La-La Land is scheduled to announce this year's set of "Black Friday" releases today.
I am currently on vacation, so if any important film music news has occurred in the last few days, you'll have to share it with each other.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Allied - Alan Sivestri - Sony (CD-R)
Bleed for This - Julia Holter - Milan
Killing Girls - Frank Ilfman - Quartet
La Reina de Espana - Zbigniew Preisner - Quartet
Moonlight - Nicholas Britell - Lakeshore
IN THEATERS TODAY
Allied - Alan Silvestri - Score CD-R on Amazon
Bad Santa 2 - Lyle Workman
Evolution - Zacarias M. de la Riva
Lion - Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka - Score CD due Jan. 6 on Sony
Magnus - Uno Helmersson
Miss Sloane - Max Richter
Moana - Mark Mancina - one- and two-disc score-and-song CDs on Disney
Notes on Blindness - James Ewers, Noah Wood
Rules Don’t Apply - no original score
Seasons - Bruno Coulais - Score CD on Quartet
COMING SOON
December 2
Nocturnal Animals - Abel Korzeniowski - Silva
December 9
Jackie - Mica Levi - Milan
A Monster Calls (U.S. release) - Fernando Velazquez - Backlot
December 16
Passengers - Thomas Newman - Sony
Penny Dreadful: Seasons 2 and 3 - Abel Korzeniowski - Varese Sarabande
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - Michael Giacchino - Disney
Sing - Joby Talbot - Backlot
December 30
Narcos: Season 2 - Pedro Bromfman - Lakeshore
January 6
Lion - Dustin O'Halloran, Hauschka - Sony
January 13
Hans Zimmer: The Classics - Hans Zimmer - Sony
January 27
Gears of War 4 - Ramin Djawadi - Sumthing Else
Date Unknown
The Boy and the Lion - Stelvio Cipriani - Kronos
The Brian May Fantasy Film Music Collection - Brian May - Dragon's Domain
KM31 - Carles Cases - Kronos
Napoleon (new recording) - Carl Davis - Carl Davis Collection
Travolto Dagli Afffetti Familiari/Il Vizio Di Famiglia - Gianni Ferrio - Digitmovies
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
November 25 - Virgil Thomson born (1896)
November 25 - Stanley Wilson born (1915)
November 25 - Michel Portal born (1935)
November 25 - Eleni Karaindrou born (1939)
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 25 - Michael Small begins recording his score for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1980)
November 25 - Craig Safan records his scores for the Twilight Zone episodes “The Uncle Devil Show” and “Opening Day” (1985)
November 25 - Chico Hamilton died (2013)
November 26 - Scott Bradley born (1891)
November 26 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for The Killer Elite (1975)
November 26 - Bernardo Segall died (1993)
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 - Jerry Goldsmith records his music for the Judge Dredd trailer (1994)
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 - 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 - Gerald Fried records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “The Diplomat” (1968)
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)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
"'The Final Girls' isn't a postmodern breakthrough, though some of the gags that arise from Max and company entering 'Camp Bloodbath''s world are inventive, such as the jail cell-like visualization of the characters stuck in a transition into a flashback. But compared to the pointedly self-aware horror comedy of 'Scream' and 'Shaun of the Dead', it both aims for a to-the-rafters broadness that edges perilously close to condescension and too often uncritically relies on borrowed moves from the classics of the horror canon: The hornier camp counselors are oversexed cartoons, while composer Gregory James Jenkins doesn't even try to hide his affinity for Harry Manfredini's' Friday the 13th' scores. (Though 'Friday the 13th' is certainly the prime inspiration behind 'Camp Bloodbath,' 'The Final Girls' itself shares more of a tonal kinship with the jokey 'Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives' than with the original.)"
Kenji Fujishima, Slant Magazine
"Assembly is deft, apart from the odd anachronism (like some camera calisthenics that would have been out of place in an ’80s horror movie), with smart, humorous design contributions and a soundtrack of vintage pop schlock in addition to Gregory James Jenkins’ perfect period-synth-pastiche score."
Dennis Harvey, Variety
"Production designer Katie Byron maximizes the former Louisiana scout camp setting with slightly exaggerated period decor, while costume designer Lynette Meyer goes for a more realistic retro look with the wardrobe selections. Greg Jenkins’ synth-driven score smartly syncs up with a selection of offbeat '80s tracks that provide temporal continuity, especially for the time-traveling characters."
Justin Lowe, The 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 25
BLOOD RAGE (Richard Einhorn) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE CROW (Graeme Revell) [Nuart]
DELICATESSEN (Carlos D'Alessio) [Silent Movie Theater]
GLORIA (Bill Conti), MACHINE GUN MCCAIN (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
JACKIE BROWN [New Beverly]
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Joe Hisaishi), HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE (Joe Hisaishi) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Lennie Hayton) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE STUFF (Anthony Guefen), GOLD TOLD ME TO (Frank Cordell) [Silent Movie Theater]
November 26
BLOODY FRIDAY (Francesco De Masi) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
DELICATESSEN (Carlos D'Alessio) [Silent Movie Theater]
GLORIA (Bill Conti), MACHINE GUN MCCAIN (Ennio Morricone) [New Beverly]
SHE'S SO LOVELY (Joseph Vitarelli) [New Beverly]
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (Lennie Hayton) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (Alexander Courage) [New Beverly]
November 27
ARRIVEDERCI, BABY (Dennis Farnon), THE WRECKING CREW (Hugo Montenegro) [New Beverly]
DELICATESSEN (Carlos D'Alessio) [Silent Movie Theater]
SOME LIKE IT HOT (Adolph Deutsch) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (Alexander Courage) [New Beverly]
November 28
ALIENS (James Horner) [Arclight Culver City]
ARRIVIDERCI, BABY (Dennis Farnon), THE WRECKING CREW (Hugo Montenegro) [New Beverly]
BOTTLE ROCKET (Mark Mothersbaugh) [Arclight Hollywood]
DELICATESSEN (Carlos D'Alessio) [Silent Movie Theater]
November 29
MOONRISE KINGDOM (Alexandre Desplat) [Arclight Hollywood]
PLATOON (Georges Delerue) [LACMA]
TOO LATE BLUES (David Raksin), THE NIGHT HOLDS TERROR (Lucien Cailliet) [New Beverly]
November 30
GINGER AND FRED (Nicola Piovani) [Silent Movie Theater]
KAANTE (Lucky Ali, Anand Raj Anand, Vishal, Gregor Narholz) [New Beverly]
December 1
KAANTE (Lucky Ali, Anand Raj Anand, Vishal, Gregor Narholz) [New Beverly]
December 2
KAANTE (Lucky Ali, Anand Raj Anand, Vishal, Gregor Narholz) [New Beverly]
RESERVOIR DOGS [New Beverly]
December 3
KAANTE (Lucky Ali, Anand Raj Anand, Vishal, Gregor Narholz) [New Beverly]
MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (Harry Jackson) [New Beverly]
RESERVOIR DOGS [New Beverly]
A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (Alfred Newman), THREE GIRLS ABOUT TOWN (Morris Stoloff) [UCLA]
December 4
DR. STRANGELOVE (Laurie Johnson), STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES [New Beverly]
MANY WARS AGO (Piero Piccioni), WAR REQUIEM (Benjamin Britten) [UCLA]
MARCH OF THE WOODEN SOLDIERS (Harry Jackson) [New Beverly]
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