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| Film Score Friday 12/8/23
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Scott Bettencourt
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12/7/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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Varese Sarabande's latest Deluxe Edition CD Club releases present expanded releases of two scores by members of Hollywood's First Family of Film Music, the Newmans - Randy Newman's Oscar-nominated score for the 1998 fantasy comedy PLEASANTVILLE, starring Reese Witherspoon, Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, William H. Macy and Joan Allen; and a two-disc edition of David Newman's score for SERENITY, writer-director Joss Whedon's feature film sequel to his cult classic sci-fi Western TV series Firefly.
RUNAWAY: THE EARLY WORKS OF DAVID SHIRE, the latest release from Caldera, features previously unreleased music by the Oscar-winning composer, including his music for the premiere episode of CBS Playhouse.
The latest releases from Kronos are Ronald Stein's score for the 1961 sword-and-sandals adventure ATLAS; Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter's score for the 1971 Mexican Western LOS MERCADOS; and Francesco De Masi's score for the 1959 documentary UOMINI E MARI (Men and Sea)
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax are a fifth volume of Joe Harnell's music for THE BIONIC WOMAN, and the tracks from the 1972 album LEE HOLDRIDGE AND HIS ORCHESTRA.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen - Carey Blyton, Peter Howell - Silva
Doctor Who: Time and the Rani - Keff McCulloch - Silva
Fairytopia - Eric Colvin - Buysoundrax [CD-R]
Guido & Maurizio De Angelis: Television Soundtracks Collection - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Beat
I predatori di Atlantide - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Beat
Killers of the Flower Moon - Robbie Robertson - Sony
La polizia incrimina la legge assolve - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Beat
The Sound of Music - Richard Rodgers, Irwin Kostal - Concord Music Group
The Sound of Music: Super Deluxe Edition - Richard Rodgers, Irwin Kostal - Condord Music Group |
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| Aisle Seat 12-5: Kino Lorber Rundown Plus T.R. BASKIN & TREMORS 2
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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12/4/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| Filmmaker Fred Dekker has been involved in a number of genre favorites over the years, from penning the original story for Steve Miner’s haunted house chiller “House” to writing and directing the cult fave 1986 homage “Night of the Creeps.” Regrettably, the window of opportunity for some directors can open and close in a heartbeat, and as Dekker himself has noted, he “killed” his own career twice — first with the failure of the 1987 kid-fantasy THE MONSTER SQUAD (82 mins., 1987, PG-13; Kino Lorber) and later with the well-intentioned “Robocop 3,” which sat on the shelf for several years while Orion Pictures went bankrupt and the audience for the series went elsewhere. |
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| Film Score Friday 11/24/23
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/23/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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I am currently on vacation, so if any breaking news happened since I left you can probably learn about it on our Message Board.
La-La Land was expected to announce their latest batch of end-of-year Black Friday releases today.
Dragon's Domain and Buysoundtrax have announced three new releases - Ken Thorne's score for the offbeat, Japan-set ghost story THE HOUSE WHERE EVIL DWELLS, starring Edward Albert, Susan George and Doug McClure; and CD-Rs of THE DANIEL LICHT COLLECTION VOL. 2 (his music for Beneath the Dark and the 1998 TV version of Brave New World) and THE JOE HARNELL COLLECTION VOL. 3 (various TV projects).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Divinity - DJ Muggs, Dean Hurley - Sacred Bones
IN THEATERS TODAY
Fallen Leaves - no original score
Leave the World Behind - Mac Quayle
Maestro - Leonard Bernstein - Score CD on Deutsche Grammophon
Napoleon - Martin Phipps
Wish - Dave Metzger (score), Julia Michaels, Benajmin Rice (songs) - Song CD on Disney |
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| 11-21: Holiday Gift Guide Part 1! Police Academy, Martial Arts Mayhem & More
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/20/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| It was one of the biggest comedy hits of the 1980s, returning close to $200 million when adjusted for inflation. Spawning six sequels, an animated TV series and recurrent talk of a big-screen resurrection, POLICE ACADEMY may not have received widespread critical acclaim – or in the case of its follow-ups, even a small amount of positive critical response – but it remains a viewer favorite, both for its wacky gags as well as its appealing assortment of rag-tag underdogs who triumph against all odds. If you're a fan, "Academy" addicts will be excited to learn that Shout! Factory has at last brought the series to Blu-Ray this month in a five-disc POLICE ACADEMY COLLECTION “Shout Select” box-set. |
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| Aisle Seat 11-14: 4K Thrills (And One Misfire!)
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/13/2023 - 10:00 PM |
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| One of the great sports movies ever made, RUDY (114/127 mins., 1993, PG; Sony) reunited the production team from another genre classic – “Hoosiers” – in telling the real-life story of a young man who wants desperately to play football for Notre Dame, and makes up in heart and determination what he lacks in talent and academic prowess. Debuting this month on 4K, Sony’s “Rudy” not only looks spectacular, easily surpassing its previous Blu-Ray, but premieres on UHD a never-before-seen Director’s Cut restoring some 13 minutes of excised scenes the filmmakers had to remove in order to fulfill Tri-Star’s two-hour running time mandate. |
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Today in Film Score History:
December 8 |
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| Antonio Carlos Jobim died (1994) |
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| Bruce Kimmel born (1947) |
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| Dominic Frontiere records his score for The Invaders episode “The Mutation” (1966) |
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| Edward Williams died (2013) |
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| John Rubinstein born (1946) |
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| Junkie XL born as Tom Holkenberg (1967) |
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| Leo Shuken born (1906) |
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| Leonard Rosenman begins recording his score for Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1969) |
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| Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1958) |
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| Moisey Vainberg born (1919) |
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| Richard Thompson begins recording his score for Grizzly Man (2004) |
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| Russell Garcia begins recording his score for The Time Machine (1959) |
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