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COMPOSER/DIRECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, PART THREE

By Scott Bettencourt

In our latest list of multi-picture composer/director collaborations (parts One and Two can be found on the website), we cover composers ranging from A to M, including several famous collaborations our readers felt had been unfairly omitted.

(An asterisk next to the names means that at least one of the partners is deceased, and thus the collaboration has concluded. Titles in quotation marks refer to TV movies or episodes.)


JOHN ADDISON/DESMOND DAVIS*

THE GIRL WITH GREEN EYES
TIME LOST AND TIME REMEMBERED
THE UNCLE
SMASHING TIME


RICHARD BAND/STUART GORDON

RE-ANIMATOR
FROM BEYOND
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
CASTLE FREAK


JOHN BARRY/ANTHONY HARVEY

DUTCHMAN
THE LION IN WINTER
THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS
"THE GLASS MENAGERIE"
"SVENGALI"


LES BAXTER/ROGER CORMAN

HOUSE OF USHER
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
TALES OF TERROR
THE RAVEN
X-THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES
THE YOUNG RACERS
TARGET: HARRY


RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT/JOHN SCHLESINGER

BILLY LIAR
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
YANKS
"THE TALE OF SWEENEY TODD"


ELMER BERNSTEIN/JOHN STURGES

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
BY LOVE POSSESSED
A GIRL NAMED TAMIKO
THE GREAT ESCAPE
THE HALLELUJAH TRAIL
MCQ


TERENCE BLANCHARD/SPIKE LEE

JUNGLE FEVER
MALCOLM X
CROOKLYN
CLOCKERS
GET ON THE BUS
4 LITTLE GIRLS
SUMMER OF SAM
BAMBOOZLED
JIM BROWN ALL AMERICAN
THE 25TH HOUR


BRUCE BROUGHTON/PETER HYAMS

THE PRESIDIO
NARROW MARGIN
STAY TUNED


GEOFFREY BURGON/JOHN IRVIN

"TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY"
THE DOGS OF WAR
TURTLE DIARY
"ROBIN HOOD"
"WHEN TRUMPETS FADE"


CARTER BURWELL/JOEL COEN

BLOOD SIMPLE
RAISING ARIZONA
MILLER'S CROSSING
BARTON FINK
THE HUDSUCKER PROXY
FARGO
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE


GARY CHANG/JOHN FRANKENHEIMER

52 PICK-UP
DEAD BANG
"AGAINST THE WALL"
"THE BURNING SEASON"
"ANDERSONVILLE"
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
"GEORGE WALLACE"
"PATH TO WAR"


GEORGE S. CLINTON/YVES SIMONEAU

"CRUEL DOUBT"
"TIL DEATH US DO PART"
MOTHER'S BOYS
"AMELIA EARHART--THE FINAL FLIGHT"
"INTENSITY"
"NIGHT VISIONS" [pilot]


BILL CONTI/PAUL MAZURSKY

BLUME IN LOVE
HARRY & TONTO
NEXT STOP, GREENWICH VILLAGE
AN UNMARRIED WOMAN
"WINCHELL"


MICHAEL CONVERTINO/RANDA HAINES

CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD
THE DOCTOR
WRESTLING ERNEST HEMINGWAY
DANCE WITH ME


GEORGES DELERUE/BRUCE BERESFORD*

CRIMES OF THE HEART
HER ALIBI
MISTER JOHNSON
BLACK ROBE
RICH IN LOVE


JOSEPH DELIA/ABEL FERRARA

NINE LIVES OF A WET PUSSYCAT
DRILLER KILLER
MS 45
CHINA GIRL
KING OF NEW YORK
BAD LIEUTENANT
BODY SNATCHERS
DEADLY GAME
THE ADDICTION
THE FUNERAL
THE BLACKOUT


VON DEXTER/WILLIAM CASTLE*

THE TINGLER
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
13 GHOSTS
MR. SARDONICUS


PATRICK DOYLE/KENNETH BRANAGH

HENRY V
DEAD AGAIN
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
HAMLET
LOVEíS LABOUR'S LOST


ANTOINE DUHAMEL/FRANCOIS TRUFFAUT*

STOLEN KISSES
MISSISSIPPI MERMAID
THE WILD CHILD [musical director]
BED AND BOARD


BRIAN EASDALE/MICHAEL POWELL*

BLACK NARCISSUS
THE RED SHOES
HOUR OF GLORY
GONE TO EARTH
THE FIGHTING PIMPERNEL
PURSUIT OF THE GRAF SPEE
PEEPING TOM


RANDY EDELMAN/ROB COHEN

DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY
DRAGONHEART
DAYLIGHT
THE SKULLS
XXX


DANNY ELFMAN/TIM BURTON

PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
"ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS: THE JAR"
BEETLEJUICE
BATMAN
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS
BATMAN RETURNS
MARS ATTACKS!
SLEEPY HOLLOW
PLANET OF THE APES


JACK ELLIOTT/CARL REINER*

THE COMIC
WHERE'S POPPA?
OH, GOD
THE JERK
SIBLING RIVALRY


GEORGE FENTON/KEN LOACH

LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD
LAND AND FREEDOM
CARLA'S SONG
MY NAME IS JOE
BREAD AND ROSES


JERRY FIELDING/SAM PECKINPAH*

THE WILD BUNCH
STRAW DOGS
JUNIOR BONNER
THE GETAWAY [rejected score]
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA
THE KILLER ELITE


GERALD FRIED/STANLEY KUBRICK*

FEAR AND DESIRE
KILLER'S KISS
THE KILLING
PATHS OF GLORY


MICHAEL GIBBS/BILL FORSYTH

HOUSEKEEPING
BREAKING IN
BEING HUMAN
GREGORYíS TWO GIRLS


ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL/NEIL JORDAN

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
MICHAEL COLLINS
THE BUTCHER BOY
IN DREAMS
THE GOOD THIEF


JERRY GOLDSMITH/FRANKLIN J. SCHAFFNER*

THE STRIPPER
PLANET OF THE APES
PATTON
PAPILLON
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL
LIONHEART


BERNARD HERRMANN/ALFRED HITCHCOCK*

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
THE WRONG MAN
VERTIGO
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
PSYCHO
THE BIRDS [supervisor of electronic score]
MARNIE
TORN CURTAIN [rejected score]


JAMES HORNER/WALTER HILL
 
48 HRS.
STREETS OF FIRE [rejected score]
RED HEAT
"TALES FROM THE CRYPT: CUTTING CARDS"
ANOTHER 48 HRS.


MAURICE JARRE/DAVID LEAN*

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
DR. ZHIVAGO
RYAN'S DAUGHTER
A PASSAGE TO INDIA


JURGEN KNIEPER/WIM WENDERS

THE GOALIE'S ANXIETY AT THE PENALTY KICK
THE SCARLET LETTER
THE WRONG MOVE
THE AMERICAN FRIEND
THE STATE OF THINGS
WINGS OF DESIRE
LISBON STORY


HENRY MANCINI/ARTHUR HILLER*

SILVER STREAK
W.C. FIELDS AND ME
NIGHTWING
MARRIED TO IT


DAVID MANSFIELD/MICHAEL CIMINO

HEAVEN'S GATE
YEAR OF THE DRAGON
THE SICILIAN
DESPERATE HOURS


CLIFF MARTINEZ/STEVEN SODERBERGH

SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
KAFKA
KING OF THE HILL
GRAY'S ANATOMY
THE LIMEY
TRAFFIC


ENNIO MORRICONE/PIER PAOLO PASOLINI*

HAWKS AND SPARROWS
THE WITCHES
TEOREMA
THE DECAMERON
CANTERBURY TALES
ARABIAN NIGHTS
SALO: THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM


JOHN MORRIS/GENE WILDER

THE ADVENTURE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' SMARTER BROTHER
THE WORLD'S GREATEST LOVER
THE WOMAN IN RED
HAUNTED HONEYMOON

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