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Looking at the evil marching music of alien hellspawn for the 4K release of John Carpenter’s VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED
Scream Factory releases an even-more glowing eyed 4K collector’s edition release of John Carpenter’s VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED, where I talk about the eerie scoring collaboration between Carpenter and Kinks-man Dave Davies in the segment “March of the Children: Composing VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED” for Daniel Griffith’s Ballyhoo Motion Pictures. Be psychically commanded to buy…
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John Gürtler and Jan Miserre sweep into the island solace of trying to make The Outrun from addiction
“The Outrun” composers Jan Miserre (L) and John Gürtler (R) As the English poet John Donne wrote in 1624, “No man is an Illand.” But as the Scottish author Amy Liptrot showed in her 2016 memoir “The Outrun,” the barren beauty of her home on the Orkney islands that “Rona” returns to after catastrophic alcohol…
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JOHN DEBNEY’s complete SUDDEN DEATH hits the hockey thunderdome with JCVD fury on Varese Sarabande!
Make the winning soundtrack goal on the long awaited complete Varese Sarabande special edition of SUDDEN DEATH! It wins the competition for the best “Die Hard In A…” play in the first teaming between composer JOHN DEBNEY and filmmaker PETER HYAMS that’s got all the symphonic muscle from Brussels in a collaboration that would continue…
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THE BLAIR BROTHERS on their relentless climb up REBEL RIDGE
When one thinks of the iconically intense, frequent kill ‘em all collaboration between director and composer, that merciless musical body count award likely goes to Sam Peckinpah and Jerry Fielding. Both were notorious for challenging, often melodically disturbing tones they brought to the vengeful wipeouts of banditos, rapists and gangsters in the uncompromising likes of…
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KRIS BOWERS unleashes THE WILD ROBOT on Film Music Live!
Unleash a world of musical wonder with a new Film Music Live videocast as Oscar and Emmy Winner KRIS BOWERS (The Last Repair Shop, Green Book, Bridgerton, Haunted Mansion) talks about the exuberant scoring for the acclaimed animated box office hit THE WILD ROBOT! Soundtrack available on Back Lot Music HERE
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Revealing Jerry Goldsmith’s Mars conspiracy on a new special edition blu of CAPRICORN ONE
Officially breaking out on sale from Down Under to an Arizona soundtage on its fake trip to Mars is Imprint’s deluxe all-region release of CAPRICORN ONE! Producer Daniel Kremer has loaded the extended edition trip with great new extras, including interviews with Elliot Gould, Brenda Vaccaro and producer Paul Lazarus, all while giving me the…
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Composer MARCO BELTRAMI and editor ZACH STAENBERG talk about doing a KILLER dance of death for filmmaker John Woo on Film Music Live!
Tango with balletic bulletplay on a new Film Music Live videocast as Oscar-nominated composer MARCO BELTRAMI (3:10 to Yuma, Fear Street, The Wolverine) and Academy Award winning editor ZACH STAENBERG (The Matrix, Ender’s Game, Lord of War) talk about going from the explosive rhythmic expressionism of action maestro John Woo’s Silent Night to putting an…
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Frédéric Talgorn gorgeously slashes with Jekyll and Hyde for EDGE OF SANITY!
At long last, Frédéric Talgorn’s EDGE OF SANITY now slashes away in its ravishing glory for one of horror scoring’s most striking contrasts between ravishingly gorgeous melody and wonderfully profane visuals for director Gérard Kikoïne’s blazingly colorful twist of Victorian England with Alphabet City heroin chic, as populated with Madonna-esque strumpets. I’m happy to follow…
