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| Film Score Friday 3/21/25 | |
| Posted By: Scott Bettencourt | 3/20/2025 - 10:00 PM |
| Intrada has just released their latest Kickstarter-sponsored re-recording, of Frank Skinner's score for the horror-comedy classic ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, plus cues from ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE KEYSTONE KOPS, composed by William Lava, Henry Mancini and Herman Stein.
The latest releases from Buysoundtrax and its related labels are -- STARSHIP INVASIONS, the 1977 sci-fi B-movie starring Robert Vaughn and Christopher Lee, with a score by Gil Melle; a re-release of Elmer Bernstein's symphonic score for the little-seen 1989 sci-fi adventure SLIPSTREAM; and STAR TREK: A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION, a two-disc re-release of the mid-80s Label X re-recordings of suites from original Star Trek episode scores, featuring music by George Duning, Jerry Fielding, Gerald Fried, Sol Kaplan, Samuel Matlovsky and Joseph Mullendore, plus the series theme by Alexander Courage. Mutant recently announced an upcoming LP of Alan Silvestri's score for Netflix's megabudget science-fiction adventure THE ELECTRIC STATE, directed by Silvestri's Avengers collaborators the Russo brothers. This is of course part of the current trend of major films and scores getting released on vinyl only instead of on CD, as was still the norm pre-pandemic. For those interested in other (fairly) recent and upcoming vinyl-only scores (I am of course not counting download releases), there is a list at the end of this column. CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein/Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops - Frank Skinner, Wiliam Lava, Henry Mancini, Herman Stein - Intrada |
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| Aisle Seat 3-18: March Madness Edition | |
| Posted By: Andy Dursin | 3/17/2025 - 10:00 PM |
| Sylvester Stallone’s 90s “comeback” was spearheaded by “Cliffhanger,” kept on going thanks to “Demolition Man,” and survived letdowns like “Judge Dredd” via some critically acclaimed work in James Mangold’s “Cop Land.” Along the way, Sly signed various deals with Universal, the first film of which, DAYLIGHT (116 mins., 1996, PG-13; Kino Lorber), proved to be a middling recycling of ‘70s disaster movies – more or less in line with similar fare like the dueling “volcano films” of the era (the okay “Dante’s Peak,” the less-than-stellar “Volcano”). | |
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| Film Score Friday 3/14/25 | |
| Posted By: Scott Bettencourt | 3/13/2025 - 10:00 PM |
| Music Box has announced two new Georges Delerue releases in celebration of the beloved composer's centennial year -- a disc pairing two of his scores, ONE DEADLY SUMMER and THE WHITE QUEEN, and a disc featuring three of his scores composed for television -- HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES, LES COUSINS DE LA CONSTANCE and LA-HAUT, LES QUARTRE SAISONS.
CDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK
The Gil Melle Collection Vol. 1 |
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| LSF25: London's First Soundtrack Festival from 19th to 26th March | |
| Posted By: Tim Burden | 3/11/2025 - 11:00 PM |
| "It's Going to be Epic!" London Soundtrack Festival 2025: The new Film, TV and Games Music 7-Day Event. Next week sees the first ever London based festival which shines the spotlight on music from film, tv and video games. Curated and devised by Tommy Pearson who is a familiar name in the world of music, he has long sought such an event for th |
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| Aisle Seat 3-11: March Mayhem Edition | |
| Posted By: Andy Dursin | 3/10/2025 - 10:00 PM |
| 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 | |
| Posted By: Scott Bettencourt | 3/6/2025 - 10:00 PM |
| 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.
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Cape Fear |
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| March FSMO Is Live! | |
| Posted By: Jon Kaplan | 3/5/2025 - 3:00 AM |
| The March edition of FSM ONLINE is now live for your reading and listening pleasure. This month’s cover story is an interview with LAURA KARPMAN about her political thriller-esque score for CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD. Also this issue are the results of THE 2025 FSMies; an interview with TOM HOWE on his work on the Captain Underpants spinoff DOG MA |
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| Aisle Seat 3-4: OCN Wrap-Up | |
| Posted By: Andy Dursin | 3/3/2025 - 10:00 PM |
| 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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