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| Film Score Friday 7/5/24
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Scott Bettencourt
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7/4/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from La-La Land is a two-disc, expanded edition of the score for LAST ACTION HERO, the 1993 fantasy action comedy which starred Austin O'Brien (My Girl 2) as a young boy who finds himself transported into the movie world of his favorite action character (Arnold Schwarzenegger in a double role). Directed by John McTiernan, the film was a box-office disappointment at the time of its release but has found a devoted following in the three decades since, largley due to the witty script by Shane Black and David Arnott (from a story by Zak Penn and Adam Leff) and Schwarzenegger's performance, one of his finest. For the score, McTiernan reunited with his Die Hard composer, Michael Kamen, and the La-La Land edition features the full score plus the original CD sequencing and extras.
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its associated labels are THE GOLDEN AGE OF SCIENCE FICTION VOL. 5, featuring the scores from the original Invaders from Mars (by Raoul Kraushaar) and The Terrornauts (Elisabeth Lutyens); THE ALBERT GLASSER COLLECTION VOL. 7 - FILM NOIR THRILLERS, featuring Glasser's scores for Please Murder Me and Treasure of Monte Cristo; the third volume of the LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD: FRANZ WAXMAN series (including re-recordings of cues from Waxman scores such as The Nun's Story and Peyton Place); and THE BEST OF THE FAIRYTOPIA SAGA, by Eric Colvin (Monte Walsh).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The David Michael Frank Collection Vol. 4 - David Michael Frank - Dragon's Domain
Death Hunt - Jerrold Immel - Dragon's Domain
Franz Waxman: Legendary Hollywood Vol. 2 - Franz Waxman - Citadel
Giornata nera per l'ariete - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Golden Age of Science-Fiction Vol. 4 - Elisabeth Lutyens, Ronald Stein - Dragon's Domain |
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| Aisle Seat 7-2: 4th of July Fireworks, From Kung Fu to 4K
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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7/1/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| Growing up in the ‘80s, Saturday afternoons on local Boston affiliate WLVI TV 56 used to include a “Creature Double Feature” of Godzilla fare, followed sometimes by an Abbott & Costello movie or, occasionally, a kung-fu adventure. These often didn’t star Bruce Lee but “Bruce Li,” and would offer cheap genre action with limited dramatic engagement – it was all about the martial arts, and these quickly-paced genre exercises are now the centerpiece of one of the year’s best Blu-Ray box sets. Severin’s THE GAME OF CLONES: BRUCEPOLITATION COLLECTION VOL. 1 streets next week and provides no less than a full dozen wild and woolly kung fu flicks with ersatz Bruce Lee stand-ins, mostly low budgets but lots of energy to spare, plus fantastic extras which put this entire, bizarre filmmaking era into proper historical context. |
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| Film Score Friday 6/28/24
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Scott Bettencourt
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6/27/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| The latest CD from Intrada is an expanded, two-disc edition of BACKDRAFT, the 1991 fireman mystery-thriller that was the first of many films Hans Zimmer scored for Ron Howard (others include Frost/Nixon, Hillbilly Elegy and the Da Vinci Code trilogy). Disc One features the full film score in its original mixes, while Disc Two features the score cues from the 1991 CD release (as remixed by the legendary George Martin). The film starred Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, and Donald Sutherland. (By strange coincidence, since Sutherland passed away just this last Thursday, Backdraft is one of three new releases of scores for his films, along with Howlin Wolf's Murder by Decree and Varese's imminent Eye of the Needle.)
Composers Anthony Chue, Marius de Vries, Jerskin Fendrix, Simon Franglen, Jo Yeong-wook, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch, Fabrizio Mancinelli, Diego Navarro, Martin Phipps, Plínio Profeta, Philippe Rombi, David Sardy, Ryan Shore and Kubilay Uner; songwriters Stephen Bray, Gary M. Clark and Dan Wilson; and music editors Michael K. Bauer, Shari Johanson, Katrina Marie Schiller and Carl Sealove.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Backdraft - Hans Zimmer - Intrada Special Collection
Cosa avete fatto a Solange? - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Humanoid - Ennio Morricone - Quartet
The Sugarland Express - John Williams - La-La Land |
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| Aisle Seat 6-25: Summer Arrival Edition
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| Posted By
Andy Dursin
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6/24/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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| The ‘60s were filled with “caper” movies, many of the international variety with stars from around the globe hoping to sell their respective collaborations to markets far and wide. The genre was wrapping up by the time THE BURGLARS (114/126 mins., 1971, PG; Sony) was made, which is unfortunate because this is an irresistible late entry in its field, filled with gorgeous Greek locations and exciting action set-pieces. And what more needs to be said than, at one point, star Jean-Paul Belmondo does his own leaping from one moving bus to another while trying to avoid corrupt local cop Omar Sharif? |
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| Film Score Friday 6/21/24
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Scott Bettencourt
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6/20/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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The lastest CD from La-La Land is a historic release, presenting for the first time the very first collaboration between John Williams and Steven Spielberg, the score for the director's 1974 feature debut THE SUGARLAND EXPRESS. The album features a 40-minute selection of cues approved by the composer, including music not featured in the final film.
The latest CDs from Quartet are an expanded, two-disc edition of Ennio Morricone's score for the 1971 giallo GIORNATA NERA PER L'ARIETE (aka The Fifth Cord), starring Franco Nero, and a re-release of their expanded edition of Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-nominated PAPILLON.
The latest releases from Kronos are the score to the 1964 adventure film FROM HELL TO BORNEO, composed by Gene Kauer and Douglas M. Lackey; and COP HATER, scored by B-movie great Albert Glasser. Cop Hater was based on the first of the long-running 87th Precinct mystery novel series by Ed McBain (aka Evan Hunter), which also inspired a 1960s TV series starring Robert Lansing and Gena Rowlands, several TV movies, two Columbo TV movies ("Undercover" and "No Time to Die"), and such feature films as Fuzz, Blood Relatives and the Kurosawa classic High and Low.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
A Pistol for Ringo/The Return of Ringo - Ennio Morricone - Quartet |
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| Film Score Friday 6/14/24
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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6/13/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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I am currently on vacation, but in my absence you should be able to learn of any late-breaking film music-related news on our Message Board.
The latest releases from Music Box include the eighth volume of their LES B.O. INTROUVABLES series, featuring relatively obscure and previously unavailable scores, in this case Dames galantes and Priez pour nous (Raymond Alessandrini), L'addition and Tristesse et beaute (Jean-Claude Petit), L'amour propre ne le reste jamais tres longtemps (Jean-Claude Vannier) and Salute...j'arrive (Christian Pegand).
They are also releasing two CDs of scores composed by Pierre Bachelet - the light-hearted adventure GWENDOLINE (shown in the U.S. as The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak), and a re-release of their CD pairing COUP DE TETE and the Oscar winner BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR (aka La victoire en chantant).
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Coup de Tete/Black and White in Color - Pierre Bachelet - Music Box
Gwendoline - Pierre Bachelet - Music Box
Les B.O. Introuvables Vol. 8 - Raymond Alessandrini, Christian Pegand, Jean-Claude Petit, Jean-Claude Vannier - Music Box
Two Evil Eyes - Pino Donaggio - Rustblade
IN THEATERS TODAY
Bad Behavior - Cameron McArthur, Alice Englert
Banel & Adama - Bachar Khalife
Firebrand - Dickon Hinchliffe
I Used to Be Funny - Ames Bessada
Inside Out 2 - Andrea Datzman
Just the Two of Us - Gabriel Yared
Protocol-7 - Will Taylor
Ride - Those Who Ride With Giants
Tuesday - Anna Meredith |
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| Film Score Friday 6/7/24
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| Posted By
Scott Bettencourt
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6/6/2024 - 10:00 PM |
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The latest release from La-La Land is a two-disc edition of one of Elmer Bernstein's greatest scores, for the 1981 animated sci-fi fantasy anthology film HEAVY METAL. Disc One features the full score as composed for the film, while Disc Two features the LP sequencing with a different mix than the film version.
Howlin' Wolf has just released the score for MURDER BY DECREE, the 1979 Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper mystery thriller which featured a remarkable cast - Christopher Plummer and James Mason as Holmes and Watson, co-starring David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Donald Sutherland, and Genevieve Bujold (fun fact: Finlay, cast as Inspector Lestrade, had previously played the role in another Holmes v. Ripper thriller, A Study in Terror). The film was directed by the eclectic Bob Clark (Black Christmas, Porky's, A Christmas Story), and scored by his usual composers, Carl Zittrer and Paul Zaza.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Backstairs at the White House - Morton Stevens - Dragon's Domain
Diva Dolorosa - Loek Dikker - Caldera
Dune: Part 2 - Hans Zimmer - Mutant
Franz Waxman: Legendary Hollywood Vol. 1 - Franz Waxman - Citadel
Gerald Fried: The Westerns Vol. 1 - Gerald Fried - Dragon's Domain
Heavy Metal - Elmer Bernstein - La-La Land
The Jim Dooley Collection Vol. 1 - Jim Dooley - Dragon's Domain [CD-R]
Murder by Decree - Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza |
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Today in Film Score History:
September 18 |
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| A Streetcar Named Desire is released (1951) |
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| Alva Noto born (1969) |
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| Arthur B. Rubinstein begins recording his score for Nick of Time (1995) |
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| Dee Barton born (1937) |
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| Dimitri Tiomkin begins recording his score for Wild Is the Wind (1957) |
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| Fred Steiner records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Life on Death Row" (1986) |
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| Henry Mancini begins recording his score to Bachelor in Paradise (1961) |
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| Herbert Spencer died (1992) |
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| Jack Pleis records his score for The Wild Wild West episode “The Night of the Samurai” (1967) |
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| Jay Chattaway records his score for the Star Trek: Voyager episode “Drive” (2000) |
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| John Powell born (1963) |
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| Leonard Rosenman begins recording his score for Hide in Plain Sight (1979) |
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| Pablo Sorozabal born (1897) |
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| Robert Drasnin records his first Mission: Impossible score, for the episode “The Slave” (1967) |
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| The Day the Earth Stood Still opens in New York (1951) |
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| Thomas Newman records his score for the Amazing Stories episode "Santa '85" (1985) |
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| Vince Tempera born (1946) |
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