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Sunday, 22 May 2011
PODCAST: August 31, 2006: labor day
Ernest Gold, it's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Ernest Gold, it's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World14 Mar-2011 - La - Land Records presents the release of first world of the original film Version of orchestral score to the epic the 1963 United Artists comedy Ernest Gold's composer classic it's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, directed by Stanley Kramer and released in Spencer TracyMilton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Mickey Rooney and all other comic legend of the time. For the first time, original soundtrack signals Gold of the film is presented here on disk, with the original soundtrack LP Version on disc 2 (with the songs moved to the end to make for a listening experience better). Product by Ford a. Thaxton and Ray Faiola and digitally edited and mastered by Ray Faiola to Chelsea Rialto Studios, this special 2 CD set also offers extensive film music writer Jeff Bond booklet. It's an Edition limited to 2000 copies. Order now from La-La Land Records and get your copy at a special sale price!
NEWS: Burton/Elfman 25th anniversary box set
Warner Brothers Records is working on releasing a special compilation with Danny Elfman and Tim Burton, celebrate the success of their 25 year collaboration efforts. In honor of their achievements, we will be the container of Danny Elfman & Tim Burton Music Box: 16 CD music library Burton/Elfman film collaborations, each with the work of Burton; unpublished music and expanded audio tapes, a book in hardcover with photos and interviews, including one attacker by Johnny Depp, a DVD of Bonus exclusive to Burton and Elfman reflecting their quarter century partnership; a skeleton key USB flash drive unlocks exclusive ?music box suites? by Elfman; and a collectible Zoetrope box complete with work Zoetrope, featuring artwork by Burton and Elfman and a chip in the box to exclusive music playing a record newly created by Elfman.
This item collecting is going to be AMAZING and you won't want to Miss! The limited edition box set can now be pre-commande to burtonelfman.com. Also on the Web site, you can check all the amazing items featured in the music box.
Burton/Elfman interview Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDsz4iJxIyk
Pre-order: www.burtonelfman.com
PODCAST: December 28, 2006: Nomination Frenzy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
In celebration of their 10 year anniversary, Lost Highway is releasing 20 of their most acclaimed albums including 'O Brother Where Art Thou?' on limited edition clear vinyl. The pressings will be made available monthly throughout 2011. o Brother Where Art Thou? is the soundtrack of music from the 2000 American film of the same name, written, directed and produced by the Coen Brothers and starring George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson and John Goodman. With the film set in Mississippi during the great depression, the soundtrack uses American bluegrass, country and folk music appropriate to the time period. The core produced by T-Bone Burnett prominently features bluegrass, gospel, blues and country music. With the exception of a few vintage tracks (such as Harry McClintock's 1928 single 'Big Rock Candy Mountain') most tracks are modern recordings.Price: $13.98
ALBUM review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
The recent success of video game scores, introduced the partly because franchises with success as the Medal of Honor and Halo, have raised the bar and drew attention to the potential of the music composed for this medium. This upward trend is the recently published Castlevania: Lord of Shadows, a revival of the franchise that began in 1986. Replace Michiru Yamane as composer for this project is relatively unknown Spanish composer, Oscar Araujo. Also replaced the rock and synthesized sound of these scores for a full orchestral score which are, in a Word, epic. Part of push marketing franchise of stimulus was the fact that the score of characteristic Araujo 120 pieces Bratislava Symphony Orchestra and a choir of 80 people. The result is undoubtedly one of the best video game music heard over the years and same stands on its own against action fantasy film scores.
Fans of scores prior to the Castlevania franchise may lament the absence of any musical reference to previous work of the Yamane. And while Araujo develops a main theme clearly, there are many thematic ideas that plays music to keep the listener interested throughout the entirety of the album. A common frustration of mine is when a video game score was a signal of large main title, which never returned to in the line of generic emphasis. This is not the case with the Lord of the shadows. The melodic and rhythmic ideas are woven throughout the entire partition. Two themes, which I identify here as the themes and B, stand out and are only heard together in the tail of the final after development through the rest of the score, "final Confrontation".
The theme, a series of agreements of brass, is introduced at the beginning of "The Warg", supported by bat pounding chorus and the drums of war. "Titan of ice", one of my favorites cues, leads in this theme with the choir and percussion, building of the theme in the brass and stressed by running string ostinatos. A quieter version of this theme can be heard in the solo violin at "De Laura mercy", illustrating the versatility of the theme. The b theme is less and less frequently used and is in fact only heard in full at the end of "Final Confrontation", following a bold statement of the theme. It can first be heard in the strings "Maze entrance" and "Of Laura Mercy", as alluded to the beginning of "cornell" as a descending pattern. Only the theme has been heard at the end of the album in the solo violin before a declaration for Orchestra and final chorus in "the last battle".
Comparisons will be made to the Lord of the rings scores, but it is actually more along the lines on your score of Debney's Lair video game, featuring heavier orchestrations and less reliance on thematic development. ?Lord of shadows also has a more Gothic feel, with strong low presence of brass and mixed chorus with drums of war and other percussion, as Van Helsing Silvestri, or Sleepy Hollow of Elfman. These heavy orchestrations represent the first six signals, and then the album slows down until the final pieces. Do you feel the rhythm of the album seem a little off, as the middle portions drag. However, slower cues in the environment, such as "De Laura mercy" and "Cascades of Agharta" allowing the thematic development more. The only out of place, cue is "Of Belmont Theme", which is a sound that has not heard elsewhere in the partition. Another missing element here, as I mentioned previously, is a main title, which most of the video games, which would have helped introduce thematic elements. Listeners should seek "Final Confrontation" cue for the good representation of the themes, instead.
Score of Oscar Araujo for Castlevania: Lord of Shadows is nothing extraordinary. The use of the choir of 80-person overall, in almost every cue, elevates this score at another level, adding a Gothic and epic tone to an already massive and impressive sounding Orchestra. Unfortunately, this soundtrack is only available in the "Edition Collector" of the video game - it is not a release of the standalone album yet. However, fans of big epic scores he should seek out whenever it becomes available, and we hope Araujo will become a visible presence in the video game and film score industry soon.
The Knack And John Barry, How To Get It
The Knack?And how to John Barry, get it1 Apr-2011 - Quartet Records released a new edition long-awaited master classic by John Barry - one of his most influential works of the sixties. The Knack…And How To Get It - winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Festival in 1965 - is an unforgettable film, a symbol of a generation and a true witness of his time. Smart and sexy, the film was the first collaboration between John Barry and Richard Lester. The music of Barry is dynamic, funny, powerfully melodic and recognized as an icon of the movement of Swinging London. The Knack was already released on CD by Ryko in 1998, but this version has been out-of-print for many years.?This edition is based on a new transfer of the original bands of stereo housed in the cellars of M-G-M, resulting in sound quality has improved significantly. The deluxe booklet includes 24 pages with a lot of stills and new booklet by Geoff Leonard and Pete Walker.