By Laurence E. MacDonald

Contents

List of Biographical Sketches
Preface
Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Music and the Birth of Film¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
The Evolution of Movie Theaters
Music for Silent Films
D. W. Griffith
Combining Sound and Film
Nine Decades of Film Music
Endnotes

1920-29
¿¿¿¿¿¿The Evolution of Synchronized Sound¿¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude Radio Popular Music Movies
1920 The Movie Industry Goes West
1921 Valentino's Tango D. w. Griffith: Dream Street
1922 Other Early Movie Sound Systems
1923 Lee De Forest's Phonofilms The Sound of Silents
1924 Phonofilm Firsts (and Lasts) Erno Rapee: Motion Picture Moods
1925 Rival Sound Systems
1926 Warner Bros. and the Birth of Vitaphone William Fox and the Case-Sponable System Introducing the Movie Theme Song: "Charmaine"
1927 The First Talkie: The Jazz Singer The First Movietone Films Toward All-Talking Pictures More Movie Theme Songs
1928 The Transition to Talkies Achieving A Compatible Movie Sound System The Talking Trend Continues
1929 The Broadway Melody: All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! A Deluge of Musical Madness The First Oscars
Postlude Reinventing the Craft Endnotes

1930-39
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The Dawn of the Golden Age ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude Radio Popular Music Movies The Advent of Film Underscoring The Three Godfathers of Film Music: Max Steiner Alfred Newman Dimitri Tiomkin
1930 The Short-Lived Heyday Of The Musical Film
1931 Early Dramatic Film Scores Max Steiner: Cimarron Alfred Newman: Street Scene Dimitri Tiomkin: Resurrection
1932 Max Steiner: Music from Wall to Wall Alfred Newman: Music For Exotic Locales Tiomkin Takes Time Out
1933 Kong Comes Calling The Return of the Musical Harry Warren: 42nd Street
1934 The First Oscars for Music Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Alfred Newman: Our Daily Bread Jeanette MacDonald Films
1935 The Golden Age Begins Max Steiner: The Informer Arthur Bliss: Things to Come The Advent of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Franz Waxman: The Bride of Frankenstein The Formation of Studio Music Departments
1936 The Studio System Max Steiner: The Charge of the Light Brigade Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Anthony Adverse Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times Short Cuts
1937 Mythical Places and Exotic Locales Two Scores By Max Steiner Dimitri Tiomkin: Lost Horizon Alfred Newman: The Hurricane and The Prisoner of Zenda Rule Changes for Music Oscars Short Cuts
1938 Russian Film Music Dmitri Shostakovich: A Long Career Sergei Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky Max Steiner: Jezebel Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood Short Cuts
1939 Max Steiner: Gone with the Wind Steiner's Other Scores Aaron Copland: The City and Of Mice and Men Silvestre Revueltas: La noche de los Mayas Short Cuts
Postlude The Talkies Come of Age Endnotes

1940-49
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿World War II and Its Aftermath¿¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude Radio Television Popular Music Movies
1940 Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator Franz Waxman: Rebecca Short Cuts
1941 Bernard Herrmann: Raising Kane Alfred Newman: How Green Was My Valley Miklós Rózsa: Films about Women Short Cuts
1942 Hollywood Goes To War Herbert Stothart: Mrs. Miniver More Patriotic Films Bernard Herrmann: The Magnificent Ambersons Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Kings Row Miklós Rózsa: The Jungle Book Max Steiner: Now, Voyager Short Cuts
1943 Alfred Newman: The Song of Bernadette Max Steiner: Casablanca Miklós Rózsa: Five Graves to Cairo Short Cuts
1944 David Raksin: Laura Max Steiner: Since You Went Away Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Between Two Worlds Short Cuts
1945 Miklós Rózsa and the Theremin Bernard Herrmann: Hangover Square Short Cuts
1946 Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of Our Lives Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Deception Roy Webb: Music for Thrillers Short Cuts
1947 Bernard Herrmann: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Miklós Rózsa: Crime Films Short Cuts
1948 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic Brian Easdale: The Red Shoes Max Steiner: Johnny Belinda and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Short Cuts
1949 Aaron Copland: The Brooklyn Stravinsky The Three Godfathers: Still Scoring after All These Years Short Cuts
Postlude The End of the Golden Age Endnotes

1950-59
¿¿¿¿¿¿The Decline of the Studio System¿¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
1950 Hollywood At Midcentury Franz Waxman: Sunset Blvd. Dimitri Tiomkin: Cyrano de Bergerac and D.O.A. Alfred Newman: All about Eve Short Cuts
1951 Alex North: A Streetcar Named Desire Bernard Herrmann: The Day the Earth Stood Still Dimitri Tiomkin: From Sci-Fi Film to Thriller Short Cuts
1952 Dimitri Tiomkin: High Noon Victor Young: From Scaramouche to The Greatest Show on Earth Short Cuts
1953 Alfred Newman: The Robe Bernard Herrmann: Three Action Potboilers Miklós Rózsa: Three Historical Dramas Short Cuts Footnote to 1953
1954 Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront Alfred Newman and Bernard Herrmann: An Unusual Partnership Short Cuts
1955 Leonard Rosenman: From East Of Eden To Rebel Without A Cause Bernard Herrmann: From The Kentuckian To The Trouble with HarrY Elmer Bernstein: The Man with the Golden Arm George Duning: Picnic Walter Schumann: The Night of the Hunter Short Cuts
1956 Victor Young: Around the World in 80 Days Elmer Bernstein: The Ten Commandments Dimitri Tiomkin: Giant and Friendly Persuasion Short Cuts
1957 Franz Waxman: The Pinnacle of His Career Malcolm Arnold: The Bridge on the River Kwai Short Cuts
1958 Bernard Herrmann: Great Collaborations Jerome Moross: The Big Country New Kids on the Block Short Cuts
1959 Miklós Rózsa: Ben-Hur Bernard Herrmann: Journey to the Center of the Earth and North by Northwest Adolph Deutsch: Some Like It Hot Jazz At The Movies: Duke Ellington and John Lewis Short Cuts
Postlude Two Rising Stars Endnotes

1960-69
¿¿¿¿¿¿The Changing of the Guard¿¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven Scores for Historical Epics André Previn: Elmer Gantry Short Cuts
The Henry Mancini-Blake Edwards Collaboration Miklós Rózsa: Scoring Samuel Bronston's Epics Elmer Bernstein: Both in and out of the Saddle Short Cuts
The New Wave Maurice Jarre: Lawrence of Arabia Two by Elmer Bernstein Two by Bernard Herrmann Short Cuts Footnote to 1962
John Addison: Tom Jones Alfred Newman: How the West Was Won Short Cuts Footnote to 1963
Laurence Rosenthal: Becket Malcolm Arnold: The Chalk Garden Short Cuts
Maurice Jarre: Doctor Zhivago Music for Epics Short Cuts
Jerry Goldsmith: A Composer for All Seasons Bernard Herrmann: Fahrenheit 451 Short Cuts
Lalo Schifrin: Cool Hand Luke Quincy Jones: Scoring Hot and Cold Ennio Morricone: Three Spaghetti Westerns New Directions in Film Music Short Cuts
John Barry: The Lion in Winter Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet Jerry Goldsmith: Planet Of The Apes Marvin Hamlisch: The Swimmer Short Cuts Footnote to 1968
John Williams: The Reivers Burt Bacharach: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Short Cuts
Postlude Passing the Torch Endnotes

1970-79
¿¿¿The Revival of the Symphonic Film Score¿¿¿
Prelude Popular Music Television Movies
Henry Mancini: From Darling Lili to The Night Visitor Francis Lai: Love Story Short Cuts
Michel Legrand: Summer of'42 Bernard Herrmann: A Resurgence Walter Carlos: A Clockwork Orange Short Cuts Footnote to 1971
Nino Rota: The Godfather Jerry Goldsmith: The Other Deliverance: "Dueling Banjos" Short Cuts
Marvin Hamlisch: The Way We Were and The Sting Jerry Goldsmith: Papillon By Borrowing Possessed: The Exorcist Short Cuts
Richard Rodney Bennett: Murder on the Orient Express Francis Ford Coppola Films Short Cuts
David Shire: Farewell, My Lovely and The Hindenburg John Williams: Jaws Jack Nitzsche: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest Short Cuts
Bernard Herrmann: Requiem for a Musical Heavyweight In Herrmann's wake Short Cuts
John Williams: Celestial Encounters Jerry Goldsmith: From MacArthur to Damnation Alley Short Cuts
Jerry Goldsmith: From Coma to Magic John Williams: From Jaws 2 to Superman John Carpenter and Giorgio Moroder: Two Synthesized Scores Short Cuts
Miklós Rózsa: Thriller and Fantasy Jerry Goldsmith: In Outer Space Viva Vivaldi! Three Scores in the Baroque Style Short Cuts
Postlude The Last Hurrah Endnotes

1980-89
¿¿¿¿¿The Influence of Synthesized Sound¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude New Technology Popular Music Television Movies
John Barry: Raise the Titanic and Somewhere in Time John Williams: The Empire Strikes Back John Morris: The Elephant Man Short Cuts
Dave Grusin: On Golden Pond John Williams: Raiders of the Lost Ark Randy Newman: Ragtime Vangelis: Chariots of Fire Some Things Borrowed, Some Things New: Excalibur Short Cuts
Basil Poledouris: Conan the Barbarian John Williams: E.T. the Extra-terrestrial Jerry Goldsmith: Poltergeist Short Cuts
Bill Conti: The Right Stuff Jerry Goldsmith: From Under Fire to Twilight Zone: The Movie Short Cuts
Randy Newman: The Natural Maurice Jarre: A Passage to India and Dreamscape Short Cuts
Popular Music in Films Bruce Broughton: From Small Screen to Big Screen Short Cuts
Ennio Morricone: The Mission Jerry Goldsmith: Hoosiers Short Cuts
John Williams: Empire of the Sun A Multicultural Score: The Last Emperor Peter Martin and Borrowed Classical Themes: Hope and Glory Short Cuts
Alan Silvestri: Who Framed Roger Rabbit Danny Elfman: Beetlejuice Hans Zimmer: Rain Man Short Cuts
James Horner: Field of Dreams Patrick Doyle: Henry V John Williams: Born on the Fourth of July Short Cuts
Postlude An Emphasis on Youth Endnotes

1990-99
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿The Rise of Independent Films¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿
Prelude Popular Music in Films Television Movies
John Barry: Dances with Wolves Danny Elfman: Edward Scissorhands Randy Newman: Avalon and Awakenings Short Cuts
Alan Menken: Beauty and the Beast James Newton Howard: The Prince of Tides Michael Kamen: Robin Hood-Prince of Thieves Elmer Bernstein: From Rambling Rose to Oscar Short Cuts
Jerry Goldsmith: From Basic Instinct To Forever Young...