Archive for October 2009
Ray Colcord Interviews Hans Zimmer
SCL President Ray Colcord and award-winning composer Hans Zimmer recently shared lunch and an interview session for The Score. What follows is the complete transcription of the interview. RC: Was…
Read MoreMemoirs of a Famous Composer
An Interview with Earle Hagen, by Bruce Babcock (with thanks to Jon Burlingame for his interview question suggestions) Earle Hagen entitled his recent autobiography “Memoirs of a Famous Composer –…
Read MoreMax Steiner
Max Steiner was one of the pioneers of Hollywood film scoring, and also one of the most prolific, writing music for more than 250 movies over nearly four decades. His…
Read MoreHenry Mancini
Henry Mancini first found success with his music for television’s PETER GUNN and almost immediately became a sought-after film composer, winning a pair of Oscars for the BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’s…
Read MoreErich Wolfgang Korngold
Erich Korngold composed original scores for just eighteen films, but forever changed the sound of Hollywood movies with his rich symphonic sound and unabashed romanticism. A child prodigy in his…
Read MoreBernard Herrmann
Bernard Herrmann is probably best known for his remarkable collaboration with director Alfred Hitchcock, which produced several suspense classics including VERTIGO, NORTH BY NORTHWEST and PSYCHO. As a musical dramatist,…
Read MoreBasil Poledouris
Missouri-born, California-raised Basil Poledouris had intended to become a concert pianist until his USC classmates sidetracked him into a career writing film music. Two of them became talented directors who…
Read MoreDavid Rose
One of the busiest composer-conductors in Hollywood history, David Rose wrote such famous instrumentals as “Holiday for Strings” and “The Stripper” but also had an active career in radio, films…
Read MoreGeorge & Ira Gershwin
George and Ira Gershwin were, of course, two of the 20th century’s greatest songwriters. With George as composer and Ira as lyricist, their contributions to Broadway in the 1920s alone…
Read MoreProtecting Your Writers Rights
All of us who make music our business eventually become aware of certain basic functions, requirements, and assumptions in our business lives. We learn how to copyright our material in…
Read MoreVic Mizzy
The SCL Mourns SCL Ambassador VIC MIZZY VIC MIZZY 1916-2009 FROM SCL PRESIDENT DAN FOLIART: I was saddened to hear today that our friend and SCL Ambassador, VIC MIZZY had…
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