)
Master of Ceremonies: Leonard Maltin
Guest speakers: directors Michael Cimino and Arthur Hiller, composer Elmer Bernstein, French deputy cultural attache Erwan de Karautem

Stephen Sondheim (April 5, 1997)
Master of Ceremonies: Glenn Wooddell
Guest speaker: composer David Raksin

Laurence Rosenthal (September 18, 1999)
Master of Ceremonies: David Raksin
Guest speakers: composer Bruce Broughton, lyricist Dennis Spiegel, director William Graham, producer George Lucas (via videotape)

Lalo Schifrin (October 6, 2000)
Master of Ceremonies: Nick Redman
Guest speakers: director Brett Ratner, actress Barbara Bain, composers Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Christopher Young


Film Music Preservation Awards

In Recognition of Outstanding Work in Preserving and Documenting Film Music

1993:
Gillian Anderson
Composer and Conductor,
for her dedication to the restoration and performance of music for the silent screen

Tony Thomas
Producer and Author,
for his contributions to the preservation, dissemination and promotion of film music history

Gerald Pratley
Producer and Author,
for his contributions to the preservation, dissemination and promotion of film music history

John Waxman
President of Themes & Variations,
for his promotion, advocation and advancement of film music performance in concert halls worldwide

1994
Jon Newsom
Chief of Library of Congress Music Division,
for his longstanding dedication to the preservation of film and television music

Nick Redman
Soundtrack Album Producer,
for creating the widely-acclaimed series of restored film music compact discs from the Twentieth Century-Fox library

1996
Eldridge Walker
Vice President of Music Clearance at Paramount Pictures,
for his active involvement in the Film Music Society's preservation project at Paramount

1998
Marilee Bradford
Soundtrack Album Producer,
for creating the widely-acclaimed series of restored film music compact discs from the M-G-M/Turner library

Herschel Burke Gilbert
Composer,
for his many years of excellent service and leadership in the Film Music Society

Jo Ann Kane
on behalf of Jo Ann Kane Music Service, Inc.,
for outstanding preservation of the Twentieth Century-Fox Music Library

2000
Stephen M. Fry
Music Librarian at the University of California, Los Angeles,
for his service to the Film Music Society and his longstanding dedication to the preservation of film and television music


Special Awards

1995
Awards of Recognition to Alfred Willis and Brigitte Kueppers on behalf of the UCLA Arts Library, and to Gordon Theil and Stephen Davison on behalf of the UCLA Music Library, for the libraries' diligence in collecting and caring for film and TV music

1996
President's Award to Norman D. "Buddy" Baker for establishing the University of Southern California Film Music Program




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