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Reel Music Film Festival [Jan-Feb 2006 = #23] in Portland, Oregon
World Soundtrack Awards of Belgium [Oct 2012 = #12]
Soundtrack Collector: The Movie Soundtrack Database
The Film Music Society [est. 1978?]
Soundtrack Net: The Art of Film & TV Music
Film Score Monthly [est. 1990] Online
recording team 'The New York Brass'
All Music Library [est. 2007] royalty-free music
Proud Music [est. 1999] production music library
Publitek / Fotosearch of Waukesha, WI - royalty-free stock music & audio collection
Magic Lantern's Movie Musicals Film Festival Pages
You can compose your own music using Garage Band or similar software
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Movie  Music  Composers
The Alloy Orchestra  [est. 1990]
These three guys – Ken Winokur (director), Terry Donahue & Roger Miller – are incredibly talented: I saw
them perform their new score for the restored "Metropolis" [1927] on a big screen in El Paso, Texas
in August 2010: the music was perfection, their labors Herculean, and the standing ovation well-deserved.
official website • entry at Wikipedia
  | "New Music For Silent Films" [1994]
Accurate Records soundtrack CD [12/94] 17 tracks for $16.98 includes five tracks from the "Metropolis" score, and themes for Victor Sjöström's "The Wind" [1928], Soviet science-fiction silent "Aelita, Queen of Mars" [1924], "Sylvester" [1924], and "The First Night" [1927] |
  | "Lonesome: New Music For The Classic Silent Film" [1995]
Best In Boston soundtrack CD [8/95] 18 tracks - out of prodn/used includes themes for feature "Lonesome" [1928], directed by Pál Fejös |
  | "Silents: Contemporary Scores For Classic Silent Films" [1997]
Accurate Records soundtrack CD [10/97] 16 tracks for $16.98 includes themes for F.W. Murnau's "Nosferatu" [1922], Conan Doyle's "The Lost World" [1925], Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" [1927], "The Unknown" [1927] starring Lon Chaney, and the full score for the Mickey Mouse cartoon short "Plane Crazy" [1926] |
  | "Masters of Slapstick" [1999] Accurate Records soundtrack CD [12/99] 37 tracks - out of prodn/used includes themes for shorts by Buster Keaton, Laurel & Hardy, and Charlie Chaplin |
  | Buster Keaton in "The General" Soundtrack CD [2004]
Soundtrack Factory soundtrack CD [4/2004] 14 tracks - out of prodn/used collaboration among composer-conducter Carl Davis, composer Joe Hisaishi, organist Robert Israel, and The Alloy Orchestra |
...and they announced in Texas that their "Metropolis" score will be included
on a Criterion DVD & Blu-ray release later in 2010.
  | "Wild and Weird: The Alloy Orchestra Plays 14 Fascinating and Innovative Films, 1902-1965" [2011] Flicker Alley DVD [7/2011] for $26.99 contains 14 short silent films: "A Trip To The Moon" [1902] by Georges Méliès, with his original English narration; "The Acrobatic Fly" [1908] by F. Percy Smith; "Artheme Swallows His Clarinet" [France 1912]; "The Cameraman's Revenge" animated short [1912] by Ladislaw Starewicz; "Clay, or The Origin of Species" anim-ated short [Pathé 1965] by Eliot Noyes, Jr.; "Dream of A Rarebit Fiend" animated short [1906] by Edwin S. Porter; "Filmstudie" [1926] by Hans Richter [1888-1976]; "The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra" [1928] by Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich & Gregg Toland; "The Pet" animated short [1921] by Winsor McCay; "The Playhouse" [1921] by Buster Keaton; "Princess Nicotine" [Vitagraph 1909]; "The Red Spectre" [1907] by Segundo de Chomón; "The Thieving Hand" [Vitagraph 1908]; "Those Awful Hats" [1909] by D.W. Griffith; also includes a 'printed booklet of individual film annotations' |
Georges Auric  [1899-1983] of France
Burt Bacharach
http://www.bacharachonline.com/ + /nm0000820/
won three Oscars, 2 ASCAP Awards, 1 Emmy, 1 Grammy
            | John Barry  [1933-2011]
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movie theme music section on Magic Lantern's James Bond Pages
  | "John Barry: Moviola" TV special [P.B.S. April 1993] Composed & conducted by John Barry; performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Volume I: Sony soundtrack CD [11/92] 13 tracks - out of prodn/many used Volume II: Sony soundtrack CD [10/95] 19 tracks - out of prodn/used video/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb |
  | "John Barry: The Collection" [2001]
Performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine Silva America music CD set [5/2001] 56 tracks on 4 disks for $38.49 |
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"John Barry: Film Music Masterworks" [2006]
Performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nic Raine Silva America music CD [6/2006] for $8.98 includes music written for the films "The Black Hole" [1979]; "Body Heat" [1981]; "Born Free" [1966]; "Dances With Wolves" [1990]; "The Ipcress File" [1965]; "The Lion In Winter" [1968]; "Midnight Cowboy" [1969]; "Out of Africa" [1985]; "The Persuaders" [1971-72 TV]; "The Quiller Memorandum" [1966]; "Somewhere In Time" [1980]; "Walkabout" [1971]; "You Only Live Twice" [1967]; and "Zulu" [1964] |
  | "John Barry: The Man With The Midas Touch" [2008] by Geoff Leonard, Pete Walker & Gareth Bramley With over 300 photographs and a complete discography Redcliffe Press Ltd. 10x7¼ hardcover [10/2008] for $25.85 official book site |
      composer Jeff Beal
ten Emmy Award nominations 2003-2010, won three
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"The Passion of Ayn Rand" TV movie [1999]
"Pollock" [2000]
"Monk" TV series [2002-2009]
"Rome" [H.B.O. 2005]
"Ugly Betty" TV series [2006]
"The Company" TV series [2007]
"Appaloosa" 2008)
"Georgia O'Keeffe [2009]
"Jesse Stone: Thin Ice" TV movie [2009]
"Jesse Stone: No Remorse" TV movie [2010]
"Jesse Stone: Innocents Lost" TV movie [2011]
"Jesse Stone: Benefit of The Doubt" TV movie [2012]
"House of Cards" TV series [2013]
The Beatles Band [1960-1970] /nm1397313/
24 Grammy nominations 1965-2014, won in 1972, 1997, 2014
won Oscar Award for Best Original Song Score for "Let It Be" [1970]
Rick Benjamin
The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra [est. 1986] is the world's most active silent film accompaniment group,
having played for over six hundred screenings in North America & Northern Europe. It takes special
pride in its 938-title collection of original period (c. 1895-1928) silent film scores & music cue sheets,
discovered in a library basement in 1992 by Paragon conductor/pianist Rick Benjamin.
Irving Berlin  [1888-1989]
    | Elmer Bernstein  [1922-2004] browse film music ¯ IMDb listing official website ¯ Wikipedia |
  | "The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection" [2005] mostly by the City of Prague Philharmonic Silva America audio CD [6/2005] 26 tracks on 2 disks for $15.31 |
Sir Arthur Bliss  [1891-1975] of U.K.
Aaron Copland  [1900-90] /nm0178716/
won Oscar in 1950 out of six nominations, 1940-1950
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Of Mice and Men" [1939]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring for "Of Mice and Men" [1939]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Our Town" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Music Score for "Our Town" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The North Star" [1943]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Heiress" [1949]
on H.U.A.C.'s Hollywood Blacklist in the 1940s & 1950s
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Alexandre Desplat of France
so far has received two Cesar Awards (out of 6 noms), 1 BAFTA Award (out of 5 noms), and 4 Oscar noms
jazz music legend Duke Ellington [1899-1974]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Paris Blues" [1961]
musician & composer Nick Fevola of New York
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busy composer Hugo Friedhofer [1901-81] /nm0006087/
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Best Years of Our Lives" [1946]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Bishop's Wife" [1947]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Joan of Arc" [1948]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Above and Beyond" [1953]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Between Heaven and Hell" [1956]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "An Affair To Remember" [1957]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Boy On A Dolphin" [1957]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Young Lions" [1958]
George Gershwin  [1898-1937]
Ira Gershwin  [1896-1963]
Philip Glass
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He wrote the music for Godfrey Reggio's 'Qatsi Trilogy' [1983-2002]
Johnny Green [1908-89] /nm0338004/
won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Easter Parade" [1948] with Roger Edens
won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "An American in Paris" [1951] with Saul Chaplin
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "High Society" [1956] with Saul Chaplin
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Meet Me in Las Vegas" [1956] with Georgie Stoll
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Raintree County" [1957]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Pepe" [1960]
won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "West Side Story" [1961] with Saul Chaplin, Irwin Kostal & Sid Ramin
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "Bye Bye Birdie" [1963]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Oliver!" [1968]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" [1969] with Albert Woodbury
Oscar Hammerstein II  [1895-1960]
best known for work as Rodgers & Hammerstein {see below}
Lorenz Hart  [1895-1943]
best known for work as Rodgers & Hart {see below}
    | Bernard Herrmann  [1911-75] browse film music ¯ IMDb listing ¯ Wikipedia |
Joe Hisaishi of Japan
favorite composer of animator Hayao Miyazaki
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  | "Kikujiro" soundtrack album [2000] Composed by Joe Hisaishi won Best Music Score Award of the Japanese Academy Milan Records music CD [6/2000] 12 tracks for $13.98 "Kikujirô no Natsu" [1999] credits at IMDb |
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"Princess Mononoke: Symphonic Suite" [2001] Composed by Joe Hisaishi, performed by Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Mario Klemens Milan Records music CD [5/2001] for $13.98 |
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"Hana-Bi (Fireworks)" soundtrack album [2003] Composed by Joe Hisaishi won Best Music Score Award of the Japanese Academy Warner UK import soundtrack CD [5/2003] for $14.98 Universal import soundtrack CD [4/2003] 11 tracks - out of prodn/used "Hana-Bi" [1997] credits at IMDb |
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"Hayao Miyazaki: 2 Original CDs" [2004] Composed by Joe Hisaishi Milan Records soundtrack CD box set [4/2004] 2 disks for $24.98 film score music includes 32 tracks from "Princess Mononoke" [1997] & 21 tracks from "Spirited Away" [2001] |
  | "Joe Hisaishi: The Best Collection" [2006] Universal import music CD [6/2006] 16 tracks for $32.49 |
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"Hisaishi Meets Miyazaki Films" [2008] Composed by Joe Hisaishi Milan Records soundtrack CD [4/2008] 12 tracks for $18.98 includes songs from "Nausicaä of The Valley of The Wind", "Porco Rosso", "Princess Mononoke" & "Spirited Away" |
Friedrich Hollaender  [1896-1976] of Germany & U.S.A.
Arthur Honegger  [1892-1955] of France
          | Maurice Jarre [1924-2009]
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    | Fred Karlin  [1936-2004] browse film music ¯ {see books below} ¯ IMDb listing |
Jerome Kern  [1885-1945]
Roy Kohn lives in Palm Springs area in California
"Songplugger" book [] by Roy Kohn
        | Erich Wolfgang Korngold  [1897-1957] browse film music ¯ IMDb listing ¯ Wikipedia |
  | Oscar-winning soundtrack by Erich Korngold for "The Adventures of Robin Hood" [Warner Bros. May 1938] Soundtrack Factory audio CD [5/2000] 29 tracks for $16.99 Varese Sarabande audio CD [10/90] 16 tracks for $14.99 nominated for Best Picture Oscar, won Oscars for Best Art Direction, Best Editing & Best Original Score; listed on the National Film Registry (1995); directed by Michael Curtiz & William Keighley; starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Melville Cooper, Ian Hunter & Howard Hill; full credits at IMDb |
Francis Lai [1932-2018] of France
Lai's entry at IMDb lists 131 credits as composer, 111 credits for soundtrack; he won the Oscar for Best Original Music Score in 1971 for "Love Story" [1970]
and received two BAFTA Award noms & four César Award noms; he is especially admired for his work on "Un Homme et Une Femme" [1966].
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Henry Mancini  [1924-94]
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The Henry Mancini Institute [est. 1997] moved to University of Miami in 2009
received 17 Oscar nominations [1955-1987]; won in 1962 (two), 1963, 1983
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "The Glenn Miller Story" [1954] with Joseph Gershenson
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" [1961]
Oscar Nomination for Best Substantially Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Pink Panther" [1964]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Sunflower" [1970]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song Score for "Darling Lili" [1970] with Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for the movie "10" [1979]
won shared Oscar Award for Best Adaptation Score for "Victor/Victoria" [1982] with Leslie Bricusse
        | Giorgio Moroder |
Giorgio Moroder Presents "Metropolis"
[Murnau/Kino Lorber Nov 2011]
  | Film composer Giorgio Moroder constructed a new rock music soundtrack for the extant "Metropolis" in 1984. After the 2010 restoration, the Murnau Foundation and Kino/Lorber combined the longer film with Moroder's score; that version is set for a 20-city theatrical release and then DVD & Blu-ray release in November 2011. Music written by Giorgio Moroder, Pete Bellotte, and others; performers include Jon Anderson, Adam Ant, Pat Benatar, Cycle V, Loverboy, Freddie Mercury, composer Moroder, Billy Squier & Bonnie Tyler
official movie site for the 2011 Moroder version 2011 version will be released on DVD & Blu-ray in November 2011 Paramount 153-minute b&w DVD [2/2003] for 19.99 Third Coast Ent. 153-minute b&w VHS [undated] for $13.25 Vestron Video 81-minute b&w VHS [2002] out of prodn/used Columbia Records soundtrack CD [12/2009] 10 tracks for $11.98 |
more info on the movie at Magic Lantern's "Metropolis" 1927 Movie Page
    | Ennio Morricone
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  | "We Love Morricone" import CD [2003] artists include Philip Aaberg, Jeff Berger, James Galway, Henry Mancini, Richard Stoltzman & Triology B.M.G. Japan audio CD [3/2003] for $37.99 |
Mario Nascimbene  [1913-2002] of Italy
Alfred Newman  [1900-70] /nm0000055/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Hurricane" [1937]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Mark of Zorro" [1940]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Song of Bernadette" [1943]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Coney Island" [1943]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Wilson" [1944]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "State Fair" [1945] with Charles Henderson
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Mother Wore Tights" [1947]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "All About Eve" [1950]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "With A Song In My Heart" [1952]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Call Me Madam" [1953]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" [1955]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Anastasia" [1956]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "South Pacific" [1958] with Ken Darby
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Diary of Anne Frank" [1959]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Flower Drum Song" [1961] with Ken Darby
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "How The West Was Won" [1963] with Ken Darby
Oscar Nomination for Best Substantially Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Greatest Story Ever Told" [1965]
won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "Camelot" [1967] with Ken Darby
posthumous Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Airport" [1970]
Lionel Newman  [1916-89] /nm0006213/
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "I'll Get By" [1950]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "The King and I" [1956] with Ken Darby
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "The Best Things in Life Are Free" [1956]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Mardi Gras" [1958]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Let's Make Love" [1960] with Earle Hagen
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "Doctor Dolittle" [1967] with Sandy Courage
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Hello, Dolly!" [1969] with Lennie Hayton
Randy Newman /nm0005271/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Ragtime" [1981]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Natural" [1984]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Avalon" [1990]
Thomas Newman /nm0002353/
Jack Nitzsche  [1937-2000]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nitzsche
"The Exorcist" [1973]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" [1975]
"Heart Beat" [1980]
"Cutter and Bone" aka "Cutter's Way" [1981]
"Personal Best" [1982]
"Cannery Row" [1982]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "An Officer and A Gentleman" [1982] Jack Nitzsche
"An Officer and A Gentleman: Original Soundtrack From The Paramount Motion Picture" [1990"
by Buffy Sainte-Marie and Jack Nitzsche
Alex North  [1910-91]
His original film scores included "The Rose Tattoo" [1955], "Spartacus" [1960], "The Misfits" [1961],
"Cleopatra" [1963], "Cheyenne Autumn" [1964], and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" [1966]. He wrote
a score on commission for "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968], but Kubrick chose not to use the material.
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Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Arthur Miller's "Death of A Salesman" [1951]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "A Streetcar Named Desire" [1951]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for Elia Kazan's "Viva Zapata!" [1952]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Rose Tattoo" [1955] by Tennessee Williams [1911-83]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Rainmaker" [1956]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Spartacus" [1960]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Cleopatra" [1963]
Oscar Nomination for Best Substantially Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Agony and The Ecstasy" [1965]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" [1966]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Not a Musical) for "The Shoes of The Fisherman" [1968]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Bite The Bullet" [1975]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Dragonslayer" [1981]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Under The Volcano" [1984]
Basil Poledouris
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Cole Porter  [1891-1964]
André Previn [1929-2019] /nm0006238/
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Three Little Words" [1950]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Kiss Me Kate" [1953] with Saul Chaplin
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "It's Always Fair Weather" [1955]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Gigi" [1958]
won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Porgy and Bess" [1959] with Ken Darby
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Elmer Gantry" [1960]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Bells Are Ringing" [1960]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for Billy Wilder's "Irma La Douce" [1963]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "My Fair Lady" [1964]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "Thoroughly Modern Millie" [1967] with Joseph Gershenson
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for "Jesus Christ Superstar" [1973]
with Herbert W. Spencer & Andrew Lloyd Webber
busy composer Charles Previn [1888-1973]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score for "One Hundred Men and A Girl" [1937]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring for "Buck Privates" [1941] starring Abbott & Costello
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Song of The Open Road" [1944]
{The Artist Known As} Prince [1958-2016] /nm0002239/
won Oscar Award for Best Original Song Score for "Purple Rain" [1984]
David Raksin  [1912-2004]
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most famous for the music composed for "Laura" [1944]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Forever Amber" [1947]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Separate Tables" [1958]
Richard Rodgers  [1902-79]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Rodgers
collaborated on Broadway shows (and their movies) with Lorenz Hart [1895-1943] from 1920 to 1943
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hart
collaborated on Broadway shows (and their movies) with Oscar Hammerstein II [1895-1960] from 1943 to 1959
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodgers_and_Hammerstein
Their shows (and film versions) received thirty-four Tony Awards, fifteen Academy Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, and two Grammy Awards.
  | "Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of American Music" TV special [P.B.S. March 1985] 85-minute TV documentary co-produced & co-directed by John Musilli; co-directed by Glenn DuBose; co-produced & written by JoAnn Young; hosted by Mary Martin; featuring Theodore Bikel, Yul Brynner, Martin Charnin, Agnes de Mille, Alfred Drake, Dorothy Hammerstein, William Hammerstein, Celeste Holm, Shirley Jones, Joshua Logan, Gordon MacRae, Rouben Mamoulian, John Raitt, Joan Roberts, Dorothy Rodgers, Mary Rodgers, James Shigeta, Andrew Lloyd Webber & Robert Wise; with archive footage of Oscar Hammerstein II, Patricia Morison & Richard Rodgers • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
  | "Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Movies" [A&E-TV April 1996] 100-minute color TV documentary directed by Kevin Burns; narrated by Shirley Jones, featuring Julie Andrews, Charmian Carr, Angela Cartwright, Rita Moreno & Marni Nixon; archive footage includes Ann-Margret, Charles Boyer, Yul Brynner, Jeanne Crain, Kim Darby, Charles Farrell, Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Hammerstein II, Lorenz Hart, Nancy Kwan, Joshua Logan, Gordon MacRae, Anna Magnani, Groucho Marx, John Raitt, Richard Rodgers, Leon Shamroy, Frank Sinatra, Tisha Sterling, Estelle Taylor & Darryl F. Zanuck; bonus material on the newer DVD includes outtakes, trailers, newsreel clips, and screen tests • credits at IMDb Image Ent. color DVD [7/98] for $32.99 Image Ent. color DVD [3/2002] out of prodn/used |
  | "The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection" 6-Movie Box Set [2000]
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray set [4/2014] 8 disks for $93.57 Fox Searchlight widescreen color DVD set [11/2006] 12 disks for $67.64 all-regions import color DVD set [undated] 6 disks - out of prodn/used Fox color VHS set [8/2000] 6 tapes for $35.00 contains six digitally-remastered feature films: "State Fair" [1945], "Oklahoma!" [1955], "Carousel" [1956], "The King and I" [1956], "South Pacific" [1958], and "The Sound of Music" [1965]; bonus material on the DVD and Blu-ray sets include the Todd-AO version of "Oklahoma!", Fritz Lang's non-musical 1934 "Liliom" (later staged as "Carousel"), and the 1962 version of "State Fair" starring Pat Boone & Ann-Margaret |
    | Nino Rota  [1911-79] of Italy
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  | "The Godfather Suite: Music Featured In The Godfather Trilogy" [1992] Composed by Nino Rota & Carmine Coppola Silva America soundtrack CD [4/92] 14 tracks for $10.98 and more on Magic Lantern's 'The Godfather Saga' Page |
  | "Nino Rota: Music For Film" [1998] Composed by Nino Rota
Performed by Filarmonica della Scala, conducted by Riccardo Muti soundtrack CD [1/98] 30 tracks for $11.98 |
  | "La Dolce Vita e La Commedia all'Italiana" soundtrack album [1999] Composed by Nino Rota Cam soundtrack CD [2/99] 18 tracks for $21.97 |
  | "The Film Music of Nino Rota" [2000] Composed by Nino Rota, with Massimo Palumbo on piano Chandos soundtrack CD [1/2000] for $18.98 |
  | "Original Music For The Movies of Federico Fellini" [2001] Composed by Nino Rota with material from "Amarcord", "8½", "La Dolce Vita", "La Strada", and more . . . I.T.M. audio CD [8/2001] for $27.56 more soundtrack vinyl & CDs on Magic Lantern's Federico Fellini [1920-93] Page |
"Between Cinema and Concert: The Composer Nino Rota" [Germany; video release 2001]
48-minute documentary featured on DVDs of "Fellini's 8½" [1963] •
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  | "The Essential Nino Rota Film Music Collection" [2003] Composed by Nino Rota Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Derek Wadsworth & others Silva America soundtrack CD [8/2003] 28 tracks on 2 disks for $22.98 |
  | "The Symphonic Fellini Rota: Music From The Classic Films of Federico Fellini" [2005] Composed by Nino Rota Performed by City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Derek Wadsworth Silva America soundtrack CD [6/2005] 15 tracks for $12.98 more soundtrack vinyl & CDs on Magic Lantern's Federico Fellini [1920-93] Page |
  | "Nino Rota: Music For Fellini - Part One, 1952-1958" [2010]
Él / Cherry Red Records import audio CD [7/2010] 30 tracks for $18.81 Él Records MP3 audio download [7/2010] 30 tracks for £7.99 via Amazon U.K. cover notes are in English & Italian; thirty tracks (per Amazon listing) |
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'Nino Rota: Music For The Films of Federico Fellini" [2015] compilation by Bazarov, performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra listen to full audio compilation [1:12:47] online at YouTube 72-minute audio compilation includes music from: "Toby Dammit (Spirits of The Dead)", "The White Sheik", "Juliet of The Spirits", "8½", "I Vitelloni", "Il Bidone", "The Nights of Cabiria", "Boccaccio ’70", "Satyricon", "The Clowns", "Roma", "Amarcord", "Casanova", "La Dolce Vita", "Prova d’Orchestra", and "La Strada" |
        | Miklós Rózsa  [1907-95] browse film music ¯ IMDb listing ¯ Wikipedia |
received 17 Oscar nominations [1941-1962]; won in 1946, 1948 & 1960
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Thief of Bagdad" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Lydia" [1941]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Jungle Book" [1942]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Double Indemnity" [1944]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Woman of The Town" [1944]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Spellbound" [1945]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Lost Weekend" [1945]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "The Killers" [1946]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "A Double Life" [1947]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Quo Vadis" [1951]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Ivanhoe" [1952]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Julius Caesar" [1953]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Ben-Hur" [1959]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "El Cid" [1961]
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multi-talent musician Artie Shaw [1910-2004]
Oscar Nomination for Best Music Score for "Second Chorus" [1940]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song for "Love of My Life" in "Second Chorus" [1940] with Johnny Mercer (lyrics)
Leroy Shield [1893-1962]
wrote film music for Hal Roach comedy shorts including Little Rascals / Our Gang and Laurel & Hardy; in 1931 he became
orchestra leader for N.B.C. Chicago's radio shows, and in 1945 moved to the N.B.C. radio orchestra in New York City
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  | "The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music - including LeRoy Shield's familiar stock themes from Hal Roach films" [1993]
Movies Select Video music CD set [1993] 2 disks - out of prodn/used |
  | "On To The Show by The Beau Hunks: The Original Music From The Hal Roach Comedies - Celebrating The Music of LeRoy Shield" music CD set [1995] Caricatures on the album cover include Hal Roach comedy stars Charley Chase, Laurel & Hardy, (probably) Thelma Todd & Patsy Kelly, and the Our Gang kids Basta Audio-Visuals music CD [3/2010] 50 tracks for $13.39 Basta Audio-Visuals MP3 album [7/95] 50 tracks for $8.99 |
  | "The Beau Hunks Play The Original Little Rascals Music" music CD set [1995] "100 catchy and familiar themes by Leroy Shield from the Hal Roach comedies - newly recorded in authentic low fidelity" Koch Screen music CD set [10/95] 100 tracks on 2 disks - out of prodn/used |
        | Max Steiner [1888-1971]
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George (Georgie) Stoll [1902-85] /nm0006303/
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Music Scoring for "Babes In Arms" [1939] with Roger Edens
composed the 'Cyclone' music for "The Wizard of Oz" [1939]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Music Score "Strike Up The Band" [1940] with Roger Edens
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song for "Our Love Affair" in "Strike Up The Band" [1940] with Roger Edens
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture "For Me and My Gal" [1942) with Roger Edens
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Meet Me In St. Louis" [1944]
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Anchors Aweigh" [1945]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture "Love Me or Leave Me" [1955] with Percy Faith
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture "Meet Me In Las Vegas" [1956] with Johnny Green
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "Billy Rose's Jumbo" [1962]
composed music for "The Curse of La Llorona" [2019]
Mikis Theodorakis of Greece
film scores include "Zorba The Greek" [1964], "Z" [1969], "State of Siege" [1972] and "Serpico" [1973]
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  | "The Best of Mikis Theodorakis" [2004] Delta audio CD [2/2004] for $13.99 "The Very Best of Theodorakis" [1999] Koch Records audio CD [5/99] out of prodn/used |
          | Dimitri Tiomkin  [1899-1979]
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Vangelis of Greece
film scores include "Chariots of Fire" [1981], "Blade Runner" [1982], and "1492: Conquest of Paradise" [1992]
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Tom Waits /nm0001823/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song Score or Adaptation Score for Francis Coppola's "One From The Heart" [1982]
Sir William Walton  [1902-83] of U.K.
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Hamlet" [1948]
            | John Williams
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received 52! Oscar nominations [1968-2019]; won in 1972, 1976, 1978, 1983 & 1994
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "Valley of The Dolls" [1967]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for a Motion Picture (Not a Musical) for "The Reivers" [1969]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" [1969] with Leslie Bricusse
won Oscar Award for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for "Fiddler On The Roof" [1971]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for "Images" [1972]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for "The Poseidon Adventure" [1972]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for "Cinderella Liberty" [1973]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for "Tom Sawyer" [1973] with the Sherman Brothers (song score)
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for "The Towering Inferno" [1974]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Jaws" [1975]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score for "Star Wars" [1977]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Close Encounters of The Third Kind" [1977]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Superman" [1978]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" [1980]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Raiders of The Lost Ark" [1981]
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" [1982]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Star Wars: Return of The Jedi" [1983]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" [1984]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The River" [1984]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Empire of The Sun" [1987]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Witches of Eastwick" [1987]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Accidental Tourist" [1988]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Born On The Fourth of July" [1989]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" [1989]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Home Alone" [1990]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "J.F.K." [1991] directed by Oliver Stone /tt0102138/
won Oscar Award for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Schindler's List" [1993]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for "Nixon" [1995] directed by Oliver Stone /tt0113987/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for "Sabrina" [1995] directed by Sydney Pollack /tt0114319/
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song for "Moonlight" in "Sabrina" [1995] with Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman (lyrics)
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for "Sleepers" [1996] directed by Barry Levinson /tt0117665/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for Spielberg's "Amistad" [1997] /tt0118607/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Dramatic Score for Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan" [1998] /tt0120815/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Angela's Ashes" [1999] /tt0145653/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Patriot" [2000] starring Mel Gibson
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" [2001]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone" [#1 = 2001] /tt0241527/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Catch Me If You Can" [2003]
nominated for BAFTA's Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music in 2003
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban" [#3 = 2004]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Memoirs of A Geisha" [2005]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "The Adventures of Tintin" live-action feature [2011]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "War Horse" [2011]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Spielberg's "Lincoln" [2012]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Book Thief" [2013]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens" [2015]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi" [2017]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker" [2019]
  | "The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music" [2003] Silva America audio CD [10/2003] 4 disks for $38.49 |
Meredith Willson  [1902-84] /nm0932745/
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Music Scoring of a Dramatic Picture for "The Little Foxes" [1941]
most famous for writing the 1957 hit Broadway musical "The Music Man"
Vincent Youmans  [1898-1946]
Victor Young  [1900-56]
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22 Oscar noms, won 1 Oscar + 1 Emmy
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Army Girl" [1938]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Breaking The Ice" [1938]
Oscar Nomination for Best Music Score for "Way Down South" [1939]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Golden Boy" [1939]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Gulliver's Travels" [1939]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Man of Conquest" [1939]
Oscar Nomination for Best Music Score for "Arise, My Love" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Arizona" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Dark Command" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "North West Mounted Police" [1940]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture for "Hold Back The Dawn [1941]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Flying Tigers" [1942]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Silver Queen" [1942]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Take A Letter, Darling" [1942]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "For Whom The Bell Tolls" [1943]
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Love Letters [1945]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song for "Love Letters" (1945) with Edward Heyman (lyrics)
Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "The Emperor Waltz" [1948]
Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Samson and Delilah" [1950]
shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song for "My Foolish Heart" (1949) with Ned Washington (lyrics)
won Primetime Emmy for Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Variety Program for "Light's Diamond Jubilee" [1954]
nominated for Primetime Emmy for Best Original Music Composed for TV for "Light's Diamond Jubilee" [1954]
nominated for Primetime Emmy for Best Original Music Composed for TV for "Medic" [1954]
won posthumous Oscar Award for Best Original Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture for "Around the World in 80 Days" [1956]
posthumous shared Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song "Written On The Wind" (1956) with Sammy Cahn (lyrics)
    | Hans Zimmer
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"Music From The Pirates of The Caribbean Trilogy" [2007]
Composed by Hans Zimmer & Klaus Badelt; performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir Silva America soundtrack CD [9/2007] for $13.99 "Pirates of The Caribbean" Movie Series Page |
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"Film Music Of Hans Zimmer" [2007] Performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & the Crouch End Festival Chorus Silva America music CD [6/2007] 2 disks for $19.99 |
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"The Wings of A Film: The Music of Hans Zimmer" [2001]
Concert performance recorded at the 2000 Flanders Film Festival; performers include VRO Flemish Radio Orchestra, vocalist Lisa Gerrard, and guitarists Pete Haycock & Heitor Pereira Decca music CD [6/2001] for $14.99 |
Composer Teams
Frank Churchill, Leigh Harline & Paul Smith at Disney received an Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs" [1937]
Leigh Harline, Paul Smith & Ned Washington at Disney won shared Oscar Award for Best Original Score for "Pinocchio" [1940]
Edward Plumb, Paul Smith & Charles Wolcott at Disney received an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Saludos Amigos" [1943]
Edward Plumb, Paul Smith & Charles Wolcott at Disney received an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "The Three Caballeros" [1945]
Daniele Amfitheatrof, Paul Smith & Charles Wolcott at Disney received an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Song of The South" [1947]
Robert Russell Bennett, Jay Blackton & Adolph Deutsch won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "Oklahoma!" [1955]
Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Irwin Kostal & Sid Ramin won shared Oscar Award for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture for "West Side Story" [1961]
Robert Armbruster, Leo Arnaud, Jack Elliott, Jack Hayes, Calvin Jackson & Leo Shuken received
an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring Adaptation or Treatment for "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" [1964]
Rod McKuen (music & lyrics), John Scott Trotter (music), Bill Melendez, Al Shean (lyrics) & Vince Guaraldi received
an Oscar Nomination for Best Original Song Score for "A Boy Named Charlie Brown" [1970]
André Previn, Herbert W. Spencer & Andrew Lloyd Webber received
an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for "Jesus Christ Superstar" [1973]
Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe (song score), Douglas Gamley & Angela Morley received
an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for "The Little Prince" [1974]
Joel Hirschhorn & Al Kasha (song score) & Irwin Kostal received
an Oscar Nomination for Best Scoring: Adaptation and Original Song Score for "Pete's Dragon" [1977]
Chris Boardman, Jorge Calandrelli, Andraé Crouch, Jack Hayes, Jerry Hey, Quincy Jones, Randy Kerber, Jeremy Lubbock, Joel Rosenbaum,
Caiphus Semenya, Fred Steiner & Rod Temperton received an Oscar Nomination for Best Original Score for "The Color Purple" [1985]
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