FILM MUSIC NOTES: Volume 3

(October 1943 to June 1944)

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LEGEND: Asterisk (*) means article includes musical examples. Info in (parentheses) is the author of the article. Info in {curly brackets} is the composer connected with that article. If the composer and author are the same, there is a double bracket ({like this}). Info in [square brackets] is additional information about the article. Comments? Corrections? Questions? E-mail me via this link – Mike Quigley

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FILM MUSIC NOTES – OCTOBER 1943 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 1

• Foreword; Contents
• News Items
• A New Dimension (Margery Morrison)
• Film Music for All Men (Dane Rudhyar)
• Phantom of the Opera {Edward Ward} - A Daring Musical
• Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest Commended by the Motion Picture Preview Committee of Hollywood and New York: Behind the Rising Sun (Roy Webb; Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir.); Claudia (Alfred Newman, mus. dir.); The Constant Nymph (Erich Wolfgang Korngold); The Fallen Sparrow (Roy Webb; Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir.); First Comes Courage (Ernst Toch; Morris Stoloff, mus. dir.); Flesh and Fantasy (Alexander Tansman; Charles Previn, mus. dir.); For Whom the Bell Tolls (Victor Young); Heaven Can Wait (Alfred Newman); I Walked With A Zombie (Roy Webb; Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir.); Lassie Goes Home (Danielle Amfitheatrof); My Friend Flicka (Alfred Newman); The Phantom of the Opera (Edward Ward, mus. dir.); So Proudly We Hail (Miklós Rózsa); This is the Army (Irving Berlin; Leo Forbstein, mus. dir.); Thousands Cheer (Herbert Stothart); Victory Through Air Power (Edward Plumb, Paul T. Smith, Oliver Wallace); Watch on the Rhine. (Max Steiner; Leo Forbstein, mus. dir.). Several other summer releases mentioned briefly. (Reviews by Grace Widney Mabee & Constance Purdy)
• Excerpts from The Constant Nymph {Erich Wolfgang Korngold}

FILM MUSIC NOTES – NOVEMBER 1943 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2

• Foreword; Contents
• News Items; Comments; Commendations
• The Cinema Workshop (Margery Morrison)
• Music in the Movies (Sigmund Spaeth)
• Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
• New Russian Film Music Born of War (Ivan Narodny)
• Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest Commended by the Motion Picture Preview Committee of Hollywood and New York: Corvette K-225 (David Buttolph); False Colors (Irvin Talbot, mus. dir.); Government Girl (Leigh Harline; Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir.); Guadalcanal Diary (David Buttolph; Emil Newman, mus. dir.); In Old Oklahoma (Walter Scharf); Johnny Come Lately (Leigh Harline, mus. dir.); Lost Angel (Danielle Amfitheatrof; Nat Finston, mus. dir.); My Kingdom for a Cook (Richard Wallace; Morris Stoloff, mus. dir.); Mystery Broadcast (George Sherman; Morton Scott, mus. dir.); The North Star (Aaron Copland, music; Ira Gershwin, lyrics); Old Acquaintance (Franz Waxman; Leo Forbstein, mus. dir.); Riding High (Victor Young); Sahara (Miklós Rózsa; Morris Stoloff, mus. dir.); Shrine of Victory; Top Man (Charles Previn, mus. dir.); The Unknolwn Guest (Edward Kay, mus. dir.). (Reviews by Grace Widney Mabee & Constance Purdy)
• A Step in the Right Direction
• Excerpts from Sahara* {Miklós Rózsa}
• Miklós Rózsa (biography)

FILM MUSIC NOTES – DECEMBER 1943 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3

• Foreword; Contents
• News Items; Comments
• Off Beat (Mildred Norton, Los Angeles Daily News
• The Sixth Sense in Film Mechanics (from The American Cinematographer, October, 1943)
• An Appeal to the Educators of Music in Schools, Colleges, Universities (Mabee, Purdy)
• Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest Commended by the Motion Picture Preview Committee of Hollywood and New York: The Iron Major (Roy Webb; Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir.); His Butler's Sister (Hans Salter); Gangway for Tomorrow (Roy Webb; Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir.); Henry Aldrich Haunts A House (Gerard Carbonara); Madame Curie (Herbert Stothart); The Battle of Russia (Dimitri Tiomkin); Jack London (Fred Rich, mus. dir.); Swing Fever (Georgie Stoll & David Snell, mus. dirs.); No Time for Love (Victor Young); Happy Land (Cyril Mockridge; Emil Newman, mus. dir.); The Falcon and the Co-eds (Constantin Bakaleinikoff); Around the World (Constantin Bakaleinikoff); The Gang's All Here (Alfred Newman & Charles Henderson, mus. dirs.); Where Are Your Children (Edward Kay). Short Subjects: Age of Flight; This is Tomorrow (Nathaniel Shilkret). (Reviews by Grace Widney Mabee & Constance Purdy)
• Excerpt from The North Star: Song of the Guerrillas*. {Aaron Copland}
• Notes on the Life and Works of Aaron Copland [with comment by Copland]

FILM MUSIC NOTES – JANUARY 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 4

• Foreword; Contents
• News Items
• Rhapsody in Blue: A Day on the Gershwin Set at Warner Bros. (Constance Purdy)
• Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
• Reviews of Current Pictures From the Viewpoint of Music Interest: The Song of Bernadette (Alfred Newman); Tender Comrade (Leigh Harline); The Desert Song (Heinz Roemheld, adaptation; Ray Heindorf, arr.; Leo Forbstein, mus. dir.); Song of Russia (Tchaikovsky & Modern Soviet Composers; adapted by Herbert Stothart); The Lodger (Hugo Friedhofer); The Spider Woman (Hans Salter, mus. dir.); Tarzan's Desert Mystery (Paul Sawtell); Three Russian Girls (Brave Women in War) (W. Franke Harling; Irvin Talbot, cond.); Destination Tokyo (Franz Waxman; Leo Forbstein, mus. dir.); Gung Ho (Frank Skinner; Hans Salter, cond.); The Heavenly Body (Bronislau Kaper); The Ghost Ship (Roy Webb); Calling Dr. Death (Paul Sawtell, mus. dir.); What A Woman (John Leipold; Morris Stoloff, mus. dir.); Higher and Higher. (Constantin Bakaleinikoff, mus. dir; Jimmy McHugh, songs; Harold Adamson, lyrics).
• Notes on Alfred Newman
• Excerpt from The Song of Bernadette* {Alfred Newman}

FILM MUSIC NOTES – FEBRUARY 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 5

• Foreword; Contents
• News Items
• Film Music (James Shelley Hamilton)
• Academy Award to Stress Progress in Film Scoring (Isabel Morse Jones, Los Angeles Times Music Editor)
• Upbeat in Music, March of Time (Sigmund Spaeth)
• A Visit to New York University and The Museum of Modern Art (Ruth Hampton)
• Advance Remarks on Lady in the Dark
• Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: A Guy Named Joe (Herbert Stothart); The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Dimitri Tiomkin); It Happened Tomorrow (Robert Stoltz); The Fighting Seabees (Walter Scharf); Jane Eyre (Bernard Herrmann); Jeannie; Lifeboat (Emil Newman, mus. dir.); None Shall Escape (Ernst Toch); Passport to Adventures (Constantin Bakaleinikoff); Phantom Lady (Hans Salter, mus. dir.); Standing Room Only (Robert Emmett Dolan); The Sullivans (Cyril Mockridge; Alfred Newman, mus. dir.); The Uninvited (Victor Young).
• The Orchestra - Hollywood's Most Versatile Actor (Herbert Stothart)
• Excerpts from Madame Curie* {Herbert Stothart}

FILM MUSIC NOTES – MARCH 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 6

• Foreword
• Comments; News Items
• Academy Nominations for Best Achievement in Music
• Music Credits on Coming Pictures of Special Interest
• Interview with Franz Waxman
• Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
• Synchronization (Ruth Parker Weldon)
• Reviews of Current Motion Picdtures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: In Our Time (); The Imposter (); Lady in the Dark (); Up in Arms (); Passage to Marseille (); The Navy Way (); Action in Arabia (); See Here, Private Hargrove (); The Curse of the Cat People (); Knickerbocker Holiday (); The Purple Heart (); Voice in the Wind (); Going My Way.

FILM MUSIC NOTES – APRIL 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 7

• Foreword
• Comments; News Items
• Questionnaire filled out and returned to the chairman of sound films, Music Educators' National Conference (Sigmund Spaeth)
• List of 16mm Films on Music Suitable for School Use (part of previous?)
• British Film Music (John Huntley, from Sight and Sound, January 1944)
• Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Buffalo Bill (); Days of Glory (); Follow the Boys (); Four Jills in a Jeep (); The Hour Before the Dawn (); Meet the People (); The Negro Soldier (); Nine Girls (); Shine on Harvest Moon (); Tunisian Victory (); Uncertain Glory, The White Cliffs.
• Notes on Victor Young
• Excerpt from The Uninvited*, Stella Theme {Victor Young}
• Heavenly Music* {Sam Coslow, adaptation by Nathaniel Shilretz [sic])

FILM MUSIC NOTES – MAY 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 8

• Foreword
• News Items; Comments
• Visual Re-Creation of Music (Margery Morrison)
• Scoring Film Drama (Alice Evans Field)
• Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Address Unknown (); The Adventures of Mark Twain (); Between Two Worlds (); Cover Girl (); Double Indemnity (); Gaslight (); The Hitler Gang (); Lady, Let's Dance (); The Memphis Belle (); Show Business (); Two Sisters and a Sailor (); This is the Life (); Weird Woman (); The Yellow Canary.
• Biography of Mr. Max Steiner
• Mark Twain* by Max Steiner

FILM MUSIC NOTES – JUNE 1944 – VOLUME 3, NUMBER 9

• Foreword
• News Items; Comments
• Music Advisory Committee of the Department of State (Margery Morrison)
• Afterthoughts (Sigmund Spaeth)
• Mexican Films in Hollywood (Margery Morrison)
• Film Music and Public Taste (Corporal Gail Kubik)
• Reviews of Current Motion Pictures from the Viewpoint of Music Interest: Adventure in Music (); Bathing Beauty (); The Canterville Ghost (); Christmas Holiday (); The Eve of St. Mark (); The Hairy Ape (); Home in Indiana (); "Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (); The Mask of Dimitrios (); Mr. Skeffington (); The Story of Dr. Wassell (); Summer Storm (); Important Business.
• Biography of Gail Kubik
• Excerpt from The Memphis Belle* {Gail Kubik}

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