COMPOSER/DIRECTOR PARTNERSHIPS
By Scott Bettencourt
A handful of composer/director relationships like Williams & Spielberg,
Herrmann & Hitchcock, and Elfman & Burton tend to garner the lion's
share of film music press, but those few are just the tip of the iceberg.
Here are several others:
(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/TONY RICHARDSON*
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
THE ENTERTAINER
A TASTE OF HONEY
THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER
TOM JONES
THE LOVED ONE
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
DEAD CERT
JOSEPH ANDREWS
"THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA"
ANGELO BADALAMENTI/DAVID LYNCH
BLUE VELVET
WILD AT HEART
"TWIN PEAKS"
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME
LOST HIGHWAY
THE STRAIGHT STORY
MULHOLLAND DRIVE
JOHN BARRY/BRYAN FORBES
THE L-SHAPED ROOM
SEANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON
KING RAT
THE WRONG BOX
THE WHISPERERS
DEADFALL
JAMES BERNARD/TERENCE FISHER*
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN
HORROR OF DRACULA
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY
THE GORGON
DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS
FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN
THE DEVIL'S BRIDE
FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED
FRANKENSTEIN AND THE MONSTER FROM HELL
ELMER BERNSTEIN/ROBERT MULLIGAN
FEAR STRIKES OUT
THE RAT RACE
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER
BABY, THE RAIN MUST FALL
BLOODBROTHERS
ROBERT COBERT/DAN CURTIS
HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS
NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS
"THE NIGHT STRANGLER"
"THE NORLISS TAPES"
"SCREAM OF THE WOLF"
"DRACULA"
"MELVIN PURVIS: G-MAN"
"THE GREAT ICE RIPOFF"
"TRILOGY OF TERROR"
"THE KANSAS CITY MASSACRE"
BURNT OFFERINGS
"CURSE OF THE BLACK WIDOW"
"THE LAST RIDE OF THE DALTON GANG"
"MRS. R'S DAUGHTER"
"THE WINDS OF WAR"
"WAR AND REMEMBRANCE"
"THE LOVE LETTER"
BILL CONTI/JOHN G. AVILDSEN
ROCKY
SLOW DANCING IN THE BIG CITY
THE FORMULA
NEIGHBORS
THE KARATE KID
THE KARATE KID PART II
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FOR KEEPS
LEAN ON ME
THE KARATE KID PART III
ROCKY V
8 SECONDS
RY COODER/WALTER HILL
THE LONG RIDERS
SOUTHERN COMFORT
STREETS OF FIRE
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
CROSSROADS
JOHNNY HANDSOME
TRESPASS
GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND
LAST MAN STANDING
MYCHAEL DANNA/ATOM EGOYAN
FAMILY VIEWING
SPEAKING PARTS
THE ADJUSTER
EXOTICA
THE SWEET HEREAFTER
FELICIAíS JOURNEY
ARARAT
MASON DARING/JOHN SAYLES
RETURN OF THE SEACAUCUS SEVEN
LIANNA
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET
MATEWAN
EIGHT MEN OUT
CITY OF HOPE
PASSION FISH
THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH
LONE STAR
MEN WITH GUNS
LIMBO
SUNSHINE STATE
GEORGES DELERUE/PHILIPPE DE BROCA*
LES JEUX DE L'AMOUR
THE JOKER
THE FIVE DAY LOVER
CARTOUCHE
THAT MAN FROM RIO
MALE COMPANION
CHINESE ADVENTURES IN CHINA
KING OF HEARTS
THE DEVIL BY THE TAIL
GIVE HER THE MOON
CHERE LOUISE
INCORRIGIBLE
JULIE-POT-DE-COLLE
DEAR DETECTIVE
LE CAVALEUR
L'AFRICAIN
CHOUANS
FRANK DEVOL/ROBERT ALDRICH*
WORLD FOR RANSOM
KISS ME DEADLY
THE BIG KNIFE
ATTACK!
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE
HUSH HUSH SWEET CHARLOTTE
THE
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX
THE DIRTY DOZEN
THE LEGEND OF LYLAH CLARE
ULZANA'S RAID
EMPEROR OF THE NORTH
THE LONGEST YARD
HUSTLE
THE CHOIRBOYS
THE FRISCO KID
ALL THE MARBLES
JERRY FIELDING/MICHAEL WINNER*
LAWMAN
CHATO'S LAND
THE NIGHTCOMERS
THE MECHANIC
SCORPIO
THE BIG SLEEP
CHARLES FOX/LARRY PEERCE
GOODBYE COLUMBUS
A SEPARATE PEACE
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN
TWO-MINUTE WARNING
WHY WOULD I LIE?
LOVE CHILD
ALBERT GLASSER/BERT I. GORDON*
BEGINNING OF THE END
CYCLOPS
THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN
ATTACK OF THE PUPPET PEOPLE
WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST
EARTH VS. THE SPIDER
THE BOY AND THE PIRATES
TORMENTED
ERNEST GOLD/STANLEY KRAMER*
THE DEFIANT ONES
ON
THE BEACH
INHERIT THE WIND
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
IT'S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD
SHIP OF FOOLS
THE
SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIA
THE RUNNER STUMBLES
JERRY GOLDSMITH/JOE DANTE
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE
GREMLINS
EXPLORERS
"AMAZING STORIES: BOO"
INNERSPACE
THE 'BURBS
GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH
MATINEE
SMALL SOLDIERS
MILES GOODMAN/FRANK OZ*
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
WHAT ABOUT BOB?
HOUSESITTER
THE INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD [rejected score]
DAVE GRUSIN/SYDNEY POLLACK
THE YAKUZA
3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR
BOBBY DEERFIELD
THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN
ABSENCE OF MALICE
TOOTSIE
HAVANA
THE FIRM
RANDOM HEARTS
JAMES HORNER/RON HOWARD
COCOON
WILLOW
APOLLO 13
RANSOM
HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
A BEAUTIFUL MIND
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD/MICHAEL HOFFMAN
PROMISED LAND
SOME GIRLS
RESTORATION
ONE FINE DAY
MARK ISHAM/ALAN RUDOLPH
TROUBLE IN MIND
MADE IN HEAVEN
THE MODERNS
LOVE AT LARGE
MORTAL THOUGHTS
MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE
AFTERGLOW
BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS
TRIXIE
QUINCY JONES/SIDNEY LUMET
THE PAWNBROKER
THE DEADLY AFFAIR
LAST OF THE MOBILE HOT SHOTS
THE ANDERSON TAPES
THE WIZ
HENRY MANCINI/BLAKE EDWARDS*
MISTER CORY
HIGH TIME
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S
EXPERIMENT IN TERROR
DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES
THE PINK PANTHER
A SHOT IN THE DARK
THE GREAT RACE
WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, DADDY?
GUNN
THE PARTY
DARLING LILI
RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER
THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN
REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER
10
S.O.B.
VICTOR/VICTORIA
TRAIL OF THE PINK PANTHER
CURSE OF THE PINK PANTHER
THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN
A FINE MESS
THAT'S LIFE
BLIND DATE
SUNSET
"JUSTIN CASE"
"PETER GUNN"
SWITCH
SON OF THE PINK PANTHER
ENNIO MORRICONE/GIUSEPPE TORNATORE
IL CAMMORISTA
CINEMA PARAIDSO
EVERYBODY'S FINE
A PURE FORMALITY
THE STAR MAKER
THE LEGEND OF 1900
MALENA
JOHN MORRIS/MEL BROOKS
THE PRODUCERS
THE TWELVE CHAIRS
BLAZING SADDLES
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
SILENT MOVIE
HIGH ANXIETY
HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART I
SPACEBALLS
LIFE STINKS
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