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| Aisle Seat 5-11: KING KONG Resurrected, FAST TIMES Remastered
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Andy Dursin
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5/10/2021 - 10:00 PM |
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| Sometimes there’s no apparent reason why it takes a prolonged amount of time for a certain movie to be released on Blu-Ray. In some instances it’s because of a lack of a peripheral connection to a sequel or remake – but in the case of Dino DeLaurentiis’ 1976 version of KING KONG (135 mins., PG; Shout! Factory), there have been no less than three films starring the Big Ape to reach the screen in the last 16 years for Paramount’s home video division to take advantage of. It may forever remain a mystery why the film was MIA in the U.S. high-definition format for so long, but Scream Factory has at last rectified the situation with a two-disc Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition offering a quality presentation of the movie, the first-ever full release of the three-hour network TV version, and a smattering of supplements produced under the constraints of a pandemic. |
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| Film Score Friday 5/7/21
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Scott Bettencourt
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5/6/2021 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest CD from Intrada is a remastered re-release of their own re-recording of Jerry Goldsmith's score for the 1964 Western RIO CONCHOS, with the composer himself conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. The CD also includes Goldsmith's own re-recording of his score for the documentary prologue to The Agony and the Ecstasy, "The Artist Who Did Not Want to Paint."
La-La Land has announced their schedule of new releases for this month.
On May 11, they will release an expanded, two-disc edition of Michael Kamen's score for the original 2000 X-MEN; the first release of Dario Marianelli's score for the 2018 Transformers spin-off BUMBLEBEE; and the third volume of the label's new Goldsmith at 20th series, a two-disc set featuring two Jerry Goldsmith scores, THE STRIPPER, the first of his collaborations with director Franklin J. Schaffner, and the Donald Sutherland-Elliot Gould comedy S*P*Y*S.
On May 25, they will release Marco Beltrami's score for the imminent sci-fi horror sequel A QUIET PLACE, PART 2 (which was originally supposed to hit theaters over a year ago but was postponed due to the pandemic) and THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE ON THE RUN, which was released to streaming platforms last year, with a score by Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro.
Varese Sarabande has announced two new limited edition CD Club releases -- a two-disc edition of Jerry Goldsmith's score for his final collaboration with Franklin J. Schaffner, the little-seen medieval adventure film LIONHEART, featuring the score in film order as well as adding two previously unreleased cues; and an expanded, two-disc version of Marco Beltrami's score for the apoclyptic thriller KNOWING, starring Nicolas Cage and directed by Alex Proyas.
Quartet has announced two new expanded score CDs from Oscar-nominated composer Philippe Sarde -- an expanded version of his score for the 1972 romantic drama CESAR ET ROSALIE, starring Yves Montand and Romy Schneider; and a CD pairing two Sarde scores for adaptations of Georges Simenon books directed by Pierre Granier-Defferre: an expanded version of LE CHAT (1971) and a remastered version of LE TRAIN (1973). |
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| Film Score Friday 4/30/21
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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4/29/2021 - 10:00 PM |
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Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste won this year's Original Score Oscar for SOUL. It is Batiste's first Oscar and nomination, while Reznor and Ross previously won ten years earlier for The Social Network. The Oscar for Original Song went to "Fight for You" from JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH, by by H.E.R. (aka Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson), Dernst Emile II and Tiara Thomas.
Howlin' Wolf is releasing a CD of the score to the 1981 slasher film THE PROWLER, directed by Joseph Zito (Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Red Scorpion), co-starring Hollywood veterans Farley Granger and Lawrence Tierney, and composed by Richard Einhorn (Shock Waves, Sister Sister, Dead of Winter).
Varese Sarabande is expected to announce two new limited edition CD Club releases today. |
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| Film Score Friday 4/16/21
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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4/15/2021 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from Quartet is a two-disc release of one of Miklos Rozsa's final scores, for Billy Wilder's lavish 1970 film THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. Disc One features Rozsa's original score recording from the same materials as Quartet's previous release but with improved sound. Disc Two features Rozsa's Polydor recording of his "Fantasia" of music from the film, a recording of the Rozsa violin concerto which helped inspire Wilder's script and which Rozsa adapted for his score, as well as source music from the film.
The latest release is from Caldera is CHRONICLE, a collection of music from the eclectic films of director Werner Herzog composed by Ernst Reijseger, featuring cues from the documentaries Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Family Romance LLC, Fireball, Nomad: In the Foosteps of Bruce Chatwin and The White Diamond and the fiction films My Son, My Son, What Have You Done?, Rescue Dawn and Salt & Fire.
Composers Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross won BAFTA's Original Score award for their work on SOUL.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Des grives aux loupes/Le juge est une femme: Le secret de Marion - Serge Franklin - Music Box
Drop Zone - Hans Zimmer - Quartet
50 States of Fright - Christopher Young - Notefornote
Les B.O. Introuvables Vol. 4 - Mathieu Chabrol, Michel Goglat, Jean-Pierre Rusconi, Karl-Heinz Schafer, Jean-Marie Senia, Jean Wiener - Music Box
Metti lo diavolo tuo ne lo mio inferno/Leva lo diavolo tu dal...convento/Racconti proibiti...de niente vestiti - Stelvio Cipriani - Digitmovies
Mortal Kombat - Benjamin Wallfisch - WaterTower
Mountain Cry/My Other Home - Nicolas Errera - Music Box |
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| The April Issue of FSM ONLINE Is Live!
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| Posted By
Tim Curran
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4/13/2021 - 3:00 AM |
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| The April issue of FSM ONLINE is now live. On the cover this month is TOM HOLKENBORG (aka Junkie XL), talking about his music for blockbusters ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE and GODZILLA VS. KONG; plus THE INCREDIBLE HOLK drops by to smash things up. Also in this issue, EMILE MOSSERI discusses his Oscar-nominated score for MINARI; GARETH COKER rises to the challenge of the IMMORTALS FENYX RISING video game and MYTHS OF THE EASTERN REALM DLC; speaking of Oscar, check out the conclusion to our AM-PAS OR FAIL? Counterpoint column; STEFAN GREGORY gets his hands dirty with Netflix’s THE DIG, starring Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan; Soundtrack Obscurities reveals the film music of YURI POTEYENKO; WONG’S TURN looks at music in the time of Covid-19; ELIZABETH PHILLIPSON-WEINER gets productive with the short film GETS GOOD LIGHT; plus reviews, CONCERTS ARE BACK (!!!), a bunch of embedded audio clips, and more.
Lastly, in the issue’s editorial column, FSMO’s amazing managing editor, KRISTEN ROMANELLI, bids us adieu as she moves on to all kinds of new and exciting endeavors.
Subscribers, go here to log in. For those who want to join FSM ONLINE, go here, click on the “Subscribe” link in the upper right, and follow the instructions. And email us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at FSM ONLINE |
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| Aisle Seat 4-13: (Anaglyph) 3-D Stages a Comeback
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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4/12/2021 - 10:00 PM |
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| I distinctly remember Channel 38, WSBK-TV in Boston, running a number of 3-D broadcasts over the air when I was growing up: “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and a few special Three Stooges shorts were among those advertised as requiring the old-school, red-and-blue 3-D glasses you could pick up at your local pharmacy or “participating stores.” Another of those rare but memorable 3-D broadcasts was DYNASTY (98 mins., 1977, R), a ridiculously over-the-top action-fest from Hong Kong that has now made its way to Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber in a marvelous restoration from the 3-D Film Archive. Even if you no longer have a 3-D capable TV, this release has you covered thanks to a new anaglyphic transfer – complete with a set of included glasses – that shows how modern technology and brilliant restoration work can breathe new life into the oldest of 3-D exhibition formats. |
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| Film Score Friday 4/9/21
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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4/8/2021 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from Intrada is a two-disc, expanded version of Michael Kamen's score for the 1991 spy thriller COMPANY BUSINESS. The film, starring Gene Hackman and Mikhail Baryshnikov and originally titled Dinosaurs, was written and directed by Nicholas Meyer right before he made Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (released later the same year), but real-life changes in U.S./Soviet relations forced him to rewrite the script at the last minute and he was unsatisfied with the end result. Intrada originally released Kamen's score on CD in 1991, but the new edition features both the original sequencing, which organized the cues into suites, as well as an expanded version in traditional cue format.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Company Business - Michael Kamen - Intrada Special Collection
The Serpent (re-issue) - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
IN THEATERS TODAY
Moffie - Braam du Toit
Voyagers - Trevor Gureckis |
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Today in Film Score History:
June 16 |
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| Bebe Barron born (1926) |
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| Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Peak Performance” (1989) |
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| Fred Karlin born (1936) |
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| James Horner begins recording his replacement score for Wolfen (1981) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Justine (1969) |
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| Joe Greene died (1986) |
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| John Barry begins recording his score for Howard the Duck (1986) |
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| Miklos Rozsa begins recording his additional music for Beau Brummell (1954) |
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| Psycho opens in New York (1960) |
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