The latest CD from Quartet is the first-ever release of Elmer Bernstein's score for CLASS, the 1983 college sex comedy which starred Jacqueline Bisset and Rob Lowe as mother and son and introduced Andrew McCarthy, and which reunited Bernstein with his Great Santini director, Lewis John Carlino.
Caldera is releasing the score for the 1980 film version of Agatha Christie's THE MIRROR CRACK'D, directed by Guy Hamilton (Goldfinger). From the producers of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, this Christie adaptation starred Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple, with a supporting cast of Golden Age greats including Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis and Kim Novak, plus James Fox and Geraldine Chaplin. The score was composed by Touch of Class Oscar nominee John Cameron, and the mystery is based on a real-life tragedy that befell a Golden Age star. (I've wanted the scores for Class and The Mirror Crack'd for over 40 years, so for me this is a great week to be a soundtrack collector).
The latest release from La-La Land is an expanded edition of Hans Zimmer's score for director Ridley Scott's 1991 surprise hit THELMA & LOUISE, starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis. The CD is expected to ship in late May.
Music Box has announced two new releases for French comedies directed by Philippe Clair -- Alan Silvestri's score for 1984's PAR OU T’ES RENTRE… ON T’A PAS VU SORTIR, (aka How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave), starring Jerry Lewis and Connie Neilsen; and Armando Trovajoli's score for 1982's PLUS BEAU QUE MOI TU MEURS.
Having released Benjamin Wallfisch's score for ALIEN: ROMULUS on vinyl, the Mutant label has just announced a CD release of the score, currently expected in late June. They will also be releasing score and song CDs and LPs for Ryan Coogler's just released horror musical blockbuster SINNERS, scored by two-time Oscar winner Ludwig Goransson.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Of Mice and Men [ballet] - Thomas Newman - Sony Classical
Once Within a Time - Philip Glass, Susan Deyhim - Orange Mountain
IN THEATERS TODAY
April - Matthew Herbert
Bonjour Tristesse - Lesley Barber
I'm Beginning to See the Light - Walter Afanasieff
Magic Farm - Music Supervisor: Nargis Sheerazie
Rosario - Brooke Blaire, Will Blair
Rust - James Jackson, Lillie Bytheway-Hoy
The Surfer - Francois Tetaz - Score LP due June 13 on Impressed
Thunderbolts - Son Lux
Words of War - Snorri Hallgrimsson
COMING SOON
May 9
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Chris Benstead - Filmtrax
May 23
Speak No Evil - Sune "Koter" Kolster - Svart
May 30
A Quiet Place in the Country - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Working Class Go to Heaven - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
Aug 1
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg - Milan
Coming Soon
Alien: Romulus - Benjamin Wallfisch - Mutant
Class - Elmer Bernstein - Quartet
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard - La-La Land
The Mirror Crack'd - John Cameron - Caldera
Par ou t'es rentre...on t'a pas vu sortir - Alan Silvestri - Music Box
Plus beau que moi, tu meurs - Armando Trovajoli - Music Box
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson - Mutant
Stand By for Action! 2: Tunes of Danger - various - Silva
Thelma & Louise - Hans Zimmer - La-La Land
THIS WEEK IN FILM HISTORY
May 2 - Alan Rawsthorne born (1905)
May 2 - Van Alexander born (1915)
May 2 - Satyajit Ray born (1921)
May 2 - Svatopluk Havelka born (1925)
May 2 - Paul Ferris born (1941)
May 2 - Ondrej Soukup born (1951)
May 2 - Elliot Goldenthal born (1954)
May 2 - George Duning begins recording his score for Who’s Got the Action (1962)
May 2 - Justin Caine Burnett born (1973)
May 2 - Aram Khachaturian died (1978)
May 2 - Recording sessions begin for Danny Elfman's score for Batman Returns (1992)
May 2 - Recording sessions begin for James Newton Howard’s score for Wyatt Earp (1994)
May 2 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Scorpion, Part I” (1997)
May 2 - Paul Baillargeon begins recording his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Message in a Bottle” (1997)
May 2 - Recording sessions begin for John Ottman's score for Orphan (2009)
May 3 - Hugo Friedhofer born (1901)
May 3 - James Brown born (1933)
May 3 - Stephen Warbeck born (1953)
May 3 - Les Baxter records his score for House of Usher (1960)
May 3 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for Cahill United States Marshal (1973)
May 3 - Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for Baby’s Day Out (1994)
May 3 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Extreme Measures” (1999)
May 3 - Alden Shuman died (2002)
May 3 - Recording sessions begin for David Arnold’s score for The Stepford Wives (2004)
May 3 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Countdown” (2004)
May 3 - Recording sessions begin for Michael Giacchino’s score for Sky High (2005)
May 4 - Beatrice Thiriet born (1960)
May 4 - John Barry begins recording his score for Body Heat (1981)
May 4 - James Horner begins recording his score for Batteries Not Included (1987)
May 4 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Sarek” (1990)
May 4 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “I, Borg.” (1992)
May 4 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Crossover” (1994)
May 4 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Family Business” (1995)
May 4 - Albert Glasser died (1998)
May 5 - Gene Forrell born (1915)
May 5 - Patrick Gowers born (1936)
May 5 - Delia Derbyshire born (1937)
May 5 - Jerome Moross begins recording his score for The Jayhawkers (1959)
May 5 - David Shire begins recording his score for The Big Bus (1976)
May 5 - Recording sessions begin for Pino Donaggio’s score for Dressed to Kill (1980)
May 5 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Congo (1995)
May 5 - Recording sessions begin for Christopher Young's score for Species (1995)
May 5 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Blaze of Glory” (1997)
May 5 - Isao Tomita died (2016)
May 6 - Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score to The Glass Slipper (1954)
May 6 - Recording begins on Alfred Newman and Hugo Friedhofer's score to The Bravados in Munich, Germany (1958)
May 6 - Tom Chase born (1965)
May 6 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
May 6 - Michel Legrand begins recording his score to Ice Station Zebra (1968)
May 6 - Morton Stevens begins recording his score for Parts 3 & 4 of Masada (1980)
May 6 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Neutral Zone" (1988)
May 6 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Hope and Fear” (1998)
May 6 - Leonard Salzedo died (2000)
May 6 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “The Haunting of Deck Twelve” (2000)
May 6 - William Olvis died (2014)
May 6 - Antony Hopkins died (2014)
May 7 - George Stoll born (1902)
May 7 - Anne Dudley born (1956)
May 7 - Leith Stevens records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “Framed” (1968)
May 7 - Elliot Kaplan died (1992)
May 7 - Soren Hyldgaard died (2018)
May 8 - Nathan Van Cleave born (1910)
May 8 - Larry Morey died (1971)
May 8 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
May 8 - Basil Poledouris begins recording his score for Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
May 8 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Jetrel” (1995)
May 8 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Renaissance Man” (2001)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
DROP - Bear McCreary
"Sometimes, small-screen actors lose a bit of what makes them special when they jump to the big one. But that is absolutely not the case with Fahy, who has a striking immediacy here. If we don’t buy what Violet is going through, if we start questioning the admittedly convoluted machinations of the thriller plot machine, then 'Drop' would fall. Fahy never lets that happen, and Landon smartly recognizes his greatest asset, rarely leaving her side. We become her partners in this nightmare, as uncertain of who is torturing her, why this is happening, or how to get out of it. The director of 'Happy Death Day' and 'Freaky' leaves most of the humor of those films behind to pivot to something more grounded, but he also never takes himself too seriously. He’s a talented director, and he works with talented collaborators -- especially editor Ben Baudhuin and the great composer Bear McCreary -- to present a cohesive vision that never takes itself too seriously but thrills, nonetheless."
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
"One aggravating visual tic is that most of the male characters are photocopies of each other, a stack of handsome men with sandy brown goatees. I can’t be the only person who initially mistook Henry and Blake as the same guy and assumed the brutal opening flashback was actually a flash-forward. For clarity’s sake, couldn’t one of them have shaved? Maybe -- maybe -- the misdirection is on purpose. I’m dubious. In another pivotal moment, Violet scribbles a message that seems to be a big deal according to the tense and pounding score. But even in a close-up, I couldn’t make out what it read."
Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times
THE PENGUIN LESSONS - Federico Jusid
"While familiar territory for Pope and Coogan, it’s a return for director Peter Cattaneo to the politically tinged personal drama of his breakout work on 'The Full Monty.' Initially, those heavier intentions are hindered in part by an obnoxiously jaunty score by Federico Jusid, but as those historical undertones become a predominant theme in the narrative, his string-based compositions move to the piano and become more discordant and disturbing. The plight of the school cleaner (El Jaber) and her granddaughter Sofia (Carrocio), and the number of people who disappear daily under the new military junta, move ever more to the fore. For British and Argentinian audiences, there’s the added political tension that only six years later Michell would have been expelled or detained as the two countries went to war over the Falkland -- a remote series of Atlantic islands where the penguin population outweighs the humans by roughly 300 to 1."
Richard Whittaker, The Austin Chronicle
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
May 2
ALIEN (Jerry Goldsmith) [Vista]
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE ELEPHANT MAN (John Morris) [Los Feliz 3]
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN (Lyle Workman) [Academy Museum]
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN (Harry Gregson-Williams) [Egyptian]
LEGEND (Tangerine Dream) [BrainDead Studios]
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE (Cyril B. Mockridge) [New Beverly]
NASHVILLE [Alamo Drafthouse]
REAL GENIUS (Thomas Newman) [Vidiots]
ROCKY (Bill Conti) [New Beverly]
THE ROOM (Mladen Milicevic) [Landmark Westwood]
SPIDER BABY (Ronald Stein) [New Beverly]
STREETS OF FIRE (Ry Cooder) [BrainDead Studios]
THE TERMINATOR (Brad Fiedel) [Academy Museum]
THIRST (Cho Young-wuk) [Vidiots]
TRUE ROMANCE (Hans Zimmer) [New Beverly]
May 3
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Allan Gray) [Egyptian]
ALIEN (Jerry Goldsmith) [Vista]
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
BATMAN FOREVER (Elliot Goldenthal) [Egyptian]
BLACK BEAUTY (Danny Elfman) [Vidiots]
CREEPSHOW (John Harrison) [New Beverly]
THE DEPARTED (Howard Shore) [New Beverly]
DRIVE (Cliff Martinez) [BrainDead Studios]
THE ELEPHANT MAN (John Morris) [Los Feliz 3]
THE FRENCH CONNECTION (Don Ellis) [Aero]
HERO (Tan Dun) [Academy Museum]
KILLER OF SHEEP [Los Feliz 3]
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS (Alex Wurman) [Academy Museum]
MEAN STREETS [Los Feliz 3]
NASHVILLE [Alamo Drafthouse]
ROAD TO MORROCO (Victor Young) [Vista]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (Marvin Hamlisch) [New Beverly]
THE STRAIGHT STORY (Angelo Badalamenti) [Egyptian]
THE TERMINATOR (Brad Fiedel) [Academy Museum]
TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (Wang Chung) [BrainDead Studios]
May 4
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
CRAIG'S WIFE [Los Feliz 3]
DEAD MAN (Neil Young) [BrainDead Studios]
THE DEPARTED (Howard Shore) [New Beverly]
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (John Williams) [Academy Museum]
FIRST BLOOD (Jerry Goldsmith) [Los Feliz 3]
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (James Newton Howard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
M. BUTTERFLY (Howard Shore) [BrainDead Studios]
MALCOLM X [UCLA/Hammer]
NARC (Cliff Martinez) [Vidiots]
NASHVILLE [Alamo Drafthouse]
PRINCESS MONONOKE (Joe Hisaishi) [Los Feliz 3]
ROAD TO MORROCO (Victor Young) [Vista]
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Mark Mothersbaugh) [Aero]
SCARECROW (Fred Myrow) [Los Feliz 3]
SPIRITED AWAY (Joe Hisaishi) [Vidiots]
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (Marvin Hamlisch) [New Beverly]
STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 - THE PHANTOM MENACE (John Williams) [Academy Museum]
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (John Williams) [Academy Museum]
WILD STRAWBERRIES (Erik Nordgren) [Aero]
May 5
ASHES OF TIME (Frankie Chan) [Vidiots]
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Zbigniew Preisner), RED (Zbigniew Preisner) [New Beverly]
LA HAINE [Los Feliz 3]
MALCOLM X (Terence Blanchard) [UCLA/Hammer]
OWNING MAHOWNY (Richard Grassby-Lewis, The Insects) [Academy Museum]
PERSONA (Los Feliz 3]
SPACEBALLS (John Morris) [Culver]
THE TERMINATOR (Brad Fiedel) [Academy Museum]
TOMMY (Pete Townsend) [Egyptian]
May 6
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
COMPSENATION (Atiba Y. Jali, Reginald R. Robinson) [Vidiots]
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE (Zbigniew Preisner), RED (Zbigniew Preisner) [New Beverly]
FIRST BLOOD (Jerry Goldsmith) [Los Feliz 3]
NASHVILLE [Egyptian]
OUT OF AFRICA (John Barry) [Landmark Pasadena]
ROLLING THUNDER REVUE [Egyptian]
THE TIGER OF ESCHNAPUR (Michel Michelet) [Los Feliz 3]
May 7
BARRY LYNDON (Leonard Rosenman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DERSU UZALA (Isaak Shvartz) [Egyptian]
DIE HARD (Michael Kamen) [Academy Museum]
IT'S A GIFT, YOU'RE TELLING ME! (Arthur Johnston, Sam Cosow) [New Beverly]
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES [Egyptian]
KILLER OF SHEEP [Los Feliz 3]
LA HAINE [Los Feliz 3]
NASHVILLE [Alamo Drafthouse]
May 8
DOLEMITE (Arthur Wright) [Egyptian]
THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER [Egyptian]
IT'S A GIFT, YOU'RE TELLING ME! (Arthur Johnston, Sam Cosow) [New Beverly]
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI [UCLA/Hammer] (Terence Blanchard)
May 9
ARMY OF DARKNESS (Joseph LoDuca) [Vidiots]
BATMAN FOREVER (Elliot Goldenthal) [Vidiots]
BULLITT (Lalo Schifrin) [New Beverly]
THE CONVERSATION (David Shire) [Egyptian]
CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (Tan Dun) [Academy Museum]
PRINCESS MONONOKE (Joe Hisaishi) [Los Feliz 3]
SPIRITED AWAY (Joe Hisaishi) [Vidiots]
THE STING (Marvin Hamlisch) [Nuart]
ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE (Akira Ifukube), ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD (Akira Ifukube) [New Beverly]
May 10
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (Frank Skinner) [New Beverly]
AFTER LIFE (Yasuhiro Kasamatsu) [Egyptian]
BEETHOVEN (Randy Edelman) [Vidiots]
BEETLEJUICE (Danny Elfman) [Vista]
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Carter Burwell), ALONG CAME POLLY (Theodore Shapiro) [Academy Museum]
GOING DOWN [Los Feliz 3]
HEAT (Elliot Goldenthal) [BrainDead Studios]
HEREDITARY (Colin Stetson) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE LIGHTHOUSE (Mark Korven) [BrainDead Studios]
ONE FALSE MOVE (Terry Plumeri, Peter Haycock, Eric Holt) [Vidiots]
THE PINK PANTHER (Henry Mancini) [Vidiots]
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM (Clint Mansell) [New Beverly]
ROBOCOP (Basil Poledouris) [Academy Museum]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
STILL WALKING (Gontiti) [Egyptian]
STOP MAKING SENSE [Vidiots]
WALL-E (Thomas Newman) [Academy Museum]
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (John Morris) [Aero]
ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE (Akira Ifukube), ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD (Akira Ifukube) [New Beverly]
May 11
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (Frank Skinner) [New Beverly]
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (Popol Vuh) [BrainDead Studios]
BEETLEJUICE (Danny Elfman) [Vista]
BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (Stu Phillips) [BrainDead Studios]
CABARET (John Kander, Ralph Burns) [UCLA/Hammer]
CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (James Newton Howard) [Academy Museum]
FARGO (Carter Burwell) [Los Feliz 3]
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (Bernard Herrmann) [Los Feliz 3]
MAMMA MIA! [Alamo Drafthouse]
MERMAIDS (Jack Nitzsche) [Aero]
MOMMIE DEAREST (Henry Mancini) [Vidiots]
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (Howard Shore) [Vidiots]
NOBODY KNOWS (Gontiti), LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (Takeshi Matsubara, Junichi Matsumoto, Takashi Mori) [Aero]
SHOPLIFTERS (Haruomi Hosono) [Egyptian]
SPACEBALLS (John Morris) [Fine Arts]
THE TREE OF LIFE (Alexandre Desplat) [Egyptian]
WOLF CHILDREN (Masakatsu Takagi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
ZATOICHI THE FUGITIVE (Akira Ifukube), ZATOICHI ON THE ROAD (Akira Ifukube) [New Beverly]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: March of the Penguins (Simon); Superbad (Workman); Die Hard 2 (Kamen); Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (various); Year One (Shapiro); Die Hard with a Vengeance (Kamen); Pee-Wee's Big Holiday (Mothersbaugh); Live Free or Die Hard (Beltrami); The Big Sick (Andrews); A Good Day to Die Hard (Beltrami); Of Mice and Men (Newman); Warriors of Heaven and Earth (Rahman)
Read: The Blackboard Jungle, by Evan Hunter, aka Salvatore Lombino
Seen: Moonlight and Pretzels; Mrs. Miniver; Servants' Entrance; Me and My Gal; Lili; Daisy Kenyon; The Private Life of Henry VIII; Rocco and His Brothers; Sinners; Almost Famous; Beyond the Door; Cathy's Curse; The Accountant 2; The Amateur [2025]; Until Dawn; Sullivan's Travels
Watched: Dinosaurus!
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