Tag Archives: concert suites

November 2025
Pope Leo picks It’s a Wonderful Life

Posted on November 23, 2025 by wsherk

Who doesn’t love It’s a Wonderful Life? This holiday season we can include Pope Leo XIV as a fan. It’s a Wonderful Life is one of the Pope’s four favorite films, alongside The Sound of Music, Life Is Beautiful, and … Read More…

February 2022
A to Z Guide to Dimitri Tiomkin music publications and rentals, research, and rights clearance

Posted on March 12, 2022 by wsherk

Compiled by Patrick Russ Dimitri Tiomkin owned his own publishing company, Volta Music; however for most of his early career he composed film music under work-for-hire agreements for a number of film studios and companies, such as Allied Artists, Columbia … Read More…

Tagged Alfred Publishing, Bourne Music, British Film Institute, concert suites, Dimitri Tiomkin, Dimitri Tiomkin Collection, Faber Music, Greenberg Traurig, Hal Leonard, IMG Artists, Movies in Concert, Paramount Pictures, Sony Music, Universal Music Publishing, USC Cinematic Arts Library, Volta Music, Warner Bros. Archive, Wise Music, Zinfonia

January 2022
Wise Music rents Tiomkin concert suites for Warner Bros. films through Zinfonia

Posted on February 20, 2022 by wsherk

Wise Music now rents Dimitri Tiomkin concert suites for Warner Bros. films administered by Warner/Chappell. The Wise Music Classical Rental Libraries is a leading commercial music library and performance materials are shipped all over the world. Wise recommends you use … Read More…

Tagged concert suites, Dimitri Tiomkin, film music in concert, Newzik, Warner Bros., Wise Music, Zinfonia

July 2020
Dimitri Tiomkin concert suites from Friendly Persuasion and Guns of Navarone

Posted on September 3, 2020 by wsherk

Dimitri Tiomkin concert suites including music selections from Friendly Persuasion and the popular “Overture” for The Guns of Navarone are the latest additions to the Symphony Pops series from the Hal Leonard Corporation. The concert suites—typeset and ready to print before the COVID-19 pandemic … Read More…

Tagged Christopher Palmer, concert suites, Dimitri Tiomkin, Friendly Persuasion, Hal Leonard, movie overtures, Patrick Russ, Symphony Pops, The Guns of Navarone, Thee I Love

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…

Tagged Circus World, concert suites, John Wayne "Duke" March, Performance materials, The Alamo

July 2016
Rawhide score and parts published by Hal Leonard

Posted on July 5, 2016 by wsherk

The score and parts for Rawhide is the latest addition to the Symphony Pops series from the Hal Leonard Corporation featuring film and television music by Dimitri Tiomkin. The Rawhide theme by Tiomkin, with lyrics by Ned Washington, is aimed … Read More…

Tagged concert suites, Hal Leonard, Rawhide

January 2016
Tiomkin film music concert suites now available from Schott and EAM

Posted on January 22, 2016 by wsherk

Dimitri Tiomkin film music concert suites for orchestra are now available as rentals from the European American Music (EAM) Distributors Company, a member of the Schott Music Group. Tiomkin joins an A-list of American and European composers whose music is … Read More…

Tagged concert suites, European American Music, Schott Music Group

February 2013
More suite music from Alfred Music

Posted on March 2, 2013 by wsherk

Giant and the Rio Bravo Concert Suite are now available from the Alfred Rental Library, a division of Alfred Music Publishing. The twelve-minute concert suite for Giant for full orchestra showcases Dimitri Tiomkin’s music for the 1956 film. Arranged by … Read More…

Tagged Alfred Music, concert suites

June 2012
Alfred Music offers High and Mighty Suite

Posted on June 6, 2012 by wsherk

The High and the Mighty Suite is now available from the Alfred Rental Library, a division of Alfred Music Publishing. The seven-minute concert suite for full orchestra showcases Dimitri Tiomkin’s music for the 1954 film. Arranged by Christopher Palmer and … Read More…

Tagged Alfred Music, concert suites, The High and the Mighty

October 2009
It’s a Wonderful Life concert suite published by Hal Leonard

Posted on October 18, 2009 by wsherk

A concert suite for It’s a Wonderful Life—aimed at professional symphony orchestras—is available now from Hal Leonard. First in an intended series, the Dimitri Tiomkin score is modeled after the successful John Williams Signature Series, also published by Hal Leonard. … Read More…

Tagged concert suites, Hal Leonard, It’s a Wonderful Life

February 2005
Suite from The Sundowners to receive world premiere

Posted on February 17, 2005 by wsherk

A suite from Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for The Sundowners will receive its world premiere by the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (TSO) on Saturday, March 5, at Federation Concert Hall at 1 Davey Street in Hobart. The Showcase series concert, “Australians at the Movies,” … Read More…

Tagged concert suites, The Sundowners, world premieres

June 2004
The High and the Mighty suite recorded in London

Posted on June 17, 2004 by wsherk

A new suite from The High and the Mighty has been recorded at Abbey Road in London by conductor Richard Kaufman and the London Symphony Orchestra for a future release by Koch International. Olivia Tiomkin Douglas attended the session at … Read More…

Tagged concert suites, The High and the Mighty