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Talented composers fleeing Nazism made a new home for themselves in the United States and, in the process, helped create the vibrant sounds and the emotional pull of such Hollywood movies as "Casablanca," "Sabrina" and many more.

SAFMD isn’t a complete overview of a vastly underappreciated facet of movie production, yet it is as thorough as it can be with its bullet-point approach.

WHEN the themes from Star Wars, ET and Harry Potter fill the concert hall in Poole’s Lighthouse in March, it will be an extra-special occasion.

A couple of days ago, I shared with you a very eerie case - from the 1950s - of a Woman in Black and an Alien Big Cat. I thought that, today, I would expand on this eerie issue of the WIB and share with you what the Women in Black phenomenon is really like.

The recent “Casablanca” Chicago Symphony Orchestra screening was a familiar, reassuring favorite, with Max Steiner’s effective-enough score played live. Ohe other hand, even Steiner didn’t think much of it.

As the key Hollywood composer during the blockbuster era of the 1970s and 1980s, Williams had an astronomical career alongside the likes of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.



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Here are all the songwriters who have landed Oscar nominations for best original song and topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the same week.

At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, when film production came to a halt and recording studios shuttered, John Williams, the storied Hollywood c

From a classic musical to comedy nights to indoor sky diving, we have 10 options for your Valentine's Day weekend.