Resources

Organizations & Associations

• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Margaret Herrick Library
• The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
• The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
• American Youth Symphony (AYS)
• Cinemagic International Film & Television Festival for Young People
• The Film Music Society
• The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA)
• The Society of Composers & Lyricists

 

Composers & Songwriters

• Van Alexander
• Leo Arnaud
• David Arnold
• David Amram
• Alan & Marilyn Bergman
• Elmer Bernstein
• Howard Blake
• Don Black
• Leslie Briccuse
• Bruce Broughton
• Bill Conti
• John Debney
• Anne Dudley
• Patrick Doyle
• Danny Elfman
• George Fenton
• Dave Grusin
• Jack Hayes
• Lee Holdridge
• Maurice Jarre
• Laurie Johnson
• Henry Mancini
• Johnny Mandel
• Randy Newman
• Thomas Newman
• Marni Nixon
• Rachel Portman
• Sid Ramin
• Laurence Rosenthal
• Lalo Schifrin
• John Scott
• Richard Sherman
• David Shire
• Paul Williams
• Gabriel Yared
• Christopher Young
• Eugene Zàdor

 

Books, Publications, Etc.

• “Cinematic Sound Radio”
• “Conversation Piece: An Unvarnished Chat with Bernard Herrmann” by Les Zador
• “Ennio Morricone/Sergio Miceli, Composing for the Cinema” (Scarecrow Press, 2013) by Gillian B. Anderson
• “Film and Television Music: A Guide to Books, Articles, and Composer Interviews” (Scarecrow Press, 2010) by Warren Sherk
• Film Score Click Track
• Film Score Monthly Online Magazine
• Hugo Friedhofer: The Best Years of His Life” (Scarecrow Press, 1999) by Linda Danly
• “Music and the Moving Image” (University of Illinois Press)
• “Music for Silent Films, 1894-1929” (Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1988) by Gillian B. Anderson
• “The Music of James Bond” (Oxford University Press, November 2012) by Jon Burlingame
• “Sound and Vision: 60 Years of Motion Picture Soundtracks” by Jon Burlingame (Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000)