{"id":7860,"date":"2011-10-25T13:18:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2011-10-25T13:18:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T17:18:41","slug":"soundtrack-reviews-sundry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7860","title":{"rendered":"Soundtrack Reviews & Sundry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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See? Even Japan cares!<\/p><\/div>\n

This week will be mighty busy, as I\u2019ll have a review of several films playing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, including Julian Roffman\u2019s The Mask<\/strong> (1961), often cited by critics & historians as Canada\u2019s first true horror film + 3D film + the first Canuckle film to be distributed by a major U.S. studio.<\/p>\n

It may sounds insignificant, but it\u2019s a major stepping stone among the few independent productions that managed to enjoy broad distribution instead of the brief theatrical runs due to foreign control of the theatrical distribution system.<\/p>\n

Sadly, no one seems to care about the film\u2019s anniversary. As a colleague discovered, calls and emails to a major T.O. paper went unanswered when he attempted to pitch a piece about the film\u2019s 50th anniversary. It\u2019s sad when major publications either aren\u2019t aware or couldn\u2019t care less about laudable milestones. Cheesy film? Absolutely, but it\u2019s no less worthy of coverage than Atom Egoyan discussing his use of Toronto in Chloe <\/a><\/strong>\u2013 a subject local papers and blog sites had no problem covering in detail.<\/p>\n

The Mask<\/strong> screens this Wed. at the TBL<\/a> (in 3D!), and I\u2019ll have a review of the film + Roffman\u2019s prior feature, The Bloody Brood<\/strong> (1959), which marked Peter Falk\u2019s film debut. [Note: those curious can find the film gratis at Archive.org<\/a>.]<\/p>\n

Those wanting extra CanCon fromage can also see a 35mm print of David Cronenberg\u2019s Shivers<\/strong> (1975) being screened at The Revue<\/a>, part of Chris Alexander\u2019s Film School Confidential series. It\u2019s free, too, and showing tonight is Roman Polanski\u2019s Rosemary\u2019s Baby <\/strong>(1968) with a gorgeous score by Christopher Komeda. Naturally, I\u2019ve work to do on each of those nights.<\/p>\n

Sigh\u2026<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll post a soundtrack release tally shortly, but I noticed Marco Beltrami\u2019s Mimic<\/strong> score was released by Varese Sarabande in an expanded CD. Great! Except it sold out fast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s a Hollywood-recorded score, but given the Director\u2019s Cut is on Blu-ray, Guillermo del Toro has promoted the film in local screenings in Toronto<\/a> (\u2018cause he\u2019s here shooting Pacific Rim<\/strong>), and the film has a large fan base, why not make 3000 copies instead of 1000?<\/p>\n

I love Varese, but I have a tough time understanding the runs of some titles. There are still copies of their Alfred Hitchcock Hour Vol. 1<\/strong> set featuring Bernard Herrmann scores. Given there are still copies of the 3000-run set in stock, it made sense to press 2000 copies of the new 3-disc Vol. 2<\/strong> set, and yet more people know about Mimic<\/strong> than the Alfred Hitchcock Hour<\/strong>, so one would assume the cost of a higher run would be offset by larger, faster sales, oui<\/em>?<\/p>\n

In any event, I foresee eBay sales from speculators, and maybe bootlegging, which will delay a reissue for maybe 5 years. It happened with the label\u2019s prior Predator<\/strong> CD, and it can happen again.<\/p>\n

Moving on.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve uploaded a quartet of soundtrack reviews: Silva Screen\u2019s compilation series continues with Music from the Transformers Trilogy <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>] by Steve Jablonsky, The Music of Michel Legrand<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>] in a newly recorded 2-CD set, and The Music of James Horner <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>], also spanning 2 CDs. Also reviewed is La-La Land\u2019s Commando <\/a><\/strong>[M<\/a>], featuring every note of James Horner\u2019s memorable score plus the \u201cSomewhere, Somehow\u201d<\/a> song.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One last thing: apparently there will be limited posters designed by Rue Morgue<\/a>\u2019s Gary Pullin<\/a> & Justin Erickson<\/a> given out<\/span> available for sale (see Comments below for info) at the upcoming In Conversation with\u2026 Guillermo del Toro at the TBL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As I said, I\u2019m working that night, but will imagine the amusing, incisive discussion that will take place. He\u2019s a great raconteur, balancing wit, wisdom, theory, practical filmmaking views, and profanity, and love his appearances in Toronto venues. Thank goodness he\u2019s making an epic that will take 2 years to complete.<\/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 Silva Screen\u2019s compilation series, featuring Music from the Transformers Trilogy by Steve Jablonsky, The Music of Michel Legrand, and The Music of James Horner, plus La-La Land\u2019s complete presentation of James Horner’s Commando. Also: gorgeous Rue Morgue poster art, Julian Roffman’s The Mask + Guillermo del Toro in person at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, and David Cronenberg’s Shivers at The Revue. Sometimes I love my city. Sometimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,4],"tags":[821,822,327,823,526,668,824,825,14,4213,817,826,827,658],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-22M","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}