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Category Archives: Music
KFMF marks Elliot Goldenthal’s 70th with his ‘Symphony No. 3’
By Ray Bennett American composer Elliot Goldenthal’s affinity with Poland and that nation’s cultural icons reached another pinnacle with his ‘Symphony No. 3’, which will be performed as part of the Krakow Film Music Festival’s ‘Traces of Memory’ evening at … Continue reading
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Tagged Elliot Goldenthal, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki
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Duane Eddy – meeting a rock legend in the shade
By Ray Bennett In the 1950s, Duane Eddy, who died on April 30 aged 86, was one of the American rock stars most popular in the United Kingdom. With his band the Rebels, his hit singles ‘Rebel Rouser’, ‘Peter Gunn’, … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Martino, Duane Eddy, Elmwood Casino, The Rebels
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There are film composers and then there’s Elliot … Goldenthal
By Ray Bennett Oscar-winning American composer Elliot Goldenthal, who turns 70 today, said that the first time he saw the sheet music for Krzysztof Penderecki’s ‘Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima for 52 Strings’ when he was 17, he turned … Continue reading
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Tagged Elliot Goldenthal, Hans Zimmer, Julie Taymor, Krakow Film Music Festival, Krzysztof Penderecki, World Soundtrack Awards
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The sad fate of Carolyn Jones, the original Morticia Addams
By Ray Bennett The Ringwood Music and Dramatic Society production of the hit Broadway musical ‘The Addams Family’ this week is the latest in a long run of versions of the original one-panel cartoon series created by cartoonist Charles Addams … Continue reading
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What movies meant to director Norman Jewison
By Ray Bennett LONDON – ’It kinda scares me,’ Norman Jewison said when I asked him in 2011 about the digital revolution in movies and the future of cinema. ‘Everything I see today is so mixed with violence and action. … Continue reading
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Tagged 'The Thomas Crown Affair', Film Festival Gent, Notman Jewison, ‘Fiddle on the Roof’, ‘In the Heat of the Night’
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Randy Newman at 80: Part One – songwriter
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Randy Newman, who turns 80 today, has Academy Awards, Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards and he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He’s also a very funny man. He told me that … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Bad Love', 'Sail Away', Randy Newman, ‘Randy Newman’s Fuast: Words & Music’
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Randy Newman at 80: Part Two – Film composer
By Ray Bennett LONDON – Randy Newman, who turns 80 today, has Academy Awards, Grammy Awards and Emmy Awards and he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He’s also a very funny man. He told me that … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Ragtime', 'The Natural', 'Toy Story', Festival de Cannes, Randy Newman
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