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Last Updated: June 8, 2009 FMS FEATURE...  Lyricist Dennis Spiegel Honored SCL gathers notable songwriters for musicale by Jon Burlingame  Courtesy of Charles Bernstein More than 50 friends and colleagues attended the dinner, which featured performances of many of the Emmy-winning songwriter's best songs, written over the past quarter-century. Spiegel's career has spanned movies (Blame It on Rio), television (High Mountain Rangers), records and the theater, and includes collaborations with some of Hollywood's finest tunesmiths. Many members, both past and present, of the SCL board attended and thanked Spiegel for his involvement with the organization. It was Spiegel, former SCL president Bruce Broughton said, who "worked tirelessly" to promote the group of composers and songwriters and increased its membership from 50 to 450 over just a few years. He praised Spiegel as "a spectacular lyricist and a tremendously sensitive person." ...Continued >>> The Songs of Our Lives, Volume II Pop hit songwriters gather to help disadvantaged students reach college goals by Jon Burlingame  (Left to right) Paul Williams, Ilene Graff, Bob Crewe, Charles Fox, Richard Sherman and Jeff Barry sing Crewe's hit "Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You." ...Continued >>> Motion Picture Academy Tribute to Alan and Marilyn Bergman Host Quincy Jones joined by Streisand, Legrand, Grusin and others by Jon Burlingame  From left to right: (seated) Alan Bergman, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand; (standing) James Newton Howard, Patti Austin, Marilyn Bergman, Sid Ganis and Dave Grusin. The Bergmans are 16-time Oscar nominees, having won the coveted statue three times: for "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), the title song from The Way We Were (1973) and for the original song score of Yentl (1983). ...Continued >>> David Newman Honored by BMI Mike Post also feted at annual film/TV music awards dinner by Jon Burlingame  David Newman Newman, Oscar-nominated composer of such scores as Anastasia, Ice Age, Hoffa, War of the Roses, Serenity and nearly 100 others, accepted with a brief but heartfelt speech in which he described himself as "a rank-and-file musician" who had begun playing in orchestras as a child and continued to do so as an adult long before he became a composer in the mid-1980s. He spoke of his passion for the American Youth Symphony, a pre-professional orchestra that he once played in and which he now heads as president, encouraging young musicians to pursue their dreams. ...Continued >>> Carter Burwell Receives ASCAP Mancini Award Composer of Twilight honored by Coen Brothers and others by Jon Burlingame  (Left to right) Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke, ASCAP president Paul Williams, Carter Burwell and Gods and Monsters director Bill Condon (photograph courtesy of ASCAP) Burwell, New York-based composer of Twilight, Being John Malkovich and 14 Coen Brothers movies including Fargo, The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men, was honored "in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television," ASCAP president and board chairman Paul Williams announced. "Carter Burwell can do it all, and he has," Williams said. ...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 
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. (Rózsa enthusiasts please note: The FMS will be releasing this interview in its full length later this year! Stay tuned!) ...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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