Tag Archives: books
February 2024
Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer: An Authorized Biography by Peter Bernstein
With Maestro in movie theaters and an Elmer Bernstein biography on bookstore shelves, two great American musicians of the 20th century with the surname Bernstein are on the minds of filmgoers and readers. Maestro is bringing awareness to Classical music and …
Tagged books, Dimitri Tiomkin, Elmer Bernstein, Peter Bernstein
July 2016
Howard Hawks: New Perspectives
A new anthology, Howard Hawks: New Perspectives, edited by British professor Ian Brookes, includes a chapter by Kathryn Kalinak. In “Scoring the West: Dimitri Tiomkin and Howard Hawks,” Kalinak writes on the collaboration between the film director and composer and …
Tagged books, Howard Hawks, Ian Brookes, Kathryn Kalinak, Red River, Rio Bravo
October 2015
Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait on sale, October 22-25
To celebrate the third anniversary of its e-book publication and the 55th anniversary of Tiomkin’s music score for The Alamo, Christopher Palmer’s “Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait” will be on sale for four days as a Kindle Countdown Deal. Purchase the …
Tagged books, Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait
April 2012
Music in the Western: Notes from the Frontier
Books
Interested in further reading? Check out these books available from amazon.com. Please Don’t Hate Me by Dimitri Tiomkin Autobiography Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait Biography Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait Biography by Christopher Palmer. BUY the e-book! Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait (Christopher …
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October 2010
Tiomkin featured in Hollywood Film Music Reader
by Warren M. Sherk The Hollywood Film Music Reader, Mervyn Cooke’s latest book, features material from Dimitri Tiomkin’s 1959 autobiography, Please Don’t Hate Me. The seven excerpts cover the composer’s interactions with directors Frank Capra and Alfred Hitchcock, exchanges with …
Tagged books, Hollywood Film Music Reader
March 2009
Tiomkin featured in book on Russians in Hollywood
In his book “Russians in Hollywood, Hollywood’s Russians: Biography of an Image,” Harlow Robinson chronicles the story of Russian émigrés in Hollywood as well as the influence of Russian artists on American cinema, and examines the depiction of Russians in …
Tagged books, Russians in Hollywood