2010
December 2010
Cyrano de Bergerac soundtrack released by Screen Archives
December 2010
The War Wagon soundtrack released by Intrada
Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for The War Wagon has been issued for the first time on compact disc. Listen to sample tracks and order here. Intrada had access to the original session master recordings from Universal’s vault and re-mixed and re-mastered …
Tagged Intrada, soundtracks, The War Wagon
November 2010
The Unforgiven soundtrack released by Kritzerland
Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for The Unforgiven has been issued on compact disc by Kritzerland. John Huston directed this classic Western, which starred Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, Lillian Gish, and Charles Bickford. The film was released by United Artists …
Tagged Kritzerland, soundtracks, The Unforgiven
October 2010
Tiomkin featured in Hollywood Film Music Reader
by Warren M. Sherk The Hollywood Film Music Reader, Mervyn Cooke’s latest book, features material from Dimitri Tiomkin’s 1959 autobiography, Please Don’t Hate Me. The seven excerpts cover the composer’s interactions with directors Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock, exchanges with …
Tagged books, Hollywood Film Music Reader
September 2010
Patriotism, the American flag, and 1964
by Warren M. Sherk In the America of 1964, the nation was still reeling from the loss of a president, Congress passed a historic civil rights omnibus bill, and the Vietnam War was stoking the fires of discontent. During this …
July 2010
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France to perform Tiomkin
July 2010
Champion soundtrack released by Screen Archives
June 2010
Remember the (complete) Alamo
For years soundtrack collectors have waited for a complete recording of Tiomkin’s score for The Alamo. The wait is finally over. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the epic Western, a complete recording of music from the film will …
Tagged Prometheus Records, The Alamo
May 2010
National Train Day
by Warren M. Sherk Trains have figured prominently in several films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin, from High Noon to Last Train from Gun Hill. In recognition of the third annual National Train Day on May 8, we are highlighting two …
Tagged Canadian Pacific, Night Passage, train films
April 2010
UPDATE: The High and the Mighty goes to court
From time to time, www.dimitritiomkin.com receives Web mail from people who have a connection with Tiomkin or his music. Recently we were contacted by Ronald Simone, who, after reading our July 2007 article on The High and the Mighty, wrote …
Tagged The High and the Mighty
March 2010
Follow the River to be performed at the Jimmy Stewart Museum
Dimitri Tiomkin’s song “Follow the River” will be performed at the Jimmy Stewart Museum in Indiana, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening, April 3, at the gala opening of a new exhibition. In the 1957 Western film Night Passage, Stewart sings the …
Tagged Follow the River, Jimmy Stewart Museum
February 2010
The Long Night soundtrack released by Screen Archives
February 2010
Tiomkin tracks to run in film music marathon on WWFM
To set the stage, musically speaking, for the Academy Awards television broadcast on Sunday, March 7, WWFM will air a marathon of movie music beginning Friday, March 5. “Lights, Camera…Music!” will feature a daylong tribute to the music of Bernard …
Tagged WWFM
January 2010
Alexander Glazunov: Mentor, Teacher, Petrogradezt
by Warren M. Sherk The single greatest musical influence on Dimitri Tiomkin is arguably the Russian composer Aleksandr Konstantinovich Glazunov. When Tiomkin’s mother sought to enroll her son at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, young Dimitri had to pass muster with …
Tagged Alexander Glazunov