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Film Score Friday 7/11/25
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 7/10/2025 - 10:00 PM
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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Aisle Seat 7-8: A July Spectacular
Posted By Andy Dursin 7/7/2025 - 10:00 PM
Looking as stylishly ‘80s in Dolby Vision as you’d anticipate, ST. ELMO’S FIRE (108 mins., 1985, R; Sony) makes its case on 4K UHD this month from Sony as one of the definitive “Brat Pack” films of the decade. Joel Schumacher’s 1985 melodrama looks at the lives and loves of young twentysomethings just out of college, trying to make a go of it in the Georgetown area of Washington, D.C.
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Film Score Friday 7/4/25
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 7/3/2025 - 10:00 PM
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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July FSMO Is Live!
Posted By Jon Kaplan 7/3/2025 - 3:00 AM

The July edition of FSM ONLINE is now live for your reading and listening pleasure. This month’s cover story is SIZZLING SUMMER STREAMING, coverage of several of the top shows of the season. These include an interview with DARA TAYLOR about joining the MCU with the Disney+ Black Panther spinoff IRONHEART; CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA dishes on his latest Scott

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Film Score Friday 6/27/25
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 6/26/2025 - 10:00 PM
The latest CD from Intrada is the first release of the score for the 1961 Western THE LAST SUNSET, starring Kirk Douglas and Rock Hudson and directed by Robert Aldrich, with music by Exodus Oscar winner and four-time nominee Ernest Gold.


Caldera has just announced a new CD titled DAVID SHIRE SELECTED WORKS: THE 1970S, featuring cues from the composer's score to the popular 1971 comedy-Western Skin Game as well as the TV movies Summetree, Tell Me Where It Hurts and Something for Joey.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Hammersmith Is Out - Dominic Frontiere - Dragon's Domain 
Heart of the Stag
 - Leonard Rosenman - Dragon's Domain 
The Humanoid
 - Ennio Morricone - Quartet 
Joker: Folie a Deux - Hildur Guonadottir - WaterTower
The Last Sunset
- Ernest Gold - Intrada Special Collection
Matchstick Men: The Deluxe Edition - Hans Zimmer - Varese Sarabande CD Club
The Night Digger
 - Bernard Herrmann - Dragon's Domain 
Red Sonja
 - Ennio Morricone - Quartet 
The Russia House [re-release] 
- Jerry Goldsmith - Quartet 
The Scorpion King: The Deluxe Edition - John Debney - Varese Sarabande CD Club
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three [re-release]
 - David Shire - Quartet  

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Aisle Seat 6-24: JAWS 50th Anniversary, THE WIZ, Kino Lorber Wrap
Posted By Andy Dursin 6/23/2025 - 10:00 PM
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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Film Score Friday 6/20/25
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 6/19/2025 - 10:00 PM
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its related labels are -- a remastered and resequenced edition of one of Bernard Herrmann's final scores, for the psychological thriller THE NIGHT DIGGER; Lalo Schifrin's score for the 1971 TV movie THE MASK OF SHEBA; Leonard Rosenman's score for the New Zealand [not Australian, as originally posted in this column] drama HEART OF THE STAG; and an expanded, two-disc edition of Dominic Frontiere's score for HAMMERSMITH IS OUT, the 1972 dark comedy-thriller, directed by Peter Ustinov, that was the final feature film to pair Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.


Lukas' Film Score Monthly Kickstarter has met its original funding goal, but stretch goals will be announced as there is still time left in the campaign.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Ernest Cole: Lost & Found 
- Alexei Aigui - Music Box
Hotel des Ameriques/Un mauvais fils/Le lieu du crime
 - Philippe Sarde - Music Box   


IN THEATERS TODAY

Bride Hard - Ryan Shore
Elio - Rob Simonsen
Everything's Going to Be Great - Rolfe Kent
A Man with Sole: The Impact of Kenneth Cole - Adam Peters
My Mom Jayne - Max Avery Lichtenstein
28 Years Later - Young Fathers 

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Aisle Seat 6-17: Dazzling DARK CITY Restored In 4K
Posted By Andy Dursin 6/16/2025 - 10:00 PM
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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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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Aisle Seat 6-10: Catalog Mania on 4K and Blu-Ray
Posted By Andy Dursin 6/9/2025 - 10:00 PM
Via Vision’s Imprint label continues to release a superb array of limited-edition titles, with their on-going (and now genre-spanning) “Tales of Adventure” box-sets going the sci-fi route for the first time with TALES OF ADVENTURE: COLLECTION 5. This five-movie anthology hits squarely within the realm of mid ‘50s outer-space flicks, with both studio and lower-budgeted affairs included for good measure.
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