Compositions

Film

A New Life Overture (1989)
for orchestra
from the Alan Alda film "A New Life"
Publisher: Wise Music Classical

Sadie Thompson (1987)
2 fl (picc. double), 1 ob, 2 cl (bass cl. double), 2 bsn, 2 hrn, 2 trp, 2 trb, 2 cello, string bass, piano, and perc.
The 1928 silent film masterpiece starring Gloria Swanson and Lional Barrymore
Directed by Raoul Walsh. Screenplay by Somerset Maugham
New music score by Joseph Turrin for 18 players (97 minutes in length)
The full score and film are available for live performances.
For rental only
Publisher: Joseph Turrin Music and Kino International

— scores not available —

Verna - USO Girl PBS (WNET/Channel 13)
Starring Sissy Spacek, William Hurt, Sally Kellerman and Howard DeSilvia
Nominated for 3 Emmy Awards
Musical Director, Arranger
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Intolerance (2002), Kino International
Directed in 1916 by D.W. Griffith
Composer
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (2002), Kino International
Starring Lon Chany
Composer
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Diary of a Lost Girl (2001), Kino International
Starring Louise Brooks and directed in 1929 by G. W. Pabst
Composer
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Broken Blossoms (2000), Kino International
Directed in 1919 by D.W. Griffith for United Artists
1919 silent film classic Starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Donald Crisp
Composer
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Kingdom of Shadows (1998), Kino International
A documentary on horror films narrated by Rod Steiger
Composed and Performed by Joseph Turrin
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

1992 Olympic Fanfare (1992)
Orchestrations for the summer Olympic ceremonies in Barcelona, Spain

A New Life (1989), Paramount Pictures
Directed by Alan Alda
Starring Alan Alda, Ann-Margret, Hal Linden, John Shea and Veronica Hame
Composer, Conductor, Orchestrations
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Weeds (1987), DEG Films
Directed by John Hancock and starring Nick Nolte
Orchestrations
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987), Cannon Films
Directed by Norman Mailer
Starring Isabella Rossellini, Ryan O'Neal, Debra Sundland and Lawrence Tierney
Orchestrations
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Nightmare on Elm Street III (1987), New Line Cinema
Orchestrations
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

Little Darlings (1980), Paramount Pictures
Starring Tatum O'Neal, Matt Dillion, Armand Assante and Kristy McNichol
Music Director / On Location Composer
Commercially available in DVD and VHS format

The Guest (1969), New York University Productions
Directed by Ron Maxwell
Composer
Not available