Limbacher, James L. Film Music: From Violins to Video (in bookstacks at 782.85 L629f)

          Contains short articles on film music by musicians and others as well as an
            inaccurate list of films and their composers. Virtually all aspects of film scoring
            are discussed, grouped into general sections concerning aesthetics, history,
            animated films, documentaries, the influence of classical music, and so on. The
            individual essays vary in quality and approach, with some providing mainly
            historical perspective, while others propose theories on what film music should
            be; the largest section of essays is devoted to appreciations of individual scores,
            most of which date from the 1930s through the 1950s.

* The Bernard Herrmann Society at the University of Bergen (Norway):

            http://www.bernardherrmann.org/

                    Occasional webcasts of the complete audio of the 3-part, 150-minute radio
                    documentary from 1988:

                                "Bernard Herrmann:  A Celebration of His Life and Music:"
 

            David Raksin Remembers his Colleagues    (Steiner, Korngold, A. Newman, Rózsa, Waxman, Copland,
                                                                               Friedhofer, Herrmann, Tiomkin):

                        http://americancomposers.org/raksin_intro.htm

            An interview with David Raksin at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 30th Anniversary Gala
            from October 14, 1998. From PBS.org's Live from Lincoln Center Learning Center site:

                        http://www.pbs.org/lflc/backstage/oct14/raksin.htm


* Links to information about Italian film music composer Ennio Morricone:

            The Ennio Morricone Online Community:

                        http://www.chimai.com/

                                     http://pub36.bravenet.com/freelink/show.php?usernum=3017524795


The Journal of Film Music publishes original articles and reviews that address any aspect of film music:

          http://www.ifms-jfm.org/


Film Music FAQ (good for definitions of basic terms used in film music):

          http://auricle.com/welcome-fmusfaq.html


*Film Music Media Group:    includes Film Music Magazine, Film Music Network, Film Music Institute, and
                                            Film Music Radio -

            http://filmmusicworld.com/network/index.php

                            Film Music Magazine, a monthly trade publication for professionals in the film and
                            television music business, including news, feature articles, investigative reporting, and
                            an event calendar:

                                           http://www.filmmusicmag.com/

                                                            FAQ about Film Music from Film Music Magazine:

                                                                        http://www.filmmusicmag.com/faq/


                            Film Music Network lists upcoming film music industry events:

                                           http://filmmusicworld.com/network/index.php


                            Film Music Institute offers professional education courses in Los Angeles, New York and
                            other locations designed specifically for the film and television music industry. Courses are
                            updated every quarter to reflect the latest innovations and knowledge present in the industry
                            about the art, craft, technology and business of music for film and television:

                                            http://filmmusicworld.com/institute/index.php


                            Film Music Radio - Broadcasting the Latest News, Music, and Information about the Film & TV
                            Music Industry 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are at least 6 regularly-produced radio
                            programs streamed from this site:

                                           http://filmmusicworld.com/radio/index.php


Film Comment Magazine, published by the Film Society of Lincoln Center:

            http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/fcm.htm


Soundtrack Collector is a very extensive and complete site devoted to movie music, with a database featuring
detailed record information and discographies, discussion forums, articles, and news:

            http://www.soundtrackcollector.com           


* The Internet Movie Database (IMDb):        http://www.imdb.com/


The Internet Movie Script Database (IMSDb) is the web's largest movie script resource:      http://www.imsdb.com


The All Movie Guide (AMG) has similar characteristics to IMDb:             http://www.allmovie.com/


Film Music articles, resources, and links from FilmSound.org (click on "terminology" for definitions of diegetic,
non-diegetic, etc.):

            http://www.filmsound.org/


Welcome to the world of film music:        http://www.filmmusicworld.com/


Tracksounds! The Film Music Experience. Christopher Coleman's site started in 1998, containing reviews, news,
interviews, forum, and links:

             http://www.tracksounds.com/


Film and TV music directory (part of The Entertainment Industry Directory):

            http://www.filmmusicdirectory.com/pages/Film___TV_Music/index.html


SoundtrackNet/ - The Art of Film and Television Music. The source for information on composers,
recording companies, retailers, manufacturers, etc. Searchable database, soundtrack reviews and even a
list of release dates:

            http://www.soundtrack.net


Filmtracks Modern Soundtrack Reviews includes reviews of modern soundtracks, tributes to past and
present composers, auctions for rare soundtracks and information for the serious collector:

            http://www.filmtracks.com/


Scorereviews.com is a site with reviews, composer information, news, forum, and features. This site encourages
visitors to become members:

            http://www.scorereviews.com/


* Film Score Monthly is the daily supplement to America's leading film music magazine, offering articles, reviews,
composer interviews, and an online store. It is the Online Magazine of Motion Picture and Television Music
Appreciation produced by editor/publisher Lukas Kendall. It started as hardcopy in 1990:

            http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/

                      Contains an excellent page of links:   http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/links/


The SCORE is the quarterly newsletter published by the Society of Composers and Lyricists (formerly located
at filmscore.org). Visitors can browse the covers of some of the past issues by clicking on the icons:

            http://www.thescl.com/site/scl/section.php?id=4505


* The American Film Institute (AFI) is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the
recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. AFI trains the next
generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America's film heritage through the
AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through
AFI's New Media Ventures.

            http://afi.com/


                    * In 2005, AFI distributed a ballot with 250 nominated movie scores to a jury of over 500 leaders
                        from the creative community. The AFI revealed the results of the voting here:

                                    http://afi.com/tvevents/100years/scores.aspx

                                            Here's the ballot of the 250 nominated top scores:

                                                       http://afi.com/Docs/tvevents/pdf/scores250.pdf

                    On June 22, 2004, AFI revealed the top movie songs of all time in "AFI's 100 Years . . .100 Songs,"
                    a three-hour special television event hosted by John Travolta. In the venerated #1 spot was Judy
                    Garland's soulful and iconic rendition of "Over the Rainbow" from the beloved family classic,
                    THE WIZARD OF OZ. Nabbing the rest of the top spots were classics of every kind-from timeless
                    favorites of yesteryear to contemporary tunes - including -

                    "As Time Goes By" (CASABLANCA)                          "Singin' In The Rain" (SINGIN' IN THE RAIN)
                    "Moon River" (BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S)            "Mrs. Robinson" (THE GRADUATE)
                    "White Christmas" (HOLIDAY INN/WHITE CHRISTMAS)
                    "When You Wish Upon a Star" (PINOCCHIO)            "The Way We Were" (THE WAY WE WERE)
                    "Stayin' Alive" (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER)             "The Sound of Music" (THE SOUND OF MUSIC)

                             http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/songs.aspx


Movie Music UK - film scores around the world - edited by Jonathan Broxton - includes reviews, compilations,
composer biographies and interviews, awards, publications, audio clips, and links:

            http://www.moviemusicuk.us/


Daniel Chandler's The 'Grammar' of Television and Film from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (UK) -
Television and film use certain common conventions often referred to as the 'grammar' of these audiovisual media.
This list includes some of the most important conventions for conveying meaning through particular camera and
editing techniques (as well as some of the specialised vocabulary of film production). Very little music information
but excellent film information about camera techniques, sound, lighting, and other topics:

            http://users.aber.ac.uk/dgc/gramtv.html


* Soundtrack Magazine - The Longest Running Premiere Source for Film Music News, Reviews, and Interviews
(from Belgium) (as of December 2005, site was evolving/morphing through several stages):

            http://www.soundtrackmag.com/


Music from the Movies - The online home of this film music magazine: A very comprehensive site with many good
resources and in-depth composer interviews:

            http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/


* Classical and Opera Music Used in Movies . . . Have you ever wondered what that music in a movie was? Opera
and classical music is used a lot in movies and many people want to know about it. The detailed lists on this site
allow visitors to access the music by 172 composers used in 1092 movie titles (there are over 2300 total entries):

            http://www.bohemianopera.com/classicmovhome.htm


* Naxos.com is a leading classical music label with an extensive listing of "Classical Music Used in Films:"

            http://www.naxos.com/musicinmovies.asp?letter=A


"Best Movies Featuring Classical Music" (May 10, 2001) An informal, personal ranking of films with
classical music in a supporting or leading role:

            http://www.epinions.com/content_1470734468


Classics from the Silver Screen is an index of classical and opera music used in feature films. Entries are sorted by
movie title and composer, and the navigation index is in the left-hand margin. Started in 1997, Classics from the
Silver Screen currently contains over 170 composers, 930 movie titles and 1700 individual classical and opera entries:

            http://pachome2.pacific.net.sg/~bchee/movies.html


Classical Music Used in Films . . . is presented by the Naxos recording label. It lists film titles alphabetically and will
also list the Naxos CD that contains the piece(s) used in the film:

            http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/default.asp?pn=MusicMovies


* The Film Music Society is a non-profit organization for the preservation of film and television music. It is a unique
and comprehensive cyber-center for film and television music, offering up-to-date news and event information,
multiple resources for research in the history of film and TV music, an extensive composer photo gallery, and an
excellent "resources & links" section (especially links to composers). The society endeavors to present and promote
the film and television music contributions of past, present and future composers, arrangers and musicians via scholarly
articles and reviews on their website:

            http://www.filmmusicsociety.org/

                      The Film Music Society's "News & Events" column and "Past Features" column
                      (month-by-month and 2005 archive, 2004 archive, 2003 archive) are interesting and informative:

                                     http://filmmusicsociety.org/news_events/news_events.html


The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Society (HSOS) is dedicated to the live concert performance and recording of symphonic film music. Their concerts bring historic and world premiere symphonic film works from composers of the silver screen’s golden age to emerging talents, providing a glimpse into the history of film music and exposure to future classics by our greatest composers. Some concerts will be performed with film or other multimedia format and some will feature guest artists.

          http://www.hsos.org/


Film & TV Music Resources (includes info on composers) at the University of Washington Music Library:

          http://www.lib.washington.edu/music/film.html


Film Music Review:    E-zine with news about film scores and links to rare and unusual film music and its uses:

            http://hometown.aol.com/musbuff/page2.htm


Filmtracks:    One of the oldest and largest film music review sites, Christian Clemmensen's site contains reviews of modern movie soundtracks:

            http://www.filmtracks.com/


mFiles Film Music:    Film music information, articles, reviews and composers (from the UK):

            http://www.mfiles.co.uk/film-music.htm


Soundtrack Express:    Tom Daish's movie soundtrack reviews, composers, and links:

            http://www.soundtrack-express.com/


* Movie Music: The Definitive Performances (from Sony Music). Includes historical timeline descriptions, short audio clips, and performer listings from 1929-1998 from the Sony Music catalog:

            http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/SoundtrackForACentury/ns4/genre/movie.html


Film Score Rundowns is Bill Wrobel's extensive cue-by-cue analysis of classic film, television, and radio scores:

            http://www.filmscorerundowns.net/


* Filmsite.org, also known as GreatestFilms.org (written by Tim Dirks):

            http://filmsite.org/   or   http://greatestfilms.org/

                    Since mid-1996, an award-winning, unique resource for classic film buffs and all who are interested
                    in films. Includes interpretive and detailed plot synopses, review commentary, an unparalleled wealth
                    of film reference material, and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood/American and
                    other English-language films in the last century.

                            Includes: "101 Film Score Milestones (1933 - 2001)" from 'Film Comment' magazine:

                                                    http://www.filmsite.org/101filmscores.html

                                                                        and

                                          "America's 100 Best Film Soundtracks as selected by 'Entertainment Weekly' magazine:"

                                                    http://www.filmsite.org/100soundtracks.html

                                                               and much information about such films as:

                                                                        Fantasia:    http://www.filmsite.org/fant.html

                                                                                                and

                                                                        To Kill a Mockingbird:    http://www.filmsite.org/toki.html

                                                                                and hundreds of others.


* The Film Music Discussion List of Indiana University, Bloomington:

FILMUS-L (List) is an unmoderated mailing list devoted to discussion of dramatic music for films and television. Among
the topics discussed are current and past film scores, film music composers, technical and aesthetic aspects of film
scoring, film music history and criticism, and recordings of film music:

                 https://listserv.indiana.edu/archives/filmus-l.html

                       It contains such interesting discussions as a "Rip-Off List" in which participants carefully correlated
                       passages from film scores to other works that they considered "alleged sources":

                            https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A2=ind9304&L=filmus-l&F=&S=&P=437  ("the list")

                            https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A1=ind9304&L=filmus-l#29  (discussion about Horner)

                            https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A1=ind9304&L=filmus-l#47  (other points discussed)

                                   FILMUS-L was started in 1993 by H. Stephen Wright, Associate Dean of Public Services at
                                   Northern Illinois University. He wrote a detailed chapter about FILMUS-L entitled "Film Music on
                                   the Internet: The Origin and Assessment of FILMUS-L" on pages 199-212 in
                                   Film Music 2: History, Theory, Practice published in 2004 by The Film Music Society, located in
                                   Sherman Oaks, CA;


Google Usenet Groups: rec.music.movies is a USENET newsgroup (completely unsupervised!!) that includes various
links to composer sites and discussions/questions about film music:

        http://groups.google.com/groups?q=rec.music.movies&ie=ISO-8859-1&hl=en


H-Film, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine Discussion Network Email List Group. H-Film
encourages scholarly discussion of cinema history and uses of the media. H-Net is an international interdisciplinary
organization of scholars and teachers dedicated to developing the enormous educational potential of the Internet and
the World Wide Web. Their edited lists and web sites publish peer reviewed essays, multimedia materials, and
discussion for colleagues and the interested public. Diverse bibliographical, research, and teaching aids are available.

          http://www.h-net.org/~film/


MUSIC-AND-MOVING-PICTURES  is an electronic forum for discussion of the aesthetics, practices & techniques
used in making music for moving images (including film, tv, computer graphics, virtual reality simulation, etc.).
Practitioners, film theorists, musicians, and any other interested persons are welcome.

          http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/MUSIC-AND-MOVING-PICTURES.html


Philip Tagg is a scholar and professor of musicology in the Music Department at the University of Montreal. His
course materials contained within his Online Texts contain considerable information about film music:

          http://tagg.org/texts.html#Kursmat


Kay Dickinson's 2000 article "Pop, Speed and the 'MTV Aesthetic' in Recent Teen Films" (aka "Pop and Speed:
Compilation Soundtracks and the 'MTV Aesthetic' ") included in an on-line refereed journal of film studies "Scope"
in June 2000. "Scope" comes from the Institute of Film Studies, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK. This
article was also published as a chapter in the book Movie Music, The Film Reader, edited by Dickinson and
published in 2002 by Routledge Publishing. Dr. Dickinson is a member of the faculty of the Department of
Media and Communications, Goldsmiths College, New Cross, London (UK):

          http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/film/journal/articles/pop-speed-and-mtv.htm


Australian Philip Brophy's 1991 article "The Animation of Sound: The Animatic Apparatus, The Symphonic Experience &
The Cacophonic Destruction." Includes a discussion of classical music (The Sorcerer's Apprentice and
The Rite of Spring) in Disney's 1940 animated film "Fantasia."
This article was published in the book "The Illusion of Life: Essays on Animation," Power Publications, Sydney,
Australia, 1991:

          http://www.philipbrophy.com/projects/sncnm/AnimationSound.html


Australian Philip Brophy's The Secret History of Film Music, a series of 15 monthly articles on 20th Century music and
film scores, published in "The Wire" (issues 158-174) in London, UK in from April, 1997 through August, 1998:

          http://philipbrophy.com/projects/scrthst/index.html


George Wastor's History of Music in the Silent and Early Sound Movies:

          http://web.archive.org/web/20021203084535/users.otenet.gr/~nexus7/filmmusien.htm


Film Music Site is the English version of is the English version of Filmmuziek.be, the reference on film music news and reviews in the Dutch region, counting 6000 vistors each day.

          http://www.filmmusicsite.com/

                    Filmmuziek.be offers a search engine for film music reviews:  "Film Music Search is a high quality and fully
                    independent search engine that includes direct links to the best reviews available on the internet."
                    Currently 15,252 reviews are included.

                                http://www.filmmuziek.be/search.cgi


Cinemusic features film music and soundtrack news, reviews, features, and links:

            http://www.cinemusic.net/


Music on Film (heard any good movies lately?) describes itself as " . . . all about the love of film scores. The site was created in an effort to give useful reviews that really get down to the music." It's hosted by Jonathan Shearon in Fairview, TN:

            http://musiconfilm.net/


Reel Classics: The Classic Movie Site, a comprehensive site dedicated exclusively to Classic Movies. It comprises
over 2500 pages and more than 3 gigabytes of content -

            http://reelclassics.com/

                        Classic movie musicians:

                                    http://reelclassics.com/Musicians/index.htm


Monstrous Movie Music (Recordings): a CD series. The company's goal is to re-record the scores from science-fiction, fantasy, and horror films of the past in a manner that's as faithful as possible to the original movie studio versions:

            http://mmmrecordings.com/index.html

                        Links to composers of monster movie music:

                                    http://mmmrecordings.com/Composers/composers.html


Soundtrack-Express:  Tom Daish's site from Guernsey, Channel Islands in the UK. Contains reviews of soundtracks
organized by composer:

            http://soundtrack-express.com/composers.htm


CYBERSPACE MUSIC RESOURCES: An Introduction to Online Resources for Music Research:

            http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/cam/cmr/

                        Including information on film music resources:

                                    http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/cam/cmr/film_music.htm

Conference: Music & The Moving Image IV will be held May 29-31, 2009 at New York University. It was founded in 2006 and organized each year by Ron Sadoff in NYU's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions in the Steinhardt School. The conference includes presentations by scholars and practitioners who will explore the relationship between music and the entire universe of moving images (film, television, iPod, computer, video games, and interactive performances) through paper presentations and plenary sessions. There are also keynote addresses by world-renown scholars:

                         http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/scoring/conference/