Category: FILM MUSIC
Atli Örvarsson’s Hansel & Gretel + Liquid Puppetry
Just uploaded is a soundtrack review of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, the latest film by Dead Snow director Tommy Wirkola, which opens January 25. Also up: a podcast interview with Hansel and Gretel composer Atli Örvarsson, and an update on my current short-short film (er, editing exercise), Liquid Puppetry, filmed in Newvicon-o-vision-o-rama, with teasing frame grabs.
Varese Sarabande under new ownership + Soundtrack Reviews
Soundtrack reviews of Orbital’s Pusher (Silva Screen) and Ramin Djawadi’s Red Dawn (Sony Classical), plus some thoughts on the recent sale of veteran soundtrack label Varese Sarabande to the Cutting Edge group for $100 million smackadoodles (which is about the same in Canadian smackadoodles).
‘Hitchcock Waltzes from Vienna’
In tandem with the release of Danny Elfman’s score to Hitchcock (Sony Classical) I’ve uploaded a release of a rarely seen Alfred Hitchcock film – Waltzes from Vienna (1934) – his only, er, musical. Also added: minor Editor’s Blog on best-of lists, and the need to acknowledge Dumb Moves and Missed Opportunities by labels large & small.
Leith Stevens’ Destination Moon + Chapter 2: The Making of BSV 1172
Quick Editor’s Blog and review links for Leith Stevens’ Destination Moon (1950), recently released on CD by Monstrous Movie Music, plus related material at KQEK.com Mobile. Also added: Chapter 2 of the Making of BSV 1172 at Big Head Amusements regarding burns, spots, and splotches on vintage tube video cameras.
Soundtrack Reviews
Just uplaoded: soundtrack reviews of Ernest Gold’s Ship of Fools (Monstrous Movie Music), Franz Waxman’s Crime in the Streets (Varese), and from La-La Land Records we have Dimitri Tiomkin’s The Fall of the Roman Empire, Victor Young’s Shane, and J.C. Zamecnik’s Wings.
Fritz Lang’s Indian Epics (and thunderous thighs)
Editor’s Blog & review of Fritz Lang’s Indian epic – Tiger of Eschnapur + The Indian Tomb (1959) – which screened this month at the TIFF Bell Lightbox as part of the Indian Expressionism series.
Soundtrack Reviews: A Quintet of Heroes
CD reviews of Thomas Newman’s Skyfall (Sony), plus from La-La Land we have Hans Zimmer’s Black Rain (1989), James Horner’s Krull, David Newman’s The Phantom (1996), and John Ottman’s X2: X-Men United.
Video Game Soundtracks + Composer Interview
Podcast interview with composer / orchestrator Penka Kouneva regarding her latest CD, A Warrior’s Journey (Howlin’ Wolfe Records) plus reviews of UBISOFT’s double header – Assassin’s Creed III by Lorne Balfe and Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation by Winifred Phillips.
Yoav Goren: Creating the Epic Sound of Immediate Music’s Trailer Soundtracks
Podcast with composer / producer Yoav Goren, founder of the speciality trailer music library Immediate Music, plus review of Goren’s latest CD release, Trailerhead: Triumph. Also fresh: Editor’s Blog on the idiotic decision to cancel TVOnatio’s Saturday Night at the Movies.
Lorne Balfe scores Prince Harry’s Arctic Heroes
Time’s tight today, so there’ll be no editorial blather, and just the facts. Uploaded is a podcast interview with composer Lorne Balfe regarding his recent scoring of the BBC documentary Harry Welcomes Arctic Heroes [M] (2011) in which four British war vets ski to the North Pole under the sponsorship of Prince Harry for the […]
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