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Film Score Friday 6/13/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 6/12/2025 - 10:00 PM
Lukas Kendall is launching a new Film Score Monthly Kickstarter to finance a new version of the website (trust me, the frequent crashing of the site is even more vexing for those of us trying to finish columns than it is for our beloved readers), a Best-of-Film-Score-Monthly compilation book, a re-pressing of the FSM composer trading cards, and the first new FSM CD in several years. For more information, please click on this link.


The latest release from Intrada is a two-disc edition of John Debney's score for LUCK, the 2022 animated fantasy produced by legendary computer animation pioneer John Lasseter. 


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Luck
- John Debney - Intrada Special Collection


IN THEATERS TODAY

Block Pass - Evgueni & Sacha Galperine
Echo Valley - Jed Kurzel
How to Train Your Dragon - John Powell
In the Fire of War - Arli Liberman, Tiki Tane 
Materialists - Daniel Pemberton
Prime Minister - Sofia degli Alessandri 
Sunlight - Christoph Bauschinger
The Unholy Trinity - Marco Beltrami, Tristan Beltrami 

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Film Score Friday 6/6/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 6/5/2025 - 10:00 PM
La-La Land has announced two new score CD releases, expected to ship later this month.

UNION PACIFIC: THE PARAMOUNT WESTERNS COLLECTION VOL. 2, is a four-disc set that features music from the following films: Union Pacific (John Leipold, Victor Young, Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw), The Virginian (Daniele Amfitheatrof), Blue (Manos Hadjidakis), California, The Paleface (both by Victor Young), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Cyril J. Mockridge), Red Mountain (Franz Waxman), The Lonely Man (Nathan Van Cleave) and The Tin Star (Elmer Bernstein), plus individual cues from Texas Rangers Ride Again, Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die, Whispering Smith, The Redhead and the Cowboy and Run for Cover.

They are also releasing an "Ultimate Cut" edition of Harry Manfredini's score for what is arguably the best of all the Jason Voorhees slasher films, FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART VI: JASON LIVES, from 1986, directed by Tom McLoughlin.

And in conjunction with their ongoing series of expanded and remastered James Bond score CDs, they are releasing a new vinyl edition of John Barry's classic GOLDFINGER.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Fly Me to the Moon - Daniel Pemberton - Diggers Factory
Il Comissario Pepe
 - Armando Trovaioli - Quartet  
Kill!
 - Berto Pisano - Quartet
La proprieta non e'piu un furto
 - Ennio Morricone - Quartet 
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
 - Lalo Schifrin - Dragon's Domain   

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Film Score Friday 5/30/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 5/29/2025 - 10:00 PM
Intrada has announced two new film music CDs available this week -- the Kickstarter-funded re-recording of three previously unavailable Jerry Goldsmith TV scores - PURSUIT (Michael Crichton's directorial debut, and his first collaboration with the composer), CRAWLSPACE (no relation to the Klaus Kinski film) and THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR (remade as a feature a few years later with a Don Sebesky score); and an expanded, two-disc edition of Michael Kamen's score for the 1993 remake of THE THREE MUSKETEERS, starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Oliver Platt and Chris O'Donnell as the musketeers (as I said, 1993), co-starring Julie Delpy, Gabrielle Anwar, Rebecca De Mornay and Tim Curry.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Battle of Neretva
 - Bernard Herrmann - Dragon's Domain 
Pursuit/Crawlspace/The People Next Door [re-recording] - Jerry Goldsmith - Intrada
Return from the River Kwai
 - Lalo Schifrin - Dragon's Domain
The Three Musketeers - Michael Kamen - Intrada Special Collection
Too Late the Hero
 - Gerald Fried - Dragon's Domain  


IN THEATERS TODAY

Bring Her Back - Cornel Wilczek
Ghost Trail - Yuksek 
Henry Johnson - Jay Wadley
Karate Kid: Legends - Dominic Lewis
Love - Peder Capjon Kjellsby
Niki - Para One
Ocean with David Attenborough - Steven Price
The Phoenecian Scheme - Alexandre Desplat
Tornado - Jed Kurzel

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Film Score Friday 5/23/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 5/22/2025 - 10:00 PM
Buysoundtrax and its related labels have announced four new film music CDs - re-releases of two war movie scores, BATTLE OF NERETVA by Bernard Herrmann and TOO LATE THE HERO by Gerald Fried, as well as two WWII-related scores by Lalo Schifrin - RETURN FROM THE RIVER KWAI, from 1988, and Schifrin's dramatic cantata based on his score for the TV documentary THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Speak No Evil - Sune "Koter" Kolster - Svart 


IN THEATERS TODAY

The Eternal Song - Armand Amar
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life - Peter Van Poehl
The Last Rodeo - Jeff Russo
Lilo & Stitch - Dan Romer
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning - Max Aruj, Alfie Godfrey
The New Boy - Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
Sister Midnight - Paul Banks

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Film Score Friday 5/16/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 5/15/2025 - 10:00 PM
Intrada's Kickstarter campaign for a new recording of Jerry Goldsmith's thrilling score for the 1969 spy thriller THE CHAIRMAN has met its goals including its "stretch goal" of new recordings of previously unavailable cues from Lilies of the Field, Not Without My Daughter, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Under Fire. Recording sessions may begin later this summer.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

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  
Thelma & Louise
 - Hans Zimmer - La-La Land   


IN THEATERS TODAY

Black Tea - Armand Amar
Caught by the Tides - Giong Lim
Final Destination: Bloodlines - Tim Wynn
Hurry Up Tomorrow - Abel Tesfaye, Daniel Lopatin
The Kiss - Henrik Skram
Things Like This - Charles Humenry 
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Film Score Friday 5/9/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 5/8/2025 - 10:00 PM
The latest CD from Intrada is a remastered, two-disc re-release of Jerry Goldsmith's thrilling score for the very first Rambo film, better known as FIRST BLOOD (whose director, Ted Kotcheff, just passed away). It features both the full film score as well as the original LP sequencing (which was most of the score), and corrects audio issues from the previous releases.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Class - Elmer Bernstein - Quartet 
First Blood 
- Jerry Goldsmith - Intrada Special Collection
Gladiator
 - Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard - La-La Land 
A Little Princess: The Deluxe Edition
- Patrick Doyle - Varese Sarabande CD Club
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Chris Benstead - Filmtrax 
A Quiet Place in the Country
 - Ennio Morricone - Quartet 
Stand By for Action! 2: Tunes of Danger
 - various - Silva 
The Thorn Birds: The Deluxe Encore Edition - Henry Mancini - Varese Sarabande CD Club
The Working Class Go to Heaven
 - Ennio Morricone - Quartet 


IN THEATERS TODAY

The Art of Nothing - Casimir Liberski
Clown in a Cornfield - Brandon Roberts, Marcus Trumpp
Fight or Flight - Paul Saunderson
Friendship - Keegan DeWitt
Juliet & Romeo - Evan Kidd Bogart, Justin Gray
Lilly - Ariel Marx
Nonnas - Marcelo Zarvos
Pavements - Keegan DeWitt, Dabney Morris
Shadow Force - Craig DeLeon
Watch the Skies - Gustaf Spetz, Oskar Sollenberg 

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Film Score Friday 5/2/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 5/1/2025 - 10:00 PM
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  

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Film Score Friday 4/25/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 4/24/2025 - 10:00 PM
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Gerald Fried: Disasters!
 - Gerald Fried - Dragon's Domain 
The Golden Age of Science Fiction, Vol. 8
 - Michael Anderson, Paul Dunlap, Richard LaSalle, Marlin Skiles - Dragon's Domain 
The Inquirer: The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann
 - Bernard Herrmann - Dragon's Domain 


IN THEATERS TODAY

The Accountant 2 - Bryce Dessner
Blue Sun Palace - Sami Jano
Cheech & Chong's Last Movie - Dave Palmer
A Normal Family - Sung-woo Jo 
On Swift Horses - Mark Orton
The Trouble with Jessica - Matt Cooper, Matt Winn
Until Dawn - Benjamin Wallfisch 

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Film Score Friday 4/18/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 4/17/2025 - 10:00 PM
The latest Kickstarter project from Intrada is a new recording of Jerry Goldsmith's complete score for director J. Lee Thompson's 1969 China-set international spy thiller THE CHAIRMAN, starring Gregory Peck.


Quartet has announced two new Ennio Morricone CDs - an expanded edition of A QUIET PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (Un tranquillo posto di campagna), Elio Petri's 1968 psychological thriller starring Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave; and a remastered edition of his score for Petri's 1971 drama THE WORKING CLASS GO TO HEAVEN (La classe operaia va in paradiso). 


The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its associated labels are GERALD FRIED: DISASTERS!, featuring two TV scores by the Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning composer, Disaster on the Coastliner and Condominium; THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 8, featuring music from The Day Mars Invaded Earth (Richard LaSalle), 12 to the Moon (Michael Anderson), Flight to Mars (Marlin Skiles) and Target Earth (Paul Dunlap); and THE INQUIRER - THE FILM MUSIC OF BERNARD HERRMANN, a collection of Herrmann music, both re-recordings and original tracks, previously released by Label X.


The Soundtrax Film Music Festival and conference will be held this year on October 16-18 in Rochester, New York. For more information go to this link.

CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

La morte non conta i dollari - Nora Orlandi, Robby Poitevin - Beat
L'anticristo/Sepolta viva
 - Ennio Morricone - Beat 

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Film Score Friday 4/11/25
Posted By: Scott Bettencourt 4/10/2025 - 10:00 PM
The laest release from Intrada is Hans Zimmer's score for director Penny Marshall's hit 1992 women's baseball comedy A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks and Madonna. The original soundtrack release featured mostly songs plus a suite of Zimmer's music, while Intrada's League includes nearly an hour of Zimmer music (though not, not surprisingly, Madonna's song "This Used To Be My Playground.")


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Atragon
- Akira Ifukube - Cinema-Kan
A League of Their Own - Hans Zimmer - Intrada Special Collection
Sarah, Plain and Tall/Skylark
 - David Shire - Caldera 


IN THEATERS TODAY

The Amateur - Volker Bertelmann
Drop - Bear McCreary
The King of Kings - Tae Seong Kim 
Marshmallow - Nicholas Elert
Sacramento - Peter Erskine
That They May Face the Rising Sun - Irene Buckley, Linda Buckley
Warfare - no original score
When Fall Is Coming - Sacha & Evgueni Galperine 

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Today in Film Score History:
June 14
Carlos D’Alessio died (1992)
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson born (1932)
Craig Safan begins recording his score, adapted from Tchaikovsky, for The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
Cy Coleman born (1929)
David Newman records his score for Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
Doug Timm born (1960)
Harold Wheeler born (1943)
Henry Mancini died (1994)
James Horner begins recording his score for Clear and Present Danger (1994)
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John Addison begins recording his score for The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
John Williams begins recording his replacement score for The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Marcus Miller born (1959)
Stanley Black born (1913)
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