Profiles & Retrospectives

Vol. 9 No. 9, Goblin Buyer’s Guide – Reviews of 21 albums on CD by prog-rock band Goblin, spanning their non-film and film score releases: Cherry Five, Profondo Rosso, Roller, Perche si Uccidono, Schock, Suspiria, La via della droga, Solamente Nero, Il Fantastico Viaggio Del ‘Bagarozzo’ Mark, Zombi, Amo Non Amo, Squada Antigangster, The Fantastic Journey in the Best of Goblin Vol. 1, Patrick, Buio Omega, Contamination, Tenebre, Notturno, Phenomena, La Chiesa, and Non Ho Sonno. [PDF only]

 

 

Vol. 9 No. 9, Pages 30-31, Elmer Bernstein Tribute Issue – Contributing salute to the late, great composer, with previously unpublished interview segments regarding the film score The Liberation of L.B. Jones, Rat Race, the 1960 Stanley Young play Laurette, and the recorded 1973 poetry concert, There Are Men Too Gentle To Live Among, with James Kavanaugh.

 

 

Vol. 7 No. 2, pages 16-19, and 44, “Elmer Bernstein – The Man With The Jazzy Sound: Part 1 The 50s” – 2-part detailed retro on the composer’s classic works composed for film and television between 1955-1970, with a special focus on rare recordings on good ‘ol vinyl. Covers The Man With The Golden Arm, Blues and Brass, The Sweet Smell of Success, Love Scene, Backgrounds for Brando, Staccato, and Paris Swings.

Vol. 7 No. 6, “Elmer Bernstein – The Man With The Jazzy Sound: Part 2 The 60s” – 2-part (insanely) detailed retro on the composer’s classic works composed for film and television between 1955-1970, with a special focus on rare recordings on good ‘ol vinyl. Covers The Rat Race, Walk On The Wild Side, A Man and His Music, The Caretakers, The Carpetbaggers, The Silencers, and The Liberation of L.B. Jones.

 

 

Vol. 6 No. 7, pages 20-26, and 48, “Quincy Jones, The King Of Hip: 1957-67” – a detailed retrospective on the classic film scores of Quincy Jones, written before he switched to producing in the mid-1970s. Part 1 focuses on The Pawnbroker, Mirage, Walk Don’t Run, The Slender Thread, Enter Laughing, The Deadly Affair, In the Heat of the Night, and In Cold Blood.

Vol. 6 No. 8, pages 16-23, “Quincy Jones, The King Of Hip: 1968-2001” – a detailed retrospective on the classic film scores of Quincy Jones, written before he switched to producing in the mid-1970s. Part 2 focuses on For Love of Ivy, MacKenna’s Gold, The Italian Job, John and Mary, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, They Call me MISTER Tibbs!, The Lost Man, Cactus Flower, $ [Dollars], Man and Boy, The Anderson Tapes, The Hot Rock, The Getaway, Sanford & Son, Save The Children, Roots, The Wiz, Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones, and The Color Purple.