| Events In Film Score History |
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| April 1: |
David Raksin begins recording his score for Until They Sail (1957) |
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George Garvarentz born (1932) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) |
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Marvin Gaye died (1984) |
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Matthew McCauley born (1954) |
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Pete Carpenter born (1914) |
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Philip Lambro begins recording his unused score for Chinatown (1974) |
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Winfried Zillig born (1905) |
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| April 2: |
Clifford “Bud” Shank died (2009) |
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Gato Barbieri died (2016) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Chase” (1993) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Sum of All Fears (2002) |
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Mark McKenzie records his score for the Enterprise episode “Horizon” (2003) |
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Marvin Gaye born (1939) |
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Marvin Hamlisch wins Oscars in all three music categories, for adapting The Sting and for The Way We Were's score and title song (1974) |
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Serge Gainsbourg born (1928) |
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| April 3: |
Bruce Broughton records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “Testimony of a Traitor” (1981) |
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Dusan Radic died (2010) |
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Edward Ward born (1900) |
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Ferde Grofe died (1972) |
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Francois de Roubaix born (1939) |
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Jungle Book released in U.S. theaters (1942) |
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Lionel Bart died (1999) |
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco born (1895) |
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Marvin Hatley born (1905) |
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Philippe Rombi born (1968) |
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Richard Bellis born (1946) |
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| April 4: |
Brian May begins recording his score for Cloak & Dagger (1984) |
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Elmer Bernstein born (1922) |
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Michel Camilo born (1954) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Madame Bovary (1949) |
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Miklos Rozsa wins his third and final Oscar, for his Ben-Hur score (1960) |
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Monty Norman born (1928) |
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Roberto Nicolosi died (1989) |
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| April 5: |
Bent Aserud born (1950) |
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Bernhard Kaun born (1899) |
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Dave Grusin begins recording his score for The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for The Ten Commandments (1955) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for Patriot Games (1992) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Enterprise episode “Detained” (2002) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for First Knight (1995) |
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John Morris begins recording his score for Yellowbeard (1983) |
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Leo Erdody died (1949) |
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Michael Galasso born (1949) |
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Pharrell Williams born (1973) |
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Richard LaSalle died (2015) |
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Robert B. & Richard M. Sherman win Oscars for Mary Poppins' score and song "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (1965) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Skin of Evil" (1988) |
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| April 6: |
Andre Previn born (1929) |
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Born Free opens in Los Angeles (1966) |
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Christopher Franke born (1953) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Storyteller” (1993) |
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Dimitri Tiomkin wins his fourth and final Oscar, for The Old Man and the Sea score (1959) |
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Fred Karlin begins recording his score to Inside the Third Reich (1982) |
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Gerry Mulligan born (1927) |
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John Green begins recording Leonard Rosenman's score for The Cobweb (1955) |
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Johnny Mandel begins recording his score for The Sandpiper (1965) |
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Normand Corbeil born (1956) |
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Patrick Doyle born (1953) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Icarus Factor" (1989) |
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| April 7: |
Burt Bacharach wins song and score Oscars for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1970) |
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Charles Strouse begins recording his unused score for The Molly Maguires (1969) |
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Elliot Kaplan records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “The Last Defender of Camelot” (1986) |
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Fred Steiner records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “A Day in Beaumont” (1986) |
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Gino Marinuzzi Jr. born (1920) |
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Herbert Spencer born (1905) |
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Ikuma Dan born (1924) |
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James Di Pasquale born (1941) |
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Kenyon Hopkins died (1983) |
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Laurence Rosenthal begins recording his score for the Logan's Run pilot (1977) |
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Michael Kamen begins recording his score for Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) |
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Nathan Lanier born (1978) |
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Ned Rorem records his unused score for The Panic in Needle Park (1971) |
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Percy Faith born (1908) |
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Ravi Shankar born (1920) |
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Roger Webb born (1934) |
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| April 8: |
Eric Rogers died (1981) |
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From Russia With Love opens in New York (1964) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for The Pagemaster (1994) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) |
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Julian Lennon born (1963) |
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Keegan DeWitt born (1982) |
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Maurice Jarre wins his first Oscar, for his Lawrence of Arabia score (1963) |
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Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola win the score Oscar for The Godfather Part II (1975) |
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Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter record their score for The Cosmic Man (1958) |
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Victor Schertzinger born (1888) |
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| April 9: |
Arthur Benjamin died (1960) |
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Bill Conti wins his first Oscar, for The Right Stuff score; Michel Legrand wins his third Oscar, for Yentl's song score (1984) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score to The Gypsy Moths (1969) |
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Giorgio Moroder wins his first Oscar, for his Midnight Express score (1979) |
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Henry Mancini wins song and score Oscars for Breakfast at Tiffany's (1962) |
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Herbert Don Woods records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “The Dorian Secret” (1981) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Diane (1955) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The Seventh Sin (1957) |
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Nathan Van Cleave begins recording his score for Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) |
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Recording sessions begin for Krzystof Komeda’s score for Rosemary’s Baby (1968) |
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Toshiyuki Honda born (1957) |
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| April 10: |
Claude Bolling born (1930) |
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Denny Zeitlin born (1938) |
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Dusan Radic born (1929) |
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Elmer Bernstein wins his only Oscar for, of all things, Thoroughly Modern Millie's score; Alfred Newman wins his final Oscar for Camelot’s music adaptation (1968) |
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Gianni Marchetti died (2012) |
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John Barry wins his first two Oscars, for the score and song Born Free (1967) |
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John Morris begins recording his score for The In-Laws (1979) |
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Mark Oliver Everett born (1965) |
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Michel Legrand wins his second Oscar, for the Summer of '42 score; John Williams wins his first Oscar, for Fiddler on the Roof's music adaptation; Isaac Hayes wins his only Oscar for the song "Theme from Shaft" (1972) |
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Nino Rota died (1979) |
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Peter Bernstein born (1951) |
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Recording sessions begin for John Ottman’s score to Superman Returns (2006) |
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Shirley Walker born (1945) |
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Toshiro Mayuzumi died (1997) |
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| April 11: |
Caleb Sampson born (1953) |
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Edwin Wendler born (1975) |
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Herbert Stothart begins recording his score for Dragon Seed (1944) |
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John Williams wins his fourth Oscar, for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial's score; Henry Mancini wins his fourth and final Oscar, for Victor/Victoria's song score (1983) |
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Koichi Sugiyama born (1931) |
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne, Cong Su win Oscars for their Last Emperor score (1988) |
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| April 12: |
Andy Garcia born (1956) |
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Bruce Broughton begins recording his score to Eloise at the Plaza (2003) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for Right Cross (1950) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Shattered Mirror” (1996) |
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Edwin Astley born (1922) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Rampage (1963) |
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Georg Haentzschel died (1992) |
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Herbert Gronemeyer born (1956) |
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Herbie Hancock born (1940) |
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Hugo Friedhofer begins recording his score to Soldier of Fortune (1955) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Changing Face of Evil” (1999) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for One Little Indian (1973) |
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Lisa Gerrard born (1961) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Lust For Life (1956) |
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Richard Shores died (2001) |
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Ronald Stein born (1930) |
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Russell Garcia born (1916) |
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| April 13: |
Bill Conti born (1942) |
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Joel J. Richard born (1976) |
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John Addison wins his only Oscar, for Tom Jones's score (1964) |
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Teo Usuelli died (2009) |
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Vladimir Cosma born (1940) |
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| April 14: |
A.C. Newman born (1968) |
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Ali Akbar Khan born (1922) |
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Elisabeth Lutyens died (1983) |
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Georges Delerue wins his only Oscar, for A Little Romance's score; David Shire wins song Oscar for Norma Rae's "It Goes Like It Goes" (1980) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "E2" (2004) |
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John Barry wins his third Oscar, for The Lion in Winter score (1969) |
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Shorty Rogers born (1924) |
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Win Butler born (1980) |
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| April 15: |
Arthur Morton died (2000) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for A Hatful of Rain (1957) |
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Carlo Crivelli born (1953) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Enterprise episode “Cogenitor” (2003) |
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Dick Maas born (1951) |
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Francis Lai wins the score Oscar for Love Story (1971) |
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Gert Wilden born (1917) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Parts 1 & 2 of Masada (1980) |
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John Greenwood died (1975) |
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John Williams records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Ghost Train" (1985) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score to The Hellstrom Chronicle (1971) |
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Michael Kamen born (1948) |
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Tim McIntire died (1986) |
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| April 16: |
Alex North begins recording his score for Cheyenne Autumn (1964) |
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Basil Poledouris begins recording his score to Quigley Down Under (1990) |
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Charles Chaplin born (1889) |
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Chaz Jankel born (1952) |
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David Raksin records his score for Pat and Mike (1952) |
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Henry Mancini born (1924) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Frame of Mind” (1993) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Detective (1968) |
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Perry Botkin Jr. born (1933) |
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Warren Barker born (1923) |
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| April 17: |
David Bell born (1954) |
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Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Summer and Smoke (1961) |
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Ernest Gold wins his only Oscar, for the Exodus score (1961) |
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Jan Hammer born (1948) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Dennis the Menace (1993) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Stanley & Iris (1989) |
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Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Enterprise episode “Vox Sola” (2002) |
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Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to The Power and the Prize (1956) |
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| April 18: |
Andrew Powell born (1949) |
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Buxton Orr born (1924) |
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Dave Grusin begins recording his score for The Goonies (1985) |
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Ed Plumb died (1958) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Players (1979) |
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John Debney records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Progress” (1993) |
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Kings Row released in theaters (1942) |
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Maurice Jarre wins his second Oscar, for Dr. Zhivago's score; presumably decides to stick with this David Lean kid (1966) |
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Mike Vickers born (1941) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The King's Thief (1955) |
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Miklos Rozsa born (1907) |
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Recording sessions begin for Marco Beltrami’s score for Red Eye (2005) |
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Robert O. Ragland died (2012) |
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Tony Mottola born (1918) |
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| April 19: |
Alan Price born (1942) |
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Alfred Newman begins recording his score for David and Bathsheba (1951) |
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David Fanshawe born (1942) |
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Dudley Moore born (1935) |
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Harry Sukman begins recording his score for A Thunder of Drums (1961) |
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Henry Mancini begins recording his score for The Great Race (1965) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Fitzwilly (1967) |
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Jonathan Tunick born (1938) |
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Lord Berners died (1950) |
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Michael Small begins recording his score to Klute (1971) |
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Ragnar Bjerkreim born (1958) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "We'll Always Have Paris" (1988) |
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Sol Kaplan born (1919) |
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Thomas Wander born (1973) |
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William Axt born (1888) |
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| April 20: |
Andre Previn begins recording his score for The Sun Comes Up (1948) |
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Bebe Barron died (2008) |
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Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for The Monster Squad (1987) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for Kind Lady (1951) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Die Is Cast” (1995) |
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Herschel Burke Gilbert born (1918) |
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Johnny Douglas died (2003) |
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Miklos Rozsa records his score to Valley of the Kings (1954) |
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Richard LaSalle records his score for The New Adventures of Wonder Woman episode “The Man Who Could Not Die” (1979) |
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| April 21: |
Charles Fox begins recording his score for The New, Original Wonder Woman (1975) |
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David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Soldiers of the Empire” (1997) |
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Eddie Sauter died (1981) |
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Franz Waxman begins recording his score to The Story of Ruth (1960) |
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Georges Delerue begins recording his unused score for Something Wicked This Way Comes (1982) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Wild Rovers (1971) |
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John McCabe born (1939) |
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Mundell Lowe born (1922) |
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Steve Dorff born (1949) |
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Velton Ray Bunch records his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “The Council” (2004) |
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| April 22: |
Brian Tyler records his score for the Enterprise episode “Regeneration” (2003) |
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Bride of Frankenstein released (1935) |
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Craig Safan records his score for the Remo Williams TV pilot (1987) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Pen Pals” (1989) |
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Isao Tomita born (1932) |
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Jack Nitzsche born (1937) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Terra Prime” (2005) |
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Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Emergence” (1994) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording the soundtrack to Kelly's Heroes (1970) |
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Steven Price born (1977) |
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| April 23: |
Alain Jomy born (1941) |
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Andre Previn begins recording his score for The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) |
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Arthur B. Rubinstein died (2018) |
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Bernard Herrmann begins recording his North by Northwest score (1959) |
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Christopher Komeda died (1969) |
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Harold Arlen died (1986) |
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Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson born (1958) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for House of Cards (1992) |
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Jay Gruska born (1952) |
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Jonsi born (1975) |
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Kenji Kawai born (1957) |
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Louis Barron born (1920) |
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Patrick Williams born (1939) |
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Robert Farnon died (2005) |
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Satyajit Ray died (1992) |
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Sergei Prokofiev born (1891) |
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| April 24: |
Barbra Streisand born (1942) |
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Dana Kaproff born (1954) |
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Double Indemnity is released in theaters (1944) |
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Georges Delerue records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Doll" (1986) |
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Hubert Bath died (1945) |
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Lennie Hayton died (1971) |
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Tristam Cary died (2008) |
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| April 25: |
Alec Puro born (1975) |
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Brian May died (1997) |
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David A. Hughes born (1960) |
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Franz Waxman records his score for Stalag 17 (1952) |
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Gary Hughes died (1978) |
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Georges Delerue records his score for L’Homme Qui Revient De Loin (1972) |
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Heinz Roemheld's score for Union Station is recorded (1950) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for How to Steal a Million (1966) |
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| April 26: |
Alan Parker begins recording his score for Jaws 3D (1983) |
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Barry Gray died (1984) |
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Bronislau Kaper died (1983) |
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Bruce Broughton begins recording his score The Blue and the Gray (1982) |
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Carmine Coppola died (1991) |
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Dave Grusin begins recording his score for The Firm (1993) |
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David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Tracking Into the Wind” (1999) |
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Francis Lai born (1932) |
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Giorgio Moroder born (1940) |
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Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Gray Lady Down (1977) |
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John M. Keane born (1965) |
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Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for Distant Thunder (1988) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Green Fire (1954) |
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Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter record their score for Kronos (1957) |
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Reinhardt Wagner born (1956) |
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| April 27: |
Christopher Komeda born (1931) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Explorers” (1995) |
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Federico Jusid born (1973) |
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Henry Brant died (2008) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for The Lost Weekend (1945) |
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Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who" (1989) |
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Scott Bradley died (1977) |
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| April 28: |
Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Judge Dredd (1995) |
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Billy Goldenberg records his score for High Risk (1976) |
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Blake Neely born (1969) |
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Christopher Young born (1957) |
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Christopher Young records orchestral passages for his Invaders from Mars score (1986) |
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Lyn Murray records his score for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Who Needs an Enemy?” (1964) |
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Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Children of Time” (1997) |
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| April 29: |
Chris Boardman born (1954) |
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Craig Armstrong born (1959) |
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Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner record their score for the final Star Trek: Enterprise episode, “These Are the Voyages…” (2005) |
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Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Conspiracy” (1988) |
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Duke Ellington born (1889) |
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Herbert Stothart begins recording his score to Random Harvest (1942) |
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James Horner begins recording his score for The Rocketeer (1991) |
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Jan A.P. Kaczmarek born (1953) |
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Joel Goldsmith died (2012) |
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Lawrence Shragge born (1954) |
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Rod McKuen born (1933) |
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Toots Thielemans born (1922) |
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Waldemar Kazanecki born (1929) |
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| April 30: |
Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Host” (1991) |
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Velton Ray Bunch records his score for the Enterprise episode “Desert Crossing” (2002) |
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