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| Aisle Seat 3-11: March Mayhem Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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3/10/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| The 20th century didn’t exactly go out with a bang at the movies, at least not in the summer of 1999. Kubrick’s last gasp, “The Phantom Menace,” a pair of weak Julia Roberts vehicles, leering teen comedies, and a tepid Austin Powers sequel made for a drab time at the multiplex, brightened up only by the likes of “The Sixth Sense” and “The Mummy.” Finally, after so much disappointment, genre fans soaked up director Renny Harlin’s “comeback” movie, DEEP BLUE SEA (107 mins., 1999, R; Arrow), basking in what was (and is) solid summer fun, now remastered on 4K UHD. |
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| Film Score Friday 3/7/25
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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3/6/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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Daniel Blumberg won the 2024 Original Score Oscar for THE BRUTALIST, only his second feature film score (his first film, 2020's The World to Come, was directed by Brutalist co-writer Mona Fastvold). Original Song went to "El Mal" from EMILIA PEREZ, for the songwriting team of Clement Ducol and Camille, with lyric co-written by the film's director, Jacques Audiard (who didn't get a chance to speak as Camille kept singing).
The In Memoriam montage featured Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and Quincy Jones, and Jones - who was the receipient of an ultimately posthumous Honorary Award - recieved a musical tribute featuring a performance of "Ease on Down the Road" from The Wiz (Jones did not write the song, but he was nominated for his score adaptation for the film). Another Honorary Award was given to 007 producers (and siblings) Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, and the show included a song-and-dance tribute which includes "James Bond Theme," "Live and Let Die," "Diamonds Are Forever" (I was starting to worry they wouldn't include any John Barry melodies) and "Skyfall."
The latest release from La-La Land is an expanded, two-disc edition of John Williams' first Oscar-nominated original score, THE REIVERS, the 1969 film version of the William Faulkner novel, directed by Mark Rydell (Williams replaced Rydell's nominated The Fox composer Lalo Schifrin, and would go on to score The Cowboys, Cinderella Liberty and The River for the director). The set features the full score, the original LP sequencing, and the concert suite Williams adapted from his score (narrated by the film's narrator, Burgess Meredith), plus extras.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Cape Fear - Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein - Quartet
A Fistful of Dollars - Ennio Morricone - Beat
L'Esorciccio/Paolo il Freddo - Franco Godi - Beat
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - Stephen Gallagher - Mutant
Pandemonio (Switch) - Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Beat |
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| Aisle Seat 3-4: OCN Wrap-Up
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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3/3/2025 - 10:00 PM |
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| The early ‘70s were a fertile time for “Disease of the Week” movies, both on the big-screen (where “Love Story” was all the rage) and on the small-screen as well, where the emotionally charged “Brian’s Song” showcased the bond between Chicago Bears player Gayle Sayers and his cancer-stricken teammmate Brian Piccolo. Though based on a 1956 book by Mark Harris, BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY (96 mins., 1973, PG; Cinematographe) fits comfortably within that genre, though the sincerity of John Hancock’s film and its central performances lift the material, making it worthy of rediscovery on Cinematographe’s freshly remastered 4K UHD and Blu-Ray limited edition set. |
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Today in Film Score History:
March 17 |
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| Alfred Newman born (1901) |
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| Benjamin Bartlett born (1965) |
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| Billy Corgan born (1967) |
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| Chris Bacon born (1977) |
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| Dennis McCarthy and Kevin Kiner record their score for the Star Trek: Enterprise episode “Damage” (2004) |
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| Ernest Gold died (1999) |
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| Georges Delerue begins recording his score for Memories of Me (1988) |
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| Jean Prodromides died (2016) |
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| Jerry Goldsmith begins recording his score for The Mummy (1999) |
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| John Sebastian born (1944) |
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| John Williams begins recording his score for Far and Away (1992 |
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| Karl-Heinz Schafer born (1932) |
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| Tadashi Hattori born (1908) |
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