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Mondays, 7:00-8:30pm (EST) July 24th - August 28th
Let’s enjoy the ride through the process of creating those historical pieces that convey what the movie is trying to say without words and evoke an emotional response even the most brilliant bit of dialogue cannot.
Course Description:
The American Film Institute released a list of the best film scores, that includes many well-known classics and some surprises. The composers of those scores have things in common: fascinating lives, solid careers, a love of music and, Judaism! Let’s enjoy the ride through the process of creating those historical pieces that convey what the movie is trying to say without words and evoke an emotional response even the most brilliant bit of dialogue cannot. With the participation of the students, we'll build our alternative top 25 film scores of all time!
Week 1: AFI’s List of the best films scores ever. Other lists, other rankings. European and American composers. Enio Morricone’s The Mission, Miklós Rózsa’s Ben-Hur. John Williams’’ Star Wars, Jaws and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
Week 2: Nino Rota’s The Godfather, Maurice Jarre’s Lawrence of Arabia, David Raksin’s Laura, Jerry Goldsmith’s Planet of the Apes and Chinatown.
Week 3: Dave Grusin’s On Golden Pond, John Barry’s Out of Africa, Erich Korngold’s The Adventures of Robin Hood, Dimitri Tiomkin’s High Noon. Elmer Bernstein’s To Kill a Mockingbird and The Magnificent Seven.
Week 4: Henri Mancini’s The Pink Panther, Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront, Alex North’s A Streetcar Named Desire, Franz Waxman’s Sunset Boulevard.
Week 5: Alfred Newman’s How the West Was Won, Max Steiner’s King Kong and Gone with the Wind. Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho and Vertigo.
Week 6: Students’ favorite film scores. Our own alternative Top 25.
MONDAYS, 7:00-8:30pm (EST)
Dates: July 24, 31, Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28
Emanuel Abramovits is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA, Concerts promoter since 2000, responsible for many shows by international artists in Venezuela, like Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Kansas, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Slash, Backstreet Boys, ASIA, Journey, Kenny G and all main local Symphony Orchestras. Designed and staged many original events, like MOZARTFEST, PINK FLOYD NUESTRO TRIBUTO (Event of the Year winner), OFRENDA PARA VYTAS, EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO LLEGA A TI (world premier), etc..Cultural Director at UNION ISRAELITA DE CARACAS from 2008 to 2019, in charge of documenting Holocaust survivors’ stories, the history of the local Jewish Community, art exhibitions, lectures, film cycles, orchestral concerts, Limmud contents, etc. Recent exhibitions included the History of Yiddish Culture in 2017 and the History of Jewish Music in 2018.
