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| Film Score Friday 1/17/25
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Scott Bettencourt
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1/16/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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La-La Land has announced three new CDs, which are expected to begin shipping next week: an expanded, two-disc edition of the score for Timothy Dalton's final film as James Bond 007, LICENCE TO KILL, featuring the full score by two-time Oscar nominee Michael Kamen (Die Hard, Lethal Weapon) plus source cues and the sequencing from the original 1989 CD release; a 3-disc edition of Trevor Jones' sweeping symphonic score for the lavish Jim Henson/Frank Oz fantasy THE DARK CRYSTAL, featuring the full score Jones composed for the original, longer, unreleased cut of the film, as well as the sequencing from the 1982 LP; and the first-ever release of the score for BEVERLY HILLS COP III, the "Die Hard at Disneyland" sequel directed by John Landis and scored by legendary record producer Nile Rodgers (Coming to America).
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its associated labels are THE BRUCE BROUGHTON COLLECTION VOL. 1, featuring two TV-movie mystery scores by the Oscar-nominated and multi-Emmy-winning composer, One Shoe Makes It Murder (1981) and his Emmy-nominated score for Killjoy (1981); the score for the 1979 TV movie GOLD OF THE AMAZON WOMEN, composed by Gil Melle (The Andromeda Strain); and THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 7, featuring cues from Journey to the Seventh Planet (Ib Glindemann, Ronald Stein), Reptilicus (Sven Gyldmark, Les Baxter) and The Time Travellers (Richard LaSalle).
IN THEATERS TODAY
One of Them Days - Chanda Dancy
Wolf Man - Benjamin Wallfisch |
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| Film Score Friday 1/10/25
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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1/9/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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Kronos has announced two new CD releases - Ronald Stein's score for the 1956 sci-fi horror flim THE SHE CREATURE, and Bert Shefter's score for the 1953 noir NO ESCAPE.
The latest release from Caldera is HARD TRUTHS AND OTHER MUSIC FOR THE WORKS OF MIKE LEIGH, featuring Gary Yerson's score for Leigh's just-released Hard Truths, his previous feature Peterloo, and two of his plays, Grief and Two Thousand Years.
This year's Golden Globe winners in the music categories were the CHALLENGERS score by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, and the song "El Mal" from EMILIA PEREZ. Since I never did get around to listing this year's nominees in a Friday column, they can be found at the bottom of this page.
And for all who follow the Academy Awards, due to the catastrophic fire situation in the Los Angeles area, the announcement of this year's Oscar nominations has been postponed from next Friday, January 17 to Sunday, January 19. (As I update this column at home on Wednesday evening, there are fires in the hills above where I live, and I'm waiting to see if the evacuation zone is extended to my neighborhood. Welcome to L.A.! Honestly, as I listen to local news updates about the fire, these columns are pretty much the only thing I'm able to concentrate on.) (They were able to contain the "Sunset Fire" - an especially misleading name, since the evacuation area didn't even reach Sunset, while Sunset Blvd in the Palisades acutually burned - by Thursday morning, but this was the first time I've ever had to have a "go bag" ready to leave my home at a minute's notice).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Isobel Waller-Bridge - Sony (import)
The Outrun - John Gurtler, Jan Miserre - Decca (import) |
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| Film Score Friday 12/20/24
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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12/19/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced their shortlists for the nominations in ten categories, including their two music categories (the score composers listed in parentheses are my own assumptions as to who will be the prospective nominees, as the short list announcement only included titles):
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)
“Alien: Romulus” (Benjamin Wallfisch)
“Babygirl” (Cristobal Tapia de Veer)
“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Danny Elfman)
“Blink Twice” (Chandra Dancy)
“Blitz” (Hans Zimmer)
“The Brutalist” (Daniel Blumberg)
“Challengers” (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
“Conclave” (Volker Bertelmann)
“Emilia Pérez” (Clement Ducol, Camille)
“The Fire Inside” (Tamar-kali)
“Gladiator II” (Harry Gregson-Williams)
“Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1” (John Debney)
“Inside Out 2” (Andrea Datzman)
“Nosferatu” (Robin Carolan)
“The Room Next Door” (Alberto Iglesias)
“Sing Sing” (Bryce Dessner)
“The Six Triple Eight” (Aaron Zigman)
“Wicked” (John Powell, Stephen Schwartz)
“The Wild Robot” (Kris Bowers)
“Young Woman and the Sea” (Amelia Warner) |
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| Film Score Friday 12/13/24
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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12/12/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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Quartet has announced three new releases celebrating the centennial of the legendary Henry Mancini -- a two-disc expanded edition of his Oscar-nominated score for the original 1964 film version of THE PINK PANTHER, which features arguably his most famous instrumental theme, and includes both the first release of the original film score tracks as well the popular album recording; a two-disc exanded edition of his score for Blake Edwards' musical DARLING LILI, which was nominated for three Oscars including two for the song score by Mancini and lyricist Johnny Mercer and their original song "Whistling Away the Dark," featuring the original LP tracks, the Mancini underscore, Mercer's song demos, and instrumental version of the songs; and a new edition of the soundtrack for director Martin Ritt's 1970 coal miner drama THE MOLLY MAGUIRES, starring Sean Connery and Richard Harris, featuring an expanded and remastered edition of Mancini's gorgeous replacement score as well as the unused Charles Strouse score that was previously included on Kritzerland's Molly Maguires.d
The Hollywood Reporter has published what is purportedly the list of songs eligible for the 2024 Oscar in that category. I have included that list at the bottom of this column. The Academy is currently scheduled to announce their shortlists (including the 20 films shortlisted for Original Score) next Tuesday, December 18.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Anche gli angeli mangiani fagioli/Anche gli angeli tirano di destro - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Beat
Fallen Angels Vol. 2 - Peter Bernstein - Dragon's Domain
For a Few Dollars More - Ennio Morricone - Beat
Le Grand Meaulnes - Philippe Sarde - Music Box
The Man with the Golden Gun - John Barry - La-La Land
Moonraker - John Barry - La-La Land
Oceanus/Parallel Man - Jeff Rona - Dragon's Domain
Outlander: Season 7 - Bear McCreary - Sony
The Paul Chihara Collection Vol. 6 - Paul Chihara - Dragon's Domain
RoboCop 3: The Deluxe Edition [reissue] - Basil Poledouris - Varese Sarabande |
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| Film Score Friday 11/22/24
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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11/21/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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Intrada has just released a new edition of one of Jerry Goldsmith's favorites of his own scores, the 1977 Hemingway adaptation ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, from director Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet of the Apes, Patton, The Boys from Brazil), featuring the same tracks as Film Score Monthly's 2010 release of the score but with remastered sound.
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its related labels are a second volume of scores from the cable TV noir anthology series FALLEN ANGELS, music by Peter Bernstein, for episodes directed by John Dahl, Agnieszka Holland, Tim Hunter, Michael Lehmann, Jim McBride, Steven Soderbergh and Kiefer Sutherland; THE PAUL CHIHARA COLLECTION VOL 6, featuring cues from several of his scores including the underrated sci-fi horror film Impulse and Sidney Lumet's Oscar-nominated The Morning After; and scores for two short films composed by Jeff Rona, OCEANUS and PARALLEL MAN.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book I: Water - Jeremy Zuckerman - Republic Kids
Coraline - Bruno Coulais - Mnrk Music
The Desert of the Tartars - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
Escape - Victor Reyes - Quartet
The Golden Age of Horror Vol. 1 - Elisabeth Lutyens - Dragon's Domain
Goodbye Uncle Tom - Riz Ortolani - Quartet
I, Desire - Don Peake - Dragon's Domain
The Intruder Within/Starcrossed - Gil Melle - Dragon's Domain
Islands in the Stream - Jerry Goldsmith - Intrada Special Collection
Le ruffian - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
Night of the Living Dead - Paul McCullough - Dragon's Domain
Nosferatu - Robin Carolan - Sacred Bones
The Room Next Door - Alberto Iglesias - Quartet
Sisters - Bernard Herrmann - Music Box |
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Today in Film Score History:
January 22 |
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| Al Kasha born (1937) |
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| Alexander Courage's score to the Star Trek pilot, "The Cage," is recorded (1965) |
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| Ben Mink born (1951) |
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| Billy May died (2004) |
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| Bruce Broughton records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “The Guardians” (1981) |
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| Christopher Palmer died (1995) |
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| Fred Steiner records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Undead” (1968) |
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| Justin Hurwitz born (1985) |
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| Keith Forsey born (1948) |
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| Leith Stevens records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “Night of Thrombeldinbar” (1969) |
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| Marc Blitzstein died (1964) |
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| Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) |
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| Richard Markowitz begins recording his score for The Wild Wild West pilot episode “The Night of the Inferno” (1965) |
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| Sid Ramin born (1919) |
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| Velton Ray Bunch born (1948) |
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