Intrada plans to release one new CD next week.
Varese Sarabande plans to announce three new releases in their Limited Edition series of contemporary scores next Monday.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
A Common Enemy - Alejandro Roman - Rosetta
The Death of Stalin - Christopher Willis - MKVA (import)
A Dream Come True - Javier Quilis - Saimel
Howards End - Nico Muhly - Milan (import)
Jose Nieto 75 Aniversario - Jose Nieto - Saimel
Lady Bird - Jon Brion - Lakeshore
Queen's Messenger - Stelvio Cipriani - Kronos
Reallive - Lucas Vidal - Rosetta
Shadow Girl - Jorge Aliaga - Rosetta
IN THEATERS TODAY
Blame - Peter Henry Phillips
Day of the Dead: Bloodline - Frederik Wiedmann
Devil's Gate - Keefus Ciancia
Insidious: The Last Key - Joseph Bishara
Madtown - Angelo Panetta
Sheikh Jackson - Hani Adel
Stratton - Nathaniel Mechaly
COMING SOON
January 12
All the Money in the World - Daniel Pemberton - Sony (import)
Downsizing - Rolfe Kent - WaterTower
The Post - John Williams - Sony
Thief of Hearts - Harold Faltermeyer - Varese Sarabande
January 19
24 Hours to Live - Tyler Bates - Varese Sarabande
January 26
Babylon Berlin - Johnny Klimek, TomTykwer - BMG (import)
Hangman - Frederik Wiedmann - Varese Sarabande
February 2
In the Fade - Joshua Homme - Milan
The Mercy - Johann Johannsson - Deutsche Grammophon
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) - Randy Newman - Lakeshore
Star Trek: Discovery - Jeff Russo - Lakeshore
February 9
Churchill - Lorne Balfe - Filmtrax
A Fantastic Woman - Matthew Herbert - Milan
Hostiles - Max Richter - Deutsche Grammophon
Mark Felt - The Man Who Brought Down the White House - Daniel Pemberton - Filmtrax
Maze Runner: The Death Cure - John Paesano - Sony
Date Unknown
Hyperspace - Don Davis - Dragon's Domain
Lisa - Gabriel Yared - Caldera
Salvatore - Questa e La Vita - Paolo Vivaldi - Kronos
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
January 5 - Leighton Lucas born (1903)
January 5 - Chris Stein born (1950)
January 5 - Malcolm Seagrave died (2001)
January 5 - Elizabeth Swados died (2016)
January 6 - David Whitaker born (1931)
January 6 - Aaron Zigman (1963)
January 6 - A.R. Rahman born (1967)
January 6 - John Williams records his score for Nightwatch (1966)
January 6 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for The Wild Bunch (1969)
January 6 - Mario Nascimbene died (2002)
January 7 - Jose Maria Vitier born (1954)
January 7 - Leigh Harline begins recording his score for The True Story of Jesse James (1957)
January 7 - Jeff Richmond born (1961)
January 7 - Alfred Newman begins recording his score for The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
January 7 - Clint Mansell born (1963)
January 7 - Jeff Toyne born (1975)
January 7 - David Lindup died (1992)
January 8 - Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score to On Dangerous Ground (1951)
January 8 - Ron Goodwin died (2003)
January 8 - Andrae Crouch died (2015)
January 9 - Vic Mizzy born (1916)
January 9 - Robert F. Brunner born (1938)
January 9 - Scott Walker born (1943)
January 9 - Jimmy Page born (1944)
January 9 - Leroy Shield died (1962)
January 9 - James T. Sale born (1967)
January 9 - Alexander Courage records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Great Vegetable Rebellion" (1968)
January 9 - Anton Karas died (1985)
January 9 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for The Delta Force (1986)
January 9 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Vanishing (1993)
January 10 - Recording sessions begin for Hugo Friedhofer’s score to Wild Harvest (1947)
January 10 - Tom Chase born (1949)
January 10 - Carlo Siliotto born (1950)
January 11 - Charles Previn born (1888)
January 11 - Francesco De Masi born (1930)
January 11 - Michael J. Lewis born (1939)
January 11 - David Whitaker died (2012)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
DON'T WORRY BABY - Charlie Klarsfeld
"Early on, the film establishes itself as more of a comedy more than a drama, and it shows: if one’s chest contains a heart, it is quite difficult to not smile throughout. With a fantastic score, rhythmic editing and a brisk 88-minute runtime, the film practically disappears. Hilarious and upbeat, it retains a familial core but does not allow itself to be bogged by sadder things. Perhaps this, and its sentimentality, explains why long exposure leaves a bit of a saccharine aftertaste. The gravity of the situation feels diluted by its aversion to drearier developments as significant emotional resonance is sacrificed, making way for a quirky and enjoyable little romp which impacts only occasionally before shrugging any heartbreak off in favor of simple contentment."
Jason Ooi, The Playlist
THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER - Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas
"Kraume’s tinkering with the historical record would be more welcome were he also shifting away from the standard biopic template, but much of the film strictly adheres to a hackneyed formal construction. Nearly every scene commences with an establishing shot, most featuring a car in motion or someone entering an office, accompanied by a note or two from the film’s defiantly nondescript soundtrack. Moreover, the televisual style of shot-reverse-shot and mostly balanced lighting produces a catatonic effect that dulls each scene’s cinematic potential. Given how little interest Kraume displays in dynamizing his images, it makes mustering any investment in his characters or revisionist plight all the more difficult."
Clayton Dillard, Slant Magazine
"The film’s handful of scenes set in Argentina most clearly betray Kraume’s background in television, with their cheap staging and tendency to prettify foreign locales, though generally, it would be hard to call the film cinematic in any way. Esther Walz's costumes are all dark and nondescript, though unfortunately the same can't be said of the film’s trumpet-driven score, which infuses the film with a jazzy vibe that feels thoroughly out of place, though I guess it at least complements the froufrou socks."
Boyd van Hoeij, Hollywood Reporter
PHANTOM BOY - Serge Besset
"Opening with Saul Bass-inspired credits, and an eerie dream-like score by Serge Besset, 'Phantom Boy' starts small: Leo has been admitted into the hospital with an unnamed extremely serious illness. While there, he meets Alex, a scruffy injured cop, in the midst of trying to regain the trust of his exasperated superior after a crime scene mishap. Leo has always wanted to be a policeman and grills Alex on what it's like, and eventually he confesses that he can leave his body at night and float above the city. Turns out, a phantom boy can be very useful when going up against the most dangerous villain Manhattan has ever seen, a villain known as The Man With the Broken Face. Alex tries to solve the case from his wheelchair in the hospital, with the help of Mary Delaney, a spunky journalist on the lookout for a scoop, and Leo, the phantom who can float through walls and ceilings and report back what he sees."
Sheila O'Malley, RogerEbert.com
SUMMERTIME - Gregoire Hetzel
"Jeanne Lapoirie's widescreen cinematography is luminous without overdosing on the bucolic prettiness of naked women making love in the meadows, while Gregoire Hetzel's sparingly used score and some period songs fill the soundtrack."
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, LACMA, Laemmle, New Beverly, Nuart and UCLA.
January 5
BLADE RUNNER (Vangelis) [Nuart]
CASABLANCA (Max Steiner), KID GALAHAD [UCLA]
THE MAN FROM EARTH (Mark Hinton Stewart) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
PRINCE OF DARKNESS (John Carpenter, Alan Howarth), ALICE COOPER: WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
January 6
FEMALE, THE STRANGE LOVE OF MOLLY LOUVAIN (Leo F. Forbstein) [UCLA]
AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER (Jeff Beal) [Cinematheque: Aero]
January 7
ALAMAR (Diego Benllieure) [UCLA]
January 9
CHRISTOPHER STRONG [LACMA]
January 11
THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Ennio Morricone, Gillo Pontecorvo) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Jonny Greenwood) [Laemmle NoHo]
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? (Ennio Morricone), HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN (Juan Carlos Calderon) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
January 12
COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE (Yoko Kanno) [Nuart]
THE LAST DAWN, A MILLION BID [UCLA]
PEEPING TOM (Brian Easdale), DIVA (Vladimir Cosma) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE (Dan Jones) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
January 13
DOCTOR X (Leo F. Forbstein), MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM, THE KENNEL MURDER CASE (Leo F. Forbstein) [UCLA]
EL TOPO (Alejandro Jodorowsky), FANDO AND LIS (Hector Morely, Pepe Avila) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
GRAND ILLUSION (Joseph Kosma), FORBIDDEN GAMES (Narciso Yepes) [Cinematheque: Aero]
January 14
THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (Alejandro Jodorowsky), SANTA SANGRE (Simon Boswell) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
RAN (Toru Takemitsu) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Max Steiner) [Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts]
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Max Steiner) [Laemmle Playhouse]
THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Max Steiner) [Laemmle Town Center]
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