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COMPOSER/DIRECTOR PARTNERSHIPS PART TWO

By Scott Bettencourt

First a correction: in Part One of this article, I listed Il Camorrista as the first collaboration between composer Ennio Morricone and Giuseppe Tornatore. In actuality, the film was scored by Nicola Piovani. Oops.

This doesn't mitigate my mistake, but once Premiere magazine erroneously claimed "Nicola Piovani" was one of Morricone's psuedonyms. Oddly enough, the world famous Morricone still doesn't have an Oscar®, while the more obscure Piovani won Best Score for Life is Beautiful.

This week's list covers composers from N to Z. There are many composers and many collaborations not covered in this particular column, but if you know if any obscure ones I may have missed, please feel free to write in.

Partnerships with an asterisk after the names means that at least one of the partners has died, and thus the collaboration has concluded.


ALFRED NEWMAN/JOHN FORD*

ARROWSMITH
FLESH
THE HURRICANE
WEE WILLIE WINKIE
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
YOUNG MR. LINCOLN
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
WHEN WILLIE COMES MARCHING HOME
WHAT PRICE GLORY
HOW THE WEST WAS WON
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE


DAVID NEWMAN/DANNY DEVITO

THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN
THE WAR OF THE ROSES
HOFFA
MATILDA
DEATH TO SMOOCHY


THOMAS NEWMAN/JON AVNET

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES
THE WAR
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL
RED CORNER


LENNIE NIEHAUS/CLINT EASTWOOD

CITY HEAT
PALE RIDER
HEARTBREAK RIDGE
BIRD
WHITE HUNTER, BLACK HEART
THE ROOKIE
UNFORGIVEN
A PERFECT WORLD
THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY
ABSOLUTE POWER
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
TRUE CRIME
SPACE COWBOYS
BLOOD WORK


ALEX NORTH/JOHN HUSTON*

THE MISFITS
WISE BLOOD
UNDER THE VOLCANO
PRIZZI'S HONOR
THE DEAD


MICHAEL NYMAN/PETER GREENAWAY

THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT
A ZED AND TWO NOUGHTS
DROWNING BY NUMBERS
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER
PROSPERO'S BOOKS


BASIL POLEDOURIS/JOHN MILIUS

BIG WEDNESDAY
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
RED DAWN
FARWELL TO THE KING
FLIGHT OF THE INTRUDER


RACHEL PORTMAN/BEEBAN KIDRON

"ORANGES ARE NOT THE ONLY FRUIT"
ANTONIA & JANE
USED PEOPLE
GREAT MOMENTS IN AVIATION
TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR


ANDRE PREVIN/VINCENTE MINNELLI*

KISMET
DESIGNING WOMAN
GIGI
BELLS ARE RINGING
THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE
GOODBYE CHARLIE


DAVID RAKSIN/OTTO PREMINGER*

LAURA
FALLEN ANGEL
FOREVER AMBER
DAISY KENYON
WHIRLPOOL


RICHARD ROBBINS/JAMES IVORY

THE EUROPEANS
JANE AUSTEN IN MANHATTAN
QUARTET
HEAT AND DUST
THE BOSTONIANS
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
MAURICE
SLAVES OF NEW YORK
MR. AND MRS. BRIDGE
HOWARDS END
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
JEFFERSON IN PARIS
SURVIVING PICASSO
A SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES
THE GOLDEN BOWL
LE DIVORCE


NINO ROTA/FEDERICO FELLINI*

THE WHITE SHEIK
I VITELLONI
LA STRADA
THE SWINDLE
NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
LA DOLCE VITA
BOCCACCIO '70
8 1/2
JULIET OF THE SPIRITS
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
FELLINI SATYRICON
THE CLOWNS
FELLINI'S ROMA
AMARCORD
CASANOVA
ORCHESTRA REHEARSAL


MIKLOS ROZSA/BILLY WILDER*

FIVE GRAVES TO CAIRO
DOUBLE INDEMNITY
THE LOST WEEKEND
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
FEDORA


ARTHUR B. RUBINSTEIN/JOHN BADHAM

WHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?
BLUE THUNDER
WARGAMES
STAKEOUT
THE HARD WAY
ANOTHER STAKEOUT
NICK OF TIME


PHILIPPE SARDE/BERTRAND TAVERNIER

THE CLOCKMAKER
THE JUDGE AND THE ASSASSIN
SPOILED CHILDREN
COUP DE TORCHON
L.627
LA FILLE DE D'ARTAGNAN


LALO SCHIFRIN/DON SIEGEL*

COOGAN'S BLUFF
THE BEGUILED
DIRTY HARRY
CHARLEY VARRICK
TELEFON


ERIC SERRA/LUC BESSON

THE LAST WAR
SUBWAY
THE BIG BLUE
LA FEMME NIKITA
ATLANTE
THE PROFESSIONAL
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC


MARC SHAIMAN/ROB REINER

WHEN HARRY MET SALLY
MISERY
A FEW GOOD MEN
NORTH
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI
THE STORY OF US


HOWARD SHORE/DAVID CRONENBERG

THE BROOD
SCANNERS
VIDEODROME
THE FLY
DEAD RINGERS
NAKED LUNCH
M. BUTTERFLY
CRASH
EXISTENZ
SPIDER


ALAN SILVESTRI/ROBERT ZEMECKIS

ROMANCING THE STONE
BACK TO THE FUTURE
"AMAZING STORIES: GO TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS"
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT
"TALES FROM THE CRYPT: AND ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE"
BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II
BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III
"TALES FROM THE CRYPT: YELLOW"
DEATH BECOMES HER
FORREST GUMP
"TALES FROM THE CRYPT: YOU, MURDERER"
CONTACT
WHAT LIES BENEATH
CAST AWAY


MICHAEL SMALL/ALAN J. PAKULA*

KLUTE
LOVE AND PAIN AND THE WHOLE DAMN THING
THE PARALLAX VIEW
COMES A HORSEMAN
ROLLOVER
DREAM LOVER
ORPHANS
SEE YOU IN THE MORNING
CONSENTING ADULTS


BRUCE SMEATON/FRED SCHEPSI

THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND
THE CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH
BARBAROSSA
ICEMAN
PLENTY
ROXANNE
A CRY IN THE DARK


RONALD STEIN/ROGER CORMAN*

APACHE WOMAN
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED
THE GUNSLINGER
IT CONQUERED THE WORLD
THE OKLAHOMA WOMAN
ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS
THE UNDEAD
SORORITY GIRL
NAKED PARADISE
NOT OF THIS EARTH
SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF
ATLAS
LAST WOMAN ON EARTH
THE PREMATURE BURIAL
THE HAUNTED PALACE
THE TERROR


MAX STEINER/MICHAEL CURTIZ*

THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
KID GALAHAD
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES
GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT
FOUR DAUGHTERS
FOUR WIVES
DAUGHTERS COURAGEOUS
SANTA FE TRAIL
VIRGINIA CITY
DODGE CITY
DIVE BOMBER
CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS
CASABLANCA
THIS IS THE ARMY
MISSION TO MOSCOW
PASSAGE TO MARSEILLE
MILDRED PIERCE
ROUGHLY SPEAKING
NIGHT AND DAY
LIFE WITH FATHER
FLAMINGO ROAD
THE LADY TAKES A SAILOR
THE BREAKING POINT
YOUNG MAN WITH A HORN
FORCE OF ARMS
JIM THORPEóALL AMERICAN
I'LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS (uncredited)
THE JAZZ SINGER
TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY
THE BOY FROM OKLAHOMA


KEN THORNE/RICHARD LESTER

HELP
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
HOW I WON THE WAR
THE BED SITTING ROOM
JUGGERNAUT
ROYAL FLASH
THE RITZ
SUPERMAN II
SUPERMAN III
FINDERS KEEPERS


DIMITRI TIOMKIN/FRANK CAPRA*

LOST HORIZON
YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
MEET JOHN DOE
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE


FRANZ WAXMAN/ALFRED HITCHCOCK*

REBECCA
SUSPICION
THE PARADINE CASE
REAR WINDOW


JOHN WILLIAMS/STEVEN SPIELBERG

THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS
JAWS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
1941
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM
"AMAZING STORIES: GHOST TRAIN"
"AMAZING STORIES: THE MISSION"
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE
ALWAYS
HOOK
JURASSIC PARK
SCHINDLER'S LIST
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK
AMISTAD
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MINORITY REPORT
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN


VICTOR YOUNG/CECIL B. DEMILLE*

NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE
REAP THE WILD WIND
THE STORY OF DR. WASSELL
UNCONQUERED
SAMSON AND DELILAH
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH


HANS ZIMMER/RIDLEY SCOTT

BLACK RAIN
THELMA & LOUISE
GLADIATOR
HANNIBAL
BLACK HAWK DOWN

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