Author Archives: wsherk

July 2022
Statues in a Garden: Isabel Colegate and Dimitri Tiomkin

The first notice of Dimitri Tiomkin’s interest in making a film version of the Isabel Colegate novel, Statues in a Garden, dates from the fall of 1965. The novel, published in Great Britain the previous year, had made its way … Read More…

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June 2022
Dimitri Tiomkin and Madame President, on the road to producing films

by Warren M. Sherk In the summer of 1962, Dimitri Tiomkin sent his friend and frequent collaborator, the producer and director Frank Capra, a story titled, “Madame President,” to read. In Capra’s rear-view mirror was Pocketful of Miracles (1961), a … Read More…

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May 2022
Editorial Universidad de Sevilla releases book on the music of Dimitri Tiomkin by Lucía Pérez Garcia

Música de cine en femenino: Las mujeres en la filmografía de Dimitri Tiomkin (The Female in Film Music: Women in the Filmography of Dimitri Tiomkin) by Lucía Pérez Garcia is now available from the University of Seville Press. Lucía Pérez Garcia … Read More…

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May 2022
Dimitri Tiomkin, Legends of American Music stamp in Washington, D.C.

The National Postage Museum in Washington, D.C., is one of a vast array of free museums in our nation’s capital that offer archival treasures documenting American history, art and culture. Visitors to the William H. Gross Stamp Gallery can contemplate … Read More…

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April 2022
Behind the Photograph: The Tiomkin Sessions

by Warren M. Sherk Peering over music spread out on stands, this musician’s eye view by photographer Derek Elley, captioned “Tiomkin Sessions” on back, perfectly captures the recording of music from Hollywood’s Golden Age in May 1978 at the Olympic … Read More…

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March 2022
High Noon in Belfast

Director Kenneth Branaugh’s introspective film on his childhood, Belfast, includes two scenes from High Noon (1952) and subsequently uses the film’s title song, “Do Not Forsake Me,” sung by Tex Ritter several times. Dimitri Tiomkin received Academy Awards for both … Read More…

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Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale, March 19, 2022

The Midland-Odessa Symphony and Chorale presents “A Texas Tribute” as part of the Pops and Family Series at the Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center in Midland, Texas on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Special guests Bob and Kelli Phillips, co-hosts of the … Read More…

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February 2022
A to Z Guide to Dimitri Tiomkin music publications and rentals, research, and rights clearance

Compiled by Patrick Russ Dimitri Tiomkin owned his own publishing company, Volta Music; however for most of his early career he composed film music under work-for-hire agreements for a number of film studios and companies, such as Allied Artists, Columbia … Read More…

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January 2022
Wise Music rents Tiomkin concert suites for Warner Bros. films through Zinfonia

Wise Music now rents Dimitri Tiomkin concert suites for Warner Bros. films administered by Warner/Chappell. The Wise Music Classical Rental Libraries is a leading commercial music library and performance materials are shipped all over the world. Wise recommends you use … Read More…

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December 2021
It’s a Wonderful Life issued by La-La Land Records

La-La Land Records and Paramount Pictures have teamed up to release a remastered CD of music by Dimitri Tiomkin from It’s a Wonderful Life in honor of the film’s 75th anniversary. The 75th anniversary edition is produced by Dan Goldwasser and restored and mastered by … Read More…

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