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| April 1: |
David Raksin begins recording his score for Until They Sail (1957) |
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| April 2: |
Marvin Hamlisch wins Oscars in all three music categories, for adapting The Sting and The Way We Were's score and title song (1974) |
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Serge Gainsbourg born (1928) |
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| April 3: |
Edward Ward born (1900) |
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Ferde Grofe died (1972) |
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Jungle Book released in U.S. theaters (1942) |
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Lionel Bart died (1999) |
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco born (1895) |
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Marvin Hatley born (1905) |
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Richard Bellis born (1946) |
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| April 4: |
Elmer Bernstein born (1922) |
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Miklos Rozsa wins his third and final Oscar, for his Ben-Hur score (1960) |
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Monty Norman born (1928) |
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| April 5: |
Bent Aserud born (1950) |
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Bernhard Kaun born (1899) |
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Leo Erdody died (1949) |
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Robert B. & Richard M. Sherman win Oscars for Mary Poppins' score and song "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (1965) |
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| April 6: |
Andre Previn born (1929) |
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Born Free opens in Los Angeles (1966) |
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Christopher Franke born (1953) |
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Dimitri Tiomkin wins his fourth and final Oscar, for the Old Man and the Sea score (1959) |
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Fred Karlin begins recording his score to Inside the Third Reich (1982) |
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Gerry Mulligan born (1927) |
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John Green begins recording Leonard Rosenman's score for The Cobweb (1955) |
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Johnny Mandel begins recording his score for The Sandpiper (1965) |
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Patrick Doyle born (1953) |
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| April 7: |
Burt Bacharach wins song and score Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1970) |
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James Di Pasquale born (1941) |
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Kenyon Hopkins died (1983) |
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Laurence Rosenthal begins recording his score for the Logan's Run pilot (1977) |
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Ravi Shankar born (1920) |
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Roger Webb born (1934) |
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| April 8: |
Eric Rogers died (1981) |
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From Russia With Love opens in New York (1964) |
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Maurice Jarre wins his first Oscar, for his Lawrence of Arabia score (1963) |
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Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola win the score Oscar for Godfather Part II; Jerry Goldsmith loses for the seventh time for Chinatown, reportedly wonders why he bothers to show up (1975) |
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Victor Schertzinger born (1890) |
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| April 9: |
Arthur Benjamin died (1960) |
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Bill Conti wins his first Oscar, for The Right Stuff score; Michel Legrand wins his third Oscar, for Yentl's song score (1984) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score to The Gypsy Moths (1969) |
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Giorgio Moroder wins his first Oscar, for his Midnight Express score (1979) |
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Henry Mancini wins song and score Oscars for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1962) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Diane (1955) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The Seventh Sin (1957) |
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Toots Thielemans born (1922) |
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Toshiyuki Honda born (1957) |
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| April 10: |
Claude Bolling born (1930) |
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Elmer Bernstein wins his only Oscar for, of all things, Thoroughly Modern Millie's score; Alfred Newman wins his final Oscar for Camelot’s music adaptation (1968) |
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John Barry wins his first two Oscars, for the score and song Born Free (1967) |
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Michel Legrand wins his second Oscar, for the Summer of '42 score; John Williams wins first Oscar for Fiddler on the Roof's music adaptation; Isaac Hays wins his first Oscar for the song "Theme From 'Shaft'" (1972) |
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Nino Rota died (1979) |
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Peter Bernstein born (1951) |
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Shirley Walker born (1945) |
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| April 11: |
John Williams wins his fourth Oscar, for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial's score; Jack Nitzsche wins his Oscar for Officer and a Gentleman's song "Up Where We Belong"; Henry Mancini wins his fourth and final Oscar, for Victor/Victoria's song score (1983) |
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su win Oscars for their Last Emperor score (1988) |
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| April 12: |
Bruce Broughton begins recording his score to Eloise at the Plaza (2003) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for Right Cross (1950) |
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Edwin Astley born (1922) |
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Herbie Hancock born (1940) |
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Hugo Friedhofer begins recording his score to Soldier of Fortune (1955) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for One Little Indian (1973) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Lust For Life (1956) |
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Ronald Stein born (1930) |
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Russell Garcia born (1916) |
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| April 13: |
Bill Conti born (1942) |
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John Addison wins his only Oscar, for Tom Jones's score (1964) |
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Vladimir Cosma born (1940) |
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| April 14: |
Georges Delerue wins his only Oscar for A Little Romance's score; David Shire wins song Oscar for Norma Rae's "It Goes Like It Goes" (1980) |
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John Barry wins his third Oscar, for Lion in Winter score; Jerry Goldsmith, nominated for groundbreaking Planet of the Apes score, probably bitterly disappointed (1969) |
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Shorty Rogers born (1924) |
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| April 15: |
Arthur Morton died (2000) |
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Francis Lai wins the score Oscar for Love Story; Jerry Goldsmith, nominated for Best Picture winner Patton, is probably bitterly disappointed he didn't win (1971) |
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Gert Wilden born (1923) |
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John Greenwood died (1975) |
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John Williams records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Ghost Train" (1985) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score to The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) |
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Michael Kamen born (1948) |
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| April 16: |
Basil Poledouris begins recording his score to Quigley Down Under (1990) |
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Charles Chaplin born (1889) |
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Chaz Jankel born (1952) |
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David Raksin records his score for Pat and Mike (1952) |
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Henry Mancini born (1924) |
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Perry Botkin Jr. born (1933) |
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| April 17: |
David Bell born (1954) |
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Ernest Gold wins his only Oscar, for the Exodus score (1961) |
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Jan Hammer born (1948) |
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| April 18: |
Andrew Powell born (1949) |
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Kings Row released in theaters (1941) |
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Maurice Jarre wins his second Oscar, for Dr. Zhivago's score; presumably decides to stick with this David Lean kid (1966) |
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Mike Vickers born (1941) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording score to The King's Thief (1955) |
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Miklos Rozsa born (1907) |
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| April 19: |
Alan Price born (1941) |
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Dudley Moore born (1935) |
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Jonathan Tunick born (1938) |
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Lord Berners died (1950) |
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Michael Small begins recording his score to Klute (1971) |
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Sol Kaplan born (1919) |
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William Axt born (1888) |
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| April 20: |
Bebe Barron died (2008) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for Kind Lady (1951) |
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Herschel Burke Gilbert born (1918) |
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Johnny Douglas died (2003) |
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Miklos Rozsa records his score to Valley of the Kings (1954) |
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| April 21: |
Eddie Sauter died (1981) |
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Franz Waxman begins recording his score to The Story of Ruth (1960) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Wild Rovers (1971) |
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Mundell Lowe born (1922) |
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Steve Dorff born (1949) |
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| April 22: |
Bride of Frankenstein released (1935) |
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Isao Tomita born (1932) |
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Jack Nitzsche born (1937) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording the soundtrack to Kelly's Heroes (1970) |
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| April 23: |
Alain Jomy born (1941) |
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Andre Previn begins recording his score for The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his North by Northwest score (1959) |
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Christopher Komeda died (1969) |
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Jay Gruska born (1952) |
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Patrick Williams born (1939) |
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Satyajit Ray died (1992) |
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Sergei Prokofiev born (1891) |
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| April 24: |
Barbra Streisand born (1942) |
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Dana Kaproff born (1954) |
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Double Indemnity is released in theaters (1944) |
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Georges Delerue records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Doll" (1986) |
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Hubert Bath died (1945) |
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Tristam Cary died (2008) |
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| April 25: |
Brian May died (1997) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for How to Steal a Million (1966) |
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| April 26: |
Barry Gray died (1984) |
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Bronislau Kaper died (1983) |
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Bruce Broughton begins recording his score The Blue and the Gray (1982) |
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Carmine Coppola died (1991) |
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Francis Lai born (1932) |
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Giorgio Moroder born (1940) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Green Fire (1954) |
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Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter record their score for Kronos (1957) |
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| April 27: |
Christopher Komeda born (1937) |
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Christopher Young born (1954) |
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Henry Brant died (2008) |
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The Thing opens in Los Angeles (1951) |
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| April 28: |
Christopher Young records orchestral passages for his Invaders from Mars score (1986) |
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| April 29: |
Chris Boardman born (1954) |
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Duke Ellington born (1889) |
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Herbert Stothart begins recording his score to Random Harvest (1942) |
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Jan A.P. Kaczmarek born (1953) |
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Lawrence Shragge born (1954) |
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Rod McKuen born (1933) |
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