TOBY DAMMIT – Music by Nino Rota
Quartet Records presents CD reissue of a small but important Rota/Fellini collaboration: “Toby Dammit.” “Toby Dammit” is the Fellini-directed segment of Histoires extraordinaires (1968), a portmanteau film which also features contributions from Roger Vadim and Louis Malle. All three stories were based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe; “Toby Dammit” in particular was based...
INDECENT PROPOSAL – Composed and Conducted by JOHN BARRY
Expanded release of beautiful score for Adrian Lyne romantic drama A significant part of the 1993 Paramount film INDECENT PROPOSAL’s seductive charm is John Barry’s sad, sensual music. In one of this most heartfelt themes of the ’90s, the main theme captures the story’s essential feelings and honors its highest aspirations. An elegant piano melody...
THE LOST WEEKEND – Composed and Conducted by MIKLOS ROZSA
Academy Award-nominated masterpiece of vintage film scoring makes world premiere release! In the 1945 Paramount film THE LOST WEEKEND, composer Miklos Rózsa continued to build on what would become his famous film noir style — and he had just introduced it in Double Indemnity the previous year. Throughout the remainder of the decade it would...
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VARÈSE SARABANDE RELEASED NEW 6-CD BOX SET BACK IN TIME…1985 AT THE MOVIES
Featuring Brand New Recordings of Classic Scores, Selections From Historic Varèse Sarabande Releases, and Curated Hit Songs from the Greatest Films of 1985! Varèse Sarabande Records has announced the June 2nd release of a 6-CD box set entitled Back In Time … 1985 At The Movies. The collection features over six and a half hours...
ROUGH MAGIC – Music by Craig Safan
PALEOLITHIC CAVES OF EUROPE INFLUENCE NEW ALBUM FROM COMPOSER CRAIG SAFAN The ancient caves of Southern France and Northern Spain served as the inspiration for Rough Magic, composed by Craig Safan. Perseverance Records will release the album digitally and on CD on July 7, 2015. “For many years I have wanted to take my love...
THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS – Music From The Motion Picture
Composed and Conducted by JERRY GOLDSMITH The 1996 Paramount film THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS offered composer Jerry Goldsmith a rare opportunity to write a leitmotif-based score with a variety of themes, motifs and effects. His main theme is a proud, martial anthem that manages to convey Lt. Col. John Henry Patterson’s love for Africa and his dedication...
CONEHEADS / TALENT FOR THE GAME / THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER
Composed and Conducted by DAVID NEWMAN Trio of rousing David Newman soundtracks, all on one CD! First up is Newman’s nod to Bernard Herrmann with evocative out-of-this-world score for The Coneheads featuring Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin reprising their popular roles from NBC’s Saturday Night Live sketches, this time on the 1993 big screen for Paramount Pictures. Steve Barron directs...
LADY AND THE TRAMP (LEGACY COLLECTION) – Music by Oliver Wallace
Continuing in Walt Disney Records celebrated “Legacy Collection” is their latest deluxe 2-CD release for LADY AND THE TRAMP, 1955’s animation masterpiece about warm, funny romance between pampered female cocker spaniel and male stray mutt. With robust, tuneful Oliver Wallace symphonic score surrounded by delightful songs authored by Sonny Burke, sung by Peggy Lee, this delightful...
RED EYE – Music From The Motion Picture
Composed by MARCO BELTRAMI Catch a flight to terror with premiere release of exciting Marco Beltrami soundtrack from Wes Craven air travel thriller! Rachel McAdams is the passenger, Cillian Murphy is her seatmate, terror is the name of the game. Beltrami sets both mood and pulse from the outset with lean, suspenseful ideas for strings...
OLD BOYFRIENDS – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Composed and Conducted by DAVID SHIRE Planned – but never released – 1979 David Shire soundtrack album from Joan Tewkesbury drama starring Talia Shire finally becomes available on CD! A soundtrack for Old Boyfriends had been planned at the time the film’s release, but due to the film’s poor performance the album was cancelled. However, an...
THE DOVE – Composed and Conducted by JOHN BARRY
Gorgeous John Barry soundtrack makes CD world premiere! Charles Jarrott directs, Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin star, Gregory Peck produces. True story chronicles 5-year voyage of young high school dropout, becoming youngest ever to sail around globe. “The Dove” refers to his 24-foot sailing sloop. John Barry follows up director Jarrott’s successful Mary, Queen Of Scots with equally...
THE RETURN OF A MAN CALLED HORSE/INHERIT THE WIND – Composed and Conducted by LAURENCE ROSENTHAL
After nearly four decades, powerhouse Laurence Rosenthal soundtrack for riveting sequel to A Man Called Horse finally gets fully restored 2-CD release! Irvin Kershner directs, Richard Harris reprises role of English aristocrat John Morgan, once enslaved by Sioux, now aiding them in war with white trappers. Initially available on United Artists label LP at time of film’s...
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