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Links
These web links don't list everything available.
They are merely a recommended list of the many sites with information about professional organizations, films, film composers, record labels and mail order outlets, review sites, and film magazines.
This list was last updated on 26 September 2005.
If you notice a broken link or have a web site you would like added to this Links list, write to:
Professional Organizations
* ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES: http://www.oscars.org
* ASCAP Film and Television (The Biz, Legends, Awards): http://www.ascap.com/filmtv/filmtv.html
* THE FILM MUSIC SOCIETY (formerly The Society for the Preservation of Film Music). They publish a newsletter and journal, "The Cue Sheet" (Jon Burlingame, editor). Visit their web site at: http://www.filmmusicsociety.org
* THEMES & VARIATIONS (John Waxman's site for concert scores of film music for professional orchestras): http://www.tnv.net
In Search of Films
Note: This category has been added with only a few of the many websites. More will be added later.
* CLASSIC MOVIES
Brad Lang's extensive primary destination for fans of classic Hollywood films, actors, actresses, and directors, including feature articles, annotated links, humor, quizzes, DVD reviews, a forum, a weekly newsletter and more: http://www.classicmovies.org
* THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE
A huge source of information that does contain some errors, but is the place to go in search of actors, actresses and film titles: http://www.imdb.com
Film Composers (recommended websites)
* JOHN BEAL'S OFFICIAL WEBSITE (latest news and reviews from this film composer): http://www.composerjohnbeal.com
* ELMER BERNSTEIN OFFICIAL SITE (detailed information about this film music master): http://www.elmerbernstein.com
* DON DAVIS WEB SITE: http://mckenzie.filmmusic.com
* THE BERNARD HERRMANN SOCIETY (extensive listings of Herrmann's work on radio, film and TV): http://www.uib.no/herrmann
* ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD: http://www.korngold-society.org
* RANDY NEWMAN'S OFFICIAL SITE: http://www.randynewman.com
* JOCHEN SCHMIDT (German film composer's site): http://www.jochenschmidt.de
* GIL TALMI - Emmy nominated composer for film and television - http://www.giltalmi.com
* FRANZ WAXMAN: http://www.franzwaxman.com
* MICHAEL WHALEN (film and TV composer): http://www.michaelwhalen.com
* JOHN WILLIAMS (Miguel Andrade's site in Portuguese): http:/johnwilliams.home.sapo.pt/index.html
* JOHN WILLIAMS (Ricard Befan's very informative site with the latest news): http://jwfan.net
Recommended Review Sites - Worth Taking A Look
* CINEMUSIC (Ryan Keaveney): http://www.cinemusic.net
* FILM MUSIC ON THE WEB (Len Mullenger/ Ian Lace): http://www.classicallink.com
* FILM REVIEWS (Mark O'Connell): http://www.Film-Reviews.net
* FILM SCORE CENTRAL (Sean Robert Abbey): http://www.filmscorecentral.150m.com
* FILMTRACKS (Christian Clemmensen): http://www.filmtracks.com
* MOVIE MUSIC UK (Jonathan Broxton): http://www.moviemusicuk.us
* MOVIE SOUNDTRACK WEB PAGE (Scott Frost): http://www.qwato.com/scores
* MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES (Mikael Carlsson): http://www.musicfromthemovies.com
* MUSIC ON FILM (Jonathan Shearon): http://www.musiconfilm.net
* SOUNDTRACK.NET (Dan Goldwasser): http://www.soundtrack.net
Record Labels and Mail Order Outlets
* BUYSOUNDTRAX.COM - Prometheus Records and others labels, including autographed merchandise: http://www.buysoundtrax.com
* GNP CRESCENDO: http://www.gnpcrescendo.com
* INTRADA - CDs available from Current Catalog, Excalibur Releases, Featured Releases, The Archives: http://www.intrada.com
* MARCO POLO/ NAXOS - excellent series of Classic Film Music releases formerly on Marco Polo, now released on Naxos: http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/
* MONSTROUS MOVIE MUSIC - these vintage sci-fi soundtrack restorations are outstanding: http://www.mmmrecordings.com
* RHINO - superb soundtrack restorations of Rhino Movie Music/Turner collaboration: http://www.rhino.com
* RHINO HANDMADE - limited edition CDs available only on the Internet: http://www.rhinohandmade.com
* SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT - one of the best sources for new releases and rare items: http://www.screenarchives.com
* SILVA SCREEN RECORDS: http://www.silvascreen.co.uk
* SILVA SCREEN RECORDS AMERICA - North American representative: http://www.fourquartersent.com
* VARESE SARABANDE RECORDS - a highly respected record label with new releases and re-releases or re-recordings of classic film scores: http://www.VareseSarabande.com
Online Links
* Hollywood Symphony Orchestra Society (John Scott, music director)
* Film Score Monthly (Lukas Kendall & Scott Bettencourt) - a great site worth visiting regularly for its Film Score Daily column and a lively messageboard. The magazine is available in print form and there are an excellent series of restored CDs released from FSM.
*
Soundtrack Magazine
(Luc van den Ven & Randall D. Larson) - this magazine is no
longer published but the web site is still running, though it appears to
be out-of-date. Soundtracks are still released on the Prometheus Records
label.
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