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Film Score Friday 12/6/24
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 12/5/2024 - 10:00 PM
Intrada has announced four end-of-year CD releases - an expanded, two-disc release of John Barry's Oscar-winning score for the 1985 Best Picture winner OUT OF AFRICA; a new, two-disc re-recording of Dimitri Tiomkin's Oscar-winning score for the 1958 film version of THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA; songs by Charles Fox from the recent documentary about the composer/songwriter's life and art, KILLING ME SOFTLY WITH HIS SONGS; and the score for the 2023 tornado thriller SUPERCELL, by Corey Wallace (F*** Marry Kill)


Having announced three "Black Friday" releases at the beginning of November, La-La Land unexpectedly announced two more, much sought-after new releases the day after Thanksgiving - expanded, two-disc anniversary editions of two John Barry scores for Roger Moore/James Bond films - THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN from 1974, and MOONRAKER from 1979.


The latest release from Caldera features the music from two seasons of the acclaimed true-crime documentary series THE JINX, by West Dylan Thordson (season 1) and Mondo Boys (season 2).


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Blade: The Deluxe Edition
 - Mark Isham - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Blade II: The Deluxe Edition
 - Marco Beltrami - Varese Sarabande CD Club 
Killing Me Softly With His Songs [songs]
- Charles Fox - Intrada
The Old Man and the Sea
- Dimitri Tiomkin - Intrada
Out of Africa
- John Barry - Intrada Special Collection
Supercell
- Corey Wallace - Intrada 

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December FSMO Is Live!
Posted By Jon Kaplan 12/5/2024 - 3:00 AM

The December edition of FSM ONLINE is now live for your reading and listening pleasure. This month’s cover story is an interview with HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS about his score for Ridley Scott’s belated sequel, GLADIATOR II, with an accompanying analysis of the written score by Erik Heine. Also this issue are a follow-up interview with VOLKER BERTELM

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Aisle Seat 12-3: OCN Wrap, INTERSTELLAR Back on UHD
Posted By Andy Dursin 12/2/2024 - 10:00 PM
OCN Distribution’s November and December slate offers a wide range of Blu-Ray titles, with the Cinematographe label also premiering one of their most eclectic features on 4K UHD yet: a restored edition of the true William Castle curio SHANKS (93 mins., 1974, PG). This hugely offbeat, dark fairy tale features Marcel Marceau in a dramatic turn as both a deaf/mute puppeteer as well as a mad doctor who takes him under his wing as his assistant – until the doctor dies, and “Shanks” finds out he can reanimate the dead.
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Film Score Friday 11/29/24
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 11/28/2024 - 10:00 PM
I am currently on vacation, so if there is any film music news that's transpired in the last few days you should be able to learn about it on our Message Board.


IN THEATERS TODAY

Living Large - Michal Novinski 
Maria - Executive music producer: John Warhurst 
Miss or Misses - Bayo Adepetun 
Moana 2 - Mark Mancina, Opetaia Foa’i - Song CD due Jan. 10 on Disney
Queer - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
That Christmas - John Powell 

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Aisle Seat 11-26: Thanksgiving Feast, Part 2!
Posted By Andy Dursin 11/25/2024 - 10:00 PM
When Jim Henson passed away in 1990, the creator of the Muppets left us with only a few, fleeting glimpses into his potential as a purveyor of fantasy projects beyond the scope of Kermit and Miss Piggy. Henson only directed three theatrical features in his career: the second, and best, Muppet movie (1981’s “The Great Muppet Caper”); the epic fantasy “The Dark Crystal” (1982), which he co-helmed with Frank Oz; and “Labyrinth” (1986), a live-action fantasy, produced with George Lucas, that flopped at the box-office. Both THE DARK CRYSTAL (93 mins., 1982, PG; Shout!) and LABYRINTH (101 mins., 1986, PG; Shout!) have been newly reissued this month as 4K UHD Steelbooks by Shout!, which has entered into a new distribution agreement with The Jim Henson Company. Each are certainly worthy of gift-giving this holiday season.
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Film Score Friday 11/22/24
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 11/21/2024 - 10:00 PM
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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Aisle Seat 11-19: Thanksgiving Edition Part 1!
Posted By Andy Dursin 11/18/2024 - 10:00 PM
Clint Eastwood’s filmography has always enjoyed a healthy life on home video spanning multiple formats, and it continues this month with Kino Lorber premiering three Eastwood films from his ‘70s Universal catalog on 4K UHD. Each transfer offers immediate gains with their implementation of Dolby Vision HDR, making for recommended upgrades for enthusiasts and the hopeful promise of even more to come.
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Film Score Friday 11/15/24
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 11/14/2024 - 10:00 PM
The latest release from Intrada presents arguably one of Maurice Jarre's finest scores, for the 1980 supernatural-tinged drama RESURRECTION, about a woman whose near-death experience leads to unexpected powers as a healer. Ellen Burstyn received a Best Actress nomination for the lead role, and theater legend Eva La Gallienne was also nominated for her performance as Burstyn's grandmother. Only a few minutes of Jarre's memorable score had previously been commercially released, and Intrada's Resurrection features 78 minutes of score including previously unheard cues.


CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Gladiator II - Harry Gregson-Williams - Verve
The Godfather Part II
 - Nino Rota, Carmine Coppola - La-La Land
Jurassic Park III
 - Don Davis - La-La Land
The Matrix: 25th Anniversary Edition 
- Don Davis - Varese Sarabande 
Resurrection
- Maurice Jarre - Intrada Special Collection
Spider-Man 2
 - Danny Elfman - La-La Land 


IN THEATERS TODAY

Albany Road - Leon Lacey
All We Imagine as Light - Dhritiman Das, Topshe 
Bird - Music Supervisor: Simon Astall
Ghost Cat Anzu - Keiichi Suzuki
Meet Me Next Christmas - Dara Taylor
Meeting You, Meeting Me - J.R. Schwartz
Of Color and Ink - Peter Kam
Red One - Henry Jackman
Waltzing with Brando - Matei Bratescot  

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Aisle Seat 11-12: November Madness Edition
Posted By Andy Dursin 11/11/2024 - 10:00 PM
“Godzilla” fans waiting for a big Criterion 4K UHD set of their awesome “Showa-Era Films” Blu-Ray release can, at least, tide themselves in the interim over with the domestic 4K UHD debut of the original GODZILLA [GOJIRA] (96 mins., 1954) on UHD, packaged alongside a Blu-Ray of GODZILLA, KING OF THE MONSTERS.
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Film Score Friday 11/8/24
Posted By Scott Bettencourt 11/7/2024 - 10:00 PM
Thanksgiving has come early this year for soundtrack collectors!

Traditionally, La-La Land announces its annual batch of much-anticipated "Black Friday" releases the day after Thanksgiving, but this year they announced them on the first of November -- a two-disc edition of THE GODFATHER PART II, featuring Nino Rota's complete score plus the additional music by Carmine Coppola (both composers shared the Original Score Oscar that year); a three-disc edition of SPIDER-MAN 2, featuring an expanded version of Danny Elfman's score plus additional cues composed by John Debney and Christopher Young; and a two-disc edition of the score for JURASSIC PARK III, composed by Don Davis featuring new Davis themes as well as the classic themes from the series by John Williams.


The latest releases from Quartet are a new edition of Ennio Morricone's score for THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS, the 1976 military drama which features practically every male European star from the era - Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Helmut Griem, Fernando Rey, Philippe Noiret, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Max von Sydow; an expanded edition of Riz Ortolani's score for the 1971 "Mondo" movie GOODBYE UNCLE TOM; and Victor Reyes' score for the new film ESCAPE, which re-teams him with director Rodrigo Cortes (Buried, Red Lights).


The lastest releases from Music Box are a remastered edition of one of Bernard Herrmann's last great scores, for Brian De Palma's 1973 thriller SISTERS; the first release of Philippe Sarde's score for the 2006 drama LE GRAND MEAULNES; and an expanded edition of Ennio Morricone's score for LE RUFFIAN

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December 7
Basil Poledouris begins recording his score for White Fang (1990)
Ernst Toch born (1887)
Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Les Visiteurs (1979)
Jerry Goldsmith records his score for The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
John Addison died (1998)
On Her Majesty's Secret Service opens in Los Angeles (1969)
Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Latent Image” (1998)
Star Trek -- The Motion Picture is released in theaters (1979)
Tom Waits born (1949)
Victor Young begins recording his score for Appointment with Danger (1949)
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