“FAMILY GUY – MOVEMENT 1: LIMITED EDITION” Music by Walter Murphy and Ron Jones Limited Edition of 5000 Units RETAIL PRICE: $19.98 STARTS SHIPPING JUNE 24, 2016
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FAMILY GUY – MOVEMENT 1: LIMITED EDITION LLLCD 1371 Music by Walter Murphy and Ron Jones Limited Edition of 5000 Units RETAIL PRICE: $19.98
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ORDER at www.lalalandrecords.com on MAY 21 starting at 12noon (PST) and get your copy autographed by composers Walter Murphy and Ron Jones at no additional charge. Autographs are available only while supplies last and are NOT guaranteed with your order.
La-La Land Records, 20th Century Fox and Fox Music proudly present the world premiere release of orchestral score from the legendary animated FOX television series FAMILY GUY. Composers Walter Murphy (TED 2, TED, AMERICAN DAD!) and Ron Jones (AMERICAN DAD!, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, DUCK TALES) have fashioned some of the most exciting and complex orchestral music ever composed and recorded for television. Swing, Jazz, Broadway, Big Band and Film Score genres collide in expressive, colorful bursts that have become a hallmark of this long-running and classic comedy series.
Show creator and performer Seth MacFarlane explains, “Both Ron and Walter played the show as if it were a completely sincere ‘Leave It to Beaver’ or ‘Donna Reed-style’ wholesome comedy. And it just worked really well… (The music) was always the most fun part of the process for me.”
“Seth is really a collaborator,” says composer Walter Murphy. “Most producers and directors really are not that musically astute. Seth is completely up on everything, and reads and writes music himself… We like the same kind of music in film scores.”
“It is always the greatest pleasure and honor to create scores for Seth, Fox and the huge world audience that enjoys ‘Family Guy!’” remarks composer Ron Jones, who hopes fans will find new appreciation for the music on this release. “I think it will be like a fun scavenger hunt. It’s loaded with motifs and little licks and things that are connected.”
Produced by Dan Goldwasser, Walter Murphy and Ron Jones, and mastered by James Nelson, this special, limited edition release showcases suites of some of the finest Family Guy score cues from seasons 1-4, including such long-sought after tracks as the Chicken Fight music from “Da Boom” and the Sperm Wars cue from “Emission Impossible,” among many, many others. Exclusive, in-depth liner notes by writer John Takis include new interview comments from the composers and Seth MacFarlane, and the joyful art design by Jim Titus boasts a front cover with original art by one of the show’s animators - commissioned especially for this CD release! This is a limited edition release of 5000 units – and a must for FAMILY GUY fans and any film/TV music enthusiast!
TRACK LISTING:
1. Family Guy End Titles (1999)* :33 2. I Never Met the Dead Man* 2:19 3. Chitty Chitty Death Bang* 1:36 4. Running Mates † 2:12 5. If I’m Dyin’, I’m Lyin’* 1:16 6. Death Is a Bitch † 1:42 7. I Am Peter, Hear Me Roar* 2:21 8. A Very Special Family Guy Freakin’ Christmas † 2:11 9. Let’s Go to the Hop † 2:29 10. Da Boom* 1:31 11. Dammit Janet!* 2:26 12. Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington † 1:25 13. Road to Rhode Island* 1:39 14. The Thin White Line* 2:34 15. Lethal Weapons † 1:42 16. Brian Does Hollywood † 2:18 17. Emission Impossible † 3:39 18. The Kiss Seen Around the World* 2:13 19. Mr. Saturday Knight † 1:57 20. Ready, Willing and Disabled † 1:51 21. Screwed the Pooch* 1:14 22. Family Guy Viewer Mail #1* 3:01 23. Road to Europe* 3:11 24. North by North Quahog* 1:57 25. Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High* 1:43 26. Blind Ambition* 3:27 27. 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter † 2:01 28. Breaking Out Is Hard to Do † 3:07 29. Family Guy End Titles (2001 rev 2005)* :34
Total Run Time: 61:08 *Composed by Walter Murphy † Composed by Ron Jones
“La-La Land Records to attend 2016 San Diego Comic-Con in partnership with Geek! (Booth 4536)”
In partnership with Geek LLC, La-La Land Records is attending this year’s Comic-Con in San Diego, CA from July 20-24. Join us at booth 4536 for exciting World Premiere soundtracks, in-booth composer, author and artist signings, exciting announcements about upcoming releases, and, as always, great deals!
We proudly announce our Comic-Con World Premiere Soundtracks, available at the Con...!
STAR TREK 50TH ANNIVERSARY die Cut 12’’ vinyl single! To honor the legendary franchise’s 50th year, we present the Original Series season 3 and season 1 main titles on a delta-shaped die cut, 180 Gram gold-colored, vinyl 12’’ single – housed in a strikingly attractive jacket featuring the Enterprise. Limited Edition of 1701 units, of course!
WONDER WOMAN 75th ANNIVERSARY 7’’ Picture Disc Vinyl Single! To commemorate 75 years of Wonder Woman, we showcase the legendary 1970’s TV incarnation of the iconic character as portrayed by Lynda Carter, presenting the season 1 and season 3 main titles on a 7’’ vinyl picture disc, featuring Diana Prince on one side, and Wonder Woman on the other – housed in a colorful jacket. Limited Edition of 1000 units!
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SOUNDTRACK CD! The original score to the all-new, acclaimed DC Universe Animated Feature, music by Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion and Kristopher Carter! Limited Edition of 1500 units.
(Comic-Con premiere soundtracks will also be available at www.lalalandrecords.com starting July 26th)
IN-PERSON BOOTH SIGNINGS and more!
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE CD Signing! The Killing Joke composers, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion and Kristopher Carter, will be signing copies of the Killing Joke CD, (and their other amazing soundtrack titles), purchased at our booth. Sat 7/23 11am-12:30pm.
STAR TREK “THE 50 YEAR MISSION: THE FIRST 25 YEARS” book signing! Authors Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross will sign copies of their exciting new book purchased at our booth! Sat 7/23 4-5pm.
FEMME FATALES Signing! Meet actresses from the cult-noir Cinemax Series and get DVDs of the show purchased at the booth autographed.
FREE MINI-POSTERS from upcoming La-La Land feature-film releases, featuring amazing original art from acclaimed artist Paul Shipper: The feature-length documentary KING COHEN, about the life and work of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, and the world premiere High Definition Blu-Ray release of the James Gunn-penned superhero cult comedy THE SPECIALS. Artist Paul Shipper will appear at the booth to sign posters, along with KING COHEN director Steve Mitchell!
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La-La Land Records, Warner Bros. and Sony Music Entertainment presents the remastered and expanded 2-CD reissue of renowned composer Thomas Newman’s (LESS THAN ZERO, AMERICAN BEAUTY, SKYFALL, BRIDGE OF SPIES) acclaimed original motion picture score from the beloved 1994 feature film THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman, and directed by Frank Darabont. Thomas Newman’s iconic score is pitch-perfect, expertly balancing sadness, despair, humor and exaltation as it nurtures and enrichens a film that is now considered to be an all-time dramatic masterpiece. Produced by Constantine Nasr, Dan Goldwasser and Mike Matessino, produced for Sony Music by Jeff James and Didier C. Deutsch, mastered by Matessino, and supervised by the composer, this 2-CD set has been expanded over the original 1994 soundtrack release by more than 58 minutes, featuring never-before-released score tracks, as well as alternate cues, album versions and source music. Limited to 3500 units, this special release includes exclusive, in-depth liner notes by album co-producer Nasar and writer Tim Greiving (with new interview comments from the composer) -- with classic art design by album co-producer Goldwasser and a striking front cover by famed artist Drew Struzan.
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This is fantastic. And it's jammed full of music memories. The first sample alone was one of the first pieces I took note of and wanted when I originally started watching the series.
Jones and Murphy have done top-notch work here, for years.
Now, when the show came back from cancellation I tried to watch it, but it just wasn't the same and it was like it was trying to offend me and I quite watching, so I have no idea what kind of wonderful scoring has occured since, except two episodes: I think it was Lukas who posted here about the big Christmas episode with Jones big-orchestral score, so I had to check it out. And then I checked out how Brian was killed off; I knew it was a fake-out and he'd be back later, as I posted online at the time, and I was right (I also suggested it would be a Stewie time machine thing, and I was right again).
Jones and Murphy continued their great work by doing the same thing for the spin-off series, "American Dad!", though it was mostly Murphy. Later on Joel McNeely joined and to this day contributes strong efforts as well, including the "Back to the Future" parody episode where as I recall he used the BttF theme a number of times and musical ideas. IMDb also shows somebody named Asa Taccone has scored two episodes -- I can't speak for the compsoer or the episodes (I may have to check them out just to hear his efforts).
The samples are quite short and while they give me an idea that this has a similar sound to the Ted soundtracks, are there unifying themes that show up throughout? Or is each track musically distinct?
Woo-hoo! I am looking forward to the autographed copy since I ordered yesterday. Did both Walter Murphy and Ron Jones sign it? As a proud owner and avid listener of The Ron Jones Project my fingers are crossed that he signed too!
Woo-hoo! I am looking forward to the autographed copy since I ordered yesterday. Did both Walter Murphy and Ron Jones sign it? As a proud owner and avid listener of The Ron Jones Project my fingers are crossed that he signed too!
The answer is:
ORDER at www.lalalandrecords.com on MAY 21 starting at 12noon (PST) and get your copy autographed by composers Walter Murphy and Ron Jones at no additional charge. Autographs are available only while supplies last and are NOT guaranteed with your order.
Cool! Thank you for the reply... I must have missed that line in the press release. Thanks to LaLaLand for bringing this project to reality. As a longtime Family Guy fan (going all the way back to their post-Super Bowl premiere in 1999) I've always appreciated the effort put into the musical sequences and the score.
I don' t know if Seth McFarlane ever checks out soundtrack message boards like this, but given his many soundbites over the years talking about his appreciation of film music and many composers we all love, it kinda feels like he would fit right in around here. His props to John Williams last week at the AFI special seemed truly heartfelt and genuine.