Movie Music

Spotlighting movie musicians today! I couldn't find videos of actual movie orchestras, so I am improvising. I shared the scene from West Side Story with Mambo here, but this one is entertaining as well:


The last song was by Leonard Bernstein; this one is by Elmer Bernstein and features the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra:


Resources:

* Orchestras that have been on movie soundtracks
* Hollywood Symphony Orchestra
* Hollywood Winds
* How to become a film musician
* Philharmonia Orchestra
* Julius Schulman, Violinist
* Olav Lervik, Film Musician
* 100 Greatest Film Score Composers
* 100 Best Movie Soundtracks, according to Entertainment Weekly and the U.K.'s The Telegraph
* SkyFM's Movie Soundtrack radio
* Film Riot: How to Manipulate People with Music
* Getting the Score: A filmmaker's guide to film scoring

One more song: