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| Film Score Friday 11/6/09
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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11/5/2009 - 9:00 PM |
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La-La Land has just released a limited edition (1200 units) CD of one of Bill Conti's finest and most underappreciated scores, for the 1982 drama THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON. The film was based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by actor-playwright Jason Miller (otherwise best known for his Oscar-nominated portrayal of Father Damien Karras in The Exorcist) about the reunion of a high school basketball team and their coach decades later. The original Broadway production, which ran for 700 performances, starred Charles Durning, Richard A. Dysart, Michael McGuire, Paul Sorvino and Walter McGinn, and Miller himself directed the film version, starring Robert Mitchum, Bruce Dern, Martin Sheen, Stacy Keach, and Sorvino recreating his stage role. Conti's score came during a period that featured some of his best scores, including Gloria, The Formula, Victory and The Right Stuff, and the La-La Land CD presents its first ever release.
Kritzerland's next limited edition CD (1000 units) will feature Ken Thorne's score for the 1968 comedy INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU. The film, made during the 11-year gap between A Shot in the Dark and The Return of the Pink Panther, was the only one of the original Clouseau films for which neither Peter Sellers nor Blake Edwards nor Henry Mancini were involved (though Clouseau screenwriter Frank Waldman co-wrote four of the later Panther sequels), with Alan Arkin taking over the title role and Bud Yorkin directing. The score featured none of Mancini's famous themes, with Oscar-winner Thorne providing his own material including a whimsical new theme for the inspector. The Kritzerland features the same cues as the original UA LP, which comprises the bulk of the original score.
Intrada will release two new CDs next week, featuring two scores by the same composer. |
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| Aisle Seat ON THE ROAD Edition (Updated)
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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11/1/2009 - 9:00 PM |
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| It has been said (and written in this column) that it’s not a good time for archival titles to be released on DVD, something that was reaffirmed last week when Universal announced it was entering into a partnership with TCM to start a manufactured-on-demand DVD process for their catalog films. Similar to Warner Home Video’s Archive series, Universal and TCM are supposed to offer a variety of vintage movies for $19.99 a pop, starting with a series of Universal ‘30s chillers that fans have been anticipating for some time. |
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Marvelous Marvin |
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A Halloween Film Music Treat |
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From the Director's Chair: Peter Chelsom |
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The Horse Boy: It Takes Two |
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Book Smart |
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To Score or Not to Score? Stomp, Johnson and O'Hearn |
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Middle-earth Meets Manhattan |
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Gold Rush: The Bastard Child of Puccini |
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Score Restore: Aliens: "Futile Escape" |
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Ear of the Month Contest: Happy Halloween 2009 |
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