| Events In Film Score History |
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| May 1: |
Bill Byers born (1927) |
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Bill Byers died (1996) |
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Citizen Kane premieres in New York (1941) |
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Gordon Jenkins died (1984) |
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Heinz Roemheld born (1901) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording score for Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1972) |
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| May 2: |
Aram Khachaturian died (1978) |
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Elliot Goldenthal born (1954) |
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Recording sessions begin for Danny Elfman's score for Batman Returns (1992) |
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Recording sessions begin for John Ottman’s score for Orphan (2009) |
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Satyajit Ray born (1921) |
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Van Alexander born (1915) |
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| May 3: |
David Raksin begins recording his score for Two Weeks in Another Town (1962) |
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Delia Derbyshire born (1937) |
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Hugo Friedhofer born (1901) |
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| May 4: |
Albert Glasser died (1998) |
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| May 5: |
Andre Previn begins recording his score for House of Numbers (1957) |
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Patrick Gowers born (1936) |
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Recording sessions begin for Christopher Young’s score for Species (1995) |
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| May 6: |
Michel Legrand begins recording his score to Ice Station Zebra (1968) |
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Recording begins on Alfred Newman and Hugo Friedhofer's score to The Bravados in Munich, Germany (1958) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to The Glass Slipper (1954) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Neutral Zone" (1988) |
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Tom Chase born (1965) |
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| May 7: |
Anne Dudley born (1956) |
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Jack Elliott born (1914) |
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| May 8: |
Nathan Van Cleave born (1910) |
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| May 9: |
David Benoit born (1953) |
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Michael Kamen records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Mirror, Mirror" (1985) |
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The Informer is released in theaters (1935) |
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| May 10: |
Dimitri Tiomkin born (1899) |
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Isaac Hayes begins recording his score for Shaft (1971) |
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Jay Ferguson born (1947) |
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Max Steiner born (1888) |
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| May 11: |
Alexander Courage begins recording his score for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Up the Long Ladder" (1989) |
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| May 12: |
Burt Bacharach born (1928) |
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Gordon Jenkins born (1910) |
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Humphrey Searle died (1982) |
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Klaus Doldinger born (1936) |
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| May 13: |
Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Predator (1987) |
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David Broekman born (1902) |
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| May 14: |
Charles Gross born (1934) |
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David Byrne born (1952) |
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Frank Churchill died (1942) |
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Kenneth V. Jones born (1924) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957) |
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Tristram Cary born (1925) |
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| May 15: |
Alexander Courage died (2008) |
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Bert Shefter born (1902) |
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Billy Goldenberg records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Secret Cinema" (1985) |
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Brian Eno born (1948) |
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David Munrow died (1976) |
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Gordon Parks begins recording his score for Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) |
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John Green died (1989) |
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John Lanchbery born (1923) |
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Mike Oldfield born (1953) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score for Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) |
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| May 16: |
Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Back to the Future (1985) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score to Hawaii (1966) |
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| May 17: |
Heitor Villa-Lobos died (1959) |
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Hugo Friedhofer died (1981) |
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Ron Grainer begins recording his score for The Omega Man (1971) |
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Taj Mahal born (1942) |
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| May 18: |
Albert Sendrey died (2003) |
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Kevin Gilbert died (1996) |
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Mark Mothersbaugh born (1950) |
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Meredith Willson born (1902) |
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Rick Wakeman born (1949) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Menage a Troi" (1990) |
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| May 19: |
Edwin Astley died (1998) |
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Irving Gertz born (1915) |
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Tom Scott born (1948) |
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| May 20: |
Lyn Murray died (1989) |
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Zbigniew Preisner born (1955) |
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| May 21: |
Fiorenzo Carpi died (1997) |
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| May 23: |
George Bruns died (1983) |
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Jerry Fielding records his score for Shirts/Skins (1973) |
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Michel Colombier born (1939) |
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Recording sessions begin for John Ottman's score for The Invasion (2007) |
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William Stromberg born (1964) |
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| May 24: |
Duke Ellington died (1974) |
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| May 25: |
Alien released in theaters (1979) |
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Pierre Bachelet born (1944) |
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Star Wars released in theaters (1977) |
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| May 26: |
Earle Hagen died (2008) |
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Howard Goodall born (1958) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Satan Bug (1964) |
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Miles Davis born (1926) |
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Nicola Piovani born (1946) |
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William Bolcom born (1938) |
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| May 28: |
Vertigo is released in theaters (1958) |
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| May 29: |
Danny Elfman born (1953) |
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David McHugh born (1941) |
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Ed Alton born (1955) |
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold born (1897) |
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Masaru Sato born (1928) |
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May 29 – J.J. Johnson begins recording his score for Cleopatra Jones (1973) |
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Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov born (1936) |
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| May 31: |
Akira Ifukube born (1914) |
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