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Tiomkin tune lands at number 25 on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 SONGS
Charles Gerhardt pictorial tribute available on Kindle
Classic FM picks Red River as the Greatest Western Movie Score, April 2018
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 …
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Dutton Vocalion reissues Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin
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 …
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Sony Home Video releases Lost Horizon, 80th anniversary edition, October 3, 2017
Sony Home Video recently released Lost Horizon on Blu-ray to commemorate the film’s 80th anniversary. The disc, accompanied by a 24-page Digibook with an essay by film historian Jeremy Arnold, includes one minute of recently unearthed footage from a worn …
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Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology featured on Mark! My Words on Music, February 2017
Dr. Mark Evans, author of Soundtrack: The Music of the Movies, has posted a video review of the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology on YouTube. His program, “Mark! My Words,” can be found on radio and television and in-print as a newspaper column. In the six-minute …
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June 2016
Giant 60th anniversary screening at Academy in Los Angeles
Tiomkin Anthology on iTunes, July 2015
The Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology is now available for purchase in electronic form at the iTunes Store. Open iTunes and search for “Tiomkin Anthology.” Tiomkin’s music has been available on iTunes for 12 years. RELATED: July 2006 Apple iTunes …
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Tiomkin on cdbaby, June 2015
Selected recordings of songs and music from the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology are now available on cdbaby. The twenty-two tracks include songs from the cinema and stage by the four time Oscar-winning composer. The singers are Whitney Kaufman and Darice Cooper, featuring Leah …
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Jack Wallace, 1926-2015
Jack Wallace (1926-2015) passed away yesterday, on May 30th, in Los Angeles. A little more than two years ago, Jack recounted his memories of Dimitri Tiomkin to his friend Les Zador, who made them available through this website. Jack worked …
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60th anniversary of Tiomkin’s famous Academy Awards acceptance speech, March 30, 2015
Playlist: John Carpenter’s Favorite Scores, February 2015
Check out the current issue of Entertainment Weekly in which director John Carpenter “reveals the movie music that drives him wild.” Carpenter, probably best known for Halloween and Escape from New York, always lavished attention on the music in his …
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The Big Picture: Hitchcock!, August 31, 2014
by Warren M. Sherk David Newman and the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra delighted a large crowd of movie and soundtrack fans last night at the Bowl. Newman selected clips and music that kept the audience on the edge of their seats …
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Londons Huntsman celebrates Gregory Pecks impeccable style, June 17 to July 17, 2014
If you’re in London between June 17 and July 17, you won’t want to miss Huntsman Presents: Gregory Peck, Style Archive of an Icon. The in-store exhibition dedicated to the actor documents his relationship with Huntsman, the made-to-order clothing store, …
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New Images uploaded, June 1, 2014
We’ve upgraded our memory for this site which will allow us to share many more images, including photographs and poster art. For starters there are 35 new images, including the one at the right. Browse more in the Photo Gallery. …
Tiomkin featured at Sochi closing ceremony, February 23, 2014
Don’t miss the Closing Ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Composer Dimitri Tiomkin’s music will be featured alongside fellow Russian composers, including Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Shostakovich. Twelve minutes of selections from Silva Screen recordings will include music …
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November 2013 report: best Cue Sheet ever!
The current issue of the Film Music Society’s quarterly journal The Cue Sheet is devoted to what many consider the most famous film music concert in history, “Music from Hollywood.” The concert was held at the Hollywood Bowl in September …
50 years ago today: September 25, 1963
Dimitri Tiomkin participated in what is probably the greatest film music concert of all time fifty years ago today at the Hollywood Bowl. Tiomkin conducted music from High Noon (1952) and his song, “The Green Leaves of Summer,” from The …
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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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Kremenchug May 2013
“Tiomkin Days 2013 in Kremenchug” took place in mid-May and Olivia Tiomkin and Eileen Shaw traveled to from the U.K. for the festivities. After arriving at the Kiev Airport, they were transported to Kremenchug where they were greeted by Deputy …
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