{"id":7849,"date":"2011-03-24T13:13:09","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=1796"},"modified":"2011-03-24T13:13:09","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T17:13:09","slug":"soundtrack-news-other-tidbits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7849","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack News & Other Tidbits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I think I\u2019ve found the best time to post the full tally of current and upcoming score releases: mid-month \/ near-end. It\u2019s after all the biggies have been released, and the biggies of the coming weeks have been announced, and the fact it takes a good chunk of hours to check out various sites, do some scoping, and update my Master List of soundtrack labels (which keeps growing).<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll keep this brief due to time issues, but prior to the mega-list, I have to mention a few nice surprises.<\/p>\n

I love reading Glenn Erickson\u2019s DVD Savant<\/a> columns & reviews, and he\u2019s so well-nestled among film fans that include filmmakers and preservationists. Ergo, another update on the status of Windjammer<\/strong>, the epic 1958 film produced in the knock-off Cinerama process known as Cinemiracle.<\/p>\n

Never heard of Cinerama<\/a>? Don\u2019t worry, because it didn\u2019t live long, but this nascent 3-camera, super-widescreen process is the reason standard widescreen filmmaking (2.35:1) came back in the fifties after the first formats died during the Great Depression.<\/p>\n

Sound was costly enough for theatres, so most gave a big NO to the studios when they wanted to improve the filmgoing experience with wide format movies around 1929. Fox Home Video, prior to abandoning their regular wave of classic films on DVD, produced a wonderful 2-disc edition of Raoul Walsh\u2019s The Big Trail<\/a><\/strong> (1930), shot in the Grandeur format.<\/p>\n

When widescreen film returned to cinemas, it came via Cinerama, a process beautifully documented by filmmaker David Strohmaier in his must-see film, Cinerama Adventure<\/a><\/strong> (2002). Apparently restoration work is happening on the first Cinerama film, This is Cinerama<\/strong> (1952), as evidenced by the promo trailer archived on YouTube<\/a> in the Smilebox format.<\/p>\n

Also on YouTube is a trailer for Windjammer<\/a><\/strong>, which DVD Savant believes will also make its way to HD this year. Hopefully the films will make it to Blu-ray in factually loaded special editions, and film prints will once again be in circulation at the handful of remaining theatres equipped to exhibit this widescreen granddaddy format on planet Earth.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a prior press release<\/a> regarding the Windjammer<\/strong> restoration project, and a website<\/a> devoted to the film and much Cinemiracle publicity ephemera. Hopefully the inevitable BR release (it has<\/em> to come out on home video) will boost an interest in the release of Morton Gould\u2019s score, which came out on a Columbia LP during the film\u2019s original theatrical release, as discussed by simpatico fans at FSM\u2019s message board a while ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moving on.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Taylor passed away yesterday at the age of 79. Undoubtedly the airwaves have been filled with tributes and archived interviews, and my own will follow this weekend when I review a set of her early films, including Lassie Come Home<\/strong> (1943), years before she started getting her own starring vehicles at MGM, and gained solid career footing in films like Father of the Bride<\/a><\/strong> (1950).<\/p>\n

Back to film scores.<\/p>\n

Twilight Time\u2019s just released a DVD of John Huston\u2019s The Kremlin Letter<\/strong> (1970), and their next title is Richard Fleischer\u2019s Violent Saturday<\/strong> (1955). The DVDs can be ordered from Screen Archives Entertainment<\/a>, and each film comes with an isolated music track.<\/p>\n

Robert Drasnin\u2019s score for Kremlin<\/strong> is also available on CD via Intrada, and the label also released Hugo Friedhofer\u2019s Violent<\/strong> score a few years ago as part of a CD double-bill with Leigh Harline\u2019s for Warlock<\/a><\/strong>, another fine CinemaScope production.<\/p>\n

Most important factoid: another \u2018scope film (in 2.55:1, no less) is rescued from oblivion, and it\u2019ll be interesting to watch the film with Friedhofer\u2019s music solo. I still content he\u2019s one of the most underappreciated composers from the fifties, and his scoring approach (particularly in the surround sound \u2018scope productions) establish the parameters for how composers should use bass, and envelope audiences in 4.0 and later 5.1 environments.<\/p>\n

Next.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve placed online-only scores from labels at the top of the list, and am working on a way to find exclusive iTunes releases, because I\u2019m pretty sure there\u2019s music that falls under collector radars simply due to the volume of new, older, and archival film music that keeps coming out.<\/p>\n

Trust me, I still have the odd eighties Intrada catalogue in a drawer that lists maybe 15-20 new releases for the next month.<\/p>\n

Two more things.<\/p>\n

Rue Morgue reviewed the video game Dead Space 2<\/strong>, and I\u2019ve posted a review <\/a>of Jason Graves\u2019 fun, dissonant score that should only be played loud at night in a dark room. An interview<\/a> with the composer is available at the G4 website.<\/p>\n

And lastly, U.K. label Finders Keeprs (I love that name) has been slowly putting out material by Polish composer Zdenek Liska (The Shop on Main Street<\/strong>), and a series of albums featuring music from Jean Rollin films.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll have a review of several Liska scores in the coming weeks (including one rarity, with its corresponding film), but collectors should check out the label\u2019s website<\/a>. They feature a wild collection of music from around the world, mostly from the trippy sixties and seventies, but their art direction for limited LP pressings is fantastic.<\/p>\n

The only label that comes to mind with any equivalent bonus material \u2013 reproductions of ephemera as inserts in deluxe gatefold or standard sleeve packaging \u2013 is Screen Archives Entertainment, in their Albert Glasser diptych Tokyo File 212<\/a><\/strong> (1951) and Huk!<\/a><\/strong> (1956) \u2013 the latter film still in my top want-to-see-now list.<\/p>\n

Now to shut up, get on with more finger-hurting typing, and let you peruse the Master List.<\/p>\n

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Online only via iTunes<\/a> and Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Dead Space 2<\/a> (Jason Graves)<\/p>\n

Dragon Age II (Inon Zur)<\/p>\n

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Alhambra<\/a> (Germany)<\/p>\n

Dschungelkind (Annette Focks)<\/p>\n

Im Himmel, Unter der Erde (Karim Sebastian Elias)<\/p>\n

Schicksalsjahre (Wolfram De Marco)<\/p>\n

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Anti<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Rango (Hans Zimmer)<\/p>\n

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Beat Records<\/a> (Italy)<\/p>\n

Beware the Darkness (Fabio Frizzi) — ltd. 500 copies, late March<\/p>\n

Cugni carnali \/ High School Girl, aka Hot and Bothered (Claudio Mattone) — late March<\/p>\n

Campa carogna la tagliacresce \/ Those Dirty Jobs (Nico Fidenco) — late March<\/p>\n

Etoore lo fusto \/ Hector the Might (Francesco DeMasi) — ltd. 500 copies, late March<\/p>\n

La pardona e\u2019servita \/ The Mistress is Served (Stevio Cipriani) — late March<\/p>\n

Tutto a posto e niente in ordine \/ All Screwed Up (Piero Piccioni) — ltd. 500 copies, late March<\/p>\n

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BSX Records<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Megaforce (Jerold Immel) — ltd. 2000 copies<\/p>\n

Perkins\u2019 14 (Kostas Christides) — ltd. 1000 copies<\/p>\n

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Cometa<\/a> (Italy)<\/p>\n

La ragazza alla pari \/ The Best, aka Au-Pair Girl (Enrico Pieranunzi, Giovanni Chimenti) — late March<\/p>\n

Mannaja \/ A Man Called Blade (Guido and Mauzizio De Angelis) — late March<\/p>\n

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DigitMovies<\/a><\/span> (Italy)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Il grande attacco (Franco Micalizzi) — early April<\/p>\n

La cripta e l\u2019incubo (Carlo Savina) — early April<\/p>\n

Stridulum (Franco Micalizzi) — early April<\/p>\n

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\u00e9l Records<\/a> (UK)<\/p>\n

Beat Girl (John Barry)<\/p>\n

Strada, La \/ Le Notti Di Cabiria (Nino Rota) — April 4<\/p>\n

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Film Score Monthly (FSM)<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Homecoming: A Christmas Story, The (Jerry Goldsmith) + Rascals & Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (James Horner)<\/p>\n

I Spy, Vol. 2: The LPs (Earle Hagen)<\/p>\n

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (Nathan Van Cleave)<\/p>\n

Telefon (Lalo Schifrin) + Hide in Plain Sight (Leonard Rosenman)<\/p>\n

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Finders Keepers Records<\/a> (UK)<\/p>\n

Frisson des vampires, Les (Acanthus) — CD + LP<\/p>\n

Jeunes filles impudiques (Pierre Raph) — LP<\/p>\n

Mala Morska Vila (Zdenek Liska) — CD + LP<\/p>\n

Saxana \u2013 The Girl on a Broomstick (Angelo Michajlov) — CD + LP<\/p>\n

Solla Solla (various) — CD + LPs<\/p>\n

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GDM<\/a><\/span> (Italy)<\/p>\n

America paese di dio \/ So This is God\u2019s Country? (Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Armando Trovaioli) — ltd. 500 copies, late March<\/p>\n

Ballata per un pistolero (Marcello Giombini) — ltd. 300 copies, reissue, late March<\/p>\n

Da uomo a uomo \/ Death Rides a Horse (Ennio Morricone) — ltd. reissue, late March<\/p>\n

Dinamite Jim (Nico Fidenco) — ltd. 500 copies, early April<\/p>\n

Disubbidienza, La (Ennio Morricone) — CD Club<\/p>\n

L\u2019Uomo che ride: original (Carlo Savina) + rejected (Piero Piccioni) scores — ltd. 500 copies*<\/p>\n

Ringo il volto della vendetta (Francesco DeMasi) — reissue, ltd. 300 copies, late March<\/p>\n

Tedeum (Guido and Maurizio De Angelis) — early April<\/p>\n

Uccideva a freddo \/ The Cold Killer (John Ireson, Wyman L. Parham) — mid-April<\/p>\n

Vita a volte e\u2019molto dura, vero provvidenza?, La (Ennio Morricone) — ltd. 750 copies, early April<\/p>\n

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Heristal<\/a><\/span> (Italy)<\/p>\n

Ennio Morricone performed by Movies Trio<\/p>\n

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Intrada<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Battlestar Galactica (Stu Phillips) — ltd. 3000 copies<\/p>\n

Cliffhanger (Trevor Jones) — 2 CDs, ltd. 2000 copies<\/p>\n

Exposed (Georges Delerue) — ltd. 1000 copies<\/p>\n

House of Usher, aka Fall of the House of Usher (Les Baxter) — ltd. 1200 copies<\/p>\n

Kremlin Letter, The (Robert Drasnin) — ltd. 1000 copies<\/p>\n

Trail of the Pink Panther (Henry Mancini) — 1200 copies<\/p>\n

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (Ron Goodwin) — 2 CDs, ltd. 2000 copies<\/p>\n

Wrongfully Accused (Bill Conti) — ltd. 1500 copies<\/p>\n

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Kritzerland Records<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Audrey Rose (Michael Small) — ltd. 1000 copies<\/p>\n

Carnival \u2013 London cast (Bob Merrill) — ltd. 1000 copies, early April<\/p>\n

Counterfeit Traitor, The (Alfred Newman) — ltd. 1500 copies, early April<\/p>\n

Ordeal by Innocence (Pino Donaggio) — ltd. 1000 copiess<\/p>\n

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Lakeshore Records<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Beastly (Marcelo Zarvos)<\/p>\n

Drive Angry (Michael Wandmacher)<\/p>\n

Source Code (Chris Bacon) — March 29<\/p>\n

Super (Tyler Bates) — April 5<\/p>\n

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Legend Records (Italy)<\/p>\n

Guendalina + Nata di marzo \/ March\u2019s Child + La parmigiana \/ The Girl from Parma (Piero Piccioni) — ltd. 1500, late March<\/p>\n

Moses the Lawgiver (Ennio Morricone) — ltd. 1500, 2 CDs, late March<\/p>\n

Valdez il mezzosangue \/ Chico, aka Valdez\u2019 Horses (Guido and Maurizio De Angelis) — ltd. 1500 copies, late March<\/p>\n

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Mark Isham Music \/ MIM<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Mechanic, The (Mark Isham) — see website<\/a> for various release versions<\/p>\n

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MovieScore Media<\/a><\/span> (Sweden)<\/p>\n

Cuckoo<\/a> (Andrew Hewitt)<\/p>\n

Herencia Valdemar II: Sombre Prohibida, La (Arnau Bataller)<\/p>\n

Land That Time Forgot: The Fantasy Film Music of Chris Ridenhour, The<\/p>\n

Mega-Shark vs. Giant Octopus: The Monster Film Music of Chris Ridenhour<\/p>\n

Monster Mutt (Chris Walden)<\/p>\n

2012 Supernova: The Sci-Fi Film Music of Chris Ridenhour<\/p>\n

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Naxos<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Carmen (Ernesto Halffter) — March 29<\/p>\n

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Nuba Records \/ Karonte Distribution<\/a> (Spain)<\/p>\n

Retornos (Sergio Moure)<\/p>\n

Secuestrados (Sergio Moure)<\/p>\n

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Perseverance Records<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Death Warrant (Gary Chang) — ltd. 2000 copies, mid-March<\/p>\n

Slipstream (Elmer Bernstein) — ltd. 3000 copies, late April<\/p>\n

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Phantom Soundtracks<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Alien Terrain (Demetri Fox)<\/p>\n

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Quartet Records<\/a><\/span> (Spain)<\/p>\n

Il Peccato (Antonio Perez Olea) — ltd. 500 copies<\/p>\n

La Notte (Giorgio Gaslini) — ltd. 500 copies<\/p>\n

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RCA<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Bette Davis: Classic Film Scores of Bette Davis (Max Steiner)<\/p>\n

Citizen Kane: Classic Film Music of Bernard Herrmann<\/p>\n

Elizabeth and Essex: Classic Film Scores of Erich Wolfgang Korngold<\/p>\n

Laura + Forever Amber + The Bad & the Beautiful (David Raksin)<\/p>\n

Now Voyager: Classic Film Score of Max Steiner<\/p>\n

Spellbound: Classic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa<\/p>\n

Sunset Boulevard: Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman<\/p>\n

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Silva Screen<\/a> (USA \/ UK)<\/p>\n

Being Human (Richard Wells)<\/p>\n

Biutiful (Gustavo Santaolalla)<\/p>\n

Doctor Who: A Christmas Special (Murray Gold) — late March<\/p>\n

Promise, The (Debbie Wiseman)<\/p>\n

Rite, The (Alex Heffes)<\/p>\n

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Sony (Italy)<\/p>\n

Come un delfino (Ennio Morricone) — late March<\/p>\n

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Times Square Records<\/a> \/ Silva Screen<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Sufis at the Cinema: 50 Years of Bollywood Qawwali & Sufi Song 1958-2007 (various) — 2 CDs<\/p>\n

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Trunk Records<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Primitive London (Basil Kirchin)<\/p>\n

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Twilight Time \/ Screen Archives Entertainment<\/a> – DVDs with isolated scores (USA)<\/p>\n

Kremlin Letter, The \u2013 DVD with isolated track of Robert Drasnin\u2019s score — ltd. 3000 copies<\/p>\n

Violent Saturday \u2013 DVD with isolated track of Hugo Friedhofer\u2019s score \u2013 litd. 3000 copies, April 12<\/p>\n

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Universal Music<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\n

Paul (David Arnold \/ various) — April 5<\/p>\n

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Varese Sarabande<\/a><\/span> (USA)<\/p>\n

Battle: Lost Angeles (Brian Tyler)<\/p>\n

Fringe: Season 2 (Michael Giacchino)<\/p>\n

Hop (Christopher Lennertz) — April 5<\/p>\n

Ironclad (Lorne Balfe)<\/p>\n

Largo Winch II (Alexandre Desplat)<\/p>\n

Ligne Droite, La (Patrick Doyle)<\/p>\n

Princess of Montpensier, The (Philippe Sarde) — Apr. 5<\/p>\n

Pushing Daisies: Season 2 (Jim Dooley) — Apr. 5<\/p>\n

Randy Edelman: ThePacific Flow to Abbey Road — Apr. 5<\/p>\n

Yeux de sa mere, Les \/ Hos Mother\u2019s Eues (Gustavo Santaolalla)<\/p>\n

Your Highness (Steve Jablonsky) — Apr. 15<\/p>\n

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Warner Bros. Records (USA)<\/p>\n

Danny Elfman & Tim Burton Anniversary Music Box<\/a>, The — 16CD deluxe set + 1 DVD + book, ***released date updated to April 15th at Amazon.com<\/a> [non-limited set; does not incl. 17th Bonus Disc with ltd. pre-order set from Dec. 2010]<\/em><\/p>\n

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This handy-dandy list was compiled from various sources, including catalogue announcements at Screen Archives Entertainment<\/a>, Soundtrackcollector.com<\/a>, Chris\u2019 Soundtrack Corner<\/a>, and <\/em>Intrada<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
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