The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 276 filmmakers who have been just been invited this year to join the Academy, including composers Ramin Djawadi, Joe Hisaishi (a welcome surprise), Henry Jackman, Cliff Martinez, J. Ralph and Aaron Zigman; songwriters Siedah Garrett and Prince (you know, that guy); and music editors Ramiro Belgardt and Jennifer Dunnington. They also invited composer Normand Roger, but into the Short Films and Animation Branch, since his specialty is scoring animated short films, and Miriam Cutler, whose many scores for documentaries include the nominated shorts Poster Girl and Kings Point, was invited into the Documentary Branch.
I am on vacation this week, so if anything important happened in film music since the beginning of July, you are highly unlikely to find it here. Actually, looking here is probably your best bet. Happy 4th of July weekend! (cue Bill Pullman saying "This will be OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!")
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Gli Invincibili Tre - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Saimel
Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Vol. 2 - Frederik Wiedmann - La-La Land
Patriot Games - James Horner - La-La Land
Summer in February - Benjamin Wallfisch - Universal (import)
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Crash Reel - Moby
Despicable Me 2 - Pharrell Williams, Heitor Pereira - Score CD on Backlot
Just Like a Woman - Eric Neveux
Laurence Anyways - Noia
The Lone Ranger - Hans Zimmer - Score CD due July 23 from Intrada/Disney
The Look of Love - Antony Glenn, Martin Slattery
The Way, Way Back - Rob Simonsen - Song CD with one score cue on Columbia
You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet - Mark Snow
COMING SOON
July 9
Byzantium - Javier Navarrete - Silva (import)
Copperhead - Laurent Eyquem - Varese Sarabande
Game of Thrones: Season Three - Ramin Djawadi - Watertower
Pacific Rim - Ramin Djawadi - Watertower [CD-R]
July 16
The Conjuring - Joseph Bishara - La-La Land
The Legend of Korra - Jeremy Zuckerman - Nickolodeon/Sony
Only God Forgives - Cliff Martinez - Milan
Turbo - Henry Jackman, songs - Relativity Media
Young Justice - Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter - La-La Land
July 23
The Hangover Trilogy - Christophe Beck - Varese Sarabande
The Lone Ranger - Hans Zimmer - Intrada/Disney
Romeo and Juliet - James Horner - Sony (import)
The Smurfs 2 - Heitor Pereira - Varese Sarabande
White House Down - Thomas Wander, Harald Kloser - Varese Sarabande
July 30
Caprica (the series) - Bear McCreary - La-La Land
The Wolverine - Marco Beltrami - Sony
August 6
Elysium - Ryan Amon - Varese Sarabande
Planes - Mark Mancina - Disney
Prince Avalanche - David Wingo, Explosions in the Sky - Temporary Residence
August 13
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das - J. Mascis, Devadas - Varese Sarabande
August 20
Kick-Ass 2 - Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson - La-La Land
September 3
The Vikings - Trevor Morris - Sony (import)
Date Unknown
Arthur of the Britons - Elmer Bernstein, Paul Lewis - Silva
Blondy - Stelvio Cipriani - Quartet
Cicciolina Amore Mio - Gianni Marchetti - Beat
The Far Horizons/The Secret of the Incas - Hans J. Salter, David Buttolph - Kritzerland
I, the Jury - Bill Conti - La-La Land
Il Tigre - Fred Bongusto - GDM
Io La Conscevo Bene - Piero Piccioni - Beat
La Banca Di Monate - Carlo Rustichelli - Digitmovies
La Grande Notte Di Ringo - Armando Trovajoli - Digitmovies
La Legenda Della Pianista - Ennio Morricone - Digitmovies
Leonor - Ennio Morricone - GDM
Once Upon a Time: Season Two - Mark Isham - Intrada
Revenge - iZLER - Intrada
Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope - Blake Neely - Buysoundtrax
Star Trek: Music from the Video Games - various - Buysoundtrax
Stark System - Ennio Morricone - Beat
Timanfaya - Stelvio Cipriani - Quartet
Wyatt Earp - James Newton Howard - La-La Land
The X-Files, Vol. 2 - Mark Snow - La-La Land
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
July 5 - Jerry Fielding's score for the Star Trek episode "Spectre of the Gun" is recorded (1968)
July 6 - Hanns Eisler born (1898)
July 6 - John Ottman born (1964)
July 6 - Ron Goodwin begins recording his score to Force 10 from Navarone (1978)
July 6 - John Williams begins recording his score for Superman (1978)
July 6 - Frank Cordell died (1980)
July 7 - Johnny Mandel begins recording his score for Point Blank (1967)
July 7 - Gerald Fried's score for the Star Trek episode "Friday's Child" is recorded (1967)
July 7 - Recording sessions begin on James Newton Howard's score for The Fugitive (1993)
July 8 - Bob Alcivar born (1938)
July 8 - Jay Chattaway born (1946)
July 8 - John Addison records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Pumpkin Competition" (1986)
July 9 - Richard Hageman born (1882)
July 9 - Earle Hagen born (1919)
July 9 - Paul Chihara born (1938)
July 9 - Harald Kloser born (1956)
July 9 - Conrad Salinger died (1961)
July 9 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for The Outfit (1973)
July 9 - James Horner records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Alamo Jobe"(1985)
July 10 - Georges Delerue begins recording his score for The Pick-Up Artist (1987)
July 11 - Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Maxie (1985)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
I’M SO EXCITED - Alberto Iglesias
"The sex jokes and performances are as broad as a barn, but it’s a stylishly painted one: the design, right down to the crisp red-and-white trim on the stewards’ spiffy sky-blue uniforms, is delicious, and the lush orchestral score by longtime Almodóvar collaborator Alberto Iglesias slyly references both Hitchcock thrillers and classic disaster films."
Dana Stevens, Slate.com
"The tech crew is largely composed of Almodovar stalwarts, with Alberto Iglesiqas’ score drawing on classic cinema suspense tropes to comically bathetic effects, while d.p. Jose Luis Alcaine squeezes the maximum from the inevitably restricted palettes available to him."
Jonathan Holland, Variety
WHITE HOUSE DOWN - Thomas Wander, Harald Kloser
'The underscoring by Thomas Wander and Harald Kloser is wallpapered early on but works fine when the film kicks into suspense mode."
David Rooney, 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, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.
July 5
DOWNHILL [LACMA]
JAWS (John Williams) [Nuart]
JAWS (John Williams), TINTORERA: KILLER SHARK (Basil Poledouris), BLUE WATER, WHITE DEATH (Tom Chapin) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE LAST WALTZ [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE LODGER [LACMA]
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Ennio Morricone) [Silent Movie Theater]
POSSESSION (Andrzej Korzynski) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE RIGHT STUFF (Bill Conti) [New Beverly]
SMOKE SIGNALS (BC Smith) [LACMA]
July 6
THE 'BURBS (Jerry Goldsmith) [New Beverly]
CHAMPAGNE [LACMA]
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Ennio Morricone) [Silent Movie Theater]
PIRANHA (Pino Donaggio), GRIZZLY (Robert O. Ragland), ALLIGATOR (Craig Hundley) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
PLAYTIME (Francis Lemarque) [LACMA]
THE RIGHT STUFF (Bill Conti) [New Beverly]
THE RING [LACMA]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind), ROOM 237 (William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes) [Cinematheque: Aero]
July 7
FUNNY GIRL (Jule Styne, Walter Scharf) [Cinematheque: Aero]
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (Ennio Morricone) [Silent Movie Theater]
July 8
TRICK BABY (James Bond) [Silent Movie Theater]
July 9
LABYRINTH (Trevor Jones) [LACMA]
July 10
DRESSED TO KILL [Silent Movie Theater]
July 11
THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (Walter Scharf), WHO'S MINDING THE STORE? (Joseph J. Lilley) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (Frank Skinner), FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN, MAN MADE MONSTER (Hans J. Salter) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
July 12
AMERICAN GIGOLO (Giorgio Moroder), LIGHT SLEEPER (Michael Been) [UCLA]
BADLANDS (George Aliceson Tipton) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CLUELESS (David Kitay) [AMPAS]
EASY VIRTUE [LACMA]
FLASH GORDON (Queen, Howard Blake), BARBARELLA (Bob Crewe, Charles Fox) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
L'AVVENTURA (Giovanni Fusco) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE PLEASURE GARDEN [LACMA]
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (John DuPrez), TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES II: SECRET OF THE OOZE (John DuPrez) [Silent Movie Theater]
July 13
BLACKMAIL [LACMA]
CAT PEOPLE (Giorgio Moroder), DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (Angelo Badalamenti, Trevor Rabin) [UCLA]
THE FARMER'S WIFE [LACMA]
KING KONG (Max Steiner) [AMPAS]
L'AVVENTURA (Giovanni Fusco) [Silent Movie Theater]
PUSHER (Povl Kristian, Peter Peter), WITH BLOOD ON MY HANDS: PUSHER II (Peter Peter), I'M THE ANGEL OF DEATH: PUSHER III (Peter Peter) [New Beverly]RAGING BULL [Cinematheque: Aero]
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (George M. Cohan, Ray Heindorf, Heinz Roemheld) [UCLA]
July 14
THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN, THE SONG OF SONGS [Cinematheque: Aero]
L'AVVENTURA (Giovanni Fusco) [Silent Movie Theater]
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