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Universal Pictures, La-La Land Team For New Soundtrack Imprint

June 25, 2018 By Joe Marchese 2 Comments

On Friday, Universal Pictures announced plans to preserve and restore its classic library of movie music as well as the birth of a new imprint to release those scores on compact disc.  The Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection will launch this week as a joint venture with La-La Land Records with the premiere release of Michel Colombier's 1970 score to the sci-fi thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project.  In August, Henry Mancini's score to the 1979 Peter Sellers remake of The Prisoner of Zenda will follow.

Titles are expected to be released every other month in the new series, with future entries including Ennio Morricone's score to Clint Eastwood's 1970 film Two Mules for Sister Sara (previously available only on vinyl); John Cacavas' Airport '77, Lalo Schifrin's The Concorde: Airport '79, Harold Faltermeyer's Fletch Lives (1989); and Gil Melle's The Sentinel (1977).  NBCUniversal television properties may, at some point, be incorporated into the series.

Alexia Baum, director of music publishing at Universal, told Variety's Jon Burlingame that the search for these long-lost scores began around one year ago.  "It's incredibly valuable intellectual property.  We want to make sure it has a permanent, safe home."  Mike Knobloch, Universal's president of global and film music, noted, "We're a century-old media company.  As much as we're looking forward, sometime we have to look back, and recognize and value our history.  Our catalog dates back to the beginning of cinema and the advent of sound.  This is just the tip of the iceberg that's in the vault."

Eric Polin, senior vice president for music publishing, cautioned Burlingame that "first and foremost, this is an asset preservation and restoration project.  Putting these out on soundtrack album is a bonus."  Longtime film music historian and producer Mike Matessino, whose work encompasses releases from Universal as well as Hollywood's other major studios, has helmed the first batch of soundtrack releases for La-La Land.

More details on the CD release of Colossus: The Forbin Project, as well as future titles in the Universal Pictures Film Music Heritage Collection, will be available at La-La Land's website!  As always, watch this space for more news.

Categories: News Formats: CD Genre: Soundtracks Tags: Ennio Morricone, Harold Faltermeyer, Henry Mancini, Lalo Schifrin, Michel Colombier

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JOE MARCHESE (Editor) joined The Second Disc shortly after its launch in early 2010, and has since penned daily news and reviews about classic music of all genres. In 2015, Joe formed the Second Disc Records label. Celebrating the great songwriters, producers and artists who created the sound of American popular song, Second Disc Records, in conjunction with Real Gone Music, has released newly-curated collections produced by Joe from iconic artists such as Johnny Mathis, Bobby Darin, Laura Nyro, Melissa Manchester, Chet Atkins, and many others. He has contributed liner notes to reissues from a diverse array of artists, among them Nat "King" Cole, Paul Williams, Lesley Gore, Dusty Springfield, B.J. Thomas, The 5th Dimension, Burt Bacharach, The Mamas and the Papas, Carpenters, Perry Como, Rod McKuen, Doris Day, Jackie DeShannon, and Andy Williams, and has compiled releases for talents including Robert Goulet and Keith Allison of Paul Revere and the Raiders. Over the past two decades, Joe has also worked in a variety of capacities on and off Broadway as well as at some of the premier theatres in the U.S., including Lincoln Center Theater, George Street Playhouse, Paper Mill Playhouse, Long Wharf Theatre, and the York Theatre Company. He has felt privileged to work on productions alongside artists such as the late Jack Klugman, Eli Wallach, Arthur Laurents, Betty Comden and Adolph Green. In 2009, Joe began contributing theatre and music reviews to the print publication The Sondheim Review, and in 2012, he joined the staff of The Digital Bits as a regular contributor writing about film and television on DVD and Blu-ray. Joe currently resides in the suburbs of New York City.

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Comments

  1. andemoine winrow says

    June 25, 2018 at 10:59 am

    This is great. 4 the first time ever, i can purchase the soundtracks 'AIRPORT 76' And 'AIRPORT 78'. Even though these will be released either later this summer or the early fall, i am so glad i can FINALLY purchase these 2 classic scores.

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  2. andemoine winrow says

    June 25, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    I will pick up both 'AIRPORT 76' and 'AIRPORT 78'. Whether they come out later this summer of the fall.

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