I will have been on vacation for a few days by the time this column has been posted, so if any important film music news has occurred, you'll just have to tell each other.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Dovekeepers - Jeff Beal - Varese Sarabande
Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse - Mark McKenzie - Varese Sarabande
Fimucite 6: Universal Pictures 100th Anniversary Gala - various - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Hemlock Grove: Season Two - Nathan Barr - Varese Sarabande
I Am Big Bird: The Carol Spinney Story - Varese Sarabande
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation - Joe Kraemer - La-La Land
Stung - David Menke, Antonio Gambale - Westpac [CD-R]
Third Person - Dario Marianelli - Varese Sarabande
12 Monkeys [TV] - Trevor Rabin, Paul Linford - Varese Sarabande
IN THEATERS TODAY
Best of Enemies - Jonathan Kirkscey
Big Significant Things - Mark Orton
The End of the Tour - Danny Elfman - Score CD due Aug. 28 on Lakeshore
Jenny's Wedding - Brian Byrne
A LEGO Brickumentary - John Jennings Boyd
Vacation - Mark Mothersbaugh - Soundtrack CD-R on Watertower
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet - Denis Sanacore - Score CD L’extravagant Voyage du Jeune et Prodigieux T.S. Spivet on Sony (import)
COMING SOON
August 7
Ant-Man - Christophe Beck - Hollywood
Carny - Robbie Robertson, Alex North - Real Gone
Dark Places - BT, Gregory Tripi - Milan
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Daniel Pemberton - Watertower
Shaun the Sheep Movie - Ilan Eshkeri - Silva
August 14
Animals - Ian Hultquist - Phineas Atwood
Bad Channels - Blue Oyster Cult - Full Moon
Burying the Ex - Joseph LoDuca - Phineas Atwood
Dawn Patrol - Joe Kraemer - Phineas Atwood
Fantastic Four - Marco Beltrami, Philip Glass - Sony
Justice League: Gods and Monsters - Frederik Wiedmann - La-La Land
Loitering without Intent - Carl Davis - Carl Davis Collection
Luv - Nuno Malo - Phineas Atwood
Mission: Impossible - The Television Scores - Lalo Schifrin, etc. - La-La Land
Mistress America - Dean Wareham, Britta Phillips - Milan
The Vatican Tapes - Joseph Bishara - Lakeshore
Wayward Pines - Charlie Clouser - Lakeshore
August 21
Learning to Drive - Dhani Harrison, Paul Hicks - Milan
Z for Zachariah - Heather McIntosh - Varese Sarabande
August 28
The End of the Tour - Danny Elfman - Lakeshore
Mr. Holmes - Carter Burwell - Lakeshore
September 18
Barely Lethal - Mateo Messina - Phineas Atwood
Cartel Land - H. Scott Salinas, Jackson Greenberg - Phineas Atwood
Date Unknown
Cosa Avete Fatto A Solange/Spasmo - Ennio Morricone - GDM
Il Diavoli Della Guerra - Stelvio Cipriani - Kronos
Maria Di Nazaret/L'Uomo Che Sognava Con L'aquile - Guy Farley - Caldera
Rapsodica Satanica/The Leopard - Pietro Mascagni/Nino Rota - Capriccio
Sette Contro Tutti - Francesco De Masi - Kronos
Trishna - Shigeru Umebayashi - Caldera
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
July 31 - Barry De Vorzon born (1934)
July 31 - Michael Wolff born (1952)
July 31 - Lionel Newman begins recording his score for The Last Wagon (1956)
July 31 - John 5 born as John Lowery (1971)
July 31 - Richard Band records his score for The Alchemist (1981)
July 31 - Lennie Niehaus records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Vanessa in the Garden" (1985)
August 1 - Walter Scharf born (1910)
August 1 - Jerome Moross born (1913)
August 1 - Lionel Bart born (1930)
August 1 - Paddy Moloney born (1938)
August 1 - Dean Wareham born (1963)
August 1 - Paul Sawtell died (1971)
August 1 - Arthur B. Rubinstein records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Remote Control Man" (1985)
August 2 - Carlo Savina born (1919)
August 2 - Joe Harnell born (1924)
August 2 - Phillip Lambro born (1935)
August 2 - Arthur Kempel born (1945)
August 2 - Recording sessions begin on Leigh Harline’s score for No Down Payment (1957)
August 2 - Muir Mathieson died (1975)
August 2 - Irwin Bazelon died (1995)
August 3 - Louis Gruenberg born (1884)
August 3 - David Buttolph born (1902)
August 3 - Robert Emmett Dolan born (1906)
August 3 - Alfred Schnittke died (1998)
August 3 - Warren Barker died (2006)
August 4 - Bernardo Segall born (1911)
August 4 - David Raksin born (1912)
August 4 - Egisto Macchi born (1928)
August 4 - Recording sessions begin for The Prisoner of Zenda remake, with Conrad Salinger adapting Alfred Newman's original score (1952)
August 4 - Michael Small begins recording his score for Firstborn (1984)
August 4 - Egisto Macchi died (1992)
August 5 - Christopher Gunning born (1944)
August 5 - Adolph Deutsch begins recording his score for The Matchmaker (1957)
August 5 - Abigail Mead born as Vivian Kubrick (1960)
August 5 - Cyril Morin born (1962)
August 5 - Alexander Courage's music for the Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident" is recorded (1968)
August 5 - Stuart Hancock born (1975)
August 5 - Henry Mancini begins recording his score for Mommie Dearest (1981)
August 5 - Henry Mancini begins recording his score for Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
August 5 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his unused score for Gladiator (1991)
August 6 - Oliver Wallace born (1887)
August 6 - Cyril J. Mockridge born (1896)
August 6 - Andre Previn begins recording his score to The Outriders (1949)
August 6 - Alex North begins recording his score to Pony Soldier (1952)
August 6 - Soren Hyldgaard born (1962)
August 6 - Larry Adler died (2001)
August 6 - Christopher Dedrick died (2010)
August 6 - Marvin Hamlisch died (2012)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT - Joseph Trapanese
"The movie doesn’t relent much after that, zipping toward the inevitable moment when Tris realizes her true role as chosen one and the contents of the mysterious box are revealed. And it’s a plenty rollicking, respectably grim go of it getting to that point. There are too many fake-outs involving dreams and scary simulations (which take on a much grander scale with the resources allowed by Insurgent’s bigger budget), but otherwise Schwentke creates a steady sense of build and momentum that results in a rather stirring final few minutes. 'Insurgent' trades 'Divergent’'s dreamy alt-pop music for a swelling score by Joseph Trapanese, who collaborated with big-name electronic acts on the 'Tron: Legacy' and 'Oblivion' scores. His music, as it booms and crescendos, lends a crucial weight to the film. We don’t quite feel 'Hunger Games'-level, fate-of-all-humanity importance here, but Insurgent at least makes an aesthetic case for caring in a way that 'Divergent' never did."
Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair
"Cue hordes of computer-generated people milling toward the giant wall, accompanied by a crescendoing score that’s apparently meant to represent a victory of some sort."
Genevieve Koski, The Dissolve
"Except for brief location work in the Windy City, the production was filmed in Atlanta, with Alec Hammond’s rich production design bringing the various factions to vivid life, from the rubble of Abnegation to the gleaming high-rise HQ of Candor, whose leader (Daniel Dae Kim) conducts a trial by truth serum that shakes Tris to the core. Louise Mingenbach’s faction-apt costumes never call attention to themselves. The operatically pulsing score by Joseph Trapanese likewise is a fine fit."
Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
SPRING - Jimmy LaValle
"Fans of Jimmy LaValle AKA Album Leaf may be disappointed by his effective, but low key and familiar score. Despite a few great, ethereal moments here and there (like this this track), it's just a tad bit too subtly employed as a backdrop to all the pretty imagery and mystery, so the memory of it fades once the credits roll. His work is known for its use of electronics, synthesizer and Rhodes piano, all of which is on display in the score for “Spring,” often reminiscent of Michael Andrews’ work on 'Donnie Darko.' The moment where the aforementioned track plays over a lovely, slow-mo steadicam shot as the leads see each other for the first time is highly evocative (without feeling like a ripoff) of the memorable “Head Over Heals” high school sequence from 'Donnie Darko,' the camera floating around and picking up little character moments, introducing the players (and, boy, does the camera love Hilker, who gets a great introduction here). The music is representative of the film, actually: there’s good stuff in it but it hasn’t been honed enough, or realized to its fullest potential. "
Eric McClanahan, The Playlist
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, Crest, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.
July 31
THE CHANGELING (Rich Wilkins, Ken Wannberg), POLTERGEIST (Jerry Goldsmith) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE (Yoko Kanno) [Nuart]
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (David Shire), GREASE (Louis St. Louis)[Cinematheque: Aero]
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR [Silent Movie Theater]
YOU, THE LIVING (Benny Andersson) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 1
APOCALYPSE NOW (Carmine Coppola, Francis Coppola) [Cinematheque: Aero]
ATANARJUAT [THE FAST RUNNER] (Chris Crilly) [LACMA]
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Miles Davis) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
THE LAST UNICORN (Jimmy Webb) [New Beverly]
1941 (John Williams) [New Beverly]
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (Matt Clifford), NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (Barry DeVorzon) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR [Silent Movie Theater]
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER (Theodore Shapiro, Craig Wedren) [Silent Movie Theater]
WORKING GIRLS, SARAH AND SON [UCLA]
YOU, THE LIVING (Benny Andersson) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 2
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone), DAY OF ANGER (Riz Ortolani) [New Beverly]
HELLRAISER (Christopher Young), PUMPKINHEAD (Richard Stone) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE LAST UNICORN (Jimmy Webb) [New Beverly]
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Bernard Herrmann)[Crest]
SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR [Silent Movie Theater]
A SWEDISH LOVE STORY (Bjorn Isfalt) [Silent Movie Theater]
YOU, THE LIVING (Benny Andersson) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 3
DUNE (Toto) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone), DAY OF ANGER (Riz Ortolani) [New Beverly]
GALAXY QUEST (David Newman) [Arclight Culver City]
A SWEDISH LOVE STORY (Bjorn Isfalt) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 4
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone), THE SQUEEZE (Paolo Vasile) [New Beverly]
THE LITTLE PRINCESS (Louis Silvers) [LACMA]
SERENITY (David Newman) [Arclight Hollywood]
A SWEDISH LOVE STORY (Bjorn Isfalt) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 5
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone),THE BRAVADOS (Alfred Newman, Hugo Friedhofer) [New Beverly]
MANIAC COP (Jay Chattaway), MANIAC COP 2 (Jay Chattaway) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA (Ornette Coleman) [Silent Movie Theater]
August 6
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone),THE BRAVADOS (Alfred Newman, Hugo Friedhofer) [New Beverly]
PAPER MOON, WHAT'S UP, DOC? (Artie Butler) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SPECIAL EFFECTS (Michael Minard), THE AMBULANCE (Jay Chattaway) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
August 7
THE BLOB (Michael Hoenig), THE THING (Ennio Morricone) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
DJANGO UNCHAINED [New Beverly
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone), DEATH RIDES A HORSE (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, NICKELODEON (Richard Hazard) [Cinematheque: Aero]
MAN'S CASTLE (Franke Harling), YOUNG AMERICA [UCLA]
SPACE JAM (James Newton Howard) [Nuart]
August 8
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE (Ennio Morricone), DEATH RIDES A HORSE (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
FRIGHT NIGHT (Brad Fiedel), CHILD'S PLAY (Joe Renzetti) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
MICKEY ONE (Eddie Sauter) [Silent Movie Theater]
PSYCHO BEACH PARTY (Ben Vaughn) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE QUEST (Brian May) [New Beverly]
RUSTLER'S RHAPSODY (Steve Dorff) [New Beverly]
SADIE THOMPSON [Silent Movie Theater]
SHE'S GOTTA HAVE IT (Bill Lee) [UCLA]
THEY ALL LAUGHED (Earle Pool Ball), SAINT JACK [Cinematheque: Aero]
WE ARE THE BEST [Silent Movie Theater]
August 9
FIRST COMES COURAGE (Ernst Toch) [UCLA]
THE NAKED SPUR (Bronislau Kaper), RUN OF THE ARROW (Victor Young) [New Beverly]
NIGHTMARE CITY (Stelvio Cipriani), BURIAL GROUND (Elsio Mancuso, Burt Rexon) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE QUEST (Brian May) [New Beverly]
SIXTEEN CANDLES (Ira Newborn) [Crest]
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