2013
December 2013
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral issued by La-La Land Records
November 2013
Tiomkin and the Ravel medal
In the summer of 1965 Tiomkin was awarded the Ravel medal by SACEM, the Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Éditeurs de Musique, known in the U.S. as “the French ASCAP.” Tiomkin met composer Maurice Ravel in 1928, when he was in …
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October 2013
Behind the photograph: Tansman and Tiomkin
September 2013
Cease Fire: High Noon in Korea
by Warren M. Sherk (Fifth in an occasional series on Tiomkin’s lesser-known film scores) “The dramatic story you are about to see was actually filmed on the battlefields of Korea,” declares the opening title card for Cease Fire, a 1953 …
Tagged Cease Fire, High Noon, Korean War
September 16 New York Philharmonic PhilFlash: The Music Behind the Movie
The Music Behind the Movie An Exhibit Presented by the New York Philharmonic Archives and the Margaret Herrick Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences In conjunction with THE ART OF THE SCORE: Film Week at the Philharmonic, …
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August 2013
Tiomkin days in Kremenchug festival report
by Tamara Oskomenko-Parulava Editor’s note: This report was written in Ukrainian; it has been edited for readability in English. “Tiomkin days – 2013 in Kremenchug,” the first large-scale musical theatrical performance dedicated to the world-renowned composer from Kremenchug, Dimitri Tiomkin, …
Tagged Kremenchug festival, Tiomkin days
July 2013
EW ranks It’s a Wonderful Life 6th greatest film ever
June 2013
The story of musician Arthur Zepp, Dimitri Tiomkin’s personal assistant
by Warren M. Sherk Second of two parts (read part one) Okinawa, the USO, and World War II Seventeen years had passed since his remarkable trip to Paris with the Tiomkins. By now ensconced in Spokane, Zepp’s next international adventure …
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June 2013
Howard Hawks, Part 2 continues at AFI near D.C.
As part of “Howard Hawks, Part 2,” the American Film Institute will screen Land of the Pharaohs (1955) on Sunday, June 2, at 11:05 a.m., Monday, June 3, at 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday, June 4, at 5:00 p.m. at the …
Tagged AFI, American Film Institute, Howard Hawks
June 2013
Dial M for Murder in 3D at the Academy
May 2013
Dimitri Tiomkin as I remember him
by Jack Wallace He was without a doubt the greatest tunesmith who helped invent the music of Hollywood during the sound era. Just as Aaron Copland defined the sound of the American West of myth and legend for ballet and …
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April 2013
The story of musician Arthur Zepp, Dimitri Tiomkin’s personal assistant
by Warren M. Sherk First of two parts The rooftop view from a luxury apartment on the Champs-Élysées must have been pretty heady stuff for a twenty-year-old American student interested in a career in music. Barely two years had passed …
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March 2013
Music and Cinema exhibition opens in Paris
by Warren M. Sherk “Music and Cinema: The Wedding of the Century?” opens this month at the Musée de la musique in the Cité de la musique in Paris. Curated by French film critic, journalist, and author N. T. Binh, …
Tagged Music and Cinema
February 2013
More suite music from Alfred Music
Giant and the Rio Bravo Concert Suite are now available from the Alfred Rental Library, a division of Alfred Music Publishing. The twelve-minute concert suite for Giant for full orchestra showcases Dimitri Tiomkin’s music for the 1956 film. Arranged by …
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