2009

Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology, mp3 samples

Thank you for purchasing the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology. Several of the songs included in the Anthology can be previewed, below. Selected recordings of songs and music from the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology are available on cdbaby. The twenty-two tracks include songs … Read More…

December 2009
Highlights of 2009, the Scout Report, and Web analytics

With the publication of the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology by the Hal Leonard Corporation, Tiomkin’s music has become available to a wider audience in print form and reached a new generation of music lovers in 2009. In conjunction with the Anthology, … Read More…

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October 2009
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, D.C.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, which screened earlier this year in Los Angeles and New York in recognition of the film’s 70th anniversary, will be presented this month in Washington, D.C. by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, … Read More…

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October 2009
It’s a Wonderful Life concert suite published by Hal Leonard

A concert suite for It’s a Wonderful Life—aimed at professional symphony orchestras—is available now from Hal Leonard. First in an intended series, the Dimitri Tiomkin score is modeled after the successful John Williams Signature Series, also published by Hal Leonard. … Read More…

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September 2009
Dallas Symphony salutes Texas and Tiomkin

Concert suites from Giant and The Alamo, along with the popular theme from television’s Rawhide, will be performed as part of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s “Tribute to Texas” on Friday and Saturday, October 2 and 3, 2009, at Meyerson Symphony … Read More…

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August 2009
Rhythms and redemption in Tiomkin’s score for Jeopardy

(Fourth in an occasional series on Tiomkin’s lesser-known film scores) by Warren M. Sherk As the United States worked to regain its footing following World War II, Hollywood continued to crank out popular melodramas into the 1950s, many of which … Read More…

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July 2009
Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology published by Hal Leonard

Order your copy today from Hal Leonard. Hear samples of the music. Purchasers of the Anthology are entitled to download high-quality mp3 recordings of several of the songs included in the Anthology.

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June 2009
Tiomkin songs take center stage in new recordings of selections from Anthology

In conjunction with the publication of the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology by Hal Leonard Corporation, more than a dozen Tiomkin songs have been reinterpreted in brand new recordings by vocalists Whitney Claire Kaufman and Darice Richman Cooper. In addition, pianist Leah … Read More…

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May 2009
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington to screen at Motion Picture Academy

In honor of the 70th anniversary of what is widely considered Hollywood’s greatest year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is screening all ten of the best picture nominees of 1939 through August 3. On July 20, … Read More…

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April 2009
Dillinger: Bullets and Boogie-Woogie

(Third in an occasional series on Tiomkin’s lesser-known film scores) by Warren M. Sherk John Dillinger, the legendary 1930s-era bank robber, will leave his bullet-ridden mark on screens this summer in director Michael Mann’s Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp. But … Read More…

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March 2009
Tiomkin featured in book on Russians in Hollywood

In his book “Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood’s Russians: Biography of an Image,” Harlow Robinson chronicles the story of Russian émigrés in Hollywood as well as the influence of Russian artists on American cinema, and examines the depiction of Russians in … Read More…

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February 2009
USC Cinematic Arts Library digitizes Tiomkin scores

The University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library has embarked on an ambitious project to digitize the handwritten sketches and full scores of Dimitri Tiomkin, according to Sandra Garcia-Myers, the library’s assistant director. The film scores of Elmer Bernstein are … Read More…

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January 2009
The Robert Mitchell Choirboys

by Warren M. Sherk Having previously written about Tiomkin’s collaboration with African American choral directors Hall Johnson and Jester Hairston, this month we take a closer look at Tiomkin’s lengthy association with the choral director Robert Mitchell. (Coincidentally, both the … Read More…

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