The latest CD announced by Buysoundtrax is a re-recording of the electronic scores for John Carpenter's first two films -- the science-fiction comedy DARK STAR (whose score had previously been released only on a dialogue-laden album) and the urban siege thriller ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (with its ridiculously catchy main theme). The scores were arranged and performed by Alan Howarth, Carpenter's frequent musical collaborator. 

CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Brave - Patrick Doyle - Disney
China Moon - George Fenton - Quartet
The Friends of Eddie Coyle/Three Days of the Condor - Dave Grusin - Film Score Monthly
Game of Thrones: Season Two - Ramin Djawadi - Varese Sarabande
Marcia Trionfale - Nicola Piovani - Quartet
The Pact - Ronen Landa - MovieScore Media/Screamworks
Pascal Gaigne: Retrospective Film Music - Pascal Gaigne - Quartet
People Like Us - A.R. Rahman - Lakeshore
Piranha 3DD - Elia Cmiral - Lakeshore

IN THEATERS TODAY

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Henry Jackman - Score CD due July 3 on Sony
Brave - Patrick Doyle - Score CD on Disney
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World - Rob Simonsen, Jonathan Sadoff - Song CD with 1 score cue on Lakeshore
To Rome with Love - Song CD on Sony
The Woman in the Fifth - Max de Wardener

COMING SOON

June 26
Rio Lobo - Jerry Goldsmith - La-La Land
Stagecoach/The Loner - Jerry Goldsmith - La-La land
Ted - Walter Murphy - Universal Republic
July 3
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - Henry Jackman - Sony
The Amazing Spider-Man - James Horner - Sony
Savages - Adam Peters (13 min.), songs - Varese Sarabande
July 10
Cosmopolis - Howard Shore - Howe (U.S. release)
Ice Age: Continental Drift- Varese Sarabande
Soul of the Ultimate Nation - Howard Shore - Howe
July 17
The Dark Knight Rises - Hans Zimmer - Watertower
July 24
Killer Joe - Tyler Bates - Milan
Ruby Sparks - Nick Urata - Milan
July 31
The Bourne Legacy - James Newton Howard - Varese Sarabande
Date Unknown
All in a Night's Work - Andre Previn - Kritzerland
Assault on Precinct 13/Dark Star (re-recording) - John Carpenter - Buysoundtrax
Charmed - J. Peter Robinson - Perseverance
Jerry Goldsmith Collection, Volume 1: Rarities - Jerry Goldsmith - Buysoundtrax
Music from the Edge - John Corigliano - Perseverance
Seeking Justice - J. Peter Robinson - Perseverance

THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY

June 22 - Todd Rundgren born (1948)
June 22 - The Guns of Navarone opens in New York (1961)
June 22 - Darius Milhaud died (1974)
June 23 - Howard Shore begins recording his score to The Fly (1986)
June 23 - Carlo Savina died (2002)
June 24 - David Rose born (1910)
June 24 - Jeff Beck born (1944)
June 24 - Patrick Moraz born (1948)
June 25 - Carly Simon born (1945)
June 26 - John Greenwood born (1889)
June 26 - Dave Grusin born (1934)
June 26 - George Bassman died (1997)
June 28 - Richard Rodgers born (1902)
June 28 - Bjorn Isfalt born (1942)
June 28 - George Duning's score for the Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis" is recorded (1967)
June 28 - John Scott begins recording his score for North Dalls Forty (1979)

DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?

This week apparently, not so much.

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, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.

June 22
BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (John Frizzell) [Nuart]
THE BIRDS (Rene Gassman, Oskar Sala, Bernard Herrmann) [UCLA]
FREAKS, CARNIVAL OF SOULS (Gene Moore) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
GOLDENEYE (Eric Serra), TOMORROW NEVER DIES (David Arnold) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE MILL AND THE CROSS (Lech Majewski, Jozef Skrzek), THE DRAUGHTSMAN'S CONTRACT (Michael Nyman) [New Beverly]
RAISING ARIZONA (Carter Burwell) [AMPAS]
THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY [New Beverly]

June 23
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (Ira Newborn) [AMPAS]
FORBIDDEN ZONE (Danny Elfman), THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT (The Billy Nayer Show) [Cinematheque: Aero]
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS [UCLA]
MEGAFORCE (Jerrold Immel) [New Beverly]
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (David Arnold), DIE ANOTHER DAY (David Arnold) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]

June 24
CASINO ROYALE (David Arnold), QUANTUM OF SOLACE (David Arnold) [Cinematheque: Aero]
JAWS (John Williams) [UCLA]
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (Jerry Goldsmith), DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]

June 25
THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI, ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (Michael Boddicker) [Silent Movie Theater]

June 26
ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS (Frank Skinner) [LACMA]
SALT OF LIFE (Ratchev & Carratello), MID-AUGUST LUNCH (Ratchev & Carratello) [New Beverly]

June 27
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Allan Gray) [AMPAS]
SALT OF LIFE (Ratchev & Carratello), MID-AUGUST LUNCH (Ratchev & Carratello) [New Beverly]
3 WOMEN (Gerald Busby) [Cinematheque: Aero]

June 28
DON'T LOOK BACK, THE CARTER (Ethan Higbee, Alec Puro) [Cinematheque: Aero]
LA HAINE (Assassin) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SALT OF LIFE (Ratchev & Carratello), MID-AUGUST LUNCH (Ratchev & Carratello) [New Beverly]

June 29
ARACHNOPHOBIA (Trevor Jones) [Silent Movie Theater]
PINK FLOYD - THE WALL (Roger Waters, Michael Kamen), WHEN THE WIND BLOWS (Roger Waters) [Cinematheque: Aero]
A STAR IS BORN (Max Steiner) [AMPAS]
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO (Barry Gray), THUNDERBIRD 6 (Barry Gray) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE WARRIORS (Barry DeVorzon) [Nuart]

June 30
ENTER THE VOID (Thomas Bangalter)  [New Beverly]
THE GOONIES (Dave Grusin) [AMPAS]
HARD TICKET TO HAWAII (Gary Stockdale), THE BLUE LAGOON (Basil Poledouris), THE BEACH (Angelo Badalamenti) [Silent Movie Theater]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (Elmer Bernstein) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
STOP MAKING SENSE, STAX REVUE 1977 [Cinematheque: Aero]

July 1
MONTEREY POP [Cinematheque: Aero]
1776 (Sherman Edwards, Ray Heinford) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]