The latest CD from Intrada is an expanded, two-disc edition of BACKDRAFT, the 1991 fireman mystery-thriller that was the first of many films Hans Zimmer scored for Ron Howard (others include Frost/Nixon, Hillbilly Elegy and the Da Vinci Code trilogy). Disc One features the full film score in its original mixes, while Disc Two features the score cues from the 1991 CD release (as remixed by the legendary George Martin). The film starred Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, and Donald Sutherland. (By strange coincidence, since Sutherland passed away just this last Thursday, Backdraft is one of three new releases of scores for his films, along with Howlin Wolf's Murder by Decree and Varese's imminent Eye of the Needle.)
Composers Anthony Chue, Marius de Vries, Jerskin Fendrix, Simon Franglen, Jo Yeong-wook, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Fabrizio Mancinelli, Diego Navarro, Martin Phipps, Plínio Profeta, Philippe Rombi, David Sardy, Ryan Shore and Kubilay Uner; songwriters Stephen Bray, Gary M. Clark and Dan Wilson; and music editors Michael K. Bauer, Shari Johanson, Katrina Marie Schiller and Carl Sealove.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Backdraft - Hans Zimmer - Intrada Special Collection
Cosa avete fatto a Solange? - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Humanoid - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Sugarland Express - John Williams - La-La Land
IN THEATERS TODAY
Green Border - Frederic Vercheval
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 - John Debney
The Imaginary - Agehasprings, Kenji Tamai
Last Summer - no original score
A Quiet Place: Day One - Alexis Grapsas
A Sacrifice - Volker Bertelmann
COMING SOON
July 5
Saltburn - Anthony Willis - Polydor (import)
July 12
The Dead Don't Hurt - Viggo Mortensen - Milan
Eye of the Needle: The Deluxe Edition - Miklos Rozsa - Varese Sarabande CD Club
For Love of the Game: The Deluxe Edition - Basil Poledouris - Varese Sarabande CD Club
Coming Soon
Cop Hater - Albert Glasser - Kronos
The David Michael Frank Collection Vol. 4 - David Michael Frank - Dragon's Domain
Death Hunt - Jerrold Immel - Dragon's Domain
Franz Waxman: Legendary Hollywood Vol. 2 - Franz Waxman - Citadel
From Hell to Borneo - Gene Kauer, Douglas M. Lackey - Kronos
Furiosa: A Mad Mad Saga - Tom Holkenborg - Mutant
Giornata nera per l'ariete - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Golden Age of Science-Fiction Vol. 4 - Elisabeth Lutyens, Ronald Stein - Dragon's Domain
Il cittadino si ribella - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Digitmovies
Il ginecologo della mutua - Renato Serio - Beat
La pistole non discutono (Bullets Don't Argue) - Ennio Morricone - Beat
Lacrima Movies Trilogy - Franco Micalizzi - Digitmovies
Papillon [reissue] - Jerry Goldsmith - Quartet
Stelvio Cipriani Soundtracks Rarities Vol. 1 - Stelvio Cipriani - Digitmovies
Thrilling - Ennio Morricone - EMCD
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
June 28 - Richard Rodgers born (1902)
June 28 - Ken Wannberg born (1930)
June 28 - Nora Orlandi born (1933)
June 28 - Bjorn Isfalt born (1942)
June 28 - Charlie Clouser born (1963)
June 28 - George Duning's score for the Star Trek episode "Metamorphosis" is recorded (1967)
June 28 - Lalo Schifrin records “Underground,” his final episode score for the original Mission: Impossible (1972)
June 28 - Malcolm Lockyer died (1976)
June 28 - Paul Dessau died (1979)
June 28 - John Scott begins recording his score for North Dallas Forty (1979)
June 29 - Joseph Carl Breil born (1870)
June 29 - Bernard Herrmann born (1911)
June 29 - Ulpio Minucci born (1917)
June 29 - Ralph Burns born (1922)
June 29 - Ezra Laderman born (1924)
June 29 - Daniele Amfitheatrof begins recording his score for The Painted Hills (1950)
June 29 - Richard Markowitz’s score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Infernal Machine” is recorded (1966)
June 29 - Lalo Schifrin records his score for the Mission: Impossible episode “Encore” (1971)
June 29 - Bill Conti begins recording his score for The Big Fix (1978)
June 29 - Mischa Spoliansky died (1985)
June 29 - Bert Shefter died (1999)
June 29 - Johnny Mandel died (2020)
June 30 - Tony Hatch born (1939)
June 30 - Mike Leander born (1941)
June 30 - Stanley Clarke born (1951)
June 30 - Hal Lindes born (1953)
June 30 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Boys from Brazil (1978)
June 30 - Guenther Kauer died (1983)
June 30 - Craig Safan begins recording his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Wedding Ring" (1986)
June 30 - Basil Poledouris begins recording his score for Flight of the Intruder (1990)
June 30 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “The 37’s” (1995)
July 1 - Sigmund Krumgold born (1896)
July 1 - Hans Werner Henze born (1926)
July 1 - Andrae Crouch born (1942)
July 1 - Francois Dompierre born (1943)
July 1 - Alfred Newman begins recording his score for The Robe (1953)
July 1 - Roddy Bottum born (1963)
July 1 - Seamus Egan born (1969)
July 2 - Jeff Alexander born (1910)
July 2 - Fabio Frizzi born (1951)
July 2 - Frederic Talgorn born (1961)
July 2 - Kristian Eidnes Andersen born (1966)
July 2 - Nathan Van Cleave died (1970)
July 2 - John Paesano born (1977)
July 2 - Richard Band begins recording his score for From Beyond (1986)
July 3 - George Bruns born (1914)
July 3 - Jean Prodromides born (1927)
July 3 - Robert O. Ragland born (1931)
July 3 - David Shire born (1937)
July 3 - Peer Raben born (1940)
July 3 - Michel Polnareff born (1944)
July 3 - Pim Jacobs died (1996)
July 3 - Delia Derbyshire died (2001)
July 4 - Fred Wesley born (1943)
July 4 - Larry Herbstritt born (1950)
July 4 - Nathan Furst born (1978)
July 4 - Astor Piazzolla died (1992)
July 4 - Benedetto Ghiglia died (2012)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE - Lorne Balfe
"And yet, none of the movie’s try-hard appeals to modern audiences are enough to divorce 'Ride or Die' from the original spirit of its franchise, and from the glory days of late 20th century blockbusters that it still represents to some degree. From a Lorne Balfe score that openly quotes Hans Zimmer’s theme from 'The Rock' to a high-flying hijack sequence that drifts off the memory of 'Con Air' to the random cutaway shots of characters holding each other amid a burnt orange sunset as orchestral music keens over the soundtrack, 'Ride or Die' is ineffably anchored to the age when Jerry Bruckheimer was king."
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
CORA BORA - Miya Folick
"Accompanied by an original score and songs from Miya Folick, 'Cora Bora' settles into its own place in the indie rocker-girl genre quite nicely. It doesn’t try hard to be anything it isn’t, and flourishes by pulling from the memorable successes of small films like it. But though the film itself is modest, the heralding of Stalter as a legitimate star is not."
Coleman Splide, The Daily Beast
"Stalter also turns out to have a pretty, if unpolished, singing voice. Cora’s songs (penned by Miya Folick, whose own music soundtracks much of the film, along with screenwriter Rhianon Jones) are pulled from her own life, and their lyrics are hilarious in their jadedness. 'Dreams are stupid and so are you for believing in them,' goes one. 'Why try and be a better person when dating apps exist,' goes another. When a stranger (Margaret Cho) describes one -- which starts with the line 'Love is a joke and it’ll break your heart'” -- as a love song, Cora rejects the label with a flatness that hints at a deeper hurt."
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
June 28
EASY RIDER [Alamo Drafthouse]
ENEMY (Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans) [BrainDead Studios]
HOLY MOTORS [BrainDead Studios]
KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (RZA, Robert Rodriguez) [New Beverly]
THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (John Phillips) [Egyptian]
MARIA CANDELARIA (Francisco Dominguez) [Academy Museum]
THE MUPPET MOVIE (Paul Williams, Kenny Ascher) [Vidiots]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Charles Bernstein) [New Beverly]
OUT OF THE BLUE (Tom Lavin) [Vidiots]
PULP FICTION [Vista]
TANGERINE, THE FLORIDA PROJECT [New Beverly]
THE 39 STEPS [Vista]
TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, JULIE NEWMAR (Rachel Portman) [Vidiots]
TRON: LEGACY (Daft Punk) [Nuart]
WOMEN IN LOVE (Georges Delerue) [Aero]
June 29
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (Guy Gross) [Alamo Drafthouse]
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (Shirley Walker) [New Beverly]
THE BIRDCAGE (Jonathan Tunick) [Aero]
BULLET IN THE HEAD (Sherman Chow) [Egyptian]
DARK PASSAGE (Franz Waxman) [Vidiots]
DUNE (Hans Zimmer) [BrainDead Studios]
DUNE: PART TWO (Hans Zimmer) [BrainDead Studios]
EDWARD II (Simon Fisher Turner) [Academy Museum]
FACE/OFF (John Powell) [Vidiots]
THE FOG (John Carpenter) [Vidiots]
GO FISH (Brendan Dolan, Jennifer Sharpe) [Alamo Drafthouse]
KABOOM (Robin Guthrie, Videk Maddala, Mark Peters, Ulrich Schnauss) [New Beverly]
ONWARD (Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna) [Academy Museum]
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFOWER (Michael Brook) [Academy Museum]
PULP FICTION [Vista]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
ROME, OPEN CITY (Renzo Rossellini) [Egyptian]
SANS SOLEIL (Chris Marker) [Los Feliz 3]
TANGERINE, THE FLORIDA PROJECT [New Beverly]
THE 39 STEPS [Vista]
WHO WAS THAT LADY? (Andre Previn) [Vista]
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET [Los Feliz 3]
June 30
ALL THE KING'S MEN [Academy Museum]
BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (Shirley Walker) [New Beverly]
BEFORE SUNRISE [Vidiots]
BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (John Williams) [Alamo Drafthouse]
CREMASTER 5 (Jonathan Bepler), CREMASTER 2 (Jonathan Bepler) [Egyptian]
THE GODFATHER (Nino Rota) [Vidiots]
THE HUNGER (Michel Rubini, Denny Yaeger) [Egyuptian]
KISS ME DEADLY (Frank De Vol) [Academy Museum]
LICENCE TO KILL (Michael Kamen) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WILL ON FILM (Toru Takemitsu) [Los Feliz 3]
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO [Aero]
964 PINOCCHIO (Hiroyuki Nagashima) [BrainDead Studios]
PAISAN (Renzo Rossellini), GERMANY, YEAR ZERO (Renzo Rossellini) [Egyptian]
PULP FICTION [Vista]
STEAMBOAT BILL, JR. [Vidiots]
TANGERINE, THE FLORIDA PROJECT [New Beverly]
WHO WAS THAT LADY? (Andre Previn) [Vista]
July 1
AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST (James Horner) [Alamo Drafthouse]
EASY RIDER [Alamo Drafthouse]
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (John Debney) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (John Frizzell) [Vidiots]
LA OTRA (Raul Lavista) [Academy Museum]
NOT OF THIS EARTH (Ronald Stein), SORORITY GIRL (Ronald Stein), THE UNDEAD (Ronald Stein) [New Beverly]
ROLLERCOASTER (Lalo Schifrin) [Los Feliz 3]
July 2
BOOGIE NIGHTS (Michael Penn), EXHAUSTED: JOHN C. HOLMES THE REAL STORY [New Beverly]
EASY RIDER [Alamo Drafthouse]
FREE FALL (Amon Tobin) [Los Feliz 3]
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (John Debney) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES (Mihaly Vig) [Vidiots]
July 3
BOOGIE NIGHTS (Michael Penn), EXHAUSTED: JOHN C. HOLMES THE REAL STORY [New Beverly]
FROGS (Les Baxter) [Los Feliz 3]
JAWS (John Williams) [Alamo Drafthouse]
LLEVAME EN TUS BRAZOS (Antonio Diaz Conde), VICTIMAS DEL PECADO (Antonio Diaz Conde) [Academy Museum]
MAGIC MIKE XXL [Vidiots]
THE SPIRIT OF '76 (David Nichtern) [Los Feliz 3]
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (Gabriel Yared) [Academy Museum]
July 4
BLOW OUT (Pino Donaggio) [Los Feliz 3]
BOOGIE NIGHTS (Michael Penn), EXHAUSTED: JOHN C. HOLMES THE REAL STORY [New Beverly]
JAWS (John Williams) [Aero]
JAWS (John Williams) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JAWS (John Williams) [Vidiots]
SILVER BULLET (Jay Chattaway) [Los Feliz 3]
XANADU (John Farrar, Jeff Lynne, Barry DeVorzon) [Academy Museum]
July 5
CANDYMAN (Philip Glass) [Vidiots]
THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (George Fenton) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DIAL M FOR MURDER (Dimitri Tiomkin), ROPE [New Beverly]
DJANGO UNCHAINED [New Beverly]
THE DRAGON LIVES AGAIN (Frankie Chan) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JAWS (John Williams) [Egyptian]
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (George Bruns) [Vidiots]
POINT BLANK (Johnny Mandel) [Nuart]
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (Mark Mothersbaugh) [Vidiots]
THE SIXTH SENSE (James Newton Howard) [New Beverly]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Aero]
July 6
THE BLUES BROTHERS [Vidiots]
DIAL M FOR MURDER (Dimitri Tiomkin), ROPE [New Beverly]
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (Alan Silvestri) [Academy Museum]
HOWARD THE DUCK (John Barry) [Aero]
INCEPTION (Hans Zimmer) [Egyptian]
JULES AND JIM (Georges Delerue) [Vidiots]
LOVE STREAMS (Bo Harwood) [Alamo Drafthouse]
NEWSIES (Alan Menken, J.A.C. Redford) [Vidiots]
OPPENHEIMER (Ludwig Goransson) [Egyptian]
PARIS IS BURNING [Academy Museum]
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (John Williams) [New Beverly]
RED DAWN (Basil Poledouris) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
THE ROOM (Mladen Milicevic) [Landmark Westwood]
TENET (Ludwig Goransson) [Egyptian]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Aero]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Vidiots]
VALHALLA RISING (Peter Peter, Peter Kye) [New Beverly]
YOUNG SOUL REBELS (Simon Boswell) [Academy Museum]
July 7
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (Malcolm Arnold) [Academy Museum]
DIAL M FOR MURDER (Dimitri Tiomkin), ROPE [New Beverly]
DONA BARBARA (Francisco Dominguez) [Academy Museum]
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (Danny Elfman) [Egyptian]
HIS MASTER'S VOICE [Los Feliz 3]
IN THE LINE OF FIRE (Ennio Morricone) [Aero]
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (John Williams) [Vidiots]
MILLER'S CROSSING (Carter Burwell) [Vidiots]
MULAN (Jerry Goldsmith) [Vidiots]
THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES (Leigh Harline) [Los Feliz 3]
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (John Williams) [New Beverly]
SEVEN SAMURAI (Fumio Hayasaka) [Egyptian]
TOP SECRET! (Maurice Jarre) [Alamo Drafthouse]
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY [Aero]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Circumstance (Shankar); The Skin I Live In (Iglesias); Cloud Atlas (Tykwer/Klimek/Heil); Eastern Boys (Rebotini); I'm So Excited (Iglesias); White Bird in a Blizzard (Guthrie/Budd); Kill Your Darlings (Muhly); Carol (Burwell); Tom at the Farm (Yared); It's Only the End of the World (Yared); BPM: Beats Per Minute (Rebotini); Call Me By Your Name (various); Hello Again (LaChiusa); Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Howe); Colette (Ades); Girl (Hadjadj); The Happy Prince (Yared); Knife + Heart (M83); Love, Simon (Simonsen)
Read: The Quiller Memorandum, aka The Berlin Memorandum, by Adam Hall, aka Elleston Trevor, aka Trevor Dudley-Smith; Night Moves, by Alan Sharp, based on the screenplay by Alan Sharp; Kalifornia, by Marc Laidlaw
Seen: Dune [1984]; Who Framed Roger Rabbit; Inside Out 2; Clueless; Night Warning; The Bikeriders
Watched: Gambit [1966]; Black Sails ("VI."); Bojack Horseman ("Zoes & Zeldas"); Star Trek: First Contact; The Boys ("Barbary Coast"); Childrens Hospital ("Nip/Tug")
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