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Latest News
The new updated 3rd edition of A Guide to Film Music is now available.
It covers the years 1926 to 2006.
For a limited time, if you order this guide you will also receive a Free accompanying CD to this guide.
To read about it, go here:
Film Composers and Soundtracks
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The lists for this annual event include film music at these links:
National Carry A Tune Week 2007
National Carry A Tune Week (2006)
National Carry A Tune Week (2005)
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There are now ten film composers from the past who are listed on the
Tunemaker Hall of Fame
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FMR contributing writer Steve Vertlieb has written a review of the new Naxos CD:
Miklos Rozsa: Violin Concerto & Sinfonia Concertante
See also his column, "Vertlieb's Views," at Thunder Child and his article:
"Frenzied Genius: The Romantic Passion of Bernard Herrmann"
FMR 9th Anniversary
8 July 2007 marked 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? Here is a list of...
100 Essential Film Scores of the 20th Century
See also
Recollections of Rozsa by Steve Vertlieb
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Ratings and FMR 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
Only those soundtracks which receive **** have all track titles listed. .
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.
In addition to Best of the Month CDs, which have all received the highest rating, these are the soundtracks since July 2007 which have also received the highest rating:
Amazing Stories - Anthology Three [Special Merit]
D.O.A. [Special Merit]
ELIZABETH: The Golden Age
LUST, CAUTION
Miklos Rozsa: A Centenary Celebration [Special Merit]
For past reviews from 2007:
Volume 9/ Number 1 (January - February)
Volume 9/Number 2 (March - April)
Volume 9/Number 3 (May - June)
Volume 9/Number 4 (July - August)
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 - October 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)
Best of the Month for September
THE UNFORGIVEN:
Classic Western Scores from United Artists (1959-1969)
Best of the Month for October
Legendary Hollywood:
Alfred Newman Conducts His Classic
Motion Picture Scores
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Film Focus
The first in a series devoted to discussing a classic film and score
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Hugo Friedhofer and THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
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Reviews
Best of the Month for November
D.O.A. -- score by Dimitri Tiomkin
Special Merit
Amazing Stories - Anthology Three (2 CDs)
BECOMING JANE -- score by Adrian Johnston
EASTERN PROMISES -- score by Howard Shore
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ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE --
music by Craig Armstrong and A.R. Rahman
Film Music of Maurice Jarre
Film Music of Nino Rota
Film Music of Hans Zimmer
FRACTURE -- score by Mychael and Jeff Danna
LUST, CAUTION -- score by Alexandre Desplat
Special Merit
Miklos Rozsa: A Centenary Celebration
SEPTEMBER DAWN -- score by William Ross
VITUS -- score by Mario Beretta
And from last year...the return of the Halloween 13...
Music for Halloween: A Devilish Dozen + One
DVDs:
THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW (Guest: Dimitri Tiomkin)
THE PLOW THAT BROKE THE PLAINS & THE RIVER -- music by Virgil Thomson
Book Reviews:
Hitchcock's Music by Jack Sullivan
A Composer's Notes:
Remembering Mikos Rozsa
A Personal Recollection by Jeffrey Dane
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Centennial Tributes
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
John Wayne (1907-1979)
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Film Composer Tributes
Recommended Special Edition DVDs with isolated score tracks:
FANTASTIC VOYAGE (1966)
music by Leonard Rosenman
commentary by Jeff Bond
isolated score track with commentary by
Jeff Bond, Jon Burlingame,
Nick Redman
JANE EYRE (1944)
music by Bernard Herrmann
commentary by Julie Kirgo, Nick Redman,
Steven Smith
isolated score & F/X track
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS (1965)
music by Jerry Goldsmith
isolated score track with commentary by
Jon Burlingame, Len Dobbs, Nick Redman
Disc Two: The Music of
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS
Featurette
Three Film Music Masters:
Ennio Morricone -- Honorary Oscar
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
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