Adele set for Grammys performance

In a move sure to lift ratings for the performance-centered Grammy Awards, Adele will make her first appearance since vocal cord surgery last fall on the Feb. 12 music kudocast. British singer -- who is up for six awards this year, including album, record and song of the year -- was forced to cancel a sold-out U.S. tour last year due to vocal issues. In the interim, her sophomore release "21" became the biggest-selling album of the year; it has shifted 6.1 million copies domestically and remains at No. 1 this week after almost a year on the chart. Adele's addition adds punch to a glittering lineup for the CBS show. Previously announced performers include Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson, Glen Campbell with the Band Perry and Blake Shelton, Coldplay and Rihanna, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars, Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift and 2012 MusiCares person of the year Paul McCartney. LL Cool J will host. The Grammys will air live from Staples Center. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

TruTV names programming veep

TruTV has marketed Angel Annussek to original programming veep. Annussek have been executive producer and editorial director for that network, which she became a member of in 2004. She'll use TruTV EVP/COO Marc Juris and senior programming veep Darren Campo toward an growth of the cabler's programming slate, while managing production and content. "This can be a well-deserved promotion for Angel, that has been a significant part of truTV's quickly growing success in original programming," Campo stated. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com

Suzanne Somers Emotional Reunion With Threes Company Co-Star Joyce DeWitt After 30-Year Rift

First Launched: The month of the month of january 19, 2012 6:38 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood La, Calif. -- Caption Suzanne Somers visits Access Hollywood Survive The month of the month of january 19, 2012Suzanne Somers and her Threes Company co-star, Joyce DeWitt, recently reunited carrying out a producer on Suzannes web show asked for Joyce to produce a feel and look an idea the actress-switched-author initially opposed due to bad blood stream involving the pair which in fact had saved them from speaking for thirty years. I used to be fired for [asking] being paid out whatever they paid out the males and everybody started up me, Suzanne told Billy Rose rose bush and Package Hoover on Thursdays Access Hollywood Live, when asked for why she initially opposed restarting the ties with Joyce after their 30-year rift. [Joyce] didnt back you? Billy asked for. Yeah, it absolutely was an problem, Suzanne responded. [Then] I believed, you understand, everybodys gone from that relate. John [Ritter] is dead, Norman [Fell] is dead, Audra [Lindley] is dead, the producers are dead Its just me and Joyce, which we shared a instant that will not be again, she added. After giving the issue some thought, Suzanne made a decision to proceed while using reunion with Joyce and mentioned the meeting was incredibly moving. So she arrives plus it am emotional, Suzanne told Billy and Package of Joyces appearance on her behalf account web series, Suzanne Somers Penetrating. Here Im searching at somebody who I spent this kind of instant with which i hadnt seen her for thirty years and he or she looks great you have to watch! Suzanne recognized the emotional reunion elevated painful recollections previously specially the sudden insufficient their former Threes Company cohort John Ritter, who died tragically in 2003 at 54. Clearly I cried. I'm speaking about, it absolutely was similar to, just what a waste, she mentioned in the feelings that bubbled for the surface in the look at Joyce. And assisted me consider John and the way awful it's that John is completed. I still cant believe John Ritter is completed. Furthermore to healing relationship fences, Suzanne whose latest book, The Sexy Forever Recipe Bible will be stores now mentioned her health may also be round the mend carrying out a bout with breast cancers introduced with a disfiguring lumpectomy. Follow The Link to hear Suzanne inform you that stem cells triggered her miraculous cosmetic recovery! Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Rankings: The American Idol Show Debut Suffers Greatest Decline in the History

The American Idol Show The 2-hour Season 11 premiere of yankee Idol - the country's most-viewed prime-time program within the last eight seasons - attracted 21.six million people and published a 7.2 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, lower roughly 17 % and 26 %, correspondingly, in comparison with last year's premiere. Last year, Idol first showed to 26.a million people, lower 13 percent from 2010's 29.9 million, based on preliminary Nielsen figures at that time - that also demonstrated a far more precipitous drop in the market-valued demographic, 18 percent. The Fox show obtained a 9.7 rating within the demo, in comparison to 11.8 this year. The amounts have rejected some ten to fifteen percent per season for 5 years. Take a look at our first The American Idol Show recap of year Still, the show far outpaces almost every other show - well, except NCIS - and definitely runs way in front of the fake shows it's created, The X Factor and also the Voice. On Wednesday evening, it were built with a bigger audience than all its competition combined. The show required a bite from every competing show's viewership, specially the four ABC sitcoms - three which hit season lows - and also the two on NBC, where Chelsea Handler's comedy dropped by a lot more than 30 % in Week 2. On fundamental cable, Monday night's episode of Bravo's The Actual Average women of Beverly Hillsides set a set record, bringing in 2.8 million. Browse the relaxation from the day's news on TVGuide.com 8 p.m.CBS: NCIS [rerun] 9.07 million audiences (1.5 demo rating)ABC: The Center 8.15 million (2.6) Suburgatory 7.02 million (2.5)Fox: The American Idol Show 21.six million (7.2) NBC: Whitney 4.$ 30 million (1.6) Are You Currently There, Chelsea? 4.27 million (2.3)CW: One Tree Hill 1.52 million (.9) 9 p.m.CBS: Criminal Minds 12.83 million audiences (3.2 demo rating)ABC: Modern Family 11.81 million (5.) Happy Being 6.22 million (2.9)NBC: Harry's Law 6.41 million (1.1)CW: Renovated [rerun] 605,000 (.3) 10 p.m.CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Analysis 11.81 million audiences (2.8 demo rating)ABC: Revenge 7.58 million (2.5)NBC: Law & Order: Special Sufferers Unit 6.41 million (1.8)

How to brand a fest

Robert RedfordAfter years of representing a scrappy arts institute and its film festival, the name "Sundance" has grown to stand for a cable channel, a film distribution label, two online VOD rental outlets, a chain of theaters and film programs around the country and world.At first glance, it seems almost unfair to measure a nonprofit org dedicated to discovering and developing the best young, cutting-edge films and filmmakers by the value of its name. But the question of Sundance's brand equity makes sense, considering its fast-growing expansion into new territory at a time when brand identity seems even more crucial to garnering consumer confidence for unknown, untested fare than ever."As much as we love and have built the brand IFC, Sundance is one of the very few global film brands, and in terms of independent film, it's the best known global brand in the world. Everything pales in comparison," says IFC Entertainment head Jonathan Sehring, who oversees Sundance Selects as one of IFC's three film labels. Under the Sundance name (which IFC parent company Rainbow Media was able to use after acquiring the Sundance Channel in 2008), IFC releases docs, foreign-language and prestige American fare that's played any number of festivals -- or none at all.Prestige doesn't always equal box office success, and while Sundance is known for such breakout low-budget hits as "Little Miss Sunshine," it's also been known for films that gain fanfare at the fest but little else. Sony PicturesClassics co-head Tom Bernard sees its reputation for the latter shifting as popular culture catches up to Sundance's edgier sensibility."Sundance has become sort of a generic word, like Coke for cola or Band-Aid for adhesive strip," Bernard says. "In the past, a 'Sundance-type movie' had a connotation that was 'not very good' or 'really esoteric,' and I think that's changed. The 'Sundance movie' brand now has the feel of something that's fiercely independent, that's going to be new and unique, like 'Martha Marcy May Marlene.' It changes monthly, and right now I think the stars are aligned with (what Sundance stands for)."This year marks the third edition under director John Cooper and programming head Trevor Groth, and the second for Sundance Institute exec director Keri Putnam.Commercial ventures bearing the fest's name may have grown in the past three years, but this trio -- who maintain clear church-and-state separation between those ventures and the nonprofits they oversee -- have arguably fostered a fest as uncompromising to commercial interests as ever: When the competition lineup was announced in December, none of the films had distributors attached.When it comes to outside ventures and cross promotions, Cooper says the org isn't promoting Sundance, per se."We're promoting the notion of independent film as viable entertainment," he says. "When we curate a program, we're not interested in trying to change perceptions of us. I'm more interested in representing what the filmmakers are doing this year."For breaking directors, producers and thesps, being selected to play Sundance can make all the difference in the life of their films, exposing their work to receptive buyers and press, and giving them that special "Sundance film" cachet when the pics eventually reach the marketplace.Certainly, the brand's power can be seen in the wannabe starlets eager to pose in front of the Sundance logo on Main Street, or the countless marketers looking to reach the tastemakers attending the fest.While last year saw a record percentage of fest titles obtain some form of distribution (thanks in part to a growing number of VOD and ancillary release options), the Sundance Institute recently launched initiatives to promote some of its most niche -- and possibly least commercial -- offerings.On the front end, Sundance's year-old partnership with Kickstarter helped the crowdsourcing initiative fund 50 films to the tune of $1.4 million, according to the Institute's digital initiatives director Joseph Beyer.On the back end, the Institute's Artists Services program forged a partnership with New Video that could potentially make any feature ever shown at the fest, brought to its lab or given a grant available to the public via iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Hulu, Netflix, SundanceNow and YouTube. Filmmakers behind these unreleased or long-lost titles can retain all rights to their work and use Topspin Media marketing tools.While this push will bring even greater public awareness to the "esoteric" side of Sundance's historic slate, on the flip side, programs like Sundance Film Festival USA will dispatch directors from nine of the 2012 edition's most buzzed-about sales titles -- including such potentially commercial pics as "Celeste and Jesse Forever," "Arbitrage" and "Bachelorette" -- to screen their films in cities around the country during the festival.Though the public has shaped its idea of the Sundance brand from the Institute's work across a range of different platforms, insiders note that Robert Redford's founding vision began with the labs, where the core idea, as Putnam summarizes it, has always been "supporting independent new voices and celebrating creativity on the cutting edge -- innovation in the ways stories are told and seen."Adds Groth: "As far as the other entities that have the word 'Sundance' in them, Redford is always very careful with how that word is used. He knows it began with the Institute, and anyone he lends that name has to be true to its values."Sundance Film Festival 2012How to brand a fest | Tyro focus makes fest no country for old men | Target titles | Thrills turn more extreme as indie genre pics evolve | Freshman 'dance | Filmmakers free to experiment in labs Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Ford, Wesley join Prescreen board

Prescreen, a startup movie marketing and distribution platform, has drawn on IM Global topper Stuart Ford and Blockbuster professional Tim Wesley as people of their recently created board of experts. Ford founded IM Global in April 2007, initially together with Internationalmedia AG, and 3 years later offered a big part stake in the organization to Reliance Entertainment. Wesley co-founded Milestone Entertainment and it has labored at Vital, The new sony, Maverick Films, Ripe Digital Entertainment Corporation. and Neustar Media. Prescreen also stated its VOD rental showcase continues to be broadened to feature a maximum of 15 Sundance choices from previous years on its site. Prescreen states it is the only website including all of the available trailers with this year's festival choices. Partners for that Prescreen Sundance Festival include Kino Lorber Monterey Media Strand Delivering First Run Features Indie Blitz and Film Movement. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

'Glee': Cory Monteith Returning for Season 4

When Jum Michele returns for the mysterious fourth season of Glee after her character graduates, she won't be alone: her on-screen boyfriend, Cory Monteith, will probably be along for your ride too.InchIndeed, I am likely to be back," Monteith told The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday at Fox's Television Experts Association winter press tour party in Pasadena. "I'm very excited."What is the news comes several hours after Fox Entertainment leader Kevin Reilly formally attracted the plug around the potential Glee spinoff that could have observed Michele's Rachel be grew to become part of by Monteith's Finn and Chris Colfer's Kurt mind to NY. Rather, Reilly introduced that Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy had create a conceit to own Season 3's graduation seniors return next season, watching that Michele would formally return."Ryan has develop a great, ground-breaking idea depending on how to include us graduation secondary school seniors into next season which is exciting," Michele told THR. "We shouldn't hands the completely new formula however i am excited and Cory is actually excited being coming back next season. Once we heard Ryan's plan, it genuinely made us a lot more thrilled."Reilly told reporters Sunday that he's "alluding having a version" from the show in the demonstrate that the spring batch in the episodes would setup this program for next season, with Monteith watching that lots of figures in addition to their story lines will mind in the "small different direction" inside the back half from the present third season."People will probably graduate in addition to their story lines could keep on through graduation into Season 4, also keeping the William McKinley Secondary School paradigm intact and building in facets of figures who've graduated," he mentioned. "It's a very awesome way they've determined how to accomplish this.InchIdeas money for hard times of Glee increased being murky after co-creator Murphy told The Hollywood Reporter within this summer time the trio would not be returning for Season 4 with co-creator Kaira Falchuk telling fans at Comic-Disadvantage days later the trio "aren't finished with the show after this season."Falchuk noted the NY-set spinoff turning across the trio as Colfer and Michele's figures moved toward their Broadway aspirations was among the ideas being looked into in those days. That was something i had been planting just like a possibility, but we didnt get much beyond that, he mentioned within this summer time, watching the seed items were grown throughout the summer season 2 finale when the cast visited NY.Colfer, meanwhile, told TheInsider.com on Sunday he or she is returning for Season 4: "Yes. I'm coming back. Ryan's idea is kind of revolutionary. It's the most effective of both cell phone industry's. Everyone will love it.Inch The Hollywood Reporter

Jennifer Lopez Excited For Your Return Of In Living Color Open To Returning To Shows Special deals

First Launched: The month of the month of january 8, 2012 9:04 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Judge Jennifer Lopez talks onstage through the Americanidol panel through the FOX Broadcasting Company part of the 2012 Winter TCA Tour within the Langham Huntington Hotel and Health health spa, Pasadena, around the month of the month of january 8, 2012Jennifer Lopez might be open to helping her former In Living Color boss, Keenen Ivory Wayans, while using approaching return in the sketch comedy, set to happen on FOX this spring. Its what? Jennifer mentioned, when AccessHollywood.com asked for her if shed wish to get familiar with the show, which returns by getting an up-to-date version in the sketch comedy, by 50 percent half-hour special deals in Spring 2012. Oh my gosh God, I didn't know! Thats awesome, she told Access on Sunday following a Television Experts Association Winter Session panel for Americanidol of In Living Color being elevated. I havent have been told by [Keenen], however when he referred to as me and wanted me some thing, that could be awesome, Jennifer mentioned. Jennifer mentioned shes ongoing to become grateful to Keenen for giving her this kind of great start and encouragement in their youthful days when she will be a Fly Girl. I owe Keenan a good deal. Immediately of my career, he always supported me, he always was constantly trading during my brain, Youre likely to be a star, youre likely to be a star, did you know? Which he will be a mentor in my opinion so If perhaps him the most effective with this particular, she added. As formerly reported on AccessHollywood.com, original creator and executive producer Keenen will host the completely new episodes. The special deals will feature youthful talent, musical performances and special site visitors. In Living Color initially broadcast between 1990 - 1994 on FOX. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Elle Macpherson Shares Her Secrets For Residing In Incredible Shape

First Launched: The month of the month of january 6, 2012 5:44 PM EST Credit: Getty Images La, Calif. -- Caption Executive Producer/Host Elle Macpherson talks onstage through the style Star panel through the NBCUniversal part of the 2012 Winter TCA Tour within the Langham Huntington Hotel, Pasadena, The month of the month of january 6, 2011Elle Macphersons nickname might be your body as well as the paparazzi clustered to capture the models famous frame as she frolicked inside the Australian surf inside the holidays in bikinis and wetsuits. Stunning at 47, Elle revealed she stays in incredible shape by hearing her body. My focus has not been about searching great inside the mirror, my focus remains about being correctly and feeling well, so wellness is not any. 1, she told AccessHollywood.com, carrying out a NBC Television Experts Association Winter Session panel on her behalf approaching show, Fashion Star. Once I make options personally, I decide this really is this is not on, Is always that gonna cause me to feel thinner? Its, How can you feel once i eat individuals foods? or, How can you feel once i do that sport? she added. The Sports Outlined Swimsuit Problem legend mentioned she decides for sporting activities to keep her fitness. Generally, I'm inclined to complete items that are great, therefore i laugh a good deal which i surf, even though I am not so great. Which I ski, which i water ski, which i hike, which i play tennis, she ongoing. I like do things, Im competitive. I deal with myself which i deal with others which i have a great time. She also takes proper proper care of herself. Lots of water, drink plenty of water, sleep seven several hours which i attempt eating organically produced [food] just no pesticide oral sprays without any chemical chemical preservatives, she mentioned. The model-switched-television producer mentioned she relates to fellow Australian Hugh Jackman, who's also frequently taken with the paparazzi being taking part in beaches of Here. Hugh and I have got a very similar attitude towards physicality, she mentioned. Hugh is very famous for his body, but that body, its his lifestyle. It's not several hours and several hours and several hours. Fashion Star, featuring mentors Jessica Simpson, Nicole Richie and John Varvatos, premieres on March 13 on NBC. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All rights reserved. These elements is probably not launched, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Comcast subs get 'Smash' sneak look

"Smash" NBC is giving clients of the parent company's cable service, Comcast, a headstart round the midseason series "Smash." Even though hybrid tuner drama doesn't begin until Feb. 6, Comcast subs will get a 3-week visit "Smash" via Comcast's digital platform, XfinityTV.com and Xfinity if needed. The pilot will probably be available there by Jan. 16 and also on the Xfinity TV iPad application beginning Jan. 23. You will notice supplemental material for an additional midseason launch, "The Voice," Jan. 19. Peacock's move with "Smash" continues the recognition of nets implementing online platforms to drum up promotion for skeins. NBC offered early online peeks of the fall comedies "Whitney" and "Up With The Evening" in September in the pact with Yahoo. Fox built strong word-of-mouth due to its "New Girl" by considering making the pilot on iTunes. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com

New images for Prometheus and also the Hobbit

We are still buzzing in the discharge of the very first trailers for Prometheus and also the Hobbit right before Christmas, as well as their particular galleries have made certain our excitement keeps ticking over by delivering a set of new stills in to the wild.The brand new Prometheus image sees Noomi Rapace's character searching worried like a strange object lights up strangely alongside her. Obviously, it might just be a snazzy torch, but we'd let it rest well alone the same.Meanwhile, the most recent Hobbit snap shows Martin Freeman's Bilbo making his way via a woodland area, sporting his usual expression of mild concern. Possibly he is able to smell among the three trolls up ahead?Besides the Dark Dark night Increases, they are most likely the 2 films we are most looking forward to in 2012. And although we await The Hobbit having a cosy sense of nostalgia and luxury, we are equally wanting to discover what nasty surprises Ridley Scott has available for Rapace and co.Prometheus would be the first of these two films to land, coming in United kingdom movie theaters on 1 June 2012. The Hobbit: An Unpredicted Journey follows later around, on 14 December. It will likely be a really exciting twelve several weeks....

Melanie Amaro Reveals The One Thing She Is Ready To Splurge Her X Factor Money On

First Published: January 5, 2012 4:32 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Melanie Amaro Reveals Her Plans For The X Factors $5 Million Prize NY, N.Y. -- Melanie Amaro scored herself the big $5 million recording contract with Sony when she won The X Factor just a few weeks ago, and shes ready to spend some of that cash on a much-needed item. A foot massager, she told Access Hollywood about the one thing her heart truly desires. I think thats ultimately, right now, what I truly, truly want and need. I dont think buying fancy cars, fancy clothes I dont really find that a need, Melanie continued. For me I seriously need a foot massager. You see all these really pretty women in like different shows and stuff and they wear all these nice shoes and [large] heels, and its like, Oh my gosh, you look so great, but inside its killing her because her feet are hurting. So for me, its like I wear them and I look great in them But when you get home, you just wanna put your foot in a foot massager and just take a load off. Melanie will part with some of her cash on one big ticket item, but it wont be a present to herself. She told Access she still intends to buy her mom a property. I think my mom deserves a nice house, a big kitchen so she can cook, a nice big bedroom and a big bed, I feel that she deserves it, the singer said. In the weeks since Melanie won Season 1 of The X Factor her life has changed, but she only realized the significance of what happened on Wednesday. Yesterday it kind of hit me that this is gonna be my life from now on: interviews, hair, makeup, wardrobe, she said. As I got up, it was like, Bam! Bam! Bam! People on my face, people on my hair I was like, Wow, this is gonna be me for a long time. Added Melanie, I think Im getting used to it. Copyright 2012 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Social media hogs spotlight at Midem

Several days before its famous annual film fest will get control the Palais des Festivales, Cannes plays host to Midem, the world music trade confab that utilizes a quieter, although cooler and rainier, Croisette.Using this 46th edition, Jan. 28-31, the trade event is attempting to keep pace getting a rapidly changing ecosystem with apparently as much earnings streams and platforms because you will find artists for everybody them.Midem director Bruno Crolot notes the value of technology inside the record companies today: Not only are fans purchasing more music through digital download sites, they can also interact directly with artists through internet sites for instance Facebook.In compliance to Midem, six in the top Twitter accounts are possessed by artists. YouTube has furthermore been a effective tech tool inside the record companies, with one-third of YouTube videos being music-driven."Social networks are, personally, music business,In . states Crolot. "Through the 2011 Midem, we're focusing about engaging everyone due to technology tools which are used like social media. Fundamental necessities recommendations to obtain the direct outcomes of artists and fans."Among its many keynote conferences and industry forums, Midem will probably be hosting Midemlab, an worldwide pitch competition for record companies programs and tech online businesses.A year ago, Midemlab aided propel the launch of SoundCloud, an internet-based music distribution platform. As of this year's session, 30 online businesses can have their products with a jury made up of industry-savvy people for instance Groupon, Facebook and also the new the new sony Music Entertainment honchos.Further underscoring the value of connecting up fans to artists and kinds, Midem will probably be hosting its first edition in the Midem Festival, a 3-evening concert series open to everybody featuring shows from worldwide artists or even more-and-coming talent."The festival is a crucial part of the new Midem," Crolot describes. "We have many content conferences and subjects about engaging audiences and becoming direct relations between music labels and fans, and between brands and clients. We really preferred to possess live music at the center of the large event.InchCrolot notifies Variety that since the record companies "experienced throughout the final 10 years, Midem experienced too.Inch But Midem, as being a microcosmic reflection in the record companies itself, "has received an opportunity to be innovative making new formats," he notes."Due to rethinking and concentrating on, Midem will probably be much more strongly related its actual and future customer," Crolot adds. "Personally, it's a terrific way to have a very rebound and go back to growth."Return To MUSIC FOR SCREENS: WINTER 2012 Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com

Fox box marks Herrmann's 100th

'Bernard Herrmann at 20th Century-Fox'Just in time for the close of his centennial year, an enterprising film-music label has released a box set of all the music that composer Bernard Herrmann wrote for 20th Century Fox: 18 scores, or more than a third of his entire output as a film composer.Varese Sarabande's 14-CD, "Bernard Herrmann at 20th Century Fox" set is said to be the most comprehensive collection of one composer's work for a single studio ever released. Included are such film-score classics as "Jane Eyre," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Journey to the Center of the Earth."Some of this music has been released before, although producers Nick Redman and Robert Townson say advances in technology have enabled them to coax better fidelity than ever from the 50-to-60-year-old recordings. And four scores from the 1940s and '50s -- "Hangover Square," "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "White Witch Doctor" and "5 Fingers" -- make their debuts in this collection.Herrmann, who started his career with "Citizen Kane" and ended with "Taxi Driver," composed 50 feature scores, but some (notably such Hitchcock classics as "Vertigo" and "Psycho") are more revered now than during the composer's lifetime."No one captured emotional states -- especially the extremes of desire, anxiety or loneliness -- more powerfully," says Herrmann biographer Steven Smith, "probably because he lived in those extremes and was a highly sensitive person, in both the positive and negative meaning of that word." Smith and L.A. writer Julie Kirgo penned the essays in the 105-page hardcover book that accompanies the set.The nearly 15 hours of music "demonstrate an astonishing range and an unparalleled drive for musical invention," says Townson. "What you hear is an obsessively creative mind striving not only to fulfill his job but, from the sounds of it, to amuse himself."The scores span from 1944 ("Jane Eyre") to 1962 ("Tender Is the Night"). According to Redman, a Fox consultant who is in charge of the studio's music-restoration program, pre-1953 scores were recorded on optical film; transferring them to digital for release was complicated and not always successful back in the 1990s.Improved technology now allows for cleaner, better sound, and the Herrmann box is a showcase for the Fox program, which has restored and preserved about 800 of the studio's scores since it began in 1993.Fox music chief Alfred Newman championed Herrmann, hiring him regularly throughout the 1940s and 1950s despite what Townson calls "his volatile and combative personality."The results included an entire piano concerto for the murder melodrama "Hangover Square," a groundbreaking use of theremins and electric violins for "The Day the Earth Stood Still," nine harps to replicate the sound of the sea in "Beneath the 12-Mile Reef" and the use of medieval instruments and five different organs for "Journey to the Center of the Earth."Smith says "time has vindicated" the approach of a man vastly underrated during his lifetime."He said the composer's first job was to get inside the drama," Smith says, "and that's exactly what he did: He created psychological portraits in music."Return to MUSIC FOR SCREENS: WINTER 2012 Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com