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April 2021
 The extra-musical fame of films scored by Dimitri Tiomkin

by Warren M. Sherk When faced with the COVID pandemic and working from home, I decided to attempt to read in its entirety the ten-volume series, “History of the American Cinema.” Nearing the end of that journey it struck me … Read More…

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March 2021
 Behind the Photograph: Robert Russell Bennett presents a special award to composer Dimitri Tiomkin

In its heyday from the 1930s through 1960s, the National Association for American Composers and Conductors (NAACC) was devoted to the promotion and performance of American concert hall music. In the mid-1970s—some years after the deaths of both its founder, … Read More…

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Giant: Cue Sheet

Total Time: 1 hour, 49 minutes, 40 seconds Cue Title Reel Part Usage Timing Composer/Lyricist 1 Overture Background Instrumental Entire 3:06 Dimitri Tiomkin (Composer) 1 Giant (This Then is Texas) 1 Background Vocal 2:05 Paul Francis Webster (Lyricist) Dimitri Tiomkin … Read More…

October 2020
 Who wrote the music for A Little Racketeer?

by Warren M. Sherk PART 1 of 2 “A Little Racketeer (1932) is notable only because composer Dimitri Tiomkin contributed several melodies.” —Ken Bloom, The Routledge Guide to Broadway, 2006 Dimitri Tiomkin’s contribution to the Broadway musical revue is notable; … Read More…

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Substitution and Conversion: Archives

Dimitri Tiomkin collection Cinematic Arts Library Doheny Memorial Library University of Southern California Box 66 Original score composed and arranged by Paul Sawtell, holograph. (22 leaves) Original score adapted from theme by George Gershwin in the hand of the arranger, … Read More…

April 2019
Tiomkin scores fêted festival film gratis

by Warren M. Sherk In 1962, Dimitri Tiomkin was so deeply sold on the talents of the twenty-something year-old-artists that filmed Without Each Other, he made a personal effort to bring them to the attention of Hollywood. And he scored … Read More…

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Classic FM picks Red River as the Greatest Western Movie Score, April 2018

Topping the list of Classic FM’s “The greatest Western movie scores” is Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for Red River. Classic FM, an independent National Radio station in the United Kingdom, broadcasts “The World’s Greatest Music” and has been a proponent of Tiomkin’s … Read More…

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April 2018
Report on Tiomkin ENERGY festival 2017 in Kremenchuk, Ukraine

In 2017, after a three-year hiatus due to civil unrest in the Ukraine, the International Jazz Festival ENERGY in honor of Dimitri Tiomkin returned to Kremenchuk (sometimes spelled Kremenchug) on the 5th anniversary of the inaugural 2012 festival. The festival, … Read More…

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January 2016
Tiomkin film music concert suites now available from Schott and EAM

Dimitri Tiomkin film music concert suites for orchestra are now available as rentals from the European American Music (EAM) Distributors Company, a member of the Schott Music Group. Tiomkin joins an A-list of American and European composers whose music is … Read More…

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60th anniversary of Tiomkin’s famous Academy Awards acceptance speech, March 30, 2015

Sixty years ago, Dimitri Tiomkin made a memorable acceptance speech on one of the earliest televised Academy Awards ceremonies, broadcast live on March 30, 1955. “Tiomkin Tops Hope” proclaimed the trade publication Variety the following day. Tiomkin “hit the laugh … Read More…

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