Camille Saint-Saëns wrote the first ever film soundtrack. In 1908, the French composer provided the score for the 18-minute-long motion picture, The Assassination of the Duke of Guise, which was made by a team who also encouraged well-known stage actors to perform in their films to give them some kudos. Saint-Saëns later developed his music into a concert work - The Opus 128 for strings, piano and harmonium.
The 1926 film Don Juan was the first feature-length movie to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score, though it has no spoken dialogue.
The 1927 movie The Jazz Singer was the first musical where the audience could hear an artist (in this case Al Jolson) perform.
Disney's 1937 animated motion picture Snow White was the first American movie to have a soundtrack album released with the feature film. It was released by RCA Victor Records on multiple 78 RPM discs in January 1938 as Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title).
Film score albums did not really become popular until the LP era started in 1948, although a few were issued in 78-rpm albums.
Vincente Minnelli's 1949 movie Madame Bovary is credited as the first soundtrack to be released from a feature film, rather than a cartoon or musical.
When Bill Haley and his Comets released "Rock Around the Clock", it begun the first rock and roll craze among mainstream listeners, as well as the first use of pop music in a film soundtrack.
The first rock movie to gain a dedicated soundtrack album release was Rock, Rock, Rock! issued on chess in December 1956, with songs by Chuck Berry, the Moonglows and the Flamingos. In truth, only four of the album tracks actually appeared in the film, setting a pattern for many soundtracks to come.
Henry Mancini was the first composer to have a widespread hit with a song from a soundtrack. His "Peter Gunn Theme" for the 1958-61 TV series of the same name won an Emmy Award and two Grammys and subsequently has been performed and recorded by many jazz, rock, and blues musicians.
The movie The Graduate was one of the first major films to use rock music in its soundtrack, using songs written by Paul Simon (notably, "Mrs Robinson," which became a hit). The soundtrack album was released on January 21, 1968.
The Miami Vice soundtrack was already at the summit when the show's theme tune topped the Hot 100 on November 9, 1985. US chart history was made, as it was the first time a TV show generated both the US #1 single and album.
The American John Williams (born February 8, 1932) has composed the scores to more than 100 films, including Jaws, the Star Wars movies and Schindler’s List. He is the world’s most successful film composer and, with 52 Academy Award nominations, second to Walt Disney as the most-nominated person. (He has won five.) By 2016, Williams had composed the score for eight of the top twenty highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation) He does all his work with pen and paper.
Source Classicfm
The 1926 film Don Juan was the first feature-length movie to utilize the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score, though it has no spoken dialogue.
The 1927 movie The Jazz Singer was the first musical where the audience could hear an artist (in this case Al Jolson) perform.
Disney's 1937 animated motion picture Snow White was the first American movie to have a soundtrack album released with the feature film. It was released by RCA Victor Records on multiple 78 RPM discs in January 1938 as Songs from Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (with the Same Characters and Sound Effects as in the Film of That Title).
Film score albums did not really become popular until the LP era started in 1948, although a few were issued in 78-rpm albums.
Vincente Minnelli's 1949 movie Madame Bovary is credited as the first soundtrack to be released from a feature film, rather than a cartoon or musical.
When Bill Haley and his Comets released "Rock Around the Clock", it begun the first rock and roll craze among mainstream listeners, as well as the first use of pop music in a film soundtrack.
The first rock movie to gain a dedicated soundtrack album release was Rock, Rock, Rock! issued on chess in December 1956, with songs by Chuck Berry, the Moonglows and the Flamingos. In truth, only four of the album tracks actually appeared in the film, setting a pattern for many soundtracks to come.
Henry Mancini was the first composer to have a widespread hit with a song from a soundtrack. His "Peter Gunn Theme" for the 1958-61 TV series of the same name won an Emmy Award and two Grammys and subsequently has been performed and recorded by many jazz, rock, and blues musicians.
The movie The Graduate was one of the first major films to use rock music in its soundtrack, using songs written by Paul Simon (notably, "Mrs Robinson," which became a hit). The soundtrack album was released on January 21, 1968.
The Miami Vice soundtrack was already at the summit when the show's theme tune topped the Hot 100 on November 9, 1985. US chart history was made, as it was the first time a TV show generated both the US #1 single and album.
The American John Williams (born February 8, 1932) has composed the scores to more than 100 films, including Jaws, the Star Wars movies and Schindler’s List. He is the world’s most successful film composer and, with 52 Academy Award nominations, second to Walt Disney as the most-nominated person. (He has won five.) By 2016, Williams had composed the score for eight of the top twenty highest-grossing films at the U.S. box office (adjusted for inflation) He does all his work with pen and paper.
 |
| John Williams conducting the score to Raiders of the Lost Ark By TashTish at en.wikipedia, |
No comments:
Post a Comment