FILM MUSIC NOTES: Volume 3
(October 1943 to June 1944)
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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}
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