Hollywood Editions and Arrangements
Mr. Mauceri has created an important series of restorations and arrangements of classic film scores. These include music by Alex North (Cleopatra Symphony), Franz Waxman (Sunset Boulevard – Sonata for Orchestra), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (Between Two Worlds – Judgment Day), Nino Rota (The Godfather – a Symphonic Portrait), Jerry Goldsmith (Star Trek: the Motion Picture – The New Enterprise), and Branislau Kaper (Mutiny on the Bounty – Movements for Orchestra). In 1999 he edited and gave the world premiere concert performance of Bernard Herrmann’s Psycho – a Narrative for String Orchestra composed in 1968. In 2002, Mauceri suggested the creation of a symphony based on the as-yet-to-be-completed score to the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Working as editor and artistic advisor to composer Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings Symphony has been called the most successful new orchestral work in history. Within its first year, it was heard by over 250,000 people in sold out concerts throughout the world.
John Mauceri has brought first performances of music written in Hollywood to many corners of the earth - from Rio di Janeiro to Osaka, from Vienna and Berlin back toLos Angeles itself. In recognition of his outstanding contributions in restoring and performing music for film he was given a special award by the Society for the Preservation of Film Music in August of 1995.
Mr. Mauceri was honored to have conducted the music of Miklos Rozsa, at the invitationof the Rozsa family, for the composer’s interment in Forest Lawn Cemetery. Aperformance of the music of Jerry Goldsmith, telephoned to the ailing composer at home, proved to be the last time he heard his music played. In November of 2007, Mr. Mauceri created a symphonic portrait from The Adventures of Robin Hood to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the composer’s death. It was played at Vienna’s Konzerthaus to a sold out house that included the composer’s grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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