Next week Intrada plans to release a CD about which, given my obsessions with both Jerry Goldsmith and unused scores, I can only say OMFG!!!!. For those who don't mind soundtrack CD release spoilers, go to this Message Board thread.
The latest CD from Quartet is a remastered (and composer-approved) release of one of John Williams' most off-beat scores, his Oscar-nominated music for Robert Altman's surreal 1972 psychological thriller IMAGES, starring Susannah York and the late, great Rene Auberjonois.
Music Box has announced three new CD releases: an expanded version of Maurice Jarre's score for the 1964 WWII drama WEEK-END A ZUYDCOOTE (released in the U.S as Weekend at Dunkirk); a CD featuring music from three Philippe Sarde scores, ALLONS Z'ENFANTS (1981), L'HONNEUR D'UN CAPITAINE (A Captain's Honor, 1982) and LA MAISON ASSASSINEE (The Murdered House, 1988); and a disc featuring three scores composed by Jean-Claude Vannier, LES CHEMINS DE KATMANDOU, PARIS N'EXISTE PAS (both composed with Serge Gainsbourg) and LA BETE NOIRE.
Varese Sarabande is expected to announce two new limited edition CD Club releases today.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Albert Glasser Collection Vol. 2 - The Invisible Mr. Unmei/Geisha Girl - Albert Glasser - Dragon's Domain
Caboblanco - Jerry Goldsmith - La-La Land
Dragonslayer: 40th Anniversary Edition - Alex North - La-La Land
Forbidden Planet [reissue] - Louis & Bebe Barron - GNP Crescendo
The Proposal - T. Griffin - Constellation
The Resurrected - Richard Band - Dragon's Domain
Turkey Shoot (Escape 2000) - Brian May - Dragon's Domain
IN THEATERS TODAY
Akilla's Escape - Saul Williams, 3D
Censor - Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Holler - Gene Back
The House Next Door: Meet the Blacks 2 - Geoff Zanelli
In the Heights - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Alex Lacamoire, Bill Sherman - Song CD on Atlantic
The Misfits - Lasse Enersen, Trevor Rabin
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway - Dominic Lewis
Queen Bees - Walter Murphy
Sublet - Tom Darom, Assa Ravivi
Tove - Matti Bye
COMING SOON
June 25
A.I. Artificial Intelligence [reissue] - John Williams - La-La Land
Always - John Williams - La-La Land
The Film Scores of Bernard Herrmann (box set) - Bernard Herrmann, various - Decca
July 23
Formula 1 Nell'inferno del Grand Prix - Alessandro Alessandroni - Beat
Date Unknown
Belli e brutti ridono tutti - Giacomo Dell'Orso - Beat
Forgotten We'll Be - Zbigniew Preisner - Caldera
Fuga Dal Bronx - Francesco De Masi - Beat
Il Giro Del Mondo Degli Innamorati Di Peynet - Alessandro Alessandroni - Beat
Images - John Williams - Quartet
Io So Che Tu Saiche Io So - Piero Piccioni - Beat
Les chemins de Katmandou/Paris N'existe pas/La bête noire - Jean-Claude Vannier, Serge Gainsbourg - Music Box
Red Yellow Pink - Szymon Szewczyk - Kronos
Speer Goes to Hollywood - Frank Ilfman - Kronos
Straziami Ma Di Baci Sazliami - Armando Trovaioli - Beat
Tatort: Es Lebe Der Konig! - Christoph Blaser - Kronos
Week-end a Zuydcoote (Weekend at Dunkirk) - Maurice Jarre - Music Box
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
June 11 - Carmine Coppola born (1910)
June 11 - Shelly Manne born (1920)
June 11 - Lennie Niehaus born (1929)
June 11 - Alexander Balanescu born (1954)
June 11 - David Shire begins recording his score for Paternity (1981)
June 11 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Fandango (1984)
June 12 - Maurice Ohana born (1914)
June 12 - Richard M. Sherman born (1928)
June 12 - John Ireland died (1962)
June 12 - Klaus Badelt born (1967)
June 13 - Filip Kutev born (1903)
June 13 - Richard Peaslee born (1930)
June 13 - Paul Buckmaster born (1946)
June 13 - J.S. Zamecnik died (1953)
June 13 - Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter begin recording their score for Jack the Giant Killer (1961)
June 13 - Andre Previn begins recording his score for The Fortune Cookie (1966)
June 13 - Bruce Broughton begins recording his score for Last Rites (1988)
June 14 - Stanley Black born (1913)
June 14 - Cy Coleman born (1929)
June 14 - Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson born (1932)
June 14 - Harold Wheeler born (1943)
June 14 - Marcus Miller born (1959)
June 14 - Doug Timm born (1960)
June 14 - John Williams begins recording his replacement score for The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
June 14 - Craig Safan begins recording his score, adapted from Tchaikovsky, for The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977)
June 14 - David Newman records his score for Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
June 14 - Carlos D’Alessio died (1992)
June 14 - Henry Mancini died (1994)
June 14 - James Horner begins recording his score for Clear and Present Danger (1994)
June 15 - Robert Russell Bennett born (1894)
June 15 - David Rose born (1910)
June 15 - Harry Nilsson born (1941)
June 15 - Dennis Dreith born (1948)
June 15 - Gavin Greenaway born (1964)
June 15 - Robert Drasnin records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth” (1965)
June 15 - Meredith Willson died (1984)
June 15 - Manos Hadjidakis died (1994)
June 16 - Bebe Barron born (1926)
June 16 - Fred Karlin born (1936)
June 16 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his additional music for Beau Brummell (1954)
June 16 - Psycho opens in New York (1960)
June 16 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Justine (1969)
June 16 - James Horner begins recording his replacement score for Wolfen (1981)
June 16 - Joe Greene died (1986)
June 17 - Einar Englund born (1916)
June 17 - Jerry Fielding born (1922)
June 17 - Martin Boettcher born (1927)
June 17 - Dominic Frontiere born (1931)
June 17 - Barry Manilow born (1943)
June 17 - George S. Clinton born (1947)
June 17 - Franz Waxman begins recording his score for Career (1959)
June 17 - Paul Giovanni died (1990)
June 17 - David Newman begins recording his score for Coneheads (1993)
June 17 - Shirley Walker and John Carpenter begin recording their score for Escape from L.A. (1996)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
DRUNK BUS - Nathaniel Eras, Jimmy Stofer, Alan Wilkis
"Audio choices consistently shift from the initial atmospheric sound setting. A Yo La Tengo-esque beat setting a fall-asleep at the wheel stage all but disappears after stretches of quiet, followed by sudden spikes in the score, almost always underlining an emotion already being expressed by other narrative factors. There are dialog scenes in which the ambient background noise is actively distracting, and key moments which are unfortunately over-directed (one featuring 'Moonrise Kingdom’s' Kara Hayward, whose casting rings amusing given the flick’s 'Paterson'-lite framework, but who is saddled with a standard Manic Pixie Perfect College Girl character)."
Andrew Bundy, The Playlist
THE DRY - Peter Raeburn
"It's a tangle of suspicion, sham, and buried memory, and the land becomes something of a metaphor for the corrosive power of evil as Aaron wanders around this shriveled, devastated community. The drought has turned vast stretches of the area into dry scrub. Anything green seems to have vanished from the earth, and the streets go empty come nightfall. He visits the forest and river where they played as kids and where Ellie died. Now, it's just dry wasteland, all cracks and dust. An atmosphere of barren dread permeates the film, enhanced immeasurably by Peter Raeburn's elegantly moody score."
Bilge Ebiri, New York
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
June 11
CURIOUS GEORGE (Heitor Pereira) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee) [Arena CineLounge]
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Jon Brion) [Arena CineLounge]
THE FUGITIVE (James Newton Howard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FURIOUS 7 (Brian Tyler) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
THE GREAT ESCAPE (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]
ISHTAR (Dave Grusin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JOHNNY MNEMONIC (Brad Fiedel) [Fairfax Cinema]
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Howard Shore) [Alamo Drafthouse]
PULP FICTION [New Beverly]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [American Cinematheque: Aero]
June 12
DAZED AND CONFUSED [New Beverly]
DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee) [Arena CineLounge]
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Jon Brion) [Arena CineLounge]
THE GREAT ESCAPE (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]
ISHTAR (Dave Grusin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Howard Shore) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MINIONS (Heitor Pereira) [AMC CityWalk]
SERIAL MOM (Basil Poledouris) [Alamo Drafthouse]
STOP MAKING SENSE [Hollywood Legion]
TRON (Wendy Carlos) [Fairfax Cinema]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [American Cinematheque: Aero]
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING [Arena CineLounge]
June 13
CHILDREN OF THE SEA (Joe Hisaishi) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC Century City] [AMC CityWalk] [TCL Chinese]
DECODER [Fairfax Cinema]
DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee) [Arena CineLounge]
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Jon Brion) [Arena CineLounge]
THE FUGITIVE (James Newton Howard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE GREAT ESCAPE (Elmer Bernstein) [New Beverly]
ISHTAR (Dave Grusin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Howard Shore) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MAMMA MIA (ABBA) [IPIC Westwood]
MEETING PEOPLE IS EASY [Fairfax Cinema]
MINIONS (Heitor Pereira) [AMC CityWalk]
MY FAIR LADY (Frederick Loewe, Andre Previn) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC Century City] [AMC CityWalk]
SERIAL MOM (Basil Poledouris) [Alamo Drafthouse]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [American Cinematheque: Aero]
June 14
CAGED WOMEN (Luigi Ceccarelli), CAGED HEAT (John Cale) [New Beverly]
CURIOUS GEORGE (Heitor Pereira) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee) [Arena CineLounge]
FURIOUS 7 (Brian Tyler) [AMC CityWalk]
ISHTAR (Dave Grusin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Howard Shore) [Alamo Drafthouse]
June 15
BULLITT (Lalo Schifrin), THE GETAWAY (Quincy Jones) [New Beverly]
CHILDREN OF THE SEA (Joe Hisaishi) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC Century City] [AMC CityWalk] [Laemmle Playhouse]
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Jon Brion) [Arena CineLounge]
June 16
BULLITT (Lalo Schifrin), THE GETAWAY (Quincy Jones) [New Beverly]
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (Jon Brion) [Arena CineLounge]
MAMMA MIA (ABBA) [IPIC Westwood]
MY FAIR LADY (Frederick Loewe, Andre Previn) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC Century City] [AMC CityWalk] [Laemmle Playhouse] [Laemmle Town Center]
PAPRIKA (Susumu Hirasawa) [Fairfax Cinema]
June 17
BULLITT (Lalo Schifrin), THE GETAWAY (Quincy Jones) [New Beverly]
DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee) [Arena CineLounge]
TENET (Ludwig Goransson) [American Cinematheque: Aero]
VIRTUOSITY (Christopher Young) [Fairfax Cinema]
June 18
DAZED AND CONFUSED [Alamo Drafthouse]
DO THE RIGHT THING (Bill Lee) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
FAST FIVE (Brian Tyler) [Alamo Drafthouse]
HARRIET (Terence Blanchard) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (John Williams) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE MASTER (Jonny Greenwood) [American Cinematheque: Aero]
MINIONS (Heitor Pereira) [Alamo Drafthouse]
TENET (Ludwig Goransson) [New Beverly]
WORLD ON A WIRE (Gottfried Hungsberg) [Fairfax Cinema]
June 19
DAZED AND CONFUSED [Alamo Drafthouse]
DONNIE DARKO (Michael Andrews) [New Beverly]
E.T THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (John Williams) [American Cinematheque: Aero]
FAST FIVE (Brian Tyler) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FENCES (Marcelo Zarvos) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (John Williams) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MINIONS (Heitor Pereira) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MOONLIGHT (Nicholas Britell) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
TENET (Ludwig Goransson) [New Beverly]
TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith) [Fairfax Cinema]
VERTIGO (Bernard Herrmann) [American Cinematheque: Aero]
June 20
BARBERSHOP: THE NEXT CUT (Stanley Clarke) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
CLASS OF 1999 (Michael Hoenig) [Fairfax Cinema]
DAZED AND CONFUSED [Alamo Drafthouse]
FAST FIVE (Brian Tyler) [Alamo Drafthouse]
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (John Williams) [Alamo Drafhouse] [American Cinematheque: Aero] [IPIC Westwood]
JERRY MAGUIRE (Nancy Wilson) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC Century City] [AMC CityWalk]
LOVE AND BASKETBALL (Terence Blanchard) [AMC Burbank 16] [AMC CityWalk]
MINIONS (Heitor Pereira) [Alamo Drafthouse]
TENET (Ludwig Goransson) [New Beverly]
VERTIGO (Bernard Herrmann) [American Cinematheque: Aero]
WILD COMBINATION [Fairfax Cinema]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Tenet (Goransson), Shamus (Goldsmith), The Tiger and the Snow (Piovani), Memphis (Bryan), Girl in Progress (Lennertz), The King and I (Rodgers), Once Upon a Time in America (Morricone), A Bridge Too Far (Addison), Have Gun, Will Travel: Three Bells to Perdido (Herrmann), The Day of the Dolphin (Delerue), Midnight Cowboy (Barry), 1776 (Edwards)
Read: Gideon's Risk, by J.J. Marric (aka John Creasey)
Seen: Undine, The Dry
Watched: Mystery of the Wax Museum; Star Trek: Enterprise ("Borderland"); Top of the Lake: China Girl ("The Battle of the Mothers"); Avenue 5 ("I Was Flying," "And Then He's Gonna Shoot Off...," "I"m a Hand Model," "Wait a Minute, Then Who Was That on the Ladder?", "He's Only There To Stop His Skeleton from Falling Over," "Was It Your Ears?", "Are You a Spider, Matt?", "This Is Physically Hurting Me," "Eight Arms But No Hands"); The Spy Who Loved Me; Lost in Space ("My Friend, Mr. Nobody"); Remember the Night; Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ("Wicked Old World")
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