Elmer Bernstein's Film Music Notebook

[Gast Stefan Jania]

In Zusammenhang mit der kürzlich veröffentlichten Elmer Bernstein's Filmmusic Collection hier noch als Tipp etwas Werbung für das Drumherum, aus dem damals die ganzen LPs eigentlich entstanden sind. Elmer Bernstein hatte von 1974 bis 1978 ein kleines Magazin, eben das Film Music Notebook, mit vielen Interviews, Portraits und und und (genauer Inhalt siehe unten). Natürlich wurden die Komponisten, denen die damals aktuelle LP gewidmet war, ausführlich vorgestellt.

Die Film Music Society hat vorletztes Jahr ein Reprint aller Ausgaben im Hardcover-Format veröffentlicht. 1:1 wie die alten Ausgaben (sogar mit allen (wenigen) Anzeigen von LP-Shops). Leider nicht unbedingt billig ($40 + $10 Porto nach Deutschland), aber unwahrscheinlich interessant. Fernab der heutigen von Fans erstellten Magazine schrieben hier respektable Größen der Filmmusik. Wer noch ein paar Dollar nach dem Kauf der FMC-Box übrig hat, sollte über die Anschaffung des Buches einmal nachdenken. Sehr viel hochinteressanter Lesestoff. Mehr zum Buch hier.

Zum Abschluss hier noch das Inhaltsverzeichnis, das damals Tom DeMary für meinen (mittlerweile eingestellten) Filmmusik-Zeitschriftenindex ST-MAGS aufgestellt hatte.

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ELMER BERNSTEIN'S FILMMUSIC NOTEBOOK (FN) No. 1-13

Compiled by Tom DeMary

##FN No. 1 (Fall 1974)

- Max Steiner (by Albert K. Bender)

- Filmography: Max Steiner

- An Interview With Hugo Friedhofer (by Elmer Bernstein)

- Whatever Became Of Movie Music (by David Raksin)

- Bernard Herrmann's "Black-and-White" Music for Hitchcock's 'Psycho' (Pt. 1, by Fred Steiner)

##FN No. 2 (Winter 1974-1975)

- Elmer Bernstein (by Michael Scheff)

- Filmography: Elmer Bernstein

- The Annotated Friedkin (by Elmer Bernstein)

- A Conversation With George Roy Hill (Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- Bernard Herrmann's "Black-and-White" Music for Hitchcock's 'Psycho' (Pt. 2, by Fred Steiner)

- "So The Producer Says To Beethoven..." (by Vic Mizzy)

##FN No. 3 (Spring 1975)

- Franz Waxman

- Filmography: Franz Waxman

- The Third Language: The Art Of Film Music (by John Caps)

- A Conversation With Leo Shuken (by Elmer Bernstein)

- Franz Waxman's Music For "The Silver Chalice" (by Alfred Frankenstein)

##FN No. 4 (Summer 1975)

- Bernard Herrmann: An Unauthorized Biographical Sketch (by Fred Steiner)

- Filmography: Bernard Herrmann

- Music And The Film Script (by Ernest Irving)

- A Conversation With Daniele Amphitheatrof (Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- Focus On Films (by Christopher Palmer)

- Obituary: Muir Mathieson

##FN No. 5 (1976)

- A Correspondence With Miklos Rozsa (by John Caps)

- Miklos Rozsa Biography (by Christopher Palmer)

- Filmography: Miklos Rozsa (including concert works)

- A Conversation With Richard Rodney Bennett (Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- Serial Music Of Jerry Goldsmith (by John Caps)

- Film Composers Vs. The Studios: A 300 Million Dollar Complaint (by Elmer Bernstein)

- Obituary: Bernard Herrmann

##FN No. 6 (1976)

- A Letter From Ken Darby

- Alfred Newman Biography/Filmography (by Ken Darby)

- A Conversation With David Raksin (Pt. 1, Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- Film Music (by Ralph Vaughn-Williams)

- An Examination Of Leith Stevens' Use Of Jazz In 'The Wild One' (Pt. 1, by Fred Steiner)

##FN No. 7 (1976)

- David Raksin Biography/Filmography

- A Conversation With David Raksin (Pt. 2, Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- John Williams-Scoring The Whole Film (by John Caps)

- An Examination Of Leith Stevens' Use Of Jazz In 'The Wild One' (Pt. 2, by Fred Steiner)

- Obituary: Leo Shuken

##FN No. 8 (1976)

- Happy 70th Birthday To Miklos Rozsa

- The John Barry Triptych (by John Caps) (The Lion In Winter, The Last Valley, Mary Queen Of Scots)

- A Conversation With John Green (Interview Pt. 1 by Elmer Bernstein)

- John Green: Biography/Filmography

- Miklos Rozsa On "The Thief Of Bagdad" (as told to Christopher Palmer)

##FN No. 9 (1977)

- Alex North (by Christopher Palmer)

- Filmography: Alex North (including concert works)

- A Look At Alex North's Use Of Historical Source Music (by Florella Orowan)

- A Conversation with John Green (Interview Pt. 2 by Elmer Bernstein)

- The Omen-Obsession: Different Approaches To The Supernatural (by James Maffett)

##FN No. 10 (1977)

- Bernard Herrmann (by Fred Steiner, with new postscript)

- Filmography: Bernard Herrmann (including concert works)

- The Lyricism Of Henry Mancini (by John Caps)

- A Conversation With Jerry Goldsmith (Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- The Film Music Of Leigh Harline (by Ross Care)

- Filmography: Leigh Harline

##FN No. 11 (1977)

- Jerry Fielding A Biographical Sketch

- Filmography: Jerry Fielding

- A Conversation With John Addison (Interview by Elmer Bernstein)

- How Not To Be A Film Music Critic (by Jay Alan Quantrill)

- Jerry Fielding: The Composer As Collaborator (by Paul Seydor)

##FN No. 12 (1978)

- A Conversation With Henry Mancini (by Elmer Bernstein)

- Filmography: Henry Mancini (includes awards)

- The Asthetics Of Film Scoring (by Elmer Bernstein)

- Motion Picture Music: A Select Bibliography (by Win Sharples, Jr.)

##FN No. 13 (1978)

- Bronislau Kaper Interview (by Elmer Bernstein)

- Filmography: Bronislau Kaper

- Dimitri Tiomkin: A Biographical Sketch (by Christopher Palmer)

- Filmography: Dimitri Tiomkin

- Dimitri Tiomkin As Russian Composer (by Christopher Palmer)

- Lost Horizon: An Account of the Composition of the Score (by William Rosar)

[Gast Stephan Eicke]

Wirklich verlockend und für mich als großen Bernstein- Fan eigentlich ein Muss- aber leider zu teuer... 50 Dollar? Da kauf ich mir lieber Bernstein CDs.