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| October 1: |
Ernst Toch died (1964) |
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George Duning begins recording his score to The Wreck of the Mary Deare (1959 |
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Irwin Kostal born (1911) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to The Prize (1963) |
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Ron Goodwin begins recording his score to Where Eagles Dare (1968) |
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| October 2: |
Bernard Herrmann marries his first wife, writer Lucille Fletcher (1939) |
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Recording sessions begin on Nathan Barr's score to Hostel (2005) |
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| October 3: |
Arnold Bax died (1953) |
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Jeff Alexander begins recording his rejected score to Saddle the Wind (1957) |
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Johnny Mandel begins recording his rejected score to The Seven-Ups (1973) |
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Roy Webb born (1888) |
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| October 4: |
BT born Brian Transeau (1970) |
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John Williams begins recording his score to Penelope (1966) |
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| October 5: |
Harold Faltermeyer born (1952) |
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Jerry Fielding's score for the Star Trek episode "The Trouble With Tribbles" is recorded (1967) |
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| October 6: |
Giuseppe Becce died (1973) |
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Nelson Riddle died (1985) |
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Stanley Myers born (1933) |
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| October 7: |
Gabriel Yared born (1949) |
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Marco Beltrami born (1968) |
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| October 8: |
Frank Skinner died (1968) |
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Toru Takemitsu born (1930) |
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Walter Schumann born (1913) |
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| October 9: |
Camille Saint-Saens born (1835) |
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| October 10: |
Ennio Morricone born (1928) |
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Giant opens in New York (1956) |
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Hawaii opens in New York (1966) |
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John Green born (1908) |
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| October 11: |
Laura opens in New York (1944) |
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Michel Legrand begins recording his score for The Happy Ending (1968) |
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Neal Hefti died (2008) |
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| October 12: |
Franz Waxman begins recording his score to The Silver Chalice (1954) |
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Joseph Kosma born (1905) |
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Ralph Vaughan Williams born (1872) |
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| October 13: |
David Newman begins recording his score for Jingle All the Way |
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Lud Gluskin died (1989) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Knights of the Round Table (1953) |
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Paul Simon born (1941) |
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Raoul Kraushaar died (2001) |
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| October 14: |
Bill Justis born (1926) |
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Leonard Bernstein died (1990) |
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Thomas Dolby born (1958) |
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| October 15: |
Bronislau Kaper begins recording his score to Home From the Hill (1959) |
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Fumio Hayasaka died (1955) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score to THX- 1138 (1970) |
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| October 17: |
Around the World in Eighty Days premieres in New York (1956) |
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Bullitt opens in New York (1968) |
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| October 18: |
Allyn Ferguson born (1924) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score to The Wrong Man (1956) |
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Frederick Hollander born (1896) |
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Howard Shore born (1946) |
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John Morris born (1926) |
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Pete Carpenter died (1987) |
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Peter Best born (1943) |
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Wynton Marsalis born (1961) |
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| October 19: |
Fiorenzo Carpi born (1918) |
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George Fenton born (1950) |
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Victor Young begins recording his score to Scaramouche (1951) |
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| October 20: |
Frank Churchill born (1901) |
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Lucien Moraweck died (1973) |
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Thomas Newman born (1955) |
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| October 21: |
Brian Banks born (1955) |
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John W. Morgan born (1946) |
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Malcolm Arnold born (1921) |
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| October 22: |
Hugo Friedhofer begins recording his score to Never So Few (1959) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Bhowani Junction (1955) |
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| October 23: |
Graeme Revell born (1955) |
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Manos Hadjidakis born (1925) |
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| October 25: |
Alexander Courage's "Plato's Stepchildren," the last score composed for the original Star Trek series, is recorded (1968) |
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Bronislau Kaper begins recording his score to The Brothers Karamazov (1958) |
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David Shire begins recording his score for Max Dugan Returns (1982) |
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Don Banks born (1923) |
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Recording sessions begin for Alex North's score to I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) |
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| October 26: |
Bob Cobert born (1924) |
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Victor Schertzinger died (1941) |
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| October 27: |
Frank DeVol died (1999) |
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James Newton Howard begins recording his score to Peter Pan (2003) |
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Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for The Enforcer (1976) |
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| October 28: |
Carl Davis born (1936) |
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Oliver Nelson died (1975) |
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| October 29: |
Daniele Amfitheatrof born (1901) |
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David Newman begins recording his score for Throw Momma from the Train (1987) |
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George Bassman records his score to Mail Order Bride (1963) |
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Neal Hefti born (1922) |
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Paul Misraki died (1998) |
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| October 30: |
Brian Easdale died (1995) |
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Charles Fox born (1940) |
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Paul J. Smith born (1906) |
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The Lion in Winter opens in New York (1968) |
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| October 31: |
John Williams begins recording his score to The Towering Inferno (1974) |
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Now Voyager opens in theaters (1942) |
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