Herrmann and Citizen Kane
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Feature Film in WarwickThe Warwick Arts Centre in Warwick, UK is showing the 1999 moving image installation by Douglas Gordon at the Mead Gallery from 1 May 2012 to 23 June 2012 alongside his new work Zidane , which follows the famous footballer. The event is called Maestros.An Oscar for the ArtistLudovic Bource won an the Oscar for the best original score.
A scene in the film uses the music from Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo (Scene d'Amour)
The score has also won the following awards previously.FILMUS-L returnsThe Filmus-L archive is now available from the Bernard Herrmann Society.
The archives start in 1993 and end in 2010. If you were into film music in the nineties it was the most important place to be.
Also includes "Filmus-L: A Brief History" by H. Stephen Wright.
FILMUS-L archive
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Obituaries:
The Los Angeles Times
The Washington Post.Moby Dick reviewThe recent Moby Dick recording by Chandos was reviewed by the Guardian.BBC Proms 2011: Herrmann by Jessica DuchenAn article by Jessica Duchen in the Independent:
True fans know the score on cinematic composers.BBC Proms 2011: The man who made Psycho even scarierBernard Herrmann, a film composer born 100 years ago, is the star of the film music Prom says Ivan Hewett:
BBC Proms 2011: The man who made Psycho even scarier.