FILM MUSIC NOTES: October 1943 to June 1945
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FILM MUSIC NOTES – OCTOBER 1943 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1
- Foreword
- News Items
- A New Dimension (Margery Morrison)
- Film Music for All Men (Dane Rudhyar)
- Phantom of the Opera - A Daring Musical
- Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest Commended by the Motion Picture Preview Committee of Hollywood and New York: Behind the Rising Sun; Claudia; The Constant Nymph; The Fallen Sparrow; First Comes Courage; Flesh and Fantasy; For Whom the Bell Tolls; Heaven Can Wait; I Walked With A Zombie; Lassie Goes Home; My Friend Flicka; The Phantom of the Opera; Lassie Goes Home; So Proudly We Hail; This is the Army; Thousands Cheer; Victory Through Air Power; Watch on the Rhine. Several other summer releases mentioned briefly. (Grace Widney Mabee; Constance Purdy)
- Excerpts from The Constant Nymph (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
FILM MUSIC NOTES – NOVEMBER 1943 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments; Commendations
- The Cinema Workshop (Margery Morrison)
- Music in the Movies (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- New Russian Film Music Born of War (Ivan Narodny)
- Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest Commended by the Motion Picture Preview Committee of Hollywood and New York: Corvette K-225; False Colors; Government Girl; Guadalcanal Diary; In Old Oklahoma; Johnny Come Lately; Lost Angel; My Kingdom for a Cook; Mystery Broadcast; The North Star; Old Acquaintance; Riding High; Sahara; Shrine of Victory; Top Man; The Unknolwn Guest. (Grace Widney Mabee; Constance Purdy)
- A Step in the Right Direction
- Excerpts from Sahara* {Miklós Rózsa}
- Miklós Rózsa
FILM MUSIC NOTES – DECEMBER 1943 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Off Beat (Mildred Norton, Los Angeles Daily News
- The Sixth Sense in Film Mechanics (from The American Cinematographer, October, 1943)
- An Appeal to the Educators of Music in Schools, Colleges, Universities (Mabee, Purdy)
- Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest Commended by the Motion Picture Preview Committee of Hollywood and New York: The Iron Major; His Butler's Sister; Gangway for Tomorrow; Henry Aldrich Haunts A House; Madame Curie; The Battle of Russia; Jack London; Swing Fever; No Time for Love; Happy Land; The Falcon and the Co-eds; Around the World; The Gang's All Here; Where Are Your Children. Short Subjects: Age of Flight; This is Tomorrow (Grace Widney Mabee; Constance Purdy)
- Excerpt from The North Star: Song of the Guerrillas*. {Aaron Copland}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – JANUARY 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 4
- Foreword
- News Items
- Rhapsody in Blue: A Day on the Gershwin Set at Warner Bros. (Constance Purdy)
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest: The Song of Bernadette; Tender Comrade; The Desert Song; Song of Russia; Three Russian Girls; Destination Tokyo; Gung Ho; The Heavenly Body; The Ghost Ship; Calling Dr. Death; What A Woman; Higher and Higher. (No author(s) credited)
- Notes on Alfred Newman
- Excerpt from The Song of Bernadette* {Alfred Newman}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – FEBRUARY 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5
- Foreword
- News Items
- Film Music (James Shelley Hamilton)
- Academy Award to Stress Progress in Film Scoring (Isabel Morse Jones, Los Angeles Times Music Editor)
- Upbeat in Music, March of Time (Sigmund Spaeth)
- A Visit to New York University and The Museum of Modern Art (Ruth Hampton)
- Advance Remarks on Lady in the Dark
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: A Guy Named Joe; The Bridge of San Luis Rey; It Happened Tomorrow; The Fighting Seabees; Jane Eyre; Jeannie; Lifeboat; None Shall Escape; Passport to Adventures; Phantom Lady; Standing Room Only; The Sullivans; The Uninvited.
- The Orchestra - Hollywood's Most Versatile Actor (Herbert Stothart)
- Excerpts from Madame Curie* {Herbert Stothart}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – MARCH 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 6
- Foreword
- Comments; News Items
- Academyu Nominations for Best Achievement in Music
- Music Credits on Coming Pictures of Special Interest
- Interview with Franz Waxman
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Synchronization (Ruth Parker Weldon)
- Reviews of Current Motion Picdtures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: In Our Time; The Imposter; Lady in the Dark; Up in Arms; Passage to Marseille; The Navy Way; Action in Arabia; See Here, Private Hargrove; The Curse of the Cat People; Knickerbocker Holiday; The Purple Heart; Voice in the Wind; Going My Way.
FILM MUSIC NOTES – APRIL 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 7
- Foreword
- Comments; News Items
- Questionnaire filled out and returned to the chairman of sound films, Music Educators' National Conference (Sigmund Spaeth)
- List of 16mm Films on Music Suitable for School Use (part of previous?)
- British Film Music (John Huntley, from Sight and Sound, January 1944)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Buffalo Bill; Days of Glory; Follow the Boys; Four Jills in a Jeep; The Hour Before the Dawn; Meet the People; The Negro Soldier; Nine Girls; Shine on Harvest Moon; Tunisian Victory; Uncertain Glory, The White Cliffs.
- Notes on Victor Young
- Excerpt from The Uninvited*, Stella Theme {Victor Young}
- Heavenly Music* {Sam Coslow, adaptation by Nathaniel Shilretz [sic])
FILM MUSIC NOTES – MAY 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 8
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Visual Re-Creation of Music (Margery Morrison)
- Scoring Film Drama (Alice Evans Field)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Address Unknown; The Adventures of Mark Twain; Between Two Worlds; Cover Girl; Double Indemnity; Gaslight; The Hitler Gang; Lady, Let's Dance; The Memphis Belle; Show Business; Two Sisters and a Sailor; This is the Life; Weird Woman; The Yellow Canary.
- Biography of Mr. Max Steiner
- Mark Twain* by Max Steiner
FILM MUSIC NOTES – JUNE 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 9
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Music Advisory Committee of the Department of State (Margery Morrison)
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Mexican Films in Hollywood (Margery Morrison)
- Film Music and Public Taste (Corporal Gail Kubik)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Adventure in Music; Bathing Beauty; The Canterville Ghost; Christmas Holiday; The Eve of St. Mark; The Hairy Ape; Home in Indiana; "Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore"; The Mask of Dimitrios; Mr. Skeffington; The Story of Dr. Wassell; Summer Storm; Important Business.
- Biography of Gail Kubik
- Excerpt from The Memphis Belle* {Gail Kubik}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – OCTOBER 1944 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 1
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- An Institute of Music in Contemporary Life (Naomi Reynolds)
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Notes on the Forthcoming Production of "Brazil" (Margery Morrison)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Dragon Seed; The Seventh Cross; Arsenic and Old Lace; Wilson; Since You Went Away; Kismet; Henry Aldrich's Little Secret; Mrs. Parkington; And Now Tomorrow; The Climax; Janie; Step Lively; The Great Mr. Handel; Till We Meet Again; San Diego I Love You; Attack: The Battle for New Britain; Mademoiselle Fifi; Marriage is a Private Affair; My Pal Wolf; Minstrel Man; Mr. Winkle Goes to War; Hail the Conquering Hero; The Doughgirls; Bride By Mistake; Casanova Brown; I Love A Soldier; The Merry Monahans; An American Romance; (various other films).
- Biography of Roy Webb
- Excerpt from Seventh Cross* {Webb}
- Biography of Adolph Deutsch
- Excerpts from The Mask of Dimitrios* {Deutsch}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – NOVEMBER 1944 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 2
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Letters From Our Readers
- Film Music Forum
- A Few Words About the Music in the Film Wilson (Constance Purdy)
- Talk Delivered by the Composer, William Lava, on the Music Scoring for Warner Bros. Short Subject I Won't Play
- An Institute of Music in Contemporary Life (Naomi Reynolds, continued from October issue)
- Musicians' Congress
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: In the Meantime, Darling; Frenchman's Creek; Irish Eyes Are Smiling; The Princess and the Pirate; Bluebeard; To Have and Have Not; The Man in Half Moon Street; Meet Me in St. Louis; Something for the Boys; Dark Waters; Laura; The Conspirators; When the Lights Go On Again; The Very Thought of You; None But the Lonely Heart; The Woman in the Window; Ministry of Fear; Bowery to Broadway; Brazil.
- Biography of Edward Ward
- Excerpts from Magic Voice* {Edward Ward}
- Biography of Bronislau Kaper
- Excerpts from Mrs. Parkington*: The Bee {Bronislau Kaper}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – DECEMBER 1944 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 3
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Letters From Our Readers
- About Film Scores (Arthur Kleiner, Museum of Modern Art)
- Synchronization (Constance Purdy)
- An Institute of Music in Contemporary Art (Naomi Reynolds, conclusion)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Target For Today; V-1; Enter Arsene Lupin; The Thin Man Goes Home; Winged Victory; Hollywood Canteen; They Met in Moscow; Together Again; Blonde Fever; Tomorrow the World; Three is a Family; Sergeant Mike; Belle of the Yukon; Experiment Perilous.
- Music in Cartoons (Scott Bradley, talk given at The Music Forum, October 28, 1944)
- Biography of Scott Bradley
- Excerpts from Cartoon Music* {Scott Bradley}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – JANUARY 1945 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 4
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth) - How to Listen to Film Music (Margery Morrison, a talk at Music Educators' Panel on Visual Education at USC, December 9th)
- The Language of Music
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Sunday Dinner for a Soldier; The Birth of the B-29; The Falcon in Hollywood; National Velvet; Destiny; Music for Millions; Can't Help Singing; The Keys of the Kingdom; The Suspect; Guest in the House; Here Come the Waves; I'll Be Seeing You; Pagliacci; Leningrad Music Hall.
- Biography of Werner Richard Heymann
- Together Again* (Werner Heymann)
FILM MUSIC NOTES – FEBRUARY 1945 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 5
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- A Musician's Fan Mail [to Korngold]
- Music of the Motion Pictures (William C. Hartshorn)
- Interview with Roy Webb (Constance Purdy)
- What part can and should the music educator play in his relation to young people and the music in the films?
- Opinions on the Future of Film Music
- Academy Award Nominations for Music
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Dangerous Passage; The Fighting Lady; Gentle Annie; Grissly's Millions; Hangover Square; Lake Placid Serenade; Mr. Emmanuel; Murder, My Sweet; Objective, Burma; Roughly Speaking; She Gets Her Man; Thunderhead, Son of Flicka; The Unseen.
- Biography of Alfred Newman
- Keys of the Kingdom* "The Operation" {Alfred Newman}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – MARCH 1945 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 6
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- A Musician's Fan Mail (courtesy M-G-M)
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- A Film Program for Music Clubs and Classes (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Betrayal From the East; Bring on the Girls; Delightfully Dangerous; The Enchanted Cottage; God is My Co-Pilot; It's A Pleasure; It's in the Bag; Pan-Americana; The Picture of Dorian Gray; Salty O'Rourke; See My Lawyer; Strange Illusion; Tonight and Every Night; On Approval; Hotel Berlin.
- Pattern For Mystery (Roy Webb)
FILM MUSIC NOTES – APRIL 1945 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 7
- Foreword
- Forthcoming Musicals
- News Items; Comments
- A Musician's Fan Mail [to Max Steiner]
- For the Attention of Music Clubs (Sigmund Spaeth)
- A Music Library in a Motion Picture Studio (Monachus Minor, from The Score)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Hotel Berlin; The Affairs of Susan; Sudan; Earl Carroll Vanities; Colonel Blimp; Without Love; High Powered; A Royal Scandal; The Three Caballeros; The Corn is Green; The Horn Blows at Midnight; Dillinger.
- Notes on the Life and Works of Max Steiner
- The Corn is Green*, Main Title (Max Steiner)
- Themes from Guest in the House* (Werner Janssen)
FILM MUSIC NOTES – MAY 1945 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 8
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
- A Music Library in a Motion Picture Studio (Monachus Minor, from The Score)
- Motion Pictures Seek New Musical Paths (Isabel Morse Jones, Music Editor, Los Angeles Times)
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: The Phantom of 42nd Street; Counter-Attack; The Valley of Decision; The Lady Confesses; I'll Remember April; Those Endearing Young Charms; Wonder Man; Patrick the Great; A Medal for Benny; Salome, Where She Danced; China Sky; Honeymoon Ahead; Son of Lassies; The Southerner; The Brighton Strangler.
- Notes on Louis Gruenberg
- Excerpts from Counterattack*, Tanks for the Rescue {Louis Gruenberg}
FILM MUSIC NOTES – JUNE 1945 – VOLUME 4, NUMBER 9
- Foreword
- News Items; Comments
- Notes on May Music Forum
- Film Music News from Britain (John Huntley)
- Choral Music in Motion Pictures (Charles Henderson)
- Cinematics (Margery Morrison)
- The Use of Films in Santa Barbara City Schools (Josephine Murray)
- Fresno Conference: Report of the Committee on Audio-Visual Aids, Materials and Techniques (Alberta Carlson)
- Film Music Appreciation in Junior and Senior Hitgh Schools of Greater Cleveland (Mrs. William Roger Thomas)
- Rhapsody in Blue (The Story of George Gershwin -- A Musical Study Outline of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture for Clubs and Classes) (Sigmund Spaeth)
- Recent Films Containing Excerpts from Standard Works
- Best Pictures of the Year from a Musical Point of View
- Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Blood on the Sun; Thrill of a Romance; Out of This World; Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe; That's the Spirit; Pillow to Post; Twice Blessed; The Silver Fleet; China's Little Devils; Divorce; Back to Bataan; Where Do We Go From Here; Rhapsody in Blue; Nob Hill; Along Came Jones; Incendiary Blonde; Conflict.
- Victor Young
- A Model For Benny*, Love Theme {Victor Young}
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