Music Box has announced two new Georges Delerue releases in celebration of the beloved composer's centennial year -- a disc pairing two of his scores, ONE DEADLY SUMMER and THE WHITE QUEEN, and a disc featuring three of his scores composed for television -- HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES, LES COUSINS DE LA CONSTANCE and LA-HAUT, LES QUARTRE SAISONS.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Gil Melle Collection Vol. 1 - Gil Melle - Dragon's Domain
The Golden Age of Horror Vol. 2 - Basil Kirchin, Sonny Burke, Richard LaSalle - Dragon's Domain
Juillet en Septembre/Les mal partis - Eric Demarsan - Music Box
The Lady and the Highwayman - Laurie Johnson - Dragon's Domain
Les Animaux - Maurice Jarre - Music Box
North Star [reissue] - John Scott - JOS
The Private Navy of Sgt. Farrell - Harry Sukman - Dragon's Domain
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Tobe Hooper, Wayne Bell - Waxwork
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Actor - Richard Reed Parry
Black Bag - David Holmes
Borderline - Mondo Boys
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie - Joshua Moshier
Eephus - Carson Lund, Erik Lund
Novocaine - Lorne Balfe, Andrew Kawczynski
Opus - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
The Visitor - Hannah Holland
The World Will Tremble - Erez Koskas
Young Hearts - Ruben De Gheselle
COMING SOON
March 21
Anthology: The Paris Concerts - Howard Shore - Deutsche Grammophon
The Apprentice - Martin Dirkov, David Holmes, Brian Byrne - Filmtrax
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown - Vince Guaraldi - LMFP
May 2
Once Within a Time - Philip Glass, Susan Deyhim - Orange Mountain
May 9
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Chris Benstead - Filmtrax
May 30
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg - Milan
Coming Soon
Do You Like Hitchcock? [remastered re-issue] - Pino Donaggio - Quartet
Histoires extraordinaires/Les Cousins de la Constance/La-haut, les quartre saisons - Georges Delerue - Music Box
One Deadly Summer/The White Queen - Georges Delerue - Music Box
The Reivers - John Williams - La-La Land
Stand By for Action! 2: Tunes of Danger - various - Silva
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
March 14 - Les Baxter born (1922)
March 14 - Quincy Jones born (1933)
March 14 - Roy Budd born (1947)
March 14 - Steve Bramson records his score for the JAG episode “Cowboys and Cossacks” (1997)
March 14 - Peter Maxwell Davies died (2016)
March 15 - Jurgen Knieper born (1941)
March 15 - Ry Cooder born (1947)
March 15 - Stomu Yamashta born (1947)
March 15 - Harry Bromley Davenport born (1950)
March 15 - Recording sessions begin for Jerry Goldsmith’s score for Morituri (1965)
March 15 - Jerry Fielding records his score for the TV pilot Shirts/Skins (1974)
March 15 - Jerry Fielding begins recording his score for Beyond the Poseidon Adventure (1979)
March 15 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Starship Mine” (1993)
March 15 - Recording sessions begin for Mark Mancina’s score to Twister (1996)
March 15 - Arnold Schwarzwald died (1997)
March 15 - Jay Chattaway begins recording his score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Bound” (2005)
March 15 - Recording sessions begin for Danny Elfman’s score for Restless (2010)
March 16 - Harry Rabinowitz born (1916)
March 16 - John Addison born (1920)
March 16 - Zdenek Liska born (1922)
March 16 - Alesandro Alessandroni born (1925)
March 16 - Aaron Copland begins recording his score to The Red Pony (1948)
March 16 - Recording sessions begin for Hugo Friehdofer’s score to Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1949)
March 16 - Nancy Wilson born (1954)
March 16 - Michiru Oshima born (1961)
March 16 - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco died (1968)
March 16 - Marcus Trumpp born (1974)
March 16 - Recording sessions begin for Leonard Rosenman's score to Cross Creek (1983)
March 16 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Cause and Effect” (1992)
March 17 - Alfred Newman born (1901)
March 17 - Tadashi Hattori born (1908)
March 17 - Karl-Heinz Schafer born (1932)
March 17 - John Sebastian born (1944)
March 17 - Benjamin Bartlett born (1965)
March 17 - Billy Corgan born (1967)
March 17 - Chris Bacon born (1977)
March 17 - Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Memories of Me (1988)
March 17 - John Williams begins recording his score for Far and Away (1992)
March 17 - Ernest Gold died (1999)
March 17 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Mummy (1999)
March 17 - Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner record their score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Damage” (2004)
March 17 - Jean Prodromides died (2016)
March 18 - William Lava born (1911)
March 18 - John Kander born (1927)
March 18 - Yoko Kanno born (1964)
March 18 - Frank Ilfman born (1970)
March 18 - Clinton Shorter born (1971)
March 18 - Dominic Frontiere begins recording his score for Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975)
March 18 - Guillaume Roussel born (1980)
March 18 - John Phillips died (2001)
March 18 - Paul Baillargeon records his score for the Enterprise episode “The Crossing” (2003)
March 19 - Jean Weiner born (1896)
March 19 - Dimitri Tiomkin wins Oscars for High Noon’s score and song (1953)
March 19 - Jeff Alexander begins recording his score to Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
March 19 - Anthony Marinelli born (1959)
March 19 - Joseph Mullendore records his score for the Land of the Giants episode “Shell Game” (1969)
March 19 - George Garvarentz died (1993)
March 19 - Velton Ray Bunch records his score for the Enterprise episode “Acquisition” (2002)
March 19 - Michel Legrand begins recording his score for The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
March 20 - Michel Magne born (1930)
March 20 - John Cameron born (1944)
March 20 - Miklos Rozsa wins his second Oscar, for A Double Life score (1948)
March 20 - Franz Waxman wins his second consecutive Best Score Oscar, for A Place in the Sun (1952)
March 20 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for The Tin Star (1957)
March 20 - Amit Poznansky born (1974)
March 20 - Stu Phillips records his score for the Buck Rogers in the 25th Century episode “The Hand of Goral” (1981)
March 20 - Ray Cook died (1989)
March 20 - Georges Delerue died (1992)
March 20 - Johnny Pearson died (2011)
March 20 - Johnny Harris died (2020)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
DARIO ARGENTO PANICO - Alessandro Baldessari
"Shot at some of the locations seen in Argento’s films and partly at a luxury resort (Argento has penned his scripts in hotel rooms for decades), 'Panico' serves as both vivisection and diorama -- effectively bottling the visual and tonal essence of Argento while nimbly questioning why that formula works. The documentary comes from producer Giada Mazzoleni, director of photography Patrizio Saccò, editor Claudio Rossoni, and sound designer Dino Gervasoni -- with appropriately synth heavy atmospherics and spine-tingling music by Alessandro Baldessari. The images rendered are consistently arresting without sacrificing the push and pull required for naturalistic suspense."
Alison Foreman, IndieWire
LEGEND OF THE CONDOR HEROES: THE GALLANTS - Ricky Ho
"For proof of why 'Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants' mostly works despite Tsui’s literal-minded approach, see the big climactic battle between Guo Jing and Venom West. It starts with starch-stiff smack talk between colorfully dressed side characters -- the Mongolians and Venom West -- accompanied by a rousing and somewhat treacly orchestral score. Then Guo and Huang exchange some equally inflexible expository dialogue to hype up what’s about to happen and establish the stakes. Finally, there’s some appropriately grandiose computer-generated combat."
Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
MONOLITH - Benjamin Speed
"If the film had continued in this direction, it would have been a decent exercise in isolation. Shot in those cool gray tones that mean to imply sophistication, the visuals suffocate us inside the house in a way that suits the story, even if we do begin to feel like the pet turtle seen imprisoned in a fetid tank. (The ka-bump, ka-bump beat of a muffled pulse on the sound mix is a nice touch, as is Benjamin Speed’s muttering score.) Sullivan is, for a while, so captive to her microphone that I began to place bets on whether she’d stand; later, when she steps out for a smoke, the sight of fresh oxygen -- even on screen -- makes you want to gasp for breath."
Amy Nicholson, Variety
RIFF RAFF - Adam Taylor
"The film also makes great use of flashbacks, taking us through this family's tangled past and largely forgoing the use of long, expository monologues. This show-don't-tell style adds to 'Riff Raff''s lively energy, and ensures that there's never a dull moment. However, the sporadic feel also leads to some jarring cuts between scenes that, while not hugely cumbersome, are at times distracting. Ominous music and slow zooms help build the film's precarious atmosphere, giving the vibe of a vintage mystery movie, and adding a fun visual layer to the film. The movie's lofty stakes are made even higher by the fact that every character is developed and likable. We may not agree with all their actions, but each of them is given sufficient depth, aided by the individual performances and chemistry of the cast."
Shaina Weatherhead, Collider
"While Montiel is still a great 'actors director,' eliciting grounded, and at times wonderfully mordant, performances from his stacked ensemble cast, the script from John Pollono has stranded them in a film that plays like a copy of a copy of a copy of several better films. One scene is even underscored with music that evokes Martin Scorsese’s 'After Hours.' If you’re going to rip something off so blatantly, it’s probably wise not to steal from something so iconic."
Marya E. Gates, IndieWire
SUPERBOYS OF MALEAGON - Sanchin Jigar
"There’s a delightful symmetry to the fact that in the end, the real Nasir and his friends got their own Bollywood-style picture about their Bollywood-style spoofs. Kagti pulls us into their world so convincingly -- with a big assist from Sachin Jigar’s enchanting score -- that we can’t help rooting for them even as we know exactly where they’ll wind up."
Elizabeth Weitzman, The Wrap
"'Superboys of Malegaon' is itself a dramatization of this interplay of agendas and ideas. It has a bright spirit and infectious energy, thanks partly to Sanchin-Jigar’s ear worm of a score and editor Anand Subaya’s crisp cuts, which keep things moving inevitably forward, and the first half especially might remind older viewers of that golden period in the 1990s and early aughts when home video presale money allowed for the funding of lots of low- to medium-budget comedy dramas about somewhat regular people scrambling after a dream, like 'The Full Monty,' 'Tampopo,' 'Big Night,' 'Brassed Off' and 'Be Kind Rewind' (which would fit beautifully on a double-bill with 'Superboys').
Matt Zoller Seitz, RogerEbert.com
YOU CAN'T STAY HERE - Greg Sabo
"Verow, who also served as cinematographer on 'You Can’t Stay Here,' makes do with the film’s low budget scrappiness, but it’s an aesthetic choice that doesn’t always work, much like when a supporting character acts so out-of-sorts that it pulls you out of the emotions of the scene. The movie looks too digital, too crisp, taking the audience out of the 1990s and into the 2020s. It’s a gamble that doesn’t pay off, and in scenes like purple-ish day-for-night shots and those meant to take place in a club, it really looks worse for wear. The same could be said for the film’s sound, which isn’t mixed well. The mics on set didn’t account for echoes or other rookie mistakes. Not even Greg Sabo’s heavy-handed synth score can soften the need for retakes or investment in better equipment."
Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
March 14
BLUE VELVET (Angelo Badalamenti) [Nuart]
DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (Mark Mothersbaugh) [Vidiots]
FACES (Jack Ackerman)[Los Feliz 3]
GUN HILL ROAD (Enrique Hank Feldman, Stefan Swanson) [UCLA/Hammer]
ISABELLA (Santi Grandone, Gabriela Saidon), VIOLA (John Aylward, Julian Tello) [Aero]
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 [New Beverly]
THE LADY EVE [Alamo Drafthouse]
PINOCCHIO (Leigh Harline, Paul J. Smith, Ned Washington) [El Capitan]
PRIME CUT (Lalo Schifrin) [Los Feliz 3]
PULP FICTION [New Beverly]
RENT (Jonathan Larson) [Vidiots]
THE ROAD WARRIOR (Brian May) [Vista]
TAXI DRIVER (Bernard Herrmann) [Egyptian]
TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith) [Alamo Drafthouse]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WINGS [Vista]
March 15
AMADEUS [Aero]
THE APARTMENT (Adolph Deutsch) [Vidiots]
AVANTI! (Carlo Rustichelli) [Vidiots]
BREAKIN' 2: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO (Mike Linn) [Los Feliz 3]
CLUELESS (David Kitay) [New Beverly]
DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (Oliver Wallace) [Vista]
DRUNKEN ANGEL (Fumio Hayasaka) [BrainDead Studios]
HERMIA & HELENA [Los Feliz 3]
KOYAANISQATSI (Philip Glass) [Academy Museum]
THE LADY EVE [Alamo Drafthouse]
LOVE & POP (Shinkichi Mitsumune) [Aero]
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Carter Burwell) [Vidiots]
PINK NARCISSUS (Gary Goch, Martin Jay Sadoff) [UCLA/Hammer]
PLANET OF THE APES (Jerry Goldsmith) [Egyptian]
PUSS IN BOOTS (Henry Jackman) [Vidiots]
THE ROAD WARRIOR (Brian May) [Vista]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SPIDER-MAN (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
SPIRITED AWAY (Joe Hisaishi) [BrainDead Studios]
THEY ALL LIE [Los Feliz 3]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE VALLEY OF GWANGI (Jerome Moross) [Los Feliz 3]
VIDEODROME (Howard Shore) [Academy Museum]
THE WATERMELON WOMAN (Paul Shapiro) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WINGS [Vista]
March 16
DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (Oliver Wallace) [Vista]
THE DARJEELING LIMITED [BrainDead Studios]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [Los Feliz 3]
THE GREAT ESCAPE (Elmer Bernstein) [Aero]
HUGO (Howard Shore) [Vidiots]
LANCELOT DU LAC [Aero]
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL (Lennie Niehaus) [UCLA/Hammer]
NEWS FROM HOME [Vidiots]
NIGHT MOVES (Arthur Penn) [Egyptian]
ONE WAY STREET (Frank Skinner) [Los Feliz 3]
PATHER PANCHALI (Ravi Shankar) [BrainDead Studios]
PUTNEY SWOPE (Charles Cuva) [Los Feliz 3]
THE RUINS (Graeme Revell) [Los Feliz 3]
SPIDER-MAN (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
TRAFIC (Charles Dumont) [BrainDead Studios]
A TOUCH OF ZEN (Ta Chiang Wu) [Vidiots]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
VIDEODROME (Howard Shore) [Academy Museum]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WINGS [Vista]
ZABRISKIE POINT [Egyptian]
March 17
BLIND DATE (Henry Mancini) [Los Feliz 3]
CHARLIE'S ANGELS (Edward Shearmur) [Alamo Drafthouse]
HERETIC (Chris Bacon), NOTTING HILL (Trevor Jones) [New Beverly]
THE LADY EVE [Egyptian]
LEPRECHAUN (Kevin Kiner) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MIRCH MASALA (Rajat Dholakia) [Academy Museum]
MORE (Pink Floyd) [Los Feliz 3]
TROUBLE IN PARADISE [Egyptian]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
ZOOLANDER (David Arnold), THE CABLE GUY (John Ottman) [Aero]
March 18
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington) [Vista]
CHARLIE'S ANGELS (Edward Shearmur) [Alamo Drafthouse]
DESIGN FOR LIVING [Egyptian]
HERETIC (Chris Bacon), NOTTING HILL (Trevor Jones) [New Beverly]
JUMANJI (James Horner) [Alamo Drafthouse]
LE AMICHE (Giovanni Fusco) [Aero]
THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK (Leo Shuken, Charles W. Bradshaw) [Egyptian]
MOONRISE KINGDOM (Alexandre Desplat) [BrainDead Studios]
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Nigel Godrich) [Landmark Pasadena]
STEP BROTHERS (Jon Brion) [Los Feliz 3]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE VICIOUS KIND (Jeff Cardoni) [Los Feliz 3]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
March 19
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington) [Vista]
GAS FOOD LODGING (J. Mascis) [Academy Museum]
JUMANJI (James Horner) [Alamo Drafthouse]
L'ECLISSE (Giovanni Fusco) [Aero]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Los Feliz 3]
STARTING OVER (Marvin Hamlisch), SEMI-TOUGH (Jerry Fielding) [New Beverly]
TOTAL RECALL (Jerry Goldsmith) [Alamo Drafthouse]
TRUE ROMANCE (Hans Zimmer) [Los Feliz 3]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
March 20
BARTON FINK (Carter Burwell) [Los Feliz 3]
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (Dave Grusin) [Aero]
LOSING GROUND (Michael Minard) [Vidiots]
MAC (Richard Termini, Vin Tese) [Los Feliz 3]
ROAD HOUSE (Cyril J. Mockridge) [Egyptian]
STARTING OVER (Marvin Hamlisch), SEMI-TOUGH (Jerry Fielding) [New Beverly]
TWIN PEAKS FIRE WALK WITH ME (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
March 21
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington) [Vista]
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (John Williams) [Los Feliz 3]
DETOUR (Leo Erdody), MY TRUE STORY [Egyptian]
DEVDAS (Ismail Darbar) [Academy Musuem]
FLASH GORDON (Queen, Howard Blake) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JACKASS: THE MOVIE [Vidiots]
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 [New Beverly]
KING OF NEW YORK (Joe Delia) [Los Feliz 3]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
A MAN ESCAPED, PICKPOCKET [New Beverly]
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Michael Andrews) [Vidiots]
RED DESERT (Giovanni Fusco) [Aero]
REPULSION (Chico Hamilton) [BrainDead Studios]
A TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS (Keitaro Miho) [BrainDead Studios]
TRUE ROMANCE (Hans Zimmer) [Vista]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Nuart]
WITNESS (Maurice Jarre) [New Beverly]
March 22
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington) [Vista]
THE APARTMENT (Adolph Deutsch) [Vista]
BEING THERE (Johnny Mandel) [Aero]
A BUG'S LIFE (Randy Newman) [Vidiots]
CRASH (Howard Shore) [New Beverly]
FLAMINGO ROAD (Max Steiner) [Egyptian]
HAROLD AND MAUDE (Cat Stevens) [Vidiots]
HIGH FIDELITY (Howard Shore) [Los Feliz 3]
KISS ME DEADLY (Frank De Vol) [UCLA/Hammer]
LADY AND THE TRAMP (Oliver Wallace) [Academy Museum]
THE LAST SEDUCTION (Joseph Vitarelli) [Egyptian]
A MAN ESCAPED, PICKPOCKET [New Beverly]
MARY POPPINS (Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Irwin Kostal) [Academy Musuem]
OUT OF THE PAST (Roy Webb), THE KILLING (Gerald Fried) [Egyptian]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SPIDER-MAN 2 (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
SUPERBAD (Lyle Workman) [Los Feliz 3]
THE THING (Ennio Morricone) [Academy Museum]
TRUE ROMANCE (Hans Zimmer) [Vista]
VALLEY GIRL (Scott Wilk, Mark Levinthal) [Los Feliz 3]
WAYNE'S WORLD (J. Peter Robinson) [Vidiots]
WILD AT HEART (Angelo Badalamenti) [Vidiots]
March 23
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington) [Vista]
THE APARTMENT (Adolph Deutsch) [Vista]
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (Quincy Jones) [Los Feliz 3]
CRY DANGER (Emil Newman, Paul Dunlap)[UCLA/Hammer]
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 2 [Los Feliz 3]
THE GRIFTERS (Elmer Bernstein) [Egyptian]
KUNDUN (Philip Glass) [Aero]
LADY AND THE TRAMP (Oliver Wallace) [Academy Museum]
LADY VENGEANCE (Cho Young-wuk) [Vidiots]
MAJOR LEAGUE (James Newton Howard), MAJOR LEAGUE II [Aero]
MANDY (Johann Johannson) [Vidiots]
MARIE ANTOINETTE [Alamo Drafthouse]
MATILDA (David Newman) [Vidiots]
OKJA (Jung Jae-il) [Academy Museum]
PARASITE (Jung Jae-il) [Academy Museum]
SPIDER-MAN 2 (Danny Elfman) [New Beverly]
THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (Miklos Rozsa) [Egyptian]
TENSION (Andre Previn), ALIAS NICK BEAL (Franz Waxman) [Egyptian]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (Dylan); Le monde est une grand chelm (Legrand); Babel (Santaolalla); Paycheck (Powell); Biutiful (Santaolalla); Le Chevalier de Neige [excerpts] (Delerue); Chaplin (Barry)
Read: Fates Worse Than Death, by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Seen: Mickey 17; In the Lost Lands; The Thomas Crown Affair [1968]; The Cincinnati Kid; Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends [live theater]; Blue Sunshine; The Electric State
Watched: The Newsroom ("The Genoa Tip"); Silicon Valley ("Bachman's Earnings Over-Ride"); Columbo ("Negative Reaction")
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