FILM MUSIC NOTES: Volume 4
(October 1944 to June 1945)
LEGEND: Asterisk (*) means article includes musical examples. Info in (parentheses) is the author of the article. Info in {curly brackets} is the composer connected with that article. If the composer and author are the same, there is a double bracket ({like this}). Info in [square brackets] is additional information about the article. Comments? Corrections? Questions? E-mail me via this link.
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}
Click here for Volume 5 • Return to Home Page