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Friday, October 2, 2026

Born on this day – Phill Niblock:


Phill Niblock


Composer

Director

Cinematographer

Producer

October 2, 1933 – January 8, 2024

Credits:

Music:

Working Touch (2022); Sound Collages (2021); Touch Five (2013); Touch Strings (2009); G2 44 +/X 2 (2006); Touch Three (2006); Disseminate (2004); The Movement of People Working (2003); Touch Food (2003); Touch Works (2000); A Young Person’s Guide to Phill Niblock (1994); Music by Phill Niblock (1993); Four Full Flutes (1990).

Movies and video:

Niblock's Sound Spectrums - Within Invisible Rivers (2019); The Movement of People Working (2003); Fluxus Replayed (1991); China (1988); The Lobotomy (1980); Sunsets (1970); Max (1967); The Magic Sun (1966).

Monday, September 21, 2026

Born on this day – Francis Hopkinson:


Francis Hopkinson


Lawyer

Jurist

Writer

Composer

Designer of the American flag

September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791

Written work:

A Pretty Story Written in the Year of Our Lord 1774 (1774); Judgments in the Admiralty of Pennsylvania in four suits (1789); The Miscellaneous Essays and Occasional Writings of Francis Hopkinson (1792).

Music:

Collection of Plain Tunes with a Few from Anthems and Hymns (1763); Seven Songs for the Harpsichord or Forte Piano (1788); Temple of Minerva / The First American Opera (1781).

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Born on this day – Frank De Vol:


Frank De Vol


Composer

Actor

September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999

Credits:

20 to 1 (2010); A Guide for the Married Man (1969); A One-Time Special (2020); A Very Brady Christmas (1988); A Very Brady Sequel (1996); A Very Special Favor (1965); Acció política (2016); Adam-12 (1972); Addams Family Values (1993); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); ...All the Marbles (1981); Ally McBeal (2000); America 2-Night (1978); Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen' (2006); Askin Kanunu (1978); Attack (1956); Banda sonora (2009); Bandstand Review (1949); Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even (1991); Big Love (2007); Black Mass (2015); Bonanza (1968); Boys' Night Out (1962); Camp Runamuck (1965–1966); Canal Zone (1977); Caprice (1967); Caroline in the City (1995); Cat Ballou (1965); Charles in Charge (1990); Charo (1976); Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965); College of Musical Knowledge (1954); Cookie (1989); Cousins (1989); Danny Thomas Reunion Special (1965); Danny Thomas Special (1964); Danny Thomas Special: Friends (1965); Danny Thomas Special: The Wonderful World of Burlesque (1965); Danny Thomas' the Wonderful World of Burlesque: Second Edition (1965); Date with the Angels (1957–1958); Day by Day (1989); Diff'rent Strokes (1980); Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975); Doris Day: A Sentimental Journey (1991); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dusty's Trail (1973–1974); Emperor of the North (1973); Family Affair (1966–1971); Fantasia Feat. Big Boi: Hood Boy (2006); Father of the Bride (1962); Female Artillery (1973); Fernwood Tonight (1977); Feud (2017); Flying High (1978); For Love or Money (1963); Frank DeVol and His Orchestra (1953); General Electric Theater (1959); Get Christie Love! (1975); Get Smart (1965–1966); Gidget (1966); Glee (2014); Good Neighbor Sam (1964); Grindl (1963–1964); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); Herbie Goes Bananas (1980); Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977); Herbie, the Love Bug (1982); Hey, I'm Alive (1975); Hey, Jeannie! (1958); Highcliffe Manor (1979); Hot Shots! (1991); Hot Summer in the City (1976); Hotel (1983); House of Wax (2005); Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964); Hustle (1975); I Dream of Jeannie (1966–1969); I'll Bet (1965); I'm Dickens, He's Fenster (1962–1963); I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988); In Living Color (1991–1992); I've Got a Secret (1960); Johnny Trouble (1957); Juke Box Jury (1966); Julie & Julia (2009); Key West (1973); Kibbee and Fitch (1973); Kiss Me Deadly (1955); Krakatoa: East of Java (1968); KTLA at 40: A Celebration of Los Angeles Television (1987); Larceny with Music (1943); Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989); Life with Elizabeth (1953–1955); Lover Come Back (1961); McCloud (1973–1975); McLintock! (1963); Medical Center (1969); Meet Me at Disneyland (1962); Mickey (1964); Mike and Mike in the Morning (2014); Murder, Inc. (1960); Murdock's Gang (1973); Murphy Brown (1992); My Favorite Martian (1964); My Three Sons (1960–1972); My World and Welcome to It (1969); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1989–2018); Occasional Wife (1966); Off to See the Wizard (1967); One Day at a Time (1981); Our Man Higgins (1962); Ovation (2015); Panache (1976); Pardners (1956); Paris Follies of 1956 (1955); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1992–1993); Perfect Strangers (1986–1987); Petticoat Junction (1967–1969); Pillow Talk (1959); Place the Face (1954); Platterpanel (1953); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Pot o' Gold (1941); Radio Inside (1994); Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957); Robot Chicken (2006); Rosie the Riveter (1944); RuPaul's Drag Race (2019); Sam Benedict (1962); Screen Snapshots, Series 30, No. 6: Jimmy McHugh's Song Party (1951); Send Me No Flowers (1964); Sesame Street (1978–1983); Silver Spoons (1982–1985); Singles (1992); Southland Tales (2006); State Trooper (1959); Stump the Stars (1949–1963); T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010); Texas Across the River (1966); That Girl (1968); The 37th Annual Academy Awards (1965); The 69th Annual Academy Awards (1997); The Andy Williams Show (1962); The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005); The Ballad of Josie (1967); The Betty White Show (1954); The Big Fisherman (1959); The Big Knife (1955); The Big Mouth (1967); The Boat That Rocked (2009); The Brady Brides (1981); The Brady Bunch (1969–1974); The Brady Bunch Movie (1995); The Brady Girls Get Married (1981); The Bradys (1990); The Cable Guy (1996); The Cara Williams Show (1964); The Choirboys (1977); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1955); The Delphi Bureau (1972–1973); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956–1963); The Dirty Dozen (1967); The DuPont Show of the Week (1963); The Fall Guy (1982–1985); The Farmer's Daughter (1965); The Fess Parker Show (1974); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); The Frisco Kid (1979); The George Gobel Show (1958–1959); The Ghosts of Buxley Hall (1980); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Happening (1967); The Jeffersons (1981–1982); The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968); The Longest Yard / aka The Mean Machine (1974); The Love Boat (1978–1984); The Lux Show (1957); The Magic of David Copperfield XV: Fires of Passion (1993); The Magical World of Disney (1976–1982); The Millionaire (1978); The Parent Trap (1961); The Professor's Scary Movie Show (2018); The Quiet Man (1958); The Reluctant Heroes (1971); The Ride Back (1957); The Rosemary Clooney Show (1957); The Smith Family (1971–1972); The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt and the American Way (1955); The Thrill of It All (1963); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1959); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018); The Trouble with Angels (1966); The Virginian (1968); The Way of the Dragon (1972); The Wheeler Dealers (1963); The Wild Women of Chastity Gulch (1982); The Wrecking Crew (1968); The X-Files (2002); This Is Your Life (1987); To Rome with Love (1969–1971); Tu cara no me suena todavía (2017); Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977); Ulzana's Raid (1972); Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1964); Valentine's Day (1964); Vega$ (1981); W.C. Fields and Me (1976); Wagon Train (1959); What About Bob? (1991); What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962); What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968); Where's Everett (1966); Who Do You Trust? (1956); World for Ransom (1954); You Don't Say (1963).

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Born on this day – Jules Bass:


Jules Bass

Director

Producer

Lyricist

Composer

Writer

September 16, 1935 – October 25, 2022

Born on this day – Hildegard of Bingen:


Hildegard of Bingen


Writer

Composer

Painter

Abbess

September 16, 1098 – September 17, 1179

Books:

Dendermonde Codex; Hildegard of Bingen: Scivias; Hildegard's Healing Plants: From Her Medieval Classic Physica; Holistic healing; Holy Human: Mystics for Our Time: Conversations with Hildegard of Bingen; Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen; Physica; Prayers of Hildegard of Bingen; Scivias; Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia Armonie Celestium Revelationum [Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations]; The Book of Divine Works; The Book of the Rewards of Life; The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen: Volumes I & II; Wiesbaden Codex.

Movies and television:

Hildegard of Bingen (1994); The Divine Visions of Hildegard von Bingen (2018); The Unruly Mystic: Saint Hildegard of Bingen (2014); Vision (2009).

Sunday, September 13, 2026

Born on this day – Leith Stevens:


Leith Stevens

Composer

Conductor

September 13, 1909 – July 23, 1970

Born on this day – Arnold Schoenberg:


Arnold Schoenberg


Composer

Music theorist

Teacher

Writer

September 13, 1874 – July 13, 1951

Credits:

Compositions:

11 Waltzes for String Orchestra: III. Etwas langsam; 11 Waltzes for String Orchestra: V. Rasch; 3 Pieces for Chamber Orchestra: I. Rasche Viertel; 6 Orchester-Lieder, op. 8: I. Nature; A Survivor from Warsaw; Brettl-Lieder: Nachtwandler; Chamber Symphony No. 1; Chamber Symphony No. 2; Chamber Symphony no. 2, op. 38: II. Con fuoco; Das zerbrochene Krüglein; Die glückliche Hand; Die Jakobsleiter; Die Jakobsleiter: "Alter Weisheit" (Ein Ringender); Die Jakobsleiter: "Du bist immerhin zufrieden" (Gabriel); Die Jakobsleiter: "Ob rechts, ob links" (Gabriel); Die Jakobsleiter: "Wie, du doch schwankst" (Gabriel); Drei Klavierstücke; Du kehrst mir den Rücken; Erwartung; Five Pieces for Orchestra; Four Orchestral Songs; Friede auf Erden, op. 13; Genesis Suite; Gurre-Lieder; Herzgewächse; In hellen Träumen; Mädchenfrühling; Moses und Aron; Ode an Napoleon Bonaparte, op. 41; Pelleas und Melisande; Piano Concerto; Pierrot lunaire; Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen: IV. Andante; Sechs Stücke für Klavier zu vier Händen: VI. Allegro molto; Serenade; Streichseptett; String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10: I. Mäßig (Moderato); String Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10: II. Sehr rasch; Suite for Piano; Suite, op. 29: II. Tanzschritte; The Book of the Hanging Gardens; Theme and Variations, op. 43a: 8. Variation 7; Variations for Orchestra; Verklärte Nacht; Violin Concerto; Von heute auf morgen; Waldesnacht; Warum bist du aufgewacht; Weihnachtsmusik; Wind Quintet; Zwei Kanons: Wenn der schwer Gedrückte klagt.

Books:

Arnold Schoenberg / Wassily Kandinsky: Letters, Pictures and ...; Fundamentals of Musical Composition; Gustav Mahler; Harmonia; Preliminary Exercises in Counterpoint; Structural Functions of Harmony; Style and Idea: Selected Writings; Theory of Harmony.

Movies and television:

American Masters (1987); Antonia. (2015); Antrittskonzert von Christian Thielemann (2024); Appuntamento a Liverpool (1988); Arnold Schönberg - Der rastlose Visionär (2024); Avenida Progreso (2012); Brows Held High (2012); Christian Thielemann dirigiert Moussa, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Schönberg (2024); Cinema Falado (1986); Clairvoyant (2002); Claudio Abbado: Die Stille nach der Musik (1998); Dark Journey (1961); Degenerate Art (1993); Der gläserne Blick (2003); Der kleine Herr Friedemann (1990); Der Ort der Handlung (1977); Die Jakobsleiter (1961); Die Olympiasiegerin (1983); Drei Wege zum See (1976); En overlevende fra Warszawa (1973); Engel und Puppe (1974); Erwartung (1989 / 2008); Five Orchestral Pieces (1994); From Today Until Tomorrow (1997); Goodbye to Language (2014); Gurre-Lieder (2019); Hope@Home (2020); Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene (1973); It Seems Today (2018); La botella (2017); L'adage (1964); Lastauspaikka – Umschlagplatz (1987); Lazarus Heroification (2025); Le Cabinet des estampes (1955); Les anges gardiens (1995); Licht sing tausendfache Lieder (1985); Lives No Longer Ours (2011); L'occitanienne (2006); Lumière and Company (1995); Meine Wunder (1978); Mental Images (1987); Metamorphoses (2014); Moses and Aaron (1995 / 2009); Moses und Aron (1975 / 2006 / 2015); Musik in Zeiten von Krieg und Revolution (2016); My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg (1992); New Wave (1990); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 2 (2013); New World Symphony Wallcast Concert 7 (2014); One Night, One Life (2002); Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert (1999); Perfect Darkness (2016); Pierrot Lunaire (1988 / 1990 / 2014); Qu'en savent les morts (1991); Rapport fra Nr. 24 (1994); Si fuera yo un helecho... (2006); Spektral Quartet: Experiments in Living (2020); Spielregel für einen Wiedertäuferfilm (1977); The Forbidden Room (2015); The Hunting Fever (2008); The Lively Arts (1977); The Swindle (1997); Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993); Through the Darkness (2021); Tom at the Farm (2013); Tones, Drones and Arpeggios: The Magic of Minimalism (2018); Transfiguré: 12 vies de Schönberg (2024); Tren de sombras (1997); Von Heute auf Morgen, Opera in un atto op. 32 (2011); Woman in Gold (2015); World of Music (1974).

Friday, September 11, 2026

Born on this day – Alan Bergman:

Marilyn Bergman (left), Alan Bergman (right).


Alan Bergman

Composer

Writer

September 11, 1925 – July 17, 2025

Songs:

Champion the Wonder Horse; Glad You're Here with Me Tonight; I Knew I Loved You; Nice 'n' Easy; Sleep Warm; Soldiers in the Rain; Someone In the Dark; The Playground; The Way We Were; The Windmills of Your Mind; Yellow Bird; You Don't Bring Me Flowers.

Movies and television:

1999 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (1999); 40 Carats (1973); 99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Man Called Gannon (1968); A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006); A Star Is Born (1976); Adam the First (2024); AFI Life Achievement Award (2001); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004); Alice (1976–1985); American Idol (2003–2006); American Masters (2000–2007); Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013); And Justice for All (1979); Any Wednesday (1966); As Time Goes By (1992); At First Sight (1999); Atop the Fourth Wall (2009–2013); Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002); Author! Author! (1982); Back Roads (1981); Barbra Streisand: Places That Belong to You (1991); Barbra: The Concert (1994); Best Friends (1982); Big (1988); Body Electric (2002–2004); Bogus (1996); Bolero (1981); Boston Pops in Hollywood (1976); Boys on the Side (1995); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Breakfast on Pluto (2005); Breezy (1973); Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993); Chappelle's Show (2004); Cheers (1993); Christmas in Vienna (2000); Co-ed Fever (1979); Comic Relief Does Fame Academy (2003); Confetti (2006); Connie and Carla (2004); De Mike Burstyn show (1980); Deadpool 2 (2018); Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Doctors' Wives (1971); Dolly (1977); Doris Day Today (1975); Drake: Nice for What (2018); Druckfrisch (2007); Due South (1999); Dynasty (1984); Elmo's World: Happy Holidays! (2002); Elvis and the Colonel: The Untold Story (1993); Everyday (1979); Everyday I Love You (2015); Fame (1980); Family Guy (2007–2010); Family Ties (1988); Far Out (2015); Fitzwilly (1967); Focus (2015); Folie passagère (2016); For the Boys (1991); Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968); Frank Sinatra. Die Stimme Amerikas (2015); Frank Sinatra: The Man and His Music (1981); Freedom (2024); From Noon Till Three (1976); Funny Face (1971); Gaily, Gaily (1969); Gala Opening of the American Ballet Theater (1984); George and Rosemary (1987); Gilda Live (1980); Girls Brother (1984); Glee (2010); GLOW (2017); Goedenavond, dames en heren (2015); Golden Anniversary (1995); Good kid, m.A.A.d city (2014); Good Times (1974–2024); Grand (1990); Great Performances (1987–2014); Grey's Anatomy (2013); Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983); Happy Tears (2009); Harlow (1965); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Hawkeye (2021); Hollow Image (1979); Hour Magazine (1980); I ara què, Xènia? (1993); Ich bin Vicky Leandros (1970); Idina Menzel Live: Barefoot at the Symphony (2012); If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast (2017); Il était une fois Michel Legrand (2024); I'm Alan Partridge (2002); In Living Color (1994); In My Life (2009); In My Life... Zsa Zsa Live (date?); In the Heat of the Night (1967); In the Heat of the Night / TV series (1988–1995); Inday Garutay (1976); It's a Living (1986); It's Your Bet (1972); Je crois que je l'aime (2007); John and Mary (1969); Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (2009); Joop (1969); Killing Them Softly (2012); La boîte à secrets (2020); La fête de la chanson française (2010–2021); La nuit des Césars (1976); La ronda (1991); La soledad era esto (2002); Lani Hall: Never Say Never Again (1983); Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (2010); Late Show with David Letterman (2011); Le Mans (1971); Lea Salonga Live (2003); Life with Linkletter (1970); Little America (2020); Loose Cannons (2010); Love Hurts (1990); Love Lasts Three Years (2011); Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973); Major League (1989); María Teresa (1972); Married... with Children (1991); Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did for Love (2013); Maude (1972–1978); Max Rose (2013); Melrose Place (1993); Melvin and Howard (1980); Memòries de la tele (2010); Michel Legrand and Friends (2010); Micki + Maude (1984); Mike & Mike (2016); Molly and Lawless John (1972); Monsanto Night Presents Dionne Warwicke (1975); Monsanto Night Presents Michel Legrand (1972); Mork & Mindy (1980); Morning Joe (2023); Move (1970); My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (2010); Myra Breckinridge (1970); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1993–1997); Nancy LaMott: I'll Be Here with You (2008); Neda Malunaviciute ir Povilas Jaraminas: What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life (2020); Neil Diamond: Greatest Hits Live (1988); Neil Diamond: Hot August Night/NYC (2009); Neil Diamond: I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight (1977); Never Say Never Again (1983); Never Say Never Again: Royal Film Premiere (1983); Next Friday (2000); Nice Jazz Festival (2020); Nine Perfect Strangers (2021); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Numéro un (1976–1978); Ode to Billy Joe (1976); One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village Vanguard - September 26, 2009 (2010); One True Love (2008); One Voice (1986); Only Murders in the Building (2022); P.O.P. (1984); Paris When It Sizzles (1964); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1990); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1960–1966); Pete 'n' Tillie (1972); Pieces of Dreams (1970); Playboy After Dark (1970); Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975); Queendom Live (2024); Red Oaks (2016); Regine: R2K (1999); Retrats (2016); Rhoda (1976); Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West (1991); Roller Revolution (1980); Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg (2022); Sabrina (1995); Same Time, Next Year (1978); Samedi est à vous (1976); Sammy and Company (1976); Sanctuary (1961); Saturday Night Live (1987–2018); Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman (1998); Savvatogennimenes (2004); Scandal (2015); School of Rock (2003); Seinfeld (1995); Severance (2025); Sex and the City (1999); Sharp Objects (2018); Shirley Valentine (1989); Shy People (1987); Sjans (1992); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); SongSessions with David Pomeranz (2022); Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (2024); Sotsugyô (2002); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Springfield's Most Wanted (1995); Star Search (2003); Starting Over (1979); Stiletto (1969); Stolen Hours (1963); Stop the World: I Want to Get Off (1966); Stranger Things (2017); Streisand: Live in Concert (2009); Strictly Come Dancing (2016); Summer of '42 (1971); Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams (1973); Swans Crossing (1992); Switch (1991); Sybil (1976); 't Schaep met de 5 pooten (2006); Tavis Smiley (2012–2017); Télé dimanche (1970); Tevin Campbell: One Song (1992); The 2012 Annual Actors Fund Gala Awards (2012); The 33rd Annual Tony Awards (1979); The 41st Annual Academy Awards (1969); The 42nd Annual Academy Awards (1970); The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 45th Annual Academy Awards (1973); The 46th Annual Academy Awards (1974); The 49th Annual Academy Awards (1977); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 53rd Annual Academy Awards (1981); The 55th Annual Academy Awards (1983); The 55th Annual Grammy Awards (2013); The 56th Annual Academy Awards (1984); The 62nd Annual Academy Awards (1990); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007); The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1963); The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (1955); The African Elephant (1971); The Arthur Haynes Show (1962); The Avengers (1963); The Benny Hill Show (1975); The Bold and the Beautiful (1992); The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1976); The Clash (2018); The Danny Thomas Show (1962); The Dean Martin Show (1970); The Diahann Carroll Special (1971); The Dick Emery Hour (1980); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1962); The Dirk Diggler Story (1988); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Ed Sullivan Show (1969); The Ernie Sigley Show (1974–1975); The Facts of Life (1983); The Fanatics (1997); The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1992); The Gentlemen (2024); The Gigolos (2006); The Gingerbread Girl (1993); The Graham Kennedy Show (1973); The Grand Tour (2016); The Great Outdoors (2007); The Happy Ending (1969); The Hollywood Palace (1967–1969); The Informant! (2009); The In-Laws (2003); The January Man (1989); The Jo Stafford Show (1961); The Johnny Cash Show (1969); The Lawrence Welk Show (1970); The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972); The List of My Desires (2014); The Looney Tunes Show (2011); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart (1970); The Man Who Loved Women (1983); The Marriage-Go-Round (1961); The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019); The Merv Griffin Show (1971–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Morecambe & Wise Show (1970–1973); The Muppet Show (1977); The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991); The Nancy Walker Show (1976); The Nanny (1994–1999); The Night of Submission (1976); The One and Only (1978); The Oscars (2013); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Pretty One (2013); The Prince of Tides (1991); The Promise (1979); The Promise (2007); The Right Approach (1961); The Russia House (1990); The Sandy Duncan Show (1972); The Sapphires (2012); The Score (2003); The Simpsons (2002–2022); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Steve Allen Show (1969); The Swimming Pool (1969); The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 / 1999); The Tick (2001); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2018); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1976); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2011–2013); The Trip to Spain (2017); The Two Ronnies (1972–1984); The Way We Were (1973); The Way We Were: Looking Back (1999); The Wonder Years (1989); The X Factor Philippines (2012); Thicke of the Night (1983); Thilia Thalia (2000); This Is Your Life (2003); Tijd voor MAX (2021); Today (1980); Tom at the Farm (2013); Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town (1972); Tootsie (1982); Top of the Pops (1978); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Twister (1996); Ugly Betty (2007); Vinyl (2016); Waiting to Exhale (1995); Washington Square (1997); Welcome Home (1989); What If... (2012); What's Up Doc? (1994); Who's Doing the Dishes? (2016); Wurlitzer (1985); Wuthering Heights (1970); Yentl (1983); Yes, Giorgio (1982); Yesteryear (2020); Your Song (2007).

Born on this day – Herbert Stothart:


Herbert Stothart


Songwriter

Conductor

Composer

September 11, 1880 – February 1, 1949

Credits:

10 Items or Less (2006); A Family Affair (1937); A Guy Named Joe (1943); A Lady's Morals (1930); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Slight Case of Larceny (1953); A Tale of Two Cities (1935); Absolute Quiet (1936); Adventure (1945); After the Thin Man (1936); Age of Indiscretion (1935); Ah Wilderness! (1935); Anchors Aweigh (1945); Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941); Angelyne (2022); Anna Karenina (1935); Asteroid City (2023); Baby Love (1986); Bachelor Bait (1934); Balalaika (1939); Banda sonora (2012); Bandstand (1966–1967); BBC Proms (2009); Because of the Wonderful Things It Does: The Legacy of Oz (2005); Big Jack (1949); Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998); Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935); Bitter Sweet (1940); Blonde (2001 / 2022); Blossoms in the Dust (1941); Broadway Serenade (1939); Cairo (1942); Call of the Flesh (1930); Camille (1936); Captain Kidd's Treasure (1938); Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010); Cathouse: The Musical (2008); Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940); Chained (1934); Chanel No. 5: Number 5! (1994); Chasing Yesterday (1935); China Seas (1935); Christopher Bean (1933); Combat America (1943); Come Live with Me (1941); Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004); Conquest (1937); Crazy House (1943); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Dancing on Ice (2009); Dancing with the Stars (2006); David Copperfield (1935); Day by Day (1989); Dean Martin / Chevrolet Presents the Golddiggers (1973); Death Note (2017); Der Andro-Jäger (1983); Desire Me (1947); Desperate Search (1952); Devil-May-Care (1929); Die Hausmeisterin (1992); Diff'rent Strokes (1979); DogMan (2023); Dragon Seed (1944); Dynamite (1929); DysFunktional Family (2003); Edison, the Man (1940); Evelyn Prentice (1934); Exclusive Story (1936); Fast Company (1953); Florida Lady (1994); Ford Star Jubilee (1956); Game Boys (2008); Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955); Georgia (1995); Girl, Interrupted (1999); Going Hollywood (1933); Golden Dawn (1930); Grand Hotel (1932); Grand Piano (2013); Heavenly Creatures (1994); Henry Goes Arizona (1939); Here Comes the Band (1935); High Barbaree (1947); Hills of Home (1948); Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast (2002); Home for the Holidays (1995); House of 1000 Corpses (2003); I Live My Life (1935); I Married an Angel (1942); Idiot's Delight (1939); Idol (2005); If Winter Comes (1947); In Gay Madrid (1930); Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017); King of the Hill (1993); Kismet (1944); Kovacs on Music (1959); Laughing Boy (1934); Le chanteur de Séville (1931); Les Patterson Saves the World (1987); Little Voice (1998); Lost in a Harem (1944); Love, Marilyn (2012); Lukas (2001); M*A*S*H (1978–1979); Madam Satan (1930); Madame Curie (1943); Man of the People (1937); Man on the Moon (1999); Mannequin (1937); Marie Antoinette (1938); Master Will Shakespeare (1936); Maytime (1937); Men of Boys Town (1941); M-G-M Jubilee Overture (1954); MGM Parade (1955–1956); Monkeybone (2001); Montana Moon (1930); Moonlight Murder (1936); Mrs. Miniver (1942); Muppets Tonight (1996); Murder, She Wrote (1987); Musical Masterpieces (1946); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1992 / 2017); National Velvet (1944); Naughty Marietta (1935); New Moon (1930 / 1940); Night Flight (1933); Nip/Tuck (2007); Nobody Else But You (2011); Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996); Northwest Passage (1940); Of Human Hearts (1938); Oh! Europa (1994); One Fine Day (1996); Our Miss Brooks (1955); Outcast Lady (1934); Outer Range (2022); Peg o' My Heart (1933); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1959); Pierre of the Plains (1942); Pride and Prejudice (1940); Pursuit (1935); Queen Christina (1933); Queer as Folk (2004); Radio Days (1987); Random Harvest (1942); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Reckless (1935); Rio Rita (1942); Riptide (1934); Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936); Rogue's March (1953); Romeo and Juliet (1936); Rosalie (1937); Rose-Marie (1936); Rosemarie (1965); San Francisco (1936); Saturday Night Live (1981); School Daze (1988); Scoob! (2020); Sequoia (1934); Sevilla de mis amores (1930); Shoot the Moon (1982); Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004); Small Town Girl (1936); Smash (2012); Smilin' Through (1941); So You Think You Can Dance (2012); Some Like It Hot (1959); Son of Lassie (1945); Strassman: Careful What You Wish For (2014); Such a Long Journey (1998); SuperStar KZ (2004); Susan and God (1940); Sweethearts (1938); Tåg 56 (1943); Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942); Tennessee Johnson (1942); Teresa the Thief (1973); That's Entertainment! (1974); That's Entertainment! III (1994); That's Entertainment, Part II (1976); The 37th Annual Tony Awards (1983); The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938); The Affairs of Martha (1942); The Age of Ballyhoo (1973); The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937); The Barbarian (1933); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 / 1957); The Benny Hill Show (1973); The Brady Bunch (1973); The Cat and the Fiddle (1934); The Chocolate Soldier (1941); The Comeback (2005); The Critic (1994); The Cuban Love Song (1931); The Defenders (2010); The Devil Is a Sissy (1936); The Devil's Cabaret (1930); The Dreamer of Oz (1990); The Dreamers (2003); The End of St. Petersburg (1927); The Firefly (1937); The Flame Song (1934); The Florodora Girl (1930); The Girl of the Golden West (1938); The Golden Girls (1992); The Good Earth (1937); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); The Great Diamond Robbery (1954); The Great Morgan (1946); The Green Years (1946); The Heartbreak Kid (2007); The Hollywood Palace (1966); The Human Comedy (1943); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The Kennedy Years: JFK Remembered (1993); The Last Patrol (2000); The Legend of Marilyn Monroe (1965); The Lottery Bride (1930); The Love Boat (1980); The Love Goddesses (1965); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The March of Time (1930); The Merry Widow (1934); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Miniver Story (1950); The Night Is Young (1935); The Painted Veil (1934); The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945); The Prodigal (1931); The Rainbow Pass (1937); The Rogue Song (1930); The Romance of Betty Boop (1985); The Romance of Celluloid (1937); The Royal Variety Performance 1962 (1962); The Sea of Grass (1947); The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933); The Son-Daughter (1932); The Song of the Flame (1930); The Sopranos (2000); The Spectacle Maker (1934); The Squaw Man (1931); The Stratton Story (1949); The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985); The Three Musketeers (1948); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1973); The Unfinished Dance (1947); The Valley of Decision (1945); The Voice of Firestone (1949–1951); The Wednesday Play (1965); The White Cliffs of Dover (1944); The White Sister (1933); The Winning Ticket (1935); The Wizard of Oz (1939); The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995); The Wonder Years (1990); The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990); The Yearling (1946); They Met in Bombay (1941); They Were Expendable (1945); Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944); Thousands Cheer (1943); Three Daring Daughters (1948); Three Hearts for Julia (1943); Three Little Words (1950); Three Seats for the 26th (1988); Titans (2018); To Oz! The Making of a Classic (2009); Today We Live (1933); Treasure Island (1934); Tu cara me suena (2011); Turn Back the Clock (1933); Undercover Maisie (1947); Undercurrent (1946); Unmarried Couples: A Comedy That Will Break You Up (1997); Vanessa, Her Love Story (1935); Vita da Star: Cristiano Malgioglio (2008); Viva Villa! (1934); Waterloo Bridge (1940); We Must Have Music (1941); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Wonder Boys (2000); Wreck-It Ralph (2012); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961); Ziegfeld Girl (1941).

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Born on this day – Amy Beach:


Amy Beach


Composer

Pianist

Writer

September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944

Credits:

By the Still Waters; Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123; Invocation for the Violin, Op. 55; With Prayer and Supplicaton, Op. 8; Te Deum, from Service in A, Op. 63; Constant Christmas, Op. 95; On a Hill; Kyrie eleison, Op. 122; Sanctus, Op. 122; Agnus Dei, Op. 122; Spirit of Mercy, Op. 125; Evening Hymn, Op. 125; I Will Give Thanks, Op. 147; Peace I leave With You, Op. 8. (1998); Chamber Music CDs: 2 Ambache Ensemble recordings on Chandos Records; Fire Flies (1998); Grand Mass in E-flat major (1989); Grand Mass in E-flat major (1995); Mrs. H.H.A. Amy Beach (1867–1944); Piano Concerto in C sharp minor; Piano Music, Vol. 1, The Early Works; Piano Music, Vol. 2, The Turn of the Century; Piano Music, Vol. 3, The Mature Years; Piano Music, Vol. 4, The Late Works; Piano Quintet in F♯ minor, Op. 67Sonata for violin and piano in A minor, Op. 34: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor; Quartet for Strings; Pastorale for Wind Quintet; and Sketches (4) for Piano, Dreaming; Songs. Performed by mezzo-soprano Katherine Kelton, accompanied by pianist Catherine Bringerud; Under the Stars; Une prodige empêchée (2024).

Friday, September 4, 2026

Born on this day – Remo Giazotto:


Remo Giazotto


Composer

Musicologist

Writer

September 4, 1910 – August 26, 1998

Noted for his biography and catalogue of the works of Tomaso Albinoni.

Remo Giazotto composed Adagio in G minor,
transcribed from a fragment of a sonata manuscript by Tomaso Albinoni.

Credits:

Written work:

Mozart Annals (1956); Busoni: life in the opera (1947); Giovan Battista Viotti (1956); Harmonics Concenti in Aere Veneto (1955); Melodrama in Genoa in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1941); The Patricio of Hercole Bottrigari demonstrated practically by an anonymous cinquecentesco, CHM, i (1953); The War of the Stages, Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, i (1967), 245–86, 465–508; III (1969), 906–33; V (1971), 1304–52; The music in Genoa in public and private life from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century (1951); The Italian music in London during the Purcell years (1955); Musurgia nova (1959); In the CCC year of Antonio Cesti's death: twenty-two letters found in the Archivio di Stato di Venezia, Nuova Rivista Musicale Italiana, iii (1969), 496–512; Melodramatic Poetry and Critical Thought in the Eighteenth Century (1952); Tomaso Albinoni, 'Venetian amateur violin musician' (1671–1750) (1945); Life of Alessandro Stradella (1962); Vivaldi (1965).

Movies and television:

American Masters (2009); Anatomy (2000); Ballet Adagio (1972); Bob's Burgers (2014); Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (1973); Chloe and Theo (2015); Company Party (1972); Des hommes et des montagnes (1953); Dogs Don't Wear Pants (2019); EastEnders (2005); Endeavour (2014); Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer (1984); Interlude (1968); La minute nécessaire de Monsieur Cyclopède (1982–1983); Lara Fabian: Adagio (1999); Love Song for Tough Guys (2021); Manchester by the Sea (2016); Murder in Texas (1981); POOP (2014); Red Sun (1970); Ring 0: Birthday (2000); Rollerball (1975); Rolling to You (2018); Show Me Love (1998); Space: 1999 (1975); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018); The Inbetweeners 2 (2014); The Silence of Others (2018); Velvet Buzzsaw (2019); Void (2018).

Born on this day – Meade Lux Lewis:


Meade Lux Lewis


Blues musician

Pianist

Composer

September 4, 1905 – June 7, 1964

Credits:

Albums:

A Summer Sky Shines (2015); All That Jazz, Vol. 138: Jabouti! (2021); Barrel House Blues (2020); Barrel House Piano (1957); Bear Cat Crawl (2015); Blues De Lux' (2015); Boogie on Down (2015); Boogie Woogie (1941); Boogie Woogie Boys 1938-1944 (2014); Boogie Woogie Classic Blues Accompaniments (1955); Boogie Woogie Kings (2009); Boogie Woogie Piano and Drums (1955); Boogie Woogie Stomp (1998); Boogie Woogie Trio (2011); Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 1 (2017); Boogie Woogie Trio, Vol. 2 (1997); Cat House Piano (1955); Chicago Flyer (2016); Chicago Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie 1936–1951 Vol. 3, Oldie Blues OL 2827 (1984);Colours of Music History (2014); Complete Jazz Series 1939 – 1941 (2009); Complete Jazz Series 1941 – 1944 (2009); Complete Jazz Series 1946 – 1954 (2009); Far Ago Blues (2015); Frompy Stomp (2021); Giant of Blues and Boogie Woogie 1905–1964, Oldie Blues OL 2810 (1982); Gliding from Glendale to Chicago (2005); Honky Tonk Train Blues (2009); Jazz Piano Masters - Meade Lux Lewis (2011); Lux's Boogie (2012); Masters of Boogie Piano: Five Classic Albums Plus (2013); Meade "Lux" Lewis (1939 to late 1940s) (2005); Meade Lux Lewis Selected Favorites Volume 1 (2006); Melancholy (2016); Original Jazz Sound: Cat House Piano 1955 (2012); Shooboody (2023); Spirit of Boogie Woogie (2015); Tell Your Story, Oldie Blues OL 2805 (1975); The Best Boogie Woogie Piano (2013); The Blues Piano Artistry Of Meade Lux Lewis (1990); The Boogie Woogie Trio vol. 1 (1995); The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis (1983); The First Day (1992); The Original Boogie Woogie Piano Giants (2023); The Ultimate Jazz Archive 17 - Boogie Woogie (2 Of 4) (2007); Tidal Boogie (1996); Yancey's Last Ride (1957).

Movies and television:

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor (1999); Ain't Misbehavin' (1974); Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (2018); Cabin in the Sky (1943); Cow-Cow Boogie (1943); Emily's First 100 Days of School (2006); Fuzzy Wuzzy (1946); I'll Be There (2003); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Low Down Dog (1944); Mississippi Masala (1991); New Orleans (1947); Nightmare (1956); Swingtime Jamboree (1946); The Blues (2003); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Roaring 20's (1961).

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Born on this day – Johann Pachelbel:


Johann Pachelbel


Composer

September 1, 1653 – March 3, 1706

Compositions:

Andreas-Bach-Buch; Chaconne in D minor; Chaconne in F minor; Hexachordum Apollinis; Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancken; Nun danket alle Gott; Pachelbel's Canon; Rain and Tears; Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied; Tröste, tröste uns, Gott.

Movies and television:

10 Promises to My Dog (2008); 13 Going on 30 (2004); 13 Sins (2014); A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019); A Cheerful Christmas (2019); A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding (2018); A Madea Family Funeral (2019); A Time to Dance (2016); After (2014); After the Wedding (2019); Alien Inhabitant (2011); Allegro (2019); American Descent (2014); Andante: Ine no senritsu (2010); Anyone But You (2023); Are You for Great Sex? (2010); Asini (1999); Aspire (2025); Asteroid City (2023); Atop the Fourth Wall (2010–2014); Awkward. (2014); Baby Einstein (2001–2003); Baby Einstein: Neighborhood Animals (2001); Badge of Faith (2015); Banda sonora (2012); Bat Yam - New York (1996); Begin the Beguine (1982); Ben & Arthur (2002); Big Brother (2005); Big Mouth (2021); BioShock Infinite (2013); BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Episode Two (2014); Bob the Butler (2005); Body of Proof (2012); Boogeyman Cometh (2013); Boys State (2020); Bride Hard (2025); Brooklyn (2015); Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2020); Brutal Ardour (1978); Capone (2020); Chacun pour tous (2018); Cherry Hill High (1977); Christmas All Over Again (2016); Christmas Bells Are Ringing (2018); Clinger (2015); Clouds of Sils Maria (2014); Colonia Ingerilor (2011); Cómicos (2011); Cosmos (1980); Cross Eyed (2006); Crown for Christmas (2015); Curb Your Enthusiasm (2005); Cut Throat City (2020); Cybornetics (2012); Defense of the Realm (1985); Doctor Who (2011); Dream's Grip (2010); Dude, Where's My Car? (2000); EastEnders (2005); El rincón de los prodigios (1987); Electric Dreams (2009); Equinox (1992); Et gensyn (2014); Excuse Me for Living (2012); Family for Christmas (2015); Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007); Fatal Attraction (1987); Finding Your Feet (2017); For the Moment (1993); Fringe (2010); Frontline (2012); Fun Size (2012); Gavin & Stacey (2010); Girlboss (2017); Gizmo! (1977); GLOW (2018); Goya (1985); Gran Turismo 4 (2004); Gretchen (2005); Grey's Anatomy (2007); Grimm (2014); Guilty Pleasures (1997); H2O: Just Add Water (2010); Harvie Krumpet (2003); Heidi (2014); Hello Carter (2013); Helsinki Neon Saints (2016); His Master's Touch (1976); His Mother's House (1974); Hitlåtens historia (2016); Holby City (2009); Hollywood Whores (2011); Hot in Cleveland (2011); House (2010); How I Met Your Mother (2014); I Am a Sex Addict (2005); I Love You, Man (2009); I Recorded a Murder! (2016); I Stand Alone (1998); I Think I Love My Wife (2007); I, Timon (2017); Icons (2004); I-See-You.com (2006); It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–2011); Juan (2008); Justified (2015); King of the Hill (2002); Knight of Cups (2015); Kyle XY (2006); La dame aux camélias (2017); La verdad oculta (2006); Laggies (2014); Lasagna Cat (2008); Last Man Standing (2016–2020); Last Train to Freo (2006); Lemmings (1991); Life Fine Tuned (2011); Like Father (2018); Lost in London (2017); Love, Weddings & Other Disasters (2020); Lowey and Mr. Hand (2023); Lucky Star (2007); Lymelife (2008); Mad (2012); Marry Me at Christmas (2017); Marrying Father Christmas (2018); Me Before You (2016); Melissa & Joey (2012–2014); Melrose Place (2009); Mike & Mike (2014–2017); Mirror of the Planet (1992); Motormouth (1991); My Name Is Earl (2007); My Sassy Girl (2001 / 2008); Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (1997); New Girl (2014); Nikolina & Tomislav, Nikolina & Tomislav (2013); Nothing to Lose (1997); Odyssey (1979); One Tree Hill (2008); Ordinary People (1980); Pachelbel Kanon (2010); Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1993); Parks and Recreation (2013); Party of Five (1996); Pascali's Island (1988); Play for Today (1977); Pound Puppies (2013); Promising Young Woman (2020); Punchline (1988); Quiet Heroes: Story of a Forgotten Squadron (1995); Reno 911!: Miami (2007); Replication: Revisited (2022); Rick Wakeman: The Legend Live in Concert 2000 (2000); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Robinson Crusoe: The Great Blitzkrieg (2008); (Romance) in the Digital Age (2017); Rude Tube (2009); Runaway Bride (1999); Saints Row (2006); Sanctuary (2007); Shameless (2014); Sicko (2007); Silicon Valley (2017); Sing (2016); Sky Sports Boxing: Countdown (2002); Slad (2019); Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002); Smallville (2011); Soldier Soldier (1992); Songs of Praise (2018); South Park (1998); Spirit of Snow (2002); Step Up (2006); Strangest Dreams: Invasion of the Space Preachers (1990); Studio C (2014–2022); Sun Shadows: Faithful Kiss (2011); Supersnällasilversara och Stålhenrik (2005); Superstore (2017); Surroundings (2011); Table 19 (2017); Tangled Ever After (2012); Television Theater (2022); Tell (2014); That Boy (1974); The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997); The Bachelor (2012); The Beiderbecke Affair (1985); The Brittas Empire (1994); The Brothers (1974–1975); The Cheating Service (2015); The Chronic Rift (1990); The Classic (2003); The Closer (2009); The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974); The Goldbergs' Excellent Adventure (2016); The Grand Tour (2017); The Hunting Party (2025); The Jazzman (2009); The L Word (2006); The Last Song of Conway Twitty (2025); The Liability (2012); The Loft (2014); The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021); The Marty Stuart Show (2014); The Office (2009); The Paul Behragam Talk Show (2015); The Perfect Man (2005); The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004); The Proposal (2009); The Really Big Show (1991); The Sign (2019); The Simpsons (2004–2021); The Story of Sin (1975); The Sweetest Thing (2002); The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2016–2017); The Upside of Anger (2005); The Vampire Diaries (2016); The Wedding Planner (2001); The Wedding Veil (2022); The West Wing (1999); The Wonder Years (1989); Three Times (2005); Traceroute (2016); Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006); Trainee Hitman (2013); Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999); True Creation (2014); Twenty Bucks (1993); Virgin River (2022); Voices Through Time (1996); Walang kapalit (2003); Walker, Texas Ranger (2000); WanderLust (1994); Wedding Crashers (2005); Wedding Wars (2006); Whatever Love Means (2005); When I Was Alive (2014); When in Rome (2010); You're the Worst (2019).

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Born on this day – Mark Snow:


Mark Snow


Composer

Actor

August 26, 1946 – July 4, 2025

Credits:

Movies and television:

20 to 1 (2011); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1997); 240-Robert (1979–1981); 31 Days of Horror (2019); 43:45 - The Makings of a Struggle (2016); A Good Sport (1984); A Hobo's Christmas (1987); A Loss of Innocence (1996); A Memory in My Heart (1999); A Place for Annie (1994); A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019); A Stranger in Town (1995); A Taste for Killing (1992); A Touch of Hope (1999); A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992); Aaron's Way (1988); Acceptable Risks (1986); Adventures in Appletown (2008); All Together Now (1991); Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988); America's Got Talent (2014); An American Story (1992); Angel City (1980); Another Woman's Husband (2000); Archie: To Riverdale and Back Again (1990); Battling for Baby (1992); Bereft (2004); Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues (1985); Big Bob Johnson and His Fantastic Speed Circus (1978); Birds of Prey (2002–2003); Blood & Orchids (1986); Blue Bloods (2010–2024); Bluegrass (1988); Bones (2010); Born to Be Wild (1995); Born Too Soon (1993); Bridges to Cross (1986); Britain's Got More Talent (2015–2019); Brothers and Sisters (1979); Bull (2000–2001); Cagney & Lacey (1981–1984); California Girls (1985); Captain Sharif (2017); Caroline at Midnight (1994); Casino (1980); Castle (2010); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); Challenge of a Lifetime (1985); Chicago Hope (1996); Child in the Night (1990); Children of the Dust (1995); Circle of Love (1988); Cloned (1997); Code Name Phoenix (2000); Cold Dog Soup (1990); Conundrum (1996); Cracked Up (1987); Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501 (1990); Crazy in Alabama (1999); Crazy Like a Fox (1984–1986); Critical Assembly (2002); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2007); D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003); Dancing with the Stars (2016); Dans les oreilles d'Alain Resnais (2020); Dark Justice (1991–1993); Dark Realm (2000); Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991); Dead Badge (1995); Dead Reckoning (1990); Deliver Them from Evil: The Taking of Alta View (1992); Dirty Pictures (2000); Disaster at Silo 7 (1988); Disturbing Behavior (1998); DJ Dado: X Files (1996); Dolly Dearest (1991); Down, Out & Dangerous (1995); Dying to Dance (2001); Dynasty (1981); End Game: Making 'Millennium' Season Three (2004); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Everybody's Baby: The Rescue of Jessica McClure (1989); Falcon Crest (1986–1988); Family (1978–1980); Family Guy (2000–2020); Father & Son: Dangerous Relations (1993); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Fiona (2002); Flatbush (1979); Flush (1982); Follow Your Heart (1990); Following Her Heart (1994); For Love of Olivia (2001); Forgotten Sins (1996); Fresh Off the Boat (2018); Games Mother Never Taught You (1982); Garbage Island (2000); Gemini Man (1976); Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010); Ghosts Can't Do It (1989); Gintberg på kanten (2015); Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (1988); Harsh Realm (1999–2000); Hart to Hart (1979–1984); Hart to Hart: Crimes of the Hart (1994); Hart to Hart: Harts in High Season (1996); Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995); Hart to Hart: Till Death Do Us Hart (1996); Haunted (2002); Haven (2012); He Said, She Said (1991); Heart of a Child (1994); Helter Skelter (2004); Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1992); High Risk (1981); Highway Heartbreaker (1992); Hometown (1985); I Dream of Jeannie... Fifteen Years Later (1985); I Married a Centerfold (1984); Icy Bois (2018); I'd Rather Be Calm (1982); I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! (2019); Implanted Memories: 25 Years of the X-Files (2018); In the Line of Duty: A Cop for the Killing (1990); In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993); In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995); In the Line of Duty: Manhunt in the Dakotas (1991); In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992); In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance (1994); In the Name of the People (2000); Inside 'Harsh Realm' (2004); Inside the X Files (1998); International Airport (1985); Jake Speed (1986); Just Like Her (2011); Kalapuikkokeitto (1998); Kay O'Brien (1986); Kids Like These (1987); Kojak (2005); La Femme Nikita (1997–2001); Ladykillers (1988); Level Up Norge (2018); Life of Riley (2014); Living a Lie (1991); Lottery! (1983–1984); Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills (1986); Malibu (1983); Matt Houston (1983); MenT (2017); Mike & Mike (2014); Millennium (1996–1999); Miracle Landing (1990); Mixed Blessings (1995); Moment of Truth: Caught in the Crossfire (1994); Moment of Truth: Cradle of Conspiracy (1994); Monsters of the Week (2015); Mr. Murder (1998); Murder Between Friends (1994); Murder by the Book (1987); Murder Ordained (1987); Murder, She Wrote: A Story to Die For (2000); News at Eleven (1986); Night Sins (1997); Not My Kid (1985); Nowhere Man (1995–1996); Occupied (2016); Odd Girl Out (2005); Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994); One Police Plaza (1986); One Terrific Guy (1986); One Tree Hill (2003–2005); Opposites Attract (1990); Order in Chaos: Making Millennium - Season One (2004); Over Here, Mr. President (1983); Overboard (1978); Packin' It In (1983); Pals (1987); Paper Dolls (1982); Paradise (2004); Pasadena (2001–2002); Pastor Mike Online (2011–2012); Payback (1997); Pearl Harbor II: Pearlmageddon (2001); Pee-wee's Playhouse (1989–1990); Perversions of Science (1997); Phoenix Forgotten (2017); Phone Calls from the Dead (1996); Pigs vs. Freaks (1982); Playmaker (1994); Precious Victims (1993); Private Fears in Public Places (2006); Project: ALF (1996); Ringer (2011–2012); Rockhopper (1985); Roman Holiday (1987); Royal Match (1985); Rude Tube (2014); Scandal in a Small Town (1988); Scattered Dreams (1993); Season X (2016); Secrets of a Married Man (1984); Secrets of the X Files, Part 2 (1996); Seduced and Betrayed (1995); Settle the Score (1989); Shadows of Desire (1994); She's Too Young (2004); Show Kafka's Dudes (2019); Skateboard (1978); Smallville (2001–2010); Smallville: 100th Episode -the Making of a Milestone (2006); Smoke Jumpers (1996); Sole Survivor (2000); Solve for X: Constructing Season 11 (2018); Something About Amelia (1984); Something Short of Paradise (1979); Song in the Key of X (2020); Soundtrack of Our Lives: A Celebration for the Film & TV Music Community (2020); Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996); Special Unit 2 (2001–2002); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1979); Still Crazy Like a Fox (1987); Strange Calls (2015); Strike Force (1981); Stuck with Each Other (1989); Summer of Fear (1996); Superstar (1999); Sweet Temptation (1996); Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror (2006); Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain (2004); T.J. Hooker (1982–1986); T.V. Kaiser (1996); Tattoo Fixers (2017); Telling Secrets (1993); Texas Justice (1995); The Art Of... When You're Hot, Young, Poor and a Filmmaker! (2010); The Big Sick (2017); The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976); The Cape (1996); The Dancing Cow (2000); The Danger of Love: The Carolyn Warmus Story (1992); The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998); The Disappearance of Nora (1993); The Disinvited (2024); The Family Tree (1983); The Father Clements Story (1987); The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991); The Girl Who Came Between Them (1990); The Guardian (2001–2002); The Hamlet Adventure (2008); The Hunters (2011); The in Crowd (1988); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (2016); The Lady from Yesterday (1985); The Last P.O.W.? The Bobby Garwood Story (1992); The Little Kidnappers (1990); The Lone Gunmen (2001); The Lost Capone (1990); The Love Boat (1978–1982); The Magical World of Disney (1986); The Making of 'the X Files: Fight the Future' (1998); The Man with Three Wives (1993); The Marla Hanson Story (1991); The New Mutants (2020); The Next Step Beyond (1978–1979); The Other Mother: A Moment of Truth Movie (1995); The Perfect Mother (1997); The Price of Heaven (1997); The Rape of Doctor Willis (1991); The Return of Ben Casey (1988); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); The Rookies (1975–1976); The San Pedro Beach Bums (1977); The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick (1988); The Secret Life of Uri Geller (2013); The Seventh Stream (2001); The Simpsons (1995–1997); The Six of Us (1982); The Substitute Wife (1994); The Twilight Zone (2002–2003); The Unspoken Truth (1995); The Winter of Our Discontent (1983); The Worst Movies of All Time (2016–2017); The X Files (1998); The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008); The X Files: The Making of 'The Truth' (2004); The X-Files (1993–2018); The X-Files Game (1998); The X-Files: Re-Opened (2015); The X-Files: Season 11 - Conversation on the Fox Lot (2018); The X-Files: Season 11 - The Scully Effect (2018); Those She Left Behind (1989); Today at Wimbledon (2015); Top of the Pops (1996); Total Stranger (1999); Trial by Fire (1995); Turn of the Tide: Making 'Millennium' Season Two (2004); Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998); Two Kinds of Love (1983); UFO: The Truth Is Here (2001); Under a Killing Moon (1994); Undercover (2005); Urban Assault (1998); Vega$ (1978–1981); Vietnam War Story (1987–1988); Visions (1976); Walt Curtis: The Peckerneck Poet (1997); Warm Hearts, Cold Feet (1987); What Dreams May Come (1998); When He's Not a Stranger (1989); When the Whistle Blows (1980); White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991); White Irish Drinkers (2010); White Like the Moon (2002); Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991); Wild Grass (2009); Witness to the Execution (1994); Wolf Lake (2001); You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet (2012); Zachariah (1971).

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Born on this day – Roberto De Simone:


Roberto De Simone


Composer

Director

Writer

Actor

August 25, 1933 – April 6, 2025

Credits:

A Night Full of Rain (1978); After the Fox (1966); All Is Fake (2002); Così fan tutte (1996); De Pretore Vincenzo (1976); Des morceaux de ma femme (2000); Die Zauberflöte, Opera tedesca in due atti (1995); Don Giovanni (1999); È una domenica sera di novembre (1981); Eleonora (1999); Fontamara (1980); Gli esami non finiscono mai (1976); Great Performances (1996); I ladri (1959); I ragazzi di padre Tobia (1968–1970); Il Maestro di Cappella (1995); Il segreto di Luca (1969); (In)visibility (2009); La fucilazione di Pulcinella (1973); La ragazzola (1965); L'arte della commedia (1976); Lo frate 'nnamorato (1990); Lungo il fiume e sull'acqua (1973); Nabucco (1987); Omnibus (1977); Quanto è bello lu murire acciso (1975); Respiro (2002); Sempre più difficile (1981); Siamo fatti di memoria (2009); Sicily (1967); Signora Ava (1975); Tammurriata (1994); The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968); The Devil in Love (1966); The Dolls / Segment: La minestra (1965); The Gold of Naples / Segment: Pizze a credito (1954); The Skin (1981); Una questione d'onore (1966); Unici (2015); Uomo e galantuomo (1975); Viaggio nei luoghi del sacro (1999); Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968).

Born on this day – Leonard Bernstein:


Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

Composer

Pianist

Teacher

Writer

Humanitarian

August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990