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A GUIDE TO FILM MUSIC: Songs and Scores
by Roger Hall
Available on a multimedia DVD-R
with audio and video bonus features
Praise from distinguished film composers!
"Thank you for the copy of your film music book. Congratulations and best wishes for success in your future contributions to the film music literature."
-- John Williams, film composer and conductor"I do feel your book is done in a most interesting way. It affords a quick overview of what has not become a very, very broad field. Congratulations!"
-- Elmer Bernstein, late film composer and conductor"Your film music guide should be available to anyone interested in the Golden Age and beyond."
-- John Morgan, film composer/score restorer.
This multimedia edition by film music historian and critic, Roger L. Hall, is now available in a revised and expanded 4th edition. Previous printed editions (1997, 2002, 2007) are now SOLD OUT.
The 4th edition in now available on a DVD-R with these items:
The complete book:
A GUIDE TO FILM MUSIC (108 pages) available in pdf and Microsoft Word formats. Includes a listing of Academy Awards and Sammy Awards for film music.
Additional documents:
--Essential Film Scores and Musicals
--Film Music Review News and Tributes (1998-2005)
--Film Music Review: Best and Worst CDs of the Year
--Film Music Review: Book & DVD Reviews
--Film Music Review: Index
--Film Music Review: CD Reviews (1998-2005)
--Film Music Review: Songtrack Reviews
--Image Gallery: Autographs of composers and songwriters
Bonus audio and video:
--Audio: two music albums (50 tracks) with film score themes and songs from radio programs, also exclusive interviews with composers Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson about their film music.
--Video: cable television program with film music historian,
Roger Hall, speaking about movie songs and film scores, such as Glenn Miller and His Band in SUN VALLEY SERENADE, and Bernard Herrmann's Love Theme from VERTIGO.
The title page (shown at left) with music from the end credits of E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL, is boldly signed by film composer, John Williams.
Other autograph illustrations in the book include:
Bernard Herrmann, Alex North, Miklos Rozsa, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin.
There are also songwriter autographs by Sammy Cahn, George Gershwin, Jay Livingston.
The Dedication page has signed photos by two favorites of the author: film composer, Henry Mancini, and lyricist, Johnny Mercer.
At the end of the film music guide is a chapter illustrating how music might be used in a short film or play. The author describes his short play with music, The Musical Telephone.
This play was based on a chapter in Bellamy's famous 19th century utopian novel, Looking Backward. The novel was extremely popular in its time and has remained an important book in American literature. One of the things predicted was a "musical telephone," where listeners could hear music 24/7, similar to today's Internet radio.
It would make an interesting film since it has both fantasy and socio-politiical elements, with criticism of excessive wealth and greed.
Anyone interested in developing this play for a film can write to:
The Musical Telephone film treatment
Praise from a film music fan:
"Your book is a masterpiece. I found something new on almost every page!"
-- Howard L
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Also available are three supplemental CDs from the American Music Recordings Archive with music by these distinguished film composers:
AMRC 18: Aaron Copland On Film Music (16 track - 63:51)
Featured on this disc are excerpts from a rare television program from the 1960s, hosted by Aaron Copland, speaking about his film scores and conducting excerpts with a symphony orchestra. This program was recorded on audio cassette tape and sound levels are lower than usual but still very listenable. This rare television program includes excerpts from these Copland film scores: THE CITY, OF MICE AND MEN, OUR TOWN, and SOMETHING WILD. Also on this CD-R is an exclusive interview in 1980 by Roger Hall with Aaron Copland discussing his film music scores.
AMRC 19: Henry Mancini On Radio (15 tracks - 67:11)
Includes a special radio tribute by Roger Hall from 1989 with some of his early music from television and movies, such as PETER GUNN and THE PINK PANTHER, plus a call-in radio program with Henry Mancini as the guest with some of his film music included.
AMRC 20: John Williams On Radio (22 tracks - 78:59)
Featuring a birthday tribute by Roger Hall to John Williams with examples from a few of his early film scores; also from "A Night at the Movies" concert, and a lengthy interview with John Williams at Tanglewood in Massachusetts.
Read the 80th birthday tribute and Listener's Poll of favorite Williams film scores. Click here.
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