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LALO SCHIFRIN (2008), Part 2

LALO SCHIFRIN (2008), Part 2

October 20, 2010 | By

Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . With the 2007 publication of his autobiography, Mission Impossible: My Life in Music, by Scarecrow Press, Lalo Schifrin has involved himself in another discipline – book writing – although this should hardly come as a surprise to jazz and film music fans well acquainted with his fascination for […]

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LALO SCHIFRIN (2008), Part 1

LALO SCHIFRIN (2008), Part 1

October 20, 2010 | By

Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . Sudden Impact (1983), Lalo Schifrin’s final score in the Dirty Harry quintet, marks the 39th CD released on the composer’s own label, Aleph Records. Spanning classical, jazz, film, and concert recordings, the label is also a commercial platform through which the works of brilliant musicians and composers […]

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WINIFRED PHILLIPS

WINIFRED PHILLIPS

October 20, 2010 | By

Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . Winifred Phillips has built up a solid reputation as a composer comfortable in any media format, particularly interactive videogames, where she’s been nominated for and won a number of awards for her work using orchestral, electronic and digital instruments and materials. In our conversation, Phillips describes the […]

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DOUGLAS PIPES & MICHAEL DOUGHERTY

DOUGLAS PIPES & MICHAEL DOUGHERTY

October 20, 2010 | By

Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . The 2009 release of Trick ‘R Treat (2008) is notable because it finally allows horror fans to see and hear the film and music of writer/director Michael Dougherty, and composer Douglas Pipes. To film music fans, Pipes is best-known for Monster House (2006), a witty and lyrical […]

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OSCAR PETERSON

OSCAR PETERSON

October 20, 2010 | By

Return to: Home / Exclusive Interviews & Profiles / Composers . In 1991, celebrated jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson became Chancellor of York University – another honor bestowed upon the award-winning artist – and in 1992 he was profiled in a well-received NFB documentary, In the Key of Oscar. In the intervening years, Peterson continued to tour […]

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