2008

December 2008
Happy holidays!

Dimitri Tiomkin’s 1953 song, “The First Christmas” will be available in the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology from Hal Leonard Publishing in the coming months. To find out more about Tiomkin’s music for the holidays and the story of the carol he … Read More…

November 2008
Pacific Symphony and Richard Kaufman shine in pops concert

by Warren M. Sherk The lilting, familiar strains of “This Then Is Texas,” masterfully rendered by the Pacific Symphony and gracefully conducted by Richard Kaufman, filled the hall. It was the world concert premiere of a suite from Giant, one … Read More…

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October 2008
Remembering Bob Grabeau (1928-2008)

Baritone Bob Grabeau, whose notable renditions of Tiomkin songs include “Thee I Love” from Friendly Persuasion and “There’s Never Been Anyone Else But You” from Giant, died June 8, 2008, in Los Angeles, California. Signed by Capitol Records in Hollywood … Read More…

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August 2008
On DVD: The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire, featuring music by Dimitri Tiomkin, is now available on DVD from the Miriam Collection. The release features the original 1964 Roadshow production, the longest version of the film for which a complete set of … Read More…

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July 2008
Angel on My Shoulder soundtrack released

Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for Angel on My Shoulder has been issued for the first time on compact disc. This is the third in a series of Tiomkin scores carefully restored by Chelsea Rialto Studios and released by Screen Archives Entertainment, … Read More…

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June 2008
Walnut High School concert spotlights Tiomkin music

The Walnut High School Symphonic Orchestra may be the only high school in the U.S. that can boast of an annual film music concert. Each year, for more than a decade, the orchestra has performed a “Magic of Music and … Read More…

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May 2008
Flying Blind and Forced Landing

(Second in an occasional series on Tiomkin’s lesser-known film scores) by Warren M. Sherk In the mid-1940s Dimitri Tiomkin decided it was time he started making real money as a film composer. He put his acute business sense and knowledge … Read More…

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April 2008
More Tiomkin screenings at Motion Picture Academy in Los Angeles

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will screen prints of three films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin this month in Los Angeles. Two suppressed World War II documentaries, The Battle of San Pietro and Let There Be Light, … Read More…

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February 2008
Tiomkin songbook to be released by Hal Leonard

Music publisher Hal Leonard is preparing a Dimitri Tiomkin songbook, slated for publication in late spring. It is the largest collection of Tiomkin songs ever published, with nearly forty film songs, a number of stage songs, a wedding song, and … Read More…

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January 2008
Land of the Pharaohs soundtrack released by Film Score Monthly

With the release of Dimitri Tiomkin’s epic score for Land of the Pharaohs on compact disc—part of Film Score Monthly’s Golden Age Classics series—the original Warner Bros. master recordings from 1954 and 1955 can be heard for the first time. … Read More…

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