2015
December 2015
Music from Giant issued by La-La Land Records
La-La Land Records, Warner Bros., and Universal Music Special Markets have teamed up to release nearly two and a half hours of music related to Dimitri Tiomkin’s score for Giant. The score is supplemented by tracks from the original soundtrack album, bonus tracks, and …
December 2015
It’s a Wonderful Life with live score
November 2015
Renée Fleming encore in Cleveland
American opera singer Renée Fleming performed at a fundraiser for the educational outreach program of the Cleveland Orchestra on October 3, 2015. The Cleveland Orchestra is among the world’s leading orchestras with a long tradition of musical excellence. The encore …
October 2015
Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait on sale, October 22-25
To celebrate the third anniversary of its e-book publication and the 55th anniversary of Tiomkin’s music score for The Alamo, Christopher Palmer’s “Dimitri Tiomkin: A Portrait” will be on sale for four days as a Kindle Countdown Deal. Purchase the …
October 2015
The Alamo turns 55
This month marks the 55th anniversary of the 1960 film The Alamo, produced and directed and starring John Wayne. Garnering a coveted best picture nod from the Motion Picture Academy, the film picked up a total of seven nominations, including …
September 2015
The Great Waltz Orchestra
Picture a recording session in Los Angeles in 1938 where many of those seated among the first violins had served as either concertmaster or assistant concertmaster at a number of prominent orchestras in the U.S. and Europe. Scanning the string …
August 2015
Ray Turner and Dimitri Tiomkin
When Dimitri Tiomkin was living in London and Paris during the mid-1970s, his Hollywood fame followed him to Europe. He received copious fan mail and corresponded with friends and colleagues. Herschel Burke Gilbert, George Korngold, Bert Reisfeld, Harry Sukman, David …
July 2015
Welcome to Hard Times
Rejected scores, unrealized projects, and times when things just don’t work out are all part of a film composer’s work life. Near the end of Dimitri Tiomkin’s scoring career he was scheduled to score the Western drama, Welcome to Hard …
June 2015
Behind the photograph: The Great Waltz
Upon viewing the above photograph one might surmise it depicts a wardrobe fitter examining a period costume dress. Except that’s no wardrobe fitter or seamstress, it’s choreographer Albertina Rasch with Miliza Korjus. That would lead one to assume it’s a production photograph for The Great …
Tiomkin on cdbaby, June 2015
Selected recordings of songs and music from the Dimitri Tiomkin Anthology are now available on cdbaby. The twenty-two tracks include songs from the cinema and stage by the four time Oscar-winning composer. The singers are Whitney Kaufman and Darice Cooper, featuring Leah …