In fairly predictable but still extremely welcome soundtrack news, GNP Crescendo has announced that the next in their series of expanded Star Trek scores (following Generations, First Contact and The Best of Both Worlds) will be a greatly expanded version of Jerry Goldsmith's penultimate score for the franchise, STAR TREK: INSURRECTION. Though the film was a disappointing follow-up to the first-rate First Contact, more like a bland but expensive two-part episode than a memorable entry in the canon, it benefited from striking visual effects, and impressive supporting cast (Donna Murphy, F. Murray Abraham, Gregg Henry, Anthony Zerbe) and Goldsmith's strong and varied symphonic score. The GNP Crescendo CD features Goldsmith's 71 minute score plus 7 minutes of alternate cues.
The latest release from Kritzerland features the original score tracks, released for the first time, from a film and film music classic -- George Stevens' 1951 film version of Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy, the classic romantic drama A PLACE IN THE SUN, with Montgomery Clift as the working-class man torn between girlfriend Shelley Winters (who earned a Best Actress nomination while transitioning from '40s sexpot to a decades-long, Oscar-laden career as a character actress) and wealthy Elizabeth Taylor (you can think of the film as Match Point '51). Stevens won his first Best Director Oscar for the film, and the great Franz Waxman won his second consecutive Score Oscar, following his classic Sunset Blvd. The Kritzerland CD (limited to 1000 units, and like the label's wonderful release of Raksin's Laura, a plausible quick sell-out) features the surviving score tracks, including pieces from both Waxman's original version and cues rescored from Waxman material by Victor Young and Daniele Amfitheatrof.
Music Box has announced three upcoming CDs featuring music from three popular film composers, including one Oscar winner and an Oscar-nominated fan favorite -- two previously unreleased Alan Silvestri scores, the amnesia-themed comedy-mystery CLEAN SLATE and director Mira Nair's comedy drama THE PEREZ FAMILY; music from three Gabriel Yared scores, including the 1990 romantic adventure THE KING'S WHORE, starring Timothy Dalton and Valeria Golino; and two Claude Bolling scores, LA MANDARINE and LA REVANCHIE.
Perseverance has announced two upcoming soundtrack CDs -- the original LP tracks from director Herbert Ross' amazing 1981 film version of the acclaimed Dennis Potter miniseries PENNIES FROM HEAVEN, featuring the original period recordings from the film plus some additional arrangements for the score by Marvin Hamlisch and Billy May; and Brian Ralston's score for the 2012 sports drama CROOKED ARROWS, starring former Superman Brandon Routh and directed by Steve Rash (The Buddy Holly Story, Can't Buy Me Love).
Howlin' Wolf has announced two upcoming CDs -- Wojciech Golczewski's score for the European horror film DARK SOULS, and a CD pairing two scores by Tony Riparetti, COOL AIR and INVASION.
Buysoundtrax has announced two upcoming CDs - an expanded, two-disc edition of Alan Howarth's score for THE LOST EMPIRE, and a collection of re-recordings of MUSIC FROM THE FILMS OF RIDLEY SCOTT, including cues from such popular scores as Alien, Blade Runner and Gladiator.
The Academy of Television Arts and Science has announced this year's Primetime Emmy nominations, including the following music categories:
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
THE GIRL - Philip Miller
MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD - Ivor Guest, Robert Logan
PARADE'S END: PART 5 - Dirk Brossé
RESTLESS: PART 2 - Lorne David Balfe
RING OF FIRE: Anton Sanko
WORLD WITHOUT END: MEDIEVAL LIFE AND DEATH - Mychael Danna
OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - Flight Of The Phoenix - David Schwartz
THE BORGIAS - The Prince - Trevor Morris
DOWNTON ABBEY - Episode 6 - John Lunn
HOUSE OF CARDS - Chapter 1 - Jeff Beal
LAST RESORT - Captain - Robert Duncan
MR SELFRIDGE (MASTERPIECE) - Episode 1 - Charlie Mole
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
THE AMERICANS - Nathan W. Barr
COPPER - Brian A. Keane
DA VINCI'S DEMONS - Bear McCreary
ELEMENTARY -Sean P. Callery
HEMLOCK GROVE - Nathan W. Barr
HOUSE OF CARDS - Jeff Beal
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
NASHVILLE - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive – “ Nothing In This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again” - Music & Lyrics by Sarah Jane Buxton, Kate York
THE NEIGHBORS - Sing Like A Larry Bird - “More Or Less The Kind Of Thing You May Or May Not Possibly See On Broadway” - Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Glenn Slater
66TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS – “ If I Had Time” - Music by David Javerbaum., Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger
SMASH - The Parents – “Hang The Moon” – Music by Marc Shaiman, Lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman
SMASH - The Bells And Whistles - “I Hear Your Voice In A Dream” - Music & Lyrics by Andrew McMahon
30 ROCK - Hogock!/Last Lunch/ - “Rural Juror” – Music by Jeff Richmond, Lyrics by Richmond, Tina Fey, Tracey Wigfield
OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
CHRISTMAS IN WASHINGTON - Ian Fraser
THE KENNEDY CENTER HONORS - Rob Berman, Rob Mathes
THE OSCARS - William Ross
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S CAROUSEL (LIVE FROM LINCOLN CENTER) - Rob Fisher
66TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS -Elliot Lawrence
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Beneath - Fall on Your Sword - Milan
The Conjuring - Joseph Bishara - La-La Land
Crusoe - Michael Kamen - Quartet
The Legend of Korra - Jeremy Zuckerman - Nickelodeon/Sony
Mona Lisa/Castaway - Michael Kamen, Stanley Myers/Hans Zimmer - Quartet
Only God Forgives - Cliff Martinez - Milan
Turbo - songs, 6 Henry Jackman cues - Relativity Media
Turbulence - Shirley Walker - La-La Land
Young Justice - Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, Kristopher Carter - La-La Land
IN THEATERS TODAY
Blackfish - Jeff Beal
Broken - Electric Wave Bureau
The Conjuring - Joseph Bishara - Score CD on La-La Land
Dealin' with Idiots - Larry Goldings
Evidence - Atli Orvarsson
Girl Most Likely - Rob Simonsen
Only God Forgives - Cliff Martinez - Score CD on Milan
RED 2 - Alan Silvestri - Score CD due July 30 on La-La Land
R.I.P.D. - Christophe Beck
Turbo - Henry Jackman - Song and score (6 cues) CD on Relativity Media
Ways to Live Forever - Cesar Bonito - Score CD on MovieScore Media
COMING SOON
July 23
The Hangover Trilogy - Christophe Beck - Varese Sarabande
The Lone Ranger - Hans Zimmer - Intrada/Disney
The Lost Empire - Alan Howarth - Buysoundtrax
Music from the Films of Ridley Scott - various - Buysoundtrax
White House Down - Thomas Wander, Harald Kloser - Varese Sarabande
The Wolverine - Marco Beltrami - Sony
July 30
Caprica (the series) - Bear McCreary - La-La Land
Cool Air/Invasion - Tony Riparetti - Howlin' Wolf
Dark Souls - Wojciech Golczewski - Howlin' Wolf
Red 2 - Alan Silvestri - La-La Land
August 6
Elysium - Ryan Amon - Varese Sarabande
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters - Andrew Lockington - Sony
Planes - Mark Mancina - Disney
Prince Avalanche - David Wingo, Explosions in the Sky - Temporary Residence
The Smurfs 2 - Heitor Pereira - Varese Sarabande
Star Trek: Insurrection - Jerry Goldsmith - GNP Crescendo
August 13
Crooked Arrows - Brian Ralston - Perseverance
Pennies from Heaven - songs, Marvin Hamlisch, Billy May - Perseverance
August 20
Dexter: Season 7 - Daniel Licht - Milan
Kick-Ass 2 - Henry Jackman, Matthew Margeson - La-La Land
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones - Atli Orvarsson - Milan
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das - J. Mascis, Devadas - Varese Sarabande
September 3
Adore - Christopher Gordon - Varese Sarabande
Hemlock Grove - Nathan Barr - Varese Sarabande
The Vikings - Trevor Morris - Sony (import)
September 10
The X-Files, Vol. 2 - Mark Snow - La-La Land
Date Unknown
Arthur of the Britons - Elmer Bernstein, Paul Lewis - Silva
Clean Slate/The Perez Family - Alan Silvestri - Music Box
The Hour - Daniel Giorgetti, Kevin Sargent - Silva
I, the Jury - Bill Conti - La-La Land
The King's Whore/The Diagonal Crazy/The Instinct of the Angel - Gabriel Yared - Music Box
La Mandarine/La Revanchie - Claude Bolling - Music Box
The Missouri Breaks - John Williams - Kritzerland
Once Upon a Time: Season Two - Mark Isham - Intrada
The Paradise - Mario Malagnini - Silva
A Place in the Sun - Franz Waxman - Kritzerland
Revenge - iZLER - Intrada
Space Shuttle Columbia: Mission of Hope - Blake Neely - Buysoundtrax
Star Trek: Music from the Video Games - various - Buysoundtrax
Wyatt Earp - James Newton Howard - La-La Land
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
July 19 - Paul Dunlap born (1919)
July 19 - Dominic Muldowney born (1952)
July 19 - Gerald Fried's score for the Star Trek episode "Amok Time" is recorded (1967)
July 19 - Gerald Fried's score for the Star Trek episode "The Paradise Syndrome" is recorded (1968)
July 20 - Since You Went Away released in theaters (1944)
July 20 - Gail Kubik died (1984)
July 21 - Jerry Goldsmith died (2004)
July 22 - Alan Menken born (1949)
July 22 - John Barry begins recording the orchestral score to King Kong (1976)
July 22 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Go to the Head of the Class" (1986)
July 23 - Bill Lee born (1928)
July 23 - Leith Stevens died (1970)
July 23 - Georges Auric died (1983)
July 23 - John Addison records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Greible" (1986)
July 23 - Hans J. Salter died (1994)
July 23 - Piero Piccioni died (2004)
July 24 - Robert Farnon born (1917)
July 24 - Wilfred Josephs born (1927)
July 24 - Les Reed born (1929)
July 24 - High Noon released (1952)
July 24 - Leo Shuken died (1976)
July 25 - Don Ellis born (1934)
July 25 - Thurston Moore born (1958)
July 25 - Bruce Broughton records his unused adaptations of Bach for The Accidental Tourist (1988)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
PACIFIC RIM - Ramin Djawadi
"The fight scenes evoke fond memories of 'Godzilla' and a thousand movies where guys in rubber suits battled through cardboard miniatures of downtown Tokyo. The difference is that Del Toro has replaced the cheesy rubber suits and collapsible skyscrapers with sharp state-of-the-art computer animation, with an eye-popping level of detail and sophistication. Coupled with powerful sound design and a thunderous score by Ramin Djawadi ('Game of Thrones'), the overall effect is astonishing. This is a rare instance where seeing it in IMAX 3-D is worth the extra money."
Sean P. Means, Salt Lake Tribune
"Fully half of 'Pacific Rim' consists of computer renderings of Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots (or something close) fighting with computerized images of monster dinosaurs. These images - shown in rapid-fire cuts so you almost have no time to notice they're mundane - are accompanied by a soundtrack of nonstop noise: Blaring brass instruments, sounds of waves crashing, a soaring chorus ('Ahh! Ohh! Ahh!') and the deafening clang of grinding machinery."
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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 19
BATHING BEAUTY (Johnny Green), TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME (Adolph Deutsch) [Cinematheque: Aero]
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Wendy Carlos) [Nuart]
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Miklos Rozsa) [LACMA]
ERASERHEAD (David Lynch) [Silent Movie Theater]
PATTY HEARST (Scott Johnson), AUTO FOCUS (Angelo Badalamenti) [UCLA]
POINT BREAK (Mark Isham) [AMPAS]
THE SALVATION HUNTERS [LACMA]
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Nigel Godrich) [New Beverly]
SOLARIS (Edward Artemyev) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (Franz Waxman), ADAM'S RIB (Miklos Rozsa) [New Beverly]
WONDERWALL (George Harrison) [Silent Movie Theater]
July 20
BIG (Howard Shore) [AMPAS]
THE SACRIFICE, THE MIRROR (Edward Artemyev) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE (Dave Grusin), BUSTING (Billy Goldenberg), MACHO CALLAHAN (Patrick Williams) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE WITNESSES (Philippe Sarde) [UCLA]
WOMAN OF THE YEAR (Franz Waxman), ADAM'S RIB (Miklos Rozsa) [New Beverly]
July 21
AFFLICTION (Michael Brook), BLUE COLLAR (Jack Nitzsche)
ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (James William Guercio), CORKY (John Parker, Jerry Styner) [Silent Movie Theater]
ENTER THE DRAGON (Lalo Schifrin) [Arclight Hollywood]
NOSTALGHIA [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE STING (Marvin Hamlisch), SLAP SHOT (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]
U2 3D [Cinematheque: Aero]
July 22
THE STING (Marvin Hamlisch), SLAP SHOT (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]
THE WALKER (Anne Dudley) [UCLA]
July 23
DAZED AND CONFUSED [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
THE GRADUATE (Dave Grusin) [Arclight Hollywood]
THE STING (Marvin Hamlisch), SLAP SHOT (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]
THEM! (Bronislau Kaper) [Silent Movie Theater]
July 24
AUTOPSY (Ennio Morricone), TORSO (Guido & Maurizio De Angelis) [New Beverly]
July 25
CAPTAIN BLOOD (Erich Wolfgang Korngold), SECRETS OF THE BLUE ROOM (Heinz Letto) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY [Arclight Hollywood]
SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (Cliff Martinez), KING OF THE HILL (Cliff Martinez) [New Beverly]
UP IN SMOKE (Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel) [LACMA]
July 26
ADAM RESURRECTED (Gabriel Yared) [UCLA]
AIRPLANE! (Elmer Bernstein) [Nuart]
BLAZING SADDLES (John Morris) [AMPAS]
THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN (Arlon Ober) [Silent Movie Theater]
SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (Cliff Martinez), KING OF THE HILL (Cliff Martinez) [New Beverly]
SOLARIS (Edward Artemyev) [Cinematheque: Aero]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
July 27
ANDREI RUBLEV (Vyacheslov Ovchinnikov) [Cinematheque: Aero]
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [LACMA]
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD (Fred Mollin, Harry Manfredini) [New Beverly]
MIRACLE MILE (Tangerine Dream) [LACMA]
NOAH'S ARK [UCLA]
OUR MAN IN HAVANA [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE WILD BUNCH (Jerry Fielding) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN (Bernardo Bonezzi) [AMPAS]
July 28
THE COMFORT OF STRANGERS (Angelo Badalamenti), FOREVER MINE (Angelo Badalamenti) [UCLA]
JACKIE BROWN, ACROSS 110TH STREET (J.J. Johnson) [New Beverly]
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Paul Smith) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
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