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| July 1: |
Alfred Newman begins recording his score for The Robe (1953) |
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Andrae Crouch born (1942) |
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Francois Dompierre born (1943) |
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Hans Werner Henze born (1926) |
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Roddy Bottum born (1963) |
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Seamus Egan born (1969) |
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Sigmund Krumgold born (1896) |
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| July 2: |
Fabio Frizzi born (1951) |
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Frederic Talgorn born (1961) |
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Jeff Alexander born (1910) |
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John Paesano born (1977) |
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Kristian Eidnes Andersen born (1966) |
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Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Plymouth Adventure (1952) |
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Nathan Van Cleave died (1970) |
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Nicholas Carras records his score for High School Caesar (1959) |
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Richard Band begins recording his score for From Beyond (1986) |
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| July 3: |
David Shire born (1937) |
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Delia Derbyshire died (2001) |
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George Bruns born (1914) |
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Jean Prodromides born (1927) |
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Michel Polnareff born (1944) |
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Peer Raben born (1940) |
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Pim Jacobs died (1996) |
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Robert O. Ragland born (1931) |
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The Great Escape opens in Los Angeles (1963) |
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| July 4: |
Astor Piazzolla died (1992) |
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Benedetto Ghiglia died (2012) |
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Fred Wesley born (1943) |
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Larry Herbstritt born (1950) |
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Nathan Furst born (1978) |
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| July 5: |
David Fanshawe died (2010) |
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David Ferguson died (2009) |
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Fonce Mizell died (2011) |
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Jerry Fielding's score for the Star Trek episode "Spectre of the Gun" is recorded (1968) |
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Paul Ben Haim born (1897) |
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Robbie Robertson born (1943) |
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Robert J. Kral born (1967) |
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RZA born as Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (1969) |
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Vaclan Trojan died (1983) |
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| July 6: |
Bernardo Bonezzi born (1964) |
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Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for Stay Tuned (1992) |
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Ennio Morricone died (2020) |
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Frank Cordell died (1980) |
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Hanns Eisler born (1898) |
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John Ottman born (1964) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Superman (1978) |
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Ron Goodwin begins recording his score to Force 10 from Navarone (1978) |
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| July 7: |
Anton Karas born (1906) |
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Atli Orvarsson born (1970) |
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Gerald Fried's score for the Star Trek episode "Friday's Child" is recorded (1967) |
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Johnny Mandel begins recording his score for Point Blank (1967) |
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Recording sessions begin for Christopher Young’s score to Virtuosity (1995) |
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Recording sessions begin for Frederick Hollander’s score for We’re No Angels (1954) |
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Recording sessions begin on James Newton Howard’s score for The Fugitive (1993) |
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Richard Hazard records his final Mission: Impossible score, for the episode “The Bride” (1971) |
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Ron Jones born (1954) |
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Sylvester Levay records his additional music for Howard the Duck (1986) |
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| July 8: |
Bob Alcivar born (1938) |
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Jay Chattaway born (1946) |
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John Addison records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Pumpkin Competition" (1986) |
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Lyn Murray begins recording his score for The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954) |
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| July 9: |
Conrad Salinger died (1961) |
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Dickon Hinchliffe born (1967) |
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Earle Hagen born (1919) |
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Elisabeth Lutyens born (1906) |
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Harald Kloser born (1956) |
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James Horner records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Alamo Jobe" (1985) |
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Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for The Outfit (1973) |
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Joseph Mullendore records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “Terror-Go-Round” (1968) |
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Ken Thorne died (2014) |
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Michael Masser died (2015) |
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Paul Chihara born (1938) |
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Richard Hageman born (1882) |
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| July 10: |
Bruce Fowler born (1947) |
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Don Costa born (1925) |
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Georges Delerue begins recording his score for The Pick-Up Artist (1987) |
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Jimmy McHugh born (1893) |
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Paul Glass records his score for Lady in a Cage (1963) |
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Recording sessions begin for Richard Rodney Bennett’s score for L’Imprecateur (1977) |
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Robert Mellin died (1994) |
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| July 11: |
Alexei Aigui born (1971) |
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David Baerwald born (1960) |
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George Gershwin died (1937) |
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Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Maxie (1985) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Not With My Wife, You Don’t (1966) |
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| July 12: |
Benny Carter died (2003) |
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Eddy Manson died (1996) |
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Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Elaan of Troyius" is recorded (1968) |
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Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns For Adonais?" is recorded (1967) |
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James Bernard died (2001) |
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Michael Small begins recording his score for Marathon Man (1976) |
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Yasushi Akutagawa born (1925) |
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| July 13: |
Ernest Gold born (1921) |
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Maurice Jarre begins recording his unused score for Jennifer 8 (1992) |
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Per Norgaard born (1932) |
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Richard Markowtiz’s score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of Jack O’Diamonds” is recorded (1967) |
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Roger Edens died (1970) |
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Ruby Raksin born (1917) |
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You Only Live Twice opens in New York (1967) |
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| July 14: |
Benny Golson records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “Blind” (1971) |
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Elliot Kaplan born (1931) |
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Harry Geller records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “The Inside Rail” (1969) |
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J.A.C. Redford born (1953) |
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Jan Krenz born (1926) |
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Joe Harnell died (2005) |
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Michel Michelet born (1894) |
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Nicholas Carras records his score for Missile to the Moon (1958) |
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| July 15: |
Bill Justis died (1982) |
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Dennis Wilson died (1989) |
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Derek Hilton died (2005) |
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Geoffrey Burgon born (1941) |
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H.B. Barnum born (1936) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for The Cincinnati Kid (1965) |
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Paul Sawtell begins recording his score for The Hunters (1958) |
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Trevor Horn born (1949) |
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Walter Greene begins recording his scores for The Brain from Planet Arous and Teenage Monster (1957) |
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| July 16: |
Fred Myrow born (1939) |
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Goffredo Petrassi born (1904) |
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Jon Lord died (2012) |
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Serge Baudo born (1927) |
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Stewart Copeland born (1952) |
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| July 17: |
Bruce Broughton begins recording his score to Eloise at Christmastime (2003) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Babe (1975) |
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Kenyon Hopkins begins recording his score for The Hustler (1961) |
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Peter Schickele born (1935) |
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Piero Umiliani born (1926) |
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Stanley Wilson died (1970) |
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Wojciech Kilar born (1932) |
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| July 18: |
Abel Korzeniowski born (1972) |
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Barry Gray born (1908) |
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David Shire records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Hell Toupee" (1985) |
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James William Guercio born (1945) |
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Nathan Van Cleave begins recording his score for The Lonely Man (1956) |
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Richard Markowitz records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Golden Cobra” (1966) |
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| July 19: |
Dominic Muldowney born (1952) |
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Gerald Fried's score for the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" is recorded (1967) |
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Gerald Fried's score for the Star Trek episode "The Paradise Syndrome" is recorded (1968) |
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John Barry begins recording his score for Dances With Wolves (1990) |
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Paul Dunlap born (1919) |
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Ramin Djawadi born (1974) |
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Tim McIntire born (1944) |
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Van Alexander died (2015) |
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| July 20: |
Franz Waxman begins recording his score for Elephant Walk (1953) |
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Gail Kubik died (1984) |
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Since You Went Away released in theaters (1944) |
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| July 21: |
Jerry Goldsmith died (2004) |
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| July 22: |
Alan Menken born (1949) |
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Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Go to the Head of the Class" (1986) |
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George Dreyfus born (1928) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Warning Shot (1966) |
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John Barry begins recording the orchestral score to King Kong (1976) |
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Lalo Schifrin records his score for Mission: Impossible’s third season premiere, “The Heir Apparent” (1968) |
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Nigel Hess born (1953) |
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Richard Hill born (1942) |
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| July 23: |
George Greeley born (1917) |
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Georges Auric died (1983) |
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Hans J. Salter died (1994) |
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Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Rio Conchos (1964) |
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John Addison records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Greible" (1986) |
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L. Subramaniam born (1947) |
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Leith Stevens died (1970) |
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Nicholas Hooper born (1952) |
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Piero Piccioni died (2004) |
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Recording sessions begin for Hugo Friedhofer’s score to The Blue Angel (1959) |
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| July 24: |
Alan Rawsthorne died (1971) |
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High Noon opens in New York (1952) |
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Leo Shuken died (1976) |
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Les Reed born (1935) |
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Marcello Giombini born (1928) |
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Norman Dello Joio died (2008) |
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Robert Farnon born (1917) |
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Wilfred Josephs born (1927) |
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| July 25: |
Bruce Broughton records his unused adaptations of Bach for The Accidental Tourist (1988) |
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Daniel Lopatin aka Oneohtrix Point Never born (1982) |
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Denis King born (1939) |
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Don Ellis born (1934) |
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Henry Mancini begins recording his score for Days of Wine and Roses (1962) |
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Patrick Williams died (2018) |
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Thurston Moore born (1958) |
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| July 26: |
Bronislau Kaper and Scott Bradley begin recording their score for Courage of Lassie (1945) |
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Buddy Baker died (2002) |
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David Raksin begins recording his score for Too Late Blues (1961) |
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Irving Gertz’s score for The Invaders episode “The Enemy” is recorded (1967) |
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Joseph Bishara born (1970) |
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Robert Drasnin records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “Run for the Money” (1971) |
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Robert Drasnin records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “The Mercenaries” (1968) |
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Sidney Cutner’s score for The Invaders episode “The Watchers” is recorded (1967) |
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| July 27: |
Alex North begins recording his score to The Outrage (1964) |
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Bernard Herrmann records the Piano Concerto for the Hangover Square score (1944) |
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Georges Delerue records his score for Exposed (1982) |
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Harry Lubin died (1977) |
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Jerome Moross died (1983) |
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Marc Wilkinson born (1929) |
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Max Steiner begins recording his score for Those Callaways (1964) |
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Michael Linn born (1952) |
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Miklos Rozsa died (1995) |
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Stefan Nilsson born (1955) |
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| July 28: |
Brian May born (1934) |
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Carmen Dragon born (1914) |
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Lalo Schifrin records “Underground,” his final episode score for the original Mission: Impossible (1972) |
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Laurence Rosenthal records his score for Proud Men (1987) |
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Leonard Rosenman begins recording his adaptation score for Bound for Glory (1976) |
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On the Waterfront opens in New York (1954) |
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Ray Ellis born (1923) |
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Recording sessions begin for Frederick Hollander’s score for Disputed Passage (1939) |
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Richard Hartley born (1944) |
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Richard Shores records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Firebrand” (1967) |
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Robert Drasnin records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “Butterfly” (1970) |
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Tadeusz Baird born (1928) |
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| July 29: |
Bronislau Kaper begins recording his score for Quentin Durward (1955) |
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Doug Timm died (1989) |
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Gian Piero Reverberi born (1939) |
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Giorgio Gaslini died (2014) |
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Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for The Venetian Affair (1967) |
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Lee Holdridge records his score for The Explorers: A Century of Discovery (1988) |
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Michael Holm born (1943) |
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Mikis Theodorakis born (1925) |
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| July 30: |
Alexina Louie born (1949) |
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Antoine Duhamel born (1925) |
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David Sanborn born (1945) |
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Guenther Kauer born (1921) |
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John Williams begins recording his score for Earthquake (1974) |
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Leith Stevens records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “Manhunt” (1968) |
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Paul de Senneville born (1933) |
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Peter Knight died (1985) |
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Recording sessions begin for Frederick Hollander’s score for Remember the Night (1949) |
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Richard Band begins recording his score for Zone Troopers (1985) |
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| July 31: |
Barry De Vorzon born (1934) |
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John 5 born as John Lowery (1971) |
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Lennie Niehaus records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Vanessa in the Garden" (1985) |
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Lionel Newman begins recording his score for The Last Wagon (1956) |
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Michael Wolff born (1952) |
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Richard Band records his score for The Alchemist (1981) |
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