This week's new CD from Intrada is the first-ever release of David Newman's score for the 1990 animated feature DUCKTALES THE MOVIE: TREASURE OF THE LOST LAMP.
This month, La-La Land plans to release Robert J. Kral's score for the animated direct-to-video movie JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK (on February 14th) and a four-disc set of music from STAR TREK: VOYAGER (on Feburary 28), with episode scores by Paul Bailllargeon, David Bell, Jay Chattaway and Dennis McCarthy, as well as the Emmy-winning theme by Jerry Goldsmith.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Billions - Eskmo - Milan
DuckTales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp - David Newman - Intrada Special Collection
Lady Lucifera - Stelvio Cipriani - Quartet
Planet Earth II - Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Jasha Klebe - Silva
Sherlock, Series 4 - David Arnold, Michael Price - Silva
Thelma & Louise - Hans Zimmer - Notefornote
Un Uomo Da Rispettare/Senze Movente - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
IN THEATERS TODAY
Bornless Ones - Paul Hartwig
David Brent: Life on the Road - Music Supervisor: Claire Freeman - Song CD on Caroline International (import)
Do You Dream in Color? - Andrew Barkan
Don’t Hang Up - Aleksi Aubry-Carlson
Havenhurst - tomandandy
Left on Purpose - David Mansfield
The Lego Batman Movie - Lorne Balfe - Score CD-R on WaterTower
Mr. Gaga: A True Story of Love and Dance - Ishai Adar
Running Wild - Jamie Christopherson
Stray Bullets - Jack Fessenden
COMING SOON
February 17
A Cure for Wellness - Benjamin Wallfisch - Milan
Fifty Shades Darker - Danny Elfman - Backlot
Gears of War 4 - Ramin Djawadi - Sumthing Else
The Great Wall - Ramin Djawadi - Milan
Justice League Dark - Robert J. Kral - La-La Land
Silence - Kim Allen Kluge, Kathryn Kluge - Rhino
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Ben Frost, Paul Haslinger - Sumthing Else
XXX: Return of Xander Cage - Brian Tyler, Robert Lydecker - Varese Sarabande
February 24
The Founder - Carter Burwell - Varese Sarabande
The Man in the High Castle: Seasons 1 & 2 - Henry Jackman, Dominic Lewis - Varese Sarabande
A United Kingdom - Patrick Doyle - Varese Sarabande
Z: The Beginning of Everything - Marcelo Zarvos - Varese Sarabande
March 3
John Wick: Chapter 2 - Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard - Varese Sarabande
Star Trek: Voyager - Paul Baillargeon, David Bell, Jay Chattaway, Dennis McCarthy - La-La Land
March 10
Brimstone - Tom Holkenborg - Milan
March 17
Beauty and the Beast - Alan Menken - Disney
Beauty and the Beast: Deluxe Edition - Alan Menken - Disney
Guy and Madeleine on a Park Bench - Justin Hurwitz - Milan
John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection - John Williams - Sony
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Elliot Goldenthal - Zarathustra
Date Unknown
Bloudim - Emil Viklicky - Kronos
Cinema Imaginaire - Chuck Cirino - Dragon's Domain
El Pueblo Del Sol - Lee Holdridge - Dragon's Domain
Fragil Equilibrio - Zeltia Montes - Quartet
Livide - Raphael Gesqua - Kronos
The Lover - Gabriel Yared - Music Box
Seguimi - Marco Werba - Kronos
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
February 10 - Larry Adler born (1914)
February 10 - Gordon Zahler born (1926)
February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith born (1929)
February 10 - Billy Goldenberg born (1936)
February 10 - Bruce Broughton records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “The Golden Man” (1981)
February 10 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “By Inferno’s Light” (1997)
February 11 - Recording sessions begin for Leigh Harline's score for The Desert Rats (1953)
February 11 - Bernard Herrmann records his score for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Wally the Beard” (1964)
February 11 - Richard Markowitz records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “The Bunker” (1969)
February 11 - Mike Shinoda born (1977)
February 11 - Heinz Roemheld died (1985)
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 12 - George Aliceson Tipton died (2016)
February 13 - Lennie Hayton born (1908)
February 13 - Erik Nordgren born (1913)
February 13 - Fred Karger born (1916)
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 - Joseph Mullendore records his score for the Lost in Space episode "Junkyard in Space" (1968)
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 - Harold Arlen born (1905)
February 15 - Miklos Rozsa records his replacement score for Crest of the Wave (1954)
February 15 - Stephen Edwards born (1972)
February 15 - Johnny Harris records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “Space Rockers” (1980)
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)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
THE ARMOR OF LIGHT - Paul Brill
"To that end, the movie also seems to shrink away whenever a scene becomes too confrontational. 'The Armor Of Light' doesn’t make its points while watching a situation unfold -- unlike another excellent recent documentary about an inconveniently Christian pastor, 'The Overnighters' -- but rather uses intense in-the-moment scenes as illustrations of what Schenck and McBath are going through, before retreating to calmer talking-head interviews and voice-over narration. That, coupled with the wall-to-wall music, makes 'The Armor Of Light' feel more conventional than it needs to be, and thus less illuminating. A person could watch just the first 20 minutes of the film and would know pretty much all there is to know about what’s in the rest."
Noel Murray, The Onion AV Club
"Disney follows Reverend Rob Schenck, an anti-abortion pastor in Washington, D.C. who becomes concerned that his pro-gun stance might be at odds with his pro-life beliefs. When Schenck first appears on screen, it's at an anti-abortion rally in Buffalo, New York, where he cradles an aborted fetus as he marches through the streets. But Disney, rather than calming the waters and approaching a conversation on less sensational terms, consistently uses manipulative music cues as a marker for emotional investment: When Schenck marches, he's backed by guitar strings reminiscent of the theme song from something like the History Channel's 'Pawn Stars.' As the documentary turns to gun violence, a soft piano track plays over the testimony of Lucy McBath, the mother of Jordan Davis, whose killing garnered national headlines once the assailant pleaded not guilty because of Stand Your Ground laws. Plopping McBath in front of a camera to capture her tears and choked speech as she recounts hearing about her son being murdered is exploitative enough; layering it with melancholic music is outright sadistic."
Clayton Dillard, Slant Magazine
"Even as it delves into some of the most painfully relevant issues of the fraught present moment, 'The Armor of Light' is notable for its general avoidance of overt conflict. Voices are occasionally raised as perspectives clash, but for the most part the film’s arguments seem to flow along on a single tide of shared consciousness. That smoothness is reflected in the filmmaking, as Schenck’s and McBath’s separate voiceovers play out over d.p. Jeff Hutchens’ attractive handheld coverage, and accompanied by Paul Brill’s sometimes overactive score."
Justin Chang, Variety
XENIA - Delaney Blue
"Filmmaker Panos H. Koutras is most interested in the twists and turns of the narrative and its various implausible events, too often accompanied by the kind of generic piano music that could flatten even the deepest images. Thankfully, he also leaves room for a few flights of fancy where the lack of verisimilitude feels less like screenplay filler and more like unabashed poetic license, uncommitted to plot."
Diego Semerene, Slant Magazine
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 10
AT LONG LAST LOVE (Cole Porter, Artie Butler) [New Beverly]
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (John Phillips) [Cinematheque: Aero]
MOULIN ROUGE (Craig Armstrong) [Nuart]
QUERELLE (Peer Raben) [UCLA]
WATERSHIP DOWN (Angela Morley) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
February 11
AT LONG LAST LOVE (Cole Porter, Artie Butler) [New Beverly]
THE BAD NEWS BEARS (Jerry Fielding) [New Beverly]
DON'T LOOK NOW (Pino Donaggio), CANDYMAN (Philip Glass) [Cinematheque: Aero]
FEEL MY PULSE [Silent Movie Theater]
GIRLFRIENDS (Michael Small) [UCLA]
THE HUNGER (Michel Rubini, Denny Yaeger) [New Beverly]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti), THE WIZARD OF OZ (Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
February 12
THE BAD NEWS BEARS (Jerry Fielding) [New Beverly]
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Henry Mancini) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES [UCLA]
SNAKE RIVER DESPERADOES, THE LAST MUSKETEER (Nathan Scott) [New Beverly]
WALKABOUT (John Barry) [Cinematheque: Aero]
February 13
CASABLANCA (Max Steiner) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SNAKE RIVER DESPERADOES, THE LAST MUSKETEER (Nathan Scott) [New Beverly]
February 14
CASABLANCA (Max Steiner) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CITY LIGHTS (Charles Chaplin) [LACMA]
HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS (Michael Perilstein), FRANKENHOOKER (Joe Renzetti) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Joe Hisasihi) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (Fu-Ling Wang), RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (Fu-Ling Wang)[New Beverly]
February 15
VALLEY GIRL (Scott Wilk, Mark Levinthal), SAY ANYTHING (Richard Gibbs, Anne Dudley) [New Beverly]
February 16
THE ELEPHANT MAN (John Morris), FREAKS [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
VALLEY GIRL (Scott Wilk, Mark Levinthal), SAY ANYTHING (Richard Gibbs, Anne Dudley) [New Beverly]
February 17
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Miklos Rozsa), DEAD RECKONING (Marlin Skiles) [Cinematheque: Aero]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalamenti), THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SMITHEREENS (Glenn Mercer, Bill Million) [UCLA]
TRUE ROMANCE (Hans Zimmer) [New Beverly]
VALLEY GIRL (Scott Wilk, Mark Levinthal), SAY ANYTHING (Richard Gibbs, Anne Dudley) [New Beverly]
February 18
THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING (Craig Safan) [New Beverly]
BANANAS (Marvin Hamlisch), EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX (Mundell Lowe), SLEEPER (Woody Allen) [New Beverly]
ERASERHEAD (Peter Ivers), RAISING ARIZONA (Carter Burwell) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
A FULLER LIFE (Paul-Alexander Fuller) [UCLA]
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (Matt Clifford), RE-ANIMATOR (Richard Band), EVIL DEAD II (Joseph LoDuca), CEMETERY MAN (Manuel De Sica), NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (Barry DeVorzon) [Cinematheque: Aero]
February 19
THE BAD NEWS BEARS IN BREAKING TRAINING (Craig Safan) [New Beverly]
THE GOLDEN STALLION (Nathan Scott), DESERT GOLD [New Beverly]
A QUESTION OF SILENCE (Lodewijk de Boer, Martijn Hasebos), RIDDLES OF THE SPHINX (Mark Ratledge) [UCLA]
THE SEVENTH SEAL (Erik Nordgren) [Cinematheque: Aero]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti), LOLITA (Nelson Riddle) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
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