Intrada has just released their latest Kickstarter-sponsored re-recording, of Frank Skinner's score for the horror-comedy classic ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, plus cues from ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KEYSTONE KOPS, composed by William Lava, Henry Mancini and Herman Stein.
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its related labels are -- STARSHIP INVASIONS, the 1977 sci-fi B-movie starring Robert Vaughn and Christopher Lee, with a score by Gil Melle; a re-release of Elmer Bernstein's symphonic score for the little-seen 1989 sci-fi adventure SLIPSTREAM; and STAR TREK: A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION, a two-disc re-release of the mid-80s Label X re-recordings of suites from original Star Trek episode scores, featuring music by George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky and Joseph Mullendore, plus the series theme by Alexander Courage.
Mutant recently announced an upcoming LP of Alan Silvestri's score for Netflix's megabudget science-fiction adventure THE ELECTRIC STATE, directed by Silvestri's Avengers collaborators the Russo brothers. This is of course part of the current trend of major films and scores getting released on vinyl only instead of on CD, as was still the norm pre-pandemic. For those interested in other (fairly) recent and upcoming vinyl-only scores (I am of course not counting download releases), there is a list at the end of this column.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein/Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops - Frank Skinner, Wiliam Lava, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein - Intrada
Anthology: The Paris Concerts - Howard Shore - Deutsche Grammophon
The Apprentice - Martin Dirkov, David Holmes, Brian Byrne - Filmtrax
Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog - John Scott - JOS
It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown - Vince Guaraldi - LMFP
The Reivers - John Williams - La-La Land
IN THEATERS TODAY
The Alto Knights - David Fleming
Ash - Flying Lotus
The Assessment - Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
Bob Trevino Likes It - Jacques Brautbar
Disney's Snow White - Jeff Morrow
Locked - Tim Williams
Magazine Dreams - Jason Hill
Misericordia - Marc Verdaguer
COMING SOON
May 2
Once Within a Time - Philip Glass, Susan Deyhim - Orange Mountain
May 9
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - Chris Benstead - Filmtrax
May 23
Speak No Evil - Sune "Koter" Kolster - Svart
May 30
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg - Milan
Coming Soon
Delitto a posillipo - Angelo Francesco Lavagnino - Alhambra
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
Slipstream - Elmer Bernstein - Dragon's Domain
Stand By for Action! 2: Tunes of Danger - various - Silva
Star Trek: A Symphonic Celebration - George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky and Joseph Mullendore - Dragon's Domain
Starship Invasions - Gil Melle - Dragon's Domain
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
March 21 - Antony Hopkins born (1921)
March 21 - Gary Hughes born (1922)
March 21 - Mort Lindsey born (1923)
March 21 - Alfred Newman wins his seventh Oscar, his second for Score, for Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (1956)
March 21 - Joseph S. DeBeasi born (1960)
March 21 - Alex North begins recording his score for Spartacus (1960)
March 21 - Alexander Courage records his score for the Lost in Space episode "The Mechanical Men" (1967)
March 21 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score to The Green Berets (1968)
March 21 - John Williams wins his fifth Oscar, for his Schindler's List score (1994)
March 21 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Journey’s End" (1994)
March 21 - Nicola Piovani wins his first Oscar, for Life Is Beautiful; Stephen Warbeck wins the final Comedy or Musical Score Oscar for Shakespeare in Love (1999)
March 22 - Stephen Sondheim born (1930)
March 22 - Angelo Badalamenti born (1937)
March 22 - Andrew Lloyd Webber born (1948)
March 22 - Goran Bregovic born (1950)
March 22 - Wally Badarou born (1955)
March 22 - Max Richter born (1966)
March 22 - Zeltia Montes born (1979)
March 22 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for Time After Time (1979)
March 22 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Time Squared” (1989)
March 22 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Lessons” (1993)
March 22 - Bebo Valdes died (2013)
March 22 - Scott Walker died (2019)
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 - Richard Shores records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Burning Diamond” (1966)
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 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Hard Time” (1996)
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 his 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. Rubinstein begins recording his score for WarGames (1983)
March 24 - Ira Newborn begins recording his score for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
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 his first Oscar, for the song "Sooner or Later" from Dick Tracy (1991)
March 24 - Gerard Schurmann died (2020)
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 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The Royale" (1989)
March 25 - Luis Bacalov wins his only 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 - Recording sessions begin for Miklos Rozsa’s score for Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
March 26 - Alan Silvestri born (1950)
March 26 - Bernard Herrmann begins recording his score for White Witch Doctor (1953)
March 26 - Victor Young begins recording his score for Little Boy Lost (1953)
March 26 - Louis Silvers died (1954)
March 26 - The Fall of the Roman Empire opens in New York (1964)
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 - Jack Beaver born (1900)
March 27 - Frank Lewin born (1925)
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 - Hans Zimmer wins his first Oscar, for The Lion King score (1995)
March 27 - Dudley Moore died (2002)
March 27 - Roque Banos begins recording his score for Alatriste (2006)
March 27 - Recording sessions begin for Nathan Barr's score to Hostel Part II (2007)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
DESTROY ALL NEIGHBORS - Ryan Kattner, Brett Morris
"'Destroy All Neighbors' is one of those movies I knew I’d like the minute the opening credits started. Though many films abandon them these days, opening titles can be fantastic tone-setters, especially in the realm of horror, and director Josh Forbes clearly understands this. So he recruited animator Rich Zim to give us something that’s both dazzling on its own and, with the aid of music by Ryan Kattner and Brett Morris, delivers a taste of the film that follows in microcosm: An all-out assault on the senses that’s fun, funny, and still capable of making you a little queasy. That’s 'Destroy All Neighbors' in a nutshell, but that’s also just the beginning."
Matthew Jackson, Paste Magazine
EX-HUSBANDS - Rob [Robin Coudert]
"Though loosely in the vein of early Woody Allen, or mid Noah Baumbach, the writing here has none of their astringency. In DP Alfonso Herrera Salcedo’s polite, friendly camerawork, the guys contend with such issues as an unexpectedly seaweedy beach, the no-show of an acquaintance for a diving trip, and the growing-apart pains that adult friends experience, as in the way all the others regard Lowry’s giggling gift of a pneumatic sex toy as too juvenile for the men they have become. And it settles further into this winsome groove, pillows plumped by Rob Coudert’s somewhat anonymous score, once the cowed Pearce men return to New York to discover that life has thrown them another of its sad curveball inevitabilities. Will this jolt of actual mortality nudge them out of their mopiness? The best 'Ex-Husbands' can do is to summon a heartfelt, wistful maybe."
Jessica Kiang, Variety
GOLDEN YEARS - Carsten Meyer
“Golden Years” moves through these forked journeys at an extremely casual pace, which can make the whole thing feel more than a little insubstantial. After all, at the end of the day Peter and Alice will be materially fine, and the sunny cinematography and Carsten Meyer’s cloying, Casio-heavy score do little to make Alice’s late-in-life sexual rumspringa feel all that vital. At the end of the day, these characters simply don’t have any real problems, and it can be aggravating to see folks hem and haw about their futures amid their elegantly furnished Swiss homes. (Even Alice’s bohemian son, who takes her in after an angry Peter kicks her out for leaving him on the cruise, hosts his nightly Tinder hookups in a decidedly cozy bungalow.)
Clint Worthington, RogerEbert.com
THE GORGE - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
"Before you know it, the philosophical Levi has fallen in love with Drasa, and vice versa. And then 'The Gorge' really kicks into gear. Without spoiling anything, Derrickson’s film becomes the one that it feels like he’s most interested in, involving crazy set pieces and wicked creature design, all set to another phenomenal score from Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor. The team behind the 'Challengers' soundtrack (still maybe the biggest Oscar snub of the year) delivers another excellent score that elevates this film’s action in a manner that shouldn’t be underestimated. It’s the fuel that really drives this action movie."
Brian Tallerico, RogerEbert.com
"There are touches of above-average streaming craft here, distancing it from the standard Netflix equivalent -- an indistinctive yet solid score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, some grand cinematography from Guillermo del Toro fave Dan Laustsen -- but the film bears too much of that synthetic Apple feel, as if it was primarily made to show off the abilities of a new iPhone. Given how so many of the company’s streaming shows and films are barely marketed, 'The Gorge' feels like another one that will easily, and deservedly, disappear into the abyss."
Benjamin Lee, The Guardian
"As surely as Derrickson must eventually close the gap between his deadly lovebirds, so must he plunge us into that ominous ravine. What’s going on down there won’t blow too many minds, but it might get some pulses racing. 'The Gorge' borrows freely from the creepier and crawlier portions of 'King Kong,' and from the shimmering unease of 'Annihilation.' You might be reminded, too, of itchy-tasty survival horror when Levi and Drasa take a break from fleeing and shooting to spool up a reel of convenient laboratory exposition. It’s all a tad conventional after the more novel genre play of the first hour, but Derrickson handles the mayhem with the steady hand you’d expect from a filmmaker with both superhero spectacles and supernatural thrillers on his resume. The poisoned air supply, shifting the color tint every few minutes, is a nifty touch. So, naturally, is the latest score from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, slumming it in style with rock chords and eerie sirens -- the right soundtrack for this war of the worlds."
A.A. Dowd, IGN
"Still, the highlights outweigh the lackluster elements. The first act spends a generous amount of time setting up the characters, providing tangible rooting interest and establishing the realities of Levi and Drasa’s insular worlds. Through the aesthetics of her wardrobe, hair and lighting, Bartholomew’s introduction lays subtle groundwork for distrust reflecting the shadowy gray territory she commands. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ pristine, industrial synth-forward score adds a fittingly dissonant soundscape with melodies that blossom once the pair’s relationship takes shape. Sope Dirisu, whose brief appearance as the soldier Levi relieves from his post, sells the sincerity behind his expository dialogue, explaining the facility’s inner workings and the backstory of the underworld."
Courtney Howard, Variety
"The film’s general rigidity and lack of thrills become more apparent when Levi accidentally falls into the gorge. A terrified Drasa goes after him, and what the two find in the cavernous abyss is unsettling. The world beneath them is a trap of mutated insects, noxious gases and skeletal monsters that bear some resemblance to the White Walkers in 'Game of Thrones.' Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ music adds to the eeriness of this disquieting atmosphere. Derrickson offers a handful of memorable shots and genuine jump scares, but the director’s attempts to build dread in these moments come too late to have their intended impact. With so much of the film dedicated to establishing Levi and Drasa’s backstory and their romance, 'The Gorge' is slow to get going on the action."
Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter
MICKEY 17 - Jung Jae-il
"But, messy as it is, the filmmaking so energetically delivers its acidic pessimism that it’s rarely unpleasant. Bong’s visual gags and Jung Jae-il’s parodic music are shot through with bitterness. The characters are all too odd to ever truly be familiar; Pattinson in particular relishes in creating a pair of completely distinct little gremlins. Bong coaxes out empathy, but towards disgusting-cute creatures. Humans have had their chance. Maybe they’ll get a second one, if they’re bold enough to rise up against all the forces keeping them down. The shotgun approach to this message means that none of its pellets make full contact -- the Trump imagery is too literal, the cloned labor concept too secondary, the violent takeover of another world too played out -- but who can blame Bong for unloading so spectacularly? It’s bad out there and, unlike Mickey, we’re on our last life."
Jacob Oller, The AV Club
"Fiona Crombie’s production design gives the movie an imposing scale (with a Mar-a-Lago vulgarity in the ostentatious décor of the Marshalls’ quarters), though for a project shot by Darius Khondji and screened in IMAX, the visuals are nothing special. As usual for Bong, unexpected music choices liven things up, from quirky waltzes to carnivalesque riffs in a Danny Elfman mode."
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter
RULE BREAKERS - Jeff Beal
"Mostly, 'Rule Breakers' is as joyful as its standout score by Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal. You’ll root for the immensely likable team as they become immersed in the world of competitive robotics. Call it the nerd Olympics. Teams of students from all over the world construct robots capable of performing tasks such as scooping up balls and throwing them into baskets."
Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor
SKIN DEEP - Richard Ruzicka
"There’s obviously an ironic undertone to the Schaads’ decision to call this movie 'Skin Deep,' and so it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that their script glosses over the more superficial aspects of its premise. It doesn’t belabor Mo’s enthusiasm over inheriting Tristan’s six-pack, or hone in on how delightful it is for Leyla -- a former dancer -- to suddenly have the lungs of a long-distance runner. Instead, this film opts for an impressionistic approach to its fantasy, as long scenes give way to free-flowing rushes of pure feeling (most of them carried by Richard Ruzicka’s lush and evocative score)."
David Ehrlich, IndieWire
"In this regard, the film has all the boldness of a work by the great David Cronenberg even as it is a bit more grounded than that. It is important to note that such a comparison, while a testament to the strengths of the film, is also reductive as it is only one small fraction of what 'Skin Deep' has in store. The questions being raised are its own as it quickly moves beyond the novelty of observing the characters post-swap to more melancholic beats. It is in this where Emde draws us into the inner tumult facing Leyla as she observes Tristan going off to swap from afar. Though she is not always herself, with the film taking on a more transitory state in the hands of cinematographer Ahmed El Nagar and composer Richard Ruzicka, we never forget the look that shows how all is not well in paradise. There were allusions to her well-being here and there, though it is in her eyes that we see the pain she is carrying with her. While we see the wounds she carries with her on her arms, it is when we hear the despair creep into her voice that we truly understand the devastation that is underneath it all."
Chase Hutchinson, Collider
SPACE: THE LONGEST GOODBYE - Ramachandra Borcar
"The film ends with Coleman sharing that if she could have stayed aboard the space station for another six months, she would have stayed 'in a minute.' Mizrahy underscores her confession with overly serious music, as if this is the bleakest moment yet. As if this statement should have us worried for Coleman. As if being in space were an addiction. But, again, to Han’s point, isn’t that the kind of dedication you’d want from someone who has signed up for a three-year mission to Mars?"
Marya E. Gates, RogerEbert.com
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
March 21
ANATOMY OF A MURDER (Duke Ellington) [Vista]
THE APARTMENT (Adolph Deutsch) [Vidiots]
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]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
A MAN ESCAPED, PICKPOCKET [New Beverly]
MARIE ANTOINETTE [Alamo Drafthouse]
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]
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (Brad Fiedel) [Alamo Drafthouse]
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) [BrainDead Studios]
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]
FANTASTIC MR. FOX (Alexandre Desplat) [BrainDead Studios]
GIRLS TOWN (Guru) [Alamo Drafthouse]
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]
March 24
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Ennio Morricone) [Vista]
GIRLS TOWN (Guru) [Alamo Drafthouse]
IF... (Marc Wilkinson) [Los Feliz 3]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MARIE ANTOINETTE [Alamo Drafthouse]
NOW, VOYAGER (Max Steiner) [Egyptian]
PLAY MISTY FOR ME (Dee Barton), YOU'LL LIKE MY MOTHER (Gil Melle) [New Beverly]
SABRINA (Frederick Hollander) [Egyptian]
SNOWPIERCER (Marco Beltrami) [Academy Museum]
THE TRUMAN SHOW (Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass) [Culver]
March 25
ADAM'S RIB (Miklos Rozsa) [Egyptian]
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Ennio Morricone) [Vista]
DR. NO (Monty Norman) [Culver]
GIRLS TOWN (Guru) [Alamo Drafthouse]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
MARIE ANTOINETTE [Alamo Drafthouse]
MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S [Los Feliz 3]
PLAY MISTY FOR ME (Dee Barton), YOU'LL LIKE MY MOTHER (Gil Melle) [New Beverly]
WHEN HARRY MET SALLY (Marc Shaiman) [Egyptian]
THE WORLD'S END (Steven Price) [Landmark Pasadena]
March 26
ARTISTS AND MODELS, BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN (Victor Young) [New Beverly]
BREAKING AWAY (Patrick Williams) [Aero]
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Ennio Morricone) [Vista]
EXISTENZ (Howard Shore) [Academy Museum]
FLASH GORDON (Queen, Howard Blake) [Alamo Drafthouse]
GIRLS TOWN (Guru) [Alamo Drafthouse]
HIDDEN FIGURES (Hans Zimmer, Pharrell Williams, Benjamin Wallfisch) [Academy Museum]
THE IRON GIANT (Michael Kamen), THE INCREDIBLES (Michael Giacchino) [Egyptian]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
SEVEN CHANCES [Egyptian]
TOPAZ (Maurice Jarre) [Los Feliz 3]
WANDA (Dave Mullaney) [Vidiots]
March 27
ABSOLUTION (Stanley Myers) [Los Feliz 3]
ARTISTS AND MODELS, BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN (Victor Young) [New Beverly]
BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (Quincy Jones) [Los Feliz 3]
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER (Michael Nyman) [Vidiots]
DAYS OF HEAVEN (Ennio Morricone) [Vista]
FACES OF LOVE (Arie Dzerlatka) [Academy Museum]
LA NOTTE (Giorgio Gaslini) [Aero]
LOST HIGHWAY (Angelo Badalementi) [Alamo Drafthouse]
PHANTOM LADY, THE RECKLESS MOMENT (Hans J. Salter) [Egyptian]
March 28
THE BIRDCAGE (Jonathan Tunick), HEARTBREAKERS (John Debney, Danny Elfman) [Aero]
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (Chris Ryan) [New Beverly]
INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch) [Alamo Drafthouse]
KILL BILL: VOL. 1 [New Beverly]
THE LAST LETTER [Los Feliz 3]
THE LOVE BUG (George Bruns) [Los Feliz 3]
MULHOLLAND DRIVE (Angelo Badalementi) [Nuart]
REPO MAN (Steven Hufsteter, Humberto Larriva) [Vista]
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (Stephen Warbeck) [New Beverly]
TENEBRE (Morante-Pignatelli-Simonetti) [BrainDead Studios]
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (Arthur Lange), MURDER, MY SWEET (Roy Webb) [Egyptian]
March 29
THE AUTOMAT (Hummie Mann) [UCLA/Hammer]
CRY DANGER (Emil Newman, Paul Dunlap), HELL'S HALF ACRE (R. Dale Butts) [Egyptian]
DESTROYER (Theodore Shapiro) [Egyptian]
DILWALE DULHANIA LE JAYENGE (Jatin-Lalit) [Academy Museum]
EQUUS (Richard Rodney Bennett) [Los Feliz 3]
EXISTENZ (Howard Shore) [Academy Museum]
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH [Los Feliz 3]
GINGER SNAPS 2: UNLEASHED (Kurt Swinghammer) [New Beverly]
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (Chris Ryan) [New Beverly]
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (Quincy Jones) [Vidiots]
INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE LAST DETAIL (Johnny Mandel) [BrainDead Studios]
THE LITTLE MERMAID (Alan Menken) [New Beverly]
MULHOLLAND DRIVE (Angelo Badalamenti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
PIRANHA (Pino Donaggio) [Vidiots]
THE PRINCESS OF FRANCE (Julián Larquier Tellarini, Julián Tello) [Los Feliz 3]
RAW DEAL (Paul Sawtell) [Egyptian]
REPO MAN (Steven Hufsteter, Humberto Larriva) [Vista]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SELENA (Dave Grusin) [Vidiots]
SING (Joby Talbot) [Vidiots]
TO CATCH A THIEF (Lyn Murray) [New Beverly]
TOPAZ (Maurice Jarre) [Los Feliz 3]
TROUBLE IN PARADISE [Vista]
UNFORGIVEN (Lennie Niehaus) [Aero]
March 30
AMERICAN GRAFFITI [Aero]
BOUND (Don Davis) [Egyptian]
DEAD RECKONING (Marlin Skiles) [Egyptian]
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL (Alexandre Desplat) [BrainDead Studios]
HARLAN COUNTY U.S.A. [Vidiots]
HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (Chris Ryan) [New Beverly]
IF... (Marc Wilkinson) [Los Feliz 3]
INLAND EMPIRE (David Lynch) [Alamo Drafthouse]
JODHAA AKBAR (A.R. Rahman) [Academy Museum]
THE NOTEBOOK (Aaron Zigman) [Vidiots]
THE PROWLER (Lyn Murray), ACE IN THE HOLE (Hugo Friedhofer) [Egyptian]
THE PUBLIC EYE (John Barry) [Los Feliz 3]
TO CATCH A THIEF (Lyn Murray) [New Beverly]
TORN CURTAIN (John Addison) [BrainDead Studios]
TROUBLE IN PARADISE [Vista]
WHISPER OF THE HEART (Yuji Nomi)[Vidiots]
YENTL (Michel Legrand) [UCLA/Hammer]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Nobody's Fool (Shore); The Matrix Reloaded (Davis); The Hollywood Flute of Louise DiTullio (various); Frances (Barry); Stingray (Gray); Eye of the Needle (Rozsa); The Unborn (Djawadi); Behind the Sun (Pinto); Next Stop Wonderland (Ragazzi, various); Thriller: The Poisoner (Goldsmith); The Matrix Revolutions (Davis); Patch Adams (Shaiman); Magnolia (Brion); Montage: Great Film Composers and the Piano (various); The Motorcycle Diaries (Santaolalla); State and Main (Shapiro); The Talented Mr. Ripley (Yared); Supercar (Gray); Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Beltrami); Punch-Drunk Love (Brion)
Read: The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton, by Larry Niven; What to Listen for in Music, by Aaron Copland
Seen: Ex-Husbands; Koyaanisqatsi; Black Bag; Zabriskie Point; The Actor; Novocaine [2025]; The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie; Gas, Food Lodging
Watched: The White Buffalo; The Outer Limits ("The Hundred Days of the Dragon"); The 97th Oscars; 30 Rock ("Winter Madness")
Most (but definitely not all) of the recent (meaning the last several years) and upcoming vinyl releases of scores commercially unavailable on CD:
CHRIS BACON
Heretic
Wednesday [with Danny Elfman]
LORNE BALFE
Black Widow
STEPHEN BARTON/FREDERICK WIEDMANN
Star Trek: Picard season 3
TYLER BATES
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
MaXXXine
Pearl [with Tim Williams]
The Punisher
X [with Chelsea Wolfe]
CHRISTOPHER BEAR/DANIEL ROSSEN
Past Lives
CHRISTOPHE BECK
Agatha All Along
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Nimona
WandaVision
MARCO BELTRAMI
Renfield
DANNY BENSI/SAUNDER JURRIAANS
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
The Lodge
Ozark
Ozark seasons 1-4
VOLKER BERTELMANN
All Quiet on the Western Front
Conclave
Gunpowder
The Old Guard [with Dustin O’Halloran]
Stowaway
JOSEPH BISHARA
Malignant
Tarot
TERENCE BLANCHARD
Da 5 Bloods
JONGNIC BONTEMPS
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
KRIS BOWERS
Bad Hair
Chevalier
Origin
The Wild Robot
DAVID BUCKLEY
The Sandman
CARTER BURWELL
The Banshees of Inisherin
Drive-Away Dolls
The Morning Show
SEAN CALLERY
Jessica Jones
BRUNO COULAIS
Wendell & Wild
ANDREA DATZMAN
Inside Out 2
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
Asteroid City
BRYCE DESSNER
C’mon C’mon
A Good Person
Sing Sing
We Live in Time
BARRY DE VORZON
The Exorcist III
KEEGAN DE WITT
Gemini
Her Smell
Queen of Earth
DISASTERPEACE
Bodies Bodies Bodies
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
RAMIN DJAWADI
Fallout
3 Body Problem
Westworld season 3
Westworld season 4
ANNA DRUBICH
Barbarian
DANNY ELFMAN
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Wednesday [with Chris Bacon]
JERSKIN FENDRIX
Kinds of Kindness
Poor Things
OLA FLOTTUM
Thelma
MICHAEL GIACCHINO
Lightyear
Next Goal Wins
Thor: Blood and Thunder
Werewolf by Night
PHILIP GLASS
Tales from the Loop [with Paul Leonard-Morgan]
NICOLAS GODIN
Fire of Love
WOJCIECH GOLCZEWSKI
Beyond the Gates
Tonight She Comes
Undergods
We Are Still Here
LUDWIG GORANSSON
Black Panther
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
The Mandalorian: Season 1 [boxed set]
The Mandalorian: Season 2
The Mandalorian: Season 3 [with Joseph Shirley]
ALEXIS GRAPSAS/PHILIP KLEIN
Pig
GIOSUE GRECO
Didi
HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS
Retribution
TOTI GUDNASON
Lamb
DANIEL HART
The Green Knight
TIM HECKER
Infinity Pool
NATE HELLER
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Nightbitch
DICKON HINCHLIFFE
Leave No Trace
TOM HOLKENBORG
Army of the Dead
Distance Between Dreams
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire [with Antonio Di Iorio]
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Zack Snyder’s Justice League
DAVID HOLMES
Ordinary Love [with Brian Irvine]
NATALIE HOLT
Loki
JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
Light & Magic
HENRY JACKMAN
Cherry
NATHAN JOHNSON
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Knives Out
Nightmare Alley
JUNG JAE-IL
Mickey 17
LAURA KARPMAN
American Fiction
Lovecraft Country [with Raphael Saadiq]
ROLFE KENT
Election
Stan & Ollie
JONATHAN KIRKSCEY
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
MARK KORVEN
The Black Phone
Cube
The First Omen
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
JOE KRAEMER
Comrade Detective
BOBBY KRLIC
Beau Is Afraid
JED KURZEL
The Babadook
Monkey Man
True History of the Kelly Gang
CHRISTOHPER LENNERTZ
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar [with Dara Taylor]
PAUL LEONARD-MORGAN
American Dharma
Tales from the Loop [with Philip Glass]
MICA LEVI
Zola
DOMINIC LEWIS
The Fall Guy
ARIEL LOH
The Eyes of My Mother
BEN LOVETT
Broadcast Signal Intrusion
Hellraiser
The Night House
The Old Ways
The Ritual
The Wind
MARK MANCINA
The Sea Beast
CLINT MANSELL
Doom Patrol [with Kevin Kiner]
Love Lies Bleeding
ASKA MATSUMIYA
After Yang
JAY McCARROL
BlackBerry
STEPHEN McKEON
Evil Dead Rise
GIORGIO MORODER
Queen of the South [with Raney Shockne]
TREVOR MORRIS
Iron Fist
EMILE MOSSERI
Homecoming: Season 2
Kajillionaire
Pachinko
When You Finish Saving the World
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
Halloweentown
JAVIER NAVARRETE
Greta
THE NEWTON BROTHERS
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Midnight Club
Midnight Mass
X-Men ‘97
OCTOUPS PROJECT
Sasquatch Sunset
MARK ORTON
The Holdovers
JOHN PAESANO
Daredevil
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Marvel’s Spider-Man
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Marvel’s The Defenders
RICHARD REED PARRY
The Iron Claw
The Nest
DANIEL PEMBERTON
The Bad Guys
Being the Ricardos
Black Mirror: U.S.S. Callister
One Strange Rock
HEITOR PEREIRA
The Bad Guys
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
MARTIN PHIPPS
The Crown season 5
The Crown season 6
Napoleon
JOHN POWELL/STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Wicked
STEVEN PRICE
Last Night in Soho
The World’s End
STEPHEN RENNICKS
Conversations with Friends
Normal People
TRENT REZNOR & ATTICUS ROSS
Before the Flood
Bird Box
Watchmen [3 volumes]
LEOPOLD ROSS
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters
CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA
Griselda
Lessons in Chemistry
The Queen’s Gambit
DAN ROMER
Maniac
ATTICUS ROSS
Dr. Death
Shogun
JEFF RUSSO
Altered Carbon
Fargo season 4
Fargo Year 5
For All Mankind
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Ripley
Star Trek: Discovery season 2
Star Trek: Discovery season 3
Star Trek: Picard season 1
The Umbrella Academy
The Umbrella Academy seasons 3 & 4
What Remains of Edith Finch
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
Becket
Black Mirror: Smithereens
Proxima
The Staggering Girl
BEN SALISBURY/GEOFF BARROW
Civil War
Men
SARAH SCHACHTER
Prey
THEODORE SHAPIRO
Severance
HOWARD SHORE
Crimes of the Future
ALAN SILVESTRI
The Electric State
ROB SIMONSEN
Deadpool & Wolverine
Tully
The Whale
ALEX SOMERS
Audrey
Causeway
Honey Boy
Nickel Boys [with Scott Alario]
SON LUX
Everything Everywhere All at Once
HERDIS STEFFANSDOTTIR
Knock at the Cabin
COLIN STETSON
The Menu
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
ISABELLA SUMMERS
Lisa Frankenstein
CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEEER
Babygirl
Black Mirror: Black Museum
The Girl with All the Gifts
Smile
The White Lotus season 1
WEST DYLAN THORDSON
Glass
Split
PINAR TOPRAK
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Slumberland
JOSEPH TRAPANESE
Happily
No One Will Save You
Prisoner of Ghostland
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
BRIAN TYLER
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers
Escape Room [with John Carey]
Transformers One
Yellowstone seasons 2 & 3
EDO VAN BREEMEN
The Monkey
RICK WAKEMAN/LES REED
Creepshow 2
NATHANIEL WALCOTT/MIKE MOGIS
The Stand
ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE/DAVID SCHWEITZER
Emma.
BENJAMIN WALLFISCH
Alien: Romulus
The Invisible Man
SIMON WASKOW
Cuckoo
Luz
JOEL P. WEST
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
CHRIS WESTLAKE
Star Trek: Lower Decks
CORNEL WILCZEK
Talk to Me
JIM WILLIAMS
Kill List
Possessor
Titane
ANTHONY WILLIS
Saltburn
DAVID WINGO
The Exorcist: Believer [with Amman Abbasi]
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
Pet Sematary
ADRIAN YOUNGE/ALI SHAHEED MUMMAD
Luke Cage
Luke Cage season 2
MARCELO ZARVOS
Emancipation
PAUL ZAZA
The Brain
Curtains
My Bloody Valentine
Popcorn
GINTS ZILBALODIS/RIHARDS ZALUPE
Flow
ZILGI (Elvis Perkins)
Longlegs
HANS ZIMMER
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
True Romance
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