Quartet has announced their upcoming batch of CDs -- this week they plan to release Randy Edelman's score for the family drama PONTIAC MOON, starring Ted Danson (a CD was originally announced in 1994 but was canceled when the film only ended up with a regional relaese), and a three-disc set of Marcello Giombini and Bruno Nicolai's music for THE SABATA TRILOGY (Sabata; Adios, Sabata; The Return of Sabata); on March 24 they will release a CD pairing Lalo Schifrin's previously unreleased scores for the creepy 1974 mystery MAN ON A SWING, starring Cliff Robertson and Joel Grey, and the cult classic 1967 spy comedy THE PRESIDENT'S ANALYST, starring James Coburn and Godfrey Cambridge, and a CD pairing Henry Mancini's creepiest score, for the 1971 thriller THE NIGHT VISITOR (which has perhaps the most eclectic and unexpected cast and crew of any horror film -- Max von Sydow, Liv Ullman, Trevor Howard and Death of a Salesman director Laslo Benedek), with his music for the forgotten romantic comedy SECOND THOUGHTS, starring Lucie Arnaz and Ken Howard; and on March 31 they will release JOURNAL D'UNE FEMME DE CHAMBRE, the latest version of Diary of a Chambermaid, scored by Bruno Coulais.
Intrada plans to release two new CDs next week.
Good news for diehard Jerome Moross fans -- on May 19, P.S. Classics will present the first-ever complete recording to the score for his 1954 Broadway musical THE GOLDEN APPLE, which Ken Mandelbaum's book Not Since Carrie proclaimed as the most undeservingly unsuccessful musical in Broadway history (the Original Cast LP and later CD featured only a selection of Moross's lengthy song score.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Bankstas - Steve London - Phineas Atwood
Chicago Fire: Season One - Atli Orvarsson - Phineas Atwood
Chicago Fire: Season Two - Atli Orvarsson - Phineas Atwood
Cinderella - Patrick Doyle - Disney
The Dogs of War - Geoffrey Burgon - La-La Land
Intersection - James Newton Howard - Quartet
Magic - Jerry Goldsmith - La-La Land
Palimpsest: A Hypnotic Mystery - Bartek Gliniak - MovieScore Media
Pontiac Moon - Randy Edelman - Quartet
Reach Me - Tree Adams - Phineas Atwood
Red Army - Christophe Beck, Leo Birenberg - Milan
Regarding Susan Sontag - Laura Karpman, Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum - Phineas Atwood
The Sabata Trilogy - Marcello Giombini, Bruno Nicolai - Quartet
Shrunken Heads - Richard Band - Wizard
Soapdish - Alan Silvestri - Quartet
Wolf Hall - Debbie Wiseman - Silva (import)
IN THEATERS TODAY
Cinderella - Patrick Doyle - Score CD on Disney
The Cobbler - John Debney, Nick Urata - Score CD due March 31 on Lakeshore
Cymbeline - David Ludwig
Eva - Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Will Bates - Score CD due April 7 on Milan
Home Sweet Hell - Josh Kelley
It Follows - Disasterpeace - Score CD due March 24 on Milan
The Lovers - Dirk Brosse
Muck - Dan Marschak, Miles Senzaki
October Gale - Mischa Chillak
Run All Night - Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) - Score CD-R on Watertower
Walter - Dan Romer
COMING SOON
March 17
Chappie - Hans Zimmer - Varese Sarabande
Galavant - Alan Menken - Disney
Jupiter Ascending (U.S. release) - Michael Giacchino - Varese Sarabande
Suite Francaise - Rael Jones - Sony (import)
March 24
The Egyptian - Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann - La-La Land
It Follows - Disasterpeace - Milan
Man on a Swing/The President's Analyst - Lalo Schifrin - Quartet
The Night Visitor/Second Thoughts - Henry Mancnini - Quartet
March 31
The Cobbler - John Debney, Nick Urata - Lakeshore
The Face of an Angel - Harry Escott - Silva (import)
Furious 7 - Brian Tyler - Back Lot
Journal D'Une Femme De Chambre - Bruno Coulais - Quartet
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie: Sponge Out of Water - John Debney - Varese Sarabande
April 7
Chuck - Tim Jones - Varese Sarabande
Debug - Timothy Williams - Phineas Atwood
Desert Dancer - Benjamin Wallfisch - Varese Sarabande
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Will Bates - Milan
Good Kill - Christophe Beck - Lakeshore
Merchants of Doubt - Mark Adler - Lakeshore
Playing It Cool - Jake Monaco - Phineas Atwood
Unfinished Business - Alex Wurman - Lakeshore
Words and Pictures - Paul Grabowsky - Phineas Atwood
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal - Javier Navarrete - Lakeshore
April 14
A Brief History of Time - Philip Glass - Orange Mountain
April 28
Virunga - Patrick Jonsson - Varese Sarabande
May 5
Demonic Toys - Richard Band - Full Moon
Girlhouse - tomandandy - Phineas Atwood
Journey to Space - Cody Westheimer - Phineas Atwood
Meridian - Pino Donaggio - Full Moon
The Rewrite - Clyde Lawrence - Phineas Atwood
May 12
Max Max: Fury Road - Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) - WaterTower
Date Unknown
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain - Benjamin Wallfisch - MovieScore Media
El Arbol Sin Sombra - Marc Timon Barcelo - ScreamWorks
The Gunman - Marco Beltrami - Silva
Il Fiume Del Grande Camiano - Stelvio Cipriani - CSC
La Fille Du Garde Barriere - Eric Demarsan - Music Box
Les Temoins/Les Oubliees - Eric Demarsan - Music Box
L'Istruttoria E' Chiusa Dimentinchi/Il Diavolo Nel Cervello - Ennio Morricone - GDM
Nessuno Si Salva Da Solo - Arturo Annecchino - GDM
A Sound of Thunder - Nick Glennie-Smith - Dragon's Domain
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
March 13 - Hugo Friedhofer wins his only Oscar, for The Best Years of Our Lives score (1947)
March 13 - Terence Blanchard born (1962)
March 13 - Carl Davis begins recording his score to The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
March 14 - Les Baxter born (1922)
March 14 - Quincy Jones born (1933)
March 14 - Roy Budd born (1947)
March 15 - Jurgen Knieper born (1941)
March 15 - Max Steiner wins Oscar for his Since You Went Away score (1945)
March 15 - Ry Cooder born (1947)
March 15 - Stomu Yamashta born (1947)
March 15 - Jerry Fielding records his score for the TV pilot Shirts/Skins (1974)
March 16 - John Addison born (1920)
March 16 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco died (1968)
March 16 - Recording sessions begin for Leonard Rosenman's score to Cross Creek (1983)
March 17 - Alfred Newman born (1901)
March 17 - Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Memories of Me (1988)
March 17 - Ernest Gold died (1999)
March 18 - William Lava born (1911)
March 18 - John Kander born (1927)
March 18 - Dominic Frontiere begins recording his score for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
March 19 - Jean Weiner born (1896)
March 19 - Dimitri Tiomkin wins Oscars for High Noon score and song (1953)
March 19 - Jeff Alexander begins recording his score to Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
March 19 - George Garvarentz died (1993)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
BELOVED SISTERS - Sven Rossenbach, Florian Van Volxem
"'Beloved Sisters" opens with all the trappings of the boilerplate TV costume drama apparently intact: a tasteful piano/woodwind score, mildly over-the-top period details, tight bodices, and the requisite historical buildings, here scrubbed to an almost artificial shine."
James Lattimer, Slant Magazine
"Pic was shot primarily on real locations, carefully augmented by production designer Claus Jurgen Pfeiffer to achieve historical accuracy. Barbara Grupp’s striking but never unduly lavish costumes, and co-composers Sven Rossenbach and Florian Van Volxem’s vibrato string score, are other standouts of a topnotch tech package."
Scott Foundas, Variety
"Location work, production and costume design are all first-rate, while the score by Sven Rossenbach and Florian Van Volxem gets the job done."
Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1 - James Newton Howard
"Gone are the first two films’ riotous colors and outre fashions; the duo of Kurt and Bart handled the more restrained costume-design duties this time around, their chief contribution being the sleek, black combat gear that Katniss wears for her appearances as the Mockingjay. Even composer James Newton Howard’s usual themes take a backseat to a haunting childhood song that Katniss croons at the film’s midpoint; it’s not long before her allies are humming the same tune as they march on Snow’s empire."
Justin Chang, Variety
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR - Alex Ebert
"J.C. Chandor’s 'A Most Violent Year' is a most curious movie, one with nearly all the elements of a classic crime-family saga and yet somehow lacking the moral complexity and emotional heft of the films to which it pays fastidious aesthetic homage: the New York–set urban thrillers of Sidney Lumet ('Serpico,' 'Prince of the City') and Coppola’s 'Godfathe'r series. 'A Most Violent Year' couldn’t look or sound cooler. Bradford Young’s chiaroscuro cinematography lends a bleak, sooty glamour to the malaise-drenched environs of New York City in 1981. Alex Ebert’s music -- especially the mournful horn motif that follows would-be heating-oil magnate Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac) as he drives around the once-mean waterfronts of the outer boroughs -- lovingly evokes a lost era of film scoring when heroes came complete with their own pensive, melodic themes."
Dana Stevens, Slate.com
"Abel, standing straight and tall in his camel coat, has the very noble and very boring job of looking everyone in the eye and speaking the truth, because someone's got to do it. Here and there Alex Ebert's score drones ominously, asking the musical question, 'So, is this year violent enough for you yet?'"
Stephanie Zacharek, Village Voice
"We see the encroaching anarchy too, in (literally) broken windows and in the subway cars -- and stations -- almost invisible under layers of graffiti. The yellows and browns of Bradford Young’s elegant cinematography also conjure the era, while the score, by Alex Ebert, is subtle yet unsettling."
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
"If there’s a weakness here, it’s the skeletal relationship at the core of the story, between a proud immigrant and his blond, brassy wife who’s used to getting her way. Unintentionally, it feels a touch 'Scarface' (and Alex Ebert’s synth score doesn’t help). But so many scenes percolate with a beautiful understatement that you can forgive this. Apparently, from all the posters and the title, we’re supposed to know that this scrappy Koch-era New York had it especially rough, but it’s almost incidental information, given a film with such bone-deep moxie."
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out New York
"It’s very much a mood piece, body-swerving genre clichés, beautiful to look at and dripping menace via Bradford Young’s sepia-tinged cinematography under Chandor’s expert direction. For the ears, Alex Ebert’s unsettling, organ-led score and the constant reporting of violent crime over radio and television heightens the overwhelming threat. A slow-burn it may be, but this is vital, engaging cinema from a young filmmaker with an uncommon clarity of vision and considerable talent who is now three for three after the excellent 'Margin Call' and 'All Is Lost.'"
Chris Fyvie, The Skinny
THE SALT OF THE EARTH - Laurent Petitgand*
"Scored by musician composer Laurent Petitgand (who hadn’t worked with Wenders since the ‘90s), the gorgeous score is a standout. Swelling with a low-hum beauty, his music is like an ambient celestial chorus, but one that wisely never tries to drown out the subject."
Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist
*I'm embarrassed to admit that it's literally taken me years to finally understand that Laurent Petitgand and Laurent Petitgirard are actually two different film composers.
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, Arclight, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.
March 13
DAZED AND CONFUSED, SWINGERS (Justin Reinhardt) [New Beverly]
DUST DEVIL (Simon Boswell) [Silent Movie Theater]
EMPIRE RECORDS [Nuart]
THE NAVIGATOR, SEVEN CHANCES [Cinematheque: Aero]
PRIVATE PROPERTY (Alex Kompinsky, Pete Rugolo) [UCLA]
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN [Silent Movie Theater]
March 14
BABE (Nigel Westlake) [New Beverly]
BEFORE SUNRISE [New Beverly]
DAZED AND CONFUSED, SWINGERS (Justin Reinhardt) [New Beverly]
THE FIRST LEGION (Hans Sommer), JOURNEY INTO LIGHT (Paul Dunlap, Emil Newman) [UCLA]
HER SISTER'S SECRET (Hans Sommer), EXILE EXPRESS (George Parrish) [UCLA]
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU (Gary Chang) [Silent Movie Theater]
MOLLY O' [Silent Movie Theater]
SHERLOCK JR., THE CAMERAMAN [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN [Silent Movie Theater]
March 15
ANGEL'S FLIGHT (Jaime Mendoza-Nava) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
BABE (Nigel Westlake) [New Beverly]
ED WOOD (Howard Shore), IN THE SOUP (Mader) [New Beverly]
HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (Georges Delerue), LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD (Francis Seyrig) [Cinemathque: Egyptian]
MY BEST GIRL [UCLA]
PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID (Bob Dylan) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE SCARECROW, GO WEST [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE TALES OF HOFFMAN [Silent Movie Theater]
March 16
THE BIG BROADCAST, THE MILKY WAY [UCLA]
ED WOOD (Howard Shore), IN THE SOUP (Mader) [New Beverly]
THE GOONIES (Dave Grusin) (Arclight Sherman Oaks)
THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (Mark Mothersbaugh) (Arclight Hollywood)
March 17
BED AND BOARD (Antoine Duhamel) [LACMA]
THE DEPARTED (Howard Shore) (Arclight Hollywood)
(500) DAYS OF SUMMER (Mychael Danna, Rob Simonsen) (Arclight Sherman Oaks)
THE KILLER (Lowell Lo), ONCE A THIEF (Violet Lam) [New Beverly]
March 18
BIG DADDY (Teddy Castellucci), HAPPY GILMORE (Mark Mothersbaugh)[New Beverly]
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) (Arclight Hollywood)
March 19
BIG DADDY (Teddy Castellucci), HAPPY GILMORE (Mark Mothersbaugh)[New Beverly]
BRINGING UP BABY (Roy Webb), HOLIDAY (Morris Stoloff) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
March 20
BRANDY IN THE WILDERNESS [UCLA]
THE LONG GOODBYE (John Williams) [Cinematheque: Aero]
PRINCESS MONONOKE (Joe Hisaishi) [Nuart]
SPEED (Mark Mancina), RUSH HOUR (Lalo Schifrin) [New Beverly]
March 21
FRIDAY [New Beverly]
A LITTLE PRINCESS (Patrick Doyle) [New Beverly]
THE LONG HAIR OF DEATH (Carlo Rustichelli), THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM (Les Baxter)[Cinematheque: Egyptian]
NASHVILLE [Cinematheque: Aero]
SPEED (Mark Mancina), RUSH HOUR (Lalo Schifrin) [New Beverly]
TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
WHITE ZOMBIE, OUANGA [UCLA]
March 22
THE CRIME OF DOCTOR CRESPI, THE DRUMS OF JEOPARDY [UCLA]
CUTTHROAT ISLAND (John Debney), TRUE LIES (Brad Fiedel) [New Beverly]
A LITTLE PRINCESS (Patrick Doyle) [New Beverly]
MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (Leonard Cohen) [Cinematheque: Aero]
1941 (John Williams) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
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