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| Aisle Seat 9-27: Autumn Arrival Edition
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Andy Dursin
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9/26/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| The kind of picture built for Blu-Ray rediscovery, DREAMCHILD (94 mins., 1985, PG) is a film that received some critical acclaim back upon its original release but has been nearly forgotten entirely since. Acclaimed author Dennis Potter’s original drama examines an elderly Alice Hargreaves (Coral Browne) – the inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland” – as she arrives in America to commemorate the marking of what would’ve been Carroll’s 100th birthday. Flashing back upon her life while dealing with issues that remain in her present, Alice’s thoughts are filled with contrasts – the dark and dreary, the poignant and inspirational – as she comes to terms with them all. |
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| Aisle Seat 9-20: 4K Frights, Imprint New Releases
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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9/19/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| Brilliantly scored by Jerry Goldsmith and backed by a script – credited to Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais and Mark Victor – that features an identifiable, likable family at its core, POLTERGEIST (114 mins., 1982, PG; Warner) has lost little of its appeal since its original 1982 release. This first of producer Spielberg’s consecutive Summer of ’82 box-office smashes (“E.T.” naturally being the other) has also, finally, been thoroughly remastered for both 4K UHD and Blu-Ray, debuting a fresh new transfer that comes highly recommended for owners of either format. |
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| Film Score Friday 9/16/22
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Scott Bettencourt
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9/15/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from Music Box is Philippe Rombi's score for the new film by director Christian Carion (Joyeux Noel, My Son), UNE BELLE COURSE (aka Driving Madeleine).
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced this year's Primetime Emmy winners, including the following music categories:
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED OR ANTHOLOGY SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
THE WHITE LOTUS: "Mysterious Monkeys" - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
SEVERANCE: The Way We Are - Theodore Shapiro
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
THE WHITE LOTUS - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
LUCY AND DESI - David Schwartz
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
SCHMIGADOON!: Schmigadoon - "Corn Puddin" - Cinco Paul
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
THE PEPSI SUPER BOWL LVI HALFTIME SHOW - Adam Blackstone
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION
STRANGER THINGS: Chapter Four: Dear Billy - Nora Felder
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Beavis and Butthead Do the Universe - John Frizzell - La-La Land
Bridgerton: Season Two - Kris Bowers - Capitol
Cobra Kai: Season 5 - Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson - La-La Land
Goldsmith at 20th Vol 5: Music for Television 1968-1975 - Jerry Goldsmith - La-La Land
The Gravedigger's Wife - Andre Matthias - Kronos |
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| Aisle Seat 9-13: Vinegar Syndrome September Wrap
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Andy Dursin
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9/12/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| Leave it to Vinegar Syndrome to produce a full restoration of THE BIRDS II: LAND’S END (86 mins., 1994, R), the long-forgotten Showtime cable sequel to the Alfred Hitchcock ’60s fave. Technically this film is less a sequel than it is a self-contained survival tale of a family encountering an avian attack on a sleepy North Carolina island. Off-camera, it was a struggle of a different kind – an apparently rocky marriage between a director mostly known for schlock (including the worst “Halloween” sequel of them all) and an Emmy/Peabody-winning producer known for his more aspirational TV work. Despite its pedigree, unfair comparisons to Hitch and “Alan Smithee” listed as director, the big surprise with “Birds II” is how entertaining it is – especially if you’re able to accept it on its own terms. |
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| Film Score Friday 9/2/22
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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9/1/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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La-La Land has announced their September schedule of releases. On September 13th, they will release their 600th release, JERRY GOLDSMITH AT 20TH PART V: MUSIC FOR TELEVISION 1968-1975, including the maestro's previously unreleased music from Only in America and Prudence and the Chief; John Frizzell's score for the recent sequel BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO THE UNIVERSE; and Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson's music for the fifth season of COBRA-KAI.
Kronos has announced two upcoming Gold Collection releases - the score for 1957's MOTORCYCLE GANG, composed by B-movie great Albert Glasser (The Amazing Colossal Man, Beginning of the End), and the music for the 1972 Western THE PROUD AND DAMNED, scored by the team of Gene Kauer and Douglas M. Lackey (Agent for H.A.R.M., Across the Great Divide), and directed by Ferde Grofe Jr., the son of composer Ferde Grofe (Rocketship XM, Grand Canyon Suite).
Music Box has announced two new releases -- a CD pairing two scores by Claude Bolling for films directed by Jacques Deray - ON NE MEURT QUE DEUX FOIS (He Died With His Eyes Open), from 1985, and NETACHIEV EST DE RETOUR (Netchaiev Is Back) from 1991; and two TV scores by Raymond Alessandrini, LE ROI DE PATAGONIE and FABIEN DE LA DROME. |
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| Aisle Seat 8-30: Kino Lorber August Rundown
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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8/29/2022 - 10:00 PM |
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| After making an early impression opposite Bruce Lee in “Way of the Dragon,” Chuck Norris bounced around for a few years before netting the lead role in the drive-in trucker hit “Breaker, Breaker.” He would head back to his forte – martial arts – by headlining a trio of vehicles for American Cinema Corporation, all three of which show Norris trying to hone his limited acting skills while offering the occasional blast of action. This month, Kino Lorber brings the trio to Blu-Ray in new 2K (1.85) restorations courtesy of MGM, and while they are anything but “Prime Chuck” – being marred by pokey scripts that don’t always showcase Norris at his best, especially early on in his career – fans should still be delighted with these spiffy remasters. |
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Today in Film Score History:
September 28 |
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| Evan Lurie born (1954) |
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| Geoff Zanelli born (1974) |
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| Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Relics” (1992) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Lonely Guy (1983) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score to Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) |
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| John Williams records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Hungry Sea" (1965) |
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| Laurent Petitgand born (1959) |
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| Leith Stevens begins recording his score for The Scarlet Hour (1955) |
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| Miles Davis died (1991) |
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