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Nov 13, 2014 - 2:50 PM
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Morricone
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THE GREATEST FILM MUSIC CONCERT EVER & THE FILM MUSIC SOCIETY
Over the years the Ghent Film Festival since 2010, Ubeda recently, the legendary Filmharmonic concerts in England since 1970, Seville and tons of other places have had spectacular film music events. But nothing could touch September 25 1963 when the Composers and Lyricists Guild (the closest composers ever had to a union) presented “Music from Hollywood” at the Hollywood Bowl. The nearest to that night may have been the GSPO Varese concert but in order to even approach it they would have had to have John Williams, Bruce Broughton, James Horner, Dave Grusin, Laurence Rosenthal, James Newton Howard, Alan Silvestri, Howard Shore also conducting with Lalo Schifrin and Johnny Mandel sitting in the audience.
That is because EVERY known prominent composer in Hollywood was there that night. Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, Miklos Rozsa, Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Alex North, David Raksin, John Green and Nelson Riddle conducted with a couple nubies, Elmer Bernstein and Henry Manicini added for good measure. In the audience Max Steiner was definitely there, and most likely Bronislau Kaper, Hugo Friedhofer, Fred Steiner, George Duning and Ernest Gold listening to their pieces done amidst medleys. And probably a couple of real youngsters that seldom had heard their work with a large orchestra in public, Jerrald Goldsmith (DR. KILDARE) and Johnny Williams (CHECKMATE). And without a doubt the guys who did many of the arrangements that night probably were there, Johnny Mandel, Alexander Courage and Morton Gould.
Having remembered seeing it on TV and purchasing the album a few years later, details of this momentous event have remained sketchy at best:
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=2684&forumID=1&archive=1
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=64747&forumID=1&archive=0
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=64747&forumID=1&archive=0
until now.
The Film Music society in their last issue of The Cue Sheet, a nifty magazine published since 1984, dedicates this big 64 page issue to that historic concert. With minute detail Jon Burlingame captures every moment from conception to fruition. With dozens of photographs of rehearsals and the night itself, this is a must read. The biggest revelation being that the show I saw televised as a kid all those years ago was not THE concert. It was a condensed repeat done for television at the Bowl on April 5th 1964! The LP however IS from the original. The whole story can be found by ordering it from The Film Music Society (I encourage you to join but you do not have to in order to purchase it: Vol. 28, No 3 &4)
http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/membership/membership.html
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Nov 13, 2014 - 5:23 PM
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blue15
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Some of those photos in that issue of the Cue Sheet are pretty amazing. The enlarged photo spread on page 6 & 7 has, from left to right on the same stage: Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Miklos Rozsa, Nelson Riddle, David Raksin, Alex North, Alfred Newman, Mahlon Merrick (Jack Benny's conductor), Henry Mancini, Bernard Herrmann, Percy Faith, Elmer Bernstein, and John Green. Oh to have a time machine, an armload of lps and a felt pen!
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Nov 14, 2014 - 9:52 AM
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Morricone
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Some of those photos in that issue of the Cue Sheet are pretty amazing. The enlarged photo spread on page 6 & 7 has, from left to right on the same stage: Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Miklos Rozsa, Nelson Riddle, David Raksin, Alex North, Alfred Newman, Mahlon Merrick (Jack Benny's conductor), Henry Mancini, Bernard Herrmann, Percy Faith, Elmer Bernstein, and John Green. Oh to have a time machine, an armload of lps and a felt pen!
It's those photos that knocked me out. Also how when they broke up in little niches: Newman, North and Raksin; Mancini and Bernstein kicking back; Herrmann on his own with overcoat and cigarette in his mouth; etc. And all those poster and TV guide recreations are priceless!
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zooba, the pdf hasn't been updated in years.
I've ordered a few of these CUE SHEETs in the past, but I can't remember how I did this.
It would be nice to be able to go to a order page, give your address and credit info and be done, but that page is so elusive. Very frustrating. 
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I just checked with Edwin and we do NOT own this CD. How is that even possible. Will need to order it today 
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