Kritzerland has announced a new CD featuring two scores by three-time Oscar winner Maurice Jarre -- the military caded drama TAPS, starring Timothy Hutton, Sean Penn and Tom Cruise, which had been previously as an out-of-print CD from the Varese Club; and the first-ever release of the surviving score tracks for Oscar-winner George Stevens' final feature, THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, a romance set in Las Vegas (but filmed in France -- such are the whims of '60s movie stars) pairing Elizabeth Taylor and Warren Beatty.

Quartet has announced three new score CDs -- Lalo Schfrin's music for the thriller sequel F/X 2, reteaming Bryan Brown and Brian Dennehy (Bill Conti scored the original); Ron Goodwin's music for the 1976 Disney adventure film ESCAPE FROM THE DARK (released in the U.S. as The Littlest Horse Thieves), including the score tracks released on the British soundtrack LP as well as previously unreleased cues; and the first release of Mario Nascimbene's complete score for the 1961 Italian comedy drama LA RAGAZZA CON LA VALIGIA (Girl with a Suitcase), starring Clauda Cardinale. 

CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

Arrested Development - David Schwartz - Varese Sarabande
The Book Thief - John Williams - Sony
Che Casino Con Pierino/3 Supermen Contro Il Padrino - Nico Fidenco - Beat
Contracted - Kevin Riepl - Amazon [CD-R]
Fitzwilly - John WIlliams - Music Box
Heaven Can Wait/Racing with the Moon - Dave Grusin - Kritzerland
The Man from the Deep River - Daniele Patucchi - Beat
Nebraska - Mark Orton - Milan
Niente Rose Per OSS 117 - Piero Piccioni - Beat
Poveri Ma Bellie - Giorgio Fabor - Digitmovies
Visit to a Small Planet/The Delicate Delinquent - Leigh Harline/Buddy Bregman - Kritzerland
Whatever Happened to Toto Baby/The Honorables - Armando Trovaioli - Digitmovies

IN THEATERS TODAY

Approved for Adoption - Siegfried Canto, Little Comet
Contracted - Kevin Riepl - Score CD-R from Amazon
Delivery Man - Jon Brion
Faust - Andrey Sigle
Frozen - Christophe Beck - Deluxe 2-disc score and song set due Nov. 26 from Disney
Geography Club - Lior Rosner
The Great Beauty - Lele Marchitelli - Soundtrack CD La Grande Bellezza on Indigo (import)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - James Newton Howard - Score CD due Nov. 26 on Universal Republic
Philomena - Alexandre Desplat

COMING SOON

November 26
Frozen - Christophe Beck - Disney
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - James Newton Howard - Universal Republic
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom - Alex Heffes - Decca
December 10
Bonnie and Clyde - John Debney - La-La Land
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Howard Shore - Watertower
Hours - Benjamin Wallfisch - Varese Sarabande
Oldboy - Roque Banos - Varese Sarabande
Person of Interest: Season Two - Ramin Djawadi - Varese Sarabande
Saving Mr. Banks - Thomas Newman, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman - Disney
December 17
47 Ronin - Ilan Eshkeri - Varese Sarabande
Date Unknown
Aegis (re-release) - Trevor Jones - Island
Agalja - Zbigniew Preisner - Quartet
Airport (re-release) - Alfred Newman - MCA (import)
Airport 1975 (re-release) - John Cacavas - MCA (import)
American Friends - Georges Delerue -Music Box
The Angel Trilogy - Craig Safan/Christopher Young/Eric Allaman - Buysoundtrax
The Best of Silent Hill - Akira Yamaoka - Perseverance
The Doll Squad - Nicholas Carras - Monstrous Movie Music
Escape from The Dark (The Littlest Horse Thieves) - Ron Goodwin - Quartet
Exploding Sun - James Gelfand - MovieScore Media/Kronos
Frida (re-release) - Elliot Goldenthal - Universal (import)
F/X 2 - Lalo Schifrin - Quartet
Jurassic Park (re-release) - John Williams - MCA (import)
La Ragazza Con La Valigia - Mario Nascimbene - Quartet
The Little Wizard - Panu Aaltio, Mark Timon Barcelo, Miguel Cordeiro - MovieScore Media/Kronos
Lolita - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
Music from The X-Files: 20th Anniversary Celebration (re-recordings) - Mark Snow - Buysoundtrax
Patrick - Pino Donaggio - Quartet
Recycling Lily - Phillip Schweidler, Moritz Schneider - MovieScore Media/Kronos
Rollercoaster (re-release) - Lalo Schifrin - MCA (import)
Saladino - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Kronos
A Secret/Menachem & Fred - Zbigniew Preisner - Quartet
Shine (re-release) - David Hirschfelder - Phillips (import)
Taps/The Only Game in Town - Maurice Jarre - Kritzerland
Thief - Tangerine Dream - Perseverance
Un Dollaro Bucato - Gianni Ferrio - Digitmovies
The World Is Not Enough (re-release) - David Arnold - MCA (import)

THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY

November 22 - Benjamin Britten born (1913)
November 22 - Craig Hundley aka Craig Huxley born (1954)
November 22 - W. Franke Harling died (1958)
November 23 - Jack Marshall born (1921)
November 23 - Johnny Mandel born (1925)
November 23 - David Spear born (1953)
November 23 - Clifford Vaughan died (1987)
November 23 - Irwin Kostal died (1994)
November 24 - Manuel De Sica born (1949)
November 24 - Pino Donaggio born (1941)
November 25 - Virgil Thomson born (1896)
November 25 - Stanley Wilson born (1915)
November 25 - Daniele Amfitheatrof begins recording his score for The Last Hunt (1956)
November 25 - Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for Grand Prix (1966)
November 26 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for The Killer Elite (1975)
November 26 - Bernardo Segall died (1993)
November 27 - Stanley Black died (2002)
November 27 - Richard Stone born (1953)
November 27 - Arthur Honegger died (1955)
November 27 - Bernard Herrmann marries Norma Shepherd, his third and final wife (1967)
November 27 - Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1969)
November 28 - Mario Nascimbene (1913)
November 28 - Gato Barbieri born (1934)
November 28 - Randy Newman born (1943)
November 28 - Laurence Rosenthal begins recording his score to Clash of the Titans (1980)

DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?

ABOUT TIME - Nick Laird-Clowes

"If two appealing stars and a nice, warm cup of philosophical cocoa are enough for you -- plus a yearn-rock soundtrack by Nick Laird-Clowes, of the 1980s band The Dream Academy -- then 'About Time' is your movie. You don't even have to put it on repeat."

Rafer Guzman, Newsday

"A hugely successful one-man brand whose credits as screenwriter and director have raked in well over a billion dollars to date, Richard Curtis set the gold standard for transatlantic rom-coms over much of the last 20 years. The 56-year-old comedy veteran describes his third writer-director project as his most personal to date, but it still ticks plenty of familiar boxes. Emotionally repressed upper-class Brits? Check. Well-heeled West London milieu? Check? Anglo-American boy-girl romance? Gently whimsical tone? Syrupy musical score? Wedding? Funeral? Check, check, check."

Stephen Dalton, 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.

November 22
THE ARCH (Tsan-luan Yu), CHINA BEHIND [UCLA]
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME (Philip Glass) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE FUGITIVE (Richard Hageman), TWO MULES FOR SISTER SARA (Ennio Morricone) [LACMA]
JOHN F. KENNEDY: YEARS OF LIGHTNING, DAY OF DRUMS (Bruce Herschenson) [AMPAS]
OLDBOY (Yeeong-wook Jo) [Nuart]
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3 (Barry Goldberg) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE SPECTACULAR NOW (Rob Simonsen), THE WORLD'S END (Steven Price) [New Beverly]

November 23
CONVOY (Chip Davis) [Silent Movie Theater]
LA DOLCE VITA (Nino Rota) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA (Benjamin Frankel) [LACMA]
SLEEPY HOLLOW (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
THE SPECTACULAR NOW (Rob Simonsen), THE WORLD'S END (Steven Price) [New Beverly]
UNDER THE VOLCANO (Alex North) [LACMA]
UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Franz Waxman), LADY IN A JAM (Frank Skinner) [UCLA]
YOU'LL NEVER GET RICH (Morris Stoloff) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]

November 24
A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME (Philip Glass) [Silent Movie Theater]
NIGHTMARE ALLEY (Earle Hagen) [UCLA]
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (Leith Stevens), THE TIME MACHINE (Russell Garcia) [New Beverly]

November 25
THE PEACH BLOSSOM LAND [UCLA]
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (Leith Stevens), THE TIME MACHINE (Russell Garcia) [New Beverly]

November 26
BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (Paul Glass) [LACMA]
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (Leith Stevens), THE TIME MACHINE (Russell Garcia) [New Beverly]

November 27
PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (Ira Newborn), UNCLE BUCK (Ira Newborn) [Cinematheque: Aero]

November 28
It's Thanksgiving. Perhaps today would be a nice day to skip going to the movies, and spend time with loved ones instead (also, apparently there's nothing old playing, just the new crap).

November 29
CASABLANCA (Max Steiner), THE MALTESE FALCON (Adolph Deutsch) [New Beverly]
MEAN GIRLS (Rolfe Kent) [Nuart]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind), ROOM 237 (William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Lennie Hayton) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THEY LIVE (John Carpenter, Alan Howarth) [Silent Movie Theater]

November 30
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (George Gershwin, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin) [Cinematheque: Aero]
CASABLANCA (Max Steiner), THE MALTESE FALCON (Adolph Deutsch) [New Beverly]
THE CROODS (Alan Silvestri) [LACMA]
HEAVEN'S GATE (David Mansfield) [Silent Movie Theater]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Cinematheque: Egyptian]

December 1
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Joe Hisaishi) [Cinematheque: Aero]
PACIFIC RIM (Ramin Djawadi), HELLBOY (Marco Beltrami) [New Beverly]