| Events In Film Score History |
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| September 1: |
Marc Donahue died (2002) |
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| September 2: |
Armando Trovajoli born (1917) |
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Clifton Parker died (1989) |
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| September 3: |
Anthony Collins born (1893) |
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Richard Markowitz born (1926) |
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| September 4: |
Darius Milhaud born (1892) |
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| September 5: |
Don Banks died (1980) |
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| September 6: |
George Duning's scores for the Star Trek episodes "Is There In Truth No Beauty?" and "The Empath" are recorded (1968) |
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Hanns Eisler died (1962) |
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Louis Silvers born (1889) |
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Patrick O'Hearn born (1954) |
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William Kraft born (1923) |
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| September 7: |
Carlos Camilleri born (1931) |
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Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Mudd's Women" is recorded (1966) |
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Leonard Rosenman born (1924) |
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Mark Isham born (1951) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for The Power (1967) |
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| September 8: |
Alex North died (1991) |
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Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Mirror, Mirror" is recorded (1967) |
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Peter Maxwell Davies born (1934) |
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| September 9: |
Alex North begins recording his score to The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score to Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) |
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Christopher Palmer born (1946) |
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David A. Stewart born (1952) |
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Eric Serra born (1959) |
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Hoyt Curtin born (1922) |
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Jerrold Immel born (1936) |
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| September 10: |
Allan Gray died (1973) |
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Bruce Broughton records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Welcome to My Nightmare" (1986) |
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Roy Ayers born (1940) |
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| September 11: |
Arvo Part born (1935) |
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Herbert Stothart born (1885) |
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Hugo Friedhofer begins recording his score to Between Heaven and Hell (1956) |
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Leo Kottke born (1945) |
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Stu Philips begins recording his replacement score to The Appointment (1969) |
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| September 12: |
Hans Zimmer born (1957) |
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Recording sessions begin for Pino Donaggio’s Body Double score (1984) |
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William Alwyn died (1985) |
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| September 13: |
Don Was was born (1952) |
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Franz Waxman begins recording his score to Beloved Infidel (1959) |
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Gene Page born (1939) |
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Leith Stevens born (1909) |
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Maurice Jarre born (1924) |
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| September 14: |
Franz Waxman begins recording his score to Cimarron (1960) |
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Sol Kaplan's score to the Star Trek episode "The Enemy Within" is recorded (1966) |
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| September 15: |
Gail Kubik born (1914) |
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Oliver Wallace died (1963) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronsislau Kaper's score for The Naked Spur (1952) |
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| September 16: |
Alfred Newman begins recording his score to The Best of Everything (1959) |
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| September 17: |
Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Guns of the Magnificent Seven (198) |
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| September 18: |
A Streetcar Named Desire is released (1951) |
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Dee Barton born (1937) |
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Fred Steiner records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Life on Death Row" (1986) |
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Henry Mancini begins recording his score to Bachelor in Paradise (1961) |
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The Day the Earth Stood Still opens in New York (1951) |
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Thomas Newman records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Santa '85" (1985) |
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| September 19: |
Arthur Benjamin born (1893) |
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Daniel Lanois born (1951) |
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Nile Rodgers born (1952) |
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Paul Williams born (1940) |
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Vladimir Horunzhy born (1949) |
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| September 20: |
Frank DeVol born (1911) |
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Fred Steiner's scores to the Star Trek episodes "The Corbomite Maneuver," "Balance of Terror," and "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" are recorded (1966) |
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Jack Marshall died (1973) |
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James Bernard born (1925) |
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John Dankworth born (1927) |
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Mychael Danna born (1958) |
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Sidney Cutner died (1971) |
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| September 21: |
Chico Hamilton born (1921) |
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Mason Daring born (1949) |
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| September 22: |
Charles Previn died (1973) |
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Pat Metheny records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Grandpa's Ghost" (1985) |
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Samuel Matlovsky's score for the Star Trek episode "I, Mudd" is recorded (1967) |
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| September 23: |
Clifford Vaughan born (1893) |
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Craig Safan records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Main Attraction" (1985) |
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Dave Grusin begins recording his score to The Yakuza (1974) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for The Magnificent Yankee (1950) |
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| September 24: |
Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score to Joy in the Morning (1964) |
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Billy Goldenberg records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "What If...?" (1986) |
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Douglas Gamley born (1924) |
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| September 25: |
Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's score for the Amazing Stories episode "Mummy Daddy" is recorded (1985) |
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Dmitri Shostakovich born (1906) |
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Michael Gibbs born (1937) |
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Randy Kerber born (1958) |
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| September 26: |
Edward Ward died (1971) |
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Robert Emmett Dolan died (1972) |
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| September 28: |
John Williams begins recording his score to Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) |
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Miles Davis died (1991) |
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| September 29: |
Mike Post born (1944) |
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| September 30: |
Andrew Gross born (1969) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score to The View From Pompey's Head (1955) |
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Virgil Thomson died (1989) |
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