"Daddy-O Daddy-O is a 1958 B-movie starring Dick Contino and Sandra Giles. It was directed by Lou Place and written by David Moessinger. The film is notable for its soundtrack as being the debut film score for John Williams. The film was released by American International Pictures as a double feature with ""Roadracers"". It was later featured as a movie mocked by ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"". ""Daddy-O"" was produced by Elmer C. Rhoden Jr. who also produced ""The Delinquents"" (1957) and ""The Cool and the Crazy"" (1958). Hotshot street-racer Phil Sandifer (Contino) is working as a truck driver when he"
"James Newton Howard James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951) is an American composer, conductor, and music producer. He has scored over 100 films and is the recipient of a Grammy Award, Emmy Award, and eight Academy Award nominations. His film scores include ""Pretty Woman"" (1990), ""Grand Canyon"" (1991), ""The Fugitive"" (1993), ""The Devil's Advocate"" (1997), ""Dinosaur"" (2000), """" (2001), ""Treasure Planet"" (2002), ""King Kong"" (2005), ""Batman Begins"" (2005), ""Blood Diamond"" (2006), ""The Dark Knight"" (2008), ""The Bourne Legacy"" (2012), ""The Hunger Games"" series (2012–2015) and ""Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"" (2016). He has collaborated with directors M."
"Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone, (; was born 10 November 1928) is an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player, writing in a wide range of musical styles. Since 1946 Morricone has composed over 500 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His filmography includes over 70 award-winning films, including all of Sergio Leone films since ""A Fistful of Dollars"" (including ""For a Few Dollars More"", ""The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"", ""Once Upon a Time in the West"" and ""Once Upon a Time in America""), all Giuseppe Tornatore films (since ""Cinema Paradiso""), ""The"
"nominees, making him the most nominated composer to ""not"" make the top twenty-five. James Horner James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores, writing over 100. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner's first major score was in 1979 for ""The Lady in Red"", but he did not establish himself as an eminent film composer until his work on the 1982 film """". His for James Cameron's ""Titanic"" is the best-selling orchestral"
"(Grammy winner) and Otello, under the direction of Muti. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have recorded the music for two movies: ""Fantasia 2000"" conducted by James Levine and ""Lincoln (2012 film)"" conducted by John Williams. Selections from the Orchestra and Chorus's recording of Johann Sebastian Bach's ""St Matthew Passion"", conducted by Sir Georg Solti, were used in the movie ""Casino"". The Chicago Symphony first broadcast on the radio in 1925. Though often sporadic, there have been broadcasts ever since. With the 1965-1966 season, Chicago radio station WFMT began regular tape-delayed stereo broadcasts of CSO concerts, running through the 1968-1969"
"Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio ""Lalo"" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-born American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including the """", ""Bullitt"" and ""Enter the Dragon"". He has received five Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations. Associated with the jazz music genre, Schifrin is also noted for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the ""Dirty Harry"" films. Schifrin was born in Buenos Aires, to a Jewish family. His father, Luis Schifrin, led the second violin section"
"of Film Music"". In 2012, he was named for a Lifetime Achievement Award for a Past Film Composer. His son Alex is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial writer for the ""Los Angeles Times"". David Raksin David Raksin (August 4, 1912August 9, 2004) was an American composer who was renowned for his work in film and television. With over 100 film scores and 300 television scores to his credit, he became known as the ""Grandfather of Film Music."" David Raksin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1912. His father was an orchestra conductor. Raksin played professionally in dance bands while attending"
"John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932) is an American composer, conductor, and pianist. With a career spanning over six decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history, including those of the ""Star Wars"" series, ""Jaws"", ""Close Encounters of the Third Kind"", ""Superman"", ""E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"", the ""Indiana Jones"" series, the first two ""Home Alone"" films, ""Hook"", the first two ""Jurassic Park"" films, ""Schindler's List"", and the first three ""Harry Potter"" films. Williams has been associated with director Steven Spielberg since 1974, composing music for all but three"
"used as the soundtrack to William Friedkin's 2017 film, ""The Devil and Father Amorth"". Christopher Rouse (composer) Christopher Chapman Rouse (born February 15, 1949) is an American composer. Though he has written for various ensembles, Rouse is primarily known for his orchestral compositions, including a Requiem, eleven concertos, and five symphonies. His work has received numerous accolades, including the Kennedy Center Friedheim Award, the Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition, and the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Rouse was the composer-in-residence for the New York Philharmonic from 2012 to 2015. Rouse was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and studied with Richard"
"also nominated for the list: Max Steiner Maximilian Raoul Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films, as well as a conductor. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging, or conducting, when he was fifteen. Steiner worked in England, then Broadway, and in 1929 he moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. He is referred to as ""the father of film music"", as Steiner played"
"Christopher D. Cook Christopher David Cook (born 18 November 1988) is a British composer and conductor, who composes mainly for film and television. He is known for creating the original music used in the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games as well as composing music for movie trailers such as ""Lincoln"", and ""War Horse"". Christopher Cook was born in Greenwich, London. His musical talent was apparent at a young age. He learned to play piano by ear at 6 years old. He developed as a musician without formal training by listening to television adverts and film scores for"
"Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the US to receive worldwide acclaim. According to music critic Donal Henahan, he was ""one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history."" His fame derived from his long tenure as the music director of the New York Philharmonic, from his conducting of concerts with most of the world's leading orchestras, and from his music for ""West Side Story"", ""Peter Pan"", ""Candide"", ""Wonderful Town"","
"(1991), Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra (2000), ""Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan"" (2000), and his score for the film ""The Red Violin"" (1998). His clarinet concerto is the first by an American composer to have entered the standard repertoire since Aaron Copland's clarinet concerto. John Corigliano John Paul Corigliano (born 16 February 1938) is an American composer of classical music. His scores, now numbering over one hundred, have won him the Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and an Oscar. He is a distinguished professor of music at Lehman College and the"
"38 of which have been top 20. In 1979 he had his own hit record with a disco version of ""Sing, Sing, Sing"". He has also composed film music, including the scores to ""Who Killed Teddy Bear"" (1965) and ""The Lonely Lady"" (1983). In 1992 he became principal arranger and assistant conductor of the Florida Symphonic Pops in Boca Raton, which became the Sunshine Pops Orchestra. Charles Calello Charlie Calello (born August 24, 1938) is an American, singer, composer, conductor, arranger, and record producer born in Newark, New Jersey. Calello attended Newark Arts High School and the Manhattan School of"
"James Horner James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953 – June 22, 2015) was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator of film scores, writing over 100. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements, and for his frequent use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner's first major score was in 1979 for ""The Lady in Red"", but he did not establish himself as an eminent film composer until his work on the 1982 film """". His for James Cameron's ""Titanic"" is the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing"
"with twenty-two nominations, one Cable ACE Award, one Emmy Award, and received six Academy Award nominations. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2016, it was announced that his """" theme will be inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. The Argentine composer received an honorary Oscar in November 2018, in recognition of his successful career, the Hollywood Academy announced in a press release. Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio ""Lalo"" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-born American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores"
"in 2012 called ""Twenty Accident Free Workdays"", which was nominated for a 2013 Juno Award. An asterisk (*) indicates that the year is that of release. Jon Ballantyne Jon W Ballantyne (born 1963 in Saskatchewan, Canada) is a pianist and composer who resides in New York City. Ballantyne started playing piano at an early age and began formal study at the age of six. His father Fred is a pianist and both parents are jazz enthusiasts and exposed him to Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Duke Ellington. His mother took him to an Oscar Peterson concert when he"
"""The Hanging Tree"" from the film of the same name (1959), and the last time for ""The Ballad of Cat Ballou"" (from the 1965 film ""Cat Ballou"") in 1966. He died of a heart condition at his home in Beverly Hills, California, at the age of 78. Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson, March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist. Born in Denver, Colorado, Livingston studied music at the University of Arizona. While there he composed his first score for a college musical. He moved to New York City in the"
"Michael Daugherty Michael Kevin Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and teacher. He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, and is one of the most widely performed American concert music composers of his generation. Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic book-inspired ""Metropolis Symphony"" for Orchestra (1988–93), ""Dead Elvis"" for Solo Bassoon and Chamber Ensemble (1993), ""Jackie O"" (1997), ""Niagara Falls"" for Symphonic Band (1997), ""UFO"" for Solo Percussion and Orchestra (1999) and for Symphonic Band (2000), ""Bells for Stokowski"" from ""Philadelphia Stories"" for Orchestra (2001) and for Symphonic Band (2002), ""Fire and Blood"""
"from Berklee College of Music in 1993. Mandel is a recipient of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award. Mandel's most recent project is a CD called ""Johnny Mandel, A Man and His Music"", featuring The DIVA Jazz Orchestra and vocalist Ann Hampton Callaway, recorded live at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in May 2010, released by Arbors Records in March 2011. Johnny Mandel composed and/or arranged music for the following motion pictures or television programs: Johnny Mandel John Alfred Mandel (born November 23, 1925) is a Grammy and Oscar-winning American composer and arranger of popular songs, film music"
"Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores. In a career that spanned more than five decades, he composed ""some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history"", including over 150 original movie scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. Examples of his widely popular and critically acclaimed works are scores to ""The Magnificent Seven"", ""The Ten Commandments"", ""The Great Escape"", ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", ""Ghostbusters"", ""The Black Cauldron"", ""Airplane!"", ""The Rookies"", ""Cape Fear"", ""Animal House"", and ""The Age of"
"Richard Auldon Clark Richard Auldon Clark is an American conductor specializing in music by contemporary composers. He is Conductor and Music Director of both the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, which he founded in 1987, and the Butler Symphony Orchestra. He has premiered over 100 works and recorded over 40 CDs. His repertoire is of little known older works and new music by such composers as Randall Thompson, Victor Herbert, Michael Schelle, Henry Cowell, Alan Hovhaness, Lukas Foss, David Amram, Dave Soldier, Miho Sasaki and Osvaldo Lacerda. He also performs music of earlier periods, including works by Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Ibert,"
"Dennis James and pianists such as Neil Brand, Günter Buchwald, Philip C. Carli, Ben Model, and William P. Perry. Other contemporary pianists, such as Stephen Horne and Gabriel Thibaudeau, have often taken a more modern approach to scoring. Orchestral conductors such as Carl Davis and Robert Israel have written and compiled scores for numerous silent films; many of these have been featured in showings on Turner Classic Movies or have been released on DVD. Davis has composed new scores for classic silent dramas such as ""The Big Parade"" (1925) and ""Flesh and the Devil"" (1927). Israel has worked mainly in"
"Artie Kane Artie Kane (born Aaron Cohen; April 14, 1929) is an American pianist, film score composer, and conductor with a career spanning over six decades. As a pianist in Hollywood studios, Kane worked with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Henry Mancini, John Williams, and Quincy Jones. He composed the music for over 250 television shows. Some of his works for television include ""Wonder Woman"", ""Vegas"", Hotel, ""Dynasty"", ""Matlock"", ""A Question of Guilt"", ""Man Against the Mob"". Kane also composed the film scores for five motion pictures including ""Looking for Mr. Goodbar"", ""Eyes of Laura Mars"", ""Night of the Juggler"","
"a release is planned for early 2013. 2012: Holy Man: The USA vs Douglas White (documentary) 2010: Finding God in the City of Angels (documentary) 2007: Spider-Man 3 (score preparation, additional orchestration) 2007: Ghost Rider (score preparation, additional orchestration) 2007: Lucky You (score preparation, additional orchestration) 2003: Finding Home (music arranger, musician: piano) 1997–2001: Cobalt Blue (a cinematic-piano CD he completed in high school and garnered 1.6 million downloads on MP3.com) 2013: Redemption Paul Spaeth Paul Spaeth is an independent musician and composer from the United States. He attended Slinger High School in Slinger, Wisconsin. He started his career at"
"was survived by his wife Eve and their two daughters, Emilie and Elizabeth; by his two sons, Peter and Gregory Bernstein, from his earlier marriage to Pearl Glusman; and by five grandchildren. Elmer Bernstein Elmer Bernstein (April 4, 1922August 18, 2004) was an American composer and conductor who is best known for his film scores. In a career that spanned more than five decades, he composed ""some of the most recognizable and memorable themes in Hollywood history"", including over 150 original movie scores, as well as scores for nearly 80 television productions. Examples of his widely popular and critically acclaimed"
"Chamber Orchestra"" - Michael Barry, composer; Anthony Parnther, conductor (July 24, 2016)* ""States of Motion"" - John Kaefer, composer and conductor; Molly Morkoski, pianist (July 24, 2016)* ""Reckless"" - Brian Langsbard, composer and conductor (July 24, 2016)* ""Harlem, 1951"" - Chad Cannon, composer; Anthony Parnther, conductor (July 24, 2016)* ""Beyond Us"" - Andy Forsberg, composer and conductor (July 24, 2016)* ""Requiem"" - Susie Benchasil Seiter, composer and conductor (July 24, 2016)* ""Concerto for Clarinet and 2 Pianos"" - Egils Straume, composer; Bernard Rubinstein, conductor (September 29, 2016) ""Swan Lake: The Musical"" - music and lyrics by J. Patrick Lundquist and"
"lifetime achievement award for his composition in ""The Wild Bunch"" which celebrated its 40th anniversary. It was received by his daughter Claudia Fielding. Bibliography Jerry Fielding Joshua Itzhak Feldman (June 17, 1922 – February 17, 1980), known professionally as Jerry Fielding, was an American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film composer who emerged in the 1960s after a decade on the blacklist to create boldly diverse and evocative Oscar-nominated scores, primarily for gritty, often brutally savage, films in western and crime action genres, including the Sam Peckinpah movies ""The Wild Bunch"" (1969) and ""Straw Dogs"" (1971). Jerry Fielding was"
"Jerry Livingston Jerry Livingston (born Jerry Levinson, March 25, 1909 – July 1, 1987) was an American songwriter and dance orchestra pianist. Born in Denver, Colorado, Livingston studied music at the University of Arizona. While there he composed his first score for a college musical. He moved to New York City in the 1930s, initially working as a pianist for dance orchestras. From the 1940s to the 1960s he had written songs for numerous films and television series, including ""Cinderella"" (1950), ""Bronco"" (1958), ""77 Sunset Strip"" (television series, 1958), ""Hawaiian Eye"" (television series, 1959), ""Bourbon Street Beat"" (television series, 1959),"
"Dick DeBenedictis Richard “Dick” DeBenedictis (born January 23, 1937) is an American composer noted for composing music for television shows including ""Perry Mason"" and its movies from 1985 until 1993, ""Police Story"", ""Columbo"", ""Father Dowling Mysteries"", ""The Rockford Files"", ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Phyllis"", and ""Matlock"", and its spin offs ""Jake and the Fatman"", and """". He is also best known for his production music that have been used in many shows, commercials, video games and films. DeBenedictis has been nominated ten times for an Emmy Award, most recently in 1996, for his compositions. After retiring from television composing, Richard has taught"
"John Beal (composer) John Beal (born January 20, 1947 in Santa Monica, California) is an internationally recognized American film composer and conductor working in Hollywood, California and around the world. He has conducted for major recording artists ranging from Olivia Newton-John to Deadmau5, movies in concert such as the Harry Potter series, is the principal conductor of the Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, is an award-winning composer of film trailer music, and has composed the music for numerous television series and films. John Beal was born in Santa Monica, California, raised in La Cañada Flintridge, California, graduated from John Muir High School"
"Angelo Badalamenti Angelo Badalamenti (born March 22, 1937) is an American composer, best known for his work scoring films for director David Lynch, notably ""Blue Velvet"", the ""Twin Peaks"" saga (1990–1992, 2017), ""The Straight Story"" and ""Mulholland Drive"". Badalamenti received the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance for his """"Twin Peaks"" Theme"", and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Awards and the Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Badalamenti was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian-American family; his father, who was of Sicilian descent, was a"
"is credited for the scores of about 20 films, and his compositions have been used in many additional films. Seven of the scores were for films directed by John Ford; Kathryn Marie Kalinak has written that Ford ""got great work out of the people he worked with, and often those he was hardest on produced the best work of their careers. One of those was Richard Hageman, the Philadelphia Orchestra notwithstanding."" Richard Hageman Richard Hageman (9 July 1881 – 6 March 1966) was a Dutch-born American conductor, pianist, composer, and actor. Hageman was born and raised in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands."