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| Aisle Seat 9-22: Autumn Arrival Edition
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Andy Dursin
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9/21/2020 - 10:00 PM |
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| We’re long enough into the Blu-Ray format’s lifespan that an influx of fascinating curiosities are coming our way every month, and independent label Fun City Editions leads the way this week with a compelling, remastered release from the short-lived Atlantic Releasing Corporation. ALPHABET CITY (85 mins., 1984, R) stars Vincent Spano, fresh off “Baby It’s You” and “The Black Stallion Returns,” as a drug dealer in the rough-and-tumble NYC neighborhood of its title. After too many deals and run-ins with lowlifes, Spano’s Johnny decides it’s time to get his mother (Zora Lamphert) and sister (Jami Gertz) out from the muck before his mob overlords come for them – along with his girlfriend (Kate Vernon, daughter of “Animal House”’s Dean Wormer), an artist also taking care of their infant daughter. |
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| Film Score Friday 9/11/20
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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9/10/2020 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from Intrada is a remastered edition of their two-disc, out-of-print MUSSOLINI: THE UNTOLD STORY, the 1985 three-part miniseries starring George C. Scott as Il Duce, co-starring David Suchet, Lee Grant, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Raul Julia, Virginia Madsen, Gabriel Byrne and Robert Downey Jr. The symphonic score was composed by seven-time Emmy winner (and two-time Oscar nominee) Laurence Rosenthal.
Quartet has just released a two-disc edition of John Addison's light-hearted orchestral score for SWASHBUCKLER, the 1976 pirate adventure starring Robert Shaw, Genevieve Bujold, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Beau Bridges, and Geoffrey Holder (yes, there is a big studio film where Robert Shaw is the romantic hero and James Earl Jones is his sidekick). Quartet's release features the full original score plus extra cues on Disc One, and the original 1976 LP sequencing on Disc Two.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Der Bestatter - Raphael Benjamin Meyer - Alhambra
Mussolini: The Untold Story [reissue] - Laurence Rosenthal - Intrada Special Collection
One Potato, Two Potato - Gerald Fried - Caldera
Outlander: Season 5 - Bear McCreary - Sony
Swashbuckler - John Addison - Quartet |
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| September FSM ONLINE Is Live!
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| Posted By:
Tim Curran
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9/10/2020 - 3:00 AM |
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| The September edition of FSM ONLINE is now live, and as more and more films are starting to finally see a release, we've got some of our best content in months. The cover story is an interview with HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS about his score for Disney's live-action version of MULAN, premiering on Disney+ this weekend. Also this issue, LAURA KARPMAN scores HBO's LOVECRAFT COUNTRY for J. J. Abrams and Jordan Peele; JOSEPH TRAPANESE gets high on Netflix's PROJECT POWER; JAY WADLEY tackles Charlie Kaufman's I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, also for Netflix; the first half of Erik Heine’s 30TH ANNIVERSARY REVUE OF THE FILM MUSIC OF 1990, featuring scores like ROBOCOP 2, DICK TRACY and QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER; a closer look at ALEXANDRE DESPLAT's underappreciated work on the recent adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN; JEREMY TURNER discusses the disturbing Netflix series IMMIGRATION NATION; WONG'S TURN goes crazy for LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA; an ALL-ALEXANDRE EAR OF THE MONTH contest; lots of album reviews, including JOHN WILLIAMS IN VIENNA, AN AMERICAN PICKLE and GEORGE FENTON: THE PIANO FRAMED; more embedded audio clips, and more. Enjoy!
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Thank you for support, especially during these trying times. Enjoy the issue, and stay safe!
Sincerely,
Your Friends at FSM ONLINE |
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| Aisle Seat 9-8: The 23rd Anniversary Edition!
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| Posted By:
Andy Dursin
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9/7/2020 - 10:00 PM |
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| In a weird year that’s going to end up being a patchwork of new releases and catalog titles, there’s little doubt the most noteworthy UHD package in the latter category will likely be Sony’s stupendous COLUMBIA CLASSICS VOLUME 1 (Sony). This Limited Edition deluxe set includes the premiere of no less than six varied titles from Columbia’s filmography, each one presented in glorious new 2160p HVEC encoded transfers with ample extras. As of now, the films in this gorgeous set – which also includes a bonus DVD and a glossy, photo-packed book – aren’t scheduled to be sold individually, making this the only way you can appreciate these Sony 4K restorations. |
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| Film Score Friday 9/4/20
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| Posted By:
Scott Bettencourt
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9/3/2020 - 10:00 PM |
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La-La Land has announced three new releases for the week of September 15 - the soundrack to MUNSTER, GO HOME!, the feature film spinoff of TV's The Munsters, featuring the score by the show's composer Jack Marshall (father of producer-director Frank Marshall and composer Phil Marshall); the first release of John Powell's score for the 1999 romantic comedy FORCES OF NATURE, starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck and Maura Tierney; and the third edition of the label's QUINN MARTIN COLLECTION featuring unreleased music from the shows of the veteran TV producer, this one a two-disc set with Patrick Williams' music for the long-running cop series THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO, pairing Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, and the short-lived spy series A MAN CALLED SLOANE, starring Robert Conrad and Dan O'Herlihy.
The latest release from the Varese Sarabande CD Club is a Deluxe Edition of the score to WILD WILD WEST, director Barry Sonnenfeld's infamous yet lavish 1999 feature film version of the beloved 1960s Western/spy/fantasy TV series. The surprising but inspired choice to score the film was Elmer Bernstein, who wrote some of Hollywood's greatest Western scores. Varese Sarabande released a score CD featuring 30 minutes of the film's music back in 1999; the Deluxe Edition features a whopping 76 minutes of music, including cues composed by or with Elmer's son, Peter Bernstein. |
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Today in Film Score History:
September 22 |
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| Artie Kane records his score for The New Adventures of Wonder Woman episode “The Bermuda Triangle Crisis” (1977) |
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| Charles Previn died (1973) |
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| Chuck Wild born (1946) |
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| Dimitri Tiomkin begins recording his score for Last Train from Gun Hill (1958) |
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| Harry Geller’s score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Bottomless Pit” is recorded (1966) |
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| J.A.C. Redford records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “What Are Friends For?” (1986) |
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| Jack Shaindlin died (1978) |
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| John Addison wins his only Emmy, for the Murder, She Wrote episode “The Murder of Sherlock Holmes;” Allyn Ferguson wins his only Emmy, for Camille (1985) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score for Home Alone (1990) |
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| Kenyon Hopkins begins recording his score for Downhill Racer (1969) |
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| Konrad Elfers died (1996) |
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| Leith Stevens records his score for the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea episode “The Left-Handed Man” (1965) |
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| Lenny Stack died (2019) |
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| Nick Cave born (1957) |
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| Pat Metheny records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Grandpa's Ghost" (1985) |
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| Robert Mellin born (1902) |
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| Samuel Matlovsky's score for the Star Trek episode "I, Mudd" is recorded (1967) |
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| Tuomas Kantelinen born (1969) |
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