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Movie Music

Who's Your Favorite Living Composer?

John Mauceri | Posted 11.13.2012 | Arts
Read More: John Williams, Music-School, Classical Music, Classical Music Reviews, World War II, University-of-North-Carolina, Movie Music, Arts News
John Mauceri

After some prying, we got to an answer. I then asked why this was such a tough question, and why, say, if I had asked this same question 100 years before, there would have been an avalanche of answers.

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Why Music Is Important: The Experience

Tony Woodcock | Posted 11.13.2012 | College
Read More: Music in Movies, Music Influence, Sopranos Theme, Jaws Theme, Music Scores in Movies, Movie Music, Movie Soundtracks, Movie Soundtrack, Video, College News
Tony Woodcock

Do you ever buy CDs or download music used in movies? Great scores like Out of Africa, Harry Potter, Chariots of Fire, the Batman series?

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MUSIC: The Secrets of Hans Zimmer's 'Inception' Score Explained

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
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Having systematically picked apart the critical arguments for and against Christopher Nolan's film "Inception" and the many possible meanings of tha...

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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