2018

December 2018
Why did Dimitri Tiomkin bow out of scoring two Robert Aldrich films?

Posted on December 27, 2018 by wsherk

Part 1 of 2. By Warren M. Sherk In 1961 Dimitri Tiomkin agreed to score back-to-back Robert Aldrich directed films, The Last Sunset (1961) and Sodom and Gomorrah (released in Italy in 1961 as Sodoma e Gomorra, released in the … Read More…

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November 2018
USC School of Cinematic Arts selects the Dimitri Tiomkin Endowed Fund recipients for 2018-2019

Posted on December 4, 2018 by wsherk

The University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts selected three graduate students—Miles Alva, Joshua Scammell, and Jack Walterman—enrolled in Film and Television Production for the Dimitri Tiomkin Endowed Fund for Student Assistantships for 2018-2019. “I’m pleased that the … Read More…

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October 2018
Hal Leonard publishes Alamo and Circus World music

Posted on October 29, 2018 by wsherk

A concert suite for The Alamo and “The John Wayne ‘Duke’ March” from Circus World are the latest additions to the Symphony Pops series from the Hal Leonard Corporation featuring film and television music by Dimitri Tiomkin. The Alamo concert suite is for full orchestra … Read More…

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September 24, 2018
Intrada Records Kickstarter for Dial M recording surpasses goal

Posted on September 25, 2018 by wsherk

We’re pleased to note that the Intrada Records Kickstarter campaign passed the US$45,000 goal. Let the recording begin! September 29, 2018 UPDATE: Thanks to 404 backers who pledged $49,313, there will be a brand new recording of Dimitri Tiomkin’s score … Read More…

September 23, 2018
Intrada Records Kickstarter for Dial M recording closes in 60 hours

Posted on September 24, 2018 by wsherk

An ambitious Kickstarter campaign to record Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Dial M for Murder closes in 60 hours. More than 85 percent of the campaign’s US$45,000 has been pledged to date by more than 300 backers. … Read More…

August 2018
Intrada Records launches Kickstarter for Dial M for Murder recording

Posted on August 28, 2018 by wsherk

Intrada Records launched a crowd-funded Kickstarter project, its first, to record Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Dial M for Murder. Intrada selected the film due to Tiomkin’s striking score that accentuates the film starring Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, and Grace Kelly (whose introduction … Read More…

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July 2018
Bountiful songs by Dimitri Tiomkin and Frederick Herbert for Milk and Honey

Posted on July 22, 2018 by wsherk

by Warren M. Sherk We know Dimitri Tiomkin and Frederick Herbert provided songs for five films released in the mid-1940s, notably for Duel in the Sun and Red River. Prior to working on their first film, Bridge of San Luis … Read More…

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June 2018
The film songs of Dimitri Tiomkin and Frederick Herbert

Posted on June 30, 2018 by wsherk

by Warren M. Sherk Last month we examined songs with lyrics by Frederick Herbert for the 1944 film The Bridge of San Luis Rey scored by Dimitri Tiomkin, as well as Frederick Herbert’s family musical legacy. (As in part 1, we will … Read More…

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May 2018
When Dimitri Tiomkin met Herb Stahlberg, whom we know as Frederick Herbert, born Frederick Stahlberg…not to be confused with Frederick Stahlberg, his father

Posted on June 1, 2018 by wsherk

by Warren M. Sherk When Classic FM named Red River as the Greatest Western Film Score last month it brought the name Frederick Herbert back onto our radar. Herbert is credited with the lyrics for the popular song “Settle Down” … Read More…

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Classic FM picks Red River as the Greatest Western Movie Score, April 2018

Posted on April 28, 2018 by wsherk

Topping the list of Classic FM’s “The greatest Western movie scores” is Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for Red River. Classic FM, an independent National Radio station in the United Kingdom, broadcasts “The World’s Greatest Music” and has been a proponent of Tiomkin’s … Read More…

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April 2018
Report on Tiomkin ENERGY festival 2017 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

Posted on April 17, 2018 by wsherk

In 2017, after a three-year hiatus due to civil unrest in the Ukraine, the International Jazz Festival ENERGY in honor of Dimitri Tiomkin returned to Kremenchuk (sometimes spelled Kremenchug) on the 5th anniversary of the inaugural 2012 festival. The festival, … Read More…

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April 2018
Tiomkin Days, April 25-27, 2018 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

Posted on April 17, 2018 by wsherk

The annual Dimitri Tiomkin festival in the city of the composer’s birth, Kremenchuk (sometimes spelled Kremenchug), Ukraine, will take place on April 25 to 27, 2018. In honor of their native son, the festival supports young pianists and improvisational music … Read More…

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March 2018
Alvin Ailey ballet features Wild Is the Wind

Posted on April 10, 2018 by wsherk

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary. Founded in 1968 by Alvin Ailey (1931–1989), an African-American choreographer, the theater company has been entertaining audiences around the world with it’s imaginative programming and modern dance masterpieces. In a … Read More…

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A Symphonic Night at the Movies: High Noon, with the Utah Symphony, February 17, 2018

Posted on February 20, 2018 by wsherk

by Warren M. Sherk An iconic film, High Noon. An orchestra, the Utah Symphony, that has been performing in the West since 1940. For “A Symphonic Night at the Movies” the film and orchestra came together as one at Maurice Abravanel … Read More…

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February 2018
Film in Concert: High Noon

Posted on February 4, 2018 by wsherk

The Utah Symphony will perform Dimitri Tiomkin’s original score for High Noon live to film on Saturday, February 17, at 7 p.m. in Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City. Tickets: Utah Symphony High Noon is a gripping Western morality play … Read More…

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January 2018
Making Music in Selznick’s Hollywood by Nathan Platte

Posted on January 6, 2018 by wsherk

Review by Warren M. Sherk Making Music in Selznick’s Hollywood by Nathan Platte published by Oxford University Press contains considerable documentation on Dimitri Tiomkin’s music scores for two films produced by David O. Selznick in the late 1940s: Duel in the Sun and Portrait … Read More…

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January 2018
Interview with author Nathan Platte

Posted on January 6, 2018 by wsherk

During the holidays we caught up with author Nathan Platte via email and asked him a few questions about his latest book, Making Music in Selznick’s Hollywood, now available from Oxford University Press. READ: See our book review here. Q.: Why Selznick? So … Read More…

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Dutton Vocalion reissues Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin

Posted on January 1, 2018 by wsherk

Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin, recorded in 1975 by RCA and released as an LP record, was reissued in SACD by Dutton Vocalion in late 2017. The disc contains a suite from The Thing from Another World previously unreleased in … Read More…

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