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I think this will fascinate the brain for a while:
List of 20th Century Fox films (1935–1999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_Century_Studios#Lists
June 9, 1950 Night and the City Made in the UK
October 31, 1957 The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas US distribution, produced by Hammer Film Productions
We know that The Abominable Snowman was made by Hammer, but I also expect that U.K. film productions had received partial funding from U.S.A.
Hollywood probably made a 'deal'; shoot the picture with Forrest Tucker and subsequent distribution throughout American theaters guaranteed.
Jules Dassin's Night and the City had both a Frankel and a Waxman score for geographical distribution reasons. I think this was a joint collaboration between U.K.'s 20th Century Fox branch and Hollywood's 20th/Fox.
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Additional comments:
-) Most of Sol Kaplan's film music doesn't resemble that which he provided for STAR TREK. Of all the LPs & CDs I've owned, Kangaroo comes closest to Kaplan's TREK - with several of its 'dark' passages forshadowing the brooding "The Enemy Within".
-) Robert Emmett Dolan's The Three Faces of Eve approaches the territory that one might typically associate with Alex North: 'psychological' underscoring meshed with sultry/bluesy saxophone. Dolan holds his own amongst his A-list colleagues.
-) perusing these listings reveals a greater ratio of titles unreleased on albums than what has made it onto discs thus far. Never saw nor heard the 1957 The Abductors, but I'm aware it has an early score (his first?) by Paul Glass - so I'm interested in it just for this fact. 
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) Robert Emmett Dolan's The Three Faces of Eve approaches the territory that one might typically associate with Alex North: 'psychological' underscoring meshed with sultry/bluesy saxophone. Dolan holds his own amongst his A-list colleagues.
Knowing Fox's factory system, and considering that Dolan was a music director/songwriter/Broadway guy who scored few, if any, films of this dramatic weight, is it possible that some ghosting was involved?
Yes, it's possible.
I read about Roy Webb writing music for Return of the Fly but the credit only went to Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter.
I even read speculation about how the 'Alfred Newman sound' was the handiwork of Cyril Mockridge.
Also, Hugo Friedhofer was content to provide music without onscreen credit.
If The Three Faces of Eve was ghost-written, then I don't know who it was. [My understanding is that access to the manuscripts/cue sheets is how this information gets gleaned] The end result sounds like an ideal listening companion to an Alex North soundtrack. Whether Dolan was the sole author or had assistance, I love this soundtrack and am glad it is on disc.
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If it helps any, both BMI and ASCAP only list Dolan for "The Three Faces of Eve".
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Zardoz Speaks: In the excellent picture you posted, I see David Raksin, Alfred Newman and Bernard Hermann (smiling no less). Could you identify the others in left to right order please? Thank you.
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Feb 21, 2021 - 9:10 AM
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Zardoz Speaks: In the excellent picture you posted, I see David Raksin, Alfred Newman and Bernard Hermann (smiling no less). Could you identify the others in left to right order please? Thank you.
I don't recognise Raksin in that photo. I think it's, from left to right, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, ?, ?, and Hugo Friedhofer.
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Feb 21, 2021 - 9:10 AM
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Graham Watt
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Zardoz Speaks: In the excellent picture you posted, I see David Raksin, Alfred Newman and Bernard Hermann (smiling no less). Could you identify the others in left to right order please? Thank you.
I don't recognise Raksin in that photo. I think it's, from left to right, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, ?, ?, and Hugo Friedhofer.
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Zardoz Speaks: In the excellent picture you posted, I see David Raksin, Alfred Newman and Bernard Hermann (smiling no less). Could you identify the others in left to right order please? Thank you.
Sure thing, Mr. Lipscomb.
Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, Ken Darby (tallest guy in back & middle), Vinton Vernon (sound recordist/sound mixer), Alex North and Hugo Friedhofer.
A fan of Friedhofer posted this photo years ago here @ FSM - I simply re-posted it here.
My guess is that this photo was likely from 1952. Alex North was an East Coast guy who probably moved west in '51 - by which time David Raksin's contract with Fox ended (Raksin was by then @ MGM). Further conjecture: Waxman may have recently won his Academy Award Oscar for A Place in the Sun, which may be why Newman's got his arm on him?
Still, my guesswork has no explanation for the absence of either Cyril Mockridge or Sol Kaplan.
If Kaplan was not present due to HUAC, then this photo might be from 1953 ...
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Zardoz Speaks: In the excellent picture you posted, I see David Raksin, Alfred Newman and Bernard Hermann (smiling no less). Could you identify the others in left to right order please? Thank you.
I don't recognise Raksin in that photo. I think it's, from left to right, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, ?, ?, and Hugo Friedhofer.
Shame on Graham.
Mr. Watt doesn't know his southwest North from his northeast North?
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Feb 21, 2021 - 12:14 PM
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Graham Watt
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Zardoz Speaks: In the excellent picture you posted, I see David Raksin, Alfred Newman and Bernard Hermann (smiling no less). Could you identify the others in left to right order please? Thank you.
I don't recognise Raksin in that photo. I think it's, from left to right, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, ?, ?, and Hugo Friedhofer.
Shame on Graham.
Mr. Watt doesn't know his southwest North from his northeast North?
Ha! I'm hanging my head in embarrassment at my Foe-Pah. I DID recognise North but "forgot" to mention him, then I got all nervous when I posted the same thing twice and wasn't able to fix it due to Innernet probs.
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My attempt at picking favorites for this decade by year:
1950-All About Eve (Alfred Newman)
1951-David and Bathsheba (Alfred Newman)
1952-My Cousin Rachel (Franz Waxman)
1953-The Robe (Alfred Newman)
1954-The Egyptian (Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann)
1955-Untamed (Franz Waxman)
1956-Anastasia (Alfred Newman)
1957-Peyton Place (Franz Waxman)
1958-The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (Malcolm Arnold)
1959-The Diary of Anne Frank (Alfred Newman)
Quite a few other favorites not mentioned for me. As others have mentioned, a great decade for film scores from this studio.
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