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| March 1: |
Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit (1956) |
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David Newman begins recording his score for Talent for the Game (1991) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) |
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John Barry begins recording his score for Indecent Proposal (1993) |
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Jose Nieto born (1942) |
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Laurence Rosenthal begins recording his score for Inherit the Wind (1999) |
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Leo Brouwer born (1939) |
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Lucio Dalla died (2012) |
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Nino Oliviero died (1980) |
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Tony Ashton born (1946) |
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| March 2: |
Alfred Newman wins Oscar for The Song of Bernadette score (1944) |
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Andrzej Korzynski born (1940) |
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Basil Poledouris begins recording his score to Big Wednesday (1978) |
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Goffredo Petrassi died (2003) |
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Jerry Fielding records his score for Advise & Consent (1962) |
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Jerry Goldsmith records his score for the "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) |
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John Debney records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Nagus” (1993) |
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Larry Carlton born (1948) |
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Lost Horizon premieres in San Francisco (1937) |
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Malcolm Williamson died (2003) |
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Marc Blitzstein born (1905) |
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Mario Zafred born (1922) |
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Ralph Schuckett born (1948) |
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Recording sessions begin on Toru Takemitsu’s score for Rising Sun (1993) |
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Richard Hazard born (1921) |
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Serge Gainsbourg died (1991) |
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Steven Price wins Oscar for Gravity score (2014) |
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| March 3: |
Arthur Kempel died (2004) |
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Basil Poledouris records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “Profile in Silver” (1986) |
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Jeff Rona born (1957) |
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Jerry Goldsmith records his score for the "Time Out" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Jaws (1975) |
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Kazimierz Serocki born (1922) |
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Lee Holdridge born (1944) |
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Leonard Rosenman begins recording his unused score for The Last Hard Men (1976) |
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Peter Ivers died (1983) |
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| March 4: |
Alexandre Desplat wins his second Oscar, for The Shape of Water (2018) |
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold's score for Anthony Adverse wins the Oscar; however, as per Academy policy, the score is awarded to the head of the studio's music department, Leo Forbstein (1937) |
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Johnny Mandel records his score for Harper (1966) |
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Leonard Rosenman died (2008) |
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Lucio Dalla born (1943) |
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Max Steiner wins score Oscar for Now, Voyager (1943) |
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| March 5: |
Bruce Broughton records his Emmy-winning score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “The Satyr” (1981) |
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Bruce Smeaton born (1938) |
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Graham Reynolds born (1971) |
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Gustavo Santaolalla wins his first Oscar, for the Brokeback Mountain score (2006) |
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Harry Lubin born (1906) |
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Heitor Villa-Lobos born (1887) |
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Jacques Loussier died (2019) |
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John Williams begins recording his score to Star Wars (1977) |
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Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for A Walk in the Clouds (1995) |
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Max Steiner's score for The Informer wins the Oscar; Academy policy at the time awards to the score to the head of the studio's music branch -- who, in this case, is Max Steiner (1936) |
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Michael Gore born (1951) |
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Robert Folk born (1949) |
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Sergei Prokofiev died (1953) |
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Theodore Shapiro begins recording his score for Idiocracy (2005) |
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| March 6: |
Erik Nordgren died (1992) |
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Leonard Rosenman records his score for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Beast in View” (1964) |
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Richard Hageman died (1966) |
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Robert B. Sherman died (2012) |
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Stephen Schwartz born (1948) |
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| March 7: |
Alex Somers born (1984) |
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Gordon Parks died (2006) |
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King Kong premieres in New York (1933) |
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Michael Giacchino wins his first Oscar for Up (2010) |
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Miklos Rozsa wins his first Oscar for Spellbound score (1946) |
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Recording sessions begin for John Ottman’s score for X2 (2003) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Allegiance" (1990) |
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Sidney Cutner’s score for The Invaders episode “The Condemned” is recorded (1967) |
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| March 8: |
Alex North begins recording his unused score for Sounder (1972) |
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Bruce Broughton born (1945) |
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Dave Grusin begins recording his score for Murder by Death (1976) |
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Dick Hyman born (1927) |
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Franz Waxman begins recording his score for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) |
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George Martin died (2016) |
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James Newton Howard begins recording his score for Dave (1993) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording orchestral cues for Logan's Run score (1976) |
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Jerry Goldsmith records his pilot score for Dr. Kildare (1961) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
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Paul Chihara begins recording his score, adapted from Gilbert & Sullivan, for The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) |
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William Walton died (1983) |
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| March 9: |
Arlon Ober born (1943) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for Psycho (1960) |
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Bill Conti begins recording his score for Wrongfully Accused (1998) |
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Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson died (2004) |
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Deborah Lurie born (1974) |
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Jane Antonia Cornish born (1975) |
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John Cale born (1940) |
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Mark Mancina born (1957) |
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Richard Stone died (2001) |
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| March 10: |
Angela Morley/Wally Stott born (1924) |
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Arthur Honegger born (1892) |
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Brad Fiedel born (1951) |
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Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992) |
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Charles Previn, head of the Universal Music Department, wins the Score Oscar for One Hundred Men and a Girl, for which no composer is credited (1938) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Swarm (1978) |
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Marc Donahue born (1953) |
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Michel Legrand records his score for Summer of ’42 (1971) |
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Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen born (1960) |
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| March 11: |
Astor Piazzolla born (1921) |
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David Newman born (1954) |
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Don Ellis begins recording his score for French Connection II (1975) |
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Francois-Eudes Chanfrault died (2016) |
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Gottfried Huppertz born (1887) |
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Keith Emerson died (2016) |
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Paul Dunlap died (2010) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to Lili (1952) |
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Rob Simonsen born (1978) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Heart of Glory" (1988) |
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| March 12: |
Aldemaro Romero born (1928) |
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Antoni Komasa-Lazarkiewicz born (1980) |
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David Shire begins recording his score for Short Circuit (1986) |
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Georges Delerue born (1925) |
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Leonard Rosenman begins recording his score for Prophecy (1979) |
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| March 13: |
Anthony Gonzalez born (1980) |
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Bruce Broughton records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “Shgoratchx!” (1981) |
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Carl Davis begins recording his score to The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) |
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Hugo Friedhofer wins his only Oscar, for The Best Years of Our Lives score (1947) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for Joe Kidd (1972) |
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Lionel Newman, Cyril Mockridge and Leigh Harline begin recording their score for River of No Return (1954) |
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Terence Blanchard born (1962) |
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Ustad Vilayat Khan died (2004) |
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| March 14: |
Les Baxter born (1922) |
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Peter Maxwell Davies died (2016) |
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Quincy Jones born (1933) |
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Roy Budd born (1947) |
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Steve Bramson records his score for the JAG episode “Cowboys and Cossacks” (1997) |
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The Godfather premieres in New York (1972) |
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| March 15: |
Arnold Schwarzwald died (1997) |
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Harry Bromley Davenport born (1950) |
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Jay Chattaway begins recording his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Bound” (2005) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Starship Mine” (1993) |
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Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979) |
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Jerry Fielding records his score for the series pilot for Shirts/Skins (1974) |
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Jurgen Knieper born (1941) |
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Max Steiner wins the Oscar for Since You Went Away score (1945) |
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Recording sessions begin for Danny Elfman’s score for Restless (2010) |
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Recording sessions begin for Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Morituri (1965) |
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Recording sessions begin for Mark Mancina’s score to Twister (1996) |
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Ry Cooder born (1947) |
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Stomu Yamashta born (1947) |
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Thomas Newman begins recording his score for The Shawshank Redemption (1994) |
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| March 16: |
Aaron Copland begins recording his score to The Red Pony (1948) |
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Alesandro Alessandroni born (1925) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Cause and Effect” (1992) |
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Henry Mancini begins recording his score for Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) |
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John Addison born (1920) |
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Marcus Trumpp born (1974) |
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco died (1968) |
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Michiru Oshima born (1961) |
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Nancy Wilson born (1954) |
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Recording sessions begin for Hugo Friehdofer’s score to Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949) |
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Recording sessions begin for Leonard Rosenman’s score to Cross Creek (1983) |
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Zdenek Liska born (1922) |
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| March 17: |
Alfred Newman born (1901) |
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Benjamin Bartlett born (1965) |
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Billy Corgan born (1967) |
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Chris Bacon born (1977) |
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Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner record their score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Damage” (2004) |
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Ernest Gold died (1999) |
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Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Memories of Me (1988) |
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Jean Prodromides died (2016) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Mummy (1999) |
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John Sebastian born (1944) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Far and Away (1992 |
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Karl-Heinz Schafer born (1932) |
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Tadashi Hattori born (1908) |
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| March 18: |
Clinton Shorter born (1971) |
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Dominic Frontiere begins recording his score for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) |
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Frank Ilfman born (1970) |
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Guillaume Roussel born (1980) |
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John Kander born (1927) |
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John Phillips died (2001) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) |
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Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Enterprise episode “The Crossing” (2003) |
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William Lava born (1911) |
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Yoko Kanno born (1964) |
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| March 19: |
Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for The Mummy Returns (2001) |
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Anthony Marinelli born (1959) |
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Dimitri Tiomkin wins Oscars for High Noon's score and song (1953) |
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George Garvarentz died (1993) |
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Jean Weiner born (1896) |
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Jeff Alexander begins recording his score to Escape from Fort Bravo (1953) |
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Joseph Mullendore records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “Shell Game” (1969) |
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Michel Legrand begins recording his score for The Other Side of the Wind (2018) |
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Velton Ray Bunch records his score for the Enterprise episode “Acquisition” (2002) |
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| March 20: |
Amit Poznansky born (1974) |
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Bruno Alexiu born (1965) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for The Tin Star (1957) |
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Franz Waxman wins his second consecutive Best Score Oscar, for A Place in the Sun (1952) |
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Georges Delerue died (1992) |
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John Cameron born (1944) |
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Johnny Harris died (2020) |
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Johnny Pearson died (2011) |
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Michel Magne born (1930) |
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Miklos Rozsa wins his second Oscar, for A Double Life score (1948) |
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Ray Cook died (1989) |
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Stu Phillips records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “The Hand of Goral” (1981) |
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| March 21: |
Alex North begins recording his score for Spartacus (1960) |
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Alexander Courage records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Mechanical Men" (1967) |
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Alfred Newman wins his seventh Oscar, his second for Score, for Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1956) |
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Antony Hopkins born (1921) |
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Gary Hughes born (1922) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Journey’s End “ (1994) |
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John Williams wins his fifth Oscar, for his Schindler's List score (1994) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The Green Berets (1968) |
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Mort Lindsey born (1923) |
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Nicola Piovani wins his first Oscar, for Life Is Beautiful; Stephen Warbeck wins the final Comedy or Musical Score Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1999) |
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| March 22: |
Andrew Lloyd Webber born (1948) |
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Angelo Badalamenti born (1937) |
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Bebo Valdes died (2013) |
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Craig Safan begins recording his score for The Last Starfighter (1984) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Lessons” (1993) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Time Squared” (1989) |
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Goran Bregovic born (1950) |
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Max Richter born (1966) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Time After Time (1979) |
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Scott Walker died (2019) |
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Stephen Sondheim born (1930) |
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Wally Badarou born (1955) |
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Zeltia Montes born (1979) |
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| March 23: |
Aaron Copland wins his only Oscar, for The Heiress score (1950) |
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Alan Blaikley born (1940) |
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Damon Albarn born (1968) |
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David Grisman born (1945) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Hard Time” (1996) |
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Elliot Goldenthal wins his first Oscar, for the Frida score (2003) |
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Hal Mooney died (1995) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for Braveheart (1995) |
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James Horner wins his first and last Oscars, for Titanic's score and song; Anne Dudley wins the third Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for The Full Monty (1998) |
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Lionel Newman re-records pre-existing Jerry Goldsmith cues for The Last Hard Men’s replacement score (1976) |
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Michael Linn died (1995) |
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Michael Nyman born (1944) |
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Philip Judd born (1953) |
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Richard Shores records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Burning Diamond” (1966) |
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Trevor Jones born (1949) |
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| March 24: |
Alberto Colombo died (1954) |
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Alex North wins an Honorary Oscar, “in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures;” John Barry wins his fourth Oscar, for the Out of Africa score (1986) |
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Arthur B. Rubnstein begins recording his score for WarGames (1983) |
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Brian Easdale wins his only Oscar, for The Red Shoes score (1949) |
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Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" is recorded (1967) |
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Gabriel Yared wins the Dramatic Score Oscar for The English Patient; Rachel Portman wins the second Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for Emma (1997) |
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Gerard Schurmann died (2020) |
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Ira Newborn begins recording his score for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986) |
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John Barry begins recording his score for The Deep (1977) |
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John Barry wins his fifth and final Oscar, for the Dances With Wolves score; Stephen Sondheim wins his first Oscar, for the song "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy |
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Michael Masser born (1941) |
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| March 25: |
Bronislau Kaper wins his only Oscar, for the Lili score (1954) |
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Elton John born (1947) |
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Henry Mancini begins recording his score for 99 & 44/100 % Dead (1974) |
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John Massari born (1957) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) |
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Ken Thorne begins recording his score for Superman II (1980) |
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Luis Bacalov wins his only Oscar, for Il Postino; Alan Menken wins the first Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for Pocahontas |
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Maurice Jarre wins his third and final Oscar, for the A Passage to India score (1985) |
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Recording sessions begin for Frederick Hollander’s score for The Great McGinty (1940) |
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Riz Ortolani born (1926) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Royale" (1989) |
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Tan Dun wins his first score Oscar, for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2001) |
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| March 26: |
Alan Menken wins his first Oscars, for The Little Mermaid score and its song "Under the Sea" (1990) |
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Alan Silvestri born (1950) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for White Witch Doctor (1953) |
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Charles Dumont born (1929) |
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Fred Karlin died (2004) |
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Harry Rabinowitz born (1916) |
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John Corigliano wins his first Oscar, for The Red Violin score (2000) |
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Larry Morey born (1905) |
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Leigh Harline born (1907) |
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Louis Silvers died (1954) |
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Malcolm Arnold wins his only Oscar, for The Bridge on the River Kwai score (1958) |
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Noel Coward died (1973) |
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Recording sessions begin for Miklos Rozsa’s score for Five Graves to Cairo (1943) |
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The Fall of the Roman Empire opens in New York (1964) |
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Victor Young begins recording his score for Little Boy Lost (1953) |
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| March 27: |
Charlie Chaplin et al win score Oscar for Limelight (1973) |
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Dave Pollecutt born (1942) |
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Dudley Moore died (2002) |
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Ferde Grofe born (1892) |
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Frank Lewin born (1925) |
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Hans Zimmer wins his first Oscar, for The Lion King score (1995) |
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Jack Beaver born (1900) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Gremlins (1984) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Winter Kill (1974) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for SpaceCamp (1986) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for Coogan’s Bluff (1968) |
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Recording sessions begin for Nathan Barr's score to Hostel Part II (2007) |
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Roque Banos begins recording his score for Alatriste (2006) |
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Tony Banks born (1950) |
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Victor Young wins posthumous Best Score Oscar for Around the World in 80 Days (1957) |
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| March 28: |
Alf Clausen born (1941) |
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Arthur Bliss died (1975) |
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Carmen Dragon died (1984) |
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Gerald Fried records his score for The Baby (1972) |
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Jay Livingston born (1915) |
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Maury Laws died (2019) |
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Waldo de los Rios died (1977) |
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| March 29: |
Alan Menken wins his fifth and sixth Oscars, for the Aladdin score and its song "A Whole New World” (1993) |
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Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Back to the Future Part III (1990) |
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Dave Grusin wins his first Oscar, for The Milagro Beanfield War score (1989) |
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Franz Waxman wins his first of two consecutive score Oscars, for Sunset Blvd. (1951) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for In Country (1989) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Strange Bedfellows” (1999) |
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Jerry Goldsmith wins his only Oscar, for The Omen score; the film music community presumably exclaims “Finally!” (1977) |
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John Williams wins his second Oscar and his first for Original Score, for Jaws (1976) |
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John Williams wins his third Oscar, for the Star Wars score (1978) |
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Krzysztof Penderecki died (2020) |
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Maurice Jarre died (2009) |
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Richard Rodney Bennett born (1936) |
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Sam Spence born (1927) |
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Tito Arevalo born (1911) |
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Ulpio Minucci died (2007) |
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Vangelis born (1943) |
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Vangelis wins his first Oscar, for the Chariots of Fire score (1981) |
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William Walton born (1902) |
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| March 30: |
Alan Menken wins his third and fourth Oscars, for Beauty and the Beast's score and title song (1992) |
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David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “In the Pale Moonlight” (1998) |
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Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner record their score for the two-part Star Trek: Enterprise episode “In a Mirror, Darkly” (2005) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Battle Lines” (1993) |
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Dimitri Tiomkin wins his third Oscar, for The High and the Mighty score (1955) |
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Ennio Morricone, inexplicably, doesn't win the Best Score Oscar for The Mission, which was pretty much the only score album anyone in Hollywood listened to during the late '80s; Herbie Hancock wins Oscar for Round Midnight score instead (1987) |
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Eric Clapton born (1945) |
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Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Rapture (1965) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Jurassic Park (1993) |
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Kan Ishii born (1921) |
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| March 31: |
Alejandro Amenabar born (1972) |
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Arthur B. Rubinstein born (1938) |
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Cliff Eidelman begins recording his score for The Meteor Man (1993) |
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Michael Gore wins his first two Oscars for Fame's score and title song (1981) |
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Terry Plumeri died (2016) |
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