Zoolander No. 2 - Theodore Shapiro - Soundtrack CD due March 11 on Lakeshore
COMING SOON
February 19
The Boy - Bear McCreary - Lakeshore
Race - Rachel Portman - Backlot
February 26
Beasts of No Nation - Dan Romer - BFD
Childhood's End - Charlie Clouser - Lakeshore
The Danish Girl (U.S. release) - Alexandre Desplat - Decca
Estate Violenta/La Prima Notte Di Quiete - Mario Nascimbene - Quartet
Il Magnifico Tony Carrera - Gianni Marchetti - Quartet
Il Perfumo Della Signora In Nero - Nicola Piovani - Quartet
The Young Messiah - John Debney - Lakeshore
March 4
The Boy and the Beast - Masakatsu Takagi - Milan
Deadpool - Tom Holkenborg - Milan
The Witch - Mark Korven - Milan
Zootopia - Michael Giacchino - Disney
March 11
The Little Prince - Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey - WaterTower
March 18
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Hans Zimmer, Tom Holkenborg - WaterTower
Touched with Fire - Paul Dalio - Lakeshore
March 25
Mr. Selfridge - Charlie Mole - Sony
Date Unknown
The Beastmaster - Lee Holdridge - Dragon's Domain
Dickensian - Debbie Wiseman - Silva
Espion Leve-Toi - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
La Classe Operaiai Va In Paradiso/La Proprieta Non E Piu Un Furto - Ennio Morricone - GDM
La Corrispondenza - Ennio Morricone - Intermezzo Media
The Lighthorsemen - Mario Millo - Dragon's Domain
Travelling Avant/Escalier C - Raymond Alessandrini - Music Box
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
February 12 - Howard Blake born (1938)
February 12 - Bill Laswell born (1955)
February 12 - George Antheil died (1959)
February 12 - Benjamin Frankel died (1973)
February 12 -
Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for
Sky Riders (1976)
February 12 - Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for The Rescue (1988)
February 13 - Lennie Hayton born (1908)
February 13 - Erik Nordgren born (1913)
February 13 - Nino Oliviero born (1918)
February 13 - Gerald Fried born (1928)
February 13 - Peter Gabriel born (1950)
February 13 - W.G. Snuffy Walden born (1950)
February 13 - William Axt died (1959)
February 13 -
Fred Myrow begins recording score to
Soylent Green (1973)
February 13 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Funeral Home (1980)
February 14 - Werner Heymann born (1886)
February 14 - Elliot Lawrence born (1925)
February 14 - Merl Saunders born (1934)
February 14 - Jocelyn Pook born (1960)
February 14 - David Holmes born (1969)
February 14 -
Ken Thorne begins recording his score for
Superman III (1983)
February 14 - Frederick Loewe died (1988)
February 14 - Piero Umiliani died (2001)
February 15 - Georges Auric born (1899)
February 15 -
Miklos Rozsa records his replacement score for
Crest of the Wave (1954)
February 15 - Stephen Edwards born (1972)
February 15 - Pierre Bachelet died (2005)
February 16 - Dennis Wilson born (1920)
February 16 - Kunio Miyauchi born (1932)
February 16 - John Corigliano born (1938)
February 16 -
Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for
King of Kings (1961)
February 17 - Ron Goodwin born (1925)
February 17 - Karl Jenkins born (1944)
February 17 - Fred Frith born (1949)
February 17 - Bernard Herrmann records his score for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Death Scene” (1965)
February 17 - Alfred Newman died (1970)
February 17 - Bear McCreary born (1979)
February 17 - Jerry Fielding died (1980)
February 17 - Samuel Matlovsky died (2004)
February 18 - John Bisharat born (1964)
February 18 - Tommy Tallarico born (1968)
February 18 - Nathaniel Shilkret died (1982)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
MAX - Trevor Rabin
"Here you will find no truly honest emotions, just trumped-up movie ones -- Trevor Rabin’s bleating, overbearing score never lets you forget it -- and the saddest part is how the filmmakers assume that the innate love for our furry friends will automatically distract from the fact that it is an unredeeming, routine thriller. There’s just no delicate way to put it: 'Max' is a real dog."
Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly
"Emotional nuance never has been the forte of director Boaz Yakin ('Remember the Titans') or his co-scripter, Sheldon Lettich ('Rambo III'), but here even the broad-stroke storytelling falls short of its intended impact -- not helped by the desperate bombast of Trevor Rabin’s score."
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
"First, 'Testament of Youth' is simply very well made. Though the budget's clearly not enormous, the lack of combat scenes feels like a deliberate choice (keeping the focus carefully on Brittain, as is befitting an adaptation of a memoir), rather than a cost cutting measure, and Kent makes up for it elsewhere, including an arresting opening that sees a red-eyed Vera making her way through the raucous Armistice Day crowd. There's an immediacy and sensuality to the way Kent (and excellent DP Rob Hardy) shoot, which makes the film feel closer to Wong Kar-Wai (or at least something like Jane Campion's similarly touch-focused 'Bright Star') than, say, 'Atonement.' Max Richter, who's been doing sterling work on 'The Leftovers' recently, also contributes a score that's stirring without being mushy."
Oliver Lyttleton, The Playlist
"The senseless futility of that first War, often eclipsed in popular culture by the more readily justified WWII, bears repeating. Predictably, perhaps (the movie's producers also brought us the offensively gooey Holocaust drama 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas'), 'Testament' is sentimental and lumbering, weighed down by a dawdling pace, clumsy flashbacks, drawing-room brocades by the yard, and a score that leans heavily on a soft piano and swelling strings. Blink, and you might miss a much-needed dose of acid from Miranda Richardson as Vera's exasperated tutor at Oxford."
Ella Taylor, NPR
"The actors’ unified commitment to detail and resistance to excess is echoed below the line on this richly crafted film, in which no single expert contribution -- Max Richter’s alternate fragile and soaring orchestral score, Lucia Zucchetti’s unhurried but attentive editing, Consolata Boyle’s simultaneously star-serving and socially perceptive costumes -- is permitted to showboat ahead of another. Hardy’s serene but sharply composed lensing isn’t immune to interludes of outright pictorialism, but they’re always at the service of the script’s own emotional surges: As iridescent imagery of wild flora accompanies a recitation of Leighton’s war poem 'Violets From Oversea,' the film successfully draws the tears for which it honestly aims. 'God forbid any of you should be soft,' Brittain sarcastically taunts posturing military menfolk in one scene; Kent, for one, knows the value of delicacy."
Guy Lodge, Variety
"In terms of craftsmanship, 'Testament' is an exemplar of all the best things about British films. Budgeted at $10 million, it looks the bomb, like something that cost a lot more. Consolata Boyle's lavish costume design, period perfect but knitted with nuance that reveals character, is especially deserving of praise, as is Jon Henson's thoughtfully coordinated production design. Max Richter's soundtrack sometimes sounds slightly too similar to his previous film scores elsewhere, but it still has a majestic beauty, with tiny aural echoes of 'War Requiem,' a musical memorial written by another great Britten, Benjamin."
Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
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, Crest, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.
February 12
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Georges Auric), WINGS OF DESIRE (Jurgen Knieper) [Cinematheque: Aero]
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
GATE OF FLESH (Naozumi Yamamoto), STORY OF A PROSTITUTE (Naozumi Yamamoto)[UCLA]
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS [New Beverly]
MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (Leonard Cohen) [New Beverly]
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE [Silent Movie Theater]
THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE (Christopher Thomas) [Silent Movie Theater]
VERTIGO (Bernard Herrmann) [Nuart]
X-RAY (Arlon Ober) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
February 13
AGAINST A CROOKED SKY (Lex De Azevedo) [New Beverly]
ANNIE HALL, THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO (Dick Hyman) [Cinematheque: Aero]
KING KONG (Max Steiner) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (Leonard Cohen) [New Beverly]
THE PATSY [Silent Movie Theater]
THE SINFUL DWARF (Ole Orsted) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
TATTOOED LIFE (Masayoshi Ikeda), CARMEN FROM KAWACHI (Taichiro Kasugi) [UCLA]
February 14
AGAINST A CROOKED SKY (Lex De Azevedo) [New Beverly]
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Henry Mancini) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin) [Silent Movie Theater]
HAROLD AND MAUDE [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
LOVE EXPOSURE (Tomohide Harada) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE NOTEBOOK (Aaron Zigman) [Arclight Santa Monica]
RAFTER ROMANCE (Max Steiner), DOUBLE HARNESS (Max Steiner) [UCLA]
RIO BRAVO (Dimitri Tiomkin) [New Beverly]
THE THIN MAN (William Axt) [Silent Movie Theater]
February 15
GEORGIA, MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (Mark Isham) [Cinematheque: Aero]
RIO BRAVO (Dimitri Tiomkin) [New Beverly]
February 16
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (George Gershwin, John Green, Saul Chaplin) [Arclight Santa Monica]
CHARLEY ONE-EYE (John Cameron) [New Beverly]
HAROLD AND MAUDE [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
ROMAN HOLIDAY (Georges Auric) [Arclight Hollywood]
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (Dimitri Tiomkin)[LACMA]
February 17
DJANGO UNCHAINED [New Beverly]
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (Bernard Herrmann) [UCLA]
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S ROMEO + JULIET (Craig Armstrong, Marius Du Vries, Nelle Hooper) [Arclight Culver City]
February 18
ALL THAT JAZZ (Ralph Burns) [Arclight Hollywood]
BLOW OUT (Pino Donaggio), OBSESSION (Bernard Herrmann) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Henry Mancini) [Arclight Santa Monica]
DJANGO UNCHAINED [New Beverly]
RETURN OF THE SEACAUCUS 7 (Mason Daring) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE TIN DRUM (Maurice Jarre) [Cinematheque: Aero]
February 19
BROTHER FROM ANOTHER PLANET (Mason Daring), PIRANHA (Pino Donaggio) [Silent Movie Theater]
DJANGO UNCHAINED [New Beverly]
ESCAPE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN (Johnny Mandel), RETURN FROM WITCH MOUNTAIN (Lalo Schifrin) [Cinematheque: Aero]
GHOSTBUSTERS (Elmer Bernstein) [Nuart]
February 20
CITY OF HOPE (Mason Daring) [Silent Movie Theater]
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (John Williams), THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS (John Williams) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
DJANGO UNCHAINED [New Beverly]
FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (Ray Cooper) [Crest]
HOT LEAD AND COLD FEET (Buddy Baker) [New Beverly]
LIANNA (Mason Daring), BABY IT'S YOU [Silent Movie Theater]
VIRDIANA (Gustavo Pittaluga) [Cinematheque: Aero]
February 21
HEAVEN'S GATE (David Mansfield) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
HOT LEAD AND COLD FEET (Buddy Baker) [New Beverly]
MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND (Hans Zimmer) [UCLA]
PISTOL OPERA (Kodama Kzufumi), A TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS [UCLA]
STRAW DOGS (Jerry Fielding) [New Beverly]
SUNSET BLVD. (Franz Waxman) [Silent Movie Theater]
