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Last Updated: August 1, 2018 FMS FEATURE...  Patrick Williams: An Appreciation Beloved music man left incomparable legacy by Jon Burlingame  ...Continued >>> Danish Film Composer Søren Hyldgaard Dead at 55 Highly respected musician achieved success in film, new age realms by Jon Burlingame  ...Continued >>> Lalo Schifrin Honored by SACEM Jean-Michel Bernard tributes Schifrin in performance at Steinway by Jon Burlingame  French Consul General Christophe Lemoine honors Lalo Schifrin ...Continued >>> Desplat Gets Oscar Win in Shape Lopez team hits gold with "Remember Me" by Jon Burlingame  (From left) Robert Lopez, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Alexandre Desplat backstage at the Oscars Desplat won for his romantic music for The Shape of Water, the Lopezes for their song "Remember Me" from Coco. It was a second Oscar win for all of them: Desplat won three years ago for The Grand Budapest Hotel, while the Lopezes won four years ago for their hit "Let It Go" from Frozen. ...Continued >>> Oscar in Concert Motion Picture Academy joins L.A. Phil in tribute to film music past, present and future by Jon Burlingame  Michael Giacchino with conductor Thomas Wilkins and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. ...Continued >>> Classic Film Music on Disc: The Best of 2017 Williams, Goldsmith, Mancini, Copland among top recordings by Jon Burlingame 
For fans of classic movie music, 2017 was another banner year, for expanded versions of beloved soundtracks; initial releases of long-desired scores; and even re-recordings of classics. Advances in technology have made ancient recordings sound remarkably fresh, and a handful of unexpected, where-did-they-find-this? albums were cause for joy. Among our favorites of the past 12 months, listed alphabetically:
...Continued >>> Broughton, Edelman honored by Society of Composers & Lyricists "Score" editor Lori Barth also feted at holiday dinner by Jon Burlingame  (L to R) Bruce Broughton, Randy Edelman, and Ashley Irwin ...Continued >>> American Youth Symphony Performs E.T. Live to Picture David Newman and Steven Linder honored as visionaries for film music in concert by Marilee Bradford  Photo by Marilee Bradford ...Continued >>> Lalo Schifrin's 85th Birthday Concert LA's finest musicians tribute beloved Mission: Impossible composer by Jon Burlingame  Composer Michael Giacchino conducts Lalo Schifrin's original arrangement to the theme from "Mission: Impossible." ...Continued >>> Newcomers Win Most Music Emmys Beal wins fifth; Jacobs wins first music supervision award by Jon Burlingame  Jeff Russo Jeff Russo won his first Emmy in the Composition for a Series category for an episode of Fargo; this was his third nomination for the FX series. Jeff Beal won his fifth prime-time Emmy in the Composition for a Limited Series category for "Chapter 63" of House of Cards; this was his fifth nomination and second win for the Netflix series. ...Continued >>> Basketball's Kobe Bryant Joins John Williams at the Bowl David Newman also conducts LA Phil in film music program by Jon Burlingame  Kobe Bryant and John Williams Composer John Williams, halfway through his annual concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, turned to the audience and talked briefly about a short film he scored earlier in the year: Dear Basketball, an animated adaptation of Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant's farewell poem to the sport he loves. ...Continued >>> Kobe Bryant, John Williams Team Up On Dear Basketball Glen Keane's animated short makes concert debut at the Bowl by Jon Burlingame  Glen Keane, John Williams and Kobe Bryant As Williams explained recently: "Two to three years ago, I received a call from Kobe Bryant, asking if I would have lunch with him. I had known him, of course, as one of our country's greatest athletes. But as someone who had never seen a professional basketball game, I thought, 'Well, this is something quite extraordinary.'" ...Continued >>> Raiders of the Lost Ark in Concert David Newman conducts LA Phil in John Williams' classic score live-to-picture by Jon Burlingame  Photo by Marilee Bradford ...Continued >>> Richard Bellis Honored by ASCAP Cited for 20 years of mentoring its film-scoring workshop by Jon Burlingame  (L to R) ASCAP senior director of film and television music Mike Todd with composer Richard Bellis ...Continued >>> Music Emmy Nominees Announced Many first-timers; new music supervision category added by Jon Burlingame  ...Continued >>> Doing Whatever A Spider Can! Enduring popularity of classic Spider-Man cartoon theme reinforced in new movie by Jon Burlingame  ...Continued >>> Composer Walter Arlen's Return to Vienna Protege Michael-Alexander Brandstetter Arranges Performance of "Song of Songs" by Jon Burlingame  Michael-Alexander Brandstetter and Walter Arlen ...Continued >>> The Handmaid's Tale Finale Wows Fans Adam Taylor's music for Hulu series performed live to picture by Jon Burlingame  Photo by Dan MacMedan/Hulu ...Continued >>> Elmer Bernstein Music in Concert Dublin, London events slated for June 14 and 18 by Jon Burlingame  Bernstein with John Landis, 1978 The RTE Concert Orchestra will perform at Dublin's National Concert Hall on Wednesday, June 14, while the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at London's Royal Albert Hall for the second concert on Sunday, June 18 (coincidentally for Peter, Father's Day). ...Continued >>> Jerry Goldsmith Day Declared in L.A. Revered Hollywood composer receives star on Walk of Fame by Jon Burlingame  Jerry Goldsmith's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame revealed. Standing L to R: Lyricist Paul Williams, composer David Newman, Aaron Goldsmith, composer Charles Fox. Kneeling L to R: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Chair of the Board Jeff Zarrinnam, Carol Goldsmith, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Leron Gubler. ...Continued >>> The Rifleman Soundtrack Released Herschel Burke Gilbert score long-awaited by fans by Jon Burlingame  ...Continued >>> Hans Zimmer's MasterClass Top film composer launches online course by Jon Burlingame  Hans Zimmer ...Continued >>> Alexander the Great and Other Rare Rosenman Combat!, Alexander the Great, Sybil among rescued TV recordings  The Film Music Society, the entertainment industry-based preservation group, has recently rescued and restored some of Rosenman's music from four historic television productions and a theme park attraction, and is releasing these archival recordings on a 76-minute CD called Alexander the Great and Other Rare Rosenman. ...Continued >>> Index for The Cue Sheet Journal Quarterly publication is a well-established source of film music articles, news and historical information A comprehensive index for The Cue Sheet, the quarterly journal of The Film Music Society, is now available on-line at the FMS web site.  The journal's content ranges from biographical essays and in-memoriam tributes to articles on contemporary issues, opinion pieces and book reviews, featuring the works of such notable journalists and historians as Fred Steiner, James Lipton, John Caps, Tony Thomas, Rudy Behlmer, Clifford McCarty, Jon Burlingame, Steven Smith and Ross Care, among others. ...Continued >>> Music and the Moving Image UIP, NYU and FMS combine efforts for premiere on-line scholarly journal  Music and the Moving Image will be issued three times annually (spring, summer, fall). Volume 1 (Spring 2008) will receive its inaugural launch on February 29 at http://mmi.press.uiuc.edu/. Leading an impressive editorial board of educators and music professionals, executive editors conductor/musicologist Gillian B. Anderson and Director of the Film Music program at NYU/Steinhardt Ronald H. Sadoff will consider submissions from both scholars and practitioners. All papers will be accepted for inclusion in the journal based upon a peer-review process. Although the journal will be published in English, international diversity is encouraged. Visit Call for Papers/Submission Guidelines for more information. Annual individual subscriptions are available for $30 (a special Film Music Society membership rate is $21), and the institutional rate is $60. An order form is available HERE or through the journal web site.  Print this article FMS FEATURE... The Timeless Melodies of David Raksin Rare sheet music folio now available through The Film Music Society  Had David Raksin written nothing but the immortal "Laura," it would have been measure enough of his incomparable talent for melody and harmony.
But the composer of scores for such Hollywood classics as Forever Amber, The Bad and the Beautiful and Separate Tables had also written a treasure trove of songs. He shared his favorites in a collection called The Timeless Melodies of David Raksin. Originally published by Ekay Music in 1996, this extraordinary 112-page, 9" x 12" collection of sheet music has long been out of print and hard to find. A number of years ago, Raksin donated a few copies of this songbook to The Film Music Society for fundraising, and we are happy to offer them for purchase while the supply lasts. ...Continued >>> Rózsa's Jungle Book Available in Short Supply! FMS releases rare score in celebration of the composer's centenary 
Track 21: Excerpt from a June 1, 1974 interview with Miklós Rózsa conducted by Rudy Behlmer, discussing Rózsa's score for Jungle Book. Rózsa's music shines on this CD in a way it never has before. Featuring lengthy and authoritative liner notes by Golden Age film expert Rudy Behlmer, this is an album you won't want to miss, skillfully restored and remastered from the last surviving transcription discs. As a bonus track, we've included an excerpt of a rare interview with Rózsa discussing his score with Behlmer in 1974. ...Continued >>> Conversation Piece: An Unvarnished Chat with Bernard Herrmann FMS restores recording of never-before-released 1970 interview  CHAT EXCERPT
The Film Music Society is pleased to present its newest CD release, Conversation Piece: An Unvarnished Chat With Bernard Herrmann. On September 26, 1970, Leslie Zador (the son of orchestrator Eugene Zador) and Gregory Rose from classical radio station KFAC interviewed Herrmann in his North Hollywood home on behalf of the Los Angeles Free Press. The interview was transcribed and an article appeared in the Free Press about a month later. Soon after, the sole recording of the interview was stowed away for more than 35 years. Excerpts of the original transcript were published in the Society's anthology Film Music 1 (1989). The audio tape was recently retrieved and generously donated by Zador to the FMS for historic preservation. Now, with permission from the interviewers and Herrmann's wife Norma Shepherd, this newly restored recording of one of Hollywood's most revered composers will soon be available on CD in its entirety (with the exception of a few imprudent remarks). ...Continued >>>  The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin now available!
Tracks Include:
Click select links to hear sample audio tracks. TUNISIAN VICTORY (1944)1. 1M1/1M2 2:29 2. 1M3 :51 3. 1M5 2:30 4. 1M8 (outtake) 1:05 5. 3M1 (outtake) 1:02 6. 3M3/3M4 1:34 7. 3M7 (partial outtake) 1:45 8. 8M5 (partial outtake) 2:45
SAN PIETRO (1945)
THE NEGRO SOLDIER (1944)
THE BATTLE OF RUSSIA (1943) The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin includes nearly 79 minutes of Tiomkin's music from the Army orientation films of producer Frank Capra – The Battle of Russia (1943), Tunisian Victory (1944), The Negro Soldier (1944) and San Pietro (1945) – ranging in style from inspiring military marches to themes that underpin the despair of war, from American gospel and jazz to traditional Russian folk melodies, from the modern beat of the big band to the classical strains of Tschaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. The recordings in this collection originated from 16-inch acetate transcription discs owned by Tiomkin, which were transferred to 1/4-inch magnetic tape in the mid-1980s by innovative recording engineer Bob Auger. The tapes remained in the possession of Tiomkin's wife Olivia until earlier this year when they were transferred to digital format for restoration and inclusion on this CD. Accompanying these recordings is a deluxe 16-page booklet containing never-before-seen photographs and authoritative liner notes by Tiomkin expert Warren Sherk.  The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin is a Limited Edition, with only 1,000 copies manufactured. It is available to the public for $20 plus s/h. If you would like to order your copy, please contact us or visit the Merchandise page for more information. But hurry! Stock is running low. The FMS quarterly journal, The Cue Sheet, Vol. 20, No. 4 (October 2005), features an extended version of Warren Sherk's informative liner notes for this important restoration. The issue is available for $7.50 plus s/h, or $6 if purchased with the CD.
Print this article FROM FMS RESTORATIONS...  Conversation Piece: An Unvarnished Chat with Bernard Herrmann CD The World War II Documentary Music of Dimitri Tiomkin CD Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book soundtrack CD SPFM Takemitsu Tribute CD – SOLD OUT FROM FMS PUBLICATIONS... THE FILM MUSIC SOCIETY NEWSLETTER... Bookmark this page. The periodic newsletter, previously sent by US mail exclusively to FMS members, is now right here on the News & Events page of this website. Each Friday, this online version of the newsletter provides the latest industry information; membership announcements; upcoming events; newsworthy articles; and an occasional series we call Da Capo, offering historical articles related to film and TV music. Freelance submissions: Newsworthy information and film/TV music-related articles may be submitted for consideration to editor@filmmusicsociety.org. The FMS is under no obligation to publish and/or otherwise utilize submissions or any portions thereof. The FMS is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, supported solely by private donations. No remuneration is available for submissions. |
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