Book signing with Composers Charles Fox and Warren M. Sherk April 9, 2011

THE FILM MUSIC SOCIETY
Presents Celebrated Composers & Authors
Charles Fox & Warren M. Sherk
At Barnes & Noble Westside Pavilion

Charles Fox has composed more than 100 motion picture and TV scores, among them the themes of many iconic series, including Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Love, American Style, Wonder Woman and Love Boat, as well as “Wide World of Sports” and “Monday Night Football.” Twice nominated for the Academy Award, the two-time Emmy and Grammy winning composer has written “Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music.” Fox describes the cornerstone events of his musical and personal life and recounts his development as a musician. A particularly evocative portion of the memoir is the remarkable original letters he wrote home between 1959 and 1961, which were found among his mother’s belongings that highlight his studies under the tutelage of the most renowned music composition teacher of the 20th century, Nadia Boulanger. He reflects on highlights of his career, including his ballets “Zorro” and “A Song For Dead Warriors” for the San Francisco Ballet. He has worked with some of the greatest names in entertainment, film, TV, and records, including Jim Croce, Barry Manilow, Lena Horne and Fred Astaire. Inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Smithsonian Institute as well as being a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Society of Composers & Lyricists, and BMI. Fox's tells a compelling story of a musician/composer whose work continues to entertain and inspire listeners around the world.
Warren M. Sherk is an archivist, author, and composer. He is a special collections database archivist and music specialist at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library. He holds a bachelor’s degree in music composition from the University of Arizona and a master’s from UCLA. He also works extensively in music preparation for motion pictures, providing orchestrations for such films as “Dragonheart: A New Beginning” and “101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure.” His orchestral reconstructions of classic film music can be heard on Koch, Naxos, Silva Screen, Tadlow Music and Varese Sarabande. He serves as secretary of the Film Music Society and his book entitled “Film and Television Music: A Guide to Books, Articles, and Composer Interviews,” compiles over 100 years of writings devoted to the subject of film and television music and its practitioners. This indispensable resource tool includes bibliographic citations and supplementary information on books, academic dissertations, composer and songwriter biographies, music for the accompaniment of silent films, and a wide range of film, music, and general interest periodicals. This authoritative reference is for anyone interested in the history of TV and film music from the silent era to the digital age.
The Film Music Society is a nonprofit public benefit organization formed by entertainment community professionals in support of film and television music preservation. Preservation efforts are directed at all forms of music manuscripts, recordings, writings, photographs, production papers and other materials related to the history of the art form. The organization promotes education programs, encourages the publication of writings, sponsors public events, and coordinates the donation of composers’ collections to institutional libraries. Founded in 1972, the FMS is the leading organization for film and TV music preservation in the world, with members in more than 20 countries.