Intrada has announced two new releases - a two-disc edition of the final score by three-time Oscar winner Miklos Rozsa, DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, the 1982 comedy noir directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin; and Laurence Rosenthal's Oscar-nominated score for BECKET, starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.
Dragon's Domain has announced three new releases -- THE KEN THORNE COLLECTION VOL. 1, featuring two scores by the Oscar-winning composer, the 1976 thriller Assault on Agathon, and the 1978 adventure Power Play; Craig Safan's score for the 1986 TV docudrama COURAGE, starring Sophia Loren and Billy Dee Williams; and Richard Band's score for the just-released thriller NIGHT CALLER.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Becket - Laurence Rosenthal - Intrada Special Collection
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid - Miklos Rozsa - Intrada Special Collection
Georges Delerue: Bandes Originales De Films 1959-1962 - Georges Delerue - Music Box
Le temps de secrets - Philippe Rombi - Music Box
Maurice Jarre: Bandes Originales De Films 1959-1962 - Maurice Jarre - Music Box
Operation Mincemeat - Thomas Newman - Lakeshore
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Bad Guys - Daniel Pemberton
Charlotte - Michelino Bisceglia
Father - Mario Schneider
Hostile Territory - John Koutselinis
9 Bullets - Hugo de Chaire
The Northman - Robin Carolan, Sebastian Gainsborough - Score LP due July 1 on Sacred Bones
Petite Maman - Jean-Baptiste de Laubier
Stanleyville - Joseph Shabason
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - Mark Isham
Unplugging - Leo Birenberg
COMING SOON
May 6
Courage - Craig Safan - Dragon's Domain
Invasion: Season 1 - Max Richter - Decca
The Ken Thorne Collection Vol. 1 - Ken Thorne - Dragon's Domain
Never Too Late - Angela Little - Buysoundtrax
Night Caller - Richard Band - Dragon's Domain
May 27
The Power of the Dog - Jonny Greenwood - Lakeshore
June 3
Violin Concerto No. 2 & Selected Film Themes - John Williams - Deutsche Grammophon
June 10
Ted K - Blanck Mass - Sacred Bones
Date Unknown
Blood on the Crown - Laurent Eyquem - Kronos
Diamanti sporchi si sangue - Luis Bacalov - Quartet
Farewell Gulsary - Andre Matthias - Kronos
Fernando Di Leo's Trilogy: Amarsi Male/Brucisa Ragazzo Brucia/I Ragazzi del Massacro - Gino Peguri/Silvano Spadaccino/Iller Pattacini - Quartet
The Green Planet - Benji Merrison, Will Slater - Silva
Il sorisso del ragno - Daniele Patucci - CSC
Sans sommation - Daniele Patucci - CSC
Storia e preistoria - Piero Umiliani - Kronos
The Thief of Bagdad [1925] - Mortimer Wilson - Naxos
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
April 22 - Isao Tomita born (1932)
April 22 - Jack Nitzsche born (1937)
April 22 - Lalo Schifrin begins recording the soundtrack to Kelly's Heroes (1970)
April 22 - Steven Price born (1977)
April 22 - Craig Safan records his score for the Remo Williams TV pilot (1987)
April 22 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Pen Pals” (1989)
April 22 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Emergence” (1994)
April 22 - Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Muse” (1996)
April 22 - Brian Tyler records his score for the Enterprise episode “Regeneration” (2003)
April 22 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Terra Prime” (2005)
April 23 - Sergei Prokofiev born (1891)
April 23 - Louis Barron born (1920)
April 23 - Patrick Williams born (1939)
April 23 - Alain Jomy born (1941)
April 23 - Jay Gruska born (1952)
April 23 - Andre Previn begins recording his score for The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
April 23 - Kenji Kawai born (1957)
April 23 - Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson born (1958)
April 23 - Christopher Komeda died (1969)
April 23 - Jonsi born (1975)
April 23 - Harold Arlen died (1986)
April 23 - Satyajit Ray died (1992)
April 23 - James Horner begins recording his score for House of Cards (1992)
April 23 - Robert Farnon died (2005)
April 23 - Arthur B. Rubinstein died (2018)
April 24 - Vaclav Trojan born (1907)
April 24 - Barbra Streisand born (1942)
April 24 - Double Indemnity is released in theaters (1944)
April 24 - Hubert Bath died (1945)
April 24 - Dana Kaproff born (1954)
April 24 - Lennie Hayton died (1971)
April 24 - John Williams begins recording his score for Dracula (1979)
April 24 - Georges Delerue records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Doll" (1986)
April 24 - Tristam Cary died (2008)
April 25 - Heinz Roemheld's score for Union Station is recorded (1950)
April 25 - Franz Waxman records his score for Stalag 17 (1952)
April 25 - David A. Hughes born (1960)
April 25 - John Williams begins recording his score for How to Steal a Million (1966)
April 25 - Georges Delerue records his score for L’Homme Qui Revient De Loin (1972)
April 25 - Alec Puro born (1975)
April 25 - Gary Hughes died (1978)
April 25 - Brian May died (1997)
April 26 - Francis Lai born (1932)
April 26 - Giorgio Moroder born (1940)
April 26 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Green Fire (1954)
April 26 - Reinhardt Wagner born (1956)
April 26 - Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter record their score for Kronos (1957)
April 26 - John M. Keane born (1965)
April 26 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Gray Lady Down (1977)
April 26 - Bruce Broughton begins recording his score The Blue and the Gray (1982)
April 26 - Bronislau Kaper died (1983)
April 26 - Alan Parker begins recording his score for Jaws 3D (1983)
April 26 - Barry Gray died (1984)
April 26 - Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for Distant Thunder (1988)
April 26 - Carmine Coppola died (1991)
April 26 - Dave Grusin begins recording his score for The Firm (1993)
April 26 - David Bell records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Tracking Into the Wind” (1999)
April 27 - Christopher Komeda born (1937)
April 27 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for The Lost Weekend (1945)
April 27 - Christopher Young born (1954)
April 27 - Federico Jusid born (1973)
April 27 - Scott Bradley died (1977)
April 27 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Q Who" (1989)
April 27 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Explorers” (1995)
April 27 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Relativity” (1999)
April 27 - Henry Brant died (2008)
April 28 - Emil Stern born (1913)
April 28 - Lyn Murray records his score for the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Who Needs an Enemy?” (1964)
April 28 - Blake Neely born (1969)
April 28 - Billy Goldenberg records his score for High Risk (1976)
April 28 - Christopher Young records orchestral passages for his Invaders from Mars score (1986)
April 28 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Wire” (1994)
April 28 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Judge Dredd (1995)
April 28 - Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Children of Time” (1997)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
BARBARIANS - Marc Canham
"Writer-director Charles Dorfman has seen the same movies fans of the genre have, and the greatest hits are all here. There are the title cards announcing a new chapter of the story, served with a thudding underscore (very 'The Shining'). There’s the scary masks the invaders wear (very 'The Strangers'). And there’s a bit of 'You’re Next' in there, too, as the invaders realize how vastly they’ve underestimated these four."
Mark Peikert, IndieWire
THE CONTRACTOR - Alex Belcher
"It’s easy to forget in the mess of the mission what the point of any of this is. One can argue that nihilism is, itself, the point being made here, that these veterans are screwed no matter what. The best hope for them is one where they’re no burden on their family, financially or otherwise. But that kind of reckoning is only to be found in the margins of 'The Contractor'; the rest is percussively-scored chase sequences."
Fran Hoepfner, The Wrap
"Ostensibly set mostly in Germany, the well-turned production manages to pass muster with a disguised, primarily-Romanian shoot. DP Pierre Aim’s widescreen images and editor Theis Schmidt’s pacing are adept, while Alex Belcher’s original score is at its most effective when stripped down to an urgent electronic pulse."
Dennis Harvey, Variety
"Saleh, working with the same production designer, cinematographer and editor from his previous feature, makes evocative use of locations in Germany, Romania and the States, and Alex Belcher’s score is in sync with the narrative’s gritty, in-the-moment pulse. And yet a sense of the vague and the overcooked creeps into the story as it proceeds. It’s the supremely well-etched character-focused groundwork that Saleh and his cast have laid that sustains the drama."
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
April 22
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (David Shire), THE PARALLAX VIEW (Michael Small) [Aero]
COLLATERAL (James Newton Howard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DUNE (Toto) [Landmark Westwood]
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Masaru Sato) [New Beverly]
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (RZA) [New Beverly]
THE KING OF COMEDY (Robbie Robertson) [Los Feliz 3]
PURPLE RAIN (Prince, Michel Colombier) [Los Feliz 3]
RASHOMON (Fumio Hayasaka) [Los Feliz 3]
SKYFALL (Thomas Newman) [New Beverly]
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Alan Silvestri) [Nuart]
WISHMASTER (Harry Manfredini) [Los Feliz 3]
April 23
AKIRA (Yamashiro Shoji) [New Beverly]
BEN (Walter Scharf) [Los Feliz 3]
BLOOD DINER (Don Preston) [BrainDead Studios]
DUNE (Toto) [Landmark Westwood]
EATING RAOUL (Arlon Ober) [BrainDead Studios]
FROM UP ON POPPY HILL (Satoshi Takebe) [Academy Museum]
THE FUGITIVE (James Newton Howard) [New Beverly]
GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (Jule Styne, Lionel Newman) [UCLA/Hammer]
GHIDORAH, THE THRE-HEADED MONSTER (Akira Ifukube) [Los Feliz 3]
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Masaru Sato) [New Beverly]
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Joe Hisaishi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE KING OF COMEDY (Robbie Robertson) [Los Feliz 3]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
TAMPOPO (Kunihiko Murai) [BrainDead Studios]
UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES [Los Feliz 3]
VERTIGO (Bernard Herrmann) [Alamo Drafthouse]
April 24
BABETTE'S FEAST (Per Norgard) [BrainDead Studios]
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Jerry Bock, John Williams) [Academy Museum]
THE FUGITIVE (James Newton Howard) [New Beverly]
THE HIDDEN FORTRESS (Masaru Sato) [New Beverly]
JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (Randy Newman) [BrainDead Studios]
KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (Joe Hisaishi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
LENNY (Ralph Burns) [Los Feliz 3]
QUADROPHENIA [Los Feliz 3]
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (John Williams) [Fine Arts]
THE TRIP [BrainDead Studios]
TROPICAL MALADY, UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES [Aero]
VERTIGO (Bernard Herrmann) [Alamo Drafthouse]
VIVE L'AMOUR [Los Feliz 3]
ZOTZ! (Bernard Green) [Los Feliz 3]
April 25
THE BIG CHILL [Academy Museum]
BLACKHAT (Harry Gregson-Williams) [Alamo Drafthouse]
COLLATERAL (James Newton Howard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
PURPLE RAIN (Prince, Michel Colombier) [Los Feliz 3]
THE ROUND-UP [Los Feliz 3]
TRACKDOWN (Charles Bernstein), SUMMERTIME KILLER (Luis Bacalov) [New Beverly]
April 26
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Allan Gray), THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Max Steiner) [New Beverly]
CEMETERY OF SPLENDOR [Los Feliz 3]
COLLATERAL (James Newton Howard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FATAL ATTRACTION (Maurice Jarre) [Los Feliz 3]
THE LAST PICTURE SHOW [Academy Museum]
April 27
THE AFRICAN QUEEN (Allan Gray), THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (Max Steiner) [New Beverly]
GHIDORAH, THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER (Akira Ifukube) [Los Feliz 3]
THE LIFE OF OHARU (Ichiro Saito) [Los Feliz 3]
SELENA (Dave Grusin) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE WANDERING PRINCESS (Chuji Kinoshita), LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX (Hikaru Hayashi) [Academy Museum]
April 28
ALIENS (James Horner) [New Beverly]
ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (Alberto Iglesias), BAD EDUCATION (Alberto Iglesias) [Academy Museum]
I LIVE IN FEAR [Los Feliz 3]
STAR WARS (John Williams) [El Capitan]
THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (Miklos Rozsa) [Aero]
TROPICAL MALADY [Los Feliz 3]
April 29
ALIEN (Jerry Goldsmith) [BrainDead Studios]
ALIENS (James Horner) [New Beverly]
EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN (Mader) [BrainDead Studios]
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (John Williams) [El Capitan]
GOLDFINGER (John Barry) [New Beverly]
HIGH AND LOW (Masaru Sato) [Aero]
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (RZA) [New Beverly]
MIAMI VICE (John Murphy) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Joe Hisaishi) [Landmark Westwood]
PRINCESS MONONOKE (Joe Hisaishi) [Academy Museum]
April 30
ALIENS (James Horner) [New Beverly]
CROOKLYN (Terence Blanchard) [BrainDead Studios]
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Alexandre Desplat) [BrainDead Studios]
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (Michio Mamiya) [BrainDead Studios]
KING KONG (Max Steiner) [New Beverly]
LADY TERMINATOR (Ricky Brothers) [New Beverly]
THE LIFE OF OHARU (Ichiro Saito), OSAKA ELEGY (Koichi Takagi) [Aero]
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (Joe Hisaishi) [Landmark Westwood]
THE PUBLIC EYE (John Barry) [Los Feliz 3]
RETURN OF THE JEDI (John Williams) [El Capitan]
TALK TO HER (Alberto Iglesias), THE SKIN I LIVE IN (Alberto Iglesias) [Academy Museum]
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE (Howard Shore) [Alamo Drafthouse]
VOLVER (Alberto Iglesias) [Academy Museum]
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE (Takatsugo Muramatsu) [Academy Museum]
ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES (Hajime Kaburagi) [Los Feliz 3]
May 1
ALIENS (James Horner) [New Beverly]
FANTASTIC VOYAGE (Leonard Rosenman) [Academy Museum]
THE FIRE WITHIN (Erik Satie) [Los Feliz 3]
HOT FUZZ (David Arnold) [Alamo Drafthouse]
IKIRU (Fumio Hayasaka), DRUNKEN ANGEL (Fumio Hayasaka) [Los Feliz 3]
KING KONG (Max Steiner) [New Beverly]
THE LOVELY MONTH OF MAY (Michel Legrand) [Academy Museum]
THE WOBBLIES [Los Feliz 3]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Jurassic Park (Williams); Damage (Preisner); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Williams); Entrapment (Young); The Fifth Element (Serra); On the Other Ocean (Behrman); Disclosure (Morricone); Guinevere (Beck, various); Westworld (Karlin); The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Vol. 1 (Pemberton); Havana (Grusin)
Read: A Year or So with Edgar, by George V. Higgins
Seen: Strain Andromeda The; My Neighbor Totoro; The Lost City; Frenzy; Harvey; A Clockwork Orange; Aline; Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
Watched: Have Gun, Will Travel ("Helen of Abajinian"); Star Trek ("The Ultimate Computer"); Archer ("No Good Deed"); True Detective ("Down Will Come"); Predator; The Venture Bros. ("What Color Is Your Cleansuit?"); Hawaii Five-O ("Along Came Joey"); Star Trek ("Bread and Circuses"); Archer ("Berenice"); True Detective ("Other Lives")
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