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COMPOSER/DIRECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, PART SIX

THE NO-ONE-REQUESTED-THIS-EDITION EDITION

By Scott Bettencourt

In this latest in my series of deadline-meeting, column-padding lists, I present more repeated collaborations between composers (ranging from A to M) and directors. For readers who simply can't get enough of these emotionally gripping columns, I recommend parts One, Two, Three, Four, and Five.

(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 BARRY/RICHARD MARQUAND*

UNTIL SEPTEMBER
JAGGED EDGE
HEARTS OF FIRE


MARCO BELTRAMI/WES CRAVEN

SCREAM
SCREAM 2
SCREAM 3


RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT/JOSEPH LOSEY*

SECRET CEREMONY
FIGURES IN A LANDSCAPE
THE GO-BETWEEN [score rejected]


CHARLES BERNSTEIN/WES CRAVEN

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
DEADLY FRIEND
THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW [score rejected]


ELMER BERNSTEIN/GEORGE ROY HILL

THE WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT
HAWAII
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
SLAP SHOT [music supervisor]
FUNNY FARM


EUEL BOX/JOE CAMP

BENJI
HAWMPS
FOR THE LOVE OF BENJI
"BENJI'S VERY OWN CHRISTMAS STORY"
THE DOUBLE MCGUFFIN
OH HEAVENLY DOG
BENJI THE HUNTED


RALPH BURNS/BOB FOSSE*

CABARET
LENNY
ALL THAT JAZZ
STAR 80


CARTER BURWELL/JAMES FOLEY

TWO BITS
FEAR
THE CHAMBER
THE CORRUPTOR


JAY CHATTAWAY/WILLIAM LUSTIG

MANIAC
VIGILANTE
MANIAC COP
RELENTLESS
MANIAC COP 2


GEORGE S. CLINTON/JAY ROACH

AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY
AUSTIN POWERS: THE SPY WHO SHAGGED ME
AUSTIN POWERS IN GOLDMEMBER


CY COLEMAN/SIDNEY LUMET

GARBO TALKS
POWER
FAMILY BUSINESS


BILL CONTI/SYLVESTER STALLONE

PARADISE ALLEY
ROCKY II
ROCKY III


CARMINE COPPOLA/FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA*

THE GODFATHER PART II
APOCAYLPYSE NOW
THE OUTSIDERS
GARDENS OF STONE
THE GODFATHER PART III


JOHN DANKWORTH/JOSEPH LOSEY*

THE CRIMINAL
THE SERVANT
MODESTY BLAISE
ACCIDENT


MYCHAEL DANNA/ANG LEE

THE ICE STORM
RIDE WITH THE DEVIL
THE HIRE: CHOSEN [short]
THE HULK


DON DAVIS/THE WACHOWSKI BROTHERS

BOUND
THE MATRIX
THE MATRIX RELOADED
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS


GEORGES DELERUE/JACK CLAYTON*

THE PUMPKIN EATER
OUR MOTHER'S HOUSE
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES [score rejected]
THE LONELY PASSION OF JUDITH HEARNE


PINO DONAGGIO/BRIAN DEPALMA

CARRIE
HOME MOVIES
DRESSED TO KILL
BLOW OUT
BODY DOUBLE
RAISING CAIN


ANTOINE DUHAMEL/BERTRAND TAVERNIER

LET JOY REIGN SUPREME
DEATH WATCH
DADDY NOSTALGIA
LAISSEZ-PASSER


RANDY EDELMAN/IVAN REITMAN

TWINS
GHOSTBUSTERS II
KINDERGARTEN COP
SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS


CLIFF EIDELMAN/RICHARD PEARCE

"DEAD MAN OUT"
"THE FINAL DAYS"
LEAP OF FAITH
"WITNESS PROTECTION"


GEORGE FENTON/RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH

GANDHI
CRY FREEDOM
SHADOWLANDS
IN LOVE AND WAR
GREY OWL


BRAD FIEDEL/JAMES CAMERON

THE TERMINATOR
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY
TRUE LIES


MIKE FIGGIS/MIKE FIGGIS

STORMY MONDAY
INTERNAL AFFAIRS
LIEBESTRAUM
LEAVING LAS VEGAS
ONE NIGHT STAND
THE LOSS OF SEXUAL INNOCENCE
MISS JULIE
TIMECODE


DOMINIC FRONTIERE/RICHARD RUSH

FREEBIE AND THE BEAN
THE STUNT MAN
COLOR OF NIGHT


RICHARD GIBBS/BETTY THOMAS

DR. DOLITTLE
28 DAYS
I SPY


GOBLIN/DARIO ARGENTO

DEEP RED
SUSPIRIA
CREEPERS
UNSANE
NOSOHONNO


JERRY GOLDSMITH/GORDON DOUGLAS

RIO CONCHOS
STAGECOACH
IN LIKE FLINT
THE DETECTIVE


MILES GOODMAN/ROD DANIEL*

TEEN WOLF
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
K9
THE SUPER


CHARLES GROSS/RICHARD PEARCE

HEARTLAND
COUNTRY
A FAMILY THING


BERNARD HERRMANN/HENRY KING*

THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO
KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES
TENDER IS THE NIGHT


JOACHIM HOLBEK/LARS VON TRIER

ZENTROPA
THE KINGDOM
BREAKING THE WAVES
THE KINGDOM II


JAMES HORNER/JOE JOHNSTON

HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS
THE ROCKETEER
THE PAGEMASTER
JUMANJI


JAMES NEWTON HOWARD/JOEL SCHUMACHER

FLATLINERS
DYING YOUNG
FALLING DOWN


DICK HYMAN/WOODY ALLEN

ZELIG
BROADWAY DANNY ROSE
THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
RADIO DAYS
BULLETS OVER BROADWAY
MIGHTY APHRODITE
EVERYONE SAYS I LOVE YOU
SWEET AND LOWDOWN


AKIRA IFUKUBE/ISHIRO HONDA*

GODZILLA
RODAN
VARAN THE UNBELIEVABLE
THE MYSTERIANS
BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE
KING KONG VS. GODZILLA
ATRAGON
GODZILLA VS. THE THING
FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD
DAGORA, THE SPACE MONSTER
GHIDRAH, THE THREE HEADED MONSTER
MONSTER ZERO
WAR OF THE GARGANTUAS
KING KONG ESCAPES
DESTROY ALL MONSTERS
LATITUDE ZERO
YOG--MONSTER FROM SPACE
TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA


MARK ISHAM/ROBERT HARMON

THE HITCHER
NOWHERE TO RUN
"GOTTI"


ALARIC JANS/DAVID MAMET

HOUSE OF GAMES
THINGS CHANGE
HOMICIDE
THE WINSLOW BOY


MAURICE JARRE/PETER WEIR

THE YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY
WITNESS
THE MOSQUITO COAST
DEAD POETS SOCIETY
FEARLESS


DAVID JULYAN/CHRISTOPHER NOLAN

FOLLOWING
MEMENTO
INSOMNIA


JAN A.P. KACZMAREK/AGNIESKA HOLLAND

TOTAL ECLIPSE
WASHINGTON SQUARE
THE THIRD MIRACLE


MICHAEL KAMEN/RICHARD DONNER

LETHAL WEAPON
LETHAL WEAPON 2
LETHAL WEAPON 3
ASSASSINS [score rejected]
LETHAL WEAPON 4


CHRISTOPHER KOMEDA/ROMAN POLANSKI*

TWO MEN AND A WARDROBE [short]
THE FAT AND THE LEAN [short]
MAMMALS [short]
KNIFE IN THE WATER
THE BEAUTIFUL SWINDLERS
CUL-DE-SAC
THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS
ROSEMARY'S BABY


BILL LEE/SPIKE LEE

SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT
SCHOOL DAZE
DO THE RIGHT THING
MO BETTER BLUES


MICHEL LEGRAND/SIDNEY J. FURIE

LADY SINGS THE BLUES
SHEILA LEVINE IS DEAD AND LIVING IN NEW YORK
GABLE AND LOMBARD


JOSEPH LODUCA/SAM RAIMI

THE EVIL DEAD
EVIL DEAD 2
ARMY OF DARKNESS


MARK MANCINA/JAN DE BONT

SPEED
TWISTER
SPEED 2: CRUISE CONTROL


HENRY MANCINI/PAUL NEWMAN*

SOMETIMES A GREAT NOTION
"THE SHADOW BOX"
HARRY & SON
THE GLASS MENAGERIE


JOHNNY MANDEL/HAL ASHBY*

THE LAST DETAIL
BEING THERE
LOOKIN' TO GET OUT


HARRY MANFREDINI/STEVE MINER

FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 3
HOUSE


BRIAN MAY/RICHARD FRANKLIN*

PATRICK
ROAD GAMES
CLOAK AND DAGGER


VIC MIZZY/WILLIAM CASTLE*

THE NIGHT WALKER
THE BUSY BODY
THE SPIRIT IS WILLING


ENNIO MORRICONE/SERGIO LEONE*

A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
DUCK, YOU SUCKER
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA


STANLEY MYERS/NICOLAS ROEG*

EUREKA
INSIGNIFICANCE
CASTAWAY
TRACK 29
THE WITCHES
COLD HEAVEN
"HEART OF DARKNESS"

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