Music Box has announced two new December soundtrack CD releases -- the first-ever release of Maurice Jarre's score for the 1988 TV mini-series THE MURDER OF MARY PHAGAN, starring Jack Lemmon and Peter Gallagher, based on the real-life tragedy which inspired such diverse works as Fritz Lang's Fury and the Broadway musical Parade; and Gabriel Yared's score for the 1984 fantasy NEMO (aka Dream One).
Varese Sarabande plans to announce their final CD Club release for the year next Monday.
The latest release from Kritzerland presents the soundtrack to director Busby Berkeley's 1943 movie musical THE GANG'S ALL HERE, featuring songs by Harry Warren and Leo Robin, music direction by Alfred Newman, and the music of Benny Goodman and his orchestra.
The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has announced this year's Grammy nominations, including the following film music-related categories:
BEST SCORE SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
BEST COMPILATION SOUNDTRACK FOR VISUAL MEDIA
AMY
MILES AHEAD
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON
SUICIDE SQUAD (COLLECTOR'S EDITION)
VINYL: THE ESSENTIALS SEASON 1
BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA
CAN'T STOP THE FEELING! – Trolls - Max Martin, Shellback & Justin Timberlake
HEATHENS - Suicide Squad - Tyler Joseph
JUST LIKE FIRE - Alice Through The Looking Glass - Oscar Holter, Max Martin, P!nk & Shellback,
PURPLE LAMBORGHINI – Suicide Squad - Shamann Cooke, Sonny Moore & William Roberts
TRY EVERYTHING - Zootopia - Mikkel S. Eriksen, Sia Furler & Tor Erik Hermansen
THE VEIL – Snowden - Peter Gabriel
Nominees for Best Instrumental Composition include Ennio Morricone for The Hateful Eight's "L'Ultima Diligenza Di Red Rock - Versione Integrale", and Thomas Newman for Bridges of Spies' "Bridge of Spies (End Title)." The new recording of Oscar winner John Corigliano's opera The Ghost of Versailles was nominated for Best Opera Recording and Best Engineered Album, Classical.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Boy and the Lion - Stelvio Cipriani - Kronos
The Brian May Fantasy Film Music Collection - Brian May - Dragon's Domain
KM31 - Carles Cases - Kronos
A Monster Calls (U.S. release) - Fernando Velazquez - Backlot
Napoleon (new recording) - Carl Davis - Carl Davis Collection
93 Days - George Kallis - MovieScore Media
No Pay, Nudity - Craig Richey - Dogwood Lane [CD-R]
Travolto Dagli Afffetti Familiari/Il Vizio Di Famiglia - Gianni Ferrio - Digitmovies
IN THEATERS TODAY
Abbatoir - Michael Sayfritz
All We Had - Michael Brook
Best and Most Beautiful Things - Tyler Strickland
Beyond the Gates - Wojciech Golczewski
The Brand New Testament - An Pierle - Score CD Le Tout Nouveau Testament on Helicopter (import)
Burn Country - Jim McHugh
The Founder - Carter Burwell
Frank & Lola - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
Harry Benson: Shoot First - Mario Grigorov
Kill Ratio - Alexander Bornstein
La La Land - Justin Hurwitz - Score CD due Dec. 16 on Interscope
Land of Mine - Sune Martin
Office Christmas Party - Theodore Shapiro
Old Stone - Lee Sanders
Sugar Mountain - Alies Sluiter
COMING SOON
December 16
Jackie - Mica Levi - Milan
La La Land - Justin Hurwitz - Interscope
Passengers - Thomas Newman - Sony
Penny Dreadful: Seasons 2 and 3 - Abel Korzeniowski - Varese Sarabande
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Michael Giacchino - Disney
Sing - Joby Talbot - Backlot
December 23
Assassin's Creed - Jed Kurzel - Verve
Lion - Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka - Sony [CD-R]
December 30
Mars - Nick Cave, Warren Ellis - Milan
Narcos: Season 2 - Pedro Bromfman - Lakeshore
January 6
Fences - Marcelo Zarvos - Sony
Hidden Figures - Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch - Columbia
The Ultimate Legacy - Rob Pottorf - Varese Sarabande
January 13
Hans Zimmer: The Classics - Hans Zimmer - Sony
January 20
Planet Earth II - Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Jasha Klebe - Silva
January 27
Gears of War 4 - Ramin Djawadi - Sumthing Else
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter - Paul Haslinger - Milan
The Space Between Us - Andrew Lockington - Sony (import)
Date Unknown
Come Imparai Ad Amare Le Done - Ennio Morricone - GDM
The Four of the Apoacylpse - Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio, Vince Tempera
The Gang's All Here - Leo Robin, Harry Warren, Alfred Newman - Kritzerland
Guy Farley Film Music Collection - Guy Farley - Caldera
I 4 Del Clan Dal Cuore Di Pietra - Stelvio Cipriani - Beat
The Murder of Mary Phagan - Maurice Jarre - Music Box
Nemo - Gabriel Yared - Music Box
Reality Check - Wojciech Golczewski - Howlin' Wolf
Scuola di Ladri - Bruno Zambrini - Beat
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
December 9 - Von Dexter born (1912)
December 9 - Chris Wilson born (1958)
December 9 - William Goldstein records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “Her Pilgrim Soul” (1985)
December 9 - Alessandro Cicognini died (1995)
December 10 - Morton Gould born (1913)
December 10 - Alexander Courage born (1919)
December 10 - Milan Svoboda born (1951)
December 10 - Jack Hues born (1954)
December 10 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Shock Treatment (1963)
December 10 - Leigh Harline died (1969)
December 10 - Roy Webb died (1982)
December 11 - Rogier Van Otterloo born (1941)
December 11 - Rachel Portman born (1960)
December 11 - Paul Haslinger born (1962)
December 11 - Anthony Collins died (1963)
December 11 - Jon Brion born (1963)
December 11 - Benny Carter records his score for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Crimson Witness” (1964)
December 11 - Benny Golson records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “Incarnate,” the final score composed for the original series (1972)
December 11 - Velton Ray Bunch records his score for the Enterprise episode “Silent Enemy” (2001)
December 11 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Enterprise episode “Catwalk” (2002)
December 11 - Malcolm Clarke died (2003)
December 11 - Ravi Shankar died (2012)
December 12 - Carlo Martelli born (1935)
December 12 - Michael Kamen begins recording his score for Road House (1988)
December 12 - Karl-Heinz Schafer died (1996)
December 12 - Marcello Giombini died (2003)
December 13 - Teo Usuelli born (1920)
December 13 - Reijiro Koroku born (1949)
December 13 - Harry Gregson-Williams born (1961)
December 13 - Adam Fields born (1965)
December 13 - Alexander Courage records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Girl from the Green Dimension" (1966)
December 13 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Psycho II (1982)
December 13 - Rene Cloerec died (1995)
December 14 - John Du Prez born (1946)
December 14 - John Lurie born (1952)
December 14 - Alfred Newman begins recording his score for Hell and High Water (1953)
December 14 - Fred Karlin begins recording his score for Ravagers (1978)
December 15 - The Man with the Golden Arm opens in New York (1955)
December 15 - Alan Ari Lazar born (1967)
December 15 - Ennio Morricone begins recording his score for Days of Heaven (1977)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
99 HOMES - Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales
"But if '99 Homes' is a scolding look at a society gone astray, it is also a minor masterpiece of suspense, as tightly wound as 'Sicario,' Denis Villeneuve’s white-knuckle drug-war thriller, and almost as brutal. Not that there’s much in the way of physical violence: fists are raised now and then, and weapons are sometimes brandished. But the threat of destruction is pervasive, and everything -- the hand-held camerawork, the swift editing, the anxious music by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales -- contributes to an overpowering sense of danger."
A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Its occasional heavy-handedness leaves the film open to accusations of melodrama, of course, and the film’s insistent score perhaps overemphasizes some of the emotional beats, but whatever niggles we have are forgivable because they all seem designed to make what is a very personal and passionate statement about system-sanctioned social injustice available and accessible and comprehensible to audiences beyond a niche arthouse crowd. Dedicated touchingly to Roger Ebert, '99 Homes' is by no means a perfect film, but it can achieve something more precious, and rarer than glossy perfection: it can take you by the shoulders and shake the apathy and complacency away. "
Jessica Kiang, IndieWire
"'99 Homes' pulses with energy from the very beginning. Bahrani is always keeping his camera moving, timed to an unsettling electronic-driven score. It is his most confidently made film. It doesn’t feel like there’s a beat, a shot, an angle that’s out of place or unconsidered. And yet that streamlined approach to filmmaking never corrupts Bahrani’s ability to capture the human condition, as he did so completely in films like 'Chop Shop' and 'Goodbye Solo.'"
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
"'99 Homes' operates like a thriller (from its stunning opening one-take sequence), with elements of melodrama to heighten the stakes. (Some of the melodramatic elements don't work as well as the rest, relying, as they do, on coincidence, racing against the clock, etc; the reality is horrifying enough.) Held together with Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales' portentous original score, thrumming underneath almost every scene, '99 Homes' represents a shift for Bahrani. His other features have been small dramas, filmed accordingly: lots of hand-held camera work and a naturalistic approach. "99 Homes" has a strong look, a bold mood, with attention-getting shots like that opener, as well as a couple of aerial shots showing homes stretched out below. From that vantage point, homes look generic. To those on the ground, of course, it's a very different story."
Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
"'99 Homes' is a cripplingly utilitarian work, right from the opening scenes, when Nash learns that he won’t be paid for two weeks of construction, then hopelessly studies his foreclosure paperwork. Even Nash’s warm pre-motel home contrasts too easily with Carver’s personality-free McMansion. (Carver’s own wife, three daughters, and mistress barely register.) The film lacks the transcendent artistry of 'Chop Shop,' which depicted positive thinking verging on magical thinking in the brain of a young Latino carving a niche in the Queens auto-body row known 'The Iron Triangle.' And '99 Homes' never approaches the depths of empathy in 'Goodbye Solo,' about the bond forged between a down-home, rough old boy and a Senegalese cabbie in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. As for lyricism -- there isn’t any. Bahrani keeps the images bright and functional while he amps up an electronic soundtrack that force-feeds you emotional cues. It’s as if he’s screwing in every piece of a pop-political fresco with a power drill."
Michael Sragow, Film Comment
"On the technical front, the throbbing percussion-and-electronica score by Anthony Partos and Matteo Zingales stands out as Bahrani’s most substantial miscalculation. Oddly dated and loudly present in nearly every scene, the music conveys bleak, urgent anxiety from the outset, leaving the film little room for tonal maneuvering. The sonic underlining also seems unnecessary with the actors already doing such a dexterous job of delivering Bahrani’s stinging, barely submerged subtext."
Guy Lodge, Variety
"Carrying a title that implicitly references the 99/1 percent divide so frequently used to describe what ails the country and much of the world, '99 Homes' passionately remonstrates against contemporary economic conditions that suggest that, in real life rather than Capraland, Lionel Barrymore's greedy old Mr. Potter in 'It's a Wonderful Life' actually has prevailed over humanity's better instincts. While 'At Any Price,' Ramin Bahrani's previous dramatic look at how tough things have become for so many working Americans, never found its audience, this, his sixth feature, might stand a better shot with the public since it's pointedly designed to make your blood boil. In this it succeeds, partly legitimately and to some degree via ramped-up melodrama and a notably manipulative musical score."
Todd McCarthy, 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.
December 9
BONNIE AND CLYDE (Charles Strouse) [New Beverly]
BOUND FOR GLORY (Leonard Rosenman), KILL BILL VOL. 2 (The RZA, Robert Rodriquez), THE WARRIOR AND THE SORCERESS (Louis Sauneders) [New Beverly]
PATHS OF GLORY (Gerald Fried), FULL METAL JACKET (Abigail Mead) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE ROAD BACK (Dimitri Tiomkin), JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN (Jerry Fielding) [UCLA]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
December 10
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman), STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES [New Beverly]
A CHRISTMAS STORY (Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza) [New Beverly]
ELF (John Debney) [New Beverly]
KING KONG (John Barry) [Cinematheque: Aero]
OPENING NIGHT (Bo Harwood) [UCLA]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
December 11
ELF (John Debney) [New Beverly]
THE KILLING (Gerald Fried), LOLITA (Nelson Riddle) [New Beverly]
OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (Alfred Ralston) [UCLA]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carolos, Rachel Elkind) [Cinematheque: Aero]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE WIZARD OF OZ (Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart) [UCLA]
December 12
EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (Marc Ellis) [Arclight Culver City]
HOME ALONE (John Williams) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
THE KILLING (Gerald Fried), LOLITA (Nelson Riddle) [New Beverly]
December 13
A CHRISTMAS STORY (Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza) [Arclight Santa Monica]
IRMA LA DOUCE (Andre Previn) [LACMA]
PORKY'S (Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza), PORKY'S II: THE NEXT DAY (Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza) [New Beverly]
December 14
AUNTIE MAME (Bronislau Kaper) [CInematheque: Egyptian]
A CHRISTMAS STORY (Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza) [Arclight Hollywood]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos), STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES [New Beverly]
JINGLE ALL THE WAY (David Newman) [Arclight Culver City]
December 15
ANGST (Klaus Schulze) [Silent Movie Theater]
AUNTIE MAME (Bronislau Kaper) [CInematheque: Egyptian]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos), STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES [New Beverly]
LE PERE NOEL EST UNE ORDURE (Vladimir Cosma) [Silent Movie Theater]
December 16
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [Cinematheque: Aero]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos), STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES [New Beverly]
THE LION IN WINTER (John Barry) [Nuart]
LOVE ACTUALLY (Craig Armstrong) [Silent Movie Theater]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
December 17
A CHRISTMAS STORY (Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza) [New Beverly]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos), STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES [New Beverly]
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (Dimitri Tiomkin) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SANTA CLAUS (Henry Mancini) [New Beverly]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
December 18
ELF (John Debney) [Cinematheque: Aero]
MERMAIDS (Jack Nitzsche) [Silent Movie Theater]
ROMAN HOLIDAY (Georges Auric), SABRINA (Frederick Hollander) [New Beverly]
SANTA CLAUS (Henry Mancini) [New Beverly]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
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