Q: Where can I find information regarding Tiomkin's music?
A: This site contains a database with information on music scores, sound recordings, cue sheets, and more. In addition to brief descriptions of the material, the location is also noted. Posters and other advertising and promotional materials (lobby cards, inserts, and so on) relating to films scored by Tiomkin are also cataloged. The production search locates film, television, and stage materials. Much of the information regarding the Dimitri Tiomkin Collection at the University of Southern California's Cinema-Television Library is from "The Dimitri Tiomkin Collection: An Inventory of Music" by Harvey R. Deneroff (USC, 1981). There is also detailed information on recorded sound material in the Tiomkin Collection. The tape contents field information is from various written sources, including tape logs that accompanied the tapes. Contents were confirmed as the tapes were rerecorded to compact disc. Composers, lyricists, orchestrators, and arrangers are indexed. Writers of pre-existing works, including classical composers and songwriters, are not indexed. Names are indexed under a common spelling (e.g., entries citing P. A. Marquardt, Paul A. Marquardt, or Paul Marquardt are indexed under Paul Marquardt). "Film Composers in America" by Clifford McCarty (Oxford, 2000) was consulted for name authority for film composers and orchestrators. No authority is provided at this time for songwriters/lyricists. The media search is the best way to find information on songs and other individual compositions. The database is a work in progress, so please check back often.

Q: Where can I find Tiomkin's scores?
A: The Dimitri Tiomkin Collection at the University of Southern California's Cinema-Television Library contains the most complete collection of Tiomkin's music manuscripts and sound recordings in the world. Tiomkin's composing career is represented through full scores, conductor scores, music sketches, and sound recordings. The material spans five decades, from the 1920s through 1960s, and therefore includes Tiomkin's music for stage and ballet productions, as well as his prolific film oeuvre. To aid researchers, the sound recordings (including soundtracks and interviews) have been transferred to compact disc. Copies of all available DVDs and videos featuring Dimitri's music and personal appearances are available for viewing. Also included is material relating to his first wife, Albertina Rasch, including choreography on film, magazine articles, Broadway stage programs, and Hollywood Bowl appearances. The USC Cinema-TV Library is located in Los Angeles, California, in the Doheny Memorial Library on the University Park campus, near downtown. Access to the Tiomkin Collection is by appointment through Special Collections. Contact Ned Comstock, archivist, for more information click here. The Warner Bros. Archives, also housed at USC, contains full scores and parts for more than a dozen films with music by Tiomkin. For more information click here.. Resources are also available for research purposes at other institutions, including the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library and UCLA's music library.

Q: Where can I find performance materials for Tiomkin's film scores?
A: Themes & Variations rents orchestral scores and parts. Themes and suites from more than forty films scored by Tiomkin are represented, from The Alamo to The Young Land. John W. Waxman founded the company to meet the demand for symphonic performances and new recordings of motion picture and television music. All the works in the rental library are faithfully reconstructed from the original sketches and/or orchestrations. Themes & Variations serves orchestras and recording companies throughout the world. For more information click here.

Q: Who administers performance rights?
A: Tiomkin was a lifelong member of SACEM, the French-based performing rights organization. He formed his own ASCAP music publishing company, Volta Music Corporation. For more information click here.

Q: Who do I contact for publication rights?
A: Copyright and publication rights vary film by film; however, Volta Music Corporation, Tiomkin's music publishing company, is a good place to start.

Volta Music Corporation
c/o Kelman & Chan
23622 Calabasas Road, Suite 350
Calabasas, CA 91302

Q: Who do I contact for general or research questions?
A: Send an e-mail to info@dimitritiomkin.com. If we can't answer it, we will forward it to someone who hopefully can.