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Patrick Russ music scores

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2688

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of music scores from composer Patrick Russ.

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1980s-2010s

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Rights Statement for Archival Description

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Biographical / Historical

Patrick Russ is a symphonic orchestrator with more than 170 film score credits. These include such films as Doctor Dolittle (1998), Rush Hour (1998), The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), and The Avengers (2012). He is president of The Film Music Foundation. Russ has arranged the Olympic Hymn still used today, and music for the Opening Ceremonies in Atlanta, Salt Lake City, London, and for the Closing Ceremony in Sochi. He has also created symphonic adaptations of entire film scores, including North By Northwest (1956), Vertigo (1958), High Noon (1952), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Casablanca (1942) and Hitchcock! (2006), performed live in concert with the film.

Extent

16.875 Linear Feet (9 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Collection consists of music scores from composer Patrick Russ.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed.

Title
Finding aid for the Patrick Russ music scores
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2023 April
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository

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