Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for High Noon placed 10th on the list of the American Film Institute’s top 25 all-time favorite film scores as voted by filmmakers, composers, and historians. The announcement came during a special performance concert, “The Big Picture—AFI’s 100 Years of Film Scores,” at the Hollywood Bowl on September 23. The High Noon theme was performed by the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra as part of a medley with Chinatown and The Magnificent Seven. Olivia Tiomkin Douglas and Patrick Russ attended, as did Eve Bernstein, Carol Goldsmith, Leslie Korngold, Ginny Mancini, David Newman, and a host of other relatives of the esteemed composers whose scores were chosen.

For a complete report on the concert and a list of the honored scores, see Jon Burlingame’s article “AFI’s Film Music Favorites Come to Life: Top 25 Movie Scores Performed in Splendor at the Bowl,” on the Film Music Society web site (www.filmmusicsociety.org).