{"id":7261,"date":"2013-11-13T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=4512"},"modified":"2013-11-13T22:00:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T03:00:13","slug":"soundtrack-news-tv-soundtrack-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7261","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack News + TV Soundtrack Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Before I get to the soundtrack material, just a head\u2019s up my teaser trailer for my video store doc BSV 1172<\/strong> is now up & running on YouTube and Vimeo, with related blogs. Feel free to check out the video first in Chapter 3<\/a>, and a making-of blog with vintage gear pictures in Chapter 4<\/a>. The doc is more an exploration of a space in front of and behind the counter of one of Toronto\u2019s biggest indie video stores, Bay Street Video, and features a unique fusion of vintage analogue and digital footage and effects.<\/p>\n

Now then.<\/p>\n

Fans of Jay Chattaway\u2019s Maniac Cop 2<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] score will be happy to know the roughly 35 min. score will be released on CD<\/a> December 3 by Blue Underground. I think this is the video label\u2019s first foray into soundtrack albums, and their debut release is limited to 1000 copies. I reviewed the old First Look DVD two years ago, and felt the movie, which co-stars Bruce Campbell, wasn\u2019t just an underrated action classic with incredible stunt work (seriously: the car chases and man-on-fire sequences are superb), but features a solid score from Chattaway. I\u2019ll pick up the Blu-ray \u2018round Xmas and have a review in time for the seasonal holidays.<\/p>\n

And speaking of Bruce, my review for Twilight Time\u2019s new BR of Mindwarp<\/strong> (1992) will appear alongside The Other<\/strong> (1972) in an upcoming issue of Rue Morgue magazine. Co-starring with Phantasm<\/strong>\u2019s Angust Scrimm, Mindwarp<\/strong> has Bruce Campbell as a manly hero, although because we\u2019ve seen him get smacked around, tormented, and scream madly in Sam Raimi\u2019s Evil Dead<\/a> <\/strong>triptych, whatever performance gravitas kind of evaporates, and it often feels like we\u2019re watching Ash survive that post-apocalyptic world that closed the European cut of Army of Darkness<\/a><\/strong> (1993).<\/p>\n

As for The Other,<\/strong> when the expanded review runs on KQEK.com, I\u2019ll get into the film\u2019s editing style, which is really unique for maintaining both unease and momentum in a rather slow-moving film. Like Mindwarp<\/strong>, The Other <\/strong>also features an isolated stereo score track.<\/p>\n

Lastly, Perseverance Records announced Tangerine Dream\u2019s Thief <\/strong>(1978) is being reissued from crisp masters, and will mark the first time those pesky cues \u2013 TD\u2019s \u201cBeach Scene\u201d and Craig Safan\u2019s \u201cConfrontation\u201d – exclusive to the European and U.S. releases respectively will appear on one disc. Great news, and a nice tie-in to Criterion\u2019s upcoming Blu-ray edition of Michael Mann\u2019s sleek crime classic.<\/p>\n

I used to see the album cover in the LP bins at Records on Wheels when I was in high school, and gambled on the score having never seen the film, but being smitten by that gorgeous cover art that\u2019s been reproduced by Perseverance<\/a>. That platter \u2013 a nice British import, which was typical of the store \u2013 became an oft-played favourite, and it\u2019s still a benchmark in electronic film music. (In fact I\u2019m pretty sure as soon as I uploaded this post, I\u2019ll reach for the album. The epic, nearly 11 min. \u201cDiamond Diary,\u201d the amorphous \u201cIgneous\u201d and the pulsing \u201cDr. Destructo\u201d are amazing cues. Probably the best film tracks ever written by the band.)<\/p>\n

Moving on, I\u2019ve uploaded a quartet of 2-disc soundtrack albums released by La-La Land Record, of which two are from short-lived TV series: Bear McCreary’s music from the TV series Caprica <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>], J. Peter Robinson’s Charmed <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>], Mark Snow & Louis Febre’s Smallville <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>], and Brian Tyler’s Terra Nova<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Coming next:<\/em> review of Twilight Time\u2019s Drums Along the Mohawk<\/strong>, and Tinto Brass\u2019 Private<\/strong> and Snack Bar Budapest<\/strong>.<\/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":"

Some quick soundtrack news + a quartet of TV soundtrack reviews, all 2-disc sets from La-La Land Records: Bear McCreary’s music from the TV series Caprica, J. Peter Robinson’s Charmed, Mark Snow & Louis Febre’s Smallville, and Brian Tyler’s Terra Nova.<\/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-1T7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261"}],"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=7261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}