Following our round-up of soundtrack reissues from September, here's a look at all the great CD and vinyl expansions and re-releases film score fans can expect from this month - and even a few in the next few weeks. From James Bond to RoboCop, there's something here for just about anyone.

Everything La-La Land Records touches turns to excitement! After the surprise expansions of Bond flicks Live and Let Die and Octopussy that kicked off the calendar year, the label has stuck again with a special 60th anniversary reissue of the soundtrack to the series' third installment, 1964's Goldfinger. With Sean Connery confidently back in the role of Ian Fleming's secret agent, Goldfinger is perhaps the film that perfected the still-ongoing film series' formula. It featured exotic locales, biting humor, an iconic sports car (the gadget-laden Aston Martin DB5) - and, for the first time, a pop theme song over the stylized opening title sequence. (Matt Monro's theme to predecessor From Russia with Love (1963) played over that film's end credits.) Here, series composer John Barry, with lyrical assistance from Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse, created a title song for Shirley Bassey to belt; it became a Top 10 hit in America, while the soundtrack album topped the Billboard pop charts as well. The label's single-disc reissue, produced by Neil S. Bulk with restoration efforts by Chris Malone, mastering by Doug Schwartz and a package designed by Dan Goldwasser (with notes by esteemed film music writer Jon Burlingame), resequences all 15 tracks from the original U.S. and U.K. pressings and adds two bonus tracks: Newley's recording of "Goldfinger," and a rare mono version of Bassey's (which features an alternate vocal). It's limited to 5000 copies, which can be ordered for the first 90 days of its release (from October 1) exclusively from La-La Land's official store or the 007 storefront.

Intrada has put three great scores out on two titles - including an expansion of a favorite in their catalogue and a premiere from a modern-day favorite composer. First up is a new pressing of the label's 2010 two-fer of Laurence Rosenthal's scores to A Raisin in the Sun and Requiem for a Heavyweight. These two were among Rosenthal's earliest and most-beloved works for film - one a stirring adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's acclaimed play starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee as determined heads of a Black family in Chicago, and the other a feature-length adaptation of an acclaimed Playhouse 90 television feature (a breakthrough script from Rod Serling) featuring Anthony Quinn as an aging boxer and Jackie Gleason as his beleaguered manager. (Early in the picture, Quinn's character fights a real-life boxer on the rise, then known as Cassius Clay and later called Muhammad Ali, arguably the world's most notable athlete.) The Heavyweight program, originally sourced from Rosenthal's personal 1/4" master tapes, has now been expanded with music from original film stems in the Columbia Pictures vault; the Raisin score retains the same track list as before. John Takis writes liner notes for the collection.

Also coming from Intrada is a world premiere of Carter Burwell's score to the 1996 teen thriller Fear. A sort of gender-flipped Fatal Attraction, this sleeper hit was notable primarily for its rising leads: Reese Witherspoon as a young, wealthy teenager who gets more than she bargained for when she dates a dashing but unstable young man portrayed by rapper-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg. Burwell, known for his collaborations with the Coen brothers, was praised for his suspenseful score, brilliantly orchestrated and conducted by the late Shirley Walker (who performed similar duties in the late '80s and early '90s for Danny Elfman, notably 1989's Batman). For the first time, it's being released - newly mixed by Michael Farrow and mastered by Chris Malone.

An intriguing score reissue for general retailers is due from Varese Sarabande on November 15: in honor of the 25th anniversary of the 1999 sensation The Matrix, Don Davis' score to the Wachowski's original genre-bending blockbuster is getting reissued on CD and vinyl. Targeted more to the general listener or casual fan, this single-disc presentation - following a 2006 expansion and subsequent complete release in 2021 - features new artwork by Japanese illustrator Yuko Shimizu and a specially-curated track list selected by the composer. The main vinyl, naturally, will be a "cyber swirl" black and green color scheme, matching the art. (A "blue pill" variant will be carried exclusively by Barnes & Noble.)

Varese is also reviving its "Encore" series, putting out-of-print, fan-favorite standard and deluxe titles back into circulation. Their first under this banner is the score to 1993's RoboCop 3. Though the final installment of the series was a marked departure from its predecessors - lacking the social satire, excessive violence and much of the cast of the first two films (Robert John Burke replaced Peter Weller as the heroic cyborg, and his partner, played by Nancy Allen, was killed off partway through the story) - the film did feature the return of original composer Basil Poledouris, who in turn reprised many of the stirring themes from the 1987 film in this new feature. Expanded for Varese's CD club in 2016, it's now back in print as it was then; for the first time, it will also make its vinyl debut as a 2LP set in early 2025, pressed on "Delta City" yellow wax and featuring new artwork by illustrator Estevan Silveira.

John Barry, Goldfinger (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Remastered Edition) (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1660, 2024 - original film released 1964)

1. Bond Back in Action Again
2. Goldfinger - Shirley Bassey
3. Into Miami
4. Golden Girl
5. Alpine Drive - Auric's Factory
6. Death of Tilly
7. The Laser Beam
8. Pussy Galore's Flying Circus
9. Teasing the Korean
10. Gassing the Gangsters
11. Oddjob's Pressing Engagement
12. Dawn Raid on Fort Knox
13. The Arrival of the Bomb and Countdown
14. The Death of Goldfinger - End Titles
15. Goldfinger (Instrumental Version)
16. Goldfinger - Anthony Newley
17. Goldfinger (Mono Version) - Shirley Bassey

Tracks 1-3, 5 and 9-15 released as United Artists UAS 5117, 1964
Tracks 4 and 6-8 released on U.K. pressings - United Artists SULP 1076, 1964
Track 16 released on The Best of James Bond (30th Anniversary Collection) - EMI USA 07777 98413 2 5, 1992
Track 17 released on United Artists UAL 4117, 1964

Laurence Rosenthal, A Raisin in the Sun / Requiem for a Heavyweight (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks - Expanded Edition) (Intrada ISC 512, 2024 - original films released 1961 and 1962)

Requiem for a Heavyweight

1. Requiem for a Heavyweight - Main Title
2. The Hoods
3. Maish in the Ring
4. Grace's Waltz
5. Night - Walk
6. After the Card Game/Hello Ma
7. Mountain and Grace
8. The Title/The Hotel Room
9. The Kiss
10. Grace Leaves
11. Requiem for a Heavyweight - End Title
12. Requiem for a Heavyweight - Main Title (Alternate)

A Raisin in the Sun

13. A Raisin in the Sun - Main Title/The Chauffeur
14. Memories of Big Walter/In My House There is Still God
15. Kitty Kat Club
16. Meet Joseph Asagai/Asagai Departs
17. $10,000.00 Check
18. Stand Up, Walter Lee
19. Flaming Spear
20. How Bad Things Are/She Bought You a House
21. Hurt and Pain/You Be the Head of This Family
22. The New House
23. The Phonograph
24. The Welcoming Committee
25. Packing/Willie is Gone!
26. Invitation to Nigeria/On His Knees
27. He Come Into His Manhood Today (Finale)

Portions of Tracks 1-12 and all of Tracks 13-27 released as Intrada ISC 148, 2010

Carter Burwell, Fear (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Intrada ISC 514, 2024 - original film released 1996)

1. Fear (Opening)
2. I Can't Go
3. Beating
4. Logan Points
5. Entry
6. David Alone
7. The Condom
8. Tattoo
9. Locker
10. Apology
11. Face-Off
12. Grabbing
13. It's Over
14. Driving
15. Friend
16. Altar
17. Cherries
18. Kaiser
19. Neck
20. Prisoner
21. Pounding
22. Continuing
23. Okay?
24. Drilling
25. The Flaw
26. Final Showdown
27. Fear (Ending)

All tracks previously unreleased

Don Davis, The Matrix (Original Motion Picture Score - 25th Anniversary Edition) (Varese Sarabande VSD0089, 2024 - original film released 1999)

CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada
LP: Varese Sarabande (cyber swirl green) / Barnes & Noble (blue pill)

1. Main Title (from The Matrix)/Trinity Infinity
2. Unable to Speak
3. Switched for Life
4. Switched At Birth
5. Switches Brew
6. Nascent Nauseous Neo
7. A Morpheus Movement
8. Domo Showdown
9. Bring Me Dinner
10. The System
11. The Hotel Ambush
12. Ignorance is Bliss/Cyber Cyphernetic
13. Exit Mr. Hat
14. The Cure
15. The Lobby
16. Dodge This
17. Ontological Shock
18. He's The One Alright

Tracks 1-4, 11, 13-14 and 16-18 previously released as Varese Sarabande VSD-6026, 1999
Portions previously released on Varese Sarabande VCL 0908 1081, 2006 and Varese Sarabande VCL 0621 1214, 2021

Basil Poledouris, RoboCop 3 (The Deluxe Edition - Encore) (Varese Sarabande, 2024 - original film released 1993)

CD / 2LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada / Varese Sarabande

1. Delta City/Media Break/Nikko
2. Main Title/The Resistance/The Searchlight
3. Gateway
4. Police Alert/Robo Pack/Response/Armory Escape
5. Van Chase I
6. RoboCop in Pursuit/RoboCop Saves Lewis
7. Flame Job/Nikko Remembers/Kanemitsu Building
8. Robo Recalls/Murphy, Is It You?
9. Death of Lewis
10. Underground/Tracking Beacon/Bertha to Base
11. O.C.P./Otomo/Otomo Exits
12. Refuge
13. Nikko At Station/Otomo Meets Resistance
14. Van Approach/Robo Awakens
15. Nikko and Robo
16. The Map/Unfinished Business
17. Robo Torches Rehabs/It's Not a Robo Knock/Robo Visits McDaggit
18. Van Chase II
19. Rehab Raid
20. Good Cops Revolt/Johnny Rehab Commercial
21. Nikko to O.C.P.
22. Cops Help Rebels/Robo Vs. Otomo
23. Finding the Flight Pack
24. Robo Flies/Rehabs Chase Marie
25. Sayonara McDaggit
26. End Credits

Portions previously released as Varese Sarabande VSD-5416, 1993. All tracks previously released as Varese Sarabande VCL 0916 1173, 2016