Intrada has announced two new CD releases for this week.
Director Michael Mann's 2004 hit COLLATERAL starred Tom Cruise (in a rare villain role) as a hit man who forces a a taxi driver (Jamie Foxx, earning a Supporting Actor nomination the same year he won Best Actor for Ray) to be his chauffuer for an all-night killing spree. The original score was composed by James Newton Howard, but in typical Michael Mann fashion, he took a mix-and-match approach to the music, using only a limited amount of Howard's contribution while tracking in cues from a variety of composers, including pieces from Mann's own earlier films like The Insider and Heat. The fllm's original soundtrack release on Hip-O featured only four relatively brief Howard cues (as well as two cues by Antonio Pinto), but the Intrada Collateral features nearly 53 minutes of Howard music.
Their other new release is a two-disc set presenting the score for director Otto Preminger's 1967 Georgia-set melodrama HURRY SUNDOWN, with an eclectic cast including Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll, Robert Hooks, George Kennedy, Burgess Meredith and Faye Dunaway. The film's score was composed by Hugo Montenegro (The Undefeated, The Ambushers), and RCA released 33 minutes of his music on LP at the time of the film's release. The Intrada release presents the complete 74-minute score, including music not heard in the final film, as well as 27 minutes of alternates and extras plus the original LP sequencing.
La-La Land has announced their planned schedule of releases for the rest of May.
On May 17th, they will release a CD pairing two scores for sci-fi apocalypses -- 1965's CRACK IN THE WORLD, starring Dana Andrews and Janette Scott (the Day of the Triffids star immortalized in a Rocky Horror lyric), scored by Johnny Douglas (The Railway Children); and Brian Gascoigne's score to PHASE IV, the 1974 thriller about super-intelligent ants that marked the feature directing debut of master title sequence designer Saul Bass (Waxworks released the Phase IV score for the first time on vinyl last year, but this is its first CD release). That same day they will release the score to the game UNCHARTED 4: A THIEF'S END, composed by A-list feature composer Henry Jackman.
On May 31, they will release an expanded, two-disc edition of one of Thomas Newman's most beloved scores, for the modern classic THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (which earned the composer his first Oscar nomination, competing against himself for his wonderful Little Women).
Varese Sarbande plans to announce their latest set of limited edition CD Club releases next Monday.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Barbershop: The Next Cut - Stanley Clarke - Sony
Beyond: Two Souls - Lorne Balfe - Lakeshore
Big Trouble in Little China - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth - La-La Land
Captain America: Civil War - Henry Jackman - Hollywood
Collateral - James Newton Howard - Intrada Special Collection
Florence Foster Jenkins - Alexandre Desplat - Decca (import)
Hardcore Henry - Dasha Charusha - Sony
Home Fires - Samuel Sim - Sony
Hurry Sundown - Hugo Montenegro - Intrada Special Collection
Jane Eyre - Bernard Herrmann - Kritzerland
L'ira di Achille - Carlo Savina - Digitmovies
Maciste Contro Il Vampiro - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Alhambra
Omicidio Per Vacazione - Stefano Torossi - Digitmovies
Salt and Fire - Ernst Reijseger - Winter & Winter
10 Cloverfield Lane - Bear McCreary - Sparks & Shadows
IN THEATERS TODAY
A Bigger Splash - Music Supervisor: Robin Urdang - Soundtrack CD on Decca
Being Charlie - Chris Bacon
Bite - Steph Copeland
Code of Honor - Michael John Mollo
Dark Horse - Anne Niktin
Elstree 1976 - Jamie Hyatt
Memoria - Ian Hultquist
Mothers and Daughters - David Hlebo
Pele: Birth of a Legend - A.R. Rahman
Sacrifice - Benedikt Brydern
COMING SOON
May 13
Fantozzi Subisce Ancora - Bruno Zambrini - Beat
Goodnight Mommy - Olga Neuwirth - Kairos
I Giorno Dispari - Ludovico Einaudi - Beat
Love & Friendship - Mark Suozzo - Sony
Maria R E Gli Angeli Di Trastevere - Stelvio Cipriani - Beat
Money Monster - Dominic Lewis - Sony
Rosso Sangue - Carla Maria Cordia - Beat
Sunset Song - Gast Waltzing - Milan
Zoolander 2 - Theodore Shapiro - Lakeshore
May 20
The Champ - Dave Grusin - Varese Sarabande
Crack in the World/Phase IV - Johnny Douglas/Brian Gascoigne - La-La Land
Criminal - Brian Tyler, Keith Power - Lakeshore
The Electric Horseman - Dave Grusin - Varese Sarabande
Elvis & Nixon - Edward Shearmur - Lakeshore
A Hologram for the King - Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer - Lakeshore
Maggie's Plan - Michael Rohatyn - Milan
Sherpa - Antony Partos - Planetworks (import)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End - Henry Jackman - La-La Land
May 27
Alice Through the Looking Glass - Danny Elfman - Disney
Confirmation - Harry Gregson-Williams - Lakeshore
Deadpool Reloaded - Tom Holkenborg - Milan
Pee-Wee's Big Holiday - Mark Mothersbaugh - Varese Sarabande
June 3
The Family Fang - Carter Burwell - Lakeshore
Last Days in the Desert - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans - Lakeshore
The Shawshank Redemption - Thomas Newman - La-La Land
The Venture Bros. Vol. 2 - J.G. Thirlwell
June 10
Warcraft - Ramin Djawadi - Backlot
X-Men: Apocalypse - John Ottman - Sony
June 17
Genius - Adam Cork - Milan
Independence Day: Resurgence - Harald Kloser - Sony
June 24
Free State of Jones - Nicholas Britell - Sony
July 1
The BFG - John Williams - Disney
Date Unknown
The Cat O'Nine Tails - Ennio Morricone - GDM
The Drift/Darkwave: Edge of the Storm - James Griffiths - MovieScore Media
Frankenstein 90 - Armando Trovajoli - Music Box
I Want to Be a Soldier - Federico Jusid - Kronos
The Legend of 1900 - Ennio Morricone - Sony (import)
Kattenoog - Joris Hermy - Kronos
La Passante Du Sans-Souci/Garde a Vue - Georges Delerue - Music Box
Made in France - Rob - Music Box
The Night Manager - Victor Reyes - Silva
Non Essere Cattivo - Paolo Vivaldi - GDM
Revenge - Jack Nitzsche - Dragon's Domain
Shy People - Tangerine Dream - Dragon's Domain
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
May 6 - Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to The Glass Slipper (1954)
May 6 - Recording begins on Alfred Newman and Hugo Friedhofer's score to The Bravados in Munich, Germany (1958)
May 6 - Tom Chase born (1965)
May 6 - Michel Legrand begins recording his score to Ice Station Zebra (1968)
May 6 - Morton Stevens begins recording his score for Parts 3 & 4 of Masada (1980)
May 6 - Leonard Salzedo died (2000)
May 6 - William Olvis died (2014)
May 7 - George Stoll born (1902)
May 7 - Jack Elliott born (1914)
May 7 - Anne Dudley born (1956)
May 7 - Elliot Kaplan died (1992)
May 8 - Nathan Van Cleave born (1910)
May 8 - Larry Morey died (1971)
May 8 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
May 9 - David Benoit born (1953)
May 9 - Michael Kamen records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Mirror, Mirror" (1985)
May 9 - Recording sessions begin for David Arnold’s score for Independence Day (1996)
May 10 - Max Steiner born (1888)
May 10 - Dimitri Tiomkin born (1894)
May 10 - David Lindup born (1928)
May 10 - Jay Ferguson born (1947)
May 10 - Debbie Wiseman born (1963)
May 10 - Perry Blake born (1970)
May 10 - Isaac Hayes begins recording his score for Shaft (1971)
May 11 - Nathan Scott born (1915)
May 11 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Hud (1962)
May 11 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Trading Places (1983)
May 11 - Michael Small begins recording his score for Kidco (1983)
May 11 - Recording sessions begin for Elliot Goldenthal’s score for Batman Forever (1995)
May 11 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Eraser (1996)
May 12 - Gordon Jenkins born (1910)
May 12 - Burt Bacharach born (1928)
May 12 - Klaus Doldinger born (1936)
May 12 - Niki Reiser born (1958)
May 12 - Steven M. Stern born (1967)
May 12 - Ernest Gold begins recording his unused score for Used Cars (1980)
May 12 - Humphrey Searle died (1982)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
"When Gerwig is in the frame, the film has an antic -- sometimes frantic -- screwball vibe, mellowed only by the terrific, Eighties-slanting synth score by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips. She can be a bit much, the chaos that corrals around her a bit cartoonish, and the filmmakers are savvy to that fact. "
Kimberley Jones, The Austin Chronicle
"Baumbach and Gerwig don't go all Preston Sturges all the time, however. The movie also features passages of mumblecore-non-sequitur dialogue, a synth-rock score (by Wareham and Britta Phillips) that could be flirting with a copyright-infringement lawsuit from New Order and a poster for Claude Chabrol's' Les Biches', recalling 'Frances Ha''s French new wave homages."
Mark Jenkins, NPR
"Influenced by ‘80s coming of age movies, 'Mistress America' also boasts a sublimely gauzy and pulsing synthesizer score by ex-Luna members Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips (they provided some music for 'The Squid In The Whale' and Wareham’s cameo is almost as funny as his brief turn in 'While We’re Young')."
Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist
"Brooke, when first seen, appears to lead a charmed life at the center of a traveling three-ring circus. A gleaming electropop score by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips gives you a sense of teetering on a merry-go-round. Brooke, 30, has a million grand schemes, of which the most urgent is her plan to open a restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with the backing of a Greek boyfriend, Stavros. This future eatery, Mom’s, is a combination bistro, hair salon, art gallery and homey retreat for the hipoisie. And while juggling to keep many balls in the air, she still has the time to lead a spin class."
Stephen Holden, New York Times
"'Mistress America' is so far Baumbach’s most vivacious output, fiercer in its convictions and sense of self than anything to come before. He treats it with equal affection for his past films, but is less protective -- it’s gassed with a smiling f***-you attitude, revved up by an ’80s Euro synth-pop score from husband-wife duo Dean Wareheim and Britta Phillips, who provided the music for Baumbach’s 'Squid and the Whale' in 2005, arguably his magnum opus."
Melissa Weller, Paste Magazine
"Baumbach makes great use of the many fun, lively actors he has cast, including Matthew Shear as Tracy's twitchy classmate and literary confidant, Tony, and Michael Chernus as Brooke's rich ex-boyfriend, Dylan, who still seems to find Brooke endearing, possibly because she's stuck in an adolescent phase of life that he misses, like that bag of weed he's trying to find. The whole movie also gets a fun, fizzy lift from its soundtrack, a synth-pop score by Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips."
Rebecca Keegan, Los Angeles Times
"This is Baumbach and Gerwig’s third film together -- the first they’ve written together since 2012’s 'Frances Ha.' To quote Tracy to Tony: This new movie’s 'just the same in another direction' -- with much funnier dialogue and evocative electronic music by Wareham and Britta Phillips."
Wesley Morris, Grantland
"As with 'Frances Ha,' Baumbach and Gerwig made 'Mistress America' somewhat clandestinely, with a small crew and a leisurely post-production, and this looser way of working is once again reflected in the movie itself, which bristles with kinetic energy for the brief 84 minutes it’s onscreen. A decade on from composing duties on 'The Squid and the Whale,' the duo of Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips return here with a memorable original score steeped in ’80s-style New Wave synth pop."
Scott Foundas, Variety
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.
May 6
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [Silent Movie Theater]
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [Nuart]
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT (Angelo Francesco Lavagnino), F FOR FAKE (Michel Legrand) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE FLYING DEUCES (John Leipold, Leo Shuken) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SLACKER [Silent Movie Theater]
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (Wang Chung), RAMPAGE (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
May 7
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [Silent Movie Theater]
BONNIE SCOTLAND, THE DEVIL'S BROTHER (LeRoy Shield) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CRUISING (Jack Nitzsche) [New Beverly]
MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Maury Laws) [New Beverly]
THE MUSIC LOVERS (Andre Previn), FREUD (Jerry Goldsmith) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SAVAGE STREETS (Michael Lloyd, John D'Andrea) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (Wang Chung), RAMPAGE (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
May 8
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [Silent Movie Theater]
BARBARELLA (Charles Fox, Bob Crewe) [Silent Movie Theater]
GALLANT LADY (Alfred Newman), ANN VICKERS (Max Steiner) [UCLA]
MAD MONSTER PARTY? (Maury Laws) [New Beverly]
PSYCHO (Bernard Herrmann) [Crest]
THE RACING SCENE (Don Randi), GRAND PRIX (Maurice Jarre) [New Beverly]
ROSEMARY'S BABY (Christopher Komeda), THE BROOD (Howard Shore) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
WAY OUT WEST (Marvin Hatley) [Cinematheque: Aero]
May 9
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Alan Menken) [AMPAS]
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (John Williams) [Arclight Santa Monica]
THE RACING SCENE (Don Randi), GRAND PRIX (Maurice Jarre) [New Beverly]
May 10
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE HEIRESS (Aaron Copland) [LACMA]
THE NEVERENDING STORY (Klaus Doldinger, Giorgio Moroder) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
THE ULTIMATE THRILL (Ed Townsend), NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (Artie Kane) [New Beverly]
May 11
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [Silent Movie Theater]
CARAVAN TO VACCARES (Stanley Myers), FEAR IS THE KEY (Roy Budd) [New Beverly]
JURASSIC PARK (John Williams) [Arclight Culver City]
May 12
ALIEN (Jerry Goldsmith) [Arclight Hollywood]
BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Michel Legrand) [Silent Movie Theater]
CARAVAN TO VACCARES (Stanley Myers), FEAR IS THE KEY (Roy Budd) [New Beverly]
May 13
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [Nuart]
THE COW (Hormouz Farhat) [UCLA]
FRIDAY THE 13TH (Harry Manfredini) [Crest]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Charles Bernstein), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (Christopher Young), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (Angelo Badalamenti), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER (Craig Safan), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 5: THE DREAM CHILD (Jay Ferguson), FREDDY'S DEAD: THE FINAL NIGHTMARE (Brian May), WES CRAVEN'S NEW NIGHTMARE (J. Peter Robinson) [New Beverly]
May 14
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (Don Ellis), FRENCH CONNECTION II (Don Ellis) [New Beverly]
THE GUARDIAN (Jack Hues) [New Beverly]
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (John Williams) [New Beverly]
SALLY OF THE SAWDUST [Silent Movie Theater]
SPARROWS, THE BLACK PIRATE [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE STORY OF TEMPLE DRAKE, CALL HER SAVAGE (Louis De Francesco) [UCLA]
May 15
CHINATOWN (Jerry Goldsmith) [Arclight Hollywood]
DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI (Boris Morros), MADAME DU BARRY [UCLA]
THE GREAT RACE (Henry Mancini) [UCLA]
INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (John Williams) [New Beverly]
JAILHOUSE ROCK (Jeff Alexander), PURPLE RAIN (Prince, Michel Colombier) [New Beverly]
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (W.S. Gilbert, William Elliott), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Andrew Lloyd Weber, Andre Previn, Herbert Spencer) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS (Nathan Van Cleave) [Silent Movie Theater]
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