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| Film Score Friday 7/5/19
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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7/4/2019 - 9:00 PM |
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The latest CD from Intrada is a remastered, re-edited re-release of Jerry Fielding's score for the revenge Western CHATO'S LAND, starring Charles Bronson and directed by Michael Winner.
When director Cary Fukunaga was hired to direct the latest, still-untitled James Bond thriller, fans were understandably curious as to who would compose the film's score, especially since Fukunaga's relatively brief resume means that he's only worked with a handful of composers -- Marcelo Zarvos (Sin Nombre), Dario Marianelli (Jane Eyre), Dan Romer (Beasts of No Nation, Maniac) and T. Bone Burnett (True Detective) -- and it's just been announced that it is in fact Dan Romer who will score the film. Since his credits so far has been almost exclusively documentaries and other arthouse films, one might assume his "Bond 25" score will be a low-key effort a la Serra's GoldenEye or Arnold's Quantum of Solace, but either way he's a wild card-choice and I'm intrigued to hear what he brings to my favorite film music franchise.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited a whopping 842 filmmakers, actors and publicists to join their organization, including the folllowing Music Branch invitees: composers Michael Abels, Nathan Barr, Kris Bowers, Jane Antonia Cornish, Annette Focks, Ludwig Goransson, Rupert Gregson-Williams, Hildur Gudnadottir, Jed Kurzel, Anne Nikitin, Heitor Pereira and John Swihart; songwriters Adele Adkins, Lady Gaga, Annie Lennox, Mark Ronson, Jadon Ruder, Roxanne Seeman, Scott Wittman and Andrew Wyatt; and music editors Missy Cohen, John Finklea, Richard Ford, Bryan Lawson, Peter Myles, Arthur Pingrey, Sherry Whitfield and Robin Whittaker. |
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| Aisle Seat 7-2: A Fourth Celebration
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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7/1/2019 - 9:00 PM |
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| American director Delbert Mann helmed a series of literary adaptations for both film and TV in the early ‘70s, including KIDNAPPED (107 mins., 1971, G). The Scottish location filming and delineation of the Jacobite Rising provide this take on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel (as well as a portion of its sequel) with a different flavor than the earlier Disney screen version, yet there are times this production could’ve used an infusion of its predecessor’s youthful swashbuckling. |
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| The June Issue of FSM ONLINE Is Live!
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| Posted By
Tim Curran
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6/26/2019 - 9:00 PM |
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The June edition of FSM ONLINE is now live! This month’s cover story is the first part of Erik Heine’s Top 10 Film Music Clichés, featuring the DIES IRAE, BRAAAM and more. Also in this issue are an interview with LESLEY BARBER about her score to LATE NIGHT, starring Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling; KRIS BOWERS discusses the intersection of horror and reality for WHEN THEY SEE US; EMILE MOSSERI makes his feature debut with THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO; MATTHEW MARGESON and BEN FOSTER tackle the massive ELTON JOHN musical ROCKETMAN; HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS and RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS join forces on Hulu's CATCH-22; BRIAN TYLER is back on the ranch for the second season of YELLOWSTONE; reflections on MIKLÓS RÓZSA’s score to THE MACOMBER AFFAIR; lots of album reviews, including DARK PHOENIX, CHILD’S PLAY, ALADDIN and SHAZAM!; more embedded audio clips, and more. Enjoy!
Subscribers, you’ll get notification by email shortly. Or, just go here to log in. For those who want to join FSM ONLINE, go here, click on the “Subscribe” link and follow the instructions. And email us if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Your Friends at FSM ONLINE |
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| Aisle Seat 6-18: Summer Arrival Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/17/2019 - 9:00 PM |
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| Shout! Factory dives deep into the vault for their first of two planned Golden Age compilations with UNIVERSAL HORROR COLLECTION Volume 1, offering four of Boris “KARLOFF” and Bela Lugosi’s collaborations produced between 1934-40. Making their Blu-Ray debuts are two of their most highly-regarded efforts – the Poe-inspired “The Black Cat” (1934) and “The Raven” (1935) – along with the wild “The Invisible Ray” (1936) and so-so 1940 programmer “Black Friday.” |
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| Film Score Friday 6/7/19
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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6/6/2019 - 9:00 PM |
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Intrada has announced three new releases -- an expanded version of John Williams' score for the 1982 drama MONSIGNOR, featuring both the original LP cues (previously released on CD by Intrada) as well as the first release of the full original score tracks; Richard Band's score for the 2013 horror fantasy UNLUCKY CHARMS; and the score to the just-released thriller MA, starring Oscar winner Octavia Spencer and directed by Tate Taylor (The Help, The Girl on the Train), with music by Gregory Tripi (Dark Places, Manhunt: Unabomber)
Music Box has announced three new releases -- a one-disc reissue of Bernard Herrmann's gorgeous OBSESSION, featuring a remastered version of the original score tracks; an expanded version of Gabriel Yared's score for the biopic CAMILLE CLAUDEL, which earned Isabelle Adjani a Best Actress nomination; and the score for the new Swedish romance SWOON, composed by Nathaniel Mechaly (the Taken trilogy).
Caldera is releasing for the first time Leonard Rosenman's score for the 1991 psychological thriller AMBITION, written by and starring Lou Diamond Phillips and co-starring Clancy Brown, Cecilia Peck, and Oscar winner Haing S. Ngor.
Next week, La-La Land plans to release Harold Faltermeyer's score for the comedy-mystery sequel FLETCH LIVES. It is the latest in their Universal Heritage collection, which leaves Ennio Morricone's Two Mules for Sister Sara as the only LLL/Universal Heritage CD announced last year which has yet to be released. |
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| Aisle Seat 6-4: Godzilla! Earthquake! June Arrival Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/3/2019 - 9:00 PM |
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| Long before Christian Bale and Christopher Nolan “re-defined” the Dark Knight on the silver screen came Tim Burton’s BATMAN and the Caped Crusader’s ‘90s sequels, all of which hit 4K UHD on June 4th courtesy of Warner Home Video. Despite the varied quality of the pictures themselves, revisiting them in new 4K transfers proved to be a highly enjoyable experience – with the movies all benefiting from the deeper blacks and higher contrast levels that HDR can provide. |
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Today in Film Score History:
August 24 |
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| Jean-Michel Jarre born (1948) |
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| John Debney wins his first Emmy, for the Young Riders episode score “Kansas;” Richard Bellis wins for part 1 of It (1991) |
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| Mark Lawrence died (1991) |
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| Peter Kyed born (1963) |
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