Curse of The WerewolfMusic by Benjamin Frankel / Conducted by Carl DavisRating: * * * * 1/2
I’ll confess that Benjamin (street name, “Ben Jammin”) Frankel was not always a composer I had any particular fondness for. In the past few years, I’ve made multiple attempts to enjoy my copy of the compilation, Benjamin Frankel [...]

Coming soon from La-La Land Records…
The Dog’s Master, Carlo SiliottoAn original composition from renowned film composer Carlo Siliotto (The Punisher, Fluke). Mr. Silotto re-invents Italian folk music with beautiful orchestra and vocals.
Spaceballs, John MorrisLa-La Land Records proudly announces it’s 50th release – composer John Morris’ complete score to the Mel Brooks classic Spaceballs! First official [...]

MovieScore Media presents the Ivor Novello Award-winning score from the Academy Award-nominated film…
EvilMusic Composed and Conducted by Francis Shaw
Available exclusively on iTunes.
Nominated for a ‘Best Foreign Language Film’ Oscar at the 2004 Academy Awards, Swedish drama Evil featured an elegant and beautifully constructed orchestral score by British veteran composer Francis Shaw. Recently, the British Academy [...]

Music Composed by Benjamin Frankel
Rating: **** 1/2

I’ll confess that Benjamin (street name, “Ben Jammin”) Frankel was not always a composer I had any particular fondness for. In the past few years, I’ve made multiple attempts to enjoy my copy of the compilation, Benjamin Frankel – Music for the Movies. Sadly, every new listen put me [...]

ScoreNotes recently interviewed Brian Tyler about his latest, The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and previous assignments. They’ve presented the interview in Real Audio and MP3 so you can use your ears instead of your eyes! Check out ScoreNotes.
In rabid collector news… As expected several of Varese’s CD club releases sold out [...]

Recently released is Film Score Monthly’s massive 12-disc Elmer Bernstein’s Filmmusic Collection. Complete with a 136-page hardcover book, this set covers the series re-recording LPs Bernstein conducted and released in 1974-1979. The cost, a hefty $200 U.S. Available now at Screen Archives.
Composers in the news… Elizabeth Snead, of the L.A. Times writes:
“Composer [...]

Why go out in the sun this weekend when you can sit inside and check this out…
Superman Returns composer and editor John Ottman will appear this Sunday, June 25th, on KGO 810 AM. Beginning at 1 a.m. PST, the five-hour radio show will focus extensively on Superman Returns and the Superman phenomenon, including music from [...]

From Erik Woods of Cinematic Sound…
June 22, 2006 Update:
The On-Demand Shows for this week are now on-line.
…to hear the “Superman Returns and Amazing Stories” program. On the program this week we will be playing music from Steven Spielberg’s mid-80’s TV series Amazing Stories. Intrada Records is planning on releasing a 6 CD, 3 volume anthology [...]

The SentinelMusic Composed and Produced by Christophe BeckDisc Rating: ****
The hybrid film score is now the norm in Hollywood. Hybrid scores, of course, are the fusing of electronic elements with acoustic elements… more than just a drum loop thrown in here and there. A real hybrid score by a talented composer contains equal measures of [...]

Various bits of news today…
The Independent’s David Thomson on Bernard Herrmann… Read article.
From Ray Faiola, posted at Film Score Monthly’s website:
Just a note to my fellow film fans that Chelsea Rialto Studios’ latest classic film score release, Dark Victory, is now available for ordering from Screen Archives Entertainment.
Dark Victory features an exquisite musical score by [...]