 The Sammy Film Music Awards
The longest-running awards for
film music recordings
The Sammy Film Music Awards
are listed in this new ebook
The Sammy Film Music Awards (SFMA) are named in honor
of songwriter, Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) who received 4 Oscars for his these movie songs --
Academy Awards for Best Song:
"Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954)
from
THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN - music by Jule Styne
"All the Way" from THE JOKER IS WILD (1957)
- music by James Van Heusen
"High Hopes" from A HOLE IN THE HEAD (1959)
- music by James Van Heusen
"Call Me Irresponsible" from PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION (1963)
- music by James Van Heusen
Emmy Award for Best Song:
"Love and Marriage" - music by James Van Heusen
from the television production of OUR TOWN (1955)
Sammy Cahn was Oscar nominated
more times than any other past songwriter
-- 26 times in all
The Sammy Film Music Awards
were produced by Roger Hall,
a film music critic and
a member of the International Film Music Critics Association.
He is Managing Editor of Film Music Review
and author of this best-selling book,
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"What really makes the Sammy Awards worth checking out is the irregular addition of irreverent and praiseworthy categories."
--Timothy Sexton (read the full story - click here)
Please Help Support The Sammy Film Music Awards!
This CD includes all 4 Oscar-winning songs with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, plus other his movie songs,
recorded live at a special Centennial Concert in 2013 honoring Sammy Cahn,
performed by a terrific cast of singers with a jazz combo.
The host for this concert was popular radio host on WGBH-FM, Ron Della Chiesa.
To order your copy of this limited edition CD
recorded at the live concert -- click here
For comments or questions, write to:
The Sammy Film Music Awards
Most Sammy Film Music Awards for Composers
John Williams (16 SFMA)
2019:
STAR WARS:
THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
2017 (2 CDs):
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
and
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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
(expanded remastered edition by Mike Matessino)
2015: STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
2014: EMPIRE OF THE SUN (expanded edition)
2011: WAR HORSE
2005: MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
2004: THE TERMINAL
2001: A.I.: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
1998:
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
1997: SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
1995: "Moonlight" (lyrics by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
from SABRINA
1993: SCHINDLER'S LIST
1990: "Somewhere In My Memory" (lyrics by Leslie Bricusse)
from HOME ALONE
1989: BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
1988: THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST
See the film music tribute to John Williams -- click here
Alexandre Desplat (5 SFMA)
[2008. 2010, 2012 (2), 2014]
James Newton Howard (4 SFMA)
[1995, 2002, 2004, 2007]
Alan Menken (4 SFMA)
[1989, 1991 (2), 1992]
Randy Newman (4 SFMA)
[1999, 2000, 2003, 2006]
Past Film Composers and Songwriters
Honored
for Lifetime Achievement
In the order of their listing from 1988 to 2018:
Bernard Herrmann
Max Steiner
Alfred Newman
Henry Mancini
Miklós Rózsa
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Dimitri Tiomkin
Franz Waxman
Victor Young
Hugo Friedhofer
Johnny Green
Bronislau Kaper
Alex North
Elmer Bernstein
Jerry Goldsmith
Aaron Copland
John Barry
David Raksin
Jerome Moross
Roy Webb
Leigh Harline
The songwriters and lyricists:
Sammy Cahn
Ken Darby
Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Johnny Mercer
James Van Heusen
Harry Warren
Paul Francis Webster
Ned Washington
Alexander ("Sandy") Courage
Why the Sammy Awards?
Please help support
The Sammy Film Music Awards
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