On October 14, Howard Shore's Howe label will release expanded, remastered editions of three of his scores for director David Cronenberg -- the J.G. Ballard adaptation CRASH (not to be confused with Paul Haggis' 2005 Best Picture winner); his jazz-inflected score for the film version of William Burroughs' classic NAKED LUNCH, featuring solos by Ornette Coleman; and his haunting score for Cronenberg's masterpiece, DEAD RINGERS.
Intrada has announced two new releases this week - a remastered edition of Pino Donaggio's fourth score for director Brian DePalma, the 1981 conspiracy thriller BLOW OUT, starring John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow and Dennis Franz; and the 2012 action comedy THE BAYTOWN OUTLAWS, featuring Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria, music by Christopher Young and Kostas Christides.
On September 23, Varese Sarabande will release the soundtrack to the new mystery A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES. The film is based on one of Lawrence Block's first-rate novels about an alcholic cop-turned unlicensed private eye named Matthew Scudder -- the only previous film incarnation of the character was Jeff Bridges in Hal Ashby's final film, 8 Million Ways to Die. This time, Liam Neeson takes on the role, with one of Hollywood's most respected screenwriters, Oscar nominee Scott Frank (Out of Sight, The Lookout), writing and directing, and a score by newcomer Carlos Rafael Rivera.
Another great contemporary crime writer, Elmore Leonard, will shortly be represented on movie screens by the comedy thriller LIFE OF CRIME, an adaptation of his book The Switch, with Jennifer Aniston, Will Forte, John Hawkes and Tim Robbins. The score is by The Newton Brothers (Oculus), and though Varese is releasing it first as a download-only, they plan to eventually make it available as a CD-R, as they previously did with Atli Orvarsson's Evidence.
The latest release from Kritzerland presents the music from the 2000 Danish miniseries THE SPIDER, scored by Soren Hyldgaard (The Chaplin Puzzle)
The TV Academy announced the Emmy winners in the Creative Arts categories last weekend, including the music categories. Alan Silvestri won two Emmys, for his score and theme for the new version of COSMOS; David Arnold and Michael Price won for their score to the most recent SHERLOCK episode, "His Last Vow;" Tom Kitt and Lin-Manuel Miranda won for their song "Bigger!" from the Tony Awards; and Don Was won for his music direction of THE BEATLES: THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED AMERICA.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Baytown Outlaws - Christopher Young, Kostas Christides - Intrada
Blow Out - Pino Donaggio - Intrada Special Collection
The Doll Squad - Nicholas Carras - Monstrous Movie Music
The Gatling Gun - Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter - Monstrous Movie Music
Into the Storm - Brian Tyler - Varese Sarabande
Juvenile Jive - Nicholas Carras, Gerald Fried - Monstrous Movie Music
Penny Dreadful - Abel Korzeniowski - Varese Sarabande
Say It in Russian - Pinar Toprak - Keepmoving
Western Medley - Paul Dunlap, Albert Glasser, Bert Shefter - Monstrous Movie Music
Zero Option - Terry Plumeri - Keepmoving
The Zero Theorem - George Fenton - Milan
IN THEATERS TODAY
Are You Here - David Carbonara
14 Blades - Henry Lai
Frank - Stephen Rennicks - Song & Score CD due Sept. 16 on Silva (import)
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel - Score CD due Sept. 9 on Morada
If I Stay - Heitor Pereira - Song CD on Watertower
Jealousy - Jean-Louis Aubert
Jersey Shore Massacre - David James Rosen
Love Is Strange - music supervisor: Susan Jacobs
The Olivia Experiment - Ashley Irwin
The One I Love - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
To Be Takei - Michael Hearst
When the Game Stands Tall - John Paesano
COMING SOON
August 26
Bates Motel - Chris Bacon - Varese Sarabande
Batman: Assault on Arkham - Robert J. Kral - La-La Land
The Expendables 3 - Brian Tyler - La-La Land
Mary Poppins - Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman - Disney
Rear Window - David Shire - MovieScore Media
September 2
Hannibal: Season 1, Vol. 1 - Brian Reitzell - Lakeshore
Hannibal: Season 1, Vol. 2 - Brian Reitzell - Lakeshore
Hannibal: Season 2, Vol. 1 - Brian Reitzell - Lakeshore
Hannibal: Season 2, Vol. 2 - Brian Reitzell - Lakeshore
September 9
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - Robert Rodriguez, Carl Thiel - Morada
Maps to the Stars - Howard Shore - Howe
The November Man - Marco Beltrami - Varese Sarabande
What If - A.C. Newman - Milan
September 16
The Giver - Marco Beltrami - Sony
The Knick - Cliff Martinez - Milan
The Maze Runner - John Paesano - Sony
September 23
The Boxtrolls - Dario Marianelli - Backlot
The Equalizer - Harry Gregson-Williams - Varese Sarabande
A Walk Among the Tombstones - Carlos Rafael Rivera - Varese Sarabande
September 30
Houdini Vol. 1 - John Debney - Lakeshore
Houdini Vol. 2 - John Debney - Lakeshore
October 14
Crash - Howard Shore - Howe
Dead Ringers - Howard Shore - Howe
Naked Lunch - Howard Shore - Howe
Date Unknown
All Good Things - Rob Simonsen - Caldera
Annette Focks: Film Music Collection Vol. 1 - Annette Focks - Alhambra
Avere Vent'annia/L'Ambiziozo - Franco Campanino - Digitmovies
Destruction of Silence - Florian Linckus - Alhambra
Die Hebamme - Marcel Barsotti - Alhambra
5 Branded Women - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Cometa
Grand Piano - Victor Reyes - MovieScore Media
I Briganti Italiani - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Alhambra
Knight Rider Vol. 3 - The Best of Don Peake - Don Peake - Perseverance
La Revolution Francaise - Georges Delerue - Music Box
The Maid's Room - Arturo Rodriguez - Kronos
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance/Donovan's Reef - Cyril J. Mockridge - Kritzerland
New York Chiama Superdrago - Benedetto Ghiglia - Digitmovies
The Spider - Soren Hyldgaard - Kritzerland
Still Life - Rachel Portman - Kronos
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
August 22 - Stanislas Syrewicz born (1946)
August 22 - Bronislau Kaper begins recording his score for Ride, Vaquero! (1952)
August 22 - Johnny Green begins recording his score for Twilight of Honor (1963)
August 22 - James Dooley born (1976)
August 22 - Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for This Girl for Hire (1983)
August 22 - John Williams begins recording his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Mission" (1985)
August 23 - Constant Lambert born (1905)
August 23 - Martial Solal born (1927)
August 23 - Willy Russell born (1947)
August 23 - Julian Nott born (1960)
August 23 - Alexandre Desplat born (1961)
August 23 - Howard Blake begins recording his score for S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
August 23 - Marvin Hatley died (1986)
August 23 - David Rose died (1990)
August 23 - Jurriaan Andriessen died (1996)
August 24 - Jean-Michel Jarre born (1948)
August 24 - Peter Kyed born (1963)
August 24 - Mark Lawrence died (1991)
August 25 - Ray Heindorf born (1908)
August 25 - Leonard Bernstein born (1918)
August 25 - John Williams begins recording his score for Bachelor Flat (1961)
August 25 - Harry Manfredini born (1943)
August 25 - Zoe Poledouris born (1973)
August 25 - Elvis Costello born (1954)
August 25 - Jack Nitzsche died (2000)
August 26 - Humphrey Searle born (1915)
August 26 - Alan Parker born (1944)
August 26 - Mark Snow born (1946)
August 26 - Ralph Vaughan Williams died (1958)
August 26 - Branford Marsalis born (1960)
August 26 - Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Spock's Brain" is recorded (1968)
August 26 - John Frizzell begins recording his score for Alien Resurrection (1997)
August 27 - Eric Coates born (1886)
August 27 - Sonny Sharrock born (1940)
August 27 - Miles Goodman born (1949)
August 27 - Bernard Herrmann records his score for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale" (1963)
August 27 - Dimitri Tiomkin begins recording his score to 36 Hours (1964)
August 27 - John Williams begins recording his score for 1941 (1979)
August 27 - Johnny Mandel records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "One for the Road"(1985)
August 27 - Craig Safan begins recording his score for Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins (1985)
August 28 - Ustad Vilayat Khan born (1928)
August 28 - Annette Focks born (1964)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
THE EXPENDABLES 3 - Brian Tyler
"They're on the tail of Conrad Stonebanks, a rogue Expendable deemed super-Expendable after hospitalising one of the crew. He's played by Mel Gibson, who is greeted with a tuba blast of doom every time he appears on screen. We apparently need musical cues to tell us Mel Gibson is a wrong 'un. This is pretty basic stuff."
Henry Barnes, The Guardian
"The tone is set with an opening action sequence: a mission to break out Barney’s old buddy, Doc (Wesley Snipes), who’s been in a Russian jail for years. With a rousing musical fanfare, helicopter action, a train hijack, they achieve their goal."
Philippa Hawker, Sydney Morning Herald
"Banderas plays a commando who desperately wants to be a part of the Expendables, but can't get Sylvester Stallone or Kelsey Grammer (who plays Sly's main recruiter, obviously) to give him a chance. He's one of the three or four best actors in this cast, but 'The Expendables 3' uses him exclusively as comic relief, and he dutifully mugs and vamps throughout. Amusingly, the minute Banderas comes onscreen, salsa music immediately begins playing on the soundtrack. This happens multiple times."
Will Leitch, Deadspin
THE GIVER - Marco Beltrami
"There are multiple quick-shot montage sequences of smiling babies, praying Muslims, crashing waves, paper lanterns, crying elderly people. The music swells, pushing the emotions on us, but the montages have the opposite effect intended. Instead of revelatory glimpses of the rich tapestry of human experience, they seem like Hallmark-collages uploaded on YouTube."
Sheila O’Malley, RogerEbert.com
"Bridges' performance isn't the only careless element of 'The Giver.' Quite a few of the scenes appear to have involved actors acting with special effects that were added later, and not all the performers are up to that unique challenge. The overblown score feels like it would fit better in a silent film. And the logistics of life in Dystopia are inconsistent: Sometimes, we're led to believe the government -- represented by a quietly evil Meryl Streep -- is spying on everyone all the time but, somehow, it's still possible for Jonas to get away with unobserved behavior any time he feels like it."
Chris Hewitt, St. Paul Pioneer-Press
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, Arclight, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.
August 22
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Miklos Rozsa), PITFALL [UCLA]
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (George Martin), WE ARE THE BEST! [New Beverly]
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF [Silent Movie Theater]
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (Elmer Bernstein) [Cinematheque: Aero]
PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Leigh Harline), WHITE DOG (Ennio Morricone) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
PULP FICTION [Nuart]
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Nigel Godrich) [New Beverly]
28 DAYS LATER (John Murphy) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 23
FIST OF LEGEND (Joseph Koo) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Ennio Morricone) [Cinematheque: Aero]
HIGH WALL (Bronislau Kaper), THE SCARF (Herschel Burke Gilbert) [UCLA]
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF [Silent Movie Theater]
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (George Martin), WE ARE THE BEST! [New Beverly]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (Jay Ferguson) [New Beverly]
SPY KIDS (Chris Boardman, John Debney, Danny Elfman, Gavin Greenaway, Harry Gregson-Williams, Heitor Pereira) [Cinematheque: Aero]
UN CHIEN ANDALOU, L'AGE D'OR [Silent Movie Theater]
August 24
BABY DOLL (Kenyon Hopkins), THE MISFITS (Alex North) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (John Williams) [Arclight Hollywood]
THE GAUCHO [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
HUSBANDS, LOVE STREAMS (Bo Harwood) [New Beverly]
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF [Silent Movie Theater]
ROMAN HOLIDAY (Georges Auric), TO CATCH A THIEF (Lyn Murray) [UCLA]
UN CHIEN ANDALOU, L'AGE D'OR [Silent Movie Theater]
August 25
HUSBANDS, LOVE STREAMS (Bo Harwood) [New Beverly]
THUNDERBALL (John Barry), THE UNTOUCHABLES (Ennio Morricone) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE WIZARD OF OZ (Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart) [Arclight Hollywood]
August 26
ANNIE (Charles Strouse, Ralph Burns) [LACMA]
MAN FROM DEEP RIVER (Daniele Patucchi), CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (Riz Ortolani) [New Beverly]
THE NEVERENDING STORY (Klaus Doldinger, Giorgio Moroder) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
UN CHIEN ANDALOU, L'AGE D'OR [Silent Movie Theater]
August 27
DEADLY HERO (Brad Fiedel, Tommy Mandel), MACGRUBER (Matthew Compton) [New Beverly]
EL MARIACHI, ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO (Robert Rodriguez) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF [Silent Movie Theater
UN CHIEN ANDALOU, L'AGE D'OR [Silent Movie Theater]
August 28
THE BAD NEWS BEARS (Jerry Fielding) [Cinematheque: Aero]
DEADLY HERO (Brad Fiedel, Tommy Mandel), MACGRUBER (Matthew Compton) [New Beverly]
August 29
ALPHAVILLE (Paul Mirsaki), BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [New Beverly]
GHOST IN THE SHELL (Kenji Kawai) [Nuart]
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (Paul Haslinger) [New Beverly]
THE KID (Charles Chaplin), MODERN TIMES (Charles Chaplin) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SAMURAI COP (Alan DerMarderosian) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 30
ALPHAVILLE (Paul Mirsaki), BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [New Beverly]
HACKERS (Simon Boswell) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Howard Shore), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS (Howard Shore), THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Howard Shore)[Cinematheque: Aero]
THE WIZARD (J. Peter Robinson) [New Beverly]
August 31
FUNNY GIRL (Jule Styne, Walter Scharf) [New Beverly]
LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF [Cinematheque: Aero]
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