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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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| CD Checklist 2024
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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12/30/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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ADDISON, JOHN
TORN CURTAIN [La-La Land]
AIGUI, ALEXEI
FILM MUSIC COLLECTION [Music Box]
LE TABLEAU VOLE [Music Box]
ALESSANDRINI, RAYMOND
LES B.O. INTROUVABLES VOL. 8 (DAMES GALANTES/PRIEZ POUR NOUS) [Music Box]
ASTLEY, EDWIN
THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE-FICTION VOL. 3 (DEVIL GIRL FROM MARS) [Dragon’s Domain]
AUFORT, CYRILLE
BUGARACH [MovieScore Media - CD-R]
AYRES, MARK
DOCTOR WHO: THE DALEKS IN COLOUR [Silva] |
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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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| Aisle Seat 12-17: MVD Holiday Wrap
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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12/16/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| 1993 was a big year for Sylvester Stallone. After staging one of his signature “comeback” vehicles with “Cliffhanger” in the summer, Sly slid into the slick Silver Pictures production DEMOLITION MAN (115 mins., 1993, R; Arrow) in the fall. While advertised as a solemn futuristic action flick, “Demolition Man” was really much more entertaining – an often humorous take on an easily-offended future society (sound familiar?) where dethawed-from-the ‘90s adversaries Stallone and villain Wesley Snipes’ machismo is decades out of step. The end result – enhanced by a charming Sandra Bullock in one of her first lead roles – has aged gracefully and remains topical, easily making for one of Stallone’s most enjoyable pictures from its era. |
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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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Today in Film Score History:
January 16 |
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| Alain Jessua born (1932) |
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| Atticus Ross born (1968) |
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| Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Parallax” (1995) |
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| Franz Waxman begins recording his score for A Place in the Sun (1951) |
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| James Horner begins recording his score for Casper (1995) |
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| John Carpenter born (1948) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score to The Fury (1978) |
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| Kenyon Emrys-Roberts born (1923) |
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| Nicholas Carras records his score for Date Bait (1959) |
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