In 2004 D'Lynn was given the Most Valuable Player Award by the Association of California Symphony Orchestras for her work in popularizing classical music through the media. Photo.
Dr. D'Lynn Waldron is a voting member of the Music Chapter of BAFTA The British Academy of Film & Television Arts.
MUSIC FOR THE THE MOVIES by D'Lynn Waldron, PhD ©2006
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REFERENCES TO SCHOOLS, BOOKS, AND ARTICLES
THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC, USC, Los Angeles
Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television
http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/about/about.html
http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/faculty/facsmptv.html
http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/index.html
The Thornton School of Music with its excellent faculty is on the same campus as the USC School of Cinema and Television (usually called the USC Film School) where many great film makers have studied, and where friendships have been forged that have resulted in some of the most important collaborations in the movie industry.
http://www-cntv.usc.edu/

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SITES, BOOKS & ARTICLES ON WRITING MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES
compiled and reviewed by D'Lynn Waldron, PhD. ©2004 (Winner of the Golden Crane Award)

FILM SCORE MONTHLY AND FILM SCORE DAILY ON LINE
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com
The latest news, reviews and best articles about composing music for the movies.

SUGGESTED BOOKS ON MUSIC FOR THE MOVIES

Listening to Movies: The Film Lover’s Guide to Film Music
Fred Karlin, foreword by Leonard Maltin.
Hardback - 429 pages
Maxwell Macmillan International 1994 List Price: $37.56
ISBN: 0028733150
Excellent on business details, Oscar politics, etc. Mistitled because this is more a guide for the pro.

The Reel World: Scoring for Pictures
by Jeff Rona
Paperback - 240 pages
Miller Freeman Books 2000 List Price: $24.95
ISBN: 0879305916
Very good on the process and technology of film scoring.

Complete Guide to Film Scoring: The Art and Business of Writing Music for Movies and TV
by Richard Davis
Paperback - 304 pages
Berklee 2000 List Price: $24.95
ISBN: 0634006363
The art, technology and business of film scoring.

Music for the Movies 2nd Edition
by Tony Thomas
Paperback - 280 pages
Adventures Unlimited 1997 List Price: $19.95
ISBN: 1879505371
The history and the composers of film music.

The Score: Interviews With Film Composers
by Michael Schelle
Paperback - 420 pages
Silman-James Press 1999 List Price: $19.95
ISBN: 1879505401
In-depth and very insightful interviews.

Knowing the Score: Film Composers Talk
by David Morgan
Paperback - 314 pages
HarperEntertainment 2000 List Price: $14.
ISBN: 0-380-80482-4
Interviews with 17 flm composers composited into a symposium.

Sound and Vision: 60 Years of Motion Picture Soundtracks
by Jon Burlingame
Paperback -288 pages
Watson-Guptill 2000 List Price: $18.95
ISBN: 0823084272
Thumbnail biographies of the movie composers and discussions of significant scores

Hearing Film: Tracking Identifications in Contemporary Hollywood Film Music
by Anahid Kassabian
Paperback - 224 pages
Routledge 2000 List Price: $19.99
ISBN: 0415928540

Gramophone Film Music: Good Cd Guide
by Mark Walker (Editor)
Paperback - 260 pages
Music Sales Corp. 3rd edition 1998 List Price $16.95
ISBN: 1902274008

Music and Cinema
by James Buhler, Caryl Flinn, David Neumeyer
Paperback - 384 pages
Wesleyan Univ. 2000 List Price: $24.95
ISBN: 0819564117
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FILM SCORE MONTHLY ARTICLES ON LINE
So You Want to be a Film Composer?
by Lukas Kendall
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/beacomposer.asp

Film Scoring Techniques in Films that Alter Space, Time and Death
Matthew V. Skelton skeltonm@writeme.com
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/skelton.asp

Hans Zimmer Interview
by Edwin Black
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/zimmer.asp

Sijbold's Valencia Interviews
Manuel De Sica Luis Bacalov Patrick Doyle Michael Kamen
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/sijbold0.asp

The Randy Edelman Interview
by Andy Dursin
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/edelman.asp

John Barry Interview
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/barry.asp

Tales from the Black Side
An Interview with Danny Elfman
from FSM Vol. 2, No. 4, June 1997
by Doug Adams
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/elfman.asp

John Williams Interview
by Craig L. Byrd
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/williams.asp

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Scoring Trailers
An Interview with John Beal
from FSM #35 and #36/37, July and August/Sept. 1993
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/beal.asp

The Simpsons' Secret Weapon: Alf Clausen
By Doug Adams
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/clausen.asp

Needledrop Changes the Soundtrack Tune
By Carl "Ratso" Russo
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/needle.asp

Action Scores in the '90s
by Doug Adams
from FSM #74, October 1996
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/action.asp

The Last Twenty Years: The Film Music (Re)Evolution
by Alan Vallely
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/revolution.asp

Functions of Film Music
by Yair Oppenheim
http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/features/functions.asp

LONG INTERVIEW WITH HANS ZIMMER ON APPLE SITE
http://www.apple.com/pro/music/zimmer/

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CLICK HERE FOR THESE BRIEF EXCERPTS FROM A NOVEL ABOUT A MOVIE COMPOSER
About the art, politics, technology and economics of creating music for the movies.
.....NEW SUITE FOR A VETERANS DAY CONCERT
.....A MOVIE PREMIERE: THE COMPOSER ISN'T A CELEBRITY
.....THE MOVIE COMPOSER AS A DRAMATIST
.....THE MOVIE COMPOSER AS A SCHOLAR
.....TEMP TRACK HELL
.....A SCORE GETS BUTCHERED IN THE PRODUCER'S CUT
.....HOW MOVIE COMPOSERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WORK
.....FIGHTING FOR ROYALTIES AND COPYRIGHTS
.....GETTING GIGS
.....SCORING A VIDEO GAME
.....THE DIFFERENCE IN HOW MOVIE MUSIC IS USED IN THEATRES AND ON CDS
.....HOW MOVIE COMPOSERS WORK, INCLUDING WITH THE NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
.....A SPOTTING SESSION
.....OSCAR POLITICS
.....A SIGNING WITH JULIA CHILD
.....A BROADCAST FOR SCHOOOLCHILDREN AND THEIR MUSIC TEACHERS
.....WHAT A COMPOSER CAN DO THAT FREUD COULDN'T