Academy Award for Best Original ScoreMotion picture award for musicThe Academy Award for Best Original Score is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically for the film by the submitting composer. Some pre-existing music is allowed, though, but a contending film must include a minimum of original music.
The Mercury Theatre on the AirThe Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic literary works performed by Welles's celebrated Mercury Theatre repertory company, with music composed or arranged by Bernard Herrmann. The series began July 11, 1938, as a sustaining program on the CBS Radio network, airing Mondays at 9 pm ET.
Film scoreA film score is original music specifically written to accompany a film or a television program. The score constitutes a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues that are timed to begin and end at certain moments during the film to enhance the dramatic narrative and emotional impact of scenes.
Orson WellesGeorge Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American actor and filmmaker. Remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre, he is considered among the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time.
The Magnificent Ambersons (film)The Magnificent Ambersons is a 1942 American period drama written, produced, and directed by Orson Welles. Welles adapted Booth Tarkington's Pulitzer Prize–winning 1918 novel about the declining fortunes of a wealthy Midwestern family and the social changes brought by the automobile age. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead and Ray Collins, with Welles providing the narration.
ComposerA composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and definitionThe term is descended from Latin, ; literally "one who puts together".
Jane Eyre (1943 film)Jane Eyre is a 1943 American romantic-drama film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox. It was directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by the uncredited Kenneth Macgowan and Orson Welles; Welles also stars in the film as Edward Rochester, with Joan Fontaine playing the title character. The screenplay was written by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, and director Robert Stevenson.
Citizen KaneCitizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed, produced by, and starring Orson Welles and co-written by Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz, and was Welles's first feature film.
The Devil and Daniel Webster (film)The Devil and Daniel Webster (originally released as All That Money Can Buy) is a 1941 American supernaturalhorror film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, James Craig, and Simone Simon.
Alex Ross (music critic)Alex Ross (born January 12, 1968) is an American music critic and author who specializes in classical music. Ross has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. His writings include performance and record reviews, industry updates, cultural commentary, and historical narratives in the realm of classical music.
Columbia Symphony OrchestraThe Columbia Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra formed by Columbia Records for the purpose of making recordings. In the 1950s, it provided a vehicle for some of Columbia's better known conductors and recording artists to record using only company resources.
ConductingLeonard Bernstein, a famed 20th century conductorConducting is the art of directing a musicalperformance, such as an orchestral or choralconcert. It has been defined as "the art of directing the simultaneous performance of several players or singers by the use of gesture".*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.