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The newest scores to order from La-La Land are from films both old and new: Mark Mancina’s score to Money Train (1995) and Abel Korzenlowski’s soundtrack to Copernicus’ Star (2009).

Money Train was an action-comedy flick starring Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson as New York City two transit cops. The film was not a success, but is known for being one of the earliest mainstream appearances of Jennifer Lopez and its killer action score by Mark Mancina, who at the time was making quite a mark on the genre (the score was squeezed between his excellent soundtracks for Speed and Twister). This is the music’s first release, and will be presented in a 3,000 unit limited edition featuring liner notes by film music writer Daniel Schweiger.

The other film represented in the batch is Copernicus’ Star, a Polish animated feature about the life of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Dutch astronomer whose contribution to science – the definitive model of a solar system with the sun, not Earth, at its center – kickstarted a scientific revolution of unmatched magnitude. Korzenlowski, whose recent work includes the Golden Globe-nominated score to 2009’s A Single Man, composed this score, a solid, moving orchestral affair. This set will be limited to 1,000 copies.

Pre-order links and full track information are after the jump.

Mark Mancina, Money Train: Original Motion Picture Score (La-La Land Records LLLCD1162, 2011 – original film released 1995)

1. Petty Theft
2. Charlie Steals the Model
3. Buddha Consciousness
4. The Torch Strikes
5. Hook’s Promise
6. Love Hurts
7. A Gift of 15 Grand/Charlie Loses the Money
8. Round Two/ Love Betrayed
9. The Torch Gets Ready/The Torch is Toast
10. Get Out of My Life
11. Brown’s Ultimatum
12. Charlie Gets Ready/Charlie Grabs the Train
13. Motorcycle Subway
14. No Escape
15. Breaking the Barrier
16. I’ll Be There/The Brothers Fight/Money Train Wreck
17. Keeping Cool

Abel Korzenlowski, Copernicus’ Star: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (La-La Land Records LLLCD1165, 2011 – original film released 2009)

1. Prologue
2. To the Stars
3. Prophecy
4. Lands Far Away
5. A Thief
6. Breaking Free
7. Aquarius
8. Anna and Volder
9. Ghosts
10. Sour Apples
11. The Hunting Dogs
12. The Bull’s Eye
13. Medic
14. Snakes
15. Forbidden Book
16. The Philosopher’s Stone
17. Faustus
18. Jubilee
19. He Who Stopped the Sun
20. Scholars

All tracks on both discs previously unreleased.