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Last Updated: August 15, 2008 FMS FEATURE...  The Fugitive Music Debacle: Why It Happened A review, an explanation and some personal thoughts by Jon Burlingame  There had been no advance word of this, only the now-standard disclaimer in tiny lettering on the back of the $40 package: "Some music has been changed for this home entertainment version." Fans were furious. Reviewers jammed the Amazon.com page with phrases like "avoid avoid avoid," "stay away," "defamation of the year," "this is not the Fugitive that I love" and plain old "extremely disappointed." At the popular Home Theater Forum website, "fiasco" and "sickening" were among the more mild expletives among literally hundreds of posts. ...Continued >>> Get Szathmary! Irving Szathmary, Get Smart's Forgotten Composer by Jon Burlingame  Irving Szathmary, circa 1950s. Unfortunately, despite the fact that his music is used throughout the score, Szathmary's name appears nowhere in the film's credits. Only on the Varése Sarabande soundtrack CD is the composer properly acknowledged. The creator of one of the 1960s most familiar TV themes is a virtually unknown musician who seemed to appear out of nowhere, scored one of the most popular sitcoms of its time and then disappeared from show business. ...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. Several 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 re-releases 300 copies in celebration of the composer's centenary  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. (Rózsa enthusiasts please note: The FMS will be releasing this interview in its full length later this year! Stay tuned!) ...Continued >>> The Rosenthal Package: Film Music and Music for Television Limited Edition bundle available as fundraiser for FMS preservation efforts—ONLY 10 LEFT!  This assemblage of Rosenthal's film and TV music is an irreplaceable overview of one of Hollywood's most influential and respected composers. All selections are conducted by Rosenthal (except for cues from Becket, conducted by Muir Mathieson). Among the rarest offerings included on this four-CD bundle is Rosenthal's complete score for The Miracle Worker, the landmark 1962 film which earned Oscars for Patty Duke as Helen Keller and Anne Bancroft as Annie Sullivan. This score is unavailable anywhere except in this collection. ...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: The Film Music Society is pleased to offer previously unreleased recordings of eminent film composer Dimitri Tiomkin's scores from four historically significant World War II documentary features.
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 $2.50 s/h per disc (domestic only – please inquire about international shipping cost). 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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