{"id":4331,"date":"2012-02-17T13:38:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T18:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2888"},"modified":"2012-02-17T13:38:33","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T18:38:33","slug":"interview-with-composer-andrew-lockington-soundtrack-news-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4331","title":{"rendered":"Interview with composer Andrew Lockington + Soundtrack News & Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Because of time, I must restrict all editorial blather to bare minimums, so this one\u2019s going to be quick!<\/p>\n

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New stuff:<\/span><\/p>\n

Just uploaded an interview <\/a>[M<\/a>] with Andrew Lockington, were he discusses travelling to Papua, New Guinea, for research prior to writing the full score for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island<\/strong>, the sequel to 2008\u2019s Journey to the Center of the Earth<\/a><\/strong>. Both were filmed in 3D, and feature standout, full-blooded orchestral scores by Lockington.<\/p>\n

Most unexpected surprise<\/em>: Lockington used a trio Zoom H4n digital recorders to capture ancient percussion sounds, which performed well under jungle duress. I bought a unit a year ago for voice work & sound effects recording, and it frankly rocks.<\/p>\n

The album\u2019s available from Amazon.com as a downloadable digital and reportedly CDR (which I\u2019d go for, given the score exceptionally engineered).<\/p>\n

Most unnecessary fact that is still impressive<\/em>: The Rock can indeed sing!<\/p>\n

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Latest CD reviews<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Andrew Lockington\u2019s Journey 2: The Mysterious Island<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (Water Tower \/ Warner); John Williams\u2019 The Adventures of Tintin<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (Sony Classical); Alberto Iglesias\u2019s mysteriously soothing Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>] (Silva Screen); Jerry Goldsmith\u2019s Tora! Tora! Tora!<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>] <\/strong>(La-La Land remaster); and Shirley Walker\u2019s Space: Above and Beyond<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (La-La Land set, packing about 4 hours of music onto 3 CDs).<\/p>\n

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Lastest Soundtrack News:<\/span><\/p>\n

FSM just announced their latest release: a 5-CD set featuring Miklos Rozsa\u2019s Ben-Hur<\/strong>. The set includes the film soundtrack, alternates & unused cues, and the re-recorded cues conducted by Carlo Savina. Yes, forget about paying off the Xmas VISA bill. You\u2019re screwed again. Read the liner notes here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Intrada\u2019s new 2 releases<\/a> are Robert Folk\u2019s Troll in Central Park<\/strong>, and Gil Melle\u2019s Borderline<\/strong> \u2013 making the latter the third Melle CD the label\u2019s released, after Andromeda Strain <\/strong>and The Organization<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>]. For fans of this underrated, under-represented composer, this is awesome news!<\/p>\n

Collectors note: Bruce Broughton\u2019s The First Olympics Athens 1896<\/strong> and John Barry\u2019s The Last Valley<\/strong> will no longer be available from Intrada after Feb. 27.<\/p>\n

Spain\u2019s Quartet Records<\/a> will release James William Guercio\u2019s Electra Glide in Blue <\/strong>(original LP configuration) with new liner notes by Randall D. Larson.<\/p>\n

Perseverance <\/a>will release Jerry Fielding\u2019s The Gauntlet<\/strong> (original LP configuration).<\/p>\n

La-La Land\u2019s latest mega-restoration<\/a> is a 3-CD set of Danny Elfman\u2019s Planet of the Apes<\/strong>. Tim Burton\u2019s movie? A mess, and a stupid twist finale that makes zero sense. The music? Wonderful, specifically the Main Title that ranks as one of Elfman\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

Lastly, it\u2019s worth checking out Message Boards because there are often nuggets of info people post that I\u2019d never have known existed. The proof? Jim Doherty\u2019s link <\/a>to a plethora of music by Ronald Stein on Amazon.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Stein composed fun music for many Roger Corman films \u2013 his best may be The Last Woman on Earth<\/strong> \u2013 as well as the cult classic Dinosaurus! <\/strong>which I happily reviewed \u2013 the film<\/a>, and the soundtrack album<\/a> from now-dead Percepto Records. That label featured several hours of Stein\u2019s music in a 5-CD set back in 2007, and some of the scores have been expanded for digital albums, like A Man Called Dagger<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

For fans of B-movie music, this is amazing, and for fans of Stein\u2019s similarly skilled colleagues, there\u2019s hope maybe their music from assorted major, middle, and minor films will get some commercial time online.<\/p>\n

Also available from Amazon \u2013 Quincy Jones LPs from Mercury and long-dead Bell Records, like Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice<\/a><\/strong>, and For Love of Ivy<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Next: Italy\u2019s Cometa has the second edition of its\u2019 Virtual Vinyl series on DVD, which bears some explanation. In a nutshell, it\u2019s film music remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 on DVD, with video of (presumably) a turntable playing a record and \/ or glimpses of the notation from written staphs. The sales pitch is a bit fuzzy, but Vol. 1, Opposte Esperienze<\/a><\/strong>, featured library music by Ennio Morricone, and Vol. 2 (available for pre-order) offers Morricone\u2019s Who Saw Her Die?<\/a><\/strong> with 6 previously unreleased alternates.<\/p>\n

If you click on each link, a looped Italian video plays (with English subtitles) explaining to some degree what it all about. One point of objection: the statement \u201cvinyl LP\u2019s almost don\u2019t exist any longer\u201d is incorrect; if that were the case, Matt Rowe wouldn\u2019t have so much material to report & cover at Musictap.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which: label Real Gone Records will release a Frankie Avalon set, Muscle Beach Party: The United Artists Sessions<\/strong>, and Rawhide\u2019s Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites<\/strong>. From a quick track glimpse, it seems the former doesn\u2019t offer Avalon\u2019s Beach Party songs La-La Land weren\u2019t able to include on the CD of Beach Blanket Bingo<\/a><\/strong>, due to high license feels.<\/p>\n

Lastly, Austin<\/em> Wintory<\/a> [M<\/a>], composer of Grace <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>],\u00a0appears in Us and the Game Industry<\/strong>, a video \u201cabout the new thinkers at the new frontier of experimental computer game development.,\u201d of which the trailer is archived at Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That is all.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just uploaded, an interview with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island composer Andrew Lockington, plus reviews of Journey 2 (Water Tower), John Williams’ Adventures of Tintin (Sony Classical), Alberto Iglesias’ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Silva Screen), and Jerry Goldsmith’s Tora! Tora! Tora! and Shirley Walker’s Space: Above and Beyond (both from La-La Land) plus Soundtrack Release news!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[148,1098,4212],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-17R","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}