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| Film Score Friday 7/11/25
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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7/10/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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Composer Mark Snow passed away last Friday in Connecticut at the age of 78. Born Martin Fulterman, he attended Juilliard and, with fellow future film composer Michael Kamen, founded the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble. While he scored his share of feature films, including Jake Speed, Disturbing Behavior and Crazy in Alabama, he is best known for his extensive work in television. He received 15 Primetime Emmy nominations over the course of his career including six nominations for The X-Files, the show he's most associated with (he also scored both of the feature film tie-ins), for its classic main theme and five of his individual episode scores.
For more information about Snow's life and work, please read Jon Burlingame's obituarary in Variety and McKinley Franklin's in The Hollywood Reporter.
Intrada has just released a 40th anniversary edition of Bruce Broughton's wonderful score to 1985's YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES. This three-disc set features the same track list as their most recently release of the score with some audio improvements.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Alien: Romulus - Benjamin Wallfisch - Mutant
Hurry Up Tomorrow - Abel Tesfaye, Daniel Lopatin - XO/Republic
The Mask of Sheba - Lalo Schifrin - Dragon's Domain
Young Sherlock Holmes - Bruce Broughton - Intrada Special Collection |
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| Film Score Friday 7/4/25
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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7/3/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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Lalo Schifrin passed away last Thursday in Los Angeles of natural causes, at the age of 93. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, his epic career encompassed film, television, studio albums and concert works, and his accolades include four Grammy awards, four Emmy nominations, six Oscar nominations and an Honorary Award from the Academy in 2018, given "in recognition of his unique musical style, compositional integrity and influential contributions to the art of film scoring." Almost certainly his most popular piece of music was his theme for TV's Mission: Impossible - there's a good chance that without that theme, no one would have made even one feature film based on the TV show, much less eight.
For more information about his remarkable life and body of work, I recommend Jon Burlingame's obituary of Schifrin in Variety, and Mike Barnes' obituary in The Hollywood Reporter.
Though "Black Friday" is nearly five months away, La-La Land has announced a massive batch of new soundtrack CDs expected to ship this month, with the emphasis on action and especially espionage: an expanded, two-disc release of John Barry's classic score for the sixth (and some argue, greatest) James Bond movie, ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE; expanded, two-disc editions of scores from the film versions of two of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan novels - Basil Poledouris' score for THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER and Jerry Goldsmith's THE SUM OF ALL FEARS; and two hit action sequels released just this summer, Max Aruj and Alfie Godfrey's score for MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - THE FINAL RECKONING, and Dominic Lewis' score for KARATE KID: LEGENDS.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 534 prospective new members including the following Music Branch invitees: composers Segun Akinola, Chris Bacon, Diego Baldenweg, Andranik Berberyan, Daniel Blumberg, René G. Boscio, Camille, Kwong Wing Chan, Toby Chu. Lorenz Dangel, Clément Ducol, Stephanie Economou, Wei San Hsu, Amanda Jones, Siddhartha Khosla, Michael A. Levine, Branford Marsalis, Nami Melumad, Youssou N’Dour, Ré Olunuga, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Amritha Vaz, Isobel Waller-Bridge, Anthony Willis and Rihards Zalupe; songwriters Abraham Alexander, Brandi Carlile, Adrian Quesada, Linda Thompson, and Andrew Watt; and music editors Jack Dolman, Maxence Dussère, Tom Kramer and Nic Ratner.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives - Harry Manfredini - La-La Land
Union Pacific: The Paramount Westerns Collection Vol. 2 - Daniele Amfitheatrof, Elmer Bernstein, Charles Bradshaw, Gerard Carbonara, Adolph Deutsch, Howard Jackson John Leipold, Cyril J. Mockridge, Leo Shuken, Nathan Van Cleave, Franz Waxman, Victor Young - La-La Land |
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| Aisle Seat 6-24: JAWS 50th Anniversary, THE WIZ, Kino Lorber Wrap
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/23/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| A few years ago I rewatched Sidney Lumet’s filming of the hit Broadway musical “The Wiz” and was surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did, especially given my vague memories of seeing it as a child and its long-attached reputation as another “bloated musical flop” from the ‘70s. Now on 4K UHD in a gorgeous restoration from Universal that Criterion is premiering for the first time, THE WIZ (135 mins., 1978, G) can be better appreciated by fans and newcomers alike. It’s a picture that’s aged in a number of different ways – and not all of them necessarily bad. |
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| Aisle Seat 6-17: Dazzling DARK CITY Restored In 4K
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/16/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| Director Alex Proyas showed with “The Crow” that flashy directorial technique and a sense of style can overcome a deficient plot. In his 1998 follow-up DARK CITY (111/100 mins., R; Arrow), Proyas concocted a fascinating science-fiction thriller with a story that lives up to the evocative settings and dense noir atmosphere surrounding it. Now on UHD in a restored Arrow box-set, there’s never been a better time to (re)visit one of the best films of the ‘90s. |
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Today in Film Score History:
July 12 |
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| Benny Carter died (2003) |
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| Eddy Manson died (1996) |
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| Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Elaan of Troyius" is recorded (1968) |
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| Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Who Mourns For Adonais?" is recorded (1967) |
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| James Bernard died (2001) |
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| Michael Small begins recording his score for Marathon Man (1976) |
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| Yasushi Akutagawa born (1925) |
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