Great Film Composers

The birth of the music soundtrack drew influences from across the world, the 1930s saw the arrival of sound.

As fascism was growing in Germany the great artists who had not yet escaped Europe were now leaving and heading to Hollywood.

Considered the Golden Age of Hollywood the studios were filled with the most extraordinary directors and actors but also the importance of the soundtrack in film.

The New Dawn saw the arrival of new influences in movie making and new music in the form of Jazz center stage in the compositions with Jazz greats scoring films.

The early 1960's arrived with some of the most memorable soundtracks and composers in film history. Elmer Bernstein, Alex North, Ernest Gold, and Henry Mancini.

The film industry was reflecting some of the Civil Rights issues in the USA.