Archive
January 2021
International Film Music Critics honor the re-recording of Tiomkin’s Dial M for Murder score
December 2020
Dimitri Tiomkin exhibition opens at Solzhenitsyn Center in Russia
November 2020
Who wrote the music for A Little Racketeer? (part 2)
by Warren M. Sherk PART 2 of 2 (read Part 1) On Broadway, 44th Street Theatre, January 18-February 27, 1932 When the show finally opens on Broadway the initial reviews are good, including this acknowledgment of the composer, “Dimitri Tiomkin …
Tagged A Little Racketeer, Albertina Rasch, Albertina Rasch Dancers, Allen Boretz, Ballyhoo, Brazilian Suite, Danger If I Love You, Die Rakete, Dimitri Tiomkin, Edmund Eysler, Edward Eliscu, Emil Newman, Harry Clarke, Haskell Brown, I Have a Run in My Stocking, Jerry Rogers, Lewis Alter, Lou Alter, Maurice Rubens, Maury Rubens, Nicholas van Pelt, Philco Radio, Philco Transitone, Queenie Smith, Rio de Janeiro, Southern Belles, Starry Skies, Starry Sky, When that Band Plays
October 2020
Who wrote the music for A Little Racketeer?
by Warren M. Sherk PART 1 of 2 “A Little Racketeer (1932) is notable only because composer Dimitri Tiomkin contributed several melodies.” —Ken Bloom, The Routledge Guide to Broadway, 2006 Dimitri Tiomkin’s contribution to the Broadway musical revue is notable; …
Tagged A Little Racketeer, Albertina Rasch, Albertina Rasch Dancers, Ballyhoo, Brazilian Suite, Chevrolet Coupe, Chevrolet Six, Dimitri Tiomkin, Edward Eliscu, Friedrich Kalbfuß, Grace Hayes, Harry Clarke, Harry Revel, Haskell Brown, Henry Sullivan, I Have a Run in My Stocking, I'll Ballyhoo You, J. J. Shubert, Lew Alter, Lita Grey Chaplin, Louis Alter, Mack Gordon, Panne des Herzens, Paul Ash, Paul Cadieux, Queenie Smith, Richard Wilde, Rio de Janeiro, Shubert Organization, Starry Skies, Starry Sky, The Little Racketeer, Tom and Wendy Wonder
September 2020
Behind the Letter: Carmen Coppola asks Dimitri Tiomkin for work
August 2020
Enhancements to DimitriTiomkin.com
Enhancements are coming to the Dimitri Tiomkin website! Since going live in April 2003, this site has grown continuously both in content and users. While we are proud of the immense resources we have made available online to users around …
Tagged Amy Stone, MOWA Design Group
July 2020
Dimitri Tiomkin concert suites from Friendly Persuasion and Guns of Navarone
June 2020
Behind the Photograph: Dimitri Tiomkin’s Outstanding Western Musical Composition of 1960
Nevada lieutenant governor and former actor Rex Bell (holding trophy) presents Bill Hill, representing Dimitri Tiomkin and Columbia Records, with a Western Heritage Award trophy for Outstanding Western Musical Composition of 1960. The Alamo soundtrack by Dimitri Tiomkin took top …
Tagged #HashtagTheCowboy, Behind the photograph, Bill Hill, Charles Russell, Columbia Records, Dimitri Tiomkin, Miller-Jackson Company, Nat Perrin, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, Patrick Wayne, Rex Bell, Roy. J. Turner, Sheb Wooley, Skirvin Tower Hotel, Stephen L. R. McNichols, The Alamo : motion picture, Tim Tiller, Western Heritage Awards
May 2020
Dimitri Tiomkin and Lowell Thomas team up for Benjamin Franklin biopic
April 2020
The lively letters of Dimitri Tiomkin and Lowell Thomas, Part 2
March 2020
The lively letters of Dimitri Tiomkin and Lowell Thomas, Part 1
Tiomkin tune lands at number 25 on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 SONGS
February 2020
Hollywood Harmonies by Dimitri Tiomkin and Prosper Buranelli
January 2020
Intrada releases DIAL M FOR MURDER soundtrack
January 2020
Intrada releases Dimitri Tiomkin ballet music
Paris Under the Stars: Ballet Music for Albertina Rasch has been issued by Intrada on compact disc. The newly recorded works were written by composer Dimitri Tiomkin between 1927 and 1932 and performed as ballets choreographed by Albertina Rasch for …
Tagged Albertina Rasch, Albertina Rasch Dancers, Albertina Rasch girls, Ballet music, Deems Taylor, Dimitri Tiomkin, Edward Powell, Emil Gerstenberger, Ferde Grofe, Hans Spialek, Herman Hand, Intrada, Mars Ballet, Maurice de Packh, Paris Under the Stars, Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, William Stromberg
Charles Gerhardt pictorial tribute available on Kindle
December 2019
USC Cinematic Arts names Cassady, Grisom as Tiomkin Fund recipients
November 2019
Four Tiomkin-scored films shot on location in Old Tucson
Old Tucson Studios have been at the center of location shooting in Southern Arizona for 90 years. Old Tucson Studios brochure Four Westerns with music by Dimitri Tiomkin were filmed at Old Tucson during the 1950s. Strange Lady in Town, …
Tagged Old Tucson Studios, Robert Shelton
October 2019
Behind the Photograph: Dimitri Tiomkin and Peggy Castle
October 2019
We’re Back!!
A malicious malware attack brought down the Tiomkin website for two weeks in October. We are proud of the fact that we have posted news or articles each month since April 2003. That’s more than 15 years of consecutive monthly …