MacDonald - The Invisible Art of Film Music

List of Biographical Sketches

Max Steiner

Alfred Newman

Dimitri Tiomkin

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Sergei Prokofiev

Bernard Herrmann

David Raksin

Mikls Rzsa

Hugo Friedhofer

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Aaron Copland

Franz Waxman

Alex North

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Rosenman

Victor Young

Elmer Bernstein

Henry Mancini

Maurice Jarre

John Addison

Laurence Rosenthal

Jerry Goldsmith

Lalo Schifrin

John Barry

John Williams

Michel Legrand

Nino Rota

Marvin Hamlisch

Richard Rodney Bennett

David Shire

Dave Grusin

Basil Poledouris

Bill Conti

Randy Newman

Ennio Morricone

Alan Silvestri

James Horner

Alan Menken

Patrick Doyle

Hans Zimmer

Michael Kamen

Elliot Goldenthal

Danny Elfman

Bruce Broughton

John Corigliano

James Newton Howard

Howard Shore

Alexandre Desplat

Philip Glass

Dario Marianelli

Thomas Newman

Michael Giacchino

Preface

The second edition of The Invisible Art of Film Music is an attempt to update the first edition, which covered the history of film and film music from their humble beginnings through 1997. In this new book the material of the first edition has been corrected and reworked, but with much of the original content intact. In addition, year-by-year materials have been added to reflect the years 1998 through 2012. One major difference between the two editions is the change in the way composer biographical materials are presented. In the updated text, biographical sketches are found as sidebar articles. It is hoped that with this manner of presentation the feature articles in the body of the text will feel more streamlined.

A few of the feature articles in the first edition have been expanded, due to further research. Thus the Citizen Kane material is considerably expanded. There has also been some additional commentary added to the articles on such films as the original 1968 version of Planet of the Apes. As with the first edition, the choice of feature articles for each film year has been the authors selection and in no way reflects preferences of the editor or any other persons associated with the preparation of this book. The content of the new edition preserves the original intention of this project, which is to sing the praises of the creative individuals who wrote the music of the films featured in the pages of this text. Among the highlights of this edition are feature articles about the entire Star Wars saga and a collective article about Peter Jacksons Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Although this book attempts to be comprehensive, there is no way for a single volume to enclose comments about every significant film score. For that matter, there are many worthy composers, such as Roy Webb, Adolph Deutsch, and Frederick Hollander, whose work has been largely overlooked for space considerations. This hopefully will not be perceived as a slight against any of these composers or any others who are not profiled in the book. Perhaps another volume can be created that will feature some of the many other unsung heroes of film music.

Acknowledgments

For the first edition of The Invisible Art of Film Music , which was completed in 1998, I thanked many people who had steered me in the creation of the book. I would like to acknowledge them again because of their belief in my project. They include Forrest Alter (19152004), former head of the Art, Music, and Drama Department of the Flint Public Library, who became an early advocate of my film-music research. The writings and interviews of Tony Thomas (19271997) were an inspiration because they formed a model for me in the area of biographical research on film composers. The late Genesee County District Judge Kenneth M. Siegel (19451997) was a believer in my project whose brave fight against the ravages of cancer while I was finishing the first edition continues to inspire me to this day.

Many people who assisted me on the first edition continued to do so for the revision of the book. John Waxman helped me contact many people regarding the use of composer photos. I am in his debt for aiding me in contacting Nicholas Rozsa, Nina Rota, Olivia Tiomkin Douglas, Les Korngold, and Alex Raksin. I need to again thank Gay Goodwin Wallin, who has shared with me many photographs from her private collection for both editions of this book. Dace Taube and Rachelle Smith, of the Special Collections at the Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, also deserve my thanks for arranging the use of photos from their collection. Cynthia Korolov, from the Detroit Symphony, helped with the photo of Aaron Copland, while MLynn Waldron allowed me to use the photos of Elmer Bernstein and Patrick Doyle. Thomas Jaehnig again allowed me to use his photos of John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith, while Etan Rosenbloom of ASCAP located a photo of Laurence Rosenthal. Jim Di Giovanni allowed me to use a shot of Michel Legrand, while Rick Kunis furnished a photo of Alan Menken and David Unger provided one of Danny Elfman. Jeff Sanderson and Dan Barry were helpful in finding photos of Hans Zimmer and Elliot Goldenthal. Lisa Edmondson helped with the selection of a photo of Bruce Broughton by Madeleine Coffaro, while Christopher Barr allowed the use of his photo of Thomas Newman; Jim Hair allowed the use of his photo of John Corigliano, and Jim Seer gave permission to use his photo of James Newton Howard. Many composer photos came from Photofest; I wish to thank Ron Mandelbaum for his work in managing this vast and diverse source of visual materials. Finally, I wish to thank Katharine Ryall of the Lebrecht Photo Library for the photograph of Ralph Vaughan Williams. This was a last-minute search to complete the collection of photos that appears in the new edition.