Film Score Monthly has just released two new collections of music composed for television, including an epic-length set featuring music you probably thought would never become available as well as music you've probably never heard of.

TV OMNIBUS, VOLUME ONE (1962-1976) is a five-disc set of TV scores, limited to 2000 units, with the following lineup:

Disc One: The theme song from Dr. Kildare, composed by Jerry Goldsmith and performed by Richard Chamberlain; Harry Sukman's end title music for the Kildare spinoff series The Eleventh Hour, as well as John Williams' episode score "The Brave Locust" for the series; Leonard Rosenman's score for the TV horror movie The Phantom of Hollywood; Don Ellis's score for the TV movie The Deadly Tower, starring Kurt Russell as Charles Whitman; and a George Romanis source cue from the Roy Scheider spy series pilot Assignment: Munich.

Disc Two: Assignment: Munich ultimately became the short-lived series Assignment: Vienna, one of the rotating series on ABC's The Men, and Robert Conrad took over the Scheider role. Dave Grusin's theme for the series is featured on this disc, along with three of his individual episode scores and additional versions of his main themes.

Disc Three: Two Assignment: Vienna episode scores by John Parker, as well as Jerry Fielding’s score for the controversial dark comedy TV movie Shirts/Skins, and his music for the unsold series pilot based on the movie.

Disc Four: Music for the Easy Rider-ish TV series Then Came Bronson, starring Michael Parks as a young man roaming the country on a motorcycle. The disc features George Duning's score for the pilot movie, as well as two episode scores by Gil Melle.

Disc Five: Lalo Schifrin's score for the TV movie pilot Earth II, starring Gary Lockwood and Mariette Hartley, about a space station, and Billy Goldenberg's score for the 1976 caper pilot High Risk, directed by Oscar-nominated editor Sam O'Steen (The Graduate, Chinatown).

The other new TV music release from Film Score Monthly is CHIPS VOLUME 3: SEASON FOUR (1980-1981), featuring more music composed for the hit '80s cop show by Oscar nominee Alan Silvestri.

The next new CD release from Kritzerland presents the score for the 1960 Western ONE-EYED JACKS. The drama, telling the story of an outlaw who seeks revenge against the comrade who betrayed him, was originally to be directed by Stanley Kubrick, but ultimately the film's star, Marlon Brando, took the directorial reins, for the only time in his career. The film was not a box-office success but has become a cult and critical favorite in the intervening years, and earned Oscar nominations for its color cinematography and art direction. Hugo Friedhofer wrote the popular score, which was short-listed for an Original Score nomination, and the Kritzerland two-disc set, limited to 1200 units, presents the original LP sequencing (plus two alternate cues) on disc one, and the complete score, in stereo, on disc two. 

The latest CD from Buysoundtrax presents the first-ever release of Jerry Goldsmith's score for THE GOING UP OF DAVID LEV. The film was a 1973 made-for-TV coming-of-age drama with Brandon Cruz (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) as a young Israeli boy, co-starring Topol (who performs two songs on the the soundtrack), Claire Bloom and Melvyn Douglas. The David Lev CD is limited to 2000 units. 

Intrada plans to announce a new Special Collection CD next week.

This year's Emmy winners in the music categories are:

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
Temple Grandin - Alex Wurman

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
24 - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Sean Callery

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
Monk - Mr. Monk and the End Part II - "When I'm Gone" - Randy Newman

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony - Dave Pierce

CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Amore Libero (Free Love) - Fabio Frizzi - Quartet
Avanti! - Carlo Rustichelli - Quartet
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore - Christopher Lennertz - Varese Sarabande
Chips, Volume 3: Season Four (1980-1981) - Alan Silvestri - Film Score Monthly
The Expendables - Brian Tyler - Silva Screen [pressed CD; import]
The Going Up of David Lev - Jerry Goldsmith - Buysoundtrax
Saint Joan - Mischa Spoliansky - Kritzerland
Summertime Killer - Luis Bacalov - Quartet
Terminator 2: Judgment Day - Brad Fiedel - Silva
The Tudors: Season Three - Trevor Morris - Varese Sarabande
TV Omnibus, Volume One (1962-1976) - Billy Goldenberg, George Duning,Don Ellis, Jerry Fielding, Dave Grusin, Gil Melle, John Parker, Leonard Rosenman, Lalo Schifrin, John Williams - Film Score Monthly

IN THEATERS TODAY

Centurion - Ilan Eshkeri - Score CD on MovieScore Media
The Last Exorcism - Nathan Barr
Mesrine: Killer Instinct - Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp - Score CD on EMI (import)
Takers - Paul Haslinger

COMING SOON

August 31
Vampires Suck - Christopher Lennertz - Lakeshore
September 7
Supernatural - Jay Gruska, Christopher Lennertz - Watertower/Amazon [CD-R]
September 14
Lost: The Final Season - Michael Giacchino - Varese Sarabande
Never Let Me Go - Rachel Portman - Varese Sarabande
The Town - Harry Gregson-Williams, David Buckley - Silva
True Blood: Season Two - Nathan Barr - Varese Sarabande
September 21
The Pillars of the Earth - Trevor Morris - Varese Sarabande
Spartacus: Blood and Sand - Joseph LoDuca - Varese Sarabande
Tamara Drewe - Alexandre Desplat - Silva (import)
September 28
Resident Evil: Afterlife - Tomandandy - Milan
October 12
Hachi: A Dog's Story - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Varese Sarabande
The Tudors: Season Four - Trevor Morris - Varese Sarabande
October 19
Friday Night Lights - W.G. Snuffy Walden - La-La Land
Date Unknown
Gothic Dramas - Ennio Morricone - GDM
Lawrence of Arabia (re-recording) - Maurice Jarre - Tadlow
My Brother Anastasia - Piero Piccioni - GDM
One-Eyed Jacks - Hugo Friedhofer - Kritzerland
The Special Relationship - Alexandre Desplat - Varese Sarabande

THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY

August 27 - Miles Goodman born (1949)
August 27 - Dimitri Tiomkin begins recording his score to 36 Hours (1964)
August 27 - Johnny Mandel records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "One for the Road"(1985)
August 27 - Craig Safan begins recording his score for Remo Williams: the Adventure Begins (1985)
August 29 - Anthony Adverse released in theaters (1936)
August 29 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for The Miniver Story (1950)
August 29 - Victor Young begins recording his score to The Tall Men (1955)
August 29 - Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "Charlie X" is recorded (1966)
August 29 - Recording sessions begin for Richard Rodney Bennett's score for Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
August 30 - Conrad Salinger born (1901)
August 30 - Sol Kaplan's score for the Star Trek episode "The Doomsday Machine" is recorded (1967)
August 30 - Emil Newman died (1984)
August 31 - The Sea Hawk is released in theaters (1940)
August 31 - Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score for The Swan (1955)
August 31 - Alexander Courage's score for the Star Trek episode "The Naked Time" is recorded (1966)
September 1 - Marc Donahue died (2002)
September 1 - Erich Kunzel died (2009)
September 2 - Armando Trovajoli born (1917)
September 2 - Clifton Parker died (1989)

DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?

NANNY MCPHEE RETURNS - James Newton Howard

"Though the mysterious McPhee is more Willy Wonka than Mary Poppins, this is the kind of children's lark that forces its whimsy on you; every pratfall or step into cow dung is accompanied by perky musical accompaniment, and there's a pair of strange-looking sisters -- Miss Topsy and Miss Turvy -- who want the deed to Isabel's land but look as if they fell out of a Tim Burton movie."

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News

"The good news first: 'Nanny McPhee Returns,' the follow-up to the moderately successful 2005 family comedy 'Nanny McPhee,' does not replicate the original's retina-searing color scheme, which was like watching 'The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg' on grandma's busted TV set. The bad news: Every other aspect of the movie is dialed up to the same blaring tint, from the aggressive whimsy of the CGI effects and James Newton Howard's score to comedy built on a bedrock of poo jokes, hairy moles, and gooey substances that stick to characters'shoes."

Scott Tobias, The Onion

"Score by James Newton Howard expresses itself in huge orchestral gestures that almost threaten to overwhelm the mood, but it still works."

Leslie Felperin, Variety

"James Newton Howard's music picks up its comic cues perhaps a bit too swiftly and loudly, but little of this detracts from the movie's many pleasures."

Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter

THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.

Screenings of older films, at the following L.A. movie theaters: AMPAS,American Cinematheque: Aero, American Cinematheque: Egyptian, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Royal, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.

August 27
CISCO PIKE, DUSTY & SWEETS MCGEE [Silent Movie Theater]
CLUELESS (David Kitay) [Nuart]
DERSU UZALA (Isaak Shvarts) [UCLA]
HEATHERS (David Newman) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Walter Schumann), M [New Beverly]

August 28
BAD DREAMS (Jay Ferguson) [New Beverly]
THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED (Alexandre Desplat), DANS PARIS (Alex Beaupain) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (Walter Schumann), M [New Beverly]
STAR TREK NEMESIS (Jerry Goldsmith) [Royal]

August 29
BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (David Newman), BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (David Newman) [New Beverly]
DEVDAS [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE IDIOT (Fumio Hayasaka)[UCLA]

August 30
BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE (David Newman), BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY (David Newman) [New Beverly]
WHITE HEAT (Max Steiner) [AMPAS]

August 31
RESTAURANT (Theodore Shapiro), LIBERTY HEIGHTS (Andrea Morricone) [New Beverly]

September 1
RESTAURANT (Theodore Shapiro), LIBERTY HEIGHTS (Andrea Morricone) [New Beverly]
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (John Williams), BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (Stu Phillips) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]

September 2
LIVE AND LET DIE (George Martin), THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (John Barry) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SUSPIRIA (Goblin), DEEP RED (Goblin) [New Beverly]

September 3
AMERICAN PSYCHO (John Cale)[Nuart]
SUSPIRIA (Goblin), DEEP RED (Goblin) [New Beverly]

September 4
THE GOLD RUSH (Charles Chaplin), JOUR DE FETE (Jean Yatove) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE GREAT DICTATOR (Charles Chaplin) [Silent Movie Theater]
STAR TREK (Michael Giacchino) [Royal]
SUSPIRIA (Goblin), DEEP RED (Goblin) [New Beverly]
THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE (Vince DiCola) [New Beverly]

September 5
ULZANA’S RAID (Frank DeVol), TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE (Frank DeVol) [New Beverly]