June and July have brought with them a bonanza of archival soundtrack titles from three of the major film score reissue labels, covering some of the biggest names in the genre as well. Here's a rundown at the latest from Intrada, Varese Sarabande and La-La Land Records!

Intrada recently filled a gap in the work of the late contemporary composer James Horner (Aliens, Titanic, Avatar) with a premiere release of his work on the 1981 film Deadly Blessing. This picture about a series of possibly supernatural murders in a rural community, featured performances by Ernest Borgnine and a then little-known Sharon Stone - but it's perhaps best known as the third film by horror auteur Wes Craven. Though the picture matched neither the acclaim of Craven's previous works (The Last House on the Left (1972), The Hills Have Eyes (1977)) nor the commercial success of later '80s and '90s classics like A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) or the first four Scream films (1996-2011), it has a devoted cult following and also remains an early stepping stone for Horner, fresh off early feature films Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) and Wolfen (1981) and a year from his breakthrough themes for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. His suspenseful score, heavy on strings and even choral passages, is presented for the first time in any format, sourced from the sole set of complete 1/4" stereo tape elements in Universal Pictures' archive. In addition to the full score, nine minutes of bonus material, including a trailer cue from a different composer, is included on the disc. This release features packaging by Kay Marshall that includes new liner notes by film music journalist Tim Grieving.

Over at Varese Sarabande's long-running CD Club, a pair of expanded scores from two lauded composers give multiple meanings of what it is to be a rat. The 1996 drama City Hall followed a blossoming scandal in the wake of a New York City shootout between a cop and a mobster, with Al Pacino and John Cusack playing the mayor and deputy mayor trying to uncover the truth. The legendary Jerry Goldsmith was tapped to score this suspenseful film, and his work is now presented as part of the CD Club on a new disc that combines the film's musical presentation, six alternate cues and the original album Varese issued more than 25 years ago. On a much less serious note, the CD Club also expands Alan Silvestri's score to the slapstick comedy Mouse Hunt (1997). Nathan Lane and Lee Evans play a pair of bumbling brothers set on inheriting a valuable mansion from their late father - if only they can get a pesky mouse off the premises. A favorite among fans of Silvestri (the lauded Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit composer), this deluxe edition more than doubles the length of Varese's original soundtrack album, presenting the complete score from the film.

Finally, from La-La Land Records comes a new series chronicling a sci-fi classic and an expansion of a recent action-comedy. The label has unveiled its first release in the Star Trek: The Original Series "1701 Collection," a planned six-volume series that will break out most of the music from the iconic series as heard in the label's sprawling 2012 box set. (Notable exceptions include scores originally released by the GNP Crescendo label and a few vocal tracks with challenging clearances.) Fans will have a second (or first!) chance to enjoy music from eight of the original Trek episodes as composed by Alexander Courage (who co-wrote the unforgettable theme) and Fred Steiner. The same audio sources from the Star Trek: The Original Series Soundtrack Collection - produced for release by Lukas Kendall, Neil S. Bulk and Jeff Bond; restored by Chris Malone and mastered by Doug Schwartz - will be carried over alongside expanded liner notes by Bond and new packaging by Dan Goldwasser at Warm Butter Design. Each release in the series will be limited to - you guessed it! - 1701 copies.

LLL has reissued several of British composer David Arnold's scores for the James Bond film series, and will next revisit his work on a slightly different film series: the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy! These comedy films, connected loosely by the British ice cream and the the creative team of actor/writer Simon Pegg and writer/director Edgar Wright, were first established with the uproarious zombie flick Shaun of the Dead (2004) and moved into high gear with 2007's Hot Fuzz, featuring Pegg and Shaun co-star Nick Frost in an over-the-top, action-packed buddy cop adventure set in a sleepy English village. Arnold's easy hand for scoring action comes in handy here, as the score - released in part digitally and on vinyl in the last few years - gets its most expansive edition yet, spread over two discs. It's produced and designed by Goldwasser, mastered by Schwartz and accompanied by new liner notes by Bond (featuring new quotes from Arnold). It's limited to 1500 copies.

You can find the track lists and pre-order links for all those releases below, ensuring a summer full of soundtracks if you're a film score fanatic!

James Horner, Deadly Blessing: Original Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada ISC 490, 2023 - original film released 1981 - all tracks previously unreleased)

1. Main Title (from Deadly Blessing)
2. Incubus Painted on Wall
3. Martha and Jim
4. Unwelcome Visitor
5. Jim's Death with Tractor
6. Brief Funeral
7. Kids in the Barn/Pluck It Out
8. Gluntz's Demise
9. This Century is More Peaceful
10. Lana in the Barn
11. Gluntz Hangs Around
12. Snake in the Bath (Original)
13. John Gets a Licking
14. Lana's Dream
15. Wind Blows in Martha's Room
16. Trouble in the Convertible
17. Sour Milk
18. Surprise in the Grave
19. Martha and Faith Wrestle
20. Faith Leaps Out
21. The Incubus Rises and End Credits (from Deadly Blessing)
    
22. Snake Stinger
    
23. Snake in the Bath (Revised)
    
24. End Credits (from Deadly Blessing) (Alternate)
    
25. Deadly Blessing - Trailer (written by John Beal)

Jerry Goldsmith, City Hall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (The Deluxe Edition) (Varese Sarabande, 2023 - original film released 1996)

1. The Bridge (Film Version)
   
2. The Meet (Film Version)
   
3. The Hospital
   
4. Find Vinnie
   
5. The Funeral
   
6. When I Was a Kid (Film Version)
   
7. The Cabin
   
8. The King Maker (Film Version)
   
9. Call Me/Dead in the Water
   
10. Schwartz is Dead (Film Version)
    
11. Old Friends (Film Version)
    
12. Think About It
    
13. The Report
    
14. About the Mayor
    
15. Take a Vacation (Film Version)
    
16. Count on It/End Credits Suite
    
17. The Hospital (Alternate)
    
18. The Funeral (Alternate)
    
19. The Cabin (Alternate)
    
20. The King Maker (Alternate)
    
21. Take a Vacation (Alternate)
    
22. Count on It (Alternate)
    
23. The Bridge
    
24. The Meet
    
25. The Hospital
    
26. When I Was a Kid
    
27. The Cabin
    
28. The King Maker
    
29. Old Friends
    
30. Swartz is Dead
    
31. Think About It
    
32. The Report
    
33. Take a Vacation
    
34. Count on It
    

Tracks 1-22 previously unreleased. Tracks 23-34 released as Varese Sarabande VSD-5699, 1996

Alan Silvestri, Mouse Hunt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (The Deluxe Edition) (Varese Sarabande, 2023 - original film released 1997)

1. Funeral Prologue
   
2. Main Title
   
3. Also, A House
   
4. Chez Ernie
   
5. Lobster Biblioteque
   
6. Walking /Love the Almonds
   
7. Dying Wish
   
8. Out on the Street
   
9. Together Again
   
10. I'll Be Home for Christmas
    
11. Home Sweet Dump
    
12. Meet the Mouse
    
13. Charles Lyle LaRue
    
14. Falko/Ten Million Dollars
    
15. All Thru the House/Setting the Trap/Clang!
    
16. Mouse
    
17. Cheese Wheel
    
18. Nail Gun
    
19. Hot Tubbogan
    
20. Mousetrap Minefield
    
21. Cherry Catapult/Cherry Spin
    
22. Shit Explosion
    
23. City Pound/Catzilla
    
24. Catzilla Emerges/Ebony and Ivory
    
25. Ernie Finds Contract
    
26. Cat Trap/Roach Mobile
    
27. You're the Intruder
    
28. Loose Thread
    
29. Cesar Searches/Evidence Found Calcium Deficiency
    
30. Silent Movie
    
31. Lars Au Natural/Caesar's Big Drag
    
32. Face Walk/Caesar's Truck
    
33. Sandwich to Go/Ernie Settles In/Ouch!
    
34. Shotgun Chase
    
35. Floor Collapse/Hate That Mouse
    
36. Brotherly Betrayal/I Hate You
    
37. Insufficient Postage
    
38. Return to Sender/Mouse on Podium
    
39. There He Is!
    
40. Flaming Doo
    
41. Water Pressure
    
42. LaRue Ruins/Sad Drive/Factory Brothers
    
43. String Cheese
    
44. End Credits

Tracks 1-2, 4, 7, 13, 15, 18-19, 21(a), 25, 30, 31(b), 34, 37, 40 and 43-44 released as Varese Sarabande VSD-5892, 1997

Alexander Courage & Fred Steiner, Star Trek: The Original Series - The 1701 Collection Volume One (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1622, 2023 - original episodes broadcast 1966-1967)

All tracks previously released on La-La Land Records box set LLLCD-1701, 2012

* includes "Theme from Star Trek" by Alexander Courage and Gene Roddenberry
** based on a theme by Alexander Courage
+ contains "Long, Long Ago" by Thomas Haynes Baly and "Bridal Chorus" by Richard Wagner
++ contains "Goodnight, Sweetheart" by Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly and Ray Noble

Disc 1

1. Main Title (electric violin version) *
2. Small Planet Visit/The Changeling M10/M11
3. Episode Titles/Genuine Affection M12/M13
4. First Goner/Salty Cat/Dressing Down M14-21/M22/M23
5. Circle One/Monitor Gizzard/Down Again/Grey to Greene M24/M25/M26/M31
6. Salt Chaser M32
7. Noisy Plant M33
8. At First Sight/Pill Tosser M34/M35-41
9. Nancy Schmancy M42
10. The Unreal McCoy
11. Top Security/Lazer Dazer/Dodo Girl M44/M45-51/M52
12. Conference M53
13. Dead Crater/Last of the Last M54/M61
14. Warp One* M62
15. Trailer ("The Man Trap")
16. Brass Monkeys */Out of Glove M10/M11
17. Breaking Planet */Sweaty Palm/Itchy Hand M12/M13/M14
18. Joe Berserk M21
19. Pulled Down */It Spreads M22/M23
20. Joe Goes/Sulu Finks Out M24/M31
21. Up the Rebels/D'Artagnan-san M32/M33
22. Banana Farm M34
23. Out of Control/Lurch Time/Punchy Kid M41/M42/M43
24. Party Time M44
25. Medicine Girl/Hot Skin M45-51/M52
26. Off the Cloud M53
27. Captain's Wig M54-61
28. The Big Go * M62
29. Time Reverse */ Future Risk and End Title * M63/M64
30. Trailer ("Mudd's Women")
31. End Title (electric violin version) *

Disc 2

1. Main Title (cello version, arr./cond. Steiner) *
2. Space Orbit **/Charlie X/That's a Girl M10/M11+M11S/M12+M12 chimes
3. Kirk's Command/Charlie's Mystery/Charlie's Gift M13/M14+M14S/M15-20
4. Card Tricks M22
5. Zap the Antares/Kirk is Worried M23+M23S/M24
6. Kirk's Command #2/Chess Game M31/M32+M32S
7. Charlie's Yen M33
8. Kirk Puzzled M34
9. Zap Sam/Zap the Pistol M41/M42
10. Standoff M43
11. Kirk Waits/Charlie in Control M44/M45
12. Charlie's Mad M51
13. Zap Janice M52
14. Zap the Cap M53
15. Zap the Spaceship M54
16. Zap the Broad/Charlie's Friend M55/M61
17. Goodbye Charlie/Finale ** M62/M63
18. Distant Spaceship/Hint of Danger M11/M12
19. Still in Danger/Meet Mr. Mudd/Three Venuses M13/M14/M15
20. Venus Walks/Hello Girls M16/M21
21. Venus Aboard/Exit Mr. Mudd/Venus Aboard #2/Strange Glances/The Last Crystal/Mudd Laffs M22/M23/M24/M24A/M31/M32
22. Hello Ruth M33
23. Eve to Magda/Mudd Plan/Mudd's Perfidy M34-41/M42/M43
24. The Venus Drug/Dwindling Power M44/M45
25. Planet Rigel M51
26. Space Radio M52
27. Planet Rigel #2/Eve is Out M53/M54
28. Eve Cooks/Eve is Tired/Pretty Eve M55/M56-61/M62
29. Mudd's Farewell/Back in Orbit ** M63/M64
30. Space Cube/Condition Alert M12/M13
31. Quiet Cube/Radiation M12A/M23A
32. Cube Radiation M23
33. Fesarius/Fesarius Approaches M31/M31A
34. Hideous Balok M33
35. Baby Balok M61A
36. The Enterprise/In the Chapel + M11/M11A
37. Romulan Agitato 9MB
38. Romulan B.G. 9MC
39. Romulan Theme M22
40. Theme from Star Trek */Romulan Warship/Romulan Theme 9MA pt 4/M31/M22A tk 3
41. Romulan Centurion M43
42. Big Ruk M17A/M17/M17B
43. Meet Andrea/Android Kirk M22/M22A/M42
44. Ruk Protect/Ruk Attacks M43/M43A
45. Ruk Attacks/Enter Andrea M43AB/M54
46. New York 1930 M26-30, M26-30B
47. Edith's Theme ++ M33
48. Edith Suspects ++ M43
49. Goodnight, Sweetheart (vocal) ++ M44
50. Edith's Fate ++/Edith Must Die M47/M47A
51. Edith's Vision ++ M51
52. Edith Falls ++ M61
53. Edith's Death ++ M65
54. End Title (cello version, arr./cond. Steiner) *
55. Desilu I.D. (Wilbur Hatch)

Disc 1 composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

• Tracks 1-15 from "The Man Trap," Episode #6 - rec. 8/19/1966; aired #1, 9/8/1966
• Tracks 16-31 from "The Naked Time," Episode #7 - rec. 8/31/1966; aired #4, 9/29/1966.

Disc 2 composed and conducted by Fred Steiner except where noted

• Tracks 1-17 from "Charlie X," Episode #8 - rec. 8/29/1966; aired #2, 9/15/1966
• Tracks 18-29 from "Mudd's Women," Episode #4 - rec. 9/4/1966; aired #6 - 10/13/1966
• Tracks 30-35 from "The Corbomite Maneuver," Episode #3 - rec. 9/20/1966; aired #10 - 11/10/1966
• Tracks 36-41 from "Balance of Terror," Episode #9 - rec. 9/20/1966; aired #14, 12/15/1966.
• Tracks 42-45 from "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" Episode #10 - rec. 9/20/1966; aired #7, 10/20/1966
• Tracks 46-53 from "The City on the Edge of Forever," Episode #28 - rec 3/24/1967; aired #28, 4/6/1967

David Arnold, Hot Fuzz: Original Motion Picture Score (Expanded Edition) (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1621, 2023 - original film released 2007)

Disc 1

1. Theme from Hot Fuzz (Album Suite)
2. Ask the Bosses/Final Bluff Call/Girlfriend Goodbye/Hotel Room/Hoodies in Street
3. Underage Drinking/Leaving the Pub/Plaque/Car Reversal/Jogging with Skinner/Empty Cell
4. Neighbourhood Watch
5. Village Personnel/Nick to Skinner's Office
6. Skinner's Speech/Chasing Peter
7. That Was Brilliant/Notes At the Roadside
8. Sting to Romeo and Juliet/Post-Play Pub Banter/Champagne Murders/Wake Up Call/Nick Takes Charge At the Scene of the Accident
9. Trip to the Farm/Unexploded Bomb/Moving Arms
10. Why I Became a Cop
11. Skinner Toasts the Deceased/Reveal of the Merchant Killer
12. Choosing a DVD
13. Toasting Merchant/Investigating Merchant's Death
14. Air Rifle/Meeting Messenger by the Church/Inspired Demise of Tim/Frank Organizes Detectives
15. Standing in the Rain/Danny and Nick Make Up
16. Miss Tiller's Murder and Chase/Nick Swears a Lot
17. Flashback of Murders Explained
18. Surveillance Tapes/One Killer
19. Nick Goes Home Alone/Nick Fights Killer
20. Flashback of Murders Explained/Nick Goes to the Castle

Disc 2

1. Nick Arrests the Village
2. Nick in Boot and Drive Away
3. Hillside Fight
4. Nick on Horse
5. Village Shootout/Pub Shootout
6. Fight with Lurch/Trolley Charge/Screaming Lady
7. Stacker Fight/Car Chase/Model Village Fight
8. Arrests and Danny Shot
9. Cemetery
10. Village Idiots (Album Suite)
11. Hotels, and Killers (Album Suite)
12. Murder, Murder, Murder (Album Suite)

Portions previously released on Interscope/Universal B0008766-02, 2007 and Mondo MOND-103, 2017