The latest CD from Intrada is the first release of Bruce Broughton's score for Disney's 2004 direct-to-video animated film MICKEY, DONALD, GOOFY: THE THREE MUSKETEERS.
Tadlow's second volume of re-recordings of Jerry Goldsmith's Emmy-nominated music from the '60s anthology series THRILLER is available to pre-order, featuring suites and cues from the episodes "The Bride Who Died Twice," "God Grante That She Lye Stille," "Late Date," "Masquerade", "Terror in Teakwood" and "The Weird Tailor" (Amicus fans may remember that the latter story was remade with Peter Cushing and Barry Morse for the 1972 feature Asylum).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Alienist - Rupert Gregson-Williams - Lakeshore
B. The Beginning - Yoshihiro Ike - Milan
Croc-Blanc - Bruno Coulais - Universal France
I Can Only Imagine - Brent McCorkle - McCorkle [CD-R]
Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers - Bruce Broughton - Intrada Special Collection
Nostalgia - Laurent Eyquem - Varese Sarabande
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Endless - Jimmy Lavalle
Final Portrait - Evan Lurie
Gabriel and the Mountain - Arthur B. Gillette
I Kill Giants - Laurent Perez del Mar - Score CD due March 30 on Varese Sarabande
Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat - Score CD due March 30 on Abkco
Izzy Gets the F*** Across Town - Andrew Brassell
Keep the Change - Amie Doherty
Madame - Matthieu Gonet
Midnight Sun - Nathaniel Walcott - Score and song CD due March 30 on Lakeshore
Pyewacket - Lee Malia
Roxanne Roxanne - RZA
Sherlock Gnomes - Chris Bacon
Unsane - David Wilder Savage
COMING SOON
March 30
Abbraccialo Per Me - Fabio Frizzi - Beat
The Cloverfield Paradox - Bear McCreary - Sparks & Shadows
A Doggone Adventure - Chuck Cirino - Dragon's Domain
I Kill Giants - Laurent Perez del Mar - Varese Sarabande
Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat - Abkco
La Rivoluzione Sessuale - Teo Usuelli - Beat
Midnight Sun - Nathaniel Walcott - Lakeshore
Qualcuno Ha Visto Uccidere - Stelvio Cipriani - Pentamusic
Riusciranno I Nostri Eroi A Ritrovare L'amico Misteriosamente Scomparso In Africa - Armando Trovajoli - Beat
Stargate SG1: Children of the Gods - Joel Goldsmith - Dragon's Domain
Troy: Fall of a City - Rob - Sony (import)
A Wrinkle in Time - Ramin Djawadi - Disney
April 6
Chappaquiddick - Garth Stevenson - Varese Sarabande
Howards End [U.S. release] - Nico Muhly - Milan
Pacific Rim Uprising - Lorne Balfe - Milan
Paul, Apostle of Christ - Jan A.P. Kaczmarek - Sony
Ready Player One - Alan Silvestri - WaterTower
April 13
Baby Driver - Steven Price - Columbia
Ghost Stories - Frank Ilfman - Varese Sarabande
The Strangers: Prey at Night - Adrian Johnston - Varese Sarabande
You Were Never Really Here - Jonny Greenwood - Lakeshore
April 20
Into the Badlands - David Shephard - Varese Sarabande
Shetland - John Lunn - Silva (import)
Thriller vol. 2 (re-recording) - Jerry Goldsmith - Tadlow
April 27
Kings - Nick Cave, Warren Ellis - Milan
Mary Magdalene - Hildur Guonadottir, Johann Johannsson - Milan (import)
May 11
Alias Grace - Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna - Lakeshore
Avengers: Infinity War - Alan Silvestri - Hollywood
A Quiet Place - Marco Beltrami - Milan
Date Unknown
The Blue Planet (remastered reissue) - George Fenton - Silva
Grupo 7 - Julio de la Rosa - Rosetta
La Gran Ola - Pablo Cervantes - Rosetta
Planet Earth (remastered reissue) - George Fenton - Silva
Rage Fuoco Incrociato - Stelvio Cipriani - Digitmovies
That Good Night - Guy Farley - Caldera
Una Ragione Per Vivere E Una Moriere - Riz Ortolani - Digitmovies
Yo Soy Asi, Tita de Buenas Aires - Osvaldo Montes - Rosetta
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
March 23 - Alan Blaikley born (1940)
March 23 - Michael Nyman born (1944)
March 23 - David Grisman born (1945)
March 23 - Trevor Jones born (1949)
March 23 - Aaron Copland wins his only Oscar, for The Heiress score (1950)
March 23 - Philip Judd born (1953)
March 23 - Damon Albarn born (1968)
March 23 - Lionel Newman re-records pre-existing Jerry Goldsmith cues for The Last Hard Men’s replacement score (1976)
March 23 - Hal Mooney died (1995)
March 23 - Michael Linn died (1995)
March 23 - James Horner begins recording his score for Braveheart (1995)
March 23 - James Horner wins his first and last Oscars, for Titanic's score and song; Anne Dudley wins the third Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for The Full Monty (1998)
March 23 - Elliot Goldenthal wins his first Oscar, for the Frida score (2003)
March 24 - Michael Masser born (1941)
March 24 - Brian Easdale wins only Oscar, for The Red Shoes score (1949)
March 24 - Alberto Colombo died (1954)
March 24 - Fred Steiner's score for the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" is recorded (1967)
March 24 - John Barry begins recording his score for The Deep (1977)
March 24 - Arthur B. Rubnstein begins recording his score for WarGames (1983)
March 24 - Alex North wins an Honorary Oscar, "in recognition of his brilliant artistry in the creation of memorable music for a host of distinguished motion pictures; " John Barry wins his fourth Oscar, for the Out of Africa score (1986)
March 24 - Gabriel Yared wins the Dramatic Score Oscar for The English Patient; Rachel Portman wins the second Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, for Emma (1997)
March 24 - John Barry wins his fifth and final Oscar, for the Dances With Wolves score; Stephen Sondheim wins first Oscar, for the song "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy (1991)
March 25 - Riz Ortolani born (1926)
March 25 - Recording sessions begin for Frederick Hollander’s score for The Great McGinty (1940)
March 25 - Elton John born (1947)
March 25 - Bronislau Kaper wins his only Oscar, for the Lili score (1954)
March 25 - John Massari born (1957)
March 25 - Henry Mancini begins recording his score for 99 & 44/100 % Dead (1974)
March 25 - Ken Thorne begins recording his score for Superman II (1980)
March 25 - Maurice Jarre wins his third and final Oscar, for the A Passage to India score (1985)
March 25 - Luis Bacalov wins his first Oscar, for Il Postino; Alan Menken wins the first Comedy or Musical Score Oscar, as well as Best Song, for Pocahonatas (1996)
March 26 - Larry Morey born (1905)
March 26 - Leigh Harline born (1907)
March 26 - Charles Dumont born (1929)
March 26 - Alan Silvestri born (1950)
March 26 - Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for White Witch Doctor (1953)
March 26 - Louis Silvers died (1954)
March 26 - Noel Coward died (1973)
March 26 - John Williams begins recording his score for SpaceCamp (1986)
March 26 - Alan Menken wins his first Oscars, for The Little Mermaid score and its song "Under the Sea" (1990)
March 26 - John Corigliano wins his first Oscar, for The Red Violin score (2000)
March 26 - Fred Karlin died (2004)
March 27 - Ferde Grofe born (1892)
March 27 - Dave Pollecutt born (1942)
March 27 - Tony Banks born (1950)
March 27 - Victor Young wins posthumous Best Score Oscar for Around the World in 80 Days (1957)
March 27 - Lalo Schifrin begins recording his score for Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
March 27 - Charlie Chaplin et al win score Oscar for Limelight (1973)
March 27 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Winter Kill (1974)
March 27 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for Gremlins (1984)
March 27 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
March 27 - Hans Zimmer wins his first Oscar, for The Lion King score (1995)
March 27 - Dudley Moore died (2002)
March 27 - Recording sessions begin for Nathan Barr's score to Hostel Part II (2007)
March 28 - Jay Livingston born (1915)
March 28 - Alf Clausen born (1941)
March 28 - Arthur Bliss died (1975)
March 28 - Waldo de los Rios died (1977)
March 28 - Carmen Dragon died (1984)
March 29 - William Walton born (1902)
March 29 - Tito Arevalo born (1911)
March 29 - Sam Spence born (1927)
March 29 - Richard Rodney Bennett born (1936)
March 29 - Vangelis born (1943)
March 29 - Franz Waxman wins his first of two consecutive score Oscars, for Sunset Blvd. (1951)
March 29 - John Williams wins his second Oscar and his first for Original Score, for Jaws (1976)
March 29 - Jerry Goldsmith wins his only Oscar, for The Omen score; the film music community presumably exclaims “Finally!” (1977)
March 29 - John Williams wins his third Oscar, for the Star Wars score (1978)
March 29 - Vangelis wins his first Oscar, for the Chariots of Fire score (1981)
March 29 - Dave Grusin wins his first Oscar, for The Milagro Beanfield War score (1989)
March 29 - James Horner begins recording his score for In Country (1989)
March 29 - Alan Menken wins his fifth and sixth Oscars, for the Aladdin score and its song "A Whole New World" (1993)
March 29 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Strange Bedfellows” (1999)
March 29 - Ulpio Minucci died (2007)
March 29 - Maurice Jarre died (2009)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
THE DARKNESS - Johnny Klimek
"It starts only five minutes into 'The Darkness': the ominous chords of a foreboding soundtrack warning you to “Be afraid! Be very afraid!” as an autistic boy, vacationing with his family at the Grand Canyon, finds five mysteriously etched stones in an underground cavern. From there, Johnny Klimek’s film score punctuates this misconceived horror film with such unnecessary regularity that you wonder whether the composer was paid by the note. Once back home with the talismans in tow, little Mikey (a seemingly somnambulistic Mazouz) begins to commune with an unseen Native American spirit-being oddly named Jenny, staring at his bedroom wall for hours and grinning like a dazed Cheshire kitten. All the while, faucets turn on by themselves, noises sound from the attic, and shadow figures creep along hallways as the youngster unwittingly begins to open a portal to the underworld, allowing the five Anasazi demons entrapped in the purloined rocks to materialize and precipitate the end of mankind. Their calling card is an oversized, sooty, smelly black handprint. It’s like being haunted by outsized chimney sweeps that never bathe. And for the most part, it’s about that scary."
Steve Davis, The Austin Chronicle
"Although I have no way of knowing it for sure, 'The Darkness' has all the hallmarks of a film that was greatly tampered with in post-production -- characters are introduced only to completely disappear, plot developments are brought up and summarily dismissed and the whole thing moves along with a choppiness that suggests a lot of additional footage was shot and then either cut out at the last second or never employed. That would certainly explain why good actors like Bacon and Mitchell would sign on for something so ridiculous. It would also explain why Mclean’s work displays absolutely none of the cinematic style that made 'Wolf Creek' more memorable than it had any right to be. Here, the only scares he is able to deliver are of the 'BOO!' variety in which someone or something pops up out of nowhere, accompanied by a sudden blast of music. While this particular approach to scaring viewers can be sensationally effective when used properly (as was the case with 'The Conjuring'), it gets really old, really quickly here."
Peter Sobczynski, RogerEbert.com
"The see-what-sticks quality of the melodrama applies doubly to the mythology, which teems over with so much nonsense that it takes an Internet video on Anasazi lore, multiple browser searches and a pair of ghostbusters to explain it all. There are portents of extinct societies, a special rock configuration, spirit animals and a portal to another world. Mikey’s imaginary friend even requests a pair of helium balloons from the grocery store, as prophecy apparently dictates. It’s all outrageously silly, hammered home by the ear-blasting shrieks and stingers on the soundtrack. 'The Darkness' may fail, but to McLean’s credit, it’s not for lack of trying."
Scott Tobias, Variety
EVOLUTION - Jesus Diaz, Zacarias M. de la Riva
"And the symbolism is so portentous and repetitive that it ironically leeches 'Évolution' of a point. The film interprets itself, offering an essay on rape and gender fluidity that locks us out of the cognitive process of digesting it. There’s only so many prolonged scenes of women torturing children that someone can watch before yearning for a reprieve of spontaneity or variation. The images are accomplished, occasionally startling, but lugubrious and reductive, underlined by a droning score, suggestive of water moving and whales cooing, that’s eerie yet narcotizing. Like many experiments in 'extreme' French horror, the film is a polemic with just a patina of true chaos."
Chuck Bowen, Slant Magazine
"On closer inspection, however, the relationship between the young men and their guardians isn’t so straightforward, the unease accentuated by the film’s electric whale-song score. Of the island’s many dark secrets, most unsettling is the revelation of what these women are grooming these boys to do: Through a peculiar twist of biology (the first of many, as it turns out), child-bearing falls to the males in this particular species -- which isn’t exactly human, but something more akin to merfolk. Their backs striated with cephalopod-like suction cups, these strange boys divide their time between land and sea, where our protagonist, Nicolas (Max Brebant), thinks he may have seen a drowned corpse the last time he went swimming."
Peter Debruge, Variety
"It’s thus to the director's credit that, even with its shortcomings, 'Evolution' remains a fairly mesmerizing experience, demanding our attention through the pure level of screencraft on display. Alongside the superb cinematography, sound design by Fabiola Ordoyo ('Aloft') and music by Jesus Diaz and Zacarias M. de la Riva help immerse us in a place where land and sea, dream and reality, tend to collide and merge -- a backwards aquatic universe where boys will definitely not be boys."
Jordan Mintzer, Hollywood Reporter
THE NICE GUYS - John Ottman, David Buckley
"There are moments where you feel like Black and Bagarozzi are just ticking off period details they wanted to include (gas lines, Detroit muscle cars, 'Smokey and the Bandit' billboards, discussion of killer bees), but at least the soundtrack offers a mix of John Ottman and David Buckley’s score meshed cleverly with plenty of Super Hits of the ’70s. Ultimately, it’s the comedic rapport between Gosling and Crowe that makes this enterprise work. We’ve seen Gosling do this sort of befuddled deadpan before, but you might have to go all the way back to 1994’s 'The Sum of Us' to find a film in which Crowe allows himself to be this loose and funny."
Alonso Duralde, The Wrap
"Set in a neon-soaked Los Angeles of 1977, 'The Nice Guys' opens with a dynamic opening scene in which a porn stars dies after careening off a cliff. It’s a sizzling opening bit pitched between cartoonish extremes -- the woman bursts from her car with breasts neatly revealed -- and an eery atmosphere, emphasized by cinematographer Philippe Rousselot’s vibrant colors and David Buckley’s ominous score. The movie lingers in that strange netherworld between two tones for most of its running time, which sometimes leads to an unevenness as Black struggles to resolve the kind of movie he’s trying to make."
Eric Kohn, IndieWire
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films, at the following L.A. movie theaters: AMPAS, American Cinematheque: Aero, American Cinematheque: Egyptian, Arclight, LACMA, Laemmle, New Beverly, Nuart and UCLA.
March 23
BLAZING SADDLES (John Morris) [LACMA]
GATOR (Charles Bernstein), THE END (Paul Williams) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE LOST BOYS (Thomas Newman) [Nuart]
TORCH SONG TRILOGY (Peter Matz) [UCLA]
March 24
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (John Williams) [Cinematheque: Aero]
THE LATE SHOW (Ken Wannberg) [Ahyra Fine Arts]
OFFICE KILLER (Evan Lurie) [UCLA]
SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (Bill Justis, Jerry Reed), HOOPER (Jerry Reed), SHARKY'S MACHINE (Snuff Garrett, Al Capps) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE THREE MUSKTEERS [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
March 25
THE COLOR PURPLE (Quincy Jones et al) [Cinematheque: Aero]
DELIVERANCE, WHITE LIGHTNING (Charles Bernstein) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (John Williams) [Cinematheque: Aero]
March 26
THE BIG LEBOWSKI (Carter Burwell) [Arclight Sherman Oaks]
DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (Laurie Johnson) [Arclight Santa Monica]
GHOSTBUSTERS (Elmer Bernstein) [Arclight Culver City]
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (Trevor Jones, Randy Edelman) [Arclight Hollywood]
SUNRISE [AMPAS]
March 27
THE HUMAN COMEDY (Herbert Stothart) [LACMA]
THERE WILL BE BLOOD (Jonny Greenwood) [Arclight Hollywood]
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (John Morris) [Arclight Santa Monica]
March 28
PHILADELPHIA (Howard Shore), BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (Gustavo Santaolalla) [Cinematheque: Aero]
March 30
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS (Masahiko Sato) [Nuart]
THE TALE OF THE FOX [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
WAY OUT WEST (Marvin Hatley) [Cinematheque: Aero]
March 31
DEEP RED (Goblin), THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (Ennio Morricone) [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
THE FLYING DEUCES (John Leipold, Leo Shuken) [Cinematheque: Aero]
April 1
BEN-HUR (Miklos Rozsa) [Cinematheque: Aero]
SONS OF THE DESERT [Cinematheque: Egyptian]
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