[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGytaGTK7j8] It started, as these things so often do, with a question on composer Elliot Goldenthal's Facebook page: "What's the score?" Just a fan making simple conversation about the composer's music, past, present and future. The answer was a shocker: Goldenthal's camp confirmed that La-La Land Records was following up their great releases of the complete scores to Batman (1989) and Batman Returns (1992), each composed by Danny Elfman, with
Archives for May 13, 2011
Queen Update: U.S. Release Dates and Digital Videos
Here's some more news about the ongoing waves of expanded reissues by Queen - namely, when the next batch will come out in America and a note on digital extras. Next week, U.S. fans will have their chance to buy the first five Queen 40th anniversary remasters - Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races - without paying import prices. And now, the next batch (News of the World, Jazz, The Game, Flash Gordon and Hot Space) have a domestic release date from
Review: Derek and the Dominos, "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs: 40th Anniversary Edition"
Size isn’t everything. Though Universal’s new super-deluxe box set of Derek and the Dominos’ Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (Polydor/Universal 0600753314326) is about as hefty as these packages come, the best of the box set could fit into a standard jewel case. The 40th anniversary collection includes (drum roll, please) 4 CDs, an audio DVD (though not DVD-Audio – more on that later), 2 LPs, a 48-page hardcover book, an art print, badges, pop-up artwork and a scratch-plate sticker. But
It's the Summer of "SMiLE"!
We've got a pair of dueling release dates for you regarding the long-awaited release of The Beach Boys' legendary lost SMiLE set. Depending on what you've read, the sets - a two-disc "best of" from the sessions as well as a four-disc box set with a double-vinyl LP set, two vinyl singles and a hardbound book - will be released either July 12 or August 9. It seems that the source for both dates is a report from Direct Current Music, which has been duly picked up by several sources, including our