Art of the Score
Episode 34: Studio Fanfares Part 1
You’re sitting in a darkened movie theatre, and the ...
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Jul 25 2021 1h 30m
Chapter 1 2 mins
The origins of the fanfareChapter 2 3 mins
The studio system and the sound of the Big FiveChapter 3 3 mins
MGM: Lions, Stars, and Celebrities, oh my!Chapter 4 4 mins
RKO: Morse code, crime, and Howard HughesChapter 5 1 min
Paramount Pictures on Parade (allegedly)Chapter 6 5 mins
20th Century Fox Alfred Newman (1933)Chapter 7 5 mins
Warner Brothers Max Steiner (1937)Chapter 8 27 sec
The Little Three (that’s Andrew, Nick, and Dan)Chapter 9 6 mins
Universal Studios, Tchaikovsky, and Superman Jimmy McHugh (1936)Chapter 10 1 min
United Artists (so united they didn’t have a fanfare)Chapter 11 1 min
Columbia Mischa Bakaleinikoff (1934)Chapter 12 1 min
Beyond the Big Five and the Little ThreeChapter 13 2 mins
Selznick International Alfred Newman (1936)Chapter 14 2 mins
The Art of the Score fanfare Thaddeus Buc (1935)Chapter 15 2 mins
Into the 1950s: lawsuits, widescreens, and the birth of televisionChapter 16 4 mins
VistaVision Nathan van Cleeve (1952)Chapter 17 5 mins
CinemaScope 20th Century Fox Alfred Newman expands his fanfare (1954)Chapter 18 54 sec
MGM Leo the Lion (1957)Chapter 19 2 mins
The Art of the Score fanfare Jerry Buc (1960)Chapter 20 3 mins
The emergence of television and the NBC chimeChapter 21 3 mins
Desilu Wilber Hatch (1966)Chapter 22 4 mins
The Art of the Score fanfare Teddy Buc (1970)Chapter 23 6 mins
Paramount’s Parade Lalo Schifrin (1970), Jerry Goldsmith (1976 and 1977)Chapter 24 2 mins
Columbia Suzanne Ciani (1976)Chapter 25 7 mins
Walt Disney Productions When You Wish Upon a Star (1972)Chapter 26 1 min
PBS Paul Alan Levi (1971)Chapter 27
Associated Film Distribution (1978)