How to Be a Composer [SEP] original network
How to Be a Composer
How to Be a Composer is a British television documentary first shown on BBC Four in July 2009.
Background.
The show (2 x 1 hr, made by Diverse Production, produced and directed by Paul Yule), was based around the former "New Musical Express" journalist Paul Morley learning how to create a piece of classical music. The films observe Morley spending a year at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London. Even though Morley begins neither knowing how to read music
substituted a happier ending. Although Welles's extensive notes for how he wished the film to be cut have survived, the excised footage was destroyed. Composer Bernard Herrmann insisted his credit be removed when, like the film itself, his score was heavily edited by the studio. Even in the released version, "The Magnificent Ambersons" is often regarded as among the best U.S. films ever made.
In 2002, the A&E Network aired its original film "The Magnificent Ambersons", directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Madeleine Stowe