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Order your copy of this new pdf book from PineTree Press

and help support Film Music Review

which has been a free e-zine

with numerous film music reviews posted since 1998.


 

 

 

 


 

 

 

This new pdf book by longtime film music historian and critic, Roger L. Hall,

who is a member of the International Film Music Citics Association (IFMCA),

includes a considerable amount of information

including a 75 year chronology of film songs and soundtracks

from 1926 to 2001.


Also, there is a complete listing with pictures

of all the Sammy Film Music Awards (1988-2020),

the longest-running awards for "EXCELLENCE"

in recordings of film scores and songs.

 

 

Also in the book are selected film music reviews

by Steven A. Kennedy, Steve Vertlieb, and Roger L. Hall

from the e-zine, Film Music Review

 

In addition, there are interviews done by Roger Hall

with authors: Steven C. Smith and Sally Stevens,

and producers: James Fitzpatrick and Diana Friedberg.

 


These twelve film composers are highlighted

with 24 sample soundtrack reviews

from Film Music Review:


Elmer Bernstein

Review: FAR FROM HEAVEN


Aaron Copland

Reviews: CELLULOID COPLAND
SOMETHING WILD



Jerry Goldsmith

Reviews: FILM MUSIC OF JERRY GOLDSMITH
ISLANDS IN THE STREAM

 

Bernard Herrman

Reviews: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL,
CITIZEN KANE and HANGOVER SQUARE
PSYCHO

 

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Henry Mancini

Review: PETER GUNN

 



Jerome Moross

Review: THE BIG COUNTRY

 

Alfred Newman

Reviews: ALL ABOUT EVE
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE

 

David Raksin

Reviews: LAURA, FOREVER AMBER
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL



 

 

 

 

 

Miklos Rozsa

 

Reviews: BEN-HUR: THE BEST OF MIKLOS ROZSA
TIME AFTER TIME


 

Max Steiner

Reviews: CASABLANCA
KING KONG

 



Dimitri Tiomkin

Reviews: THE ALAMO
HIGH NOON

 



John Williams

Reviews: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
JOHN WILLIAMS GREATEST HITS, 1969-1999

 

 

 

This new pdf book is available exclusively here

sent by email download or by Dropbox

as a fund raiser to help support

Film Music Review.

 

This pdf book

will make a great addition to any film music fan's library.

 

At this low price

you can order several copies

and give one to a friend or a family member.

 

 

 

Get your copy at the Special Sale Price

until June 15, 2026

 

"Hooray For Hollywood" - Memorable Movie Music

by Roger L. Hall

PineTree Press, 450 pages, 2026


this PDF book is available at 25% Discount


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with numerous illustrations - many in color

at the special introductory price of

$11.95 per copy

 

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This popular ebook is now available
in the 9th updated edition

A GUIDE TO FILM MUSIC:
SONGS AND SCORES

 

 

 

 

 

A new 75th anniversary edition with more illsutrations

about music in the popular series of Hollywood westerns

from the 1930s and 1940s and on TV in the 1950s

and a very young Hoppy fan who met its star, William Boyd,

and he tells his personal story about being a longtime Hoppy fan.

 

 

 

FOLLOWING THE STARS -
Music & Memories of Hopalong Cassidy

by Roger L. Hall

PDF book
with many illustrations
4th edition, 2025
PineTree Press

 

 

 

 


Please help support the long-running e-zine, on the web since 1998
Film Music Review

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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