La-La Land has announced two new releases for the week of November 16, their final new CDs before their traditional post-Thanksgiving "Black Friday" cornucopia: a 75th anniversary re-mastered release of Dimitri Tiomkin's score for one of Hollywood's most beloved films, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE; and Bear McCreary's music for the video game CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Basement Jack - Alan Howarth - Dragon's Domain
The Cat O'Nine Tails - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The David Michael Frank Collection Vol. 1 - David Michael Frank - Dragon's Domain
Dimensione Violenza - Daniele Patucci - Quartet
Nella Stretta Morsa Del Ragno - Riz Ortolani - Quartet
The Tamarind Seed - John Barry - Silva
Teenage Exorcist/Witch Academy - Chuck Cirino - Dragon's Domain
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Beta Test - Ben Lovett, Jeffrey Campbell Binner
Eternals - Ramin Djawadi
Finch - Gustavo Santaolalla
Gaza Mon Amour - Andre Matthias - Score CD on Kronos
Ida Red - David Sardy
Josee, the Tiger and the Fish - Evan Call
Mark, Mary & Some Other People - Patrick Stump
One Shot - Austin Wintory
Red Notice - Steve Jablonsky
Spencer - Jonny Greenwood - Score CD due April 8, 2022 (!) on Mercury
COMING SOON
November 12
The Serpent - Dominick Scherrer - Svart
November 19
Call of Duty: Vanguard - Bear McCreary - La-La Land
The French Dispatch - Alexandre Desplat - ABKCO
It's a Wonderful Life - Dimitri Tiomkin - La-la Land
Without Remorse - Jonsi - Krunk
November 26
The United Way - George Fenton - Gearbox
December 17
Encanto - Germaine Franco, Lin-Manuel Miranda - Disney
Date Unknown
Byleth il demone dell'incesto - Vasco Vassil Kojucharov - Beat
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons - Bary Gray - Silva
Gabriel Yared: Music for Film - Gabriel Yared - Silva
Gli occhi freddi della paura - Ennio Morricone - Beat
The Hitcher - Mark Isham - Silva
Le Professionnel/Le Marginal - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
Legend - Jerry Goldsmith - Music Box
Les Rois Maudits/Lancelot du Lac - Georges Delerue - Music Box
Matalo! - Mario Migliardi - Beat
Mychael Danna: Music for Film - Mychael Danna - Silva
The Navigator/Steamboat Bill Jr./Seven Chances - Claude Bolling - Music Box
Shigeru Umebayashi: Music for Film - Shigeru Umebayashi - Silva
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
November 5 - Joseph Liebman born (1911)
November 5 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Fear Strikes Out (1956)
November 5 - Jonny Greenwood born (1971)
November 5 - Michel Legrand begins recording his score for The Mountain Man (1979)
November 5 - Les Baxter begins recording his score for The Beast Within (1981)
November 5 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Battle" (1987)
November 5 - James Newton Howard begins recording his score for Grand Canyon (1991)
November 5 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Enterprise episode “The Communicator” (2002)
November 6 - Ernest Irving born (1878)
November 6 - Peter Matz born (1928)
November 6 - Arturo Sandoval born (1949)
November 6 - Recording sessions begin for Max Steiner’s score for The Caine Mutiny (1953)
November 6 - Bernard Herrmann records his score for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Behind the Locked Door" (1963)
November 6 - John Barry begins recording his score for Hanover Street (1978)
November 6 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Enterprise episode “Civilization” (2001)
November 6 - Francesco De Masi died (2005)
November 7 - Hans Erdmann born (1882)
November 7 - William Alwyn born (1905)
November 7 - Jimmie Haskell born (1936)
November 7 - Dimitri Tiomkin records the soundtrack LP for Wild Is the Wind (1957)
November 7 - Duane Tatro’s score for The Invaders episode “The Captive” is recorded (1967)
November 7 - James Horner begins recording his score for Uncommon Valor (1983)
November 7 - Leonard Rosenman records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "No Day at the Beach" (1985)
November 7 - Shorty Rogers died (1994)
November 7 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “The Q and the Gray” (1996)
November 7 - Richard Robbins died (2012)
November 7 - Paul Buckmaster died (2017)
November 7 - Francis Lai died (2018)
November 8 - Arnold Bax born (1883)
November 8 - Mark Suozzo born (1953)
November 8 - The Ten Commandments opens in New York (1956)
November 8 - Nicholas Carras records his score for She Demons (1957)
November 8 - Gerald Fried records his score for the Lost in Space episode "Castles in Space" (1967)
November 8 - Robert Drasnin records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “Nerves” (1971)
November 8 - Gino Marinuzzi Jr. died (1996)
November 9 - Roger Edens born (1905)
November 9 - Burrill Phillips born (1907)
November 9 - Gabriel Migliori born (1909)
November 9 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Lonely Are the Brave (1961)
November 9 - Leith Stevens records his score for the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode “The X Factor” (1965)
November 9 - Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for Sol Madrid (1967)
November 9 - Dave Grusin begins recording his score for Tootsie (1982)
November 9 - Alfred Ralston died (1988)
November 9 - Yves Baudrier died (1988)
November 9 - Stanley Myers died (1993)
November 9 - Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Siege of AR-558” (1998)
November 10 - Mischa Bakaleinikoff born (1890)
November 10 - Philip Sainton born (1891)
November 10 - Carl Stalling born (1891)
November 10 - Billy May born (1916)
November 10 - Ennio Morricone born (1928)
November 10 - Victor Young died (1956)
November 10 - Sylvain Chomet born (1963)
November 10 - Richard LaSalle records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “A Place Called Earth” (1969)
November 10 - Robert Gulya born (1973)
November 10 - Julian Wass born (1981)
November 10 - Michel Colombier begins recording his replacement score for The Golden Child (1986)
November 10 - Bruce Broughton records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Thanksgiving" (1986)
November 10 - Recording sessions begin for Christopher Young’s score for Hush (1997)
November 11 - Jerome Kern died (1945)
November 11 - Leith Stevens records his score for the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode “Blow Up” (1967)
November 11 - Dimitri Tiomkin died (1979)
November 11 - Bruce Broughton records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Gather Ye Acorns" (1985)
November 11 - Alex North records his score for Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
November 11 - Morton Stevens died (1991)
November 11 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Future Tense” (2003)
November 11 - Eddie Horst died (2010)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
EL PLANETA - Chicken [Burke Battelle]
"Ulman boasts a keen sense of visual ingenuity, filming in gorgeous but never tawdry black and white and shooting long takes broken up by dreamy transitions. The costume design is also nothing short of an indulgent treat for the viewer, even including the occasional Zara tag sprinkled in for laughs. The score by an artist credited only as Chicken is artful and perfectly moody, another high-point in the production of an otherwise minimalist film."
Natalia Keogan, Paste Magazine
"Because Ulman pulls off such a delicate tonal balance for the majority of 'El Planeta,' it makes you wish she hadn’t relied so heavily on stylistic quirks. Intentionally cheesy wipes between scenes are a distraction, and the whimsically plinky score from Chicken feels at odds with the stripped-down simplicity of the visuals. Still, Ulman is taking risks, which is exciting, and it bodes well for the next depressing/amusing story she wants to tell. And hopefully she’ll let her mom tag along again, too."
Christy Lemire, RogerEbert.com
"Using playful screen wipes to mark the scene transitions and a tonally appropriate plinky-plonky score by DJ Burke Battelle, who composes under the name Chicken, the film strings together vignettes from María and Leo’s unstructured days and nights."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
THE FRENCH DISPATCH - Alexandre Desplat
"The craft is, even by his exceptional standards, exceptional, from Mr. Alexandre Desplat‘s lovely musical compositions to Mr. Robert Yeoman‘s beautiful, often black and white, but often not photography, to the borderline heroic job done by the editor, Mr. Andrew Weisblum, who has taken all these pieces of assorted size and shape, plus the intertitles and animations and different moods and manic episodes, and somehow made the damn thing move like a whippet."
Jessica Kiang, The Playlist
"Each story is told with its own style, with Anderson utilizing animation, graphics, still lifes, visual puns, and gags, all held together by the thread of Alexandre Desplat's score, and Anderson's single-minded sense of mission."
Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
"Regular collaborators who make vital contributions include DP Robert Yeoman, his visuals mixing black and white with color and alive with all the trademark symmetries, skewed angles and careful compositions; and composer Alexandre Desplat, whose doodling piano themes help shape the jaunty tone."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
November 5
ANNETTE (Sparks) [Los Feliz 3]
BLUE VELVET (Angelo Badalementi) [Los Feliz 3]
THE CHINA SYNDROME [New Beverly]
DAYS OF GLORY (Daniele Amfitheatrof), SPELLBOUND (Miklos Rozsa) [Aero]
FACE/OFF (John Powell) [New Beverly]
HALLOWEEN III: SEASON OF THE WITCH (John Carpenter, Alan Howarth) [Los Feliz 3]
KILL BILL VOL. 2 (RZA, Robert Rodriguez) [New Beverly]
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS [Brain Dead Studios]
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (Bill Stafford) [Brain Dead Studios]
SPIRITED AWAY (Joe Hisaishi) [New Beverly]
November 6
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (Shirley Walker) [New Beverly]
BATTLE ROYALE [Brain Dead Studios]
THE BLOB (Michael Hoenig) [New Beverly]
THE CHINA SYNDROME [New Beverly]
CLEMENCY (Kathryn Bostic - in person!) [Academy Museum]
DEATH IN VENICE [Los Feliz 3]
DUSTY AND SWEETS McGEE [Los Feliz 3]
LA HAINE [Brain Dead Studios]
MEN AT WORK (Stewart Copland) [Los Feliz 3]
POINT BLANK (Johnny Mandel) [Los Feliz 3]
SABOTEUR (Frank Skinner), THE FLAME AND THE ARROW (Max Steiner) [Aero]
November 7
AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE (Don McGlashan) [Academy Museum]
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (Shirley Walker) [New Beverly]
BLACK NARCISSUS (Brian Easdale) [Alamo Drafthouse]
BOSS N*GGER (Leon Moore), CC & COMPANY (Lenny Stack) [New Beverly]
BOYZ N THE HOOD (Stanley Clarke) [Brain Dead Studios]
CITY OF GOD (Antonio Pinto, Ed Cortes) [Brain Dead Studios]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos) [Brain Dead Studios]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos) [Los Feliz 3]
A FACE IN THE CROWD (Tom Glazer) [Los Feliz 3]
REDS (Stephen Sondheim, Dave Grusin) [Aero]
THE ROUND-UP [Los Feliz 3]
SEVEN BEAUTIES (Enzo Jannacci) [Academy Museum]
November 8
ALPHAVILLE (Paul Misraki) [Los Feliz 3]
GODZILLA VS. HEDORAH [GODZILLA VS. THE SMOG MONSTER] (Riichiro Manabe) [Alamo Drafthouse]
LUCA (Dan Romer) [Aero]
MIKE'S MURDER (John Barry), PERFECT (Ralph Burns) [New Beverly]
MOTHER OF GEORGE (Philip Miller) [Academy Museum]
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (Jerry Fielding) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WATERSHIP DOWN (Angela Morley) [Academy Museum]
November 9
THE BABY MAKER (Fred Karlin), BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (Donald Fagen) [New Beverly]
HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Joe Hisaishi) [Academy Museum]
SHIN GODZILLA (Shiro Sagisu) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE WAY OF THE DRAGON (Joseph Koo) [Academy Museum]
WINTER WIND (Tihamer Vujicsics) [Los Feliz 3]
November 10
THE BABY MAKER (Fred Karlin), BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY (Donald Fagen) [New Beverly]
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (Henry Mancini) [Laemmle Royal]
THE CLOCKMAKER OF ST. PAUL (Philippe Sarde) [Los Feliz 3]
DON'T PLAY US CHEAP (Melvin Van Peebles) [Los Feliz 3]
GHOST WORLD (David Kitay) [Brain Dead Studios]
HIGH SOCIETY (Cole Porter, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin) [Laemmle Playhouse] [Laemmle Town Center]
KIDS [Brain Dead Studios]
PENITENTIARY (Franklin Gaye, William Anderson, Andre Douglas) [Alamo Drafthouse]
November 11
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE (Carlo Rustichelli) [Alamo Drafthouse]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos) [Los Feliz 3]
THE OMEGA MAN (Ron Grainer) [Los Feliz 3]
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (Heitor Pereira) [Academy Museum]
URBAN COWBOY (Ralph Burns) [New Beverly]
November 12
ALPHAVILLE (Paul Misraki) [Los Feliz 3]
BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA (John Carpenter, Alan Howarth) [New Beverly]
DUSTY AND SWEETS McGEE [Los Feliz 3]
ELEPHANT [Brain Dead Studios]
THE GUARDIAN (Jack Hues) [Los Feliz 3]
GUMMO [Brain Dead Studios]
HAROLD AND MAUDE (Cat Stevens) [Aero]
IN THE CUT (Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson) [Academy Museum]
KILL BILL VOL. 2 (Robert Rodriguez, RZA) [New Beverly]
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (John Williams) [Los Feliz 3]
STRAIGHT TIME (David Shire), THIEF (Tangerine Dream) [New Beverly]
72 HOURS: A BROKLYN LOVE STORY? (Kristine Kruta) [Academy Museum]
November 13
THE CEREMONY (Toru Takemitsu) [Los Feliz 3]
DAZED AND CONFUSED [Brain Dead Studios]
DOUBLE FACE (Nora Orlandi) [Academy Museum]
ERASERHEAD (Peter Ivers) [New Beverly]
THE LEGO MOVIE (Mark Motherbaugh) [New Beverly]
MOANA (Mark Mancina) [Academy Museum]
PAVEMENT BUTTERFLY [Academy Museum]
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (James Newton Howard) [Aero]
QUADROPHENIA [Brain Dead Studios]
SHANGHAI EXPRESS [Academy Museum]
STRAIGHT TIME (David Shire), THIEF (Tangerine Dream) [New Beverly]
THX-1138 (Lalo Schifrin) [Los Feliz 3]
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Brad Fiedel) [Los Feliz 3]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Aero]
November 14
BADLANDS (George Aliceson Tipton) [Brain Dead Studios]
DEATHLINE (Wil Malone, Jeremy Rose) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE HANDMAIDEN (Yeong-wook Jo) [Alamo Drafthouse]
KLUTE (Michael Small) [Los Feliz 3]
THE LEGO MOVIE (Mark Motherbaugh) [New Beverly]
MYSTERIOUS SKIN (Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie) [Brain Dead Studios]
THE PIANO (Michael Nyman) [Academy Museum]
THE RED AND THE WHITE [Los Feliz 3]
RESIDUE [Academy Museum]
RETURN OF GODZILLA (Reijiro Kokoru), GODZILLA VS. BIOLLANTE (Koichi Sugiyama) [Alamo Drafthouse]
STRAIGHT TIME (David Shire), THIEF (Tangerine Dream) [New Beverly]
STREETWISE [Brain Dead Studios]
TOUCH OF EVIL (Henry Mancini) [Los Feliz 3]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Mudbound (Tamar-kali), Nights in Rodanthe (Tesori), The Lightkeepers (Toprak), Tom & Viv (Wiseman), No Time to Die (Zimmer), The List of Adrian Messenger (Goldsmith), Twisted Nerve (Herrmann), The Post (Williams), Mister Moses (Barry), American Epic: Cecil B. DeMille (Bernstein), Moana (Mancina), The Best of Paul Robeson (Robeson), The Little Things (Newman), Chicken with Plums (Bernet), Music of Satyajit Ray (Ray)
Read: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie
Seen: The Souvenir Part II, Halloween Kills, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Antlers, Last Night in Soho, Passing
Watched: The Wild Wild West ("The Night of the Double-Edged Knife"); Shadow of a Doubt; Lady Sings the Blues; Star Trek: Discovery ("Su'Kal")
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