La-La Land announced four new releases last week in their end-of year "Black Friday" batch: an 8-disc set of all four of the LETHAL WEAPON scores by Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton and David Sanborn, featuring both the full scores and original soundtrack sequencing for the first three as well as the first ever release of the final score in the series; Dimitri Tiomkin's score for the John Sturges' Western GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL, teaming Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas; Robert Folk's score for the first film in the POLICE ACADEMY franchise; and an expanded, two-disc version of John Ottman's score for SUPERMAN RETURNS. The label also currently has autographed copies of the two-disc set of Bear McCreary's DEFIANCE.

Kritzerland has just announced three new CDs -- the first ever release of two scores for Humphrey Bogart comedies from Paramount, both composed by Frederick Hollander, SABRINA and WE'RE NO ANGELS; JOHN WAYNE AT FOX - THE WESTERNS, featuring remastered versions of three previously released scores -- THE COMANCHEROS by Elmer Bernstein, NORTH TO ALASKA by Lionel Newman, and THE UNDEFEATED by Hugo Montenegro; and a re-release of the label's long out-of-print CD of two TV Christmas musicals by none other than Bernard Herrmann -- A CHRISTMAS CAROL and A CHILD IS BORN.

Quartet has announced three new CDs -- an archival release of the original score tracks from Miklos Rozsa's THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, taken from a variety of sources; an expanded version of Maurice Jarre's Oscar-winning score for David Lean's final film, A PASSAGE TO INDIA; and a two-disc, expanded version of Lee Holddridge's score for the 1982 cult fantasy adventure hit THE BEASTMASTER, which is probably showing on cable as you read this.

Varese Sarabande will announce their long-awaited new batch of CD Club releases this coming Monday, December 9th. The label has also announced a January 14 release date for Christopher Lennertz' score for the upcoming cop comedy RIDE ALONG, pairing Ice T and Kevin Hart.

CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

American Friends - Georges Delerue -Music Box
Bonnie and Clyde - John Debney - La-La Land
Defiance - Bear McCreary - Sparks & Shadows
Escape from The Dark (The Littlest Horse Thieves) - Ron Goodwin - Quartet
F/X 2 - Lalo Schifrin - Quartet
Gunfight at the OK Corral - Dimtri Tiomkin - La-La Land
Il Terrore Di Notte - Francesco De Masi - Saimel
Lethal Weapon Soundtrack Collection - Michael Kamen, Eric Clapton, David Sanborn - La-La Land
Lolita - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
Music from The X-Files: 20th Anniversary Celebration (re-recordings) - Mark Snow - Buysoundtrax
Police Academy - Robert Folk - La-La Land
Superman Returns - John Ottman - La-La Land
Un Dollaro Bucato - Gianni Ferrio - Digitmovies
Valeria Dentro E Furio - Franci Bixio - Saimel

IN THEATERS TODAY

Expecting - Mark Kilian
Inside Llewyn Davis - Executive Music Producer: T Bone Burnett - Song CD on Nonesuch
The Last Days on Mars - Max Richter
One Chance - Theodore Shapiro - Song CD due Jan. 7 on Sony (import already available)
Out of the Furnace - Dickon Hinchliffe
Twice Born - Eduardo Cruz

COMING SOON

December 10
The Beastmaster - Lee Holdridge - Quartet
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Howard Shore - Watertower
A Passage to India - Maurice Jarre - Quartet
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes - Miklos Rozsa - Quartet
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman - Disney
December 17
Hours - Benjamin Wallfisch - Varese Sarabande
December 24
47 Ronin - Ilan Eshkeri - Varese Sarabande
January 14
Oldboy - Roque Banos - Varese Sarabande
Person of Interest: Season Two - Ramin Djawadi - Varese Sarabande
Ride Along - Christopher Lennertz - Varese Sarabande
January 21
I, Frankenstein - Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil - Lakeshore
Date Unknown
Aegis (re-release) - Trevor Jones - Island
Aglaja - Zbigniew Preisner - Quartet
Airport (re-release) - Alfred Newman - MCA (import)
Airport 1975 (re-release) - John Cacavas - MCA (import)
The Angel Trilogy - Craig Safan/Christopher Young/Eric Allaman - Buysoundtrax
The Best of Silent Hill - Akira Yamaoka - Perseverance
A Christmas Carol/A Child Is Born - Bernard Herrmann
Delitto A Porta Romano - Franco Micallizzi - Digitmovies
The Doll Squad - Nicholas Carras - Monstrous Movie Music
Exploding Sun - James Gelfand - MovieScore Media/Kronos
Frida (re-release) - Elliot Goldenthal - Universal (import)
John Wayne at Fox - The Westerns - Elmer Bernstein, Hugo Montenegro, Lionel Newman - Kritzerland
Jurassic Park (re-release) - John Williams - MCA (import)
La Lunga Spiaggia Fredda - Stelvio Cipriani - Digitmovies
La Ragazza Con La Valigia - Mario Nascimbene - Quartet
Ladyhawke - Andrew Powell - La-La Land
The Little Wizard - Panu Aaltio, Mark Timon Barcelo, Miguel Cordeiro - MovieScore Media/Kronos
The Mongols - Mario Nascimbene - Digitmovies
Patrick - Pino Donaggio - Quartet
Recycling Lily - Phillip Schweidler, Moritz Schneider - MovieScore Media/Kronos
Rollercoaster (re-release) - Lalo Schifrin - MCA (import
Sabrina/We're No Angels - Frederick Hollander - Kritzerland
Saladino - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Kronos
A Secret/Menachem & Fred - Zbigniew Preisner - Quartet
Shine (re-release) - David Hirschfelder - Phillips (import)
Taps/The Only Game in Town - Maurice Jarre - Kritzerland
Thief - Tangerine Dream - Perseverance
The World Is Not Enough (re-release) - David Arnold - MCA (import)

THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY

December 6 - Mort Glickman born (1898)
December 6 - Lyn Murray born (1909)
December 6 - Piero Piccioni born (1921)
December 6 - Richard Markowitz died (1994)
December 6 - Lalo Schifrin begins recording the original soundtrack LP to Bullitt (1968)
December 7 - Ernst Toch born (1887)
December 7 - Tom Waits born (1949)
December 7 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service opens in Los Angeles (1969)
December 7 - Star Trek -- The Motion Picture is released in theaters (1979)
December 7 - John Addison died (1998)
December 8 - Leo Shuken born (1906)
December 8 - John Rubinstein born (1946)
December 8 - Bruce Kimmel born (1947)
December 8 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1958)
December 8 - Russell Garcia begins recording his score for The Time Machine (1959)
December 8 - Richard Thompson begins recording his score for Grizzly Man (2004)
December 9 - Von Dexter born (1912)
December 9 - Alessandro Cicognini died (1995)
December 10 - Morton Gould born (1913)
December 10 - Alexander Courage born (1919)
December 10 - Jack Hues born (1954)
December 10 - Leigh Harline died (1969)
December 10 - Roy Webb died (1982)
December 11 - Rogier Van Otterloo born (1941)
December 11 - Rachel Portman born (1960)
December 11 - Anthony Collins died (1963)

DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?

Because I only just got back from vacation, I haven't been able to start on the backlog of review quotes, but fear not -- I suspect that by the end of 2013, you will have seen more Did They Mention the Music? items than you ever wanted in your entire life.

THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.

Screenings of older films, at the following L.A. movie theaters: AMPAS, American Cinematheque: Aero, American Cinematheque: Egyptian, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.

December 6
ALL THAT JAZZ (Ralph Burns), CABARET (John Kander, Ralph Burns [Cinematheque: Aero]
CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (Michel Legrand), LA POINTE COURTE (Pierre Barbaud) [LACMA]
EASY LIVING (Boris Morros), THE PALM BEACH STORY (Victor Young) [New Beverly]
HOME ALONE (John Williams) [Nuart]
PSYCHO II (Jerry Goldsmith) [Silent Movie Theater]
WONG FEI-HUNG: THE WHIP THAT SMACKS THE CANDLE, THE STORY OF A DISCHARGED PRISONER [UCLA]

December 7
EASY LIVING (Boris Morros), THE PALM BEACH STORY (Victor Young) [New Beverly]
LE BONHEUR (Jean-Michel Defaye) [LACMA]
LIONS LOVE (AND LIES...) (Joseph Byrd) [LACMA]
STAR 80 (Ralph Burns), LENNY (Ralph Burns) [Cinematheque: Aero]

December 8
BOUND FOR GLORY (Leonard Rosenman), THE LONG RIDERS (Ry Cooder) [New Beverly]
A CITY OF SADNESS [UCLA]
KISS KISS BANG BANG (John Ottman) [Arclight Hollywood]
THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (Paul Williams, Miles Goodman) [UCLA]

December 9
BOUND FOR GLORY (Leonard Rosenman), THE LONG RIDERS (Ry Cooder) [New Beverly]
GALLANT LADY (Alfred Newman), SHE MARRIED HER BOSS [UCLA]
THE LAST LAUGH [Silent Movie Theater]

December 10
IN A LONELY PLACE (George Antheil) [LACMA]
KING KONG (Max Steiner) [LACMA]

December 11
GREMLINS (Jerry Goldsmith) [Arclight Hollywood]

December 12
LOVE ACTUALLY (Craig Armstrong) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]

December 13
COMRADES: ALMOST A LOVE STORY (Jun Fun Chiu, Tsang-Hei Chiu), IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (Michael Galasso, Shigeru Umebayashi) [UCLA]
TOP GUN (Harold Faltermeyer), DAYS OF THUNDER (Hans Zimmer) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
VAGABOND (Joanna Bruzdowicz), DOCUMENTEUR (Georges Delerue) [LACMA]

December 14
THE ROCK (Hans Zimmer, Nick Glennie-Smith, Harry Gregson-Williams), BAD BOYS (Mark Mancini) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SAMSON AND DELILAH (Victor Young) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Lennie Hayton) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
WAGON TRACKS [Cinematheque: Egyptian]

December 15
DEMENTIA 13 (Ronald Stein) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
HIS NIBS, FEEL MY PULSE [UCLA]
THIEF (Tangerine Dream), AMERICAN GIGOLO (Giorgio Moroder) [Cinematheque: Aero]