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| Aisle Seat 7-11: Imprint Editions July Releases
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Andy Dursin
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7/10/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Originally intended as an epic, two-film collaboration between director David Lean and writer Robert Bolt, THE BOUNTY (131 mins., 1984, PG; Imprint) endured the rough seas of development hell that nearly wiped out the duo’s planned adaptation of “Mutiny on the Bounty.” By the time the film was made, the passage of time had dropped Lean and an ailing Bolt out of the project, but producer Dino DeLaurentiis continued undaunted after star Mel Gibson expressed an interest in the material. |
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| Film Score Friday 7/7/23
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Scott Bettencourt
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7/6/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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La-La Land has announced their July film music CD releases.
This week they are releasing an expanded, two-disc edition of David Arnold's score for writer-director Edgar Wright's cult favorite 2007 cop-comedy-thriller HOT FUZZ, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost and featuring top British actors in supporting and cameo roles; and the first release in a new series of CD sets featuring music previously released on the label's definitive Star Trek - The Original Series boxed set (a true desert island release), STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES: THE 1701 COLLECTION - VOL. 1, featuring the scores from classic episodes composed by Alexander Courage and Fred Steiner.
At the end of the month, they will release a two-disc score CD fof the imminent MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE, composed by Lorne Balfe who scored the previous entry in the series, Fallout. (There are rumors that the film features a stunt involving a cast member and a motorcycle -- but please, no spoilers.)
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Aftersun - Oliver Coates - Invada
City Hall: The Deluxe Edition - Jerry Goldsmith - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Hot Fuzz - David Arnold - La-La Land
Le chasseur de la nuit/La femme prisonniere - Serge Franklin - Music Box
Mouse Hunt: The Deluxe Edition - Alan Silvestri - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Premiers desirs/Attention, une femme peut en cacher une autre! - Philippe Sarde - Music Box
Star Trek: The Original Series: The 1701 Collection - Vol. 1 - Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner - La-La Land |
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| Aisle Seat 7-4: A Kino Lorber 4th
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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7/3/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Two of director John Frankenheimer’s best films hit 4K UHD this month from Kino Lorber, one representing a picture from the director’s earliest – and most prolific – time frame, as well as a later thriller that marked a career comeback. Both pictures include superb new MGM licensed 4K masters with Dolby Vision HDR and a number of extras as well. |
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| Film Score Friday 6/30/23
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Scott Bettencourt
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6/29/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest CD from Intrada is the first commercial CD release of a memorable early horror score from James Horner - DEADLY BLESSING, directed by Wes Craven, about three women (including Galactica's Maren Jensen, and Sharon Stone) menaced in a small rural town by forces both natural and supernatural.
Varese Sarabande has announced two imminent limited edition CD Club releases featuring expanded editions of 1990s scores by beloved composers: Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 1996 political drama CITY HALL, starring Al Pacino and John Cusack and directed by Harold Becker (Malice), featuring the score as heard in the film, the original CD sequencing, and 10 minutes of alternates; and Alan Silvestri's score for the 1997 slapstick comedy MOUSE HUNT, the feature directorial debut of Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean 1-3), including more than twice as much music as Varese's original release of this score.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 398 potential new members, including the following Music Branch invitees: score composers Jean Michel Bernard, Rafiq Bhatia, David Buckley, David Byrne, Ian Chang, Anne-Kathrin Elisabeth Dern, M.M. Keeravaani, Penka Kouneva, Ryan Lott, Zeltia Montes, Starr Parodi, and Dara Taylor; songwriters Alain Boublil, Chandrabose and Abel Makkonen Tesfaye (aka The Weeknd); and music editor Dominick George Certo.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Brutti, sporchi e cattivi - Armando Trovaioli - Quartet
Casanova '70 - Armando Trovaioli - Quartet
Christmas Bloody Christmas - Steve Moore - Relapse
Deadly Blessing - James Horner - Intrada Special Collection
Deadly Care - Tangerine Dream - Buysoundtrax
L'amour et les forets - Gabriel Yared - Quartet
Shock Waves - Richard Einhorn - Howlin' Wolf
A Symphonic Celebration: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki - Joe Hisaishi - Deutsche Grammophon
Tales of a Forest, A Lake and the Sleeping Giants - Panu Aaltio - Quartet
Vedo nudo/Dove vai tutta nuda? - Armando Trovaioli - Quartet |
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| Aisle Seat 6-27: Summer Arrival Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/26/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Via Vision’s Imprint label has given movie buffs a plethora of gems including numerous Blu-Ray special editions over the last few years. This month their attention is turned toward several films that have never received widespread distribution in the home video era, with one being a title that was pulled from distribution altogether for several decades. The result is a trio of compelling curios that, even with their respective flaws, ought to captivate hardcore movie lovers. |
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| Film Score Friday 6/23/23
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Scott Bettencourt
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6/22/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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Music Box has announced two new film music CDs - a disc pairing two scores from 1983 composed by Oscar nominee Philippe Sarde, PREMIERS DESIRS and ATTENTION, UNE FEMME PEUT EN CACHER UNE AUTRE!; and two scores by Serge Franklin for their TV soundtracks series, LE CHASSEUR DE LA NUIT and LA FEMME PRISONNIERE.
Quartet has just announced three new CDs, all featuring scores by Armando Trovaioli: an expanded version of CASANOVA '70, starring Marcello Mastroianni; BRUTTI, SPORCHI E CATTIVI (Ugly, Dirty and Bad), directed by Ettore Scola, from 1976; and a disc pairing two comedy scores from 1969, VEDO NUDO and DOVE VAI TUTTA NUDA?
The latest releases from Dragon's Domain are THE DAVID MICHAEL FRANK COLLECTION VOL. 2: CINEMATIC NOIR, featuring cues from eight thriller scores, and EXCESSIVE FORCE II: FORCE ON FORCE, by Kevin Kiner.
Buysoundtrack is releasing PHAR LAP, by Bruce Rowland, and DEADLY CARE, by Tangerine Dream.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Alguien que ciude de mi - Paula Olaz - MovieScore Media [CD-R]
Mosley - Alain Raynard - MovieScore Media [CD-R]
She Came from the Woods - Timothy Williams - MovieScore Media [CD-R] |
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| Aisle Seat 6-13: Kino Lorber Wrap, 65 on 4K
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/12/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Charles Laughton’s classic NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (93 mins., 1955), an oft-imitated, still invigorating and unique mix of thriller, fairy tale, and small-town American fable makes its debut on 4K UHD this month from Kino Lorber. Criterion previously released a sumptuous Blu-Ray edition of the film back in 2014, but while that release remains relevant for its supplements (not to mention still being the only release in the format), it’s been usurped technically here by a fresh 4K scan of the original 35mm camera negative, enhanced further with Dolby Vision HDR. |
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Today in Film Score History:
April 19 |
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| Alan Price born (1942) |
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| Alfred Newman begins recording his score for David and Bathsheba (1951) |
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| Dag Wiren died (1986) |
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| David Fanshawe born (1942) |
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| Dudley Moore born (1935) |
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| Harry Sukman begins recording his score for A Thunder of Drums (1961) |
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| Henry Mancini begins recording his score for The Great Race (1965) |
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| Joe Greene born (1915) |
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| John Addison begins recording his score for Swashbuckler (1976) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score for Fitzwilly (1967) |
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| Jonathan Tunick born (1938) |
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| Lord Berners died (1950) |
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| Michael Small begins recording his score to Klute (1971) |
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| Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “When It Rains…” (1999) |
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| Ragnar Bjerkreim born (1958) |
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| Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "We'll Always Have Paris" (1988) |
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| Sol Kaplan born (1919) |
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| Thomas Wander born (1973) |
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| William Axt born (1888) |
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