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Jul 4, 2015 - 9:31 PM
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Zooba
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With the recent passing of our dear Maestro Horner, I've been thinking of how many great composers we have lost in the passed years. I got into film music around 1968 when I was 11 years old.
Even though my topic says "last 25 years", my list begins in 1970 with Alfred Newman followed 5 years later with the passing of Bernard Herrmann. I know that before these years and since, up to 1991 with the passing of Alex North, we have lost many many more and their absence here is in no way meant to diminish their wonderful talents and memories. My list contains the composers that I personally got to know by collecting their works and who were the biggest influences to me in my discovery and love for film music.
Here we go. It's staggering. For those listed here and those unlisted, may they all truly Rest in Peace. I am so grateful to them for all of their wonderful wonderful music. Treasures forever for us to celebrate and enjoy!
In Memoriam Film Composers
1. Alfred Newman Mar 17, 1900 - Feb 17, 1970
2. Bernard Herrmann June 29, 1911 - Dec 24, 1975
3. Alex North Dec 4,1910 - Sept 8, 1991
4. Georges Delerue Mar 12, 1925 - Mar 20, 1992
5. Henry Mancini Apr 16, 1924 - June 14, 1994
6. Miklos Rozsa April 18, 1907 - July 27, 1995
7. Ernest Gold July 13, 1921 - Mar 17, 1999
8. Michael Kamen Apr 15, 1948 - Nov 18, 2003
9. Michael Small May 30, 1939 - Nov 24, 2003
10. Jerry Goldsmith Feb 10, 1929 - July 21, 2004
11. David Raksin Aug 4, 1912 - August 9, 2004
12. Elmer Bernstein Apr 4, 1922 - August 18, 2004
13. Basil Poledouris Aug 21, 1945 - Nov. 8, 2006
14. Shirley Walker Apr 10, 1945 - Nov. 30, 2006
15. Maurice Jarre Sept 13, 1924 - Mar 28, 2009
16. John Barry Nov 3, 1933 - Jan 30, 2011
17. Marvin Hamlisch June 2, 1944 - Aug 6, 2012
18. James Horner Aug 14, 1953 - June 22, 2015
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Jul 4, 2015 - 10:32 PM
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Ado
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Yeah, I was thinking that the last 10 years were especially bad, but I did not want to do the work that you did. I was slightly off, since 2003 the most of those passed, so about 12 years. Horner listening got me thinking on Kamen and Basil, and of course Jerry. Kamen and Basil had a whole lot of work left in them, so much music not done. I recall when Jerry passed, it was like my world ended. Jerry and those scores, since I was a kid, those were much of what I was, what I am. Thanks Zooba.
Oh, to end positive, while I sobbed though some Horner the other night, I popped in my Iron Will score, and wow, what a great composer Joel McNeely was at such a young age, he still is great. Iron Will is such a powerful and hopeful score, what a work. It made me feel a lot better that we still have great guys like McNeely.
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I would also add:
Max Steiner: May 19, 1888 - December 28, 1971. Steiner was the FATHER OF FILM MUSIC and without him, where would the art form be today?
Dimitri Tiomkin: May 10, 1894 – November 11, 1979. Showed Americans how to score westerns.
Hugo Friedhofer: May 3, 1908 - May 17, 1981. Another Golden Age composer who needs more respect from the younger generation.
GIL MELLE: December 31, 1931 – October 28, 2004. Where would electronic and orchestral synthesis be today without him?
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Plus John Addison, died 1998.
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Hello, just felt this thread would be amiss without the additional mention of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett - March 29, 1936 - December 24, 2012.
Thank you and Happy Holiday.
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Here's my list for composers who died after 1960:
COMPOSER / BORN / DIED
Richard Hageman / July 9, 1881 / March 6, 1966
Franz Waxman / December 24, 1906 / February 24, 1967
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco / April 3, 1895 / March 16, 1968
Frank Skinner / December 31, 1897 / October 9, 1968
Leigh Harline / March 26, 1907 / December 10, 1969
Alfred Newman / March 17, 1900 / February 17, 1970
Leith Stevens / September 13, 1909 / July 23, 1970
Paul Sawtell / February 1906 / August 1, 1971
Max Steiner / May 19, 1888 / December 28, 1971
Robert E. Dolan / August 3, 1908 / September 26, 1972
Duke Ellington / April 29, 1899 / May 24, 1974
Arthur Bliss / August 2, 1891 / March 27, 1975
Dimitri Shostakovich / September 25, 1906 / August 9, 1975
Bernard Herrmann / June 29, 1911 / December 24, 1975
Frederick Hollander / October 18, 1896 / January 18, 1976
Percy Faith / April 7, 1908 / February 9, 1976
Benjamin Britten / November 22, 1913 / December 4, 1976
Richard Addinsell / January 13, 1904 / November 4, 1977
Don Ellis / July 25, 1934 / December 17, 1978
Cyril Mockridge / August 6, 1896 / January 18, 1979
Nino Rota / December 3, 1911 / April 10, 1979
Dimitri Tiomkin / May 10, 1894 / November 11, 1979
Adolph Deutsch / October 20, 1897 / January 1, 1980
Jerry Fielding / June 17, 1922 / February 17, 1980
Frank Cordell / June 1, 1918 / July 6, 1980
Hugo Montenegro / September 2, 1925 / February 6, 1981
Ron Grainer / August 11, 1922 / February 21, 1981
Hugo Friedhofer / May 3, 1908 / May 17, 1981
Roy Webb / October 3, 1888 / December 10, 1982
Kenyon Hopkins / January 15, 1912 / April 7, 1983
Bronislau Kaper / February 5, 1902 / April 26, 1983
Daniele Amfitheatrof / October 29, 1901 / June 4, 1983
Georges Auric / February 15, 1899 / July 23, 1983
Jerome Moross / August 1, 1913 / July 25, 1983
Carmen Dragon / July 28, 1914 / March 28, 1984
Emil Newman / January 20, 1911 / August 30, 1984
Harry Sukman / December 2, 1912 / December 2, 1984
Paul J. Smith / October 30, 1906 / January 25, 1985
William Alwyn / November 7, 1905 / September 11, 1985
Nelson Riddle / June 1, 1921 / October 6, 1985
Ronald Stein / April 12, 1930 / August 15, 1988
Lionel Newman / January 4, 1916 / February 3, 1989
Johnny Green / October 10, 1908 / May 15, 1989
Clifton Parker / February 5, 1909 / September 2, 1989
Virgil Thomson / November 25, 1896 / September 30, 1989
Jeff Alexander / July 2, 1910 / December 23, 1989
David Rose / June 15, 2010 / August 23, 1990
Leonard Bernstein / August 25, 1918 / October 14, 1990
Sol Kaplan / April 19, 1919 / November 14, 1990
Aaron Copland / November 14, 1900 / December 2, 1990
Bruno Nicolai / May 20, 1926 / August 16, 1991
Alex North / December 4 ,1910 / September 8, 1991
Morton Stevens / January 30, 1929 / November 11, 1991
Ken Darby / May 13, 1909 / January 24, 1992
Georges Delerue / March 12, 1925 / March 20, 1992
Georges Garvarentz / April 1, 1932 / March 19, 1993
Roy Budd / March 14, 1947 / August 7, 1993
Henry Mancini / April 16, 1924 / June 14, 1994
Manos Hadjidakis / October 23, 1925 / June 15, 1994
Hans J. Salter / January 14, 1986 / July 23, 1994
Miklos Rozsa / April 18, 1907 / July 27, 1995
Brian Easdale / August 10, 1909 / October 30, 1995
Les Baxter / March 14, 1922 / January 15, 1996
Toru Takemitsu / October 8, 1930 / February 20, 1996
Morton Gould / December 10, 1913 / February 21, 1996
Toshiro Mayuzumi / February 20, 1929 / April 10, 1997
George Bassman / February 7, 1914 / June 26, 1997
John Addison / March 16, 1920 / December 7, 1998
Ernest Gold / July 13, 1921 / March 17, 1999
Frank De Vol / September 20, 1911 / October 27, 1999
George Duning / February 25, 1908 / February 27, 2000
Louis Applebaum / April 3, 1918 / April 19, 2000
Jack Nitzsche / April 22, 1937 / August 25, 2000
Jack Elliott / August 6, 1927 / August 18, 2001
Mario Nascimbene / November 28, 1913 / January 6, 2002
Stanley Black / June 14, 1913 / November 27, 2002
Ron Goodwin / February 17, 1925 / January 8, 2003
Walter Scharf / August 1, 1910 / February 24, 2003
Michael Kamen / April 15, 1948 / November 18, 2003
Michael Small / May 30, 1939 / November 24, 2003
Fred Karlin / June 16, 1936 / March 26, 2004
Jerry Goldsmith / February 10, 1929 / July 21, 2004
David Raksin / August 4, 1912 / August 9, 2004
Elmer Bernstein / April 4, 1922 / August 18, 2004
Gil Mellé / December 31, 1931 / October 28, 2004
Carlo Rustichelli / December 24, 1916 / November 13, 2004
Robert Farnon / July 24, 1917 / April 23, 2005
Francesco De Masi / January 11, 1930 / November 6, 2005
Akira Ifukube / May 31, 1914 / February 8, 2006
Malcolm Arnold / October 21, 1921 / September 23, 2006
Basil Poledouris / August 21, 1945 / November 8, 2006
Shirley Walker / April 10, 1945 / November 30, 2006
Herman Stein / August 19, 1915 / March 15, 2007
Leonard Rosenman / September 7, 1924 / March 4, 2008
Alexander Courage / December 10, 1919 / May 15, 2008
Neal Hefti / October 29, 1922 / October 11, 2008
Derek Wadsworth / February 5, 1939 / December 3, 2008
Angela Morley / March 10, 1924 / January 14, 2009
Maurice Jarre / September 13, 1924 / March 28, 2009
Vic Mizzy / January 9, 1916 / October 17, 2009
John Barry / November 3, 1933 / January 30, 2011
Fred Steiner / February 24, 1923 / June 23, 2011
Russell Garcia / April 12, 1916 / November 19, 2011
Marvin Hamlisch / June 2, 1944 / August 6, 2012
Joel Goldsmith / November 19, 1957 / April 29, 2012
Richard Rodney Bennett / March 29, 1936 / December 24, 2012
Riz Ortolani / March 25, 1926 / January 23, 2014
Ken Thorne / January 26, 1924 / July 9, 2014
Robert Drasnin / November 17, 1927 / May 13, 2015
James Horner / August 14, 1953 / June 22, 2015
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Benjamin Frankel (31 January 1906 – 12 February 1973)
George Bruns (July 3, 1914 – May 23, 1983)
Albert Glasser (January 25, 1916 - May 4 1998)
Jaime Mendoza-Nava (December 31, 1925 – May 31, 2005)
John Dankworth (20 September 1927 – 6 February 2010)
Robert B. Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012)
John Cacavas (August 13, 1930 – January 28, 2014)
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Sir William Walton died in 1983, Hans J. Salter in 1994, and Herschel Burke Gilbert in 2003.
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Stanley Myers
Edgar Froese
Nigel Holton
Doug Timm
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