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Film Music at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival + Soundtrack Reviews

Film Music at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival + Soundtrack Reviews

April 24, 2012 | By

Just uploaded is a quartet of soundtrack reviews, starting with Howard Shore’s Hugo (HOWE Records), and a few horror titles from La-La land Records that didn’t quite make it into Rue Morgue’s coverage due to space issues… and were perhaps overlooked… until now: Danny Elfman’s epic Planet of the Apes (in a fat 3-disc set),Trevor Jones’ The Sender, and Basil Poledouris’ Spellbinder. Also detailed: specifics of the Film Music Sidebar Series at the upcoming Toronto Jewish Film Festival (May 3-13), including a few things involving me!

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CD: Planet of the Apes (2001)

CD: Planet of the Apes (2001)

April 23, 2012 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / P to R . Rating: Excellent Label: La-La Land/ Released: February 15, 2012 Tracks & Album Length: CD1: 22 tracks / (75:57) + CD2: 18 tracks / (78:24) + CD3: 15 tracks / (58:21) . Special Notes: 28-page colour booklet with liner notes by Jeff Bond / Limited to 3500 copies. […]

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CD: Scrooged (1988)

CD: Scrooged (1988)

January 18, 2012 | By

Return to: Home / Soundtrack  Reviews / S . Rating: Very Good Label: La-La Land Records / Released: November 29, 2011 Tracks & Album Length: 34 tracks / (49:20) . Special Notes: 24-page colour booklet with liner notes by Jeff Bond / Limited to 3000 copies. . Composer: Danny Elfman . . Review: Not quite a box office […]

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Book: Danny Elfman’s Batman (2004)

Book: Danny Elfman’s Batman (2004)

November 15, 2010 | By

Return to: Home / Book Reviews . Rating: Excellent Publisher: Scarecrow Press/ ISBN: 0-8108-5126-1 / Format: Trade Paperback / Date: 2004 Author:  Janet K. Halfyard . . Review: Unlike the third volume in Scarecrow Press’ Film Score Series (“Ennio Morricone’s ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’”), the approach in Vol. 2 is more scholarly in assessing Danny Elfman’s breakthrough […]

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