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Friday, April 3, 2026

Born on this day – Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco:


Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco


Composer

Pianist

Writer

April 3, 1895 – March 16, 1968

Credits:

20 Million Miles to Earth (1957); A Letter for Evie (1946); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Yank at Eton (1942); Above Suspicion (1943); Address Unknown (1944); Adventures in Silverado (1948); Adventures of Rusty (1945); Alias a Gentleman (1948); And Then There Were None (1945); Asana Travelogue (2012); Bad Bascomb (1946); Barbary Coast Gent (1944); Barbary Pirate (1949); Barbed Wire (1952); Bataan (1943); Batman and Robin (1949); Battle of Rogue River (1954); Battle Stations (1956); Bewitched (1945); Big Leaguer (1953); Black Eagle (1948); Blondie's Hero (1950); Boston Blackie (1948); Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945); Brave Warrior (1952); Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947); Cannibal Attack (1954); Captain Pirate (1952); Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951); Captive Girl (1950); Charge of the Lancers (1954); Chinatown at Midnight (1949); Courage of Lassie (1946); Crash Landing (1958); Creature with the Atom Brain (1955); Crime Doctor's Man Hunt (1946); Criminal Lawyer (1951); Cripple Creek (1952); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Cry of the Werewolf (1944); Customs Agent (1950); Dangerous Business (1946); Desire Me (1947); Desperate Search (1952); Devil Goddess (1955); Devil Ship (1947); Down to Earth (1947); Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941); Drums of Tahiti (1954); Du Barry Was a Lady (1943); Duel on the Mississippi (1955); Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956); El Alaméin (1953); Emergency Wedding (1950); Escape in the Fog (1945); Everybody Does It (1949); Fingers at the Window (1942); Forgotten Treasure (1943); Fury of the Congo (1951); Gaslight (1944); Gentle Annie (1944); Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953); Harem Girl (1952); Harrigan's Kid (1943); Hellcats of the Navy (1957); He's a Cockeyed Wonder (1950); Hitler's Madman (1943); Hurricane Island (1951); I Love a Mystery (1945); In Our Time (1944); Inca Gold (1943); Jack McCall, Desperado (1953); Journey for Margaret (1942); Jungle Jim (1948); Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952); Jungle Man-Eaters (1954); Jungle Manhunt (1951); Just Before Dawn (1946); Keeper of the Flame (1942); Key Witness (1947); Lassie Come Home (1943); Last of the Redmen (1947); Last Train from Bombay (1952); Main Street After Dark (1945); Man in the Dark (1953); Manhattan (1944); Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945); Mark of the Gorilla (1950); Mask of the Avenger (1951); Masterson of Kansas (1954); Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942); Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Mule Train (1950); My Name Is Julia Ross (1945); Mysterious Intruder (1946); Mysterious Island (1951); Night Editor (1946); Nine Girls (1944); Okinawa (1952); Orchestra of Exiles (2012); Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945); Out of the Depths (1945); Pirates of the High Seas (1950); Pirates of Tripoli (1955); Plan for Destruction (1943); Prince of Pirates (1953); Prison Ship (1945); Prison Warden (1949); Racing Luck (1948); Rage in Heaven (1941); Rationing (1944); Reunion in France (1942); Revenue Agent (1950); Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950); Savage Mutiny (1953); Secret Command (1944); Secret of Treasure Mountain (1956); Sergeant Mike (1944); Serpent of the Nile (1953); Seven Sweethearts (1942); Shadowed (1946); Shadows in the Night (1944); She's a Soldier Too (1944); Siren of Bagdad (1953); Slaves of Babylon (1953); Smuggler's Gold (1951); Somewhere I'll Find You (1942); Son of Lassie (1945); Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960); Streets of Ghost Town (1950); Strictly Dishonorable (1951); Superman (1948); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Big Gusher (1951); The Black Parachute (1944); The Brave Bulls (1951); The Brigand (1952); The Canterville Ghost (1944); The Clock (1945); The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945); The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949); The Crime Doctor's Gamble (1947); The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945); The Crooked Web (1955); The Cross of Lorraine (1943); The Devil's Henchman (1949); The Devil's Mask (1946); The Fighting Frontiersman (1946); The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948); The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944); The Giant Claw (1957); The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957); The Hard Man (1957); The Heavenly Body (1944); The Hidden Eye (1945); The Long Wait (1954); The Lost Tribe (1949); The Love Machine (1971); The Loves of Carmen (1948); The Maestro (2018); The Man Who Dared (1946); The Mark of the Whistler (1944); The Miami Story (1954); The Millerson Case (1947); The Missing Juror (1944); The Phantom Thief (1946); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Prince of Thieves (1948); The Return of the Vampire (1943); The Return of the Whistler (1948); The Saracen Blade (1954); The Secret of St. Ives (1949); The Soul of a Monster (1944); The Stars Look Down (1940); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); The Stratton Story (1949); The Unknown (1946); The Unwritten Code (1944); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Werewolf (1956); The White Squaw (1956); The World Was His Jury (1958); Thief of Damascus (1952); Time Out of Mind (1947); Tortilla Flat (1942); Trapped by Boston Blackie (1948); Two-Man Submarine (1944); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Undercurrent (1946); Valley of Head Hunters (1953); Vendetta (1942); Voice of the Whistler (1945); Voodoo Tiger (1952); We Were Dancing (1942); Whirlwind Raiders (1948); Whistling in Brooklyn (1943); White Cargo (1942); Without Love (1945); Zombies of Mora Tau (1957).

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Born on this day – Arthur B. Rubinstein:


Arthur B. Rubinstein


Composer

March 31, 1938 – April 23, 2018

Credits:

60 Minutes / Rubinstein (1975); ABC Weekend Specials (1978); Addie and the King of Hearts (1976); All the Way Home (1971); Amazing Stories (1985); Another Stakeout (1993); Aunt Mary (1979); Barbara Stanwyck: Fire and Desire (1991); Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier (1989); Beat the Clock (1979); Biography (1987); Blue Thunder (1983); Bring 'Em Back Alive (1983); Bulba (1981); Caught in the Act (1993); Chinese Puzzle (2013); Crazy from the Heart (1991); Crazy Like a Fox (1984); Dead Man's Island (1996); Deal of the Century (1983); Defense Play (1988); Demolition (2015); Doing Life (1986); Double Jeopardy (1996); Doubletake (1985); Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992); Eastwood on Eastwood (1997); Face Value (2001); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1978); Fatal Friendship (1991); Floating Away (1998); Flying High (1978–1979); Gary Cooper: American Life, American Legend (1989); reat Performances (1974–1975); Gridlock (1980); Guts and Glory: The Rise and Fall of Oliver North (1989); Harper Valley P.T.A. (1981–1982); Hart to Hart Returns (1993); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is (1994); Hart to Hart: Old Friends Never Die (1994); Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995); Harvey (1972); Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986); Impromptu (2013); Incident at Crestridge (1981); Indiscreet (1988); Inherit the Wind (1988); Internal Affairs (1988); It Came Upon the Midnight Clear (1984); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1971); Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994); Johnny Staccato (1989); Las noches de Tefía (2023); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2016); Le gendarme de Abobo (2019); Les audacieux (1993); Line of Fire: The Morris Dees Story (1991); Look Homeward, Angel (1972); Lost in America (1985); Love Among Thieves (1987); Murder Among Friends (1985); Murder in Black and White (1990); Murder in Space (1985); Murder Times Seven (1990); Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home to (1990); Nick of Time (1995); Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988); Not Just Another Affair (1982); On the Right Track (1981); Once Upon a Texas Train (1988); Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger (1980); Portrait of a Stripper (1979); Pride (2014); Radio Days (1987); Return Engagement (1978); Ride with the Angels: Making 'Blue Thunder' (2006); Rivkin: Bounty Hunter (1981); Roses Are for the Rich (1987); Sawyer and Finn (1983); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1983–1986); Secrets (1992); Sherlock Holmes (1981); Shirley (1979); Shooting War: World War II Combat Cameramen (2000); Sins of the Past (1984); Skeezer (1982); Sledge Hammer! (1986); Small World (1958); Stakeout (1987); Superintelligence (2020); Taxi!! (1978); The Best of Times (1986); The Betty Ford Story (1987); The Cartier Affair (1984); The David Frost Show (1970); The Death of Maranzano (2013); The Easter Promise (1975); The Great Bank Hoax (1977); The Great Ships (1996–1999); The Hard Way (1991); The Heist (1989); The Hollywood Detective (1989); The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972); The Last Debate (2000); The Love Boat (1977–1978); The Man in the Brown Suit (1989); The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: Raoul Walsh (1973); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Parade (1984); The Phoenix (1981–1982); The Plucky Duck Show (1992); The Price (1971); The Prince of Central Park (1977); The Princess Stallion (1997); The Red Hand Gang (1977); The Ruby Ring (1997); The Simpsons (1990); The Spanish Apartment (2002); The Special: Building Blue Thunder (2006); The Starlost (1974); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Thanksgiving Treasure (1973); The Wizard (1986–1987); Tiny Toon Adventures (1990); Unconquered (1989); WarGames (1983); When No One Would Listen (1992); Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? (1988); Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981); You Can't Take It with You (1979).

Born on this day – Joseph Haydn:




Joseph Haydn portrait by Thomas Hardy (1791).

Credits:

Compositions:
Armida; Cello Concerto No. 1; Cello Concerto No. 2; Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser; Harmoniemesse; Haydn: The Creation; himno nacional de Alemania; Kaiserquartett; Keyboard Concerto No. 11; La vera Costanza; Lo Speziale; Missa brevis; Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo; Missa Cellensis; Missa in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae; Missa in tempore belli; Missa Sancti Nicolai; Nelson Mass; Orlando paladino; Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/20; Piano Sonata Hob. XVI/52; Piano Trio No. 39; Schöpfungsmesse; Sinfonia Concertante; String Quartet in C major, op. 33 no. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird"; String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 33 no. 2, Hob. III:38 “The Joke”; String Quartet No. 53; String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 1; String Quartets, Op. 20; Symphony No. 1; Symphony No. 100; Symphony No. 101; Symphony No. 102; Symphony No. 103; Symphony No. 104; Symphony No. 44; Symphony No. 45; Symphony No. 46; Symphony No. 49; Symphony No. 60; Symphony No. 88; Symphony No. 92; Symphony No. 94; Symphony No. 96; The Seasons; The Seven Last Words of Christ; Theresienmesse; Trumpet Concerto; Variations in F minor; Violin Concerto No. 1.

Born on this day – Johann Sebastian Bach:


Johann Sebastian Bach


Composer

March 31, 1685 – July 28, 1750

Johann Sebastian Bach portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann (1748).

Credits:

Compositions:

Air on the G String; Ave Maria; Bourrée in E minor; Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Brandenburg Concerto No.2; Brandenburg Concerto No.4; Brandenburg Concertos; Cello Suite No. 1; Christmas Oratorio; Concerto for Two Violins; Easter Oratorio; Flute Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034; Flute Sonata in E-flat major, BWV 1031; Fugue in G minor, BWV 578; Goldberg Variations; Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106; Great Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Ich habe genug, BWV 82; Inventions and Sinfonias; Italian Concerto; Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring; Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Komm, süßer Tod, komm selge Ruh; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11; Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996; Magnificat; Mass in B minor; Musical Offering, BWV 1079; Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor; Orgelbüchlein; Partita for Violin No. 2; Partita for Violin No. 3; Partita in A minor for solo flute; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847; Prelude in C minor, BWV 999; Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211; Sheep may safely graze; St John Passion; St Mark Passion, BWV 247; St. Matthew Passion; The Art of Fugue; Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Violin Concerto in A minor; Violin Concerto in E major; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140; Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1.

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Born on this day – Vangelis:


Vangelis


Composer

March 29, 1943 – May 17, 2022

Credits:

Albums:

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); Albedo 0.39 (1976); Alexander (2004); Antarctica (1983); Beaubourg (1978); Blade Runner (1994); Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary (2007); Chariots of Fire – The Play: Music from the Stage Show (2012); Chariots of Fire (1981); China (1979); Direct (1988); Earth (1973); El Greco (1998); El Greco: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007); Fais que ton rêve soit plus long que la nuit (1972); Foros Timis Ston Greco (1995); Heaven and Hell (1975); Hypothesis (1978); Ignacio (aka Do You hear the Dogs Barking? and Entends-tu les chiens aboyer) (1975); Invisible Connections (1985); Juno to Jupiter (2021); La Fête sauvage (1976); L'Apocalypse des animaux (1973); Mask (1985); Mythodea – Music for the NASA Mission: 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Nocturne: The Piano Album (2019); Oceanic (1996); Opéra sauvage (1979); Rosetta (2016); See You Later (1980); Soil Festivities (1984); Spiral (1977); The City (1990); The Dragon (1978); Voices (1995).

Movies and television:

« 2084 » par Softhera: le making of (2023); 090909 (2018); 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992); 2 Broke Girls (2017); 20 to 1 (2010); 2002 FIFA World Cup (2001); 4-3-2-1 Hot and Sweet (1969); 5,000 Lies (1966); 9-1-1: Lone Star (2023); A Horror Sci-Fi Picture: Director's Cut (2013); Aeternus (2008); Alega Gang: Public Enemy No. 1 of Cebu (1988); Alexander (2004); Alien Replicant Ninja Legend Shindaiohmaru: Rise of an Elemental Assassin (2012); Amore (1974); Anafora ston Ioanni Kapodistria (2021); Antarctica (1983); Aphrodite's Child (1969); Are We Done Yet? (2007); Ashes to Ashes (2008); Atop the Fourth Wall (2013); Banda sonora (2009); BaseBoys (2018); Bassie & Adriaan (1982–1994); Beach Memories (2012); Bell Jingler (2017); Bitter Moon (1992); Black Milk (1999); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); Boomers (2016); Boots & Saddles (1980); Britain's Got More Talent (2016); Britain's Got Talent (2015); Brows Held High (2013); Bruce Almighty (2003); Candyman (1992); Cannonball (2017); Captain Jokes Parrot's Disaster of the Caribbean (2017); Cavafy (1996); Celeste (1991); Chacun pour tous (2018); Chariots of Fire (1981); Chart show (2009); ClothesFree TV Preview: Nudes in the News (2011); Collateral (2004); Copperfield: Tornado of Fire (2001); Cosmos (1980); Crap: Big Brother (2001); Crime and Passion (1976); Crystal Eyes (1982); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2004); Dancing for Oliver (2006); Dancing Stars (2012); Death of a Princess (1980); Der Klang der Bilder (1995); Der Kurier des Kaisers (2018); Der Mond scheint auch für Untermieter (1995); Die Macht der Elektronengehirne (2017); Diminishing Returns (2020); Diminishing Returns Diminisodes (2021); Discorama (1969); Do It (1985); Do You Hear the Dogs Barking? (1975); Documentary Now! (2016); Donna Summer: A Hot Summer Night (1983); Donna Summer: State of Independence (1982); Doogie Howser, M.D. (1992); Drakkhen (1989); Dumb Animals (1985); Dynamite (1978); Ecuba (2004); El club lento (2023); El Greco (2007); Empire of Light (2022); Enigma: Return to Innocence (1993); Entre Oscuros Sueños (2018); Epiheirisis Apollon (1968); ERT Eidiseis (1975); Es begann bei Tiffany (1979); Fight Against Time: Oliver Stone's Alexander (2005); Final Score (2016); Flashbacks (1980); Francesco (1989); Frau Pepi und die Buben (1996); Frenitis (1971); Fresh Off the Boat (2019); Fringe (2012); From the Edge of the City (1998); Fundamental Frolics (1981); Fur: You Deserve It (1982); G (1983); Gallant Eagle 82 (1982); Gamer (2011); Genius Party Beyond (2008); Gent de paraula (2011); Gintberg på kanten (2015); GoGoManTV (2016); Good Burger (1997); Good Morning Britain (2018); Gordon, Gino & Fred's Road Trip (2021); Gorodok (1993); Granny (2022); Granny's Funeral (2012); Hochu vsyo znat' (1991); Homecoming (2018); Hooves of Fire (1999); How I Became a Gangster (2019); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); I agapi einai... elefantas (2000); I Hope (2001); Ici rien (2011); I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (2018); Im Schatten der Angst (1988); Industry (2022); Intikam Kadini (1979); Island Peak 2011 (2013); Jacques Cousteau: Rediscover the World II (1992); Jmenuju Se Martin (2014–2017); Jon & Vangelis: I Hear You Now (1979); Jon & Vangelis: The Friends of Mr. Cairo (1981); Jon Anderson: Tour of the Universe (2005); Kicking & Screaming (2005); Kinect Sports (2010); Kovy (2015); Koyla (1997); La fête sauvage (1976); La mer volée (1992); La perdiz (1981); La Petite Fille De La Mer (2013); Land der Berge (2007); L'apocalypse des animaux (1973); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2011); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le cantique des créatures: Georges Braque ou Le temps different (1975); Le cantique des créatures: Georges Mathieu ou La fureur d'être (1974); Le divan (1991); Leif 'Loket' Olsson in BingoLotto (2009); Leo & Tony's Parody Center Show (2017); Les dossiers de l'écran (1989); Les rendez-vous du dimanche (1977); L'invité de FR3 (1980); London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony: Isles of Wonder (2012); L'opéra sauvage (1976–1984); Lorraine (2016); Los nuevos y clásicos bloopers (2014); Madagascar (2005); Magnum, P.I. (1984); Married... with Children (1991–1993); Mater amatísima (1980); Matt Houston (1982); Meikingu obu 'Nankyoku monogatari' (1983); Melody (1974); MenT (2017); Micro Men (2009); Mike & Mike (2016); Millions (2004); Missing (1982); Modern Greeks: C.P. Cavafy (2007); Monkey Dust (2005); Monte Video (1994); Mouseio Goulandri Fysikis Istorias (1990); Mr Lonely and Your Soul (2017); Mr. Mom (1983); Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie (2014); My Life (1993); Ninja Dragon (1986); Nostalgia Critic (2010); Nuclear Now (2022); Nudes in the News (2007); O adelfos mou... o trohonomos (1963); Old Dogs (2009); Old School (2003); On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019); Oreines symfonies (2019); Österreich-Bild (2015); Ostorozhno, Zadov (2004); Pablo Picasso Painter (1981); Papadopoulos & Sons (2012); Para não esquecer (Recollecting) (2022); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992–1993); Parks and Recreation (2011); Parousies: Eirini Pappa (1981); Perfect Is the Enemy of Good (2005); Perla negra (1994); Pierrot the Fool / Cannes Film Festival (1991); Poslední zvonení (1998); Power Connection (1995); Prkosna delta (1980); Projekt X (1998); Q.E.D. (1982); Quinceañera (1987); Ready or Not, Here I Come (1985); Reflections (2020); Rien à foutre (aka Zero Fucks Given) (2021); Resurrecting 'Alexander' (2005); Rio 92 Earth Summit (1992); Riptide (1984); River Journeys (1984); Rock'n Roll (2017); Roja (1992); Rude Tube (2010–2011); Rupture: A Matter of Life OR Death (2011); Ryttarprinsen: drömmen om ett mästerskap (2015); Salut, Jerusalem (1972); Sanders Shorts (2014); Saturday Afternoon AFL (1994); Savage and Beautiful (1984); Serpentarius (2019); Sex-Power (1970); Shawn's Final Countdown (2011); Show Pänggggg - oder: Gäste zum Fernsehen (1969); Single White Female (1992); Sirenata en B (1984); Skies (1983); Skintight (1981); So isses (1987); Someone to Watch Over Me (1987); Sound of Cinema: The Music That Made the Movies (2013); Sounds of the 80s (2016); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); State of Independence: Jon Anderson & The Contemporary Youth Orchestra (2010); Stranger Than Fiction (2006); Stranger Things (2016–2022); Susret (2011); Swiadectwo (2008); Taal (1999); Tag (2017); Terminator II (1989); The Bounty (1984); The Challengers (1991); The Cinema Snob (2012); The Death of 'Alexander' (2005); The Defiant Ones (2017); The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick (2007); The Empire of the Supernatural: The Hidden Worlds of Power (1977); The End for Shawn (2013); The Face of Medusa (1967); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2016); The Holiday (2006); The Holy Mecca (2019); The J2 Project (2002); The Jackals (1981); The Kid from L.A. (1978); The King of Ads, Part 2 / Chanel No. 5: The Swimming Pool (1979); The Legend of the Trifle (2013); The Legend of Wolf Lodge (1987); The Magic of David Copperfield VI: Floating Over the Grand Canyon (1984); The Mantle of Love (1978); The Middle (2010); The Nanny (1995); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1980); The Plague (1992); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (2000); The Real Chariots of Fire (2012); The Real Hustle (2008); The Rose King (1986); The Saqar (2020); The Sermon (2021–2022); The Seven Sages of Antiquity (2010); The Simpsons (1992); The Third Law (2019); The Third Solution (1988); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014–2017); The Trip to Greece (2020); The Year of Living Dangerously (1982); Three Times (2005); Timewatch (2009); Top of the Pops (1980–1982); Top of the Pops 2 (1999–2012); Track & Field (1983); Trashed (2012); Troldspejlet (2000); True Crime (2020); Twilight of Shadows (2014); Two Minus One (1995); Ugly Betty (2007); Ultra Flesh (1980); Unser Auto wird 100 (1985); 'V': The Hot One (1978); Vacation (1983); Vacation (2015); Vampire in Venice (1988); Vangelis - De Soleil et D'Eau (1980); Vangelis - The Man and His Music (1984); Vangelis and the Journey to Ithaka (2013); Vangelis in Vangelis - The Man and His Music (1984); Vangelis in Vangelis: The Interviews (2016); Vangelis Scores 'Alexander' (2005); Vangelis: Chariots of Fire (1981); Vangelis: Conquest of Paradise (1992); Vangelis: Mythodea - Music for the NASA Mission, 2001 Mars Odyssey (2001); Vasilis Saleas: Elsewere (1996); Vasilis Saleas: L'enfant (1996); Vasilis Saleas: The Will of the Wind (1996); Verve (1973); We Can Be Heroes (2020); While We're Young (2014); Will & Grace (1999); Willkommen Österreich (2008–2012); Wings on Their Heels: The Making of 'Chariots of Fire' (2005); Wir sind Kaiser (2009); WKRP in Cincinnati (1982); Wonders of Life (1985); Young Sheldon (2020).

Saturday, March 28, 2026

Born on this day – Alf Clausen:


Alf Clausen


Composer

March 28, 1941 – May 29, 2025

Credits:

1941 (1979); A Love Letter to Jack Benny (1981); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); Airplane II: The Sequel (1982); ALF (1986–2004); Bette (2000–2001); Career Opportunities (1991); Channel 99 (1988); Charmed (2003); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989–1990); Christine Cromwell (1989–1990); Dads (1986–1987); Diminishing Returns (2018–2019); Donny and Marie (1977); Dragnet (1987); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1994); Face the Music (1980–1981); Fame (1984); Fast-Walking (1982); Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986); Forced Vengeance (1982); Half Baked (1998); Harry (1987); Hey Arnold! (1996–2004); Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002); Hey Arnold!: 24 Hours to Live (1994); Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie (2017); Homer's Sugar Mound (2011); Into the Night (1985); Level Seven (2025); Lime Street (1985–1986); Los Cuentos de Cri Cri (1984); Lots of Luck (1985); Maude (1975); May the 12th Be with You (2024); Memories of Moonlighting (2006); Micki + Maude (1984); Mirrors (1985); Miss All-American Beauty (1982); Moonlighting (1985–1989); Morning Joe (2021); Morning Joe Weekend (2025); Mr. Mom (1983); Murder in Three Acts (1986); Mutts (1988); My First Love (1988); My Life and Times (1991); My Science Project (1985); Nostalgia Critic (2009); Now and Again (1999); Number One with a Bullet (1987); Omnibus (1980); Partners in Crime (1984); Police Story: The Watch Commander (1988); Rogue Not Quite One (2023); Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997); Scrat's Continental Crack-Up (2010); She Knows Too Much (1989); Spacecats (1991); SparkShorts (2019); Splash (1984); Stranded (1986); The Beastmaster (1982); The Critic (1994–2001); The Eiger Sanction (1975); The Force Awakens from Its Nap (2021); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2015); The Last Starfighter (1984); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979); The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988); The Simpsons (1990–2025); The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (2010); The Simpsons Have Landed (1996); The Simpsons Take the Bowl (2014); The Simpsons: Access All Areas (2010); 'The Simpsons': America's First Family (2000); The Simpsons: Cartoon Studio (1996); The Simpsons: Wrestling (2001); The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974); The Undefeated (1969); The Wickedest Witch (1989); This Is Kate Bennett... (1982); Three Days of the Condor (1975); Time Walkers (2025); Too Young to Die (2015); Up the Creek (1984); WatchMojo (2017); Weird Science (1985); Wise Guys (1986); Wizards and Warriors (1983).

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Born on this day – Béla Bartók:


Béla Bartók


Composer

Pianist

Ethnomusicologist

March 25, 1881 – September 26, 1945

Credits:

Music compositions:

14 Trifles; 44 Duos for Two Violins; Allegro barbaro; An Evening at the Village; BB 34, Sz. 30; Bluebeard's Castle; Buciumeana; Cantata Profana; Concerto for Orchestra; Contrasts; Dance Suite; Divertimento for String Orchestra; Bartók's Studies; Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs; Hungarian Folk Tunes: III; Hungarian Pictures; Kossuth; Maruntel; Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, BB 105: Volume VI: 148-153: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm; Mikrokosmos; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Out of Doors; Piano Concerto No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 2; Piano Concerto No. 3; Piano Method (Zongoraiskola), BB 66, Sz. 52: 116. Moderato; Piano Sonata; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, BB 36b (op. 1): I. Adagio molto; Rhapsody No. 1; Rhapsody No. 2; Romanian Christmas Carols; Romanian Folk Dances; Slovakian Dance; Sonata for Solo Violin; Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion; Sonatina; Sonatina, BB 102a: III. Final. Allegro vivace; String Quartet No. 1; String Quartet No. 2; Thong Quartet No. 3; String Quartet No. 4; String Quartet No. 5; String Quartet No. 6; Suite, Op. 14; The Barbarian; The Miraculous Mandarin; The Wooden Prince; Two Pictures: I. In voller Blüte; Viola Concerto; Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2.

Movies and television:

40 éves in Cantemus (2015); A Bibo Reader (2002); A kékszakállú herceg vára (1970); A kékszakállú herceg vára (1981); A kékszakállú herceg vára (2005); Discovering the French (1957); A la memoria del autor (1966); A Nyolcak nyomában (2011); A varázsló álma (1987); A zene határtalanul (2016); Aleph, lectures contades (2000); Anthropoid (2016); Artemis: The Neverending Quartet (2020); Back on Stage (2020); Masked Ball (1981); Bartok (2017); Bartók Béla: Az éjszaka zenéje (1970); Bartók Béla: Kontrasztok (1981); Bartóks Requiem (2008); Behind Closed Doors (1988); Being John Malkovich (1999); Bluebeard's Castle (1963); Bluebeard's Castle (2022); Budapeströl jut eszembe (2001); Poodle (1979); Catatonic (2009); Celibidache (1992); China Lake (1983); Chuzhaya Belaya i Ryaboy (1986); Cinderella (2021); Concerto for Orchestra (1965); Contrasts (1968); Control Room (2004); Correspondence (1953); Cosmos (1980); Csodálatos Mandarin (2001); Das muss man erst mal aussprechen können (2021); Das Versprechen (2023); Men Who Lost Roots (1956); Diamantino (2018); Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music (2007); Doctor Who (1967–1968) Doomwatch (1972); Drakengard (2003); Duke Bluebeard's Castle (1988); Duke Bluebeard's Castle (2020); Echoes From a Somber Empire (1990); Égetö Eszter (1989); El grosso concerto (2001); Életbevágó (2000); El-Lailah el-Akhirah (1963); Este a Székelyeknél (1998); Flaming Creatures (1963); Fuchsmühl (1974); Full House (1972); Through Music (1981); The Rise and Fall of a Small Business of cinema (1986); Hamsun (1996); Het slot van hertog Blauwbaard (1965) Hope@Home (2020); Impressions of New York (1956); Imre Eck and Maria Bretus in Csodálatos Mandarin (1970); (In Here) I Am God (2018); Ocio (2022); In memoriam Gyarmathy Tihamér (2016); In Search of Dracula (1974); Katzenspiel (1972); Kékszakállú (2016); Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel, Debussy and Bartók (2023); Kristallnacht (2022); The Prints and Drawings Department (1954); Bluebeard's Castle / The Voice human (2015); The Marvellous Mandarin (1964); The Novel (1991); Legion (2017); The Great Performers (1967); Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997); Long Time No See (2019); Magritte (1978); Medvetánc (1972); Melinda and Melinda (2004); Mindennap (1980); Mirrors (2016); My Homeland (1976); NET Festival (1968); New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1959–1963); Not Reconciled (1965); Obiettivo Sul Territorio (2009); Oldás és kötés (1963) Orchestre National de France (1964); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Polyformia (2008); Public Eye (1971); Pursuit (1997); Ready Player One (2018); Algerian refugees (1958); Rosa (1992); Senseless (1962); Simon Says (2015); Singing the Blues in Red (1986); STAR WARS EP 5: Attack of the Phantom Past (2016); Star Wars Ep 6: The Last Laser Master (2018); Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981) Stick and Bone (1968); Studio One (1953); Szörnyeteg (1975); Tatort (2017); The Boris Giltburg Five Minute Library (2017); The Catch (1946); The Good Mother (1988); The Illiac Passion (1967); The Legacy (2009); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2015); The Prediction (1991); The Shepherds of Cat Island (2020); The Shining (1980); The Silent Revolution (2018); The Souvenir (2019); The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2010); The Young Pope (2016); Trainwreck (2001); Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2006); Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1995); Un paso al frente (1966); A Little Prince (1984); Visions (1977); Zongora A Levegöben (1976).

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Born on this day – Robert Carradine:


Robert Carradine


Actor

Producer

Composer

March 24, 1954 – February 23, 2026

Credits:

7-10 Split (2007); A Fish Tale (2017); A Fuller Life / Segment: The Big Red One: Zab (2013); A Part of the Family (1994); Abnormal Entertainment Presents (2011); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985); All's Fair (1989); Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975); American Christmas (2019); Americana (1981); As Is (1986); Attack of the Sabertooth (2005); Ban the Sadist Videos! (2005); Bikini Spring Break (2012); Bird of Prey (1995); Blackfish (2013); Blackout (1978); Body Bags / Segment: The Gas Station (1993); Bonanza (1971); Breakout (1998); Buy & Cell (1988); Caged Men Seeking Freedom (2023); Cannonball! (1976); Celebrity Ghost Stories (2013); Clarence (1990); Coming Home (1978); Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 (1987); Cross (2011); Dangerous Curves (2000); Darektors Cut (2025); Dark Skies (1996); Deep Winter (2008); Desert Fiends 2 (2026); Dieter & Andreas (1989); Disney Channel Holiday (2005); Django Unchained (2012); Doomsday Device (2017); Doublecrossed (1991); Doubt (2017); Dreamweaver (2006); E! True Hollywood Story (2000); Entretien avec Philippe Guedj (2024); ER (1995); Escape from L.A. (1996); Express Yourself (2001–2006); Faerie Tale Theatre (1986); Fancypants (2011); Fast Track (1997–1998); Final Sale (2011); Firestorm (1996); Footsteps (1972); Ghosts of Mars (2001); Go Ask Alice (1973); Good Day L.A. (2013); Gunfighter (1999); Heartaches (1981); Hell in the Hallways: The Making of 'Massacre at Central High' (2022); High Holiday (2021); Hilary's Roman Adventure (2004); Hoboken Hollow (2006); Home & Family (2013); Human Zoo (2020); Humanoids from the Deep (1996); I Saw What You Did (1988); Illusions (1992); Jackson County Jail (1976); James Blondes (2018); Jane Doe: Ties That Bind (2007); Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt (2012); Joyride (1977); Just the Way You Are (1984); Justice (2017); K-9 (1991); King of the Nerds (2013); King of the Nerds (2013–2015); Kung Fu (1972 / 1974); Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1995–1996); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2005); Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2025); Lizard Music: Keystone Cops (2022); Lizzie McGuire (2001–2020); Lizzie McGuire 2020 Cast Reunion - I Want a Bra Table Read (2020); Lizzie McGuire: Fashionably Lizzie Vol. 1 (2003); Lizzie McGuire: Growing Up Lizzie Vol. 2 (2003); Lizzie McGuire: Star Struck Vol. 3 (2004); Lizzie McGuire: Totally Crushed Vol. 4 (2004); Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1995); Lycanthrope (1999); Made in Hollywood (2024); Man and the Motorcycle (2020); Martian Law (1998); Massacre at Central High (1976); Mata Hari (2025); Max Keeble's Big Move (2001); Mean Streets (1973); Medinah (2023); Mommy, I Didn't Do It (2017); Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000); Monster Night (2006); Monte Carlo (1986); Monte Walsh (2003); My Dog's Christmas Miracle (2011); Nash Bridges (1997–2000); Nearly Departed (2019); Night of the Living Dead (2026); Number One with a Bullet (1987); NYPD Blue (1997); Old Friends... New Friends (1980); Orca (1977); Outlaw Brothers: The Making of the Long Riders (2013); Palmer's Pick-Up (1999); Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz (2020); Party Nerds Pop-Cast (2025); Party Nerds Pop-Cast / Podcast Series (2025); Pay to Die  (2026); Police Story (1976); Retrosexual: The 80's (2004); Revenge of the Cheerleaders (1976); Revenge of the Nerds (1984); Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987); Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992); Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994); Robot Chicken (2008); Rude Awakening (1989); Run, Joe, Run (1975); Samuel Fuller & The Big Red One (1979); Scorpio One (1998); Sex and Breakfast (2005); Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda (2014); Shooting Gallery (2012); Sidewalks Entertainment (2014); Sirens (1995); Skate to Hell (2026); Slow Motion: Walter Hill on Sam Peckinpah (2013); Slumber Party Slaughter (2012); Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (1990); Sorority Shark Attack (2026); Stray Bullet (1998); Stuart Mossman: A Modern Stradivari (2010); Supercross (2005); Survival of Dana (1979); Tag: The Assassination Game (1982); Tales of the Klondike (1981); Tales of the Wild West (2019); Tfor2: the Terminator 2 Show (2021); The 100 Greatest War Films (2005); The 13th Alley (2008); The 13th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1995); The 14th Annual Golden Boot Awards (1996); The 2nd Annual Geekie Awards (2014); The 3 Killer Pigs (2026); The 3th Annual Genie Awards (1982); The Big Red One (1980); The Carradines Together (1979); The Collector (2012); The Cowboy Killer (2026); The Cowboys (1972 / 1974); The Cowboys: Together Again (2007); The Disappearance of Christina (1993); The Driver (2026); The Effects of Magic (1998); The Fall Guy (1984); The Hatfields and the McCoys (1975); The Hitchhiker (1989); The Incident (1990); The Kid with X-ray Eyes (1999); The Killers Within (1995); The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003); The Long Riders (1980); The Magical World of Disney (1987); The Marshal (2019); The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller (2002); The Merv Griffin Show (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1980); The Night They Came Home (2024); The Northfield Minnesota Raid: Anatomy of a Scene (2013); The Player (1992); The Pom Pom Girls (1976); The Practice (1997); The Pretender (1997); The Real Glory: Reconstructing 'the Big Red One' (2005); The Role That Changed My Life (2011); The Sun Also Rises (1984); The Terror Experiment (2010); The Tommyknockers (1993); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Still Life (1986); The Vegas Connection (1999); Three Days of Rain (2002); Timecop: The Berlin Decision (2003); Timothy and the Angel (1976); Today (1983); Tooth and Nail (2007); Totally Minnie (1988); UFOs: 50 Years of Denial? (1997); Unzipping Body Bags (2013); Vengeance Unlimited (1999); Vicki! (1993); Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010); Was Once a Hero (2024); Wavelength (1983); Wine Dancing (2015); Workers' Comp (2011); You and Me (1974); Young Hearts Unlimited (1998).

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Born on this day – Alfred Newman:


Alfred Newman


Composer

Conductor

March 17, 1900 – February 17, 1970

Credits:

Airport (1970); Firecreek (1968); Camelot (1967); Nevada Smith (1966); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); How the West Was Won (1962); The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); State Fair (1962); Flower Drum Song (1961); The Pleasure of His Company (1961); The Best of Everything (1959); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959); A Certain Smile (1958); The Bravados (1958); South Pacific (1958); The Gift of Love (1958); Anastasia (1956); Bus Stop (1956); The King and I (1956); Carousel (1956); Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955); The Seven Year Itch (1955); Daddy Long Legs (1955); A Man Called Peter (1955); There's No Business Like Show Business (1954); The Egyptian (1954); Hell and High Water (1954); The CinemaScope Parade (1954); How to Marry a Millionaire (1953); The Robe (1953); The President's Lady (1953); Call Me Madam (1953); Tonight We Sing (1953); Stars and Stripes Forever (1952); The Prisoner of Zenda (1952); O. Henry's Full House (1952); What Price Glory (1952); Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952); With a Song in My Heart (1952); The Guest (1951); Elopement (1951); Golden Girl (1951); David and Bathsheba (1951); Take Care of My Little Girl (1951); On the Riviera (1951); Fourteen Hours (1951); For Heaven's Sake (1950); All About Eve (1950); No Way Out (1950); Panic in the Streets (1950); The Gunfighter (1950); The Big Lift (1950); Cheaper by the Dozen (1950); When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950); Twelve O'Clock High (1949); Prince of Foxes (1949); Pinky (1949); Thieves' Highway (1949); You're My Everything (1949); Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949); Mother Is a Freshman (1949); Down to the Sea in Ships (1949); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); Yellow Sky (1948); The Snake Pit (1948); Road House (1948); Cry of the City (1948); That Lady in Ermine (1948); The Walls of Jericho (1948); Deep Waters (1948); Give My Regards to Broadway (1948); Sitting Pretty (1948); Call Northside 777 (1948); Captain from Castile (1947); Gentleman's Agreement (1947); I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947); The Razor's Edge (1946); Margie (1946); Centennial Summer (1946); Dragonwyck (1946); Leave Her to Heaven (1945); The Dolly Sisters (1945); State Fair (1945); A Bell for Adano (1945); A Royal Scandal (1945); A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945); Know Your Ally: Britain (1944); The Keys of the Kingdom (1944); Sunday Dinner for a Soldier (1944); Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944); Wilson (1944); The Purple Heart (1944); December 7th (1943); The Gang's All Here (1943); The Song of Bernadette (1943); Claudia (1943); Heaven Can Wait (1943); My Friend Flicka (1943); At the Front in North Africa with the U.S. Army (1943); The Moon Is Down (1943); Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942); The Black Swan (1942); Springtime in the Rockies (1942); It's Everybody's War (1942); Girl Trouble (1942); The Battle of Midway (1942); Orchestra Wives (1942); The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942); The Pied Piper (1942); Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942); Why We Fight (1942); This Above All (1942); To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); Secret Agent of Japan (1942); Roxie Hart (1942); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Ball of Fire (1941); Remember the Day (1941); Rise and Shine (1941); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Week-End in Havana (1941); A Yank in the RAF (1941); Belle Starr (1941); Wild Geese Calling (1941); Charley's Aunt (1941); Moon Over Miami (1941); Man Hunt (1941); Blood and Sand (1941); That Night in Rio (1941); Hudson's Bay (1940); Tin Pan Alley (1940); They Knew What They Wanted (1940); Public Deb No. 1 (1940); The Westerner (1940); Brigham Young (1940); Foreign Correspondent (1940); Maryland (1940); The Mark of Zorro (1940); Earthbound (1940); Lillian Russell (1940); Vigil in the Night (1940); Little Old New York (1940); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); The Real Glory (1939); The Rains Came (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Star Maker (1939); Beau Geste (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Wuthering Heights (1939); Gunga Din (1939); They Shall Have Music (1939); The Goldwyn Follies (1938); Trade Winds (1938); The Cowboy and the Lady (1938); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); 52nd Street (1937); The Hurricane (1937); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); Dead End (1937); Stella Dallas (1937); Wee Willie Winkie (1937); Slave Ship (1937); Woman Chases Man (1937); History Is Made at Night (1937); When You're in Love (1937); You Only Live Once (1937); Beloved Enemy (1936); Come and Get It (1936); The Gay Desperado (1936); Ramona (1936); Dodsworth (1936); Dancing Pirate (1936); One Rainy Afternoon (1936); These Three (1936); Strike Me Pink (1936); The Melody Lingers On (1935); Barbary Coast (1935); Red Salute (1935); The Dark Angel (1935); Call of the Wild (1935); Cardinal Richelieu (1935); Les Misérables (1935); The Wedding Night (1935); Folies Bergère de Paris (1935); Clive of India (1935); The Mighty Barnum (1934); Kid Millions (1934); We Live Again (1934); Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934); The Count of Monte Cristo (1934); Our Daily Bread (1934); The Cat's-Paw (1934); Born to Be Bad (1934); The Last Gentleman (1934); Looking for Trouble (1934); The House of Rothschild (1934); Nana (1934); Gallant Lady (1933); Advice to the Forlorn (1933); Roman Scandals (1933); Blood Money (1933); Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933); The Bowery (1933); The Masquerader (1933); I Cover the Waterfront (1933); Secrets (1933); Hallelujah I'm a Bum (1933); Cynara (1932); Flesh (1932); The Kid from Spain (1932); Rain (1932); Mr. Robinson Crusoe (1932); Movie Crazy (1932); Night World (1932); Sky Devils (1932); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); Cock of the Air (1932); Tonight or Never (1931); Arrowsmith (1931); Corsair (1931); Around the World with Douglas Fairbanks (1931); The Age for Love (1931); The Unholy Garden (1931); Palmy Days (1931); Street Scene (1931); Kiki (1931); The Devil to Pay! (1930).

Friday, March 13, 2026

Born on this day – Neil Sedaka:


Neil Sedaka


Singer

Composer

Actor

Writer

Pianist

March 13, 1939 – February 27, 2026

Credits:

Book:

Laughter in the Rain: My Own Story (1982).

Albums:

A Song (1977); All You Need Is the Music (1978); Brighton Beach Memories (2003); Calendar Girl (2018); Circulate (1961); Circulate (Expanded Edition) (1960); Classically Sedaka (1995); Come See About Me (1984); Emergence (1971); Essential Masters 1956-1961 (2011); Greatest Hits Live in Concert (1996); I Am But A Fool (2023); I Do It For Applause (2016); I'm a Song (2010); In the Pocket (1980); Italiano (2001); Italiano (Expanded Edition) (1964); Laughter in the Rain (1974); Little Devil (2018); Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1974); Manhattan Intermezzo (2016); Neil Sedaka (1959); Neil Sedaka and Songs (1977); Neil Sedaka On Stage (1974); Neil Sedaka Sings The Hits (1999); Neil Sedaka, The Tokens & Coins (2006); Neil Sedaka: Now (1981); New York City (2009); Overnight Success (1975); Rock Masters: Ring A Rockin' (2005); Rock with Sedaka (1959); Rockin' Sides (2012); Rye Beach, Ny, June 12Th 1993 (Live) (2016); Sings His Original Country Songs (2018); Solitaire (1972); Son Plus Gros Succès International (2001); Stairway to Heaven (2012); Steppin' Out (1976); The Diary (2014); The Diary, Vol. 2 (2019); The Good Times (1986); The Hungry Years (1975); The Miracle of Christmas (2008); The Real Neil (2012); The Show Goes On (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, London / 2006) (2012); The Tra-La Days Are Over (1973); Tuneweaver (1995); Waking Up Is Hard To Do (2009); Workin' on a Groovy Thing (1969).

Songs:

A Little Lovin’; Alice In Wonderland; Alone at Last; As Long as I Live; Breaking Up Is Hard To Do; Calendar Girl; I Go Ape; I Must Be Dreaming; I tuoi capricci; Il Re Dei Pagliacci; I'm a Song, Sing Me; King of Clowns; La terza luna; Laughter in the Rain; Let's Go Steady Again; Little Devil; My World Keeps Getting Smaller Every Day; Next Door to an Angel; O Carol; Oh Carol; Oh! Carol; One Way Ticket; Rosemary Blue; Should’ve Never Let You Go; Solitaire; Star Crossed Lovers; Sweet Little You; The Hungry Years; The Lion Sleeps Tonight; The Miracle Song; The Same Old Fool; You Gotta Make Your Own Sunshine.

Movies and television:

207 15th Anniversary (2018); 3-2-1 (1982); 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee (1969); A Friend of the Family (2022); A Journey of Faith (2026); A Smile Like Yours (1997); A Year in Music (2022); ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All (2019); ABBA in Australia (1976); ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold (2023); ABBA: Against the Odds (2024); ABBA: The Definitive Collection (2002); ABBA: The Movie (1977); ABC's Nightlife (1965); ALF (1988); American Bandstand (1963–1975); American Bandstand's 33 1/3 Celebration (1985); American Housewife (2017); American Idol (2002–2012); American Idol Rewind (2008); An Evening with Glen Campbell (1977); Arrested Development (2003); Bandstand (1960–1969); Banished (2007); Beat Shazam (2017); Better Off Dead (1985); Beverly Hills, 90210 (1991–1993); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Big Love (2007); Big Time Adolescence (2019); Biography (1998–2002); Black Milk (1999); Bob Hope's Christmas Comedy Special (1976); Bob's Burgers (2017); Body Electric (2004); Boomers (2014); Breakaway (1984); Breakfast (2016); Breaking Up Is Hard to Do (1979); Britain's Got More Talent (2019); Buenos días a todos (2011); Bullet in the Face (2012); Calendar Girl (1993); Cannonball (2017); Caught Stealing (2025); Champs-Elysées (1983); Charo (1976); Chatterbox! (1977); Cita con las estrellas (1956–1971); Click (2006); Clown (2014); Comic Relief 2005: Is This the Way to Amarillo (2005); Cover that One Cupid (2023); Cruisin' 57 (1975); Cue the Music (1991–1995); Dancing with the Stars (2014); DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016); Dead Slow Ahead (2015); Deadpool (2016); Des O'Connor Tonight (1990–1992); Designing Women (1989); Dinah! (1975–1978); Dolly (1976); Donkey Konga (2003); Donny and Marie (1977); Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1994); EastEnders (2005); Elvis: 50 Years in Show Business (2004); Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show (1985–1986); Emu's Wide World (1988); Emu's World (1983); Euphoria (2022); Evil (2003); Family Matters (1991); Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021); Final Destination: Bloodlines (2025); Food Rocks (1994); For Facts Sake (2018); Gangsters (1976); Geraldo Rivera Reports (2014); Get It Together (1977); Get Over It (2001); Getaway (2010); Gila! (2012); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2019); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast Live: A Tribute to Gilbert (2022); Gilmore Girls (2001); God Only Knows: Vocal Harmony - The Voice (2003); Good Day New York (2025); Good Morning America (1978); Good Morning Britain (2014); Good Old Days Part II (1978); Greatest Hits of the 70s (2021); Guest Night (1992); Happy Days (1977–1978); Haven (2010–2015); Hermes House Band ft. Tony Christie: (Is This the Way To) Amarillo (2005); Hey Brian! (1973); Hollywood a Go Go (1965); Hotel de Love (1996); Hour Magazine (1982); House Arrest (1996); How the Brits Rocked America (2012); Huckabee (2012); I Love the '70s (2003); I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007); In Concert (1975); In Melbourne Tonight (1969); Instant Love (1964); It Takes a Thief (1970); It Takes Two (2007); ITV Evening News (2018); I've Got a Secret (1965); iZombie (2016); Jake in Progress (2005); Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon (1984); Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon (1980); Jolene (2008); Josie and the Pussycats (2001); Juke Box Jury (1962); Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol (2007); Kelly Key: Ao Vivo (2004); Killing Cinderella (2000); Kim Friele - homokampens førstedame (2021); King of Pop 1975 (1975); Legends (2010); Legends in Concert: Neil Sedaka Up Close and Personal (2004); Letters to Cupid (2017); Lewis & Clark & George (1997); Lisbela and the Prisoner (2003); Live from Her Majesty's (1984); Live Wednesday (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (1989–2009); Live! On City Line (1987); Long Island Music Hall of Fame's 1st Induction Awards Gala (2006); Look, Mike Yarwood! (1974); Loose Women (2006–2009); Lorraine (2016); Lost (2009); Lost Love (2003); Lou Rawls Parade of Stars (1988); Lucas Chronicle (2017); Lulu (1975); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1977); Magnum P.I. (2020); Malcolm in the Middle (2003); Maman est chez le coiffeur (2008); Mandy (2024); Married... with Children (1996); Memòries de la tele (2009); Men Behaving Badly (1998); Michel Legrand in Concert (1978); Miracle (1982); Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin - Advent of the Red Comet (2019); Moods of Love (1974); Moving Image Salutes Steven Spielberg (1994); My Music: 50s & 60s Rock Rewind (2014); My Music: 60s & 70s Slow Songs (2015); My Music: Doo Wop Discoveries (2012); My Yearbook 1960-1963 (2015); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1994); Neil Diamond: Solitary Man (2010); Neil Sedaka Says: All You Need Is the Music (1983); Neil Sedaka Steppin' Out (1976); Neil Sedaka: In Concert (1981); Neil Sedaka: King of Song (2014); Neil Sedaka: New Orleans (1984); Neil Sedaka: The Show Goes On (2008); Neil Sedaka: The Show Must Go On (2001); New Jersey Turnpikes (1999); New World (1995); Night Fever (1997); Noble (2014); On Stage America (1984); One Hundred and Eighty: The Tour Documentary (2005); One on One with John Tesh (1991); Our Brand Is Crisis (2015); Over Easy (1977); Overspel (2015); Pebble Mill at One (1991–1992); Perfect Strangers (1986); Peter Kay: Live at the Manchester Arena (2004); Phoenix Nights (2002); Picture Perfect (1997); Playgirl Killer (1967); Playing Mona Lisa (2000); Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2024); Primetime (1991); Prince of the City (1981); Pro of Contra (1963); Pyrates (1991); Queen: Rare Live - A Concert Through Time and Space (1989); Riding in Cars with Boys (2001); Rings Around the World (1966); Rock & Chips (2011); Rock with Laughter (1993); Salute! (1983); Sarah G Live (2012); Saturday Matters (1989); Saturday Night Live (1976–1982); Scopitones (1960–1969); Secrets of New York (2013); Sex and the City (2008); Sextette (1977); Sha-Na-Na in Sha Na Na (1980); Shindig! (1964–1965); Shirley (1979); Smile (1975); Solid Gold (1981); Some Kind of Heaven (2020); Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978); Songwriters Hall of Fame (2004); Sounds Like Us (1969); Space Station 76 (2014); Spede show (1974); Spotlight (1973); Standing Room Only (2004); Star Search (1984); Stars in Their Eyes (1990–2000); Starsky & Hutch (2004); Sting of Death (1966); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Stuck on You! (1983); Stumptown (2019); Sunset Strip (2012); Super 88 (1987); Super Bowl (1976); Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (1987); Surprise! Surprise! (1995); Sweet Nightmare (1998); Swingtown (2008); Tales of the City (1993); Talk Stoop (2010); Tavis Smiley (2010); That '70s Show (1998–1999); The 22nd International Emmy Awards (1994); The Benny Hill Show (1975); The Big Bang Theory (2017); The Big Breakfast (1993–1995); The Bob Braun Show (1968); The Bonnie Hunt Show (2008); The Boss (2016); The Boulevard (2018); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977); The Carol Burnett Show (1977); The Castle (1997); The Clay Cole Show (1965–1966); The Connie Francis Scrapbook (1992); The Craft (1996); The Crown (2020); The Dales (2013); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dennis Wholey Show (1969); The Dick Cavett Show (1975); The Dick Clark Show (1958–1960); The Ed Sullivan Show (1963 / 1969); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Fosters (2015); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1993); The Garden Party (1991); The Gift of Song (1984); The Gossip Columnist (1980); The Graham Kennedy Show (1973–1975); The Great British Sewing Bee (2020); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Hotel (2014); The Howard Stern Show (1991); The James Whale Show (1995); The January Man (1989); The Joy of Easy Listening (2011); The Joy of the Single (2012); The King of Queens (2005); The Leftovers (2014–2017); The Lloyd Thaxton Show (1964–1966); The Love Boat (1979); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Man in the High Castle (2016); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2018–2022); The Merv Griffin Show (1975); The Midnight Special (1975–1976); The Mike Douglas Show (1968–1980); The Monkees (1967); The Monsters (1963); The Monte Carlo Show (1981); The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet (2009); The Muppet Show (1979–1980); The Nation's Favourite Bee Gees Song (2011); The Official Top 50 Best-Selling Singles of the 90s and 00s (2015); The Old Grey Whistle Test (1974); The One Show (2009–2011); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1995); The Partridge Family (1970–1973); The People's Command Performance (1978); The Peter Martin Show (1968); The Princess Diaries (2001); The Rolf Harris Show (1973); The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll (1981); The Simpsons (1998–2005); The Songmakers Collection (2001); The Songwriter's Hall of Fame 20th Anniversary... The Magic of Music (1989); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1973 / 1976); The Tall Guy (1989); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1960); The Toni Tennille Show (1980); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015–2017); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1965–1982); The Tony Danza Show (2005); The Val Doonican Music Show (1977); The View (2007); The Way We Laughed (1998); The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club (1975); The Wrecking Crew! (2008); They Sold a Million (1973–1974); This Is Pop (2021); This Is Your Life (1991 / 1993); This Morning (2006); Time of Our Lives (2019); Today (2014); Tony Orlando and Dawn (1975); Top of the Pops (1972–1991); Top Ten (2000); Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (2006); Transsiberian (2008); Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie (1995); Uncharted 2: Among Thieves IGN Podcast Beyond (2011); Upbeat (1965); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1962); Veronica Mars (2005–2019); Vinyl (2016); Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984); Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001); Weekend with the Stars Telethon (1984); Where the Action Is (1965–1966); Where the Boys Are (1960 / 1984); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); You Are Beautiful (2009); Zeit.geschichte (2019).

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Born on this day – Georges Delerue:


Georges Delerue


Compose

March 12, 1925 – March 20, 1992

Credits:

30 million friends (1981); A (1965); A Gorgeous Girl Like Me (1972); A Little Romance (1979); A Little Sex (1982); A Man for All Seasons (1966) A Man in Love (1987); A Mistress for the Summer (1960); A Show of Force (1990); A Summer Story (1988); A Time to Live (1985); A Walk with Love and Death (1969) Farewell, my fifteen years... (1971); Agnes of God (1985); Alien Thunder (1974); All Night Long (1981); All the Memory in the World (1956); Alle Sieben Wellen (2010); Allégra (1978); Let's go to the movies (1978); Allumorphoses (1960); Along the Coast (1958); Amazing Stories (1986–1987); American Friends (1991); Americano (2011); Souls of Clay (1955); Amos (1985); An Almost Perfect Affair (1979) André Masson and the Four Elements (1959); Andromache (1960); Angela (1973); Anne of the Thousand Days (1969); Arcana knowledge of music (1971–1973); Arch of Triumph (1984); Arsène Lupin Plays and Loses (1980); In the Land of William the Conqueror (1954); To the rhythm of the century (1954); Au verre de l'amitié (1970); Trailer for 'Contempt' (1963); Southeast Suburbs (1977–1978); Bluebeard (1979); Beaches (1988); Bergeval and son (1977); Berre, cité du pétrole (1953); Biloxi Blues (1988); Black Dress (1991); Boomerang (1976); Bosphorus (1964); Broken English (1981); Cadence (1990); Carné, the Man with the Camera (1985); Cartouche (1962); Casanova (1927); Céline (1992); Champs-Elysées (1983); Dear Louise (1972); Dear Old Things (1957); Children of the World (1971); Chillers (1990); Chouans! (1988); Chronicles of France (1968); Ciné Chalom (2020); Filmmakers of Our Time (1967); Cinema, by Our Time (1994–1996); All-Hazards Class (1960–1965); Code Name: Dancer (1987); Confidentially Yours (1983); Contempt (1963); Countdown to Vengeance (1971); Obstacle Course (1961); Crime Does Not Pay (1962) Crime and Punishment (1971); Crimes of the Heart (1986); Curly Sue (1991); Dandelions by the Roots (1964); Day for Night (1973); Deadly Intentions (1985); Dear Inspector (1977); Der Atem (1989); Der kleine Soldat (1971); Men... one doctrine (1959); Of Ruins and Men (1959); Descent Into Hell (1986); Dien Bien Phú (1992); Discorama (1963); Documenter (1981); Don Carlos (1957); Of the mayhem among widows (1964); Enetime (1963); Between Earth and Sky (1959); Between All Women (1974); Escale (1959); Escape from Sobibor (1987); Star de mer (1961); Future Eves (1964); Exposed (1983); Family Council (1986); Fantômas (1980); Nobody's Women (1984); Femmes Fatales (1976); Fernandel in Happy who, like Ulysses... (1970); Five Day Lover (1961); Invisible River (1959); Fortune (1969); François Truffaut (1991); French Dressing (1964); Gaspard des montagnes (1965); Georg Elser - Einer aus Deutschland (1989); Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978); Girl in His Pocket (1957) Give Her the Moon (1970); Greed in the Sun (1964); Guy de Maupassant (1982); Heartbreak Hotel (1988); Hélène or The Joy of vivre (1968); Her Alibi (1989); Hibernatus (1969); Highway Pick-Up (1963); Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959); Histoires de voyous (1978–1979); Horizon (1978); Huckleberry Finn (1967); Images of Lost Worlds (1959); Images for Baudelaire (1959); In the Tracks Of (2010); Incorrigible (1975); Engineers of the Sea (1951); Interlude (1968); Jacquou le croquant (1969); Thursday on chantera comme dimanche (1967); Joe Versus the Volcano (1990); Josépha (1982); Joséphine or the comedy of the ambitions (1979); Merry Wives of Windsor (1964); Jules and Jim (1962); Julihas (1977); Julie Pot-de-Colle (1977); At World's End (1963); King of Hearts (1966) Kramer Junction (2012); The Field of the Possible (1962); The fall of the Usher House (1981); The Tibetan Bell (1974); Double Bass (1963); The Golden Horn (1964); La derelitta (1978–1980); Jean's Wife (1974); The Madwoman de Chaillot (1980); The Great City of Angkor (1954); The Trojan War will not have No Place (1984); The Mona Lisa: The Story of an Obsession (1958); The sea and the Days (1958); The Death of Belle (1961); The Naturalized (1962); The night of the Césars (1981); Twelfth Night (1957); La parole est au fleuve (1960); The Little Virtue (1968); The First Night (1958); The White Queen (1991); The Queen Dead (1961); The Rose and the Salt (1965); The Chinese Street (1956); Life goes on (1981); The African (1983); The Ungrateful Age (1964); Up, the Four Seasons (1973); Let the Shooters Shoot (1964); L'amour à la chaîne (1965); Lancelot of the lake (1970); The Other Woman (1964); L'aventure et ses Terras-Nuevas (1952); The beautiful age (1960); The Love Bestiary (1965); Le bon plaisir (1984); Happiness conjugal (1965); Happiness is for Tomorrow (1961); The Marriage Bureau (1962); The Candlestick (1977); Le Cid (1962); Le Corbusier, the architect of happiness (1957); Callao's Cousin (1962); The Komodo Dragon (1956); The great chessboard (1982); The Great Escogriff (1976); The Big Shot (1964); The game of solitaire (1976); The Young Green Man (1979); Le journal d'Alphonse (2005); The Diary of a Madman (1963); The Drop at Six O'Clock in the Morning (1953); The sick Imaginary (1971); The Bad (1973); The Shadow Showman (1959); Sheep noir (1979); The Mystery of the Quai de Conti (1950); The Mythomaniac (1981); The shipwreck de Monte-Cristo (1977); The Elephant Seal's Umbrella (1973); The small Elevator Boy (1962); The Focal Point (1977); The Survivor of Tikeroa (1981); The Revolver and the Rose (1970); The Century Is Thirsty (1958); Time redonné (1964); Youth Theatre (1964–1965); The theatre of the youth: The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz (1967); The Village in the Midst of Mists (1962); The Violin of Cremona (1967); The volcano of Arbat Street (1980); Education sentimental (1973); Lektionen (1963); The Loves of the Unloved (1980); Confessions The Sweetest (1971); The Horses of the Sun (1980); The Companions of Eleusis (1975); Les cousins de la Constance (1970); The Cracks (1968); Flowers succumb in Arcadia (1973); Gums (1969); Great Expectations (1968); The Marines (1957); The Musicians of Film (1974); The Litigants (1967); The White Curtains (1965); The Cursed Kings (1972–1973); The Overworked (1958); The red pompom technicians (1952); Les théâtres de Paris (1964); Visitors (1980); The Man with the Umbrella (1956); The Man Who Comes Back from Afar (1972); Liberty Belle (1983); Lily Lamont (1983); L'Immortelle (1963); The Ingénu (1972); The rebel (1964); L'hôte de FR3 (1980); Little Girl in Blue Velvet (1978); The bird blue (1981); The Ondomane (1961); L'opéra-mouffe (1958); Louis de Funès, 100 years old already (2014); Louis Lecoin: le cours d'une vie (1966); Love and the Frenchwoman (1960); Love at Twenty (1962) Love Exists (1961) Love on the Run (1979); Love Play (1961); Love Story (2011); Love Thy Neighbor (1984); Lucky Jo (1964) Macbeth (1959); Madagascar (1954); Madame Ex (1978); Magnet of Doom (1963); Maid to Order (1987); But where are the negroes of yesteryear? (1962); Male Companion (1964) Mam'zelle Souris (1957); Man Trouble (1992); Man, Woman and Child (1983); Walking French (1956); Walk or Die (1960); Mary of Cork (1967); Mata Hari, Agent H21 (1964); Mauregard (1970); Maxie (1985); Memories of Me (1988); Thank you Natercia! (1960); Mesmerized (1985); Messieurs les ronds-de-cuir (1978); Mijn Vriend (1979); Milady (1977); Mira (1971); Mister Johnson (1990); Mit der linken Hand (1977); Molière pour rire et pour pleurer (1973); Mona, the star Unnamed (1966); Monsieur Cinéma (1980); Monsieur Laplanche (1963); Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue (1995); Nana (1981); Nevermore, Forever (1976); Night and Fog (1956); Nunca pasa nada (1963) O.S.S. 117 Kills the Horsefly (1971); We have Stole the Sea (1961); One Deadly Summer (1983) Oscar (1967); Forget me, Mandolin (1976); Our Mother's House (1967); Our World (1967); Over the wall (1961); Paris in the Time of Cherries: The Commune (1966); Paris by Night (1988); Paris Pick-Up (1962); Partners (1982); Paul and Virginia (1974); Paul Gauguin (1975); Picasso, romancero du picador (1961); Pierrot mon ami (1979); Pierrot the Fool (1989); Platoon (1986); More Bitter Than Death (1975); Python 357 Font (1976) Why Anna's Dress Doesn't Want to Come Down (1975); Why Patricia? (1979); Practice Makes Perfect (1979) First Voyage (1980); First cruise (1954); Prince of the City (1981); Princes of the Blood (1952); Promise at Dawn (1970); Qualcosa Di Biondo (1984); Queenie (1987); Rapture (1965); Regards sur l'Indochine (1954); Renaud and Armide (1969); Rich and Famous (1981); Rich in Love (1992) Richard's Things (1980); Rififi in Tokyo (1963); Romulus the Great (1971); Sahara Year IV (1961); El Salvador (1986); Screen Two (1992); Shoot the Piano Player (1960); Show bises (1986); Silence of the Heart (1984); Silkwood (1983); Simone de Beauvoir (1979); Sin of Innocence (1986); Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983); Somewhere, Someone (1972); Splendours and Miseries of the Courtesans (1976); Steel Magnolias (1989); Stone Pillow (1985); Sultan for sale (1974); Sunday in Peking (1956); Sunday Night (1966); Sundays and Cybele (1960); On the Arroyo (1956); Sword of Gideon (1986) That Man from Rio (1964); That Most Important Thing: Love (1975); The 25th Hour (1967); The Black Indies (1964) The Black Stallion Returns (1983); The Borgias (1981); The Brain (1969) The Conformist (1970); The Cousteau Odyssey (1978–1979); The Crucible (1957) The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The Day of the Jackal (1973); The Devil by the Tail (1969); The Empty Screen or the Metaphysics of Movies (2017); The Escape Artist (1982); The Execution (1985); The French Revolution (1989); The Grilling (1981); The High Commissioner (1968); The Horse Ate the Hat (1928); The Horsemen (1971); The House on Carroll Street (1988); The Immoral Moment (1962) The Joker (1960) The Josephine Baker Story (1991); The Last Metro (1980); The Legend of Doom House (1971) The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne (1987); The Long Absence (1961); The Love Game (1960) The Man from Chicago (1963) The Nina B. Affair (1961) The Passerby (1982); The Pick-up Artist (1987); The Pumpkin Eater (1964) The Reluctant Spy (1963) The Season for Love (1961); The Slap (1974); The Soft Skin (1964); The Song of Styrene (1958); The Sucker (1965); The Sunday of Life (1967); The Two of Us (1967); The Uninhibited (1965); The Vultures (1984); The Winner (1961) The Woman Next Door (1981); Thibaud (1969); To Kill A Priest (1988); Toine (1980); Touch and Go (1986); Around the World, Towers of the Sky (1991); True Confessions (1981); You inFanteras sans douleur (1956); Twins (1988); Two English Girls (1971); Two Timid Souls (1928); An Honest Man (1963); A Hostage (1970); A Belgian prince de l'Europe, Charles-Joseph de Ligne (1963); An Alchemy (1966); Another life (1971); A Question of Insurance (1960); A week of kindness or the seven Capital Elements (1961); Up to His Ears (1965); Go see mom, dad works (1978); Vacation in Paradise (1961); Portuguese Holiday (1963); Valparaiso (1963); Viva Maria! (1965); Vive le tour (1962); Voglia di volare (1984) Willie & Phil (1980); Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991) Women and War (1961); Women in Love (1969); Women of Valor (1986); Woyzeck (1964); Yvette (1971).

Monday, March 9, 2026

Born on this day – Samuel Barber:


Samuel Barber


Composer

Pianist

Conductor

Baritone

Teacher

March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981

Credits:

Compositions:

[First] Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12, 1937; 2nd movement revised as Night Flight, Op. 19a, 1964; A Hand of Bridge, opera in 1 act, 1953; A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15, 1940; Adagio for Strings, [arr. of 2nd movement of String Quartet], Op. 11, 1938; Agnus Dei, Op. 11, 1967; Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39, 1963; Antony and Cleopatra, opera in 3 acts after Shakespeare, 1966; arr. as orchestral Suite, 1947; Ballade, piano, Op. 46, 1977; Canzone (elegy), flute and piano, Op. 38a, 1961; Canzonetta, Op. 48 [posth.], 1981; Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21, 1944; Cello Concerto, Op. 22, 1945; Cello Sonata, Op. 6, 1932; Despite and Still: A Last Song, Op. 41, 1968-9; Die Natali, chorale preludes for Christmas, Op. 37, 1960; Dover Beach, Op. 3, 1933; Excursions, Op. 20, 1942-4; Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (after Joyce, Finnegans Wake), Op. 44, 1971; Four Songs, Op. 13, 1941; Hermit Songs, Op. 29, 1952-3; Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, 1947; Medea / Serpent Heart, ballet, Op. 23, 1946; Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a, 1953; Melodies passagères, Op. 27, 1950-51; Music for a Scene from Shelly, Op. 7, 1933; Nocturne (Homage to John Field), piano, Op. 33, 1959; Nuvoletta, Op. 25, 1947; Piano Concerto, Op. 38, 1962; Prayers of Kirkegaard, Op. 30, 1954; Reincarnations, Op. 16, 1937-40; Rev. as The Cave of the Heart 1947; Second Essay, Op. 17, 1942; Serenade, string quartet/string orchestra, Op. 1, 1930; Solo Instrumental; Sonata, piano, Op. 26, 1949; Souvenirs, ballet, 1955; Stille Nacht [arrangement of Silent Night from Die natali], Op. 37, 1960; String Quartet, Op. 11, 1936; Summer Music, wind quintet, Op. 31, 1956; Symphony [No. 1] in One Movement, Op. 9, 1936; Symphony No. 2, Op. 19, 1944; The Lovers, Op. 43, 1971; The School for Scandal, Op. 5, 1931-3; The Virgin Martyrs, Op. 8/1-2, 1936; Three Songs (Joyce), Op. 10, 1935; Three Songs, Op. 45, 1972; Toccata festiva, Op. 36, 1960; Twelfth Night, Op. 42, 1968; Two Songs, Op. 18, 1942; Vanessa, opera in 4 acts, 1956-7; Violin Concerto, Op. 14, 1939; Violin Sonata, Op. 4, 1928.

Movies and television:

20 Feet from Stardom / Sure On This Shining Night (2013); A Hand of Bridge (2017); A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019); A Nightmare on Sesame Street (1987); A Very Natural Thing (1974); Agnes Day (2009); Agnes Day (2009); Amélie (2001); American Dad! (2009); Antony & Cleopatra (1991); Antony & Cleopatra (1991); Artemis: The Neverending Quartet (2020); At Home with the Braithwaites (2001); Bodies (2023); Bravetown (2015); Camera Three (1971); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2022); Celeste (1991); Dancing Daze (1986); Donny (2013); Dudamel and the LA Phil Return to the Bowl (2021); El armario (2000); El Norte (1983); ER (1995); Experimenter / Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (2015); Falling for You (1995); Fermeture de l'usine Renault à Vilvoorde (La vie sexuelle des Belges, 3e partie) (1999); Ficció (2006); Hammarskjöld (2023); Happiness (1998); Himizu (2011); How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014); In My Room (2018); Jojo in the Stars (2003); Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000); Liubi (2005); Lorenzo's Oil (1992); Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele (2022); Ma mère (2004); Medea (1954); Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie (2023); Misfits (2010); Moments Without Proper Names (1987); New World Symphony Wallcast Tm Concert 4 (2013); Nostalgia Critic (2011); Omnibus opera (2016); On Any Saturday (2008); One Symphony Place: A World Premiere Live from Music City (2006); Outlander (2019); Peace One Day (2004); Platoon (1986); Processen (2003); Reconstruction (2003); Red Dwarf (1999); Rusanne (2018); S1m0ne (2002); Sam & Barb's School for Scandal (2016); Samuel Barber in Samuel Barber: Absolute Beauty (2017); Seinfeld (1996); Sicko (2007); Skate Boys (2015); So You Think You Can Dance (2012); South Park (2004); Spaced (1999–2001); Swimming Upstream (2003); Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006); The Ark of Madness (2007); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959); The Bonds of Springtime (2013); The Choir: Unsung Town (2009); The Cine-Masochist (2015); The Deep Blue Sea (2011); The Elephant Man (1980); The Grand Tour (2016); The Horse (1973); The Hunters (1996); The Man with the Wooden Face (2017); The Scarlet Letter (1995); The Simpsons (2003–2017); To Stay Alive: A Method (2016); Top Gear (2008); Vanessa (1978 / 2001 / 2019); Wasteland (2012); Where the Smiling Ends (2004); Wild Reeds (1994).