Soundtrack Tally + Misc. News Bits

June 22, 2012 | By

Before I rattle off the latest tally of new & upcoming soundtrack releases, a few random thoughts on media-related news.

Andrew Sarris, veteran film critic and chief (North American) proponent of the auteur theory, died Wednesday at the age of 83. I never got around to reading his classic book The American Cinema: Directors and Directions 1929-1968, but it’s still on my hit list (when time permits). The auteur theory is still pretty divisive in the way it places the director as the primary creator of a film, marginzalizing contributions of the producer, writer, the actor-producer, the writer-producer, or studio head.

There’s no denying icons like Alfred Hitchcock deserve the label – Hitchcock’s story team searched out for specific types of tales that could be shaped into a formula from which the director could indulge in his fixations for blondes, montages, death scenes, and mordant humour – but there are other directors whose works are important, yet their involvement with the film wasn’t as pronounced. I like John Frankenheimer’s comment on The Manchurian Candidate DVD where he explains a blurry shot in the opening sequence wasn’t an artistic statement, but the best take of Sinatra’s performance.

There is value to the auteur theory as well as steaming bullshit, and if the movement is guitly of a major negative, it’s validating insane analytical B.S. for things that simply aren’t true; were never intentional; were not pre-designed; and are not influenced by a director’s socio-economic-religious worldviews. Decisions in filmmaking sometimes occur due to immediate, costly stressors that mandate a quick, smart reaction to ensure filming continues without creating a continuity boo-boo that’ll cost more to fix during post.

Sarris was recently featured in Gerald Peary’s 2009 doc For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism [M], and you can also find archival interviews with Sarris at TVOnatio’s archive, culled from several programs (most hosted by Elwy Yost).

Next: The Exorcist [M] has been turned into a stage play, and it may just work, since the focus isn’t to recapture the film’s wet bile but extrapolate on the moral and faith conflcits within William Blatty’s novel. Still, with Brooke Shields and Richard Chamberlain playing mother Chris MacNeil and Father Merrin, respectively, plus ‘magic’ trickery by Teller of Penn & Teller, who knows what’ll emerge when the play begins previews July 3 at the Geffen Playhouse.

Next-next: Cineplex is reportedly buying a quartet of AMC cinemas in Ontario. Is the U.S. company scaling back its Canuckle involvement, or have the theatres been underperforming, with the added cost of digital conversion making the quartet dead weight?

Related: the Independent ran a lengthy piece on Dave Norris, a London West End projection manager retiring as 35mm projectionists are transitioning to a life of obsolescence. Not exactly a perky tale.

Lastly: Toronto’s World’s Biggest Bookstore is closing in early 2013 as the building’s owner will not be renewing the lease held by current tenant Indigo Books & Music. The building used to be a bowling alley before owner Jack Cole, founder of Cole’s Books, bought the place and had it converted into one massive retail shop. The following Torontoist piece offers a detailed history of the store’s opening.

So without further ado, here’s the Soundtrack Release Tally:

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REGULAR RELEASES:

Beat Records (Italy)

7 dollari sul rosso (Francesco De Masi)

Contro 4 bandiere (Riz Ortolani)

Eros perversion (Nico Fidenco)

Il ranch degli spietati (Francesco De Masi)

La montagna di luce (Francesco De Masi)

Piu’forte ragazzi! (Guido and Maurizio De Angelis)

Si puo’fare molto con 7 donne (Franco De Gemini)

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BSX Records (USA)

Jerry Goldsmith Collection – Vol. 1: Rarities

Legend (Tangerine Dream)

Sword and the Sorceror (David Whitaker)

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Carl Davis Collection (UK)

Charlie Chaplin: City Lights (Carl Davis)

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Chandos Records (UK)

Final Cut: Film Music for Four Guitars (various)

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Chris’ Soundtrack Corner (Germany)

Sonderdezernat K1 / Squadra speciale K1 (Martin Bottcher)

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DigitMovies (Italy)

Bastardo… Vamos a matar! / Bastard, Go and Kill (Carlo Rustichelli)

Marte dio della guerra / Son of Hercules vs. Venus (Gino Marinuzzi, Jr.)

Mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere / The Immortal Bachelor (Guido and Maurizio De Angelis)

Venere imperiale / Imperial Venus (Angelo Francesco Lavagnino) – 2CDs

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Disney (USA)

Brave (Patrick Doyle)

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Disques Cinemusique (Canada)

Man of a Thousand Faces / Written on the Wind (Frank Skinner)

Run of the Arrow / Brave One (Victor Young)

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Film Score Monthly (FSM) (USA)

Friends of Eddie Coyle / Three Days of the Condor (Davie Grusin)

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GDM (Italy)

La resa dei conto / The Big Gundown (Ennio Morricone)

Odissea nuda / Nude Odyssey (Angelo Fransceco Lavagnino)

Uccidi o muori / Kill or be Killed (Carlo Rustichelli)

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Intrada (USA)

2 Days in the Valley (Jerry Goldsmith) – ltd.

Charade (Henry Mancini)

Dragonworld (Richard Band) – ltd.

Hatari! (Henry Mancini) – ltd.

Postman Always Rings Twice (Michael Small) – ltd.

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Kritzerland Records (USA)

All in a Night’s Work (Andre Previn) – ltd.

I Married a Monster from Outer Space (various) / Atomic City (Leith Stevens) – ltd.

Lady in a Cage (Paul Glass) – ltd.

When a Stranger Calls (Dana Kaproff) – ltd.

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Kronos Records (Malta)

Infliction, The (Marco Werbe) – ltd.

Mad Dog / Cane arrabbiato (Francesco De Masi) – ltd.

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Lakeshore Records (USA)

Hysteria (Gast Waltzig and Christian Henson)

Piranha 3DD (Elia Cmiral)

People Like Us (A.R. Rahman)

Seeking a Friend (various)

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La-La Land Records (USA)

Broke Sky (Michael McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter) – ltd.

Jane Eyre (John Williams) – ltd.

Mommie Dearest (Henry Mancini) – ltd.

Rio Lobo (Jerry Goldsmith) – ltd.

Robe, The (Alfred Newman) – 2 CDs; ltd.

Rosemary’s Baby (Christopher Komeda) – ltd.

Sorcery (Mark Mancina) – ltd.

Stagecoach (Jerry Goldsmith) – ltd.

Starhawk (Christopher Lennertz) – ltd.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Jerry Goldsmith) – 3CDs, ltd.

Warning Shot (Jerry Goldsmith / Sy Zentner) – ltd.

Wings (John Stephan Zamecnik)

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Monstrous Movie Music (USA)

Kronos / The Cosmic Man (Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter)

McCullochs, The [M] (Ernest Gold)

Rocketship X-M (Ferde Grofe)

Ship of Fools (Ernest Gold) – ltd.

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MovieScore Media / Screamworks Records (Sweden)

Femme Fatales (Joe Kraemer)

Pacts, The (Ronon Lande)

Royal Affair (Gabriel Yared)

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Music Box Records (France)

Duex heurs moins le quart avant Jesus-Christ / Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (Raymond Alessandrini)

Juge, Le + Transfuge, Le (Luis Bacalov) – ltd.

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Newton Classics (Holland)

Famous Film Scores (various) – 3CD

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Perseverance Records (USA)

Charmed (J. Peter Robinson) – 2 CDs

Music from the Edge – Edge of Darkness Rejected Score (John Corigliano)

Seeking Justice (J. Peter Robinson) – ltd.

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Quartet Records (Spain)

China Moon (George Fenton) – ltd.

Il grande duello / The Man Called Noon (Luis Bacalov)

Marcia Trionfale (Nicola Piovani) – ltd.

Pascal Gaigne: Retrospective Film Music

Vizi private, publiche virtu’ (Francesco De Masi)

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Saimel (Spain)

Biches, Les (Pierre Jansen)

Diario de una ninfomana / Diary of a Nymphomaniac (Roque Banos)

I due kennedy + La donna degli antri e’sempre piu’bella (Carlo Savina)

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Seventeen Records (France)

Martyrs (Seppuku Paradigm) – LP; ltd.

Red Nights (Seppuku Paradigm) – LP, ltd.

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Silva Screen (USA / UK)

New Water Music for the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant (Ensemble H20)

Project X (various)

Soldier Blue + Catlow + Zeppelin (Roy Budd)

Wicker Tree (John Scott / Keith Easdale) – 2CDs

Woman in Black (Marco Beltrami)

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Sony (USA)

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Henry Jackman)

Amazing Spider Man (James Horner)

Men in Black III (Danny Elfman)

Prometheus (Marc Streitendeld)

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Sugar Records (Italy)

Avventure di Pinocchio (Bruno Nicolai)

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Sumthing Else (USA)

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Michael McCann) – videogame

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary Soundtrack (various) – separate 2CD / green vinyl LP / MP3 releases; videogame

Resistance 3 (Boris Salchow) – videogame

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Tadlow (UK)

Notre Dame de Paris: The Music of Maurice Jarre – 2CDs

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Universal Music (France)

Baron de Munchausen + Flute a Six Schtroumpfs (Michel Legrand)

L’Africain (George Delerue)

Topaz (Maurice Jarre)

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Varese Sarabande (USA)

Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Vol. 3 (various) – ltd.

Alien: A Biomedical Symphony / Filmucite 3 (various) – CD/DVD combo

Amazing Grace and Chuck (Elmer Bernstein) – ltd.

Chinatown (Jerry Goldsmith) – ltd.

Clan of the Cave Bear (Alan Silvestri) – ltd.

Game of Thrones: Season 2 (Ramin Djawadi)

Hemingway & Gellhorn (Javier Navarete)

Ice Age: Continental Drift (John Powell)

Jacaranda (Trevor Rabin) – non-film

Karate Kidd, Part III (bill Conti) – ltd.

Savages (Gustavo Santaolalla)

Touchback (William Ross)

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Water Tower Music (Warner Bros.) (USA)

Dark Knight Rises, The (Hans Zimmer)

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This handy-dandy list was compiled from various awesome sources, including catalogue announcements at Screen Archives Entertainment, Soundtrackcollector.com, Chris’ Soundtrack Corner, and Intrada.

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Mark R. Hasan, Editor
KQEK.com ( Main Site / Mobile Site )

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