Volume 9
Number 4 (July - August 2007)
Editor and Publisher:
Roger L. Hall
Contributing Writers:
Steven A. Kennedy
Steve Vertlieb
This month it is a pleasure to welcome another writer to Film Music Review.
He is film journalist Steve Vertlieb.
You can read his writings about his friend, the late great composer, Miklos Rozsa, at these links:
Remembrances of Rozsa
A Tribute to Miklos Rozsa in Washington, DC
Contents
FMR 9th Anniversary
Ratings and Bi-Monthly Issues
Editor's Choice - Best of the Month
Reviews (CDs, DVDs, Books)
Centennial Tributes to Gene Autry and John Wayne
Film Composer Tributes
The Sammy Awards
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FMR 9th Anniversary
8 July 2007 marks the 9th anniversary of Film Music Review.
To celebrate, Roger Hall and Steven Kennedy have selected their 9 favorite film scores for the
9th Anniversary Special
What are the essential scores from the 1930s to 1990s? See them listed here at...
100 Essential Film Scores of the 20th Century -- Selected by Roger Hall
See also...
Remembrances of Rozsa by Steve Vertlieb
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Ratings and Bi-Monthly Issues
Here is the FMR rating system for CDs and DVDs:
**** = Superlative - Highest Recommendation
***1/2 = Outstanding - Recommended
*** = Good - Okay
**1/2 = Fair - Nothing Special
** = Mediocre - Barely Passable
* = Poor - Save Your Money
The Special Merit CDs are chosen at any time during a month for outstanding overall production of a soundtrack or compilation.
The Editor's Choice - Best of the Month designation is for those CDs that are singled out for their excellence. They are chosen anytime within a given month and may not be chosen every month.
For past reviews from 2007:
Volume 9/ Number 1 (January - February)
Volume 9/Number 2 (March - April)
Volume 9/Number 3 (May - June)
For past reviews from 2006:
Volume 8/ Number 1 (January - February)
Volume 8/ Number 2 (March - April)
Volume 8/ Number 3 (May - June)
Volume 8/ Number 4 (July - August)
Volume 8/ Number 5 (September - October)
Volume 8/Number 6 (November - December)
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Editor's Choice (January - August 2007)
Best of the Month for January
Elmer Bernstein's Film Music Collection
12 CD Box Set with music by Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Franz Waxman, Bernard Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa, Alfred Newman, Alex North, Dimitri Tiomkin
Best of the Month for February
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (Victor Young)
Best of the Month for March
RAINTREE COUNTY (John Green)
Best of the Month for April
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (Miklos Rozsa)
No Best of the Month for May
Best of the Month for June
THE BIG COUNTRY (Jerome Moross)
Best of the Month for July
THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN (Elmer Bernstein) &
THE TRAIN (Maurice Jarre)
Best of the Month for August
THE SEA HAWK & DECEPTION
(Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
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Reviews (July - August)
CDs:
Special Merit
Amazing Stories - Anthology Three (2 CDs)
BECOMING JANE -- score by Adrian Johnston
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER --
score by John Ottman
Film Music of Hans Zimmer
Special Merit
Miklos Rozsa: A Centenary Celebration
VITUS -- score by Mario Beretta
DVDs:
THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW (Guest: Dimitri Tiomkin)
THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS & THE RIVER -- music by Virgil Thomson
Book Review:
Hitchcock's Music by Jack Sullivan
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Centennial Tributes
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
John Wayne (1907-1979)
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Film Composer Tributes
100th Birthday Tribute to Miklos Rozsa and Web Poll
A Tribute to Miklos Rozsa in Washington, DC
John Williams -- 75th birthday and Listener's Poll
Ennio Morricone -- Honorary Oscar
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The Sammy Awards
