La-La Land is announcing their latest group of "Black Friday" releases today. They are currently planned to include four 2-disc sets and one single-disc release, and will be available to order beginning next Tuesday at noon.
I am currently on vacation, so if any important film music news has broken in the last few days, I will rely on you to tell each other, perhaps through the Message Board to the right of this column.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Alla Scoperta Dell'Africa - Francesco De Masi - Beat
Gli Angeli Dalle Mani Bendate - Stelvio Cipriani - Beat
Le Soldatesse/Vado a Vedere Il Mondo, Capisco Tutto E Torno - Mario Nascimbene - Beat
IN THEATERS TODAY
Creed - Ludwig Goransson - Score CD due Dec. 18 on WaterTower
The Danish Girl - Alexandre Desplat
Killing Them Safely - Brooke Blair, Will Blair
Submerged - Ryan Dodson
Victor Frankenstein - Craig Armstrong - Score CD on La-La Land
The Wonders - Piero Crucitti
COMING SOON
December 4
The Final Girls - Gregory James Jenkins - Varese Sarabande
Human - Armand Amar - Rhino
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 - James Newton Howard - Republic
Love the Coopers - Nick Urata - Lakeshore
Macbeth - Jed Kurzel - Decca (import)
1985 at the Movies - various - Varese Sarabande
North and South: Highlights - BIll Conti - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Spies Like Us - Elmer Bernstein - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Thunderbirds Are Go, Vol. 1 - Ben Foster, Nick Foster - Silva
Truth - Brian Tyler - Varese Sarabande
December 11
Atlantis: Series 2 - Stuart Hancock - Silva
Georges Delerue Film Music Collection - Georges Delerue - Beat/Digitmovies
Humans - Cristobal Tapia De Veer - Silva
The Lady in the Van - George Fenton - Sony
Pay the Ghost - Joseph LoDuca - Phineas Atwood
The Runner - The Newton Brothers - Phineas Atwood
Saints & Strangers - Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer - Sony (import)
December 18
Ash vs. Evil Dead - Joseph LoDuca - Varese Sarabande
Concussion - James Newton Howard - Sony
Creed - Ludwig Goransson - WaterTower
The Knick Sesaon 2 - Cliff Martinez, Gregory Tripi - Milan
Star Wars: The Force Awakens - John Williams - Disney
December 25
Hannibal Season 3: Vol. 1 - Brian Reitzell - Lakeshore
Hannibal Season 3: Vol. 2 - Brian Reitzell - Lakeshore
January 8
Straight Outta Compton - Joseph Trapanese - Universal
January 15
Condemned - Daniel Davies, Sebastian Robertson - Phineas Atwood
Downton Abbey: The Ultimate Collection - John Lunn - Decca
Flesh and Bone - Dave Porter - Varese Sarabande
Date Unknown
Ad Ogni Costo/Il Ladrone - Ennio Morricone - GDM
Amore Mio Non Farmi Male/Sono Tornate A Fiorire Le Rose/Per Amore Di Cesarina - Enrico Simonetti - Beat
Arcana/L'Uomo Del Tesoro Di Priamo - Romolo Grano - Digitmovies
Il Baco Da Seta - Mario Bertolazzi - Digitmovies
Il Vostro Super Agente Flit - Bruno Canfora - Digitmovies
La Lunga Notte del '23 - Carlo Rustichelli - Quartet
Milano...Difenders! O Morire - Gianni Ferrio - Digitmovies
The Statue - Riz Ortolani - Quartet
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
November 27 - Alberto Colombo born (1888)
November 27 - Richard Stone born (1953)
November 27 - Lyle Mays born (1953)
November 27 - Arthur Honegger died (1955)
November 27 - Bernard Herrmann marries Norma Shepherd, his third and final wife (1967)
November 27 - Stanley Black died (2002)
November 27 - Kunio Miyauchi died (2006)
November 28 - Mario Nascimbene born (1913)
November 28 - Gato Barbieri born (1934)
November 28 - Randy Newman born (1943)
November 28 - Bernard Herrmann records his score for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Where the Woodbine Twineth” (1964)
November 29 - Chuck Mangione born (1940)
November 29 - Recording sessions begin on Herbert Stothart’s score for Hills of Home (1947)
November 29 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to Moonfleet (1954)
November 29 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold died (1957)
November 29 - Russell Garcia begins recording his score for Atlantis the Lost Continent (1960)
November 29 - Alexander Courage's score to the second Star Trek pilot, "Where No Man Has Gone Before," is recorded (1965)
November 29 - Carl Stalling died (1972)
November 29 - George Harrison died (2001)
November 29 - Shirley Walker died (2006)
November 30 - Gordon Parks born (1912)
November 30 - Edward Artemyev born (1937)
November 30 - Victor Young begins recording his score for September Affair (1949)
December 1 - Peter Thomas born (1925)
December 1 - Laurence Rosenthal begins recording his score to Heart Like a Wheel (1982)
December 1 - John Williams begins recording his replacement score for Rosewood (1996)
December 1 - Stephane Grappelli died (1997)
December 2 - Harry Sukman born (1912)
December 2 - Eddie Sauter born (1914)
December 2 - Milton Delugg born (1918)
December 2 - Artie Butler born (1942)
December 2 - Michael Whalen born (1965)
December 2 - Gerald Fried's score to the Star Trek episode "Shore Leave" is recorded (1966)
December 2 - Francois-Eudes Chanfrault born (1974)
December 2 - John Williams begins recording his score for Midway (1975)
December 2 - Aaron Copland died (1990)
December 3 - Nino Rota born (1911)
December 3 - Christopher Slaski born (1974)
December 3 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score to McQ (1973)
December 3 - Hoyt Curtin died (2000)
December 3 - Dee Barton died (2001)
December 3 - Derek Wadsworth died (2008)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
MARIE'S STORY - Sonia Wieder-Atherton
"At the risk of sounding crass, Marguerite takes a taxingly long time to succumb, while Ameris and co-writer Philippe Blasband try to engineer the most wrenching climax possible. Still, some of the pic’s best moments occur in this final stretch, including an unexpectedly frank exchange with the Mother Superior in which she admits no amount of faith makes dying easy, and a second breakthrough with Marie, where she comes to understand the concept of music by pressing herself up against a piano. Until this moment, the pic’s low-key score has been kept to an absolute minimum -- part of an intuitively conceptual sound design that grows gradually more robust as Marie’s sensory awareness expands. Early on, she experiences the world by touch, absorbing the sun on her skin and feeling the faces of strangers with her hands. By the end, music has become part of her world, giving the film license to reinforce the sentiment with stirring strings."
Peter Debruge, Variety
"Ameris presents the sister's efforts to get through to Marie in serio-comic mode, respectful of Marie's disabilities and personality but not afraid of the many humorous ways in which trying to teach someone who can neither hear nor see can go wrong. The classical score follows suit, underlining the comedy in the constant repetition of everyday tasks. As is appropriate for these scenes, there's not a lot of dialog."
Boyd van Hoeij, 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, Arclight, Crest, LACMA, New Beverly, Nuart, Silent Movie Theater and UCLA.
November 27
THE DIRTY DOZEN (Frank DeVol) [New Beverly]
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (DeWolfe) [Nuart]
REAR WINDOW (Franz Waxman) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Nino Rota) [Silent Movie Theater]
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Lennie Hayton) [Cinematheque: Aero]
November 28
THE DIRTY DOZEN (Frank DeVol) [New Beverly]
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (John Carpenter, Alan Howarth) [Silent Movie Theater]
GONE WITH THE WIND (Max Steiner) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
GUN CRAZY (Victor Young), HE RAN ALL THE WAY (Franz Waxman) [Cinematheque: Aero]
INHERENT VICE (Jonny Greenwood) [New Beverly]
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Nino Rota) [Silent Movie Theater]
TOM SAWYER (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams) [New Beverly]
November 29
LOVE ACTUALLY (Craig Armstrong) [Arclight Hollywood]
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Nino Rota) [Silent Movie Theater]
SPARTACUS (Alex North) [Cinematheque: Aero]
TOM SAWYER (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, John Williams) [New Beverly]
TWO-MINUTE WARNING (Charles Fox), CAPONE (Dave Grisman) [New Beverly]
November 30
A FACE IN THE CROWD (Tom Glazer), THE NAKED KISS (Paul Dunlap) [UCLA]
PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (Ira Newborn) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Nino Rota) [Silent Movie Theater]
TWO-MINUTE WARNING (Charles Fox), CAPONE (David Grisman) [New Beverly]
December 1
DIE HARD (Michael Kamen) [Arclight Hollywood]
HIGH SOCIETY (Cole Porter, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin) [LACMA]
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Nino Rota) [Silent Movie Theater]
December 2
ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS (Nino Rota) [Silent Movie Theater]
December 3
CHOCOLAT (Adbullah Ibrahim) [Silent Movie Theater]
NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (Angelo Badalamenti) [Arclight Culver City]
SHOES [AMPAS]
December 4
CHOCOLAT (Adbullah Ibrahim) [Silent Movie Theater]
DUSTY AND SWEETS MCGEE [UCLA]
PSYCHO (Bernard Herrmann) [Nuart]
VISION QUEST (Tangerine Dream) [Silent Movie Theater]
December 5
CHOCOLAT (Adbullah Ibrahim) [Silent Movie Theater]
TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE, SAFETY LAST [UCLA]
December 6
CHOCOLAT (Adbullah Ibrahim) [Silent Movie Theater]
THE POLAR EXPRESS (Alan Silvestri) [Arclight Culver City]
WANDA (Dave Mullaney), SHADOWS (Shafi Hadi, Charles Mingus) [UCLA]
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