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| Aisle Seat 12-3: OCN Wrap, INTERSTELLAR Back on UHD
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Andy Dursin
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12/2/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| OCN Distribution’s November and December slate offers a wide range of Blu-Ray titles, with the Cinematographe label also premiering one of their most eclectic features on 4K UHD yet: a restored edition of the true William Castle curio SHANKS (93 mins., 1974, PG). This hugely offbeat, dark fairy tale features Marcel Marceau in a dramatic turn as both a deaf/mute puppeteer as well as a mad doctor who takes him under his wing as his assistant – until the doctor dies, and “Shanks” finds out he can reanimate the dead. |
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| Aisle Seat 11-26: Thanksgiving Feast, Part 2!
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/25/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| When Jim Henson passed away in 1990, the creator of the Muppets left us with only a few, fleeting glimpses into his potential as a purveyor of fantasy projects beyond the scope of Kermit and Miss Piggy. Henson only directed three theatrical features in his career: the second, and best, Muppet movie (1981’s “The Great Muppet Caper”); the epic fantasy “The Dark Crystal” (1982), which he co-helmed with Frank Oz; and “Labyrinth” (1986), a live-action fantasy, produced with George Lucas, that flopped at the box-office. Both THE DARK CRYSTAL (93 mins., 1982, PG; Shout!) and LABYRINTH (101 mins., 1986, PG; Shout!) have been newly reissued this month as 4K UHD Steelbooks by Shout!, which has entered into a new distribution agreement with The Jim Henson Company. Each are certainly worthy of gift-giving this holiday season. |
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| Film Score Friday 11/22/24
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/21/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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Intrada has just released a new edition of one of Jerry Goldsmith's favorites of his own scores, the 1977 Hemingway adaptation ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, from director Franklin J. Schaffner (Planet of the Apes, Patton, The Boys from Brazil), featuring the same tracks as Film Score Monthly's 2010 release of the score but with remastered sound.
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its related labels are a second volume of scores from the cable TV noir anthology series FALLEN ANGELS, music by Peter Bernstein, for episodes directed by John Dahl, Agnieszka Holland, Tim Hunter, Michael Lehmann, Jim McBride, Steven Soderbergh and Kiefer Sutherland; THE PAUL CHIHARA COLLECTION VOL 6, featuring cues from several of his scores including the underrated sci-fi horror film Impulse and Sidney Lumet's Oscar-nominated The Morning After; and scores for two short films composed by Jeff Rona, OCEANUS and PARALLEL MAN.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Book I: Water - Jeremy Zuckerman - Republic Kids
Coraline - Bruno Coulais - Mnrk Music
The Desert of the Tartars - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
Escape - Victor Reyes - Quartet
The Golden Age of Horror Vol. 1 - Elisabeth Lutyens - Dragon's Domain
Goodbye Uncle Tom - Riz Ortolani - Quartet
I, Desire - Don Peake - Dragon's Domain
The Intruder Within/Starcrossed - Gil Melle - Dragon's Domain
Islands in the Stream - Jerry Goldsmith - Intrada Special Collection
Le ruffian - Ennio Morricone - Music Box
Night of the Living Dead - Paul McCullough - Dragon's Domain
Nosferatu - Robin Carolan - Sacred Bones
The Room Next Door - Alberto Iglesias - Quartet
Sisters - Bernard Herrmann - Music Box |
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| Aisle Seat 11-19: Thanksgiving Edition Part 1!
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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11/18/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Clint Eastwood’s filmography has always enjoyed a healthy life on home video spanning multiple formats, and it continues this month with Kino Lorber premiering three Eastwood films from his ‘70s Universal catalog on 4K UHD. Each transfer offers immediate gains with their implementation of Dolby Vision HDR, making for recommended upgrades for enthusiasts and the hopeful promise of even more to come. |
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| Film Score Friday 11/8/24
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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11/7/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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Thanksgiving has come early this year for soundtrack collectors!
Traditionally, La-La Land announces its annual batch of much-anticipated "Black Friday" releases the day after Thanksgiving, but this year they announced them on the first of November -- a two-disc edition of THE GODFATHER PART II, featuring Nino Rota's complete score plus the additional music by Carmine Coppola (both composers shared the Original Score Oscar that year); a three-disc edition of SPIDER-MAN 2, featuring an expanded version of Danny Elfman's score plus additional cues composed by John Debney and Christopher Young; and a two-disc edition of the score for JURASSIC PARK III, composed by Don Davis featuring new Davis themes as well as the classic themes from the series by John Williams.
The latest releases from Quartet are a new edition of Ennio Morricone's score for THE DESERT OF THE TARTARS, the 1976 military drama which features practically every male European star from the era - Jacques Perrin, Vittorio Gassman, Helmut Griem, Fernando Rey, Philippe Noiret, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Max von Sydow; an expanded edition of Riz Ortolani's score for the 1971 "Mondo" movie GOODBYE UNCLE TOM; and Victor Reyes' score for the new film ESCAPE, which re-teams him with director Rodrigo Cortes (Buried, Red Lights).
The lastest releases from Music Box are a remastered edition of one of Bernard Herrmann's last great scores, for Brian De Palma's 1973 thriller SISTERS; the first release of Philippe Sarde's score for the 2006 drama LE GRAND MEAULNES; and an expanded edition of Ennio Morricone's score for LE RUFFIAN. |
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Today in Film Score History:
December 9 |
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| Alessandro Cicognini died (1995) |
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| Chris Wilson born (1958) |
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| Geoff Barrow born (1971) |
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| Sune Waldimir died (1967) |
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| Von Dexter born (1912) |
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| William Goldstein records his score for the Twilight Zone episode “Her Pilgrim Soul” (1985) |
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