Varese Sarabande has announced five new releases in their limited edition CD Club, which are expected to begin shipping the week of May 30.
STARSHIP TROOPERS: THE DELUXE EDITION is a greatly expanded, two-disc set of
Basil Poledouris' rousing orchestral score for Paul Verhoeven's cult classic 1997 adaptation of Robert Heinlein's intergalactic war novel.
VOLCANO: THE DELUXE EDITION is an expanded version of
Alan Silvestri's lively score for the second of 1997's two competing volcano disaster movies.
JOE VS. THE VOLCANO: THE BIG WOO EDITION is a remastered re-release of
Georges Delerue's typically lovely score for writer John Patrick Shanley's 1990 directorial debut, the first film to team Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (giving one of her best performances in a triple role), including some previously unreleased music.
SPARTACUS: THE COMPLETE ALBUM MASTERS is a re-release of Disc One from Varese's massive boxed-set of one of
Alex North's film music masterpieces, featuring all the surviving stereo tracks from the score.
ZELLY AND ME is an "encore" release of their out-of-print CD of
Pino Donaggio's score for the 1988 family drama starring Isabella Rosselini, Glynis Johns and, in a rare acting role, Rosselini's then-partner David Lynch.
Intrada plans to release two new CDs next week.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands - Rob Lane - Sony
Die Niebelungen [suite] - Gottfried Huppertz - Pan Classics
The Drift/Darkwave: Edge of the Storm - James Griffiths - MovieScore Media
El Olivo - Pascal Gaigne - Quartet
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
Our Kind of Traitor - Marcelo Zarvos - Quartet
Revenge - Jack Nitzsche - Dragon's Domain
Rosso Sangue - Carla Maria Cordia - Beat
Shy People - Tangerine Dream - Dragon's Domain
Sunset Song - Gast Waltzing - Milan
IN THEATERS TODAY
Asian Connection - Ali Helnwein
A Bit of Bad Luck - David Buckley
The Congressman - David Carbonara
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty - Scott Glasgow
The Darkness - Johnny Klimek
Dheepan - Nicolas Jaar
Divine Access - Casey McPherson
Eva Hesse - Andreas Schafer, Raffael Seyfried
How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town - Jeff Toyne
I Am Wrath - Haim Mazar
Kill Zone 2 - Ken Chan, Kwong Wing Chan
The Lobster - Music Supervisor: Amy Ashworth - Soundtrack CD on Lakeshore
Money Monster - Dominic Lewis - Score CD on Sony
Most Likely to Die - Adam Barber
Search Party - Craig Wedren
Serial Killer 1 - Christophe La Pinta, Frederic Tellier - Score CD L'Affaire SK1 on Cristal (import)
Starcrossed - Daniel Rojas
Sundown - Edward Rogers
Sunset Song - Gast Waltzing - Score CD on Milan
The Trust - Reza Safinia
Under the Gun - Brian Tyler
What We Become - Martin Pedersen
COMING SOON
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
May 13 - David Broekman born (1902)
May 13 - Isaak Shvarts born (1923)
May 13 - John Lunn born (1955)
May 13 -
Craig Safan begins recording his unused score for
Wolfen (1981)
May 13 - Recording sessions begin on Basil Poledouris’ score for RoboCop (1987)
May 13 -
Alan Silvestri begins recording his score to
Predator (1987)
May 13 - Leon Klatzkin died (1992)
May 14 - Charles Gross born (1934)
May 14 - J.S. Zamecnik born (1872)
May 14 - Kenneth V. Jones born (1924)
May 14 - Tristram Cary born (1925)
May 14 - Frank Churchill died (1942)
May 14 - David Byrne born (1952)
May 14 -
Alex North begins recording his score for
Hot Spell (1957)
May 14 - Michael Kamen begins recording his score for Die Hard 2 (1990)
May 15 - Bert Shefter born (1902)
May 15 - John Lanchbery born (1923)
May 15 - Freddie Perren born (1943)
May 15 - Brian Eno born (1948)
May 15 - Mike Oldfield born (1953)
May 15 - Andrey Sigle born (1954)
May 15 - David Munrow died (1976)
May 15 -
Billy Goldenberg records his score for the
Amazing Stories episode "Secret Cinema" (1985)
May 15 - John Green died (1989)
May 15 - Marius Constant died (2004)
May 15 - Alexander Courage died (2008)
May 16 -
Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for
The Shadow (1994)
May 16 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score to Hawaii (1966)
May 16 - Jonathan Richman born (1951)
May 17 - Taj Mahal born (1942)
May 17 - Joanna Bruzdowicz born (1943)
May 17 - Heitor Villa-Lobos died (1959)
May 17 - Trent Reznor born (1965)
May 17 -
Ron Grainer begins recording his score for
The Omega Man (1971)
May 17 - Joshua Homme born (1973)
May 17 - Hugo Friedhofer died (1981)
May 17 - Ikuma Dan died (2001)
May 17 - Cy Feuer died (2006)
May 18 - Meredith Willson born (1902)
May 18 - Rick Wakeman born (1949)
May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh born (1950)
May 18 - Jacques Morelenbaum born (1954)
May 18 - Reinhold Heil born (1954)
May 18 -
James Horner begins recording his score for
Testament (1983)
May 18 - Kevin Gilbert died (1996)
May 18 - Albert Sendrey died (2003)
May 19 - Irving Gertz born (1915)
May 19 - Anton Garcia Abril born (1933)
May 19 - Tom Scott born (1948)
May 19 - Kyle Eastwood born (1968)
May 19 - Edwin Astley died (1998)
May 19 - Hans Posegga died (2002)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. - Daniel Pemberton
"The production design by Oliver Scholl and costume design by Joanna Johnston do much toward creating the world of the movie, with beautiful architecture, streamlined yet still clunky technology and eye-popping patterns. Yet it is composer Daniel Pemberton who in some ways seems to understand the idea of the movie even better than Ritchie, his score featuring breathy flutes, twangy guitar, spooky harpsichord and pounding drums and organ capturing the mixture of pastiche, homage and a twist of the new in a way the rest of the film rarely matches."
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
"The set-up for this movie is pretty much nothing special: two very different spies from different sides have to work together, they don’t get along, there’s a girl, there’s womanizing, there’s humor, there’s action -- we’ve seen it all before. But what makes 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' fire on all cylinders is entirely down to Guy Ritchie at the helm. He has molded this very basic story into something special by making sure the design, the sense of place and time, and especially the music are as spot-on as possible, creating a tone and mood that no script could necessarily create. Ritchie has always been known for picking interesting and highly complementary music for his films, and this film has a Morricone-esque, jazz-flutey score by Daniel Pemberton which is in just about every scene. When it’s not, a selection of European and American tracks from the ’60s play and they all work utterly perfectly. It’s rare that as I’m watching a movie, I find myself excited to go home and download the soundtrack (it’s excellent, by the way). Ritchie also shows his cheekiness in the direction of certain action sequences, playing up the humor by focusing on different aspects, or what’s going on in the corners of the frame instead of the fight or big chase scene. And, again, these are coupled with music cues that undercut and heighten the action, creating something you wouldn’t expect. So, despite a script that didn’t seem like it’d be that interesting, and having a few other flaws not really worth mentioning, Ritchie and company have turned 'The Man from U.N.C.L.E.' into a highly entertaining, immeasurably stylish, and thoroughly enjoyable movie. And, seriously, you’ll wish you could live in 1964 Rome with that music playing in your head at all times. I wish I was there now."
