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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Composers</title>
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		<title>Alan &amp; Marilyn Bergman Tribute</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/composers/alan-bergman-marilyn-bergman-tribute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 00:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cy Coleman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Michel Legrand]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ode to Billy Joe]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quincy Jones]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sabrina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shirley Valentine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Thomas Crown Affair]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Way We Were]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Windmills of Your Mind]]></category>
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Songwriters Alan and Marilyn Bergman, among whose compositions are &#34;The Way We Were&#34; and the song score for Yentl, will be the recipients of an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences tribute on  Friday, May 29, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly  Hills. 
The evening will be hosted by  music producer and composer Quincy Jones, and will feature film clips, personal  remembrances from the Bergmans&#8217; colleagues and friends, and live performances  of several Oscar-nominated songs. In addition to the honorees, special guests include Dave Grusin, James Newton Howard and Michel Legrand.

The former Marilyn Keith (born in New York City in Nov. 1929) met     Alan Bergman (born [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maurice Jarre</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/composers/maurice-jarre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[A Passage to India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Lean]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doctor Zhivago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eyes Without a Face]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Film Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean-Michel Jarre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Jarre]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan's Daughter]]></category>
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Maurice Jarre, best known for his Oscar-winning association with David Lean in films such as Lawrence of  Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to India (1984), died in his sleep on March 28 at his home in Malibu after a brief illness. Some reports claimed that Jarre had cancer. He was 84. 
Throughout his five-decade career in film and on television Jarre was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning Oscars for the three aforementioned films with Lean. (Following Lawrence of Arabia, Lean only made three more films, all with Jarre as composer. Their other collaboration was Ryan&#8217;s Daughter in 1970.)
Jarre also won two British Academy Awards &#8212; for Witness (1985) and Dead Poets Society (1989); four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sylvia Miles, John Barry at MIDNIGHT COWBOY Screening</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/sylvia-miles-john-barry-midnight-cowboy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:50:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Holender]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann Roth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[David V. Picker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerome Hellman]]></category>
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented the 1969 Best  Picture winner Midnight Cowboy as part of the &#34;Monday Nights with  Oscar&#34; series on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Directors Guild  of America Theatre in New York City.
Pictured above (from left to right): composer John Barry, costume designer Ann Roth, cinematographer Adam Holender, Oscar-nominated  actress Sylvia Miles, former United Artist executive and moderator  David V. Picker and Oscar-winning producer Jerome Hellman.
Photos: Alex Oliveira / ©A.M.P.A.S.
Click on the photos to enlarge them.

David V. Picker, Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles, Jerome Hellman, David V. Picker,  Adam  Holender, Ann Roth

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Oscar 2009: Robert Pattinson, Sophia Loren, Kate Winslet, Reese Witherspoon
Oscar 2009: Jennifer Aniston, Penélope [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Ten Biggest Oscar Snubs &#8211; Nominations #10</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/gordon-willis-michael-nyman-oscar-snub/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Clip posted by AnwarNieninqe
It&#8217;s that time of the year&#8230;
Note: Those aren&#8217;t my personal top-ten snubs, e.g.,   I couldn&#8217;t care less if, say, Dreamgirls got nominated or not, and I certainly don&#8217;t think Bruce Beresford deserved a best director nod for the coy Driving Miss Daisy. But lots of people did think that Dreamgirls and Beresford deserved Oscar recognition &#8212; and that&#8217;s what this list is all about.
So, here they are, in installments &#8212; the list got to be much too long &#8212; from #10 to #1:
10  

Michael Nyman for The Piano (1993), The End of the Affair (1999)
Gordon Willis for The Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), All the President&#8217;s Men (1976), Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Music Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/film-music-awards-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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2009 International Film Music Critics Association Awards
2009 International Film Music Critics Association Award nominations: Jan. 16, 2009
2009 International Film Music Critics Association Award winners: Feb. 18, 2009
(&#8221;*&#8221; denotes the winner in each category)
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FILM CATEGORIES
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
*  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, music by Alexandre Desplat
  The Dark Knight, music by James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer
  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, music by John Williams
  Standard Operating Procedure, music by Danny Elfman
WALL-E, music by Thomas Newman
FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
  Alexandre Desplat
*  Danny Elfman
  James Newton Howard
  Thomas Newman
John Powell
BREAKOUT COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
  Paul Cantelon, The Other Boleyn Girl and W
*  Andrew [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2009: Best Song Longlist</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/oscar-2009-best-song-longlist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:43:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Arthur</dc:creator>
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&#34;Jai Ho&#34; sound clip. Posted by Marycarmenrod.

In December, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that forty-nine songs  are  contending for a spot in the 2009 Academy Awards&#8216; Best Original Song category. 
Three to five songs will receive a nomination. A maximum of  two songs may be nominated per film. If more than two songs from a  film end up in contention, the two songs with the most votes will be the  nominees. In other words, no five High School Musical 3: Senior Year nominated songs. (Last year, Enchanted received three nominations &#8212; all of them in the best song category.) 
As per Academy rules, &#34;to be eligible, a song must consist of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Berlin 2009: Maurice Jarre to Receive Honorary Golden Bear</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/maurice-jarre-honorary-golden-bear-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Massimo David</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The  59th Berlin International Film Festival&#8217;s Homage will be dedicated to Maurice Jarre, 84, who will receive the Honorary Golden Bear for  lifetime achievement on February 12, 2009.
Among Jarre&#8217;s screen credits are the David Lean epics and sub-epics Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago,  Ryan&#8217;s Daughter, and A Passage to India, plus Les Yeux sans visage / Eyes Without a Face, The Collector, Grand Prix, The Tin Drum, and the Peter Weir-directed dramas Witness, Dead Poets Society, and Fearless.
From the Berlinale&#8217;s press release:
&#34;Born in Lyon in 1924, Maurice Jarre began his musical career with studies in percussion and conducting at the Conservatoire de Paris. He became the musical director of the Théâtre National Populaire in 1950, and composed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bruce Broughton, Mark Isham, Mychael Danna, and Rolfe Kent at Academy Film Music Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/composers/broughton-danna-isham-kent-music-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 22:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Bruce Broughton, Mark Isham, Mychael Danna, Rolfe Kent. Photo: Greg Harbaugh/&#169; A.M.P.A.S.
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The above photo is from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; second installment of &#34;The Music Soundtrack: A Composers&#8217; Forum of Contemporary Scoring Technique,&#34; a discussion on the art and craft of motion picture music scoring held at the Academy&#8217;s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood this past September 27. 
The evening was moderated by Academy Governor and Oscar nominee (for the 1985 Western Silverado) Bruce Broughton.
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Ken Russell, Nicholas Roeg: An Evening with Ken Russell in London
James Ivory at HOWARDS END Academy Screening
John Travolta&#8217;s SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Leading Lady Karen Lynn Gorney at Academy Screening
James Toback, Allen Daviau at BUGSY Academy Screening
Francis Ford Coppola, Franc D&#8217;Ambrosio, Joe Mantegna [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Film Score Forum at the Academy</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/composers/film-score-forum-at-the-academy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; three-evening series &#34;The Music Soundtrack: A Composers&#8217; Forum of Contemporary Scoring Technique,&#34; will focus on the creation of music scores for motion pictures.&#34; Sessions will be held on September 20, September 27, and October 4 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Academy&#8217;s Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood.
According to the Academy&#8217;s press release, &#34;&#8217;The Music Soundtrack&#8217; will offer an in-depth look at the music scoring process from the perspective of motion picture composers themselves. Each week&#8217;s topic will be illuminated by film clips, onstage discussions with guests and questions from the audience.&#34;
The series schedule is as follows:
 September 20 &#8211; Traditional Scores
Moderated by Charles Bernstein (Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision), with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miklós Rózsa Centennial</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/miklos-rozsa-centennial-salute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present a weekend-long centennial salute to 17-time Oscar-nominated Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa beginning on Friday, August 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The opening evening will be hosted by music critic and historian Jon Burlingame, and will feature an overview of Rózsa&#8217;s film career, including clips Jungle Book (1942), Spellbound (1945), The Naked City (1948) and Ben-Hur (1959). (Rózsa&#8217;s score is one of the few positive elements in William Wyler&#8217;s bloated Oscar-winning epic.) 
The evening also will feature a panel discussion with film historian Rudy Behlmer, Academy Music Branch Governor Bruce Broughton, and Juliet Rózsa, the composer&#8217;s daughter, and a screening of Richard Thorpe&#8217;s Ivanhoe (1952) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oscar 2007: Ennio Morricone to Receive Honorary Academy Award</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/ennio-morricone-to-receive-honorary-academy-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over his 45-year career, prolific composer-conductor Ennio Morricone has created more than 500 scores for both films and television &#8212; including my all-time favorite movie score, the  Once Upon a Time in the West ballad. 
He  will finally be given his Oscar due on February 25, 2007, when he&#8217;ll be picking up an Honorary Academy Award for his  contributions to film art. More than a film composer, Morricone has been frequently the lone savior of poor films made bearable &#8212; at times even memorable &#8212; merely because of his compositions.
Thus far, Morricone has earned five Academy Award nominations for original score &#8212; for Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991) and Malena [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramon Novarro Sings Love Song from the South Seas</title>
		<link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/early-love-songs-from-the-south-seas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Vitaphone Varieties, Jeff Cohen discusses early talking pictures with a South Seas setting in the article &#34;Melody Native.&#34;
A brief quote:
&#34;The Pagan, an MGM feature released in April of 1929, hit the mark with escapist minded audiences and devout fans of it&#8217;s [sic] star, Ramon Novarro, alike. Although a silent film with a synchronized music, vocal and sound effects score, The Pagan had enough drawing power to succeed at a time when theaters were swelling with all-talkie product. Visually stunning, and containing what many justly believe to be Novarro&#8217;s signature performance and perhaps even role of a lifetime, [the] success of The Pagan was also due in no small way to the film&#8217;s theme song, which swept the country and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malcolm Arnold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 06:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Arnold, reportedly the first British composer to win an Academy Award, died Saturday, Sept. 23, at a hospital in Norfolk county, eastern England, after suffering from a chest infection. Arnold was 84.
He won his only Academy Award for scoring the mammoth 1957 Anglo-American David Lean production The Bridge on the River Kwai, which won a total of seven Oscars including Best Picture.
According to a mini-biography by the Malcolm Arnold Society, Arnold, who was born in Northampton on October 21, 1921, studied composition with Gordon Jacob and trumpet with Ernest Hall at the Royal College of Music.
 He created more than 130 film scores, mostly for British productions, including those for Lean&#8217;s 1954 drama Hobson&#8217;s Choice; the adventure epic The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franz Waxman Tribute</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Press Release:
Beverly Hills, CA &#8212; In celebration of Oscar&#174;-winning composer Franz Waxman&#8217;s centennial, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the 1941 films Suspicion and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both featuring Academy Award®-nominated scores composed by Waxman, on Thursday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Hosted by Grammy&#174;-winning conductor John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the program will open with an onstage discussion with John Waxman, the composer&#8217;s son, and others.
The event will continue with Alfred Hitchcock&#8217;s thriller Suspicion, a Best Picture nominee starring Cary Grant, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, and Joan Fontaine in her Oscar-winning performance as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth, a woman who believes her [...]]]></description>
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