Category: FILM MUSIC
Film Music at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival + Soundtrack Reviews
Just uploaded is a quartet of soundtrack reviews, starting with Howard Shore’s Hugo (HOWE Records), and a few horror titles from La-La land Records that didn’t quite make it into Rue Morgue’s coverage due to space issues… and were perhaps overlooked… until now: Danny Elfman’s epic Planet of the Apes (in a fat 3-disc set),Trevor Jones’ The Sender, and Basil Poledouris’ Spellbinder. Also detailed: specifics of the Film Music Sidebar Series at the upcoming Toronto Jewish Film Festival (May 3-13), including a few things involving me!
The Titanic Legacy, Part I
Yes, it’s Friday the 13th, and tomorrow makes the day the world’s greatest oceanliner – the Titanic – struck an iceberg and lost most of her passengers. A tragedy, pop culture phenomenon, and merchandise windfall all in one, and the 100th anniversary brings out oodles of new and old material to feed nostalgia, fascination, and genuine empathy for the 1500+people who died April 14th. Not reviewed is James Cameron’s Titanic (do you really need to read another review of the most-reviewd Titanic film?), but a pair of recently aired teleplays on CBC Newsworld, and available online via streaming – the excellent Saving the Titanic docu-drama, and TitanicL The Canadian Story – plus reviews of Sony Classical’s 4-CD Titanic: Collector’s Anniversary Edition set, and BSX Records’ Titanic: An Epic Musical Voyage.
Twisted Metal’s Michael Wandmacher + Grant Kirkhope’s Reckoning
Videogame voundtrack reviews for Grant Kirkhope’s Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and Michael Wandmacher’s Twisted Metal (Sony), plus an interview with Wandmacher regarding scoring videogames + teaser details on his upcoming horror score, The Haunting in Georgia.
Genre Variations, & System Adjustments
Sites are back online, and so is a quartet of reviews for recent genre entries, starting with a virus thriller: Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion (Warner Home Video); a zombie film: Brothers Howard and Jon Ford’s The Dead (Anchor Bay); a retro slasher: Alex Pucci and Draven Gonzalez’ Frat House Massacre (Synapse Films); and a J-horror: Yôichi Nishiyama’s Gurozuka (Synapse Films).
Soundtrack Reviews + News
Just uploaded is a quartet of reviews for ongoing (and likely eternal) franchises: Doctor Who continues to steam through new seasons, and Silva Screen’s latest release features 2+ hours of Murray Gold’s music from Season 6 [M]. Also from Silva is music from Sherlock: Season 1 [M], composed by David Arnold and Michael Price, who […]
Interview with composer Andrew Lockington + Soundtrack News & Reviews
Just uploaded, an interview with Journey 2: The Mysterious Island composer Andrew Lockington, plus reviews of Journey 2 (Water Tower), John Williams’ Adventures of Tintin (Sony Classical), Alberto Iglesias’ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Silva Screen), and Jerry Goldsmith’s Tora! Tora! Tora! and Shirley Walker’s Space: Above and Beyond (both from La-La Land) plus Soundtrack Release news!
Mysterious Island (1961), Twilight Time’s Nick Redman, and readjusting the concept of MODs
Just uploaded is a lengthy interview with Twilight Time co-founder Nick Redman, and related reviews of Twilight Time’s swanky Blu-ray of Ray Harryhausen’s Mysterious Island (1961), plus a review of Bernard Herrmann’s original soundtrack recording. Also packed into the Editor’s Blog – a lengthy editorial on the illusion of value that’s being sold with existing MOD programs.
Ti West’s The Innkeepers
Reviews of Ti West’s latest shocker, The Innkeepers, and Jeff Grace’s soundtrack album (Screamworks / MovieScore Media), plus some opinionated blather regarded big stupid actor heads.
Soundtrack Reviews & Score Release Tally
Tally of the latest soundtrack releases, plus reviews of Tyler Bates’ engrossing score for the sci-fi thriller The Darkest Hour and Craig Richey’s Answers to Nothing (both from Lakeshore Records); Danny Elfman’s complete music for Scrooged (La-La Land); Howard Shore’s A Dangerous Method and John Williams’ War Horse (both Sony); and the original Casino Royale (Kritzerland).
Soundtrack News & Reviews
News of the special features to appear on Twilight Time’s upcoming Picnic and The Roots of Heaven Blu-rays, plus CD reviews of Bear McCreary’s The Cape and Alfred Newman’s A Certain Smile La-La Land), and Ludovic Bource’s The Artist and the compilation album for The Descendants (Sony Classical).
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