{"id":6621,"date":"2013-05-14T14:53:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T18:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=4026"},"modified":"2013-05-14T14:53:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T18:53:56","slug":"soundtrack-reviews-%e2%80%93-reissues-premieres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=6621","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack Reviews \u2013 Reissues & Premieres"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just uploaded another quartet of reviews of which some are reissues, and a few genuine premieres.<\/p>\n

Have to admit I\u2019d never heard of John Barry’s First Love<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>], but La-La Land\u2019s production is really beautiful, especially the graphic design of the booklet and sleeve. Given this was a Paramount production, perhaps it\u2019s in the pipeline at Olive, since they\u2019ve been mining the studio\u2019s catalogue on DVD and Blu-ray for the last few years.<\/p>\n

Also from LLL is an expanded release of James Newton’s Howard’s Grand Canyon<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>] \u2013 a personal favourite \u2013 and a remastered reissue of John Williams’ Jane Eyre<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>], which features one of the composer\u2019s most memorable romantic themes.<\/p>\n

Perhaps due to the interest from a theme extract in Silva Screen\u2019s compilation CD Titanic: The Epic Musical Voyage<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>], the label sought out Howard Blake\u2019s score for S.O.S. Titanic<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>], and their elegant CD features both score tracks and period source music.<\/p>\n

Also of note (and a little self-serving): in the May issue of Rue Morgue magazine I’ve reviews of John Williams’ The Fury<\/strong>, which LLL released as a 2-disc set in tandem with Twilight Time’s new Blu-ray<\/a> [M<\/a>]; Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders’ fun score for Warm Bodies<\/strong> (Red River Entertainment); and Mondo Tees’ 2-LP set of Poltergeist<\/strong>, which features the Rhino mastering of Jerry Goldsmith’s superb score for Tobe Hooper & Steven Spielberg’s eighties classic<\/a> [M<\/a>].<\/p>\n

In addition to a review of TT’s Christine<\/strong> Blu-ray (which looks & sounds gorgeous), I’ve a tally of 10 top British horror scores, noting several that deserve a release after lying dormant in vaults, garages, boxes, and closets for decades. One title that was shortlisted is Ron Grainer’s Straight On Til Morning<\/a><\/strong>, an underrated gem of a score & film which ranks as one of Hammer’s best seventies shockers. I think I asked a producer years ago about a score release, and the response was the familiar ‘they wanted an irrational amount of money,’ which is a pity, since so few of Grainer’s work exists in complete form on CD.<\/p>\n

The point of the RM tally was to alert fans of the good music out there, but the stealth goal on my part purpose is really simple: it’s a challenge to producers, labels, and rights holders to find common ground and release some of Britain’s best horror scores. I know there’s at least one or two bull-headed producers out there who share the same love for Ron Grainer’s Village<\/a> <\/strong>+ Children of the Damned<\/a><\/strong>, Humphrey Searle’s The Haunting<\/a><\/strong>, Paul Ferris’ Witchfinder General<\/strong>, Delia Derbyshre + Brian Hodgson + Dudley Simpson’s Legend of Hell House<\/strong>, and Guy Farley’s The Broken<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Lastly, and somewhat related: the Cole Porter \u2013 Peter Bogdanovich cult film \/ career assault At Long Last Love<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] has popped up on Amazon.com as a pre-order title (At Long Last Love ’75 [Blu-ray]<\/a>)<\/p>\n

TT announced the release several months ago as an exclusive title, and while Fox engaged the label to handle all the production details, perhaps the studio realized the film\u2019s pent-up potential and chose a broader release. No word on whether it\u2019s an exclusive deal the way Warner Bros. isolated the new Funny Girl<\/strong> Blu-ray to Amazon.com (Funny Girl [Blu-ray]<\/a>), bit after years of being written about by a select few but rarely seen by anyone after its original release (if not sparse TV airings), the mystique surrounding Bogdanovich\u2019s misstep should soon be revealed.<\/p>\n

Coming shortly<\/em>: the last set of reviews from Hot Docs 2013 + a related DVD review.<\/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":"

Reviews of John Barry’s previously unreleased First Love, an expanded release of James Newton’s Howard’s Grand Canyon, a remastered reissue of John Williams’ Jane Eyre (all from La-La Land Records), and the premiere release of Howard Blake’s S.O.S. Titanic (Silva Screen), plus my latest reviews in Rue Morgue magazine, and Peter Bogdanovich’s At Long Last Love appears as a pre-order on Amazon.com.<\/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":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-1IN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621"}],"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=6621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}