King's Business - 1954-12

W hen Ralph Carmichael left Southern California Bible Col­ lege his notebooks contained 5,000 original musical scores. And his academic record contained a some­ what unimposing “ F” after his music courses. Four years earlier he had collected the same academic record in high school. Today Carmichael is the number one composer-conductor in the Christian film industry. Even his critics concede that Car­ michael is a brilliant star in his field. For “ Souls In Conflict” he filled 200

12x15 score sheets; then hired the top free-lance musicians available in Hollywood (including concert masters from the L.A. Philharmonic, the Rail­ road Hour, Dragnet and Dave Rose orchestras) to perform. The result is one of the top musical scores yet produced for a religious film. Carmichael writes to fit the edited film (see next page) and then his recorded score, the sound effects and dialogue are all mixed by technicians to produce a composite sound track for the film.

Composer-conductor Carmichael.

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