Alfred Newman was born on this date.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

He wrote music for movies. Randy is his nephew.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. I thought, "he wrote that?" Not quite. He's conducting the performance of it here.

In my usual way:

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song)

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"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was publicized first in the movie, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song. From 1967 to 1973, it was used as the theme song to Love is a Many Splendored Thing, the soap opera based on the movie. The song's refrain is based on the aria Un bel dì vedremo from Giacomo Puccini’s opera, Madama Butterfly.

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We're getting a lot of luminaries today.

Thanks for the memories.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. He did write this little ditty, which you might have heard a few times.

20th Century Studios

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Logo and fanfare

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20th Century Studios is perhaps best known for its production logo. The familiar 20th Century logo originated as the logo of Twentieth Century Pictures and was adopted by 20th Century-Fox after the merger in 1935. It consists of a stacked block-letter three-dimensional, monolithic logotype ( nicknamed "the Monument" ) surrounded by Art deco buildings and illuminated by searchlights. In the production logo that appears at the start of films, the searchlights are animated and the sequence is accompanied by a distinctive fanfare that was originally composed in 1933 by Alfred Newman. The original layout of the logo was designed by special effects animator and matte painting artist Emil Kosa Jr..

The 20th Century logo and fanfare have been recognized as an iconic symbol of the Golden Age of Hollywood.

In 1953, Rocky Longo, an artist at Pacific Title, was hired to recreate the original logo design for the new CinemaScope picture process. Longo tilted the "0" in "20th" to have the logo maintain proportions in the wider CinemaScope format. Alfred Newman also re-composed the logo's fanfare with an extension to be heard during the CinemaScope logo that would follow after the Fox logo. Although the format had since declined, director George Lucas specifically requested that the CinemaScope version of the fanfare be used for the opening titles of Star Wars (1977). Additionally, the film's main theme was composed by John Williams in the same key as the fanfare (B♭ major), serving as an extension to it of sorts. In 1981, the logo was slightly altered with the re-straightening of the "0" in "20th".

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Cinema in Concert - 00 - Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare
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Conductor: Ulf Schirmer
Orchestra: Münchner Rundfunkorchester

One more time:

Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare - Stéphane Denève | Made in America
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Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Stéphane Denève - conductor

Alfred Newman - 20th Century Fox Fanfare

Recorded live on 27 January 2022 at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam.

[Clash City Rocker]

3. Lionel and Emil were his brothers

Seven of his family members have composed film music. The Newman family has received more Oscar nominations than any other, 76 to date. Alfred is third all time in Oscars won, regardless of category. He’s regarded my many as the greatest film composer of all time.