Intrada has released two new CDs this week -- a two-disc release of one of the greatest scores of the 1970s, Miklos Rozsa's thrilling symphonic music for Ray Harryhausen's wonderful THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD from newly discovered stereo tapes, featuring both the original LP sequencing and the complete score; and the score to the 2015 fantasy film ABULELE, music by Frank Ilfman (Big Bad Wolves).
La-La Land has announced three new limited edition releases due on March 29th -- the first release of Blake Neely's score for the 2009 magician comedy THE GREAT BUCK HOWARD, starring Colin Hanks, Emily Blunt and John Malkovich; the soundtrack to the direct-to-video animated feature BATMAN: THE MYSTERY OF THE BATWOMAN, scored by Lolita Ritmanis; and a re-release of the original LP sequencing for Jerry Goldsmith's 1986 LINK, previously released on CD by Varese Sarabande at the time of the film's release, and decades later on Intrada.
The latest release in Varese Sarabande's LP-to-CD subscription series presents the score the 1983 family drama A MINOR MIRACLE, starring the movie dream team of John Huston and Pele (no, I did not make that up), scored by Rick Patterson (Happy Hour, Return of the Killer Tomatoes).
The latest release from Kritzerland is a two-disc set featuring expanded version of the soundtracks to two films featuring the Glenn Miller Orchestra and songs by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon -- 1941's SUN VALLEY SERENADE, which was nominated for three Oscars including Emil Newman's music direction and the original song "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," and 1942's ORCHESTRA WIVES, which was nominated for the song "I've Got a Gal in Kalamazzo," and like Sun Valley Serenade, features music direction by both Emil Newman and Alfred Newman.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Abulele - Frank Ilfman - Intrada Special Collection
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Hans Zimmer, Tom Holkenborg - WaterTower
Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice: Deluxe Edition - Hans Zimmer, Tom Holkenborg - WaterTower
Espion Leve-Toi - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad - Miklos Rozsa - Intrada Special Collection
High Rise - Clint Mansell - Silva (import)
Les Volets Clos - Paul Misraki - Music Box
Lucky Luke/Daisy Town/La Ballade Des Dalton - Claude Bolling - Music Box
Midnight Special - David Wingo - WaterTower [CD-R]
A Minor Miracle - Rick Patterson - Varese Sarabande
Regression - Roque Banos - Lakeshore
Todo Mujer - Jorge Magaz - Saimel
Touched with Fire - Paul Dalio - Lakeshore
Travelling Avant/Escalier C - Raymond Alessandrini - Music Box
Vulcania - Arnau Bataller - Saimel
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Bronze - Andrew Feltenstein, John Nau
Burning Bodhi - Ian Hultquist
The Clan - Sebastian Escofet
The Confirmation - Jeff Cardoni
The Divergent Series: Allegiant - Joseph Trapanese
The Dog Wedding - Flavio Guerra
Krisha - Brian McOmber
Midnight Special - David Wingo - Score CD-R on Watertower
Miracles from Heaven - Carlo Siliotto
Mountains May Depart - Yoshihiro Hanno
My Golden Days - Gregoire Hetzel - Score CD Trois Souvenirs de Ma Jeunesse due on Sony (import)
Pee-Wee's Big Holiday - Mark Mothersbaugh
The Preppie Connection - Sam Bisbee
The Program - Alex Heffes
Remember - Mychael Danna - Score CD on Varese Sarabande
Thank You for Playing - David Osit
Too Late - Robert Allaire
COMING SOON
March 25
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny - Shigeru Umebayashi - Sony
Eddie the Eagle - Matthew Margeson - Varese Sarabande
Fargo Year 2 - Jeff Russo - Sony
Gods of Egypt - Marco Beltrami - Varese Sarabande
Knight of Cups - Hanan Townshend - Milan
Mr. Selfridge - Charlie Mole - Sony
April 1
Batman: The Mystery of the Batwoman - Lolita Ritmanis - La-La Land
The Great Buck Howard - Blake Neely - La-La Land
Link - Jerry Goldsmith - La-La Land
April 8
Goodnight Mommy - Olga Neuwirth - Naxos
The Other Side of the Door - Joseph Bishara - Lakeshore
April 15
Beyond: Two Souls - Lorne Balfe - Lakeshore
Eye in the Sky - Mark Kilian, Paul Hepker - Lakeshore
Green Room - Brooke Blair, Will Blair - Milan
Lost Themes II - John Carpenter - Sacred Bones
Triple 9 - Atticus Ross, Claudia Sarne, Leopold Ross, Bobby Krlic - Filmtrax
Zoolander 2 - Theodore Shapiro - Lakeshore
April 22
Love - Lyle Workman - Lakeshore
April 29
The Last Days on Mars - Max Richter - Filmtrax
Perfect Sense - Max Richter - Filmtrax
Date Unknown
Abel Korzeniowski: Early Works - Abel Korzeniowski - Caldera
Bahnovik Strahinja - Alfi Kabiljo - Kronos
I...Comme Icari - Ennio Morricone - Saimel
Le Motorizzate - Carlo Savina - Kronos
The Long Good Friday - Francis Monkman - Silva
L'ultima Violenza - Mario Nascimbene - Kronos
The Night Manager - Victor Reyes - Silva
The Return of the Musketeers - Jean-Claude Petit - Quartet
Sinful Davey - Ken Thorne - Quartet
Sun Valley Serenade/Orchestra Wives - Harry Warren, Mack Gordon, Alfred Newman, Emil Newman - Kritzerland
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
March 18 - William Lava born (1911)
March 18 - John Kander born (1927)
March 18 - Yoko Kanno born (1964)
March 18 - Clinton Shorter born (1971)
March 18 - John Phillips died (2001)
March 19 - Jean Weiner born (1896)
March 19 - Dimitri Tiomkin wins Oscars for High Noon score and song (1953)
March 19 - Jeff Alexander begins recording his score to Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
March 19 - Anthony Marinelli born (1959)
March 19 - George Garvarentz died (1993)
March 20 - Michel Magne born (1930)
March 20 - John Cameron born (1944)
March 20 - Miklos Rozsa wins second Oscar for A Double Life score (1948)
March 20 - Franz Waxman wins his second consecutive Best Score Oscar, for A Place in the Sun (1952)
March 20 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for The Tin Star (1957)
March 20 - Amit Poznansky born (1974)
March 20 - Ray Cook died (1989)
March 20 - Georges Delerue died (1992)
March 20 - Johnny Pearson died (2011)
March 21 - Antony Hopkins born (1921)
March 21 - Gary Hughes born (1922)
March 21 - Mort Lindsey born (1923)
March 21 - Alex North begins recording his score for Spartacus (1960)
March 21 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The Green Berets (1968)
March 21 - John Williams wins his fifth Oscar, for his Schindler's List score (1994)
March 22 - Stephen Sondheim born (1930)
March 22 - Angelo Badalamenti born (1937)
March 22 - Andrew Lloyd Webber born (1948)
March 22 - Goran Bregovic born (1950)
March 22 - Wally Badarou born (1955)
March 22 - Zeltia Montes born (1979)
March 22 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Time After Time (1979)
March 22 - Bebo Valdes died (2013)
March 23 - Alan Blaikley born (1940)
March 23 - Michael Nyman born (1944)
March 23 - David Grisman born (1945)
March 23 - Trevor Jones born (1949)
March 23 - Aaron Copland wins his only Oscar, for The Heiress score (1950)
March 23 - Philip Judd born (1953)
March 23 - Damon Albarn born (1968)
March 23 - Lionel Newman re-records pre-existing Jerry Goldsmith cues for The Last Hard Men’s replacement score (1976)
March 23 - Hal Mooney died (1995)
March 23 - Michael Linn died (1995)
March 23 - James Horner wins his first and last Oscars, for Titanic's score and song; Anne Dudley wins the third Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for The Full Monty (1998)
March 23 - Elliot Goldenthal wins his first Oscar, for the Frida score (2003)
March 24 - Michael Masser born (1941)
March 24 - Brian Easdale wins only Oscar, for The Red Shoes score (1949)
March 24 - Alberto Colombo died (1954)
March 24 - Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" is recorded (1967)
March 24 - John Barry begins recording his score for The Deep (1977)
March 24 - Arthur B. Rubnstein begins recording his score for WarGames (1983)
March 24 - Alex North wins an Honorary Oscar, "in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures; " John Barry wins his fourth Oscar, for the Out of Africa score (1986)
March 24 - Gabriel Yared wins Dramatic Score Oscar for The English Patient; Rachel Portman wins the second Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for Emma (1997)
March 24 - John Barry wins his fifth and final Oscar, for the Dances With Wolves score; Stephen Sondheim wins his first Oscar, for the song "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy (1991)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
"Although the musical score is sometimes intrusive, everything else in 'Cartel Land' is skillfully balanced. The film is crisply photographed and tightly edited, both of which are essential to navigating so much narrative chaos and moral anarchy."
Mark Jenkins, NPR
"Although shot in 'Scope, the doc was projected with letterboxing, with subtitles outside the frame except during one scene in which the subjects’ identities are hidden. The pic’s lush, aestheticized imagery is an impressive surprise, and the film has no shortage of ace handheld work. Some of the more hackneyed presentational elements (time-lapse clouds, a button-pushing score) are beneath the material."
Ben Kenigsberg, Variety
"While there’s no minimizing the valor and skill of the filmmaker, credit also goes to his talented co-cinematographer, Matt Porwoll, for capturing the mayhem and malice in the lands ravaged by the cartels. Similarly, the crisp cuts of the editing team and the stark smudges of the music (particularly a plaintive trumpet) convey the desperation and moral squalor of the situation."
Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter
ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST - Max Richter
"The music and editing also help the film; Max Richter’s compositions play beneath the action with ominous certainty, while editing team David Brenner ('Man of Steel') and Maryline Monthieux ('Gainsbourg: A Historic Life') deftly work the film’s cuts and changes of scene whether they’re slowing things down to create a mood or cutting quick to maintain one. What happened to Escobar is a matter of history, but Hutcherson’s Nick has no such certainty on his side, and we want to know what’s going to happen to him next. 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' plays more like Greek tragedy than the kind of drug-war tale we’d get in a broader, bigger film, and that is no small part of the many reasons it works."
James Rocchi, The Wrap
STUNG - Antonio Gambale, David Menke
"The monstrous wasps are pretty darn cool, truth be told. Although clearly produced with limited means, Stung delivers a generous dose of bee movie madness -- and it does so with some nice cinematography and a jaunty score, too. The digitally animated wasp monsters are more than a little impressive, but director Benni Diez also makes sure to provide horror fans with some appreciably 'practical' carnage at key moments. The result is a half-modern, half-old school concoction that nails the 'monster matinee' vibe the filmmakers are plainly shooting for."
Scott Weinberg, Nerdist
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.
March 18
BORDER RADIO (Dave Alvin) [Silent Movie Theater]
CRASHOUT (Leith Stevens), JET STORM (Thomas Rajna) [UCLA]
THE MACK (Willie Hutch), TAXI DRIVER (Bernard Herrmann) [New Beverly]
REPO MAN (Humberto Larriva, Steven Hufsteter) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE SECRET OF KELLS (Bruno Coulais) [Nuart]
2 DAYS IN PARIS (Julie Delpy), SKYLAB [Cinematheque: Aero]
March 19
BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS [Silent Movie Theater]
DEATH WISH (Herbie Hancock) [New Beverly]
FIRE (A.R. Rahman) [UCLA]
FORBIDDEN ZONE (Danny Elfman) [Silent Movie Theater]
INTERNATIONAL VELVET (Francis Lai) [New Beverly]
THE MACK (Willie Hutch), TAXI DRIVER (Bernard Herrmann) [New Beverly]
SOLARIS (Edward Artemyev) [Cinematheque: Aero]
WALKER (Joe Strummer) [Silent Movie Theater]
WHAT IS IT? [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
March 20
BEATRICE (Ron Carter, Lili Boulanger), VOYAGER (Ennio Morricone) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CALLING DR. DEATH (Paul Sawtell), THE FROZEN GHOST (Hans J. Salter) [UCLA]
DARLING LILI (Henry Mancini), FRAULEIN DOKTOR (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
THE HUNGER GAMES (James Newton Howard), THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (James Newton Howard), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 (James Newton Howard), THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 2 (James Newton Howard) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
INTERNATIONAL VELVET (Francis Lai) [New Beverly]
MULHOLLAND DRIVE (Angelo Badalamenti) [Silent Movie Theater]
MY BROTHER'S WEDDING (Johnny Ace, John Briggs) [Silent Movie Theater]
NANCY DREW, REPORTER (Heinz Roemheld) [UCLA]
TALKING TO STRANGERS [Silent Movie Theater]
March 21
BEWITCHED (Bronislau Kaper), CRIME DOCTOR'S MAN HUNT (Mischa Bakaleinikoff) [UCLA]
BLOW-UP (Herbie Hancock) [LACMA]
DARLING LILI (Henry Mancini), FRAULEIN DOKTOR (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
GLADIATOR (Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard) [Arclight Santa Monica]
March 22
GILDA (Morris Stoloff, Marlin Skiles) [LACMA]
HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (Patrice Rushen, Udi Harpaz) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE THIN RED LINE (Hans Zimmer) [Arclight Hollywood]
300 (Tyler Bates) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
WHEN WOMEN HAD TAILS (Ennio Morricone), WHEN WOMEN LOST THEIR TAILS (Ennio Morricone, Bruno Nicolai) [New Beverly]
March 23
GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR/DEATH PROOF (Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell) [New Beverly]
THE LAST SAMURAI (Hans Zimmer) [Arclight Hollywood]
March 24
GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR/DEATH PROOF (Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell) [New Beverly]
NAKED ALIBI (Joseph Gershenson), SUDDENLY (David Raksin) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
VORTEX [Silent Movie Theater]
March 25
BORN IN FLAMES [Silent Movie Theater]
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Ennio Morricone), BADLANDS (George Tipton) [Cinematheque: Aero]
DR. STRANGELOVE (Laurie Johnson), THE KILLING (Gerald Fried) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
EATING RAOUL (Arlon Ober) [Silent Movie Theater]
GAS FOOD LODGING (J. Mascis) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR/DEATH PROOF (Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell) [New Beverly]
March 26
THE GODFATHER (Nino Rota) [CInematheque: Egyptian]
GRINDHOUSE: PLANET TERROR/DEATH PROOF (Robert Rodriguez, Graeme Revell) [New Beverly]
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (Michael Phillips) [New Beverly]
MILDRED PIERCE (Max Steiner) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SILENT RAGE (Peter Bernstein, Mark Goldenberg) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
STRANGER THAN PARADISE (John Lurie) [Silent Movie Theater]
TEMPEST (Hugo Reisenfeld), THE BAT [UCLA]
THE THIN BLUE LINE (Philip Glass) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE THIN RED LINE (Hans Zimmer) [Cinematheque: Aero]
March 27
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (David Raksin) [Silent Movie Theater]
JOHNNY GUITAR (Victor Young), THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (Miklos Rozsa) [CInematheque: Egyptian]
LATITUDE ZERO (Akira Ifukube) [New Beverly]
LIQUID SKY (Slava Tsukerman, Brenda I. Hutcherson, Clive Smith) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE PROMISE (David Shire), THE ANONYMOUS VENETIAN (Stelvio Cipriani) [New Beverly]
SLEEPWALK (Phil Kline) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE TREE OF LIFE (Alexandre Desplat) [Cinematheque: Aero]
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