Amazon.com’s MP3 downloads section now features samples from every track of John Williams’ Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This marks the first time folks have had the opportunity to hear part of the highly-anticipated return of John Williams to Indiana Jones territory (and film scoring in general!). The score will be available to download and on CD in stores on May 20th. Check out the samples now at Amazon.com.

Intrada has announced two new limited releases, Arthur B. Rubenstein’s Wargames, limited to 2500 copies. Says Intrada:

“An LP issued at the time of the film featured 37 minutes of highlights from the score, heavily mixed with dialog. This release features the complete score, adding another 30 minutes of music, re-mixed from the original multi-track elements — and completely dialog free!”

Intrada also announced Jerry Fielding’s complete score (in stereo) for The Nightcomers, limited to 1500 copies. Both discs are in stock now at Intrada and available for immediate ordering.

Film Score Monthly will release a remastered edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s Under Fire priced at $16.95 (previously available only as an pricey import from Japan) and a combo disc featuring George Durning’s The Wreck of The Mary Deare with John Green’s Twilight of Honor (3,000 copies). Both FSM discs are available at Screen Archives.

Perseverance Records presents Richard Band’s Mutant, expanded with 14 additional cues as well as 6 main title cues from other Band scores. Mutant is limited to 1500 copies and is available via Perseverance’s website.

To celebrate their 30th Anniversary, Varèse Sarabande is holding the mother of all composer signings at Dark Delicacies in Burbank, California. The composers attending include:

Marc Shaiman, Edward Shearmur, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Trevor Rabin, Don Davis, Christophe Beck, Marco Beltrami, Charles Bernstein, Mychael Danna, John Debney, Cliff Eidelman, Michael Giacchino, Mark Isham, Joel McNeely, John Ottman, Lalo Schifrin, Brian Tyler, Christopher Young, plus Varese producer Robert Townson, film composer agent Robert Kraft and artist Matthew Joseph Peak! Read more…