LINKS
This list doesn't have everything available relating to film music.
It is a selective list of the recommended sites with information about professional organizations, films, film composers, record labels and mail order outlets, review sites, film magazines and other information.
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Professional Organizations
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES:
http://www.oscars.org
ASCAP Film and Television (The Biz, Legends, Awards): http://www.ascap.com/index.html
THE FILM MUSIC SOCIETY:
They publish a newsletter and journal, "The Cue Sheet" (Marilee Bradford, editor). Visit their web site at: http://www.filmmusicsociety.org
International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA).
An association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film and television music: http://filmmusiccritics.org/
THEMES & VARIATIONS:
John Waxman's site for concert scores of film music for professional orchestras): http://www.tnv.net
This listing has only a few of the many sites which mention film music.
CINEMA RETRO
A colorful and fascinating website celebrating films of the 1960s and 1970s, including film scores and composers, in a lively news format with many photos:
http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php
CLASSIC MOVIES
Brad Lang's extensive primary destination for fans of classic Hollywood films, actors, actresses, and directors, including feature articles, annotated links, humor, quizzes, DVD reviews,
a forum, a weekly newsletter, music soundtracks and more:
http://www.classicmovies.org
THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (IMDB)
A huge source of information that does contain some errors, but is the place to go
in search of actors, actresses and film titles:
http://www.imdb.com
THUNDER CHILD Magazine
Informative Science Fiction and Fantasy Web Magazine, including film music articles by Steve Vertlieb and Roger Hall:
The Thunder Child
Film Composers
JOHN BEAL'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE -- latest news and reviews from this film composer: http://www.composerjohnbeal.com
ELMER BERNSTEIN OFFICIAL WEBSITE -- tastefully designed with detailed information about this late film composer and conductor: http://www.elmerbernstein.com
THE BERNARD HERRMANN SOCIETY -- extensive articles, listings and news about Herrmann's work on radio, film and television: http://www.uib.no/herrmann
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD -- one of the great film composers from Hollywood's Golden Age:
http://www.korngold-society.org
RANDY NEWMAN'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE -- quirky songs and sensitive scores from this popular film composer: http://www.randynewman.com
WINIFRED PHILIPS -- Interactive Achievement Award-winning composerer who specializes in video game film scores, including "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" and "Spore Hero." http://winifredphillips.com/
THE MIKLOS ROZSA SOCIETY -- includes The Rozsa Forum messageboard: www.miklosrozsa.org
DIMITRI TIOMKIN OFFICIAL WEBSITE -- classy design for music by this popular past film composer and songwriter : http://www.dimitritiomkin.com/news.cfm
FRANZ WAXMAN -- official website of this Golden Age composer and conductor: http://www.franzwaxman.com
MICHAEL WHALEN -- a composerof mainly independent films and television: http://www.michaelwhalen.com
JOHN WILLIAMS -- Ricard Befan's very informative and extensive fan site with the latest news about this world famous composer: http://jwfan.net
Recommended Film Music Sites in English
CINEFANTASTIQUE.COM (Randall Larson): www.cinefantastiqueonline.com
CINEMUSIC (Paul Cote/ Ryan Keaveney): www.cinemusic.net
FILM MUSIC REVIEWS: http://www.demetrischristodoulides.com/
FILM MUSIC SITE (Oscar Flores): www.filmmusicsite.com
FILMTRACKS (Christian Clemmensen): www.filmtracks.com
FILM SCORE CLICK TRACK (Jim Lochner): www.FilmScoreClickTrack.com
FILM SCORE MONTHLY (Tim Curran/ Jim Lochner/ Cary Wong): www.filmscoremonthly.com
GOLDEN SCORES (Bregt De Lange and Thomas Kiefner): www.goldenscores.com
MOVIE MUSIC (Peter Kelly): www.moviemusic.com
MOVIE MUSIC UK (Jonathan Broxton/ Clark Douglas): www.moviemusicuk.us
MOVIE SOUNDTRACK WEB PAGE (Scott Frost): www.qwato.com/scores
MOVIE WAVE (James Southall): www.movie-wave.net
MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES (Mikael Carlsson/ Daniel Chapman/ Randall Larson): www.musicfromthemovies.com
MUSIC ON FILM (Jonathan Shearon): www.musiconfilm.net
SCORE NOTES (Tom Hoover): -- soundtracks, composers interviews, audio clips, movie reviews and more: www.scorenotes.com/
SOUNDTRACK --The CinemaScore and Soundtrack Archives
(Jeannot Boever/ Jean Frere/ John Mansell): www.runmovies.eu/
SOUNDTRACK.NET (Dan Goldwasser and Mike Brennan): www.soundtrack.net
TRACKSOUND.COM (Christopher Coleman): www.tracksounds.com
Record Labels and Mail Order Outlets
BUYSOUNDTRAX.COM -- Prometheus Records and others labels, autographed merchandise: www.buysoundtrax.com
INTRADA -- CDs available from Current Catalog, Excalibur Releases, Featured Releases, The Archives: www.intrada.com
MONSTROUS MOVIE MUSIC -- excellent vintage sci-fi soundtrack restorations and related vintage film music: www.mmmrecordings.com
MOVIE SCORE MEDIA -- featuring many soundtracks by lesser known but worthy composers: www.moviescoremedia.com
NAXOS -- excellent series of Classic Film Music releases formerly on Marco Polo, now released on Naxos: www.naxos.com
RHINO -- superb soundtrack restorations of mostly MGM and Warner Bros. musicals in Rhino Movie Music/Turner collaboration: www.rhino.com
SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT -- one of the best mail order outlets for new releases and rare items and fast service too: www.screenarchives.com
SILVA SCREEN RECORDS -- www.silvascreen.co.uk
SILVA SCREEN RECORDS AMERICA - North American representative -- www.fourquartersent.com
VARESE SARABANDE RECORDS -- highly respected record label with new releases and releases of classic film scores: www.VareseSarabande.com
Other Links
mfiles.co.uk -- about film soundtracks and classical music
Cinematic Sound (Erik Woods) -- radio show on demand featuring soundtracks and interviews.
Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Society (John Scott, music director) -- devoted to film music and other orchestral music.
Film Score Focus/ Nuance Music (Brian Satterwhite) -- Austin, Texas film music radio program on 89.5 KMFA
Film Music Magazine (Daniel Schweiger) -- "On the Score" audio interview show
Film Score Monthly (Lukas Kendall/ Scott Bettencourt/ others) -- a site worth visiting regularly for its Film Score Daily column and a lively messageboard. The magazine is now available online and there are an excellent series of restored original soundtracks released on the FSM label.
Sammy Movie Music Awards -- for the best soundtracks and songs released each year.
Soundtrack Collector - an extensive well designed movie soundtrack database.
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