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OLD NEWS 
February 7th,
2010
New section on
Basil Poledouris
featuring two videos:
His
Life and Music VHS and
A Tribute
to Basil Poledouris DVD.
Also additions on Joe Hisaishi:
Joe
Hisaishi in Budokan DVD and portion of
Kouhaku Uta
Gasen 2009 performing his theme song.
And on
Michel Legrand:
I
Will Wait for You, with Tamara Gverdsiteli thanks to
Evgeny Romantsov.
February 4th,
2010
New addition on
Ennio
Morricone:
Cinema
Concerto in Seoul,
thanks to B77W.
August 31st, 2009
New addition on
Henry
Mancini:
Mancini &
Friends.
This is a broadcast TV Special as a tribute to Henry
Mancini. Different from
Mancini
and Friends which had an official release. Also,
Joe Hisaishi's
Clannel, which appears to be a South Korean TV
broadcast.
July 21st, 2009
New additions on
British
Composers:
Doctor Who at
the Proms.
And, thanks to my friend Evgeny
Romantsov, two additions to
Michel Legrand:
Back in
Paris and
Legrand et
le Cinema.
April 9th, 2009
New additions on
Ennio Morricone: Concert in Chile 2008.
Also, from now on, the screenshots will have a width of 500 pixels, instead of the regular 350 pixels.
April 4th, 2009
New additions on
Henry Mancini:
The Grammy Awards 1971, The Grammy Awards 1972, American Music Awards 1974, American Music Awards 1980 and
Rollin' on the River
March 27th, 2009
New addition on
Burt Bacharach:
American Bandstand 33 1/3 Birthday
and Francis Lai:
Midi Premiere
February 7th, 2008
New additions on
Burt Bacharach:
Opus No.3,
Soundstage with Ron Isley and
VH1
program on At this Time. Also,
Mancini appearance on
The
Julie Andrews Hour.
October
30th, 2007
New additions. New section on
Gabriel Yared,
with news on
Music by Gabriel Yared DVD and an upcoming new DVD by
Prelight Films. Also, books from Scarecrow
Press series on Film Score
Guides:
Bernard
Herrmann's The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,
Erich Korngold's Adventures of Robin Hood,
Danny Elfman's
Batman,
Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and
Gabriel
Yared's The English Patient. There are other books too, but
I'm trying to see where to place the proper info.
September
28th, 2007
New additions. New section on
American Composers,
starting with Basil Poledouris with a VHS on
His Life and
Music. The Andy Williams Show
DVD with appearance of
Henry Mancini, and another DVD with
Burt
Bacharach.
Ready Steady Go Volume 3 VHS with Special Interview to
Bacharach and appearance on a
Chris
Botti concert. For last,
Ennio Morricone's
concert broadcasted by Rai Uno and interview at
The
Screening Room TV program.
May 28th, 2007
New Section devoted to the French composer
Michel Legrand. So far there is information on live
concerts and interviews on video, among them two Japanese TV
programs featuring Legrand.
April 8th, 2007
At
Italian composers section I have included an
interview to the great
Nora
Orlandi thanks to John Mansell's permission. Also, visit his
great site:
Movie Music Italiano with interviews and music reviews.
April 1st, 2007
Joe Hisaishi with a new DVD
W.D.O.,
live performing some of his famous compositions plus other film
songs and classical pieces. And Burt
Bacharach live at
Jools
Holland show.
March 3rd, 2007
Armando Trovajoli
received a heartfelt tribute and two awards at
57°
Festival della Canzone Italiana - San Remo 2007.
February 26th, 2007
Ennio Morricone
received a well-deserved Honorary Award at
79th
Academy Awards with presentation by Clint Eastwood, a video
collage and a song performed by Celine Dion. Also, some information
on the video side of the
Yo-Yo
Ma Plays Ennio Morricone dualdisc.
January 1st, 2007
Happy New
Year!
We start the year with a new section on
British Composers and
there is information on Doctor Who music: the
Christmas
concert and
Doctor
Who Confidential. I will be adding more very soon.
December 7th, 2006
DVD
release of
Bernard Herrmann - Music for the Movies with The Hollywood
Sound from the same director: Joshua Waletzky.
Also, I want to wish you all, merry Christmas!!!
May 26th, 2006
Thanks to the
help of my good friend
Evgeny
Romantsov, there is a new section for the composer
Mikael
Tariderviev. Info on some TV broadcasts, a couple of books,
a link of audio programs and there is also a link to the official
site of the composer.
May 24th, 2006
I am removing
the Guestbook
section of the site because with the exception of about 4 "true"
messages, all the rest was SPAM and every week I have been removing
them. This guestbook has been proved a poor way of communication. If
anyone has any inquiries or comments, just send me a message on the
email address provided in the menu above.
April 24th, 2006
Updates on
Bernard
Herrmann section, with
Howard
Goodall program. This month and last one, TV cable channel
broadcasted a series on film music from Music from the Movies,
therefore I have info on their documentaries on
Bernard Herrmann,
Joseph
Kosma,
Toru Takemitsu,
Georges Delerue and
The Hollywood
Sound.
April 21th, 2006
Some updates
on John Barry
section, thanks to the big Barry fan, Alastair Palmer. Thank you!
April 15th, 2006
New section
on Vangelis,
plus some entries on extended and limited editions of The Lord of
the Rings by Howard
Shore.
April 13th, 2006
New section
on James Horner,
plus an entry on
Danny Elfman and
John Williams.
April 11th, 2006
A concert
DVD of
Morricone will arrive this month:
Morricone Conducts Morricone, recorded live in Munich. Also,
news on upcoming book of
Francois DeRoubaix
that will include a DVD and a CD-Rom. And a book on
Nicola
Piovani including a DVD.
April 4th, 2006
Two entries
in the Howard Shore
section for the King Kong movie.
March 18th, 2006
We have a
new section: Golden Age,
where
we focused on several
composers of that era. For starters, Miklos
Rozsa and David Raksin
are included here. Also, there is a book of the french director
Claude
Lelouch, which includes an interview to
Francis Lai.
February 18th, 2006
This month the great
Japanese composer
Akira Ifukube
passed away, a huge loss for all fans of Godzilla and other
fantastic Japanese movies. I am posting information about a couple
of Laser Discs with Ifukube-san conducting.
Making of Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla and
Akira Ifukube: Self-Portrait.
January 17th, 2006
Congratulations to the
Maestro John
Williams for winning
The
Golden Globes Award last night for his Best Score for
"Memoirs of a Geisha". There are some screenshots, but not good
quality. Also, news on a book on
Lalo
Schifrin.
December 20th, 2005
Best wishes on this
coming Christmas. Also let's hope this next year will include more
releases of the great Hank, there are still a lot of musical
treasures to be found!Hope these holidays find you all in good
health and good company!
November 22th, 2005
New
sections on composers
Bernard Herrmann,
Joe Hisaishi,
and Howard Shore.
Some of them are just starting, so if you know of other appearances,
let me know. Also starting with
french and
japanese composers.
November 21th, 2005
There is
a documentary on
The
Music of Episode III on the DVD of the movie. Also, from now
on, you can check the Composers
page and see when each page has been updated, so you can see if you
have missed something.
August 24th, 2005
There has been small updates that has not been reported before, so
check the composer's pages for updates. Today we have screenshots
and information on
Burt
Bacharach in Shangri-La, Grammy Awards 1969 (Bacharach
and Mancini), John Williams at
Walt
Disney Concert Hall and more screenshots for
Indiana
Jones featurette.
June 12th, 2005
The site has been relocated into a new domain and so the counter has
to start again. Also, there is a new section on Jerry
Goldsmith. There is a new DVD out there so this is a good time
to check on all the materials about him.
May 18th, 2005
Small update, some information on Star
Wars III - Revenge of the Sith Bonus DVD - A Musical Journey.
April 2nd, 2005
With the permission of John Mansell,
I have placed interviews he did to Italian Composers such as: Piero
Piccioni, Piero
Umiliani, Peter
Boom, Nico
Fidenco, Alessandro
Alessandroni, Franco
Micalizzi and Francesco
De Masi. Therefore, there is a new section called Italian
Composers for information that does not fit in the rest of the
site. Similar sections will be created on composers from other
countries/regions.
March 29th, 2005
With the permission of Markus
Hable, I have used material from his great site and now I can
add John Williams
to the list of composers in this site. Still, there is much to look
for, but this is a good start, I think.
March 19th, 2005
Two more entries in the composer's pages: Ennio
Morricone and Lalo
Schifrin. Also, for those situations where more than one
composer appears in a documentary or TV Special, there is a page
called Specials.
So far, there are entries from two documentaries that I would love to
see. Any information about them would be greatly appreciated. They
look terrific!
March 17th, 2005
The Trade Zone has been replaced for a Mailing
List where you can post your requests to the list and also you
can share your opinions on film composers, There is a new composer's
page ready, Michael
Kamen.
March 16th, 2005
The section on Burt
Bacharach has all the information I have so far, although
there are still many more to fill. If you have any information or
screenshots of Bacharach on stage, send me a note on the email provided at the
Contact section.
There is also some information on french composer Francis
Lai and from Stu
Phillips.
March 13th, 2005
In this launching state, there is information on the composers John Barry and
Henry Mancini. Some information is provided
of other composers too but I will do a more extensive research on them in
a next update.
Enjoy!
.:. Fernando
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