Film Score Monthly - Volume 03 Issue 01 (1998-01)(Vineyard Haven)(US)

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CONTENTS
JANUARY 1998
Features Departments
23 Titanic’s First Mate 2 Editor’s Page
Come with us below decks with New year’s resolutions
Music Supervisor Randy Gerston
By Doug Adams 4 News
Grammy & Golden
Globe award nominees,
24 Williams’List Goldsmith makes a
In our first Buyers’ Guide, we examine the bequest, rumors, and
output (from 1977 to the present) of the most lots more
popular composer working in films today 5 Record Label
By Andy Dursin & Jeff Bond Round-up
28 The Essential CDs What’s on the way There’s more to the music of
The 15 recordings no self-respecting 7 Concerts Titanicthan Goldsmith and Enya
Williams fan can be without Live performances homagespage 22
32 Aw, Do I Have to Buy These? around the world
The 10 rarest Williams recordings on CD 8 Now Playing
Movies and CDs in
release
24 Man of a Thousand Phrases 10 Upcoming Film
Mychael Danna is making a name for himself Assignments
composing for offbeat films. He discusses his Who’s writing what
latest assignments, Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm 12 Events
and Atom Egoyan’s The Sweet Hereafter. An evening with
By Doug Adams Alan Silvestri
14 Mail Bag
Reviews Tomorrow Tries
Harder FSMpresents a close encounter
18 The Laserphile: with twenty years worth of John
An Uncertain Future 36 Score Williams’ music page 24
This month, we turn the visi-screen on Tron, Pocket reviews of
Logan’s Run, Walkabout, Evita, and some Titanic, Mad City,
troubling developments L.A. Confidential,
By Andy Dursin Anastasia, and the final
confrontation over
Tomorrow Never Dies
44 Ryko Rocks On
As the Salem, Massachusetts label begins its 46 Reader Ads
deep dive into the MGM/UA vaults, we review
four new releases. 47 Retrograde
By John Bender The Readers
Strike Back
Mychael Danna helps thaw the
chill in The Ice Storm
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Joe Sikoryak wo events have influenced my recently resonated with me: the re-open-
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS thinking for the better regarding ing of the Newman Stage at 20th Century
Doug Adams FSM and the new year. Fox, in a ceremony and reception on
Jack J. Bailey One was an intense stream of scrutiny January 8. There were more Newmans at
John Bender on the Internet, in our readers poll (see this event than you can count, and John
Brent A. Bowles pg. 47), and from personal correspon- Williams gave the opening “benediction”
Tony Buchsbaum dence. You would think that film-scoring (full report next issue) with more enthu-
Andy Dursin fans are such a small bunch, they’d have siasm and detail than I’ve ever heard
Jeff Eldridge homogeneous tastes. Not so: we’ve got from him, recollecting what it was like to
R. Mike Murray fans of new soundtracks, fans of old play for Alfred Newman 40 years ago.
soundtracks—fans of Morricone, fans of What struck me about Williams’s
PUBLISHINGCONSULTANT Horner, fans of Korngold—fans who like a demeanor, and the general attitude of the
Digital Film & Print, Inc. good irreverent yuk, and fans easily crowd, was how transcendentally mellow
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What’s striking is how politicized people’s ing studio personnel, and it’s like, who
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NEWS
EVENTS • CONCERTS
RECORD LABEL ROUND-UP
UPCOMING ASSIGNMENTS
THE LATEST FILMS
It’s That Time of the Year... King) and Best Rap Solo “Men In Black” Angeles Times recently, in articles by
(Will Smith). Awards will be given on journalist Jon Burlingame. The 12/18/97
Awards, Ho!
February 23. paper had a feature on David Arnold’s
Kundunby Philip Glass was voted the new James Bond albums, and the
best score of the year by the Los Angeles 12/27/97 edition had an article on the use
Critics Awards, with the runner-up being of Broken Arrow music in Scream 2 (it
Here are this year’s Golden Globe Horner’s Titanic. had been used in the temp track), quot-
music nominations: ing Scream’s Marco Beltrami, Broken
Best original score: Gattaca Film Music in the News Arrow’s Zimmer, as well as FSM’s Jeff
(Michael Nyman), Kundun (Philip Bond.
Glass), L.A. Confidential (Jerry Channel 4 in Britain aired a program James Horner was on NPR’s Weekend
Goldsmith), Seven Years in about the music of James Bond on Edition on December 27 and 28, dis-
Tibet (John Williams), Sunday, December 28. It focused on cussing Titanic, and on PBS’s various
Titanic (James Horner). David Arnold’s recent efforts but also news and entertainment coverage on
Best song: “Go the interviewed were John Barry, George January 14, with footage from the Mask
Distance” from Hercules Martin, conductor Nicholas Dodd, and of Zorrodubbing sessions.
(music by Alan Menken, Hal David. New film score recordings such as
lyrics by David Zippel), Our own R. Mike Murray and his alter Titanic, Amistad and The Wings of
“Journey to the Past” from ego Recordman appeared on the 1/5/98 the Dove have been reviewed in
Anastasia (music by Stephen edition of “Personal FX,” aka The Entertainment Weekly as well as a little
Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens), Collectibles Show, on the Fox cable chan- newspaper called The New York Times.
“Once Upon a December” nel, FX. He discussed his recent book on The February/March issue of Filmfax
from Anastasia (Flaherty/ Disney records. (#63/4) will have a long interview by
Ahrens), “My Heart Will Go The February ’98 Sci-Fi Entertainment Charlie Mitchell with director Jack Hill,
On” from Titanic (music by magazine has an article on “Sci-Fi’s including discussion of the music for
James Horner, lyrics Alien Soundtracks” by Jeff Berkwits of Hill’s pictures.
by Will Jennings), Asterism magazine, covering the most French magazine Positif will run two
“Tomorrow Never Dies” influential scores in the genre. extensive dossiers on film music in their
from Tomorrow Never Dies Film music has been in the Los April 1998 issue, with interviews with
(music and lyrics by Sheryl
Crow, Mitchell Froom).
...And the Grammys Rumor Central Here are the three most rumored upcoming albums:
The 1997 Grammy
Nominations for Best Tomorrow Never Dies, Volume 2. David Arnold had to record his score in such a way
Original Soundtrack that he was not done with the second half of the film when the album was produced.
Album for Motion Pictures or Television: He has wanted to release a second disc of score music including most of the
The English Patient(Gabriel Yared), The Vietnamese stuff—and said as much in our coverage last issue—but it has yet to get
Lost World: Jurassic Park (John off the ground.
Williams), Men in Black(Danny Elfman),
Selena(Dave Grusin), and Seven Years in Titanic, Volume 2. Buzz began for this almost immediately. James Horner is signed to
Tibet(John Williams). a recording contract with Sony Classical, and people have speculated that he would
Best Original Song Written for Motion do a symphonic work based on the score as a “Titanic Volume 2”—or Braveheart
Pictures or Television: “Father of Our Volume 3, as it were. Again, there is no confirmation. PolyGram’s Braveheart Volume
Nation” from Mandela(Gradus Samson), 2disc took a year to be released (it features extra score music as well as dialogue and
“For the First Time” from One Fine Day traditional Scottish music) so relax.
(Jud Friedman, James Newton Howard,
Allan Rich), “I Believe I Can Fly” from Scream 1 & 2score album Latest rumors are that this Marco Beltrami compilation
Space Jam (R. Kelly), “How Do I Live” would come out on Varèse Sarabande around June—without the Danny Elfman
from Con Air(Diane Warren), “A Song for “Cassandra” piece from Scream 2, and certainly without the Broken Arrow
Mama” from Soul Food(Babyface). (Zimmer) guitar music tracked into the sequel.
Other film music related nominations These albums may or may not happen. Check our web site’s Friday news column,
include: Best Engineered Album: www.filmscoremonthly.com, for latest info. (I’d place my money on the Scream disc
Classical: Herrmann: The Film Scores happening more than the others.)
(the Esa-Pekka Salonen album, Richard
J A N U A R Y 1 9 9 8 4 F i l m S c o r e M o n t h l y
Bestselling
Maurice Jarre and the late Toru and Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
Takemitsu, and profiles of many of Soundtracks (Elfman, July 24).
today’s top composers. Warner Home Video has
RCA’s 2CD set also embarked on a deluxe
Personal Appearances of Star Wars DVD of Superman: The
Special Edition has Movie (1978) for release in
James Newton Howard autographed gone gold, with certi- early 1999. Projects of this
Postman CDs at Creature Features in fied sales of over 250,000 magnitude require 6-8 months
Burbank on January 4. units. Total sales are esti- lead time so there is no specifics as
Signed copies are available through the mail: mated to be at 350,000 and to content or release date.
1802 W Olive Ave, Burbank CA 91506; climbing.
ph: 818-842-9382. Sony Classical’s soundtrack to Titanic, Promos
helped by its Celine Dion vocal, has blasted
Goldsmith its way to #11 on the Billboard 200 chart of The next Laurence Rosenthal promos
bestselling albums—past the Spice Girls!— produced by Intrada for the composer
Donates Sketches for the week of January 17, 1998. are Meteorand Becket, with only a few hun-
dred copies of each available to collectors.
Jerry Goldsmith has donated his origi- DVD Watch They’ll also release Money for Nothing by
nal, handwritten sketches for more Craig Safan.
than 100 films since 1957’s Black Patchto Warner Home Video continues its Turner Classic Movies recently put
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and march of progress with isolated music together a promo CD of tracks on recent
Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library in tracks on their DVD releases, the most Rhino CDs called The Sounds of TCM. Very
Beverly Hills. The most recent entry is noteworthy being L.A. Confidential(April), nice packaging; no unreleased music.
Congo; sketches to new films will be which will also have introductory commen- Score albums circulating in L.A. for
added two years after their completion. tary by Jerry Goldsmith. Also forthcoming Academy consideration include limited
The library already has film music mate- with isolated scores: Camelotand The Man pressings of George of the Jungle (Marc
rials by Alex North, Max Steiner, Erich Who Knew Too Little(March 24), Midnight Shaiman) and Good Will Hunting (Danny
Wolfgang Korngold and others, all avail- in the Garden of Good and Evil(April 21), Elfman). In each case, the commercial album
able to qualified scholars by appointment. The Shawshank Redemption (April 28), only had a handful of score cuts. FSM
The Latest,the Greatest,the Newest,the Oldest Surround. They will not play (1972), with new packaging
on regular CD players without and one new track, making it
Record Label Round-Up
the expensive DTS decoder. the complete score.
Arista There will be an complete score plus outtakes GNP/Crescendo Crescendo’s Koch Due in April is a new
expanded edition of Close (47 min. total). Forthcoming is GodzillaCDs (original sound- Miklós Rózsa concert album
Encounters of the Third Kind Goblin’s Roller. The CDs can tracks) should finally be com- (cello concerto and piano con-
(John Williams, 1977) released be ordered in the U.S. from ing out; this is the first U.S. certo); due May is a new
commercially (i.e. in record Shocking Images, PO Box release of most of this music. recording of Franz Waxman
stores, not within the laser 601972, Sacramento CA 95860, Volume 1 is imminent (films chamber music (St. Clair Trio),
package) at the time of the ph/fax: [phone]; from 1954-1975), volume 2 including many film pieces.
new laserdisc of the film. Like http://www.apexonline.com/si. (1984-1995) will be out in late Expected later in the year is a
the expanded E.T.CD, this will February/early March. new Erich Wolfgang Korngold
be a complete-score edition Citadel Due over the course of Most likely the next Star film music album (Juarez, The
remixed by Shawn Murphy. 1998 are four volumes of Trekalbum will be a Jay Sea Wolf, The Sea Hawk,
Also coming up is an Shostakovich film scores newly Chattaway Star Trek: The Elizabeth and Essex), recorded
expanded edition of Taxi recorded in Moscow. Next GenerationCD (including in New Zealand. On
Driver(Bernard Herrmann), his score for the ride at Las the slate to be
in stereo, produced by Didier DRG Due February is The Best Vegas’ “Star Trek: The recorded are albums
Deutsch. of Goblin, Volume 2(various Experience”), followed by a of Rózsa: chamber
films, one CD, not 2CD set as Deep Space Nine Volume 2 music for piano, and
Castle Communications Coming previously announced). (“Trials and Tribblations” and Korngold: complete
from this English label are CD “Way of the Warrior” by music for piano, respectively.
reissues from the Pye catalog, Fifth Continent Rescheduled for Dennis McCarthy).
including Roy Budd scores to 1998 are the DTS CDs of The Label X Germany Forthcoming is
be determined. Night Digger(Bernard Hollywood Forthcoming is Les Danceof the Vampires(1967),
Herrmann), The Best Years of Miserables(new film, Basil aka The Fearless Vampire
Cinevox Now available from Our Lives(Hugo Friedhofer, Poledouris). Killers, Krzysztof Komeda’s
Italian label Cinevox is a new expanded), and King Kong music to Roman Polanski’s
CD of Keith Emerson’s music (Max Steiner, 1976 recording JOS Being re-released in June horror-comedy.
for the Dario Argento horror cond. Fred Steiner, no relation) on John Scott’s label is his
film, Inferno(1980), with the remastered in DTS 5.1 Digital score to Antony and Cleopatra Marco Polo Here’s the latest on
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the new recordings done in Cole Porter and George this Belgian label is a score www.rhino.com.
Moscow by Bill Stromberg Gershwin songs heard in the album to Wild America(Joel
and John Morgan: film. McNeely, 1997 children/ani- Rykodisc Upcoming in The
Imminent if not out is King mal/adventure film). Deluxe MGM Soundtrack
Kong (Max Steiner, complete Pendulum Due in February are Series:
73 minute score). Due in two more reissues from the Razor & Tie Due June 2 are February 24: The Great
February is Alfred Newman: Columbia Records catalog: What’s Up Tiger Lily?and Escape(Elmer Bernstein,
Hunchback of Notre Dame Sophia Loren in Rome(John You’re a Big Boy Now(two 1963), Return of the
(approx. 50 minutes), Beau Barry, 1964 television special) soundtracks by The Loving Magnificent Seven(1966
Geste(20 minutes), All About and Watership Down(Angela Spoonful, on one CD) and a album recording of The
Eve(3-4 minutes). Garden of Morley, 1978). reissue of A Fistful of Dollars Magnificent Sevendone at
Evil(Bernard Herrmann, (Ennio Morricone). time of Return of the Seven
plus 13-minute suite from Play It Again Now set for Correction:The review of sequel, Elmer Bernstein), In
Prince of Players)is now set February is a 2CD set of rare Razor & Tie’s Lost Horizon the Heat of the Night/They
for April. John Barry arrangements (Bacharach) CD last issue Call Me Mr. Tibbs(Quincy
Out over the rest of 1998 from 1959-64, The Hits and speculated that the disc Jones, 1967/1970), Paris
are: Philip Sainton’s Moby the Misses. A fourth volume might have been mastered Blues(Duke Ellington,
Dickscore (1956), including of The A to Z of British TV from an LP. The CD was in 1961), Some Like It Hot
cues not used in the film; Themeswill be out in March. fact mastered from a 1/4” (Adolphe Deutsch, various,
Victor Young: The Uninvited, Geoff Leonard and Pete reel-to-reel tape. 1959).
Gulliver’s Travels(1939), Walker’s book, Bond and April 7: After the Fox(Burt
Bright Leaf,main title march Beyond: The Music of John RCA Victor February 10: Spy Bacharach, 1966), The
from The Greatest Show on Barry,has been pushed back Tech,music for a new docu- Knack... And How to Get It
Earth; Devotion(Erich again and will not be out mentary on the Discovery (John Barry, 1965), The
Wolfgang Korngold); and Mr. until June at the earliest. See Channel by Joe Taylor, plus a Whisperers(John Barry,
Skeffington(Franz Waxman). www.auracle.com/pia. new recording of the James 1967), Thomas Crown Affair
They Died with Their Boots Bond theme (Michel Legrand, 1968), Here
On(Max Steiner) will be PolyGram Due February 3 and narra- We Go Round the Mulberry
recorded in Moscow in April. from PolyGram Classics and tion by Bush(various rock, 1968).
Jazz is Valley of the Dolls Roger June 9: Never on Sunday
Milan February 10: The Real (songs by Andre Previn, Moore. (Manos Hadjidakis, 1960),
Blond(various), Mrs. Dalloway adaptations by John Judgment at Nuremburg
(independent film). March Williams, same music as LP). Restless Coming this spring is (Ernest Gold, 1961), Last
10: Polish Wedding(Luis Michael Kamen’s new com- a new expanded/restored edi- Tango in Paris(Gato
Bacalov). April 7: Gettysburg pilation on Decca, Michael tion of Ennio Morricone’s Barbieri, 1972), The Living
(fifth anniversary deluxe 2CD Kamen’s Opus,will be out masterpiece Once Upon a Daylights(John Barry, 1987).
reissue in Digipak). March 17. This includes Time in America(1984), pro- (The two Fellini titles have
newly recorded music from duced by Nick Redman, with been postponed.)
Motor Coming up in April Highlander, Die Hard, newly discovered alternates July 14: Equus(Richard
from this German label is Robinson Crusoe(premiere), and outtakes. Rodney Bennett, 1977), A
Latin Lounge, a compilation Mr. Holland’s Opus, Don Funny Thing Happened on
of tracks by jazz vibesman Juan de Marco, Winter Guest Rhino Due this year are Fred the Way to the Forum
Gary McFarland, including (new Alan Rickman film), Astaire and Ginger Rogers at (Stephen Sondheim, 1966),
his themes from the films 13 Circle of Friends,and Brazil. RKO(2CD set) and Mario How to Succeed in Business
(aka Eye of the Devil) and Kamen has signed a new Lanza at M-G-M. Rhino does Without Really Trying
Once We Loved. Both are recording contract with Decca not have any classic M-G-M (Frank Loesser, 1967), Irma
from McFarland’s Verve LP and will also record his score reissues planned at the la Douce(Andre Previn,
Soft Samba Stringsand have Concerto for Electric Guitar moment. 1963), Man of La Mancha
never been released on CD. and Orchestra (initially writ- To be released later this (Mitch Leigh, Joe Darion,
ten for Eric Clapton, to be year is a 4CD compilation cele- 1972).
Nonesuch Due February 4 is a recorded for the album by brating Warner Bros.’ 75th None of the albums will be
new recording of Humoresque rock guitarist Hotei anniversary, with tracks culled expanded from their original
(London Symphony Tomoyasu), and The from the Warner Bros. LPs, but they will have dia-
Orchestra, Najda Salerno Millennium Symphony Records catalog. This will fea- logue excerpts included dis-
Sonnenberg, (another non-soundtrack ture many songs, but also creetly on separate tracks, as
cond. work). score tracks from long out of well as CD-ROM extras and
Andrew John Barry’s new non- print LPs. fold-out poster booklets. This
Litton), fea- soundtrack work, The A Volume 2 is in the works series is drawn from the
turing the Beyondness of Things,will be of The Simpsons: Songs in the United Artists film and
violin pieces out in April. Key of Springfield(Alf record catalogs and post-
composed and arranged by Clausen), to be released in 1987 MGM films; MGM films
Franz Waxman, as well as the Prometheus Due next from March or April. See prior to 1987 are the domain
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of Rhino Records through a ScannanNewly recorded by Spencer’s Mountain, The Silva Screen Upcoming U.S.
deal with Turner. Of this writ- this U.K. label (City of Flame and the Arrow, Dark releases include more newly
ing, there are no further plans Prague Philharmonic at the Top of the Stairs, recorded compilations:
to reissue any of the James Orchestra, cond. Kenneth Mildred Pierce, Ice Palace, February: Alien Invasion(fol-
Bond soundtracks up to and Alwyn) for release in early Now Voyager, The FBI Story, low up to Space and Beyond),
including Moonraker,as those 1998 is Max Steiner: Great Life with Father, Sergeant U.S. edition of Nosferatu(new
are tied up in an arbitration Warner Bros. Film Music, York, The Hanging Tree, score by James Bernard for
hearing with EMI. with selections from Parrish andJohnny Belinda. silent German film). March:
Film Music Live Around the World Thailand Orchestra,”will receive its
February 12 Bangkok s.o.; first public performance in
Victor Young Medley, Romeo and years by the Los Angeles
California Kill a Mockingbird(Bernstein). Juliet(Rota), Love Is a Many Philharmonic (cond.Esa-Pekka
February 6, 7 Pacific Sym., April 9 Dallas Sym., Splendored Thing(Fain/Webster), Salonen) on March 26 and 27,
Santa Ana;Shane(Young). Greenville, Richard Kaufman Flashdance:“What a Feeling” 1998.Also on the program are
February 7 San Francisco Sym.; cond.;Goodbye Mr. Chips (Moroder). Shostakovich:Piano Concerto
Bride of Frankenstein(Waxman). (Addinsell), Airplane!(Bernstein), #2, Mendelssohn Symphony No
February 26 Walnut High Man in the Moon(Howard), Gigi Doyle at Carnegie Hall 4 and Copland:“El Salón
School,Elmer Bernstein cond.; (Previn), Gone with the Wind A new concert work by México.”“Music for Orchestra”
The Great Escape, The Sons of Dances(Steiner), Songs for Patrick Doyle, “The Face in the is a modern work (approx.eight
Katie Elder, To Kill a Audrey(Mancini), The Robe Lake,”will have its world pre- minutes) placing some of
Mockingbird(all Bernstein). (Newman), The Raiders March miere at Carnegie Hall on Goldsmith’s aggressive Planet
March 8 California Lutheran (Williams), Theme from Dallas February 21, 1998.It was com- of the Apesand Mephisto Waltz
Univ., Thousand Oaks;Sunset (Immel). missioned by Sony Classical for writing in a concert setting.
Boulevard(Waxman), Kings Row April 12 Dallas Sym., Lee Park, a recording involving a number Call 213-850-2000.
(Korngold), Best Years of Our cond.Richard Kaufman:Out of of composers writing new
Lives(Friedhofer), Gettysburg Africa(Barry), similar program as pieces around folk tales from Barry Back in Action
(Edelman). above. various countries. John Barry will make his first
concert appearance in decades
Delaware Australia A Whole Lalo Schifrin at The Albert Hall with the
February 6, 7 Delaware s.o., February 13, 14 Sydney s.o.; The American Composers English Chamber Orchestra (87
Wilmington;The Godfather Romeo and Juliet: A Renaissance Orchestra in New York will per- pieces) on April 18, performing
(Rota), Born Free(Barry), The Timepiece(Nino Rota). form “La Repression”from James Bond music as well as
Raiders March(Williams), Around February 14 Adelaide s.o., Lalo Schifrin’s new score to the premiere of his new tone
the World in 80 Days(Young), Perth;Prince Valiant(Waxman), Tango(for symphony orchestra poem, The Beyondness of
more—all film music concert. Vertigo(Herrmann). and 80-voice women’s chorus) Things(to be released the week
on March 8, 1998.This is a part before on Decca).
Indiana Canada of the ACO’s Sonidos de los
March 18 NW Indiana s.o., February 2, March 9, 11, 12 Americas:Argentina Festival. McNeely in Scotland
Munster;Psycho(Herrmann), Vancouver s.o., British Columbia; Schifrin just completed a set of Joel McNeely will conduct
Gone with the Wind Dances Mission: Impossible(Schifrin). concerts in January in Europe; the Royal Scottish National
(Steiner). February 19 Calgary s.o.; for updates on his appearances, Philharmonic, Royal Concert
March 20 Marion s.o.;Marnie, Jonathan Livingston Seagull see www.schifrin.com. Hall, Glasgow in a film music
Psycho(Herrmann). (Holdridge). concert on May 8, 1998.
Kamen at Carnegie Hall
Pennsylvania Germany Michael Kamen will conduct Due to the lead time of this mag-
April 17, 18, 19 NE Penn.s.o., February 17, 18 a concert of his film work at azine, it is possible some of this
Avoca;Souvenir to Perry Waltzes Brabant s.o., Eindhoven;Once Carnegie Hall on March 24, information is too late to do any
(Waxman), French Medley(arr. Upon a Time in the West, Once featuring an orchestra from the good.
Addison). Upon a Time in America Juilliard School of Music and This is a list of concerts with film
(Morricone). special guest performers.The music pieces. Contact the orches-
Texas February 28 performance will benefit Mr. tra’s box office for more informa-
February 12, 15 Dallas Sym., Freiburger s.o.;The Raiders Holland’s Opus Foundation, tion. Thanks go to John Waxman
cond.Richard Kaufman; March(Williams). Kamen’s non-profit organiza- of Themes & Variations
Goodbye Mr. Chips(Addinsell), tion dedicated to providing and (http://tnv.net) for this list; he
My Geisha(Waxman), Samson Japan maintaining musical instru- provides scores and parts to the
and Delilah(Young), Two for the February 12 New Japan Phil., ments for students. orchestras.
Road(Mancini), Friendly Tokyo;Carmen Fantasy For a list of silent film music
Persuasion(Tiomkin), Tribute to (Waxman). Jerry Goldsmith’s concerts, see Tom Murray’s
Victor Young(arr. Mancini), An February 20 Osaka Phil.; Music for Orchestra web site:
Affair to Remember(Friedhofer). Carmen Fantasy(Waxman). A 1970 concert work by http://www.cinemaweb.com/lcc.
March 27, 28 Garland s.o.;To Jerry Goldsmith, “Music for
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Cinema Classic Romances. Adventurer(Charles Fox, new SouthEast Due in February Forever Amber(David Raksin,
April/May: Cinema Choral TV show), Dr. Quinn, Medicine from this Dutch label is Within 1947) and a musical to be
Classics 2,and compilations Woman(William Olvis). April the Rock(Rod Gammons and announced for the end of
7: The Blood Oranges(Angelo Tony Fennell, enhanced CD), February; and Prince Valiant
Badalamenti), Scene of the followed by Fear No Evil (Franz Waxman, 1954) and
Crime(Jeff Rona, music from (Frank Laloggia, David Spear, another title in April.
based on the films of Mel Homocideand High Incident). enhanced CD). Due 1998 in the Film
Gibson, Sean Connery and Classics series (Royal Scottish
Kevin Costner, respectively. Sony Now out from Sony Super Tracks Due around March National Orchestra, conducted
May/June: Superheroesand Classical are Nino Rota: Music is a 2CD limited edition of the by the composer unless noted)
Godzilla Screen Monsters. for Films(new compilation) complete score to Krull(James are Torn Curtain(Bernard
and The Education of Little Horner, 1983), including all Herrmann, cond. Joel
Sonic Images Forthcoming from Tree(Mark Isham). The Red the music on the hard-to-find McNeely), The Magnificent
Seven(Elmer Bernstein), The
Great Escape(Bernstein), and
NOW PLAYING
Citizen Kane(Herrmann, cond.
Films and CDs Currently in Release McNeely). The next Jerry
Goldsmith recordings of Alex
Amistad John Williams Dreamworks North scores are The Agony
An American Werewolf in Paris Wilbert Hirsch Hollywood* and the Ecstasyand Viva
As Good as It Gets Hans Zimmer Columbia Zapata!
The Boxer Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer MCA Bruce Kimmel’s newly
Fallen Tan Dun recorded collection, The
Firestorm J. Peter Robinson Musical Adventures of
Flubber Danny Elfman Walt Disney Cinderella(various produc-
The Full Monty Anne Dudley RCA Victor tions, including the Disney
Good Will Hunting Danny Elfman Capitol** material), will be out in the
Half Baked Alf Clausen MCA* first week of March.
Hard Rain Christopher Young Milan The second pressing of
Illtown Brian Keane Starship Troopersfeatures a
Jackie Brown n/a A Band Apart* new red cover and disc-face
Kundun Philip Glass Nonesuch design, incorporating a
L.A. Confidential Jerry Goldsmith Restless, Varèse revised artwork campaign on
Mousehunt Alan Silvestri Varèse Sarabande the part of the studio. This
Oscar and Lucinda Thomas Newman Sony Classical will be used on all subsequent
The Postman James Newton Howard Warner Bros. pressings, making the origi-
Scream 2 Marco Beltrami Capitol* nal blue cover a collector’s
Star Kid Nicholas Pike Sonic Images item.
The Sweet Hereafter Mychael Danna Virgin
Titanic James Horner Sony Classical Virgin Upcoming are two
Tomorrow Never Dies David Arnold A&M soundtracks to popular com-
Wag the Dog Mark Knopfler Mercury puter games, music by Robyn
Welcome to Sarajevo Adrian Johnston Miller: Riven(February 24)
The Wings of the Dove Edward Shearmur Milan and Myst(March 24).
The Winter Guest Michael Kamen Varèse Sarabande Imminent is the first official
CD ofThe Keep(Michael
*song compilation **combination songs and score Mann film), specially prepared
by Tangerine Dream. See the
TD web site at http://www.net-
Christopher Franke’s label, Violin(John Corigliano; expanded 79 min. SCSE edi- store.de/tadream/news.html for
now distributed by MCA: Joshua Bell, violin) will be out tion and 10-15 minutes unre- information on some of the
January 18: Star Kid(Nicholas at the end of 1998. leased music on top of that. band’s upcoming re-releases
Pike, new kids feature). Due this spring from Sony and special editions.
February 10: The Outer Limits Legacy is the expanded 65- TVT Due in February is Dark
(new show, John Van minute issue of Star Trek: The City(Trevor Jones with three Walt Disney Pinocchioand
Tongeren, various). February Motion Picture(Jerry pop tracks). In the planning Fantasiawill be out in repack-
24: The Sentinel(Steve Goldsmith), a 2CD set with an stages is La Femme Nikita aged editions next July or
Porcaro). March 10: The Lost expanded edition of Inside (various artists). August, along with the first
World: Jurassic Park(Michael Star Trek(Gene Roddenberry- release of the soundtrack to
G. Giacchino, interactive narrated ‘70s documentary) on Varèse Sarabande Coming up in the 1973 animated Robin
Dreamworks game), Conan the disc two. the Fox Classics series are Hood. FSM
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