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Film composers -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Mischa Bakaleinikoff film scores

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009
Abstract

This collection consists of music scores and manuscripts of film composer Mischa Bakaleinikoff (1890-1960).

Dates: 1920 - 1960

Elmer Bernstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2644
Abstract

This collection contains music scores and sketches, audio and video, office records and other related materials created during the life and career of Elmer Bernstein.

Dates: 1945 - 2004

Mack David papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2037
Abstract This collection contains the papers of American songwriter and lyricist Mack David (1912-1993). Materials include approximately 550 pieces of sheet music dating from 1924; screenplays and miscellaneous material including budgets, correspondence, contracts, and advertising brochures relating to several films. Along the screenplays are Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), and Krakatoa--East of Java (1969). Also included are 14 reels of audio tape containing a...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1920s-1960s

George Duning papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2446
Abstract

This collection contains the motion picture and television scores of American composer George Duning (1908-2000).

Dates: 1938 - 1980

Joel Franklin collection of Franz Waxman music scores

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2571
Abstract

Collection consists of portions of the score of composer Franz Waxman’s Joshua oratorio.

Dates: 1959

William Goldstein papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2338
Abstract

This collection consists of the sheet music of American composer William Goldstein.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970s-2010s

Karl Hajos papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2237
Abstract

This collection consists papers from composer Karl Hajos (1889-1950). Materials include music scores, clippings, and scripts for films for which he composed the music.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930s-1940s

James Newton Howard collection

 Collection
Identifier: 0075
Abstract

Extensive collection of film music, television music, and related materials by musician/composer James Newton Howard from 1987 to the present.

Dates: 1987 - 2022

Maurice Jarre scores

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2249
Abstract

This collection contains film scores composed by French composer Maurice Jarre (1924-2009) including "The Collector" (1965), "Dr. Zhivago" (1965), "Is Paris Burning" (1966), "Night of the Generals" (1967), and "The Fixer" (1968). There are also musical scores for songs composed by Jarre.

Dates: circa 1965-1969

Cyril Mockridge collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2479
Abstract

This collection consists of the vinyl LP records of English film and television composer, Cyril John Mockridge (1896-1979).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s