| Events In Film Score History |
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| February 1: |
Herbert Stothart died (1949) |
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Howard Shore begins recording his score for The Score (2001) |
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Karl Hajos died (1950) |
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| February 2: |
Cliff Martinez born (1954) |
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Dimitri Tiomkin begins recording his score for Take the High Ground! (1953) |
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Gerald Fried records his score for Cast a Long Shadow (1959) |
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Giuseppe Becce born (1877) |
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Mike Batt born (1950) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) |
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Richard Band begins recording his score for Parasite (1982) |
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| February 3: |
Lionel Newman died (1989) |
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Paul Sawtell born (1906) |
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| February 4: |
Bronislau Kaper begins recording his and Heitor Villa-Lobos' score to Green Mansions (1959) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for The Girl in White (1952) |
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Don Davis born (1957) |
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Hal Mooney born (1911) |
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J.J. Johnson died (2001) |
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Joe Raposo died (1989) |
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Kitaro born (1953) |
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Patton premieres in New York City (1970) |
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Von Dexter died (1996) |
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| February 5: |
Bronislau Kaper born (1902) |
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Clifton Parker born (1905) |
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Douglas Gamley died (1998) |
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| February 7: |
George Bassman born (1914) |
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Gottfried Huppertz died (1937) |
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Jerry Fielding begins recording orchestral cues for Demon Seed (1977) |
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Laurie Johnson born (1927) |
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| February 8: |
Akira Ifukube died (2006) |
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Joe Raposo born (1937) |
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John Williams born (1932) |
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Johnny Mandel records his score for Drums of Africa (1963) |
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Planet of the Apes released (1968) |
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| February 9: |
Barry Mann born (1939) |
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| February 10: |
Billy Goldenberg born (1936) |
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Gordon Zahler born (1926) |
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Jerry Goldsmith born (1929) |
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Larry Adler born (1914) |
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| February 11: |
Heinz Roemheld died (1985) |
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The Adventures of Robin Hood released (1938) |
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| February 12: |
Benjamin Frankel died (1973) |
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George Antheil died (1959) |
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Howard Blake born (1938) |
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| February 13: |
Fred Myrow begins recording score to Soylent Green (1973) |
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Gerald Fried born (1928) |
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Peter Gabriel born (1950) |
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William Axt died (1959) |
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| February 14: |
Elliot Lawrence born (1925) |
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Ken Thorne begins recording his score for Superman III (1983) |
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Werner Heymann born (1886) |
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| February 15: |
Georges Auric born (1899) |
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| February 17: |
Alfred Newman died (1970) |
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Jerry Fielding died (1980) |
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Ron Goodwin born (1925) |
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| February 18: |
Nathaniel Shilkret died (1982) |
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| February 19: |
Marvin Hamlisch begins recording his score for I Ought to Be in Pictures (1982) |
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| February 20: |
Recording sessions begin on Jerry Goldsmith's score for Alien (1979) |
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William Lava died (1971) |
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| February 21: |
Laurence Rosenthal begins recording his score for Who’ll Stop the Rain (1978) |
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Morton Gould died (1996) |
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Ron Grainer died (1981) |
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| February 22: |
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino born (1909) |
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Gary Chang born (1953) |
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James Horner begins recording his replacement score for Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983) |
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Jerry Goldsmith records his score to Hawkins on Murder (1973) |
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Maurizio De Angelis born (1947) |
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William Loose died (1991) |
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| February 23: |
Allan Gray born (1902) |
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David Buttolph begins recording his score for The Horse Soldiers (1959) |
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold wins Original Score Oscar for The Adventures of Robin Hood, the first year the award goes to the composer instead of the head of the studio's music department; Alfred Newman wins Score Oscar for Alexander's Ragtime Band (1939) |
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| February 24: |
Elmer Bernstein begins recording score to The World of Henry Orient (1964) |
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Franz Waxman died (1967) |
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Fred Steiner born (1923) |
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George Harrison born (1943) |
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Jerry Goldsmith records his score for Crosscurrent (1971) |
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Michel Legrand born (1932) |
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Roy Budd begins recording his score to The Carey Treatment (1972) |
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Rupert Holmes born (1947) |
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Walter Scharf died (2003) |
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| February 25: |
Ennio Morricone wins an Honorary Oscar, "for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music;" Gustavo Santaolalla wins his second consecutive Best Score Oscar, for Babel (2007) |
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold begins recording his score for The Sea Wolf (1941) |
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George Duning born (1908) |
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Laurence Rosenthal records his score for To Heal a Nation (1988) |
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| February 26: |
Bernard Herrmann wins his only Oscar, for the All That Money Can Buy score (1942) |
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John Lanchbery died (2003) |
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| February 27: |
George Duning died (2000) |
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Leigh Harline, Ned Washington, Paul J. Smith win Best Score Oscar for Pinocchio (1941) |
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Mort Glickman died (1953) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to A Life of Her Own (1950) |
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The first score Oscar is awarded, to Victor Schertzinger and Gus Kahn's score to One Night of Love; however, Academy policy at the time awards the Oscar to the head of the studio's music department, Louis Silvers (1935) |
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| February 28: |
David Raksin begins recording his score for The Next Voice You Hear (1950) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) |
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Jerry Goldsmith records his score for the "It's a Good Life" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) |
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Mike Figgis born (1948) |
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Pierre Jansen born (1930) |
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| February 29: |
Herbert Stothart wins Original Score Oscar for The Wizard of Oz (1940) |
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Mervyn Warren born (1964) |
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