11.   Film composers in general are not an overconfident lot.

12.   For that matchless scene, Bernard Herrmann, the greatest of Hollywood film composers, created some splendidly clangorous music in a French verismo style.

13.   Great film composers like Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith and Ennio Morricone are still in demand, but their scores have little of their former ambition and flair.

14.   Honorary awards also went to director Norman Jewison and award-winning film composers Dave Grusin and Stewart Copeland.

15.   Many film composers believe that too little care is taken when directors use songs instead of scores in their movies.

16.   Most pop-rock writers make lousy film composers.

17.   Most classical-music fans readily admit that some film composers are masters of tone painting and musical drama.

18.   Normally, film composers wait until a film is finished to write most of their music.

19.   We have another CD on the Helicon label of work by German cabaret composer Friedrich Hollander, who later fled from Germany and became a film composer.

20.   What Zimmer appreciates about being a film composer is that he never has to repeat himself, unlike rock stars.