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Maurice Jarre scores "Ghost": The Composer: Maurice Jarre is the now retired French composer and triple Academy Award winner for his scores for Passage To India, Dr Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia. As you may have guessed, he's also Jean Michel Jarre's dad. Released: 1990 Director: Jerry Zucker Cast: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore The Film: Shortly after moving into a new Manhattan apartment, a pair of lovers are separated by a street thug's bullet. Communicating through a frazzled false medium, the man's ghost tries...
Posted 19 March 2009 11:30 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: composer, score, dr zhivago, maurice jarre, academy award winner, passage to india, jerry zucker, demi moore, jean michel jarre, avenge his death, lovers, frazzled false medium, thug, manhattan, ghost, bullet, french, lawrence of arabia, patrik swayze

Love Actually Soundtrack - Glasgow Love Theme: The Score: Craig Armstrong - not only is he a talented Scottish musician and composer who won a Grammy Award for his film score for Ray, but he used to be a face in the Scottish pop music scene as a member of Hipsway and Texas! Released: 2003 Director: Richard Curtis Cast: Bill Nighy, Keira Knightly, Colin Firth The Film: Christmas time in England, the characters are falling in love, falling out of love, some are with the right people, some are with the wrong people, some are looking to have an affair...
Posted 12 March 2009 05:29 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: grammy award winner, composer, score, christmas, colin firth, mourning, reality, glasgow love theme, ray, keira knightly, scotish musician, bill nighty, england, pop music, falling in love, craig armstrong, hipswayay, flirting, affair, love actually soundtrack, richard curtis, texas

Ladies in Lavender, Violin Joshua Bell, Music Nigel Hess: The Composer: Nigel Hess studied music at Cambridge University, where he was Music Director of the famous Footlights Revue Company. He has since worked extensively as a composer and conductor in television, theatre and film. Released: 2004 Director: Charles Dance Cast: Judi Dench, Maggie Smith The Film: Two aging spinster sisters have their quiet cornish life disrupted when they take a young Polish violinist into their care after they find him half-drowned on the beach. It turns out he's a talented...
Posted 02 March 2009 01:51 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: joshua bell, violin, virtuoso, composer, ladies in lavendar, cornish life, footlights revue company, maggie smith, polish violinist, judi dench, aging spinsters, charles dance, half drowned, nigel hess, music director

Patrick Doyle - It's Only A Diary (Bridget Jones's Diary): The Composer: Patrick Doyle joined Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company as an actor, composer and musical director back in 1987 and wrote music for many of their renaissance productions. However it wasnt until he was asked to write the score for Branagh's film of Henry V that he began a career in film scoring. Released: 2001 Director: Sharon Maguire Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant The Film: Bridget Jones is struggling with life as an unmarried thirty something. So...
Posted 09 February 2009 12:02 PM by charlotte | 1 comment(s)
Filed under: composer, score, soundtrack, patrick doyle, colin firth, sharon maguire, kenneth brannagh, new years eve, better job, diet, renaissance theatre company, it's only a diary, hugh grant, bridget jones diary, renee zellweger

Zulu: The Composer: New Yorker John Barry is mostly known for writing the Bond scores, but has also composed music for Oscar winner 'Born Free', 'Out Of Africa' and 'Dances With Wolves'. Barry received the BAFTA Fellowship Award in recognition of his services to film music in 2005. Released: 22 January 1964 Director: Cy Endfield Cast: Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Michael Caine The Film: In 1964 this adventure film was made. It tells the story of the rift between the British Army...
Posted 29 January 2009 10:07 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: new york, composer, soundtrack, john barry, out of africa, zulu, british army, jack hawkins, born free, bond scores, michael caine, the battle of rorkes drift 1879, cy enfield, bafta fellowship award, army of zuluz, dances with wolves, stanley baker, adventure film

The Big Country - composer Jerome Moross: Composer: Jerome Moross was a composer and orchestrator working around the first half of the twentieth century and The Big Country is the score for which he is best known and rightfully so, given the way that it effortlessly portrays in music the mental image conveyed by the title. According to Moross, he composed the theme after walking in the flat lands around Alburqueque and went on to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Music Score. The Film: A powerful tale, in which a sea...
Posted 14 January 2009 10:38 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: Orchestra, composer, jerome moross, the big country, jean simmons, will iam wyler, flat lands, charlton heston, academy award nomination, sea captain, best original score, bitter land dispute, gregory peck, burl ives, alburqueque, family clan

Pirates of the Caribbean - The Medallion Calls: Pirates of the Caribbean original motion picture soundtrack composed by Klaus Badelt and produced by Hans Zimmer. The opening theme when Jack is entering Port Royal on a sinking boat.
Posted 19 November 2008 10:47 AM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: composer, producer, port royal, the medallion calls, klaus badelt, hans zimmer, motion picture, opening theme, pirates of the caribbean, sinking boat, soundtrack

Back To The Future Score - Alan Silvestri: Back To The Future main theme music from the movies composed by Alan Silvestri. "It was made clear to Silvestri that the filmmakers wanted music that was equivalent to the classical pieces they had chosen. I was so intimidated, I put off writing forever. I mean, I was down to the last second on this thing, and I was literally going to tell them that I couldn't do it. I was going to quit the business, and it was to the point where if I would have quit there was no way they'd have time...
Posted 17 November 2008 06:02 PM by charlotte | with no comments
Filed under: Orchestra, composer, back to the future, score, filmakers, alan silvestri, theme music, classical pieces