{"id":7886,"date":"2012-07-30T15:01:39","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T19:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2012-07-30T15:01:39","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T19:01:39","slug":"comic-book-sights-sounds-sundries-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7886","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Sights & Sounds & Sundries"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just uploaded is a review of Wrath of the Titans<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (Warner Home Video) on Blu-ray, a meh sequel with some serious flaws counterbalanced by some imaginative and rather ravishing visual effects, plus related material \u2013 soundtrack reviews for Danny Elfman\u2019s Men in Black 3<\/a> <\/strong>[M<\/a>] (whose film will likely do better on video than its abbreviated theatrical run), and Henry Jackman\u2019s surprisingly fun Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (both albums released by Sony Classical).<\/p>\n

In quick soundtrack news, Intrada\u2019s followed up their James Horner Wolfen CD (which I reviewed for Rue Morgue) with Craig Safan\u2019s rejected score, which was previously released as a composer promo more than a decade ago. Safan, a composer better known for his melodic synth-fusion scores (Remo Williams: The Adventure Continues<\/strong>, The Last Starfighter<\/strong>) than orchestral writing, wrote a gnashing orchestral score the film\u2019s bigwigs didn\u2019t like, hence the recruiting of Horner to rescore the film with a more thematic-centered work.<\/p>\n

Intrada\u2019s also released what I thought was the impossible \u2013 a 2-CD set featuring music from Leith Stevens\u2019 War of the Worlds <\/strong>and<\/strong> When Worlds Collide<\/strong>, plus Nathan Van Cleave\u2019s Conquest of Space<\/a><\/strong> and Daniele Amfitheatrof\u2019s The Naked Jungle<\/strong>. This all means Paramount\u2019s opening their vaults a bit more and letting the soundtrack labels release additional Golden Age sci-fi scores. When the set arrives I\u2019ll dutifully do a comparison with the old Tsunami CD, the Quad LP, and the laserdiscs which featured isolated score tracks (actually, M&E mixes) of Stevens\u2019 WOW and WWC scores.<\/p>\n

Additional Stevens music is also available from Kritzerland Records, via I Married a Monster from Outer Space<\/strong> (of which some of the stock music is by Stevens) and The Atomic City<\/strong>. I just filed reviews for that double-bill disc, plus Dana Kaproff\u2019s When a Stranger Calls<\/a><\/strong> and Paul Glass\u2019s Lady in a Cage<\/strong> \u2013 all strong works finally getting their due on CD.<\/p>\n

Fly fans should also take note the label\u2019s reissued a pair of scores previously released by now-defunct Percepto Records \u2013 The Fly <\/strong>+ The Fly II <\/strong>by Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter.<\/p>\n

Lastly, Disques Cinemusique\u2019s latest double-bill album features Miklos Rozsa\u2019s A Time to Love and a Time to Die<\/strong> (previously released on CD in Japan in mono, and on LP via Decca & later Varese in Bullshit Stereo if memory serves correct) and the Frankenland State recording of Rozsa\u2019s Lust for Life Suite<\/strong> (which is in true stereo). The latter suite was released as a promo LP with additional music from other Rozsa films, and reissued by Decca and Varese.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Vincent Van Gogh (the subject of Lust for Life<\/strong>), the BBC news recently broadcast a piece where two authors alleged the master painter didn\u2019t kill himself, but rather covered up his own murder. Confused? Read the piece or watch the video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And speaking of art, Torontoist <\/a>recently ran a piece on street art of a protest kind, where blah Astral ad pillars were given a slight overhaul by creative rebellious minds. If you flip to the last image, you\u2019ll also marvel at the trapped bicycle display.<\/p>\n

Sorry for the erratic posts, but a chunk of time\u2019s been spent researching and sourcing vintage video gear for a series of short video projects. You see something listed, you try & track down info, you try and make sure what you ultimately buy is sound & functional, and then it arrives \u2013 either faithful to the original seller\u2019s claims\u2026 or perhaps not.<\/p>\n

Once the last component arrives, I\u2019ll run a few blogs as sort of buyer\u2019s guides on vintage prosumer tube cameras, as well as some of their unique features with test footage. I’ll also post scans of unavailable manuals so those interested in the same gear are armed with needed info before hitting the Buy button.<\/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":"

Blu-ray review of Wrath of the Titans (Warner Home Video), soundtrack reviews of Henry Jackman’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and Danny Elfman’s Men in Black 3 (Sony Classical) and odd bits of info.<\/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":[6,4,5],"tags":[1457,126,939,1458,243,1459],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-23c","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886"}],"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=7886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}