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Max Steiner
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Alexandre Desplat
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F I LM SCORE MAGA ZI N E 3 MA RCH/APRI L 2 00 5
contents March/April 2005
D E P A R T M E N T S C O V E R S T O R Y
Major Changes
4 Editorial 28
Film Score Magazine. Sam Peckinpah’s 1965 Civil War/western epic Major Dundee
undergoes a major facelift, including a complete replacement of
6 News Daniele Amfitheatrof’s original score by relative unknown
Mancini Plays it Cool. composer Christopher Caliendo.
7 Record Label By Jeff Bond
Round-up
What’s on the way.
Who is Daniele Amfitheatrof...
9 Upcoming Film 32
22 A visit with someone old...
Assignments And why are people saying bad things about his music?
Who’s writing what
for whom.
10 Now Playing F E A T U R E S
Scores in current release.
10 Concerts
Triplets of Sin
Film music played live. 16
Genre fans unite, as Frank Miller’s Sin City comes to the big
11 Mail Bag screen, with music by John Debney, Graeme Revell and director
Blessed Art Thou, Cartoons! Robert Rodriguez.
By John Allina
12 Downbeat
Alexandre Desplat and
Music for a Darkened Hall
Nathan Larson. 19
Danny Elfman recently premiered his first piece of concert music
43 Score at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and one of our own was lucky 12 Some notes on someone new...
Elektra and 15 more enough to take it all in.
recent releases. By Luke Goljan
49 Pocket Reviews
Max Memories, Part 2
22
58 Laserphile In this second and final installment, we continue our 1967 archi-
Steppin’ Into the val interview with Golden Age legend Max Steiner.
Twilight Zone. By Myrl A. Schreibman
62 Retrograde
1980: A Very Good Year
Feeling Fancy Free. 34
Where have all the good times gone, you ask? Well, for many film
53 FSM Marketplace music fans, the “good ol’ days” are the 1980s. A quarter-century
later, take a look back at the year that started it all.
By Scott Bettencourt
16 A peek at something blue.
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at the 20th annual ASCAP Film whose name you might recognize accurate, up-to-date contact listings (and The Next Generation). Was
and Television Awards gala on April from the pages of this very for record executives, A&R staff, this a way of working in a tribute
27 in Beverly Hills. Debney will magazine. soundtrack personnel, music to the late Jerry Goldsmith? ”
receive the Henry Mancini Award, For this year’s winners (and all the publishers, music supervisors,
which recognizes outstanding winners going the back to 1988), check recording studios and more.
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Golden Note Award, bestowed The premiere issue of the
upon “songwriters and composers Film Music Journal, the only fi lm magazine Cinema Retro,
who have achieved extraordinary music magazine published in devoted to fi lms of the ’60s and
milestones.” In Snow’s case, he has German, has given Joe Hisashi’s ’70s, is now available, with articles
won in several different categories score to Howl’s Moving Castle on topics such as The Great Escape,
for each of the past 20 years. The its 2004 Score of the Year award. Steve McQueen, Thunderball, and
gala also awards the composers, Runners up were Finding Neverland Peter Cushing, as well as reviews of
Mancini Institute
Dearly Departed Annemarie North (1940-2005)
ANNEMARIE HOELLGER NORTH—WIDOW OF COMPOSER ALEX Plays It Cool
North—died at her home in Pacifi c Palisades, California, on March 4,
after a long battle with cancer. She was 64.
Mrs. North enjoyed a musical career of her own; she managed the Jazz at Lincoln Center and the
Symphonie Orchester Graunke in Munich Germany prior to meeting Henry Mancini Institute teamed
Alex North and moving to the U.S. in 1967. In addition to being a up Feb. 21 for a gala event, which
passionate supporter of music, and the arts in general, she worked featured the fi rst New York City
diligently to promote both fi lm music and the appreciation of her performance of the Henry Mancini
husband’s music. Institute Alumni Big Band. On
hand were several of the Mancini
Larry Bunker (1929-2005) Institute’s biggest names, including
JAZZ DRUMMER LARRY BUNKER DIED MARCH 8OF COMPLI-cations Henry’s widow Ginny Mancini
following a stroke. He was 76. Bunker was a fi rst-call studio musician (pictured with Michel Legrand
who lent his talents to countless fi lm soundtracks, including Henry and Phil Ramone), artistic director
Mancini’s Hatari, Charade, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Peter Gunn; other Patrick Williams and executive
fi lms included Stalag 17, A Boy and His Dog and The Incredibles. director Dan Carlin. FSM
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RECORD LABEL ROUND-UP
Newly Announced Projects and Incoming Albums
Ritorno (Armando Trovajoli). (Michael Perilstein). Due June 15 is
Loch Ness (Trevor Jones).
Intrada
Due April 12 is Hell and High Water Prometheus
(Alfred Newman), in stereo, with Available now is a 2-CD set of John
alternate takes. Debney’s complete score for
Cutthroat Island, including
La-La Land alternates and original synth
IT’S MY WAY OR THE... Benway Records, Venice CA. Available now is Mirrormask (Iain demos.
Ballamy). Still forthcoming are
Aleph Stammi Lontano Almeno Un Palmo Hitman/Hitman 2 (Jesper Kyd) and Rai Trade (Italy)
Forthcoming from Lalo Schifrin is (Gianni Ferrio) and Eugenie De The Big Empty (Brian Tyler). Available now is Ma Quando
his score for the 1981 comedy Sade ’70 (2-CD set; Bruno Nicolai). www.lalalandrecords.com Arrivano Le Ragazze? (Riz Ortolani).
Caveman. www.schifrin.com
Disques Cinemusique Naxos Saimel
Brigham Young University Now available are new recordings Available now is Red River (Dimitri Available now is Entre Vivir y Soñar
Due imminently are Johnny Belinda of the Georges Delerue scores Tiomkin, Stromberg/Morgan (Juan Bardem).
and The Three Musketeers (both Rapture and Interlude. Both were production). This album was never www.rosebudbandasonora.com/
Max Steiner). tel.: [phone] produced with digital sampling of officially released in the U.S.; now saimel.htm
www.screenarchives.com acoustic instruments. it’s part of the budget-priced Film
Music Classics series that includes Screen Archives
Cinesoundz FSM reissues of other Marco Polo titles Entertainment
Forthcoming are two DVDs and a From deep within the jungle comes (Les Miserables, 1934, Arthur Available now is Foxes of Harrow
radio play of the British-German our Golden Age Classics Green Honnegger; Beauty and the Beast, (David Buttolph). Forthcoming is
’70s TV sci-fi series Star Maidens Mansions (1959, Bronislau Kaper), 1946, George Auric; Objective Son of Fury (A. Newman).
(both with score by Berry Lipman). that legendary fusion of Burma, 1945, Franz Waxman; and www.screenarchives.com
www.cinesoundz.com; Hollywood and Heitor Villa-Lobos. others).
[email protected] For our Silver Age Classics release, Silva Screen
we look to the skies with 633 Pacific Time Entertainment Available now are Essential Elmer
Chandos Squadron (1964, Ron Goodwin) Due imminently are Fabled (Ari. S. Bernstein Film Music Collection (2-
Available now is Parker: Film Music and under the sea with Submarine Kirschenbaum and Aaron Platt); CD set, new recordings by the City
(featuring Clifton Parker selections X-1 (1969, Goodwin)—the former The Keys to the House (Franco of Prague Phil and the Nat’l Youth
Treasure Island, Blue Lagoon, Sea of with remastered album tracks and Piersanti); Womb Raider (Randolph Jazz Orchestra); 2001: Music From
Sand and more). an unreleased suite, the latter Scott); and Carlos Castaneda— the Films of Stanley Kubrick (a
mastered from the composer’s own Enigma of a Sorcerer (Ralph Torjan repackaging of Dr. Strangelove...
Commotion tapes. and Robert J. Feldman). Music From the Films of Stanley
Available now is Nathan Larson Next month: A new-to-FSM www.pactimeco.com Kubrick with an added track), and
Filmusik. Forthcoming is Are We composer revisits old territory for a Dear Frankie (Alex Heffes).
Not Movies, a compilation album of fortnight, and two big names write Percepto
film and television music by Mark themes for the small screen. Next up is Music for Robots, Sony Classical
Mothersbaugh. produced by famed Hollywood Due May 16 is Star Wars: Episode
www.arecordcommotion.com GDM sound experimenter Frank Coe and III—Revenge of the Sith (John
Available now are Morricone Gold Forrest J Ackerman, editor of Williams); the release will include a
Decca Edition (a 3-CD set, featuring Famous Monsters of Filmland and DVD of 16 Star Wars-related music
Available now is The Ring/The Ring themes from so many Morricone Spacemen. This release will contain videos.
Two (Hans Zimmer, Henning films we don’t have the room to list the complete original album, a
Lohner and Martin Tillman). them here); Starblack (Benedetto never-before-released suite from Sony/NBC
Ghiglia) and Gli Indifferenti Coe’s Music for Robots: Volume 2 Coming this summer is the 2-CD
Digitmovies (Morricone). and more. www.percepto.com soundtrack to NBC’s American
Available now are the Italian Dreams, with songs from seasons
releases Piedone L’Africano (Guido Image (Italy) Perseverance two and three (music by Danny
& Maurizio De Angelis), Amico, Available now is La Terra Del Available now is The Deadly Spawn (continued on page 9)
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VOLUME ONE 1993-96 Levenson’s “last”. Golden Age; Score Internationale; THEN AND NOW; J. Debney; B.T.;
Vol. 5, No. 4, Apr./May ’00 Random Play. VOL. EIGHT, 2003 Composers of South Park.
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(U-571); Tora! Tora! Tora!; Film score BADELAMENTI; N. Carolina School 48 pp.each AN TYLER BATES; The Bride of
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Guide Pt 6. Meets Williams; M. Danna; Pukas HOW THE AWARDS WERE WON; J. David Shire; Goldsmith on Apes.
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honors. FOLKS: (A Mighty Wind); M. Hamlisch; Vol. 9, No. 7, Aug.’04 JERRY
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Vol. 3, No. 4, May ’98 SCI-FI; B. Future. Vol. 7, No. 1, Jan. ’02 THE BEST & BOOM TIMES: SUMMER; Bond reis- Vol. 9, No. 8, Sept.’04 SCORE CAPTAIN
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Vol. 3, No. 10, Dec. ’98 THE PRINCE OF 48 pp.each Vol. 7, No. 2, Feb. ’02 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Gregson-Williams; R. Portman’s opera, 1922-2004: A Tribute; R. Kent’s
EGYPT ; E. Cmiral (Ronin); 50+ CDs. Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan. ’01 THE BEST OF THE ELMER BERNSTEIN; Rózsa speaks!; The Sherman Bros. Sideways, M. Giacchino’s Incredibles,
WORST: 2000; Our Town; Hollow Man Richard Rodney Bennett; John Q, Vol. 8, No. 7, August ’03 SEX, LIONS & more!
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Vol. 6, No. 2, Feb. ’01 MUSICAL WORLD Vol. 7, No. 3, Mar/Apr. ’02 THE Comden, C. Lennerz; audio formats. SCORES: The Aviator; A. Badalamenti;
48 pp.each OF IRWIN ALLEN; A.Copland (cond. J. SCORPION KING; Hook (Williams); Edda Vol. 8, No. 8, Sept. ’03 LOVE THAT BOOB Arrested Development; Barbie, and more!
Vol. 4, No. 7, Aug. ’99 WARNER Sheffer); G.Clinton; Douglass Fake of Dell’Orso; Craig Armstrong (Moulin TUBE; Staff picks; Indiana Jones and
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ASCAP. SCORES: New RMA agreements; D. BLOCKBUSTERS; M. Mothersbaugh; CONCLUSIONS; “Dumped”: 50+ cut 48-64 pp.each
Vol. 4, No. 9, Nov. ’99 COMPOSER Ellis; Irwin Allen discs; R. Kent (Town & Legend on DVD; (ASCAP winners). & altered scores; The Gospel of Jeff Vol. 10, No. 1, Jan.-Feb. ’05 BEST OF
STAMPS; Papillion; Peter Thomas. Country); Italian Imports/BEAT. Vol. 7, No.7, Sept. ’02 FSM’S TOP 40 Danna. THE WORST; Max Steiner Memories
Vol. 4, No. 10, Dec. ’99 SCORES OF Vol. 6, No. 4, Apr./May ’01 J. Horner COMPOSERS; John Frankenheimer; Vol. 8, No. 10, Dec. ’03 SHORE Pt.1; J.N. Howard, A. Silvestri, C.
SCORES: review compilation issue. Buyer’s Guide; The Mummy Returns, L. Schifrin; J. Klimek; The Kid Stays in RETURNS: At the Return of the King Burwell, J.A.P. Kaczmarek; Tech Talk,
Swordfish; Hoyt Curtin; Epics on DVD; the Picture. sessions; Kamen Tribute; G. Yared; The Magazine That Almost Wasn’t.
VOL. FIVE, 2000 Atlantis The Lost Empire. Vol. 7, No.8, Oct. ’02 FALL FILM ROUND- Holiday DVD roundup.
Vol. 6, No. 5, June ’01 SERGEI UP: E. Bernstein; E. Goldenthal; D. Index What exactly have we printed in
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Pelfrey and Greg Sill; performances A-B LISA GERRARD Layer Cake. for Nicholas.
by Usher, Ashanti, Brandy, Hilary MARK ADLERMarilyn Hotchkiss’ MICHAEL GIACCHINO Sky High CLINT MANSELL The Fountain
Duff, Liz Phair and more). Ballroom Dancing & Charm (Disney live action, w/ Kurt (dir. Darren Aronofsky).
School, When Do We Eat? Russell, Bruce Campbell). CLIFF MARTINEZ Havoc.
Sumthing Else Music Works CRAIG ARMSTRONG Asylum. RICHARD GIBBS The ENNIO MORRICONE Libertas,
Available now is the score for the DAVID ARNOLD Bond 21, Return Honeymooners. Sportman van de Euw.
XBox game Fable (main theme by to Sender. VINCENT GILLIOZ Living With
Danny Elfman; underscore by RICK BAITZ Hope and a Little Uncle Ray.
Russell Shaw). Sugar. PHILIP GLASS Partition. The Hot Sheet
NATHAN BARR 2001 Maniacs. NICK GLENNIE-SMITH Love and
Varèse Sarabande CHRISTOPHE BECK The Perfect Honor. CRAIG ARMSTRONGFever
Available now are Dust to Glory Man, The Pink Panther. HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS Pitch.
(Nathan Furst), Kung Fu Hustle BT Underclassman. The Chronicles of Narnia: The DAVID ARNOLD The Wild and
(Raymond Wong), Sin City ANDY BUSH AND DAVID GALE Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Wycked World of Brian Jones,
(Robert Rodriguez, John Debney, It’s Not Me, It’s Him. (Disney), Kingdom of Heaven (dir. Four Brothers.
Graeme Revell). Coming April 19 Ridley Scott). TYLER BATES Goodnight.
is The Interpreter (James Newton C MARCO BELTRAMI The Three
Howard). TEDDY CASTELLUCCI The H Burials of Melquiades Estrada.
www.varesesarabande.com Longest Yard (w/ Chris Rock, JAN HAMMERCocaine Cowboys. GARY CHANG Sam’s Lake.
Adam Sandler), Rebound. CHRISTIAN HENSON Animal. JOSEPH CONLAN Mortuary.
Warner Chappell (Italy) STEVE CHESNE Press Pass to the JAMES HORNER The Da Vinci JARED DEPASQUALE The
Available now is I Tre Volti Del World. Code (dir. Ron Howard), Ask the Hiding Place.
Terrore (Maurizio Abeni). GEORGE S. CLINTON Eulogy. Dust (dir. Robert Towne), The CHAD FISCHER Little
Chumscrubber. Manhattan.
Whirled Music D-E JAMES NEWTON HOWARD HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS
Available now is French Revolution MYCHAEL DANNABlack, Where The Interpreter, Batman Begins Domino.
(Gary Pozner; 2005 History the Truth Lies (dir. Atom Egoyan). (w/ HANS ZIMMER). JAMES NEWTON HOWARD
Channel production). JOHN DEBNEY Chicken Little. Freedomland (dir. Joe Roth),
www.whirledmusic.com PINO DONAGGIO Toyer (dir. I-J-K R.V. (Barry Sonnenfeld).
Brian De Palma). MARK ISHAMIn Her Shoes (dir. NATHAN LANIER Invisible
Please note: PATRICK DOYLE Nanny McPhee, Curtis Hanson). Children, Officer Down.
We endeavor to stay up-to-date Man to Man, New France (dir. DAVID JULYAN Dungeons and PETER LUYRE Alchemy.
with every company’s plans, but as Jean Beaudin), Harry Potter and Dragons II: The Elemental Might, JOHN MASSARI 24: Conspiracy
we could tell you from first-hand the Goblet of Fire, Wah-Wah (w/ The Last Drop. (mobile phone video series).
experience, sometimes bad things Gabriel Byrne). ROLFE KENT The Wedding ENNIO MORRICONE
happen to good labels. Please bear ANNE DUDLEY Perfect Creature. Crashers. Leningrad (dir. Giuseppe
with us if albums are not released RANDY EDELMAN Stealth (w/ DAVID KITAY Art School Tornatore).
as announced. FSM BT). Confidential. MARK MOTHERSBAUGH
CLIFF EIDELMAN The Sisterhood JOHNNY KLIMEK/REINHOLD Herbie Fully Loaded.
of the Traveling Pants. HEIL The Cave. MICHAEL NYMAN Where Love
Reach the
DANNY ELFMAN Charlie and Reigns.
World of the Chocolate Factory (dir. Tim L NICHOLAS PIKE Desperation,
Burton), Tim Burton’s The Corpse NATHAN LARSON Down in the L.A. Riot Spectacular, Checking
Soundtrack
Bride (animated, dir. Mike Valley (w/ Ed Norton), The Motel. Out.
Aficianados Johnson), Charlotte’s Web, A Day CHRIS LENNERTZ Sledge: The DANNY SABER Cruel World,
With Wilbur Robinson. Story of Frank Sledge. Hillside Strangler.
Advertise in JOSEPH Lo DUCA Devour. HOWARD SHORE The Fly
Film Score Magazine F-G DEBORAH LURIE Mozart and the (opera, premiering 2007).
GEORGE FENTONThe Regulators, Whale. BRIAN TYLER The Greatest
Call 310-253-9595 Bewitched (dir. Nora Ephron), Game Ever Played.
to request a media kit Valiant (Disney, animated), Last M-N DAVID WILLIAMS Manticore,
and more information. Holiday. MARK MANCINAAsylum. Planet Ibsen.
CLAUDE FOISY Snake King. HUMMIE MANN Suzanne’s Diary
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MARK MOTHERSBAUGH The R HOWARD SHORE King Kong War of the Worlds (dir. Spielberg),
Ringer, The Big White, John TREVOR RABINThe Great Raid. (dir. Peter Jackson), A History of Memoirs of a Geisha.
Chapman. JEFF RONA Slow Burn, Urban Violence (dir. David Cronenberg).
JOHN MURPHY The Man. Legends 3: Bloody Mary. RYAN SHORE 212. Y-Z
DAVID NEWMAN I Married J. PETER ROBINSON The World’s NIC. TENBROEK The Moguls (w/ CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
a Witch (dir. Danny DeVito), Fastest Indian (w/ Anthony Jeff Bridges). Unfinished Life.
Kicking & Screaming. Hopkins). AARON ZIGMAN Heart of
RANDY NEWMAN Cars (Pixar). V-W Summer, The Wendell Baker Story.
THOMAS NEWMAN The S-T JAMES VENABLEDeuce Bigalow: HANS ZIMMER Over the Hedge,
Cinderella Man (dir. Ron Howard, LALO SCHIFRIN The Bridge of European Gigolo, Happily N’Ever A Good Year, The Weather Man
w/ Russell Crowe), Jarhead (dir. San Luis Rey, (w/ Robert DeNiro, After. (dir. Gore Verbinski),
Sam Mendes). Kathy Bates), Abominable, Rush NATHAN WANG (w/ DAVID Batman Begins (w/ JAMES
Hour 3. MANNING) Reefer Madness NEWTON HOWARD),
O-P THEODORE SHAPIRO Aeon Flux (musical). Mission: Impossible 3.
JOHN OTTMANHouse of Wax, (w/ Charlize Theron), The Baxter STEPHEN WARBECK Proof.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, X-Men 3, (w/ Craig Wedren; dir. Michael ALAN WILLIAMS Suits on the Get Listed!
Fantastic Four. Showalter). Loose, Crab Orchard, Ice Hotel. Composers, send your info to editor
RACHEL PORTMAN Flightplan. ED SHEARMUR The Skeleton Key JOHN WILLIAMS Star Wars: @filmscoremonthly.com FSM
JOHN POWELL Mr. & Mrs. Smith. (dir. Iain Softley). Episode III—Revenge of the Sith,
Concerts
NOW PLAYING:
Films and scores in current release
The Ballad of Jack and Rose MICHAEL ROHATYN not yet available
Be Cool JOHN POWELL TVT* California
D.E.B.S. CHRIS ANTHONY MILLER Lakeshore* May 13-15, L.A. Philharmonic,
Dear Frankie ALEX HEFFES Silva Walt Disney Concert Hall, David
Diary of a Mad Black Woman CAMARA KAMBON n/y/a Newman, cond.; “Music inspired
Don’t Move LUCIO GODOY EMI (import) from films about L.A.”: Sunset
Dust to Glory NATHAN FURST Varèse Sarabande Boulevard (Waxman), Rebel
The Game of their Lives WILLIAM ROSS n/y/a Without a Cause (Rosenman), The
Hide and Seek JOHN OTTMAN Kirtland Bad and the Beautiful (Raksin),
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy JOBY TALBOT Hollywood The Grifters (Bernstein), Who
Hostage ALEXANDRE DESPLAT n/y/a Framed Roger Rabbit? (Silvestri),
Ice Princess CHRISTOPHE BECK Disney* Double Indemnity (Rózsa), suite
The Interpreter JAMES NEWTON HOWARD Varèse Sarabande from Chinatown (Goldsmith).
The Jacket BRIAN ENO n/y/a
Kung Fu Hustle RAYMOND WONG Varèse Sarabande England
A Lot Like Love ALEX WURMAN Sony* May 7, BBC Concert Orchestra,
Melinda and Melinda DICK HYMAN, VARIOUS Milan** London, John Wilson, cond.; Guns
Millions JOHN MURPHY Milan of Navarone suite (Tiomkin),
Miss Congeniality 2: RANDY MILLER, Lawrence of Arabia (Jarre).
Armed and Fabulous CHRISTOPHE BECK Warner* May 12, Trinity College
The Other Side of the Street GUILHERME BERNSTEIN SEIXAS n/y/a of Music, London; Psycho
The Pacifier JOHN DEBNEY n/y/a (Herrmann).
Palindromes NATHAN LARSON n/y/a
The Ring Two HANS ZIMMER, HENNING LOHNER, Switzerland
MARTIN TILLMAN Decca May 15, Orchestre de la
Robots JOHN POWELL Varèse Sarabande Swisse Romande, Geneva; Jerry
Sahara CLINT MANSELL n/y/a Goldsmith tribute including Star
Sin City JOHN DEBNEY, GRAEME REVELL, Trek: The Motion Picture, Masada,
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ Varèse Sarabande “The Motion Picture Medley,”
Steamboy STEVE JABLONSKY Domo The Generals, Twilight Zone: The
The Upside of Anger ALEXANDRE DESPLAT n/y/a Movie, Wild Rovers, Forever Young,
The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill CHRIS MICHIE Catch a Rabbit Supergirl, The Others. FSM
*Song compilation with less than 10% underscore; **Mix of songs and score
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