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Leonard Rosenman (1924-2008)

Leonard Rosenman, composerNew York born composer and conductor Leonard Rosenman originally intended to become a painter and artist, but switched his area of interest to music after serving in Pacific with the Army Air Forces in World War II. He studied in New York and in Europe with Arnold Schoenberg, who influenced young Rosenman with his avant-gardeist musical tendencies, earned a bachelor's degree in music from the University of California, Berkeley, and also studied composition with Roger Sessions and Luigi Dallapiccola. Rosenman was encouraged to enter the world of film music by his friend James Dean, whom he had taught piano, and had an immediate impact, composing the first ever twelve-tone score for his first film, "The Cobweb" in 1955. Rosenman's subsequent work as a film composer and arranger was relatively small but consistently challenging and of high quality. In addition to composing and adapting film scores, he also composed works for orchesta, chamber ensembles and voice.
-  Movie Music UK

COMPOSITIONS            Rosenman Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Film Scores    ~ ~ ~    Rosenman on Rosenman
Concertino for Piano and Woodwinds (1948, withdrawn)
Piano Sonata (1949, withdrawn)
Three Piano Pieces (1950/52) [Grave Misterioso; Allegro Molto Capriccioso; Theme and Elaborations (1951)]
Violin Concerto (No. 1) (1951)
Six Songs, mezzo-soprano and piano (1952-54) [text: F. Garcia Lorca]
East of Eden, film score (1954) (Kazan)
The Cobweb, film score (1955) (Minnelli)
Rebel Without a Cause, film score (1955) (N. Ray)
    - Rebel Without a Cause, piano (1955/1996)
Edge of the City, film score (1956) (Ritt)
The Young Stranger, film score (1957) (Frankenheimer)
Bombers B-52, film score (1957) (Douglas)
The Hidden World, documentary film score (1958) (Snyder—doc)
Lafayette Escadrille, film score (1958) (Wellman)
Pork Chop Hill, film score (1959) (Milestone)
Twilight Zone, TV score (1959; 1 episode: "And When the Sky Was Opened")
The Bramble Bush, film score (1959) (Petrie)
Law of the Plainsman (The Westerners), TV series score (1959-1960; 28 episodes)
Chamber Music I, 16 instr/woodwinds, brass, perc, strings, hp & pf (1959) [used in "The Savage Eye, 1959]["Chamber Symphony"]
The Savage Eye, film score (1959) (Strick, Maddow, and Meyers) [from Chamber Music I, 1959]
The Crowded Sky, film score (1960) (Pevney)
The Plunderers, film score (1960) (Pevney)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, film score (1960) (Boetticher)
Duo, clarinet and piano (1960)
Have Gun - Will Travel, TV score (1961; 1 episode: "The Last Judgment")
Gunsmoke, TV score (1961; 1 episode: "The Imposter")
The Outsider, film score (1961) (Delbert Mann)
Convicts 4 (Reprieve), film score (1962) (Kaufman)
Hell Is for Heroes, film score (1962) (Siegel)
The Chapman Report, film score (1962) (Cukor)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, TV series score (1964-65; 2 episodes)
Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha, TV film score (1965)
Fantastic Voyage, film score (1966) (Fleischer)
The Road West, TV score (1966; 2 episodes)
A Covenant with Death, film score (1967) (Johnson)
Combat!, TV series score (1962-67; 151 episodes)
Stranger on the Run, TV film score (1967)
Garrison's Gorillas, TV series score (1967-68; 7 episodes)
Alexander the Great, TV film score (1968)
Countdown, film score (1968) (Altman)
Hellfighters, film score (1968) (McLaglen)
Shadow Over Elveron, TV film score (1968)
National Geographic Specials, TV score (1966-68; 2 episodes)
Chamber Music II, soprano, 10 players and tape (1968) [text: Garcia Lorca/"Your Childhood in Menton"]
Any Second Now, TV film score (1969)
This Savage Land, film score (1969) (McEveety—from TV segments)
The Virginian, TV series score (1967-69; 6 episodes)
A Man Called Horse, film score (1970) (Silverstein)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes, film score (1970) (Post)
A Short History of Civilization, or the Death of Vaudeville, actors, singers, dancers, tapes and movie clips (1970, withdrawn)
Threnody on a Song of K.R., jazz ensemble and orchestra (1970)
Foci, orchestra and tape (1970)
Duo, violin and piano (1970)
Fanfare, 8 trumpets (1970)
Primus, TV series score (1971; unknown episodes)
Vanished, TV film score (1971)
Banyon, TV score (1971; 1 episode: "Pilot")
In Broad Daylight, TV film score (1971)
The Todd Killings, film score (1971) ( Skipper ) (Shear)
Prophecy, film score (1972) (Frankenheimer)
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, TV score (1971; 1 episode: "Octopus, Octopus")
The Bravos, TV film score (1972)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, film score (1973) (Lee Thompson)
The Cat Creature, TV film score (1973)
The Phantom of Hollywood, TV film score (1974)
Nakia, TV score (1974; 1 episode: "Pilot")
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders, TV film score (1974)
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant, TV film score (1975)
Sky Heist, TV film score (1975)
Barry Lyndon, film score (1975) (Kubrick)
Race with the Devil, film score (1975) (Starrett)
Rooster Cogburn, film score (1975) (Millar)
Bound for Glory, film score (1976) (Ashby)
Birch Interval, film score (1976) (Delbert Mann)
Marcus Welby, M.D., TV series score (1969-76; 107 episodes)
Lanigan's Rabbi, TV film score (1976)
Kingston, TV film score (1976)
Holmes and Yo-Yo, TV score (1976; 1 episode: "The Dental Dynamiter")
Gibbsville, TV series score (1976; unknown episodes)
Sybil, TV film score (1976)
The Return of a Man Called Horse, film score (1976) (Kershner)
Chamber Music III, [?/2 violins, solo viola, cello and double bass] (1976, withdrawn)
Chamber Music IV (Double Bass Concerto), double bass, 4 string quartets and double bass (1976)
Two Grand Pianos, 2 amplified pianos (1976)
The Possessed, TV film score (1977)
September 30, 1955 (9/30/55), film score (1977) (Bridges)
The Car, film score (1977) (Silverstein)
Rafferty, TV score (1977; 1 episode: "Rafferty")
Quincy M.E., TV score (1977; 1 episode: "A Dead Man's Truth")
Mary White, TV film score (1977)
The Other Side of Hell, TV film score (1978)
An Enemy of the People, film score (1977) (Schaefer)
Friendly Fire, TV film score (1979)
Lord of the Rings, animated film score (1978) (Bakshi)
Promises in the Dark, film score (1979) (Hellman)
Prophecy, film score (1979) (Frankenheimer)
Nero Wolfe, TV film score (1979)
Chamber Music V, piano and 6 players (including two percussionists) (1979; rev. 1980)
Hide in Plain Sight, film score (1980) (Caan)
City in Fear, TV film score (1980) (Smithee)
The Jazz Singer, film score (1980) (Fleischer)
Foci I, orchestra, or chamber orchestra (1980; rev. 1983)
Murder in Texas, TV film score (1981)
The Wall, TV film score (1982) (Markowitz)
Making Love, film score (1982) (Hiller)
Miss Lonelyhearts, TV film score (1983)
Cross Creek, film score (1983)
Celebrity, TV mini-series score (1984) (Wendkos)
The Return of Marcus Welby M.D., TV film score (1984) (Singer)
Sylvia, film score (1984) (Firth)
Heart of the Stag, film score (1984) (Firth)
Heartsounds, TV film score (1984)
First Steps, TV film score (1985)
Amazing Stories, TV score (1986; 1 episode: "No Day at the Beach")
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, film score (1986) (Nimoy)
Promised a Miracle, TV film score (1988)
Body Wars, film score (1989)
Circles in a Forest, film score (1990)
Where Pigeons Go to Die, TV film score (1990) (Landon)
Ambition, film score (1990) (Goldstein)
Robocop II, film score (1990) (Kershner)
Looking Back at Faded Chandeliers, soprano and 5 players (1990) [text: 3 rondels from Giraud's Pierrot Lunaire]
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1990)
Aftermath: A Test of Love, TV film score (1991) (G. Jordan)
Ambition, film score (1991) [formerly titled "Mind Game"]
Keeper of the City, TV film score (1991) (Roth)
Lorca Revisited: Prelude and Four Scenes, soprano and 11 players (1990-92) [text: Garcia Lorca]
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible, TV/Video special score (1992) [not 1997]
Double Concerto, oboe, clarinet and orchestra (1992)
Exposition and Elaborations, violin and piano (1992)
The Color of Evening, film score (1994) (Stafford)
The Face on the Milk Carton, TV film score (1995) (Hussein)
Mrs. Munck, film score (1995) (Diane Ladd)
When Alpha Met Beta, string quartet (1996)
Time Travel: Hugo Wolf to "Song at Sunset", soprano and 11players (1996) [based on 4 Hugo Wolf songs]
Levitation, film score (1997) (Goldstein)
Symphony of Dinosaurs, orchestra and paleontologist (1997-99) [w/taped sounds of birds]
Walk in New York, orchestra (1999)
Jurij, film score (2001) (Gabrini)
Trio for violin, piano and cello (uncompleted?)


WORKS BY GENRE                Rosenman Links    ~ ~ ~    Film Scores    ~ ~ ~    Rosenman on Rosenman     ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
A Short History of Civilization, or the Death of Vaudeville, actors, singers, dancers, tapes and movie clips (1970, withdrawn)

Orchestra
East of Eden, concert suite, orchestra (1954)
Rebel Without a Cause, concert suite, orchestra (1955)
Chamber Music I, 16 players (1959) ["Chamber Symphony"]
Fantastic Voyage, concert suite, orchestra (1966)
Foci, orchestra and tape (1970)
Lord of the Rings, concert suite, orchestra (1978)
Foci I, orchestra, or chamber orchestra (1980; rev. 1983)
Star Trek IV (About the Whales), concert suite, orchestra (1986)
Symphony of Dinosaurs, orchestra and paleontologist (1997-99) [w/taped sounds of birds]
    - I. Water to Air
    - II. Crawl, Walk, Run
    - III. Chase
    - IV A. Explosion and Extension
    - IV B. Dirge for Dinosaurs
    - V. Evolution to Birds

Soloist(s) w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Concertino for Piano and Woodwinds (1948, withdrawn)
Violin Concerto (No. 1) (1951)
Threnody on a Song of K.R., jazz ensemble and orchestra (1970)
Chamber Music III, [????] (1976, withdrawn)
Chamber Music IV (Double Bass Concerto), double bass, 4 string quartets and double bass (1976)
Chamber Music V, piano and 6 players (including two percussionists) (1979; rev. 1980)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1990)
Double Concerto, oboe, clarinet and orchestra (1992)

Chamber
Chamber Music I, 16 instr/woodwinds, brass, perc, strings, hp & pf (1959) [used in "The Savage Eye, 1959]["Chamber Symphony"]
Chamber Music IV (Double Bass Concerto), double bass, 4 string quartets and double bass (1976)
Duo, violin and piano (1970)
Fanfare, 8 trumpets (1970)
Chamber Music V, piano and 6 players (including two percussionists) (1979; rev. 1980)
Exposition and Elaborations, violin and piano (1992)
When Alpha Met Beta, string quartet (1996)
Trio for violin, piano and cello (uncompleted?)

Piano
Piano Sonata (1949, withdrawn)
Three Piano Pieces (1950/52) [Grave Misterioso; Allegro Molto Capriccioso; Theme and Elaborations (1951)]
Rebel Without a Cause, piano (1955/1996)
Two Grand Pianos, 2 amplified pianos (1976)

Vocal
Six Songs, mezzo-soprano and piano (1952-54) [text: F. Garcia Lorca]
Chamber Music II, soprano, 10 players and tape (1968) [text: Garcia Lorca/"Your Childhood in Menton"]
Looking Back at Faded Chandeliers, soprano and 5 players (1990) [text: 3 rondels from Giraud's Pierrot Lunaire]
    - Die Estrade (The Platform)
    - Moquerie (Mockery)
    - Absinth (Absinthe)
Lorca Revisited: Prelude and Four Scenes, soprano and 11 players (1990-92) [text: Garcia Lorca]
    - Gacela del amor con cien anos
    - Casida de la muchada dorada
    - "Fabula
    - De así que, pasen cinco años
Time Travel: Hugo Wolf to "Song at Sunset", soprano and 11players (1996) [based on 4 Hugo Wolf songs]

Film Scores (includes films made for TV)
East of Eden, film score (1954) (Kazan)
The Cobweb, film score (1955) (Minnelli)
Rebel Without a Cause, film score (1955) (N. Ray)
Edge of the City, film score (1956) (Ritt)
The Young Stranger, film score (1957) (Frankenheimer)
Bombers B-52, film score (1957) (Douglas)
The Hidden World, documentary film score (1958) (Snyder—doc)
Lafayette Escadrille, film score (1958) (Wellman)
Pork Chop Hill, film score (1959) (Milestone)
The Bramble Bush, film score (1959) (Petrie)
The Savage Eye, film score (1959) (Strick, Maddow, and Meyers) [from Chamber Music I, 1959]
The Crowded Sky, film score (1960) (Pevney)
The Plunderers, film score (1960) (Pevney)
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, film score (1960) (Boetticher)
The Outsider, film score (1961) (Delbert Mann)
Convicts 4 (Reprieve), film score (1962) (Kaufman)
Hell Is for Heroes, film score (1962) (Siegel)
The Chapman Report, film score (1962) (Cukor)
Diamond Jim: Skulduggery in Samantha, TV film score (1965)
Fantastic Voyage, film score (1966) (Fleischer)
A Covenant with Death, film score (1967) (Johnson)
Stranger on the Run, TV film score (1967)
Alexander the Great, TV film score (1968)
Countdown, film score (1968) (Altman)
Hellfighters, film score (1968) (McLaglen)
Shadow Over Elveron, TV film score (1968)
Any Second Now, TV film score (1969)
This Savage Land, film score (1969) (McEveety—from TV segments)
A Man Called Horse, film score (1970) (Silverstein)
Beneath the Planet of the Apes, film score (1970) (Post)
Vanished, TV film score (1971)
In Broad Daylight, TV film score (1971)
The Todd Killings, film score (1971) ( Skipper ) (Shear)
Prophecy, film score (1972) (Frankenheimer)
The Bravos, TV film score (1972)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes, film score (1973) (Lee Thompson)
The Cat Creature, TV film score (1973)
The Phantom of Hollywood, TV film score (1974)
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders, TV film score (1974)
The First 36 Hours of Dr. Durant, TV film score (1975)
Sky Heist, TV film score (1975)
Barry Lyndon, film score (1975) (Kubrick)
Race with the Devil, film score (1975) (Starrett)
Rooster Cogburn, film score (1975) (Millar)
Bound for Glory, film score (1976) (Ashby)
Birch Interval, film score (1976) (Delbert Mann)
Lanigan's Rabbi, TV film score (1976)
Kingston, TV film score (1976)
Sybil, TV film score (1976)
The Return of a Man Called Horse, film score (1976) (Kershner)
The Possessed, TV film score (1977)
September 30, 1955 (9/30/55), film score (1977) (Bridges)
The Car, film score (1977) (Silverstein)
Mary White, TV film score (1977)
The Other Side of Hell, TV film score (1978)
An Enemy of the People, film score (1977) (Schaefer)
Friendly Fire, TV film score (1979)
Lord of the Rings, animated film score (1978) (Bakshi)
Promises in the Dark, film score (1979) (Hellman)
Prophecy, film score (1979) (Frankenheimer)
Nero Wolfe, TV film score (1979)
Hide in Plain Sight, film score (1980) (Caan)
City in Fear, TV film score (1980) (Smithee)
The Jazz Singer, film score (1980) (Fleischer)
Murder in Texas, TV film score (1981)
The Wall, TV film score (1982) (Markowitz)
Making Love, film score (1982) (Hiller)
Miss Lonelyhearts, TV film score (1983)
Cross Creek, film score (1983)
Celebrity, TV mini-series score (1984) (Wendkos)
The Return of Marcus Welby M.D., TV film score (1984) (Singer)
Sylvia, film score (1984) (Firth)
Heart of the Stag, film score (1984) (Firth)
Heartsounds, TV film score (1984)
First Steps, TV film score (1985)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, film score (1986) (Nimoy)
Promised a Miracle, TV film score (1988)
Body Wars, film score (1989)
Circles in a Forest, film score (1990)
Where Pigeons Go to Die, TV film score (1990) (Landon)
Ambition, film score (1990) (Goldstein)
Robocop II, film score (1990) (Kershner)
Aftermath: A Test of Love, TV film score (1991) (G. Jordan)
Ambition, film score (1991) [formerly titled "Mind Game"]
Keeper of the City, TV film score (1991) (Roth)
Charlton Heston Presents the Bible, TV/Video special score (1992) [not 1997]
The Color of Evening, film score (1994) (Stafford)
The Face on the Milk Carton, TV film score (1995) (Hussein)
Mrs. Munck, film score (1995) (Diane Ladd)
Levitation, film score (1997) (Goldstein)
Jurij, film score (2001) (Gabrini)

TV Series/Episodes Music
Twilight Zone, TV series score (1959; 1 episode: "And When the Sky Was Opened")
Law of the Plainsman (The Westerners), TV series score (1959-1960; 28 episodes)
    - Trojan Horse, TV episode score (1960)
    - Cavern of the Wind, TV episode score (1960)
    - Job's Daughters, TV episode score (1960)
    - Amnesty, TV episode score (1960)
    - Stella, TV episode score (1960)
    - (23 more)
Have Gun - Will Travel, TV score (1961; 1 episode: "The Last Judgment")
Gunsmoke, TV score (1961; 1 episode: "The Imposter")
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, TV series score (1964-65; 2 episodes)
    - One of the Family, TV episode score (1965)
    - Beast in View, TV episode score (1964)
The Road West, TV score (1966; 2 episodes)
    - This Savage Land: Part 2, TV episode score (1966)
    - This Savage Land: Part 1, TV episode score (1966)
Combat!, TV series score (1962-67; 151 episodes)
    - The Partisan, TV episode score (1967)
    - Jonah, TV episode score (1967)
    - Nightmare on the Red Ball Run, TV episode score (1967)
    - A Little Jazz, TV episode score (1967)
    - The Masquers, TV episode score (1967)
    - (146 more)
Garrison's Gorillas, TV series score (1967-68; 7 episodes)
    - Run from Death, TV episode score (1968)
    - Black Market, TV episode score (1967)
    - Operation Hellfire, TV episode score (1967)
    - Now I Lay Me Down to Die, TV episode score (1967)
    - Banker's Hours, TV episode score (1967)
    - (2 more)
National Geographic Specials, TV score (1966-68; 2 episodes)
    - 500 Million Years Beneath the Sea (1968) TV episode
    - Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man (1966) TV episode
The Virginian, TV series score (1967-69; 6 episodes)
    - A Love to Remember, TV episode score (1969)
    - A Flash of Darkness, TV episode score (1969)
    - The Price of Love, TV episode score (1969)
    - The Orchard, TV episode score (1968)
    - Silver Image, TV episode score (1968)
    - (1 more)
Primus, TV series score (1971; unknown episodes)
Banyon, TV score (1971; 1 episode: "Pilot")
The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, TV score (1971; 1 episode: "Octopus, Octopus")
Nakia, TV score (1974; 1 episode: "Pilot")
Marcus Welby, M.D., TV series score (1969-76; 107 episodes)
    - Vanity Case, TV episode score (1976)
    - Aspects of Love, TV episode score (1976)
    - All Passions Spent, TV episode score (1976)
    - To Trump an Ace, TV episode score (1976)
    - The Highest Mountain, TV episode score (1976)
    - (102 more)
Holmes and Yo-Yo, TV score (1976; 1 episode: "The Dental Dynamiter")
Gibbsville, TV series score (1976; unknown episodes)
Rafferty, TV score (1977; 1 episode: "Rafferty")
Quincy M.E., TV score (1977; 1 episode: "A Dead Man's Truth")
Amazing Stories, TV score (1986; 1 episode: "No Day at the Beach")

Electronic
Chamber Music II, soprano, 10 players and tape (1968) [text: Garcia Lorca/"Your Childhood in Menton"]
A Short History of Civilization, or the Death of Vaudeville, actors, singers, dancers, tapes and movie clips (1970, withdrawn)
Foci, orchestra and tape (1970)


ROSENMAN  LINKS                   Works by Genre    ~ ~ ~    Film Scores    ~ ~ ~    Rosenman on Rosenman     ~ top of page ~
Composer Leonard Rosenman Dies (Jon Burlingame, Variety)
Composer Leonard Rosenman Remembered (Jon Burlingame, Film Music Society)
Music From Heart to Heart - Recording Rosenman's Score for Jurij (Jordan R. Stoitchkov, Film Score Monthly)
Leonard Rosenman, Composer for Films, Dies at 83 (Margalit Fox, The New York Times)
Leonard Rosenman Dead at 83 (Film Music Society)
Leonard Rosenman Interview (Daniel Mangodt and Wolfgang Breyer, Soundtrack)
Leonard Rosenman - Obituary (Ronald Bergan, The Guardian)
Leonard Rosenman on Star Trek 4 (Randall D. Larson, Soundtrack)
Leonard Rosenman: Oscar-winning Film Composer Who Introduced Modernism Into Hollywood (The Independent)
Serving Two Masters: Leonard Rosenman's Music for Films and the Concert Hall (Sabine Feisst, 21st Century Music)

Composer's website [none at the moment]        . . . inquire about Leonard Rosenman: ?????

Rosenman @ Wikipedia
Rosenman @ Answers.com
Rosenman @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Rosenman @ Classical Archives
Rosenman @ Classical Composers Database
Rosenman @ Dilettante Music
Rosenman @ Facebook
Rosenman @ The Fales Library/The Leonard Rosenman Papers, ca. 1949-1990
Rosenman @ Filmbug (via google)
Rosenman @ Film Music Society (via google)
Rosenman @ Film Reference
Rosenman @ Film Score Monthly (via google)
Rosenman @ Filmtracks (via google)
Rosenman @ A Fistful of Soundtracks: The Blog
Rosenman @ Hollywood Heritage
Rosenman @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Rosenman @ InstantEncore
Rosenman @ mfiles
Rosenman @ Movie Music UK
Rosenman @ MSN Music
Rosenman @ The Music of My Time (Joan Peyser, Katomo Ltd, books.google.com)
Rosenman @ MusicWeb International
Rosenman @ The New York Times
Rosenman @ Nonesuch Records
Rosenman @ The SCL (The Society of Composers & Lyricists)
Rosenman @ ScoreTrack.net Blog
Rosenman @ SoundtrackCollector
Rosenman @ Soundtrack Express (via google)
Rosenman @ SoundtrackNet
Rosenman @ SoundUnwound
Rosenman @ Starpulse.com
Rosenman @ Turner Classic Movies

Publisher
Rosenman @ Peermusic Classical

Streaming Audio
Rosenman @ Classical Archives
Rosenman @ last.fm
Rosenman @ RadiOM.org
Rosenman @ Rhapsody    also     here
Rosenman @ WNYC/Fishko Files

Recordings
Rosenman @ ArkivMusic
Rosenman @ ClassicsOnline
Rosenman @ Discogs

Video
Rosenman @ YouTube
Rosenman @ Google Video

Rosenman on Rosenman: Interview with Charles Amirkhanian (streaming audio)
Leonard Rosenman, composerComposers Speak on the Web at Pytheas
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