La-La Land has announced two new score CD releases, expected to ship later this month.
UNION PACIFIC: THE PARAMOUNT WESTERNS COLLECTION VOL. 2, is a four-disc set that features music from the following films: Union Pacific (John Leipold, Victor Young, Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw), The Virginian (Daniele Amfitheatrof), Blue (Manos Hadjidakis), California, The Paleface (both by Victor Young), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Cyril J. Mockridge), Red Mountain (Franz Waxman), The Lonely Man (Nathan Van Cleave) and The Tin Star (Elmer Bernstein), plus individual cues from Texas Rangers Ride Again, Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die, Whispering Smith, The Redhead and the Cowboy and Run for Cover.
They are also releasing an "Ultimate Cut" edition of Harry Manfredini's score for what is arguably the best of all the Jason Voorhees slasher films, FRIDAY THE 13TH, PART VI: JASON LIVES, from 1986, directed by Tom McLoughlin.
And in conjunction with their ongoing series of expanded and remastered James Bond score CDs, they are releasing a new vinyl edition of John Barry's classic GOLDFINGER.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Fly Me to the Moon - Daniel Pemberton - Diggers Factory
Il Comissario Pepe - Armando Trovaioli - Quartet
Kill! - Berto Pisano - Quartet
La proprieta non e'piu un furto - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - Lalo Schifrin - Dragon's Domain
IN THEATERS TODAY
Bad Shabbos - Eli Keszler
Ballerina - Tyler Bates, Joel J. Richard
Barron's Cove - Gavin Brivik, James Newberry
Dangerous Animals - Michael Yezerski
I Don't Understand You - Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
The Life of Chuck - The Newton Brothers
Resurrection Road - Jacques Brautbar
The Ritual - Jason Lazarus, Joseph Trapanese
COMING SOON
Jun 19
Ernest Cole: Lost & Found - Alexei Aigui - Music Box
Hotel des Ameriques/Un mauvais fils/Le lieu du crime - Philippe Sarde - Music Box
July 11
Hurry Up Tomorrow - Abel Tesfaye, Daniel Lopatin - XO/Republic
Aug 1
The Brutalist - Daniel Blumberg - Milan
Coming Soon
Alien: Romulus - Benjamin Wallfisch - Mutant
Anna, quel particolare piacere - Luciano Michelini - Beat
Cobra-Kai: The Final Season - Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson - Mutant
Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives - Harry Manfredini - La-La Land
The Humanoid - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
Idoli controluce/…E la donna creo’ l’uomo - Ennio Morricone - Beat
The Penguin - Mick Giacchino - Mutant
Red Sonja - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Russia House [re-release] - Jerry Goldsmith - Quartet
Sinners - Ludwig Goransson - Mutant
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew - Mick Giacchino - Mutant
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three [re-release] - David Shire - Quartet
Union Pacific: The Paramount Westerns Collection Vol. 2 - Daniele Amfitheatrof, Elmer Bernstein, Charles Bradshaw, Gerard Carbonara, Adolph Deutsch, Howard Jackson John Leipold, Cyril J. Mockridge, Leo Shuken, Nathan Van Cleave, Franz Waxman, Victor Young - La-La Land
THIS WEEK IN FILM MUSIC HISTORY
June 6 - Aram Khachaturian born (1903)
June 6 - Ed Plumb born (1907)
June 6 - Edgar Froese born (1944)
June 6 - Herbert Stothart begins recording his score to The Yearling (1946)
June 6 - Miklos Rozsa begins recording his score for The Red Danube (1949)
June 6 - Leigh Harline begins recording his score for The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1961)
June 6 - Michel Legrand begins recording his unused score for The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
June 6 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Broken Link” (1996)
June 6 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Call to Arms” (1997)
June 7 - Georges Van Parys born (1902)
June 7 - Franz Reizenstein born (1911)
June 7 - Charles Strouse born (1928)
June 7 - Don Peake born (1940)
June 7 - Lewis Furey born (1949)
June 7 - Giong Lim born (1964)
June 7 - Morton Stevens wins an Emmy for his Hawaii Five-O episode score “A Thousand Pardons, You’re Dead,” and Pete Rugolo wins for his TV movie score The Challengers (1970)
June 7 - David Buckley born (1976)
June 7 - Elmer Bernstein begins recording his score for The Shootist (1976)
June 7 - Daniele Amfitheatrof died (1983)
June 7 - Billy Goldenberg records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "The Amazing Falsworth" (1985)
June 8 - George Antheil born (1900)
June 8 - Cesk Zadeja born (1927)
June 8 - Recording sessions begin for Bronislau Kaper's score for The Wild North (1951)
June 8 - John Williams wins the Outstanding Music Composition Emmy for Heidi (1969)
June 8 - Jean Wiener died (1992)
June 8 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “In the Hands of the Prophets” (1993)
June 8 - Caleb Sampson died (1998)
June 8 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Tears of the Prophets” (1998)
June 8 - Herschel Burke Gilbert died (2003)
June 9 - Jon Lord born (1941)
June 9 - James Newton Howard born (1951)
June 9 - Geir Bohren born (1951)
June 9 - Louis Gruenberg died (1964)
June 9 - Chris Tilton born (1979)
June 9 - Matthew Margeson born (1980)
June 9 - Ron Jones records his score for the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Shades of Grey" (1989)
June 9 - Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “The Adversary” (1995)
June 10 - Frederick Loewe born (1901)
June 10 - Don Costa born (1925)
June 10 - Randy Edelman born (1947)
June 10 - Laurent Petitgirard born (1950)
June 10 - Steve London born (1970)
June 10 - Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his replacement score for Chinatown (1974)
June 10 - Marius Ruhland born (1975)
June 10 - David Shire begins recording his score to Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
June 10 - Dennis McCarthy records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Basics, Part II” (1996)
June 10 - Marc Fredericks died (2004)
June 11 - Carmine Coppola born (1910)
June 11 - Shelly Manne born (1920)
June 11 - Lennie Niehaus born (1929)
June 11 - Alexander Balanescu born (1954)
June 11 - David Shire begins recording his score for Paternity (1981)
June 11 - Alan Silvestri begins recording his score for Fandango (1984)
June 12 - Maurice Ohana born (1914)
June 12 - Richard M. Sherman born (1928)
June 12 - John Ireland died (1962)
June 12 - Klaus Badelt born (1967)
June 12 - Dave Grusin begins recording his score for …And Justice for All (1979)
DID THEY MENTION THE MUSIC?
BLACK TEA - Armand Amar
"Filled with polished neon-lit photography by Aymerick Pilarski, the film -- which was shot mostly in Taiwan (both Chang Han and Wu Ke-Xi are Taiwanese) -- is handsomely made, although the treacly score by Armand Amar ('The Concert') subtracts from some of its classiness. During its best moments, such as the sequence in which Aya accompanies Cai to his lush tea plantation in the countryside, we experience the kind of soulful and evocative filmmaking that characterizes Sissako’s best work, transporting the viewer to a strange world with its owns set of rules. It’s too bad the rest of 'Black Tea' fails to live up to that standard, taking an intriguing character like Aya to a fascinating place, only to lose us along the way."
Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
G20 - Joseph Trapanese
"Still, the film’s thunderous intentions don’t wholly distract from its more exhilarating sequences. As Davis showed in 'The Woman King,' she has the undaunted exterior necessary for action cinema (even if the camera often cuts around her fighting). The sequencing of the set pieces, supported by Joseph Trapanese’s brooding score, inspires sharp moments of tension, such as the initial raid on the summit or Sutton’s many close escapes. Each member of Sutton’s family also does their part, with everyone getting a crowd-pleasing scene. There’s also the frigid relationship between Sutton and Serena that warms as the film continues, providing glimmers of heart in a militaristic picture."
Robert Daniels, RogerEbert.com
HURRY UP TOMORROW - Abel Tesfaye, Daniel Lopatin*
"The music, as you can likely guess, is made up almost entirely from tracks pulled from the 'Hurry Up Tomorrow' album and earlier Tesfaye releases. There are a few notable exceptions: Frequent collaborator and 'Uncut Gems' composer Daniel Lopatin teams up with Tesfaye once again to provide the score for 'Hurry Up Tomorrow,' lacing the brooding visuals with the discordant ambient menace and mischievous experimentation that is the signature of his own long-running, pseudonymous project, Oneohtrix Point Never. I'd say this movie would've been a better album but… well, it's literally a movie based on an album."
Toussaint Egan, IGN.com
"Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around. Like discarded footage from Vincent Gallo’s no less indulgent 'Brown Bunny,' he uses swirling cameras to capture one sequence of driving and thinking after another, all punctuated by a score from Daniel Lopatin that burbles and oscillates like an end-of-the-world synthesizer orgy. Yet despite Shults’ contributions to a script co-written by Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, the trio can’t (or don’t bother to) come up with enough material of substance for an actual story, instead leaning heavily on atmosphere punctuated with predictable conflict, and eventually, violence."
Todd Gilchrist, Variety
*My favorite review of this film came from two young moviegoers I passed on my way out after the end credits.
Young Man: Take The Weeknd out of the movie and it would be pretty good.
Young Woman: That was the worst movie I've ever seen.
TORNADO - Jed Kurzel
"We’re thrown into the deep end, opening on our eponymous lead (Koki) racing across a desolate field and into a forest as a ruthless band of criminals slowly stalk into shot. Their pursuit is guided by the foreboding beat of Jed Kurtzel's battering score -- all heavy drums and low strings -- until the characters arrive at a country manor, where the music drops out and the treachery of silence threatens to expose Tornado's hiding spot."
Hanna Ines Flint, IGN.com
"Despite the discordancy this tonal back-and-forth creates, it doesn’t diminish the entrancing quality that 'Tornado' has at its best, its crisp and sparse outdoor cinematography in the inhospitable Scottish lochlands blending seamlessly with a haunting, atmospheric score leaning on elements of synth and harp. Watchable despite its flaws, well cast all around, but seemingly unsure of how it intends to be read, it’s a blade that ultimately cuts both ways."
Jim Vorel, AV Club
THE NEXT TEN DAYS IN L.A.
Screenings of older films in Los Angeles-area theaters.
June 6
BASTARDS (Stuart Staples), WHITE MATERIAL (Stuart Staples) [Aero]
COME AND SEE (Oleg Yanchenko) [Aero]
CRUISING (Jack Nitzsche) [Vista]
DAYS OF BEING WILD (Terry Chan) [Nuart]
DEAD OR ALIVE (Koji Endo) [Vidiots]
HAPPINESS (Robbie Kondor) [Egyptian]
INCEPTION (Hans Zimmmer) [New Beverly]
LAST DAYS [Los Feliz 3]
LE CIRCLE ROUGE (Eric Demarsan) [New Beverly]
MANILA IN THE CLAWS OF LIGHT (Max Jocson) [Los Feliz 3]
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD [New Beverly]
THE PRODUCERS (John Morris) [Vidiots]
REBEL (Joseph Delacorte) [BrainDead Studios]
THE ROOM (Mladen Milicevic) [Landmark Westwood]
TASTE OF CHERRY [Los Feliz 3]
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (Air) [BrainDead Studios]
WATERSHIP DOWN (Angela Morley) [Aero]
WHITE CHICKS (Teddy Castellucci) [Academy Museum]
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD? (Waldo de los Rios) [Los Feliz 3]
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Alan Silvestri) [Vidiots]
June 7
BEAU TRAVAIL (Charles Henri de Pierrefeu, Eran Tzur) [Egyptian]
BOYZ N THE HOOD (Stanley Clarke) [Vidiots]
BRIDE OF CHUCKY (Graeme Revell) [Alamo Drafthouse]
CLUELESS (David Kitay) [Academy Museum]
CRUISING (Jack Nitzsche) [Vista]
DAY OF WRATH [Egyptian]
FORBIDDEN GAMES (Narciso Yepes) [Los Feliz 3]
FRUITVALE STATION (Ludwig Goransson) [Aero]
FUNERAL PARADE OF ROSES (Joji Yuasa) [Vidiots]
THE GOONIES (Dave Grusin) [Culver]
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES [Aero]
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Stephen Trask) [New Beverly]
HIGH LIFE (Stuart Staples) [Egyptian]
THE INCREDIBLY TRUE ADVENTURES OF TWO GIRLS IN LOVE (Terry Dame) [UCLA/Hammer]
LE CIRCLE ROUGE (Eric Demarsan) [New Beverly]
LOBSTER MAN FROM MARS (Sasha Matson) [Fine Arts]
MARIE ANTOINETTE [BrainDead Studios]
MARKETA LAZAROVA (Zdenek Liska) [Los Feliz 3]
MONEYBALL (Mychael Danna) [Los Feliz 3]
NEVER LET ME GO (Rachel Portman) [Los Feliz 3]
THE PARENT TRAP (Paul Smith) [Academy Museum]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw) [Vista]
THE SWEET HEREAFTER (Mychael Danna) [Los Feliz 3]
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (John Du Prez) [New Beverly]
VICTOR/VICTORIA (Henry Mancini) [Vidiots]
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE (Jill Wisoff) [Aero]
THE WIZ (Charlie Smalls, Quincy Jones) [Vidiots]
YOU'VE GOT MAIL (George Fenton) [Alamo Drafthouse]
June 8
THE BREAKING POINT [Los Feliz 3]
THE BRINK'S JOB (Richard Rodney Bennett) [Egyptian]
DEATH BECOMES HER (Alan Silvestri) [Academy Museum]
GWEN AND THE BOOK OF SAND (Pierre Alrand) [BrainDead Studios]
HANNA K. (Gabriel Yared) [Los Feliz 3]
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (The Beatles, George Martin) [Egyptian]
I, TONYA (Peter Nashel) [Aero]
INTERSTELLAR (Hans Zimmer) [Fine Arts]
LE CIRCLE ROUGE (Eric Demarsan) [New Beverly]
LIMBO (Kenji Kawai) [Los Feliz 3]
LOLITA (Nelson Riddle) [BrainDead Studios]
THE OUTSIDERS (Carmine Coppola) [Vidiots]
PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND (A.R. Rahman) [UCLA/Hammer]
PRINCESS MONONOKE (Joe Hisaishi) [Vidiots]
SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS (Leo Shuken, Charles Bradshaw) [Vista]
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES (John Du Prez) [New Beverly]
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (Leith Stevens) [Academy Museum]
WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS (Gingger Shankar, William Stanbro) [UCLA/Hammer]
June 9
HAPPY TOGETHER (Danny Chung) [BrainDead Studios]
HIGH ART (Shudder to Think) [Vidiots]
THE LAST LAUGH [Egyptian]
PADDINGTON (Nick Urata) [Los Feliz 3]
PERSONAL BEST (Jack Nitzsche, Jill Fraser), STAR 80 (Ralph Burns) [New Beverly]
SABOTAGE [Egyptian]
June 10
BRIDE OF CHUCKY (Graeme Revell) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FRENZY (Ron Goodwin) [Los Feliz 3]
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (Arthur Benjamin) [Egyptian]
MILK (Danny Elfman) [Landmark Pasadena]
PADDINGTON 2 (Dario Marianelli) [Los Feliz 3]
PERSONAL BEST (Jack Nitzsche, Jill Fraser), STAR 80 (Ralph Burns) [New Beverly]
THE 39 STEPS (Louis Levy) [Egyptian]
YOU'VE GOT MAIL (George Fenton) [Alamo Drafthouse]
June 11
THE BIG CLOCK (Victor Young), WHERE DANGER LIVES (Roy Webb) [New Beverly]
DEMONS (Claudio Simonetti) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE LADY VANISHES (Louis Levy) [Egyptian]
NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH [Egyptian]
SOMEWHERE [BrainDead Studios]
WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (Alan Silvestri) [Academy Museum]
June 12
BAD EDUCATION (Alberto Iglesias) [BrainDead Studios]
THE BIG CLOCK (Victor Young), WHERE DANGER LIVES (Roy Webb) [New Beverly]
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI [Egyptian]
M [Egyptian]
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (John Swihart) [Academy Museum]
THE OVERNIGHT (Julian Wass) [Vidiots]
June 13
BLACK SWAN (Clint Mansell) [New Beverly]
THE BLUES BROTHERS [BrainDead Studios]
CHRISTIANE F. (Jurgen Knieper) [Aero]
DUDE BRO PARTY MASSACRE III (Tyler Burton) [Vidiots]
FALLEN ANGELS (Frankie Chan) [Nuart]
FRIDAY THE 13TH (Harry Manfredini) [Alamo Drafthouse]
FRIDAY THE 13TH (Harry Manfredini) [Vidiots]
FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VII: THE NEW BLOOD, FRIDAY THE 13TH PART VIII: JASON TAKES MANHATTAN [New Beverly]
THE FUGITIVE (James Newton Howard) [Egyptian]
ONCE UPON A TIME...IN HOLLYWOOD [New Beverly]
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (Jack Nitzsche) [Academy Museum]
TOMMY (Pete Towsend) [Vista]
June 14
AFTER HOURS (Howard Shore) [Egyptian]
ALL THE VERMEERS IN NEW YORK (Jon A. English) [Los Feliz 3]
THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (Guy Moon), A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (Guy Moon) [New Beverly]
BRING IT ON (Christophe Beck) [Academy Museum]
COBRA WOMAN (Edward Ward) [Los Feliz 3]
DON'T GO NEAR THE PARK (Chris Ledesma) [Los Feliz 3]
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (Adolph Deutsch) [New Beverly]
JFK (John Williams) [Egyptian]
NATIONAL GALLERY [Los Feliz 3]
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (George Bruns) [Vista]
THE PASSAGE [BrainDead Studios]
THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (Richard O'Brien, Richard Hartley) [Nuart]
SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (Nigel Godrich) [New Beverly]
A SIMPLE PLAN (Danny Elfman) [Aero]
TOMMY (Pete Towsend) [Vista]
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS (John Williams, Andre Previn) [Academy Museum]
WILD STYLE [BrainDead Studios]
June 15
BIG DADDY (Teddy Castellucci) [Los Feliz 3]
THE BIRDCAGE (Jonathan Tunick) [Alamo Drafthouse]
THE BRADY BUNCH MOVIE (Guy Moon), A VERY BRADY SEQUEL (Guy Moon) [New Beverly]
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (John Williams) [Vidiots]
DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (Michael Kamen) [Vidiots]
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (Son Lux) [Los Feliz 3]
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (Adolph Deutsch) [New Beverly]
FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (Ira Newborn) [Academy Museum]
A GOOFY MOVIE (Carter Burwell) [Los Feliz 3]
THE KID [Aero]
MID90S (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross) [BrainDead Studios]
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Carter Burwell), A SERIOUS MAN (Carter Burwell) [Aero]
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS (George Bruns) [Vista]
ORLANDO (David Motion, Sally Potter) [Academy Museum]
PATERSON (Squrl) [Egyptian]
PINK NARCISSUS (Gary Goch, Martin Jay Sadoff) [Vidiots]
SON OF DRACULA (Hans J. Salter), DRACULA'S DAUGHTER (Heinz Roemheld), SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (Frank Skinner) [Egyptian]
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Elmer Bernstein) [Academy Museum]
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Elmer Bernstein) [Los Feliz 3]
THINGS I'VE HEARD, READ, SEEN OR WATCHED LATELY
Heard: Frank Sinatra Conducts Tone Poems of Color (various); The Razor's Edge (Nitzsche); Prom Night (Zittrer/Zaza); Moses the Lawgiver (Morricone); King of Kings (Rozsa); Starman (Nitzsche); Pranks (Young); The Prince of Egypt (Zimmer/Schwartz); The Seventh Sign (Nitzsche); The House on Sorority Row (Band); The Ten Commandments (Edelman)
Read: Life and Art: essays, by Richard Russo
Seen: A Most Wanted Man; Lilo & Stitch [2025]; Ex Machina; Rope; Bring Her Back; The Spook Who Sat by the Door; Tornado; The Phoenecian Scheme; Frances Ha; Girlfriends; The Crimson Pirate; The Flame and the Arrow; Little Miss Sunshine
Watched: The Office ("Christmas Special: Part One"); Mystery Science Theater 3000 ("Munchie," "Court Case," "Sleep for Health"); The Package
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