The latest release from Intrada pairs two early scores by Oscar nominee and Emmy winner Laurence Rosenthal -- A RAISIN IN THE SUN, starring Sidney Poitier, and REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT, starring Anthony Quinn. Intrada had paired these two scores once before, but this new release features previously unreleased music from Requiem.
The latest soundtracks from Quartet present the first CD releases of scores for three films produced by American International Pictures: the music from the biopic DE SADE, starring Keir Dullea and scripted by Richard Matheson, with a score by veteran songwriter and session musician Billy Strange, the Quartet release featuring both the full score from the film as well as the re-arranged LP cues; and a disc pairing two ecologically themed 1970s sci-fi horror movies - THE FOOD OF THE GODS, director Bert I. Gordon's second loose adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel (his first was Village of the Giants), music by Elliot Kaplan, and FROGS, starring Ray Milland and Sam Elliott, with an electronic score by A.I.P. veteran Les Baxter.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Bernard Hoetger - Carsten Rocker - Alhambra
The Brian May Collection Vol. 1 - Brian May - Dragon's Domain
Desperate Voyage - Bruce Broughton - Dragon's Domain
Goldfinger - John Barry - La-La Land
Haunted Heart - Zbigniew Preisner - Caldera
Le choice des armes/Garcon!/La garce - Philippe Sarde - Music Box
A Raisin in the Sun/Requiem for a Heavyweight - Laurence Rosenthal - Intrada Special Collection
Silence of the North - Alan McMillan, Jerrold Immel - Dragon's Domain
Star Trek: The Original Series - The 1701 Collection - Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan - La-La Land
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Apprentice - David Holmes, Brian Irvine, Martin Dirkov
Brothers - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Dominique - Narek Mirzaei
In Her Place - Jose Miguel Miranda, Jose Miguel Tobar
Lonely Planet - Pinar Toprak
Piece by Piece - Michael Andrews (score); Pharrell Williams (songs)
Separated - Paul Leonard-Morgan
The Silent Hour - Anton Sanko
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story - Ilan Eshkeri
Terrifier 3 - Paul Wiley
The Universal Theory - Diego Ramos Rodriguez, David Schweighart
We Live in Time - Bryce Dessner
Woman of the Hour - Dan Romer, Mike Tuccillo
COMING SOON
October 25
Leonardo Da Vinci - Caroline Shaw - Nonesuch
November 1
Coraline - Bruno Coulais - Mnrk Music
Twisters - Benjamin Wallfisch - Mutant
November 15
The Matrix: 25th Anniversary Edition - Don Davis - Varese Sarabande
November 22
Nosferatu - Robin Carolan - Sacred Bones
January 3
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Isobel Waller-Bridge - Sony (import)
January 10
The Outrun - John Gurtler, Jan Miserre - Decca (import)
Coming Soon
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - Danny Elfman - Waxwork
The Browning Version - Mark Isham - Quartet
Buffalo Kids - Fernando Velazquez - Quartet
De Sade - Billy Strange - Quartet
Desire Hope - Szymon Szewczyk - Kronos
Elliot Goldenthal: Music for Film - Elliot Goldenthal - Silva
The Food of the Gods/Frogs - Elliot Kaplan/Les Baxter - Quartet
Geo - Matteo Cremolini - Kronos
Godzilla: Minus One: Deluxe Edition - Naoki Sato - Rambling
I 3 serpenti d'oro - Roberto Pregadio, Walter Rizzati - Beat [CD-R]
In the Land of Saints and Sinners - Diego Baldenweg, Nora Baldenweg, Lionel Baldenweg - Caldera
Johnny Yuma - Nora Orlandi - Beat
The Moonwalkers - Anne Nikitin - Silva
Zondebokken - Joris Hermy - Kronos
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
October 11 - Art Blakey born (1919)
October 11 - Laura opens in New York (1944)
October 11 - Buddy Bregman begins recording his score for The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
October 11 - Alexander Hacke born (1965)
October 11 - Michel Legrand begins recording his score for The Happy Ending (1968)
October 11 - Henry Mancini begins recording his score for The Moneychangers (1976)
October 11 - Neal Hefti died (2008)
October 12 - Ralph Vaughan Williams born (1872)
October 12 - Joseph Kosma born (1905)
October 12 - Chris Botti born (1962)
October 12 - John Williams records his score for the Lost in Space episode "My Friend, Mr. Nobody" (1965)
October 12 - Gil Melle begins recording his score for The Andromeda Strain (1970)
October 12 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Schisms” (1992)
October 13 - Lee Konitz born (1927)
October 13 - Berto Pisano born (1928)
October 13 - Paul Simon born (1941)
October 13 - Recording sessions begin for Miklos Rozsa’s score to Woman of the Town (1943)
October 13 - Maurice Jarre records his score for The Last Tycoon (1976)
October 13 - Lud Gluskin died (1989)
October 13 - David Newman begins recording his score for Jingle All the Way (1996)
October 13 - Dave Pollecutt died (2001)
October 13 - Raoul Kraushaar died (2001)
October 14 - Bill Justis born (1926)
October 14 - Thomas Dolby born (1958)
October 14 - Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score for Two Loves (1961)
October 14 - Richard Markowitz’s score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Glowing Corpse” is recorded (1965)
October 14 - Benh Zeitlin born (1982)
October 14 - Leonard Bernstein died (1990)
October 14 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Predator 2 (1990)
October 14 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Cardassians” (1993)
October 15 - Dag Wiren born (1905)
October 15 - Haim Saban born (1944)
October 15 - Fumio Hayasaka died (1955)
October 15 - Simon Boswell born (1956)
October 15 - Franz Reizenstein died (1968)
October 15 - Kevin Kliesch born (1970)
October 15 - Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score to THX- 1138 (1970)
October 15 - Henry Mancini begins recording his score for Jacqueline Susann’s Once Is Not Enough (1974)
October 15 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Lonely Among Us" (1987)
October 15 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Pathfinder” (1999)
October 15 - Igo Kantor died (2019)
October 16 - Leo F. Forbstein born (1892)
October 16 - Bert Kaempfert born (1923)
October 16 - Allan Zavod born (1945)
October 16 - Bernard Herrmann records his score for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode “Misadventure” (1964)
October 16 - Maurice Jarre begins recording his score for Taps (1981)
October 16 - Art Blakey died (1990)
October 16 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Year of Hell, Part I” (1997)
October 16 - David Bell records his scores for the Enterprise episodes “Terra Nova” and “Dear Doctor” (2001)
October 16 - Albert Elms died (2009)
October 16 - Pete Rugolo died (2011)
October 17 - Luiz Bonfa born (1922)
October 17 - Around the World in Eighty Days premieres in New York (1956)
October 17 - Bullitt opens in New York (1968)
October 17 - Nicholas Britell born (1980)
October 17 - Basil Poledouris records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “A Message from Charity” (1985)
October 17 - Jay Livingston died (2001)
October 17 - Vic Mizzy died (2009)
October 17 - Rob Walsh died (2018)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
ALL SHALL BE WELL - Veronica Lee
"The plot is ultimately straightforward, and because of that, it occasionally feels a little too thin. The occasional complication or unexpected twist could infuse the story with a bit more surprise or feeling of urgency than it currently has. The lack of music and sparse score is a missed opportunity to elevate some moments as well. But even so, the details are compelling enough that it’s still a captivating watch without that -- especially for those who may be less familiar with certain elements of Chinese culture. The debate about whether to bury Pat at sea or in a columbarium, for instance, fascinated me. The fact that Yeung showcased Pat and Angie’s large group of queer friends was extremely moving and felt accurate as someone who belongs to the LGBTQ+ community and often gravitates towards others who belong to it."
Taylor Gates, Collider
AZRAEL - Toti Gudnason
"Even if it’s a fascinating and well-executed concept, one has to eventually wonder: To what end? 'Azrael' makes a ferocious meal out of its lack of talking, subbing in some stellar sound design and carefully chosen needle drops and score cues. Katz’s film is occasionally complicated by the necessity to stick to Barrett’s vision. Audiences, especially those familiar with the biblical nature of Azrael’s namesake (Azrael is an archangel of death), won’t need to be spoon-fed -- especially when the character makes it to the cult’s eerie chapel, run by an equally chilling priestess. But some may crave a story that is more resolute, its answers more definitive and less left up to viewer interpretation."
Coleman Spilde, The Daily Beast
"Katz has a talent for staging fight and chase sequences, which is basically all that happens here, teaming up with Estonian DP Mart Taniel ('Captain Volkonogov Escaped') to get plenty of visual mileage out of a $12-million budget. The forest setting nonetheless feels a tad redundant -- not unlike the plot itself -- and 'Azrael' could have benefited from more variety all around, although the score by Toti Gudnason ('Lamb') and the Blair brothers ('The Toxic Avenger') manages to keep the vibe pulsing."
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
MY OLD ASS - Jaco Caraco, Tyler Hilton
"That sentimental writer’s dawdling waterfront scenery ogling, odd addiction to bittersweetness, and penchant for using an unexpected rainstorm as an aphrodisiac usurps the unassuming, lean filmmaking of 'My Old Ass'' more comic first half. When this happens, the cutesy and overdramatic score (from Jaco Caraco and Park’s husband, Tyler Hilton) finally makes sense. Clocking in at just under 90 minutes, 'My Old Ass' barely has room to be one kind of movie, so its hard turn into swoony romance often feels like it’s scrambling to make up for lost time."
Jacob Oller, Paste Magazine
THE SUBSTANCE - Raffertie
"As with her lean-and-mean feature debut 'Revenge,' Fargeat writes a tight script focused on very few characters. She matches her talented on-screen collaborators with an equally formidable team behind-the-camera including cinematographer Benjamin Kracun, who builds on the lurid pink and blue color scheme of 'Revenge' morphing it into a bold and bright color palette fit for Beverly Hills, costumes by Emmanuelle Youchnovski, who incorporates even more eye-catching colors and materials to shape each character’s personalities, and composer Raffertie, whose catchy and propulsive beats make the movie feel like it’s speeding past traffic on the 405."
Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com
"At a highly pitched emotional moment near the end, the score (by the one-named composer Raffertie) references one of the most famous music cues in cinematic history: the spiraling love-and-death theme of Bernard Herrmann’s score for 'Vertigo,' adapted from a similar leitmotif in Wagner’s 'Tristan und Isolde.' Just as was the case when Michel Hazanavicius used that cue in the soundtrack of his silent-film pastiche 'The Artist,' the effect is to take anyone who’s seen 'Vertigo' directly out of the experience of watching the movie in front of them and make them start ruminating about why any filmmaker in their right mind would lift such a familiar theme. A later snippet from Richard Strauss’ 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' makes similarly clumsy use of a musical passage universally associated with '2001: A Space Odyssey.' Is the intention here to parody the films being sampled, to pay them homage, or simply to goose the audience’s attention with an easily recognizable burst of music pre-laden with emotional significance? Fargeat makes it hard to tell what these borrowings are meant to accomplish, besides hitting us over the head."
Dana Stevens, Slate Magazine
"Fargeat flaunts an exciting hyperactive style. Ultra wide-angle shots, close-ups and a bubble-gum color palette contribute to the film’s surreal -- and at times uncanny -- visual language. The British composer Raffertie’s thunderous score adds an appropriately ominous touch, especially during moments of corporeal mutilation."
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
WILL & HARPER - Nathan Halpern
"Directed by Josh Greenbaum ('Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,' 'Strays') and featuring a plaintive score by Nathan Halperin, plus an excellent affinity for the use of soulful music, if 'Will & Harper' produces initial skepticism, it quickly disarms with a sweetness and tenderness that is touching and earnest. It’s funny and entertaining, too, never at the expense of the subject matter, and strikes an effective balance between engaging and amusing the viewer while packing in essential conversations about tolerance via the two friends’ worldviews. Ferrell’s warmth and gentle mien is genuinely tender, and Harper is a good-humored figure, achingly exposed about her re-entry into the world."
Rodrigo Perez, The Playlist
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
October 11
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (George Gershwin, Johnny Green, Saul Chaplin) [Academy Museum]
THE BLACK CAT [Los Feliz 3]
ERASERHEAD (Peter Ivers) [Vista]
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Graeme Revell) [New Beverly]
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE (John Massari) [Nuart]
KWAIDAN (Toru Takemitsu) [New Beverly]
LAURA (David Raksin) [Aero]
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Danny B. Harvey) (Johan Soderqvist) [New Beverly]
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (Alan Silvestri) [Los Feliz 3]
THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind) [BrainDead Studios]
THE SIXTH SENSE (James Newton Howard) [BrainDead Studios]
October 12
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Franz Waxman) [Academy Museum]
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (Ernst Toch) [Vista]
CLUE (John Morris), MURDER BY DEATH (Dave Grusin) [New Beverly]
THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (James Bernard) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DEAD AGAIN (Patrick Doyle) [BrainDead Studios]
DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Miklos Rozsa) [Egyptian]
ERASERHEAD (Peter Ivers) [Vista]
THE EXORCIST [Vidiots]
THE FACULTY (Marco Beltrami) [New Beverly]
GET OUT (Michael Abels) [BrainDead Studios]
LA STRADA (Nino Rota) [Aero]
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (The Beatles, George Martin) [Vidiots]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Charles Bernstein) [Alamo Drafthouse]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET PART 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (Christopher Young) [Vidiots]
NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (Popol Vuh) [Alamo Drafthouse]
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
PET SEMATARY (Elliot Goldenthal) [Egyptian]
RAISING VICTOR VARGAS (Roy Nathanson) [Academy Museum]
READY OR NOT (Brian Tyler) [El Capitan]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SEASON OF THE WITCH [Los Feliz 3]
THE TRIP (The Electric Flag) [Los Feliz 3]
20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Paul J. Smith) [Egyptian]
THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL (Miklos Rozsa), THE QUIET EARTH (John Charles) [UCLA/Hammer]
October 13
ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (Frank Skinner) [Vidiots]
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (Ernst Toch) [Vista]
CLUE (John Morris), MURDER BY DEATH (Dave Grusin) [New Beverly]
THE CRANES ARE FLYING (M. Vaynberg) [Egyptian]
FREDA [Acaemy Museum]
FRESH KILL (Vernon Reid) [BrainDead Studios]
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Johan Sodervist) [Vidiots]
MICROCOSMOS (Bruno Coulais) [UCLA/Hammer]
MONKEY BUSINESS [Los Feliz 3]
NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (Popol Vuh) [Alamo Drafthouse]
PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
PLANET OF THE APES (Jerry Goldsmith) [Vidiots]
REAL LIFE (Mort Lindsey) [Alamo Drafthouse]
SHAUN OF THE DEAD (Daniel Mudford, Pete Woodhead) [Alamo Drafthouse]
TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith) [Aero]
WELFARE [Egyptian]
THE WILD BUNCH (Jerry Fielding) [Academy Museum]
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK (John Williams) [Los Feliz 3]
VIVA LA MUERTE [Los Feliz 3]
ZODIAC (David Shire) [Egyptian]
October 14
BEETLEJUICE (Danny Elfman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
BLOW-UP (Herbie Hancock) [Culver]
DEATH BECOMES HER (Alan Silvestri) [Los Feliz 3]
THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (Waldo de los Rios), THE HOUSE THAT VANISHED (Terry Warr) [New Beverly]
LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (Yuji Ono) [Alamo Drafthouse]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Charles Bernstein) [Alamo Drafthouse]
O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU? (Carter Burwell) [Egyptian]
PREY (Sarah Schachner) [Vidiots]
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw) [Egyptian]
TEEN WOLF (Miles Goodman) [Los Feliz 3]
October 15
THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (Max Steiner), THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK [New Beverly]
BEETLEJUICE (Danny Elfman) [Alamo Drafthouse]
ESSENE [Los Feliz 3]
THE FALL (Krishna Levy) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Graeme Revell) [Vidiots]
October 16
THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS (Max Steiner), THE FACE BEHIND THE MASK [New Beverly]
BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE (George Duning) [Los Feliz 3]
THE FALL (Krishna Levy) [Alamo Drafthouse]
HUSH (The Newton Bros.) [Vidiots]
JUVENILE COURT [Los Feliz 3]
THE LIGHTHOUSE (Mark Korven) [BrainDead Studios]
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (Charles Bernstein) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE RAGE: CARRIE 2 (Danny B. Harvey) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (Tobe Hooper, Wayne Bell) [Culver]
October 17
THE BOOK OF LIFE (Gustavo Santaolalla) [Vidiots]
BRIDE OF CHUCKY (Graeme Revell) [Vidiots]
PRACTICAL MAGIC (Alan Silvestri) [Los Feliz 3]
TAKE IT OUT IN TRADE [Los Feliz 3]
WEST SIDE STORY (Leonard Bernstein, Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal) [Academy Museum]
October 18
AUDITION (Koji Endo) [BrainDead Studios]
CHILD'S PLAY 2 (Graeme Revell) [Alalmo Drafthouse]
DONNIE DARKO (Michael Andrews) [Vidiots]
THE FALL (Krishna Levy) [Vidiots]
FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (Graeme Revell) [New Beverly]
THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY (Matthew Compton) [Los Feliz 3]
MARTYRS (Alex Cortes, Willie Cortes) [BrainDead Studios]
THE MUMMY (Jerry Goldsmith) [Egyptian]
THE OTHERS (Alejandro Amenabar) [New Beverly]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind) [Vista]
THE STICKY FINGERS OF TIME (Miki Navazio) [UCLA/Hammer]
THE TOXIC AVENGER [Nuart]
October 19
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Max Steiner) [Vista]
THE BIRDS (Remi Gassmann, Oskar Sala, Bernard Herrmann) [BrainDead Studios]
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (Carter Burwell) [Vidiots]
CASPER (James Horner) [Alamo Drafthouse]
CAT PEOPLE (Roy Webb) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE CRUISE (Marty Beller) [Los Feliz 3]
THE FALL (Krishna Levy) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FRIGHT NIGHT (Brad Fiedel) [Vidiots]
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (Von Dexter) [Vidiots]
KING KONG (Max Steiner) [Egyptian]
NEPTUNE FROST (Saul Williams) [UCLA/Hammer]
NOPE (Michael Abels) [BrainDead Studios]
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Andrew Lloyd Webber) [Egyptian]
PRIMATE [Los Feliz 3]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
THE SHINING (Wendy Carlos, Rachel Elkind) [Vista]
SUGAR HILL (Nick Zesses, Dino Fekaris) [Vidiots]
October 20
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE (Max Steiner) [Vista]
THE BIRDS (Remi Gassmann, Oskar Sala, Bernard Herrmann) [New Beverly]
CANDYMAN (Philip Glass) [BrainDead Studios]
THE FALL (Krishna Levy) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FOXCATCHER (Rob Simonsen, West Dylan Thordson) [Egyptian]
FUNNY GAMES [BrainDead Studios]
GASLIGHT (Bronislau Kaper) [Egyptian]
GHOSTBUSTERS (Elmer Bernstein) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MAMMA ROMA (Carlo Rustichelli) [Los Feliz 3]
WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT (Julian Nott) [New Beverly]
WEST SIDE STORY (Leonard Bernstein, Saul Chaplin, Johnny Green, Sid Ramin, Irwin Kostal) [Fine Arts]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Guaraldi); Brokedown Palace/The Second Civil War (Mann); The Sugarland Express (Williams); It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (Guaraldi); Mr. Brooks (Djawadi); Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (various)
Read: Enron, by Lucy Prebble; The Effect, by Lucy Prebble
Seen: Will & Harper; Red Rooms; Strange Darling; White Bird; Lee; Joker: Folie a Deux; Vertigo; Silent Rage; Hero and the Terror; The Black Cat [1934]; The Raven [1935]; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Watched: Mothra vs. Godzilla
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