John Barry's Widow Establishes a Scholarship for Film Music — artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com

Times sure have changed for film composers. Well into the 1980s, they were looked down upon by composers of symphonic concert music, and by many classical music critics, as purveyors of facile backdrops for popular entertainment. But now, John Williams regularly conducts his film music with major orchestras, and Ennio Morricone and Howard Shore draw large crowds at concerts of their film works. Vintage scores by Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman and others are regarded as classics. And conservatories everywhere offer degree programs in film scoring, to which students flock.

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