Soundtracks

That’s What Friends Are For: Clive Davis Soundtrack Features Barry, Whitney, Dionne, Aretha, More

September 27, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 6 Comments
Clive Davis Soundtrack of Our Lives

This past April, New York’s Radio City Music Hall hosted a prestigious premiere.  The film was Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives, and the screening was accompanied by an all-star concert featuring Barry Manilow, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Carly Simon, and others celebrating the life of the music legend.  Beginning on October 3, Apple Music will exclusively stream the Chris Perkel-directed documentary, and today, September 27, Legacy Recordings has digitally released an exclusive 34-track deluxe soundtrack on Apple Music boasting four previously unreleased performances.  (A standard 20-track digital soundtrack will be…

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Making a List and Checking It Twice: Real Gone’s Christmas Offerings Revealed, Including Percy Faith, Fred Waring and Robert Shaw

September 22, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments
Percy Faith Music of Christmas Reissue

We’ve already told you about the three Christmas offerings coming from Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music this year from The Supremes, The Ames Brothers and Connie Smith. Now here’s the rest of Real Gone’s superlative slate of yuletide releases…and one more non-holiday reissue, all due on November 3! First up is an expanded edition of the classic Music of Christmas from Percy Faith and His Orchestra.  This was actually the second album to bear this title from the prolific conductor.  The first arrived in mono in 1954 on Columbia.  That…

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Stayin’ Alive: ‘Saturday Night Fever’ Soundtrack Gets Super Deluxe Treatment

September 20, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 8 Comments
Capito UMe Saturday Night Fever 40th Anniversary Edition

Get ready to strut into record stores–Saturday Night Fever‘s immortal soundtrack is being reissued as a super deluxe set alongside the film itself. Based on a New York Magazine article that was later found to be fabricated, Saturday Night Fever ironically solidified the image of disco in popular culture. John Travolta’s rough-edged but sympathetic Tony Manero–a Brooklyn bum working in a hardware store by day and tearing up the floor of the 2001 Odyssey by night–established the young TV actor as a bona fide movie star and charming symbol of the ’70s….

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Cherry Red’s El Label Celebrates Miles Davis, Bill Evans On Two Collections

September 19, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments
Quiet Passion of Bill Evans

Cherry Red’s El label has recently turned its attention to two late titans of jazz for a pair of releases.  The Cinema of Miles Davis and The Quiet Passion of Bill Evans: Collaborations, Trios and Guest Sessions both focus on the artists’ early periods in which they were pushing the envelope and shattering preconceived notions of bop. The Cinema of Miles Davis captures the trumpeter between 1954 and 1961 on a variety of performances either written for films or used in films.  Representing the former is Davis’ 1958 score to Ascenseur pour…

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EXCLUSIVE Track List: ‘E.T.’ Comes Home On La-La Land’s New 2CD Soundtrack

September 8, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment
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Thirty-six years ago, principal photography began on Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial. It’s incredibly fitting, then, that The Second Disc can exclusively share details on La-La Land Records’ definitive new expansion of John Williams’ timeless, award-winning score to the film, prepared in honor of the film’s 35th anniversary. “He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3,000,000 light years from home.” So announced the first posters for E.T., Spielberg’s seventh feature film. The timeless tale of a mysterious alien creature found and protected by a lonely 10-year-old boy was part…

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Soundtrack Round-Up: Action, Suspense, Horror Classics from Silvestri, Donaggio and More

August 30, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
Romancing the Stone

Intrada, La-La Land and Lakeshore Records have some delightful soundtrack titles available or forthcoming right now, including rediscovered musical works for some major blockbusters of the ’80s and ’90s. Last week, Intrada reissued Pino Donaggio’s score to Body Double, Brian De Palma’s erotically-charged thriller about a claustrophobic actor mixed up in a nightmarish murder mystery. Craig Wassen and Melanie Griffith star, De Palma co-writes, produces and directs; and Donaggio marks his fourth collaboration with the director after composing scores to Carrie (1976), Home Movies (1979), Dressed to Kill (1980) and Blow Out…

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Popeye: Deluxe Edition

August 29, 2017 by Joe Marchese
Popeye Complete OST

Varese Sarabande celebrates Harry Nilsson’s score to Robert Altman’s quirky live-action musical Popeye with a remarkable 2-CD deluxe edition of the original soundtrack.  This 2-CD deluxe edition will not only feature all of Nilsson’s memorable songs as performed by the perfectly-cast likes of Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Paul Dooley, but will also debut Thomas Pierson’s instrumental score on CD, and an entire disc of previously unreleased demos performed by Nilsson!

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Back From the Grave and Ready To Party: Real Gone’s October Releases Celebrate Halloween with ‘Cujo,’ Zacherle, ‘Return of the Living Dead’ and More

August 24, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 1 Comment
Zacherle Monster Gallery

Real Gone has already announced one title for October: an expanded edition of Carol Burnett Sings. Now they are going in a completely different direction with titles to get listeners in the Halloween spirit, due on October 6.   Things kick off with a limited vinyl reissue of the soundtrack to 1985’s The Return of the Living Dead. Return‘s history and legacy is a little complicated. George A. Romero and John Russo wrote 1968’s classic Night of the Living Dead.  After its release, the two parted ways, with Russo retaining the rights…

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UPDATE 8/22: Harry Nilsson’s “Popeye” Soundtrack, Complete with Demos, To Be Released In September

August 22, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments
Popeye Complete OST

ORIGINAL POST OF MAY 8: UPDATED AUGUST 22: Well, blow me down!  Varese Sarabande will be bringing the soundtrack to composer-lyricist Harry Nilsson and director Robert Altman’s loopy film musical version of Popeye to compact disc in an authorized edition for the very first time on September 29 – but that’s not all.  This 2-CD deluxe edition will not only feature all of Nilsson’s memorable songs as performed by the perfectly-cast likes of Robin Williams, Shelley Duvall, and Paul Dooley, but will also debut Thomas Pierson’s instrumental score on CD, and an…

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Everybody Sing! JSP Records Collects Four Discs of Judy Garland’s “Classic Duets” on New Box Set

August 7, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 2 Comments
Judy Garland Classic Duets

Throughout her illustrious, if tragically curtailed, career, Judy Garland raised her voice in song with some of the greatest artists of all time, including Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Al Jolson, Gene Kelly, Kay Thompson, and many more.  Last Friday, August 4, a new 4-CD set arrived from the U.K.’s JSP Records celebrating Garland’s greatest vocal collaborations with these performers and many others.  Judy Garland: Classic Duets features 109 tracks over 4 CDs, including 15 tracks never before issued on CD.  This collection follows on the heels of the recent release…

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Release Round-Up: Week of August 4

August 4, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Robin Hood Legacy Collection

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood (Walt Disney Records) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K.) Disney’s Legacy Collection returns with a first-ever complete soundtrack release for the 1973 animated classic Robin Hood.  Disc 1 of this 2-CD set includes the original songs and score from the film (28 tracks overall), penned by writers including Roger Miller, George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston, and Johnny Mercer. Disc 2 spotlights 13 tracks of bonus material including previously unreleased demos and the entirety of Louis Prima’s Let’s Hear It for Robin Hood…

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Hard-Hitting “Sweet Sweetback” Returns To Vinyl For Stax 60th Campaign

August 3, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 1 Comment
Sweet Sweetback Vinyl

Upon its release in 1971, there was nothing quite like Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.  The low- budget, independently-made film – written, directed, edited, composed by and starring Melvin Van Peebles, and rated X “by an all-white jury” as its tagline proclaimed, ushered in the blaxploitation genre in shocking and often graphic fashion.  Prior to the film’s release, the multi-hyphenate Van Peebles realized that the best way to spread the word about his groundbreaking work was via music.  And so, Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song: An Opera – A Film of Melvin Van Peebles…

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Get Happy! Judy Garland’s “Soundtracks” Offers 48 Classic Songs On Two CDs

July 25, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 18 Comments
Judy Garland Soundtracks

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley once again, as Mint Audio Records has today announced its newest release – a 2-CD collection celebrating the soundtrack performances of the legendary Judy Garland.  Soundtracks features 48 original Garland recordings recorded between 1929 and 1961, including four outtakes.  These include many of her most beloved cinematic songs, as well as some surprises, including: “(Dear Mr. Gable) You Made Me Love You” (The Broadway Melody of 1938) “Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart” (Listen, Darling) “Over The Rainbow” (The Wizard of Oz) “Danny Boy” (Little…

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The Thrill of the Hunt: Real Gone’s September Slate Begins with “Predator” on Vinyl Plus Duane Eddy RCA Singles and Grateful Dead

July 19, 2017 by Randy Fairman | 4 Comments
Duane Eddy Complete RCA Singles

While we are now in the height of the summer heat, Real Gone is looking ahead to the fall.  The label has announced the first part of its release slate for September of this year and it is another eclectic mix of titles. First up is a title from the artist most people consider to be the greatest rock-instrumentalist of all time: Duane Eddy.  Guitar Star: The Complete RCA Singles A’s and B’s collects all 22 single sides Eddy recorded for RCA Victor in the early to mid-1960s on CD, and is…

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Disney’s Legacy Collection Swings Back to Life with “Robin Hood” (UPDATED 7/18)

July 18, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 16 Comments
Robin Hood Legacy Collection

UPDATE (7/18/2017): Attendees of last weekend’s D23 Expo at Anaheim got the opportunity to purchase Robin Hood: The Legacy Collection ahead of its August 4 release date! It includes not only the complete songs and score by George Bruns, Roger Miller, Johnny Mercer and others, but five unreleased demos and a complete 1974 album of Robin Hood songs and new material sung by jazz legend Louis Prima, the voice of King Louie in Disney’s 1967 feature The Jungle Book! Full track list and pre-order links are below! ORIGINAL POST (5/23/2017): Golly, what…

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Adventure On Earth: “E.T.” Soundtrack Album Remastered In New Blu-ray Box

July 13, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 1 Comment
E.T. 4K box

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is celebrating the 35th anniversary of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial this fall–and fans of the Oscar-winning original soundtrack are in for an unexpected treat tastier than a bag of Reese’s Pieces. Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece (and the author’s unquestionable favorite film) will be released in several new packages on September 12, including a bow on the 4K Ultra HD format and a new deluxe gift set. Included in that set is a soundtrack release, which The Second Disc has confirmed is the original soundtrack album from 1982, newly remastered for…

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Intrada Goes to Vietnam for Two Rare Disney Scores

July 12, 2017 by Mike Duquette | No Comments
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Intrada has released two very different scores to two live action Disney comedies, both based on true events of the Vietnam War–as unbelievable as that may seem. Alex North’s score to Good Morning, Vietnam and David Newman’s score to Operation Dumbo Drop have been dusted off for a 2-for-1 release on CD. Good Morning, Vietnam featured late funnyman Robin Williams as Adrian Cronauer, a real-life disc jockey on the Armed Forces Radio Service. His irreverent broadcasts confound his superiors but provide a much-needed respite from the horrors of the conflict in Vietnam….

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Say Hello to Yesterday: Mark Wynter Anthology Traces Career From Pop Hits to Rare Showtunes

July 11, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Mark Wynter

Mark Wynter scored his first hit pop single at the age of seventeen in 1960 with “Image of a Girl” on the Decca label, paving the way for future U.K. smashes like “Venus in Blue Jeans” and “Go Away Little Girl.”  By the end of the decade, he had taken his first steps towards an enduring theatrical career with a lead role in the musical Phil the Fluter.  Flash-forward to 2016, and after decades onstage in such diverse musicals as Robert and Elizabeth, Cats, On the Twentieth Century, and Phantom of the Opera, Wynter…

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The Legacy Collection: Robin Hood

July 10, 2017 by Joe Marchese
Robin Hood Legacy Collection

Disney’s Legacy Collection returns with a first-ever complete soundtrack release for the 1973 animated classic Robin Hood.  Disc 1 of this 2-CD set includes the original songs and score from the film, penned by writers including Roger Miller, George Bruns, Floyd Huddleston, and Johnny Mercer. Disc 2 spotlights bonus material including previously unreleased demos.

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Release Round-Up: Week of July 7

July 7, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
Laura Nyro A Little Magic A Little Kindness

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up featuring our latest Second Disc Records title and much, much more! Laura Nyro, A Little Magic, A Little Kindness: The Complete Mono Albums Collection (Second Disc Records/Real Gone Music) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Second Disc Records and Real Gone Music are proud to present, for the first time on CD, the ultra-rare, original mono mixes of Laura Nyro’s first two albums: More Than a New Discovery (Verve Folkways, 1967) and Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (Columbia, 1968), plus new-to-CD bonus tracks!  Both albums have been newly remastered from the original mono…

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A Second Disc Encore: July 4 Special Reissue Theory: “1776: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”

July 4, 2017 by Joe Marchese | 5 Comments
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Happy 4th of July!  Welcome to another installment of Reissue Theory, where we take a look back at notable albums and the reissues they could someday see. In 1969, a Broadway musical about a most unlikely subject became the toast of New York.  Three years later, a movie mogul in the twilight of his years shepherded it to the big screen, and while the film has lived on, its soundtrack album has all but disappeared.  Today’s Reissue Theory, pulled from The Second Disc archives, imagines a long-overdue expansion of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack…

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You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Shelf: “JAWS” Score Surfaces on Vinyl by Mondo

July 3, 2017 by Mike Duquette | 2 Comments
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How appropriate on this, the eve of the Fourth of July, that Mondo announces a vinyl title to keep audiences out of the water and off the beach! The specialty vinyl label will premiere John Williams’ original Oscar-winning score to Steven Spielberg’s JAWS this fall. Based on the bestseller by Peter Benchley, JAWS focused on a bustling beach community whose summer tourism boom is threatened by a massive great white shark. The chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young oceanographer (Richard Dreyfuss) and a modern-day Captain Ahab (Robert Shaw) form an unlikely…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 23

June 23, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! Prince, Purple Rain: Music from the Motion Picture (various formats) (Warner Bros.) 2CD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. 3CD/1DVD: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. LP: Amazon U.S. / Amazon Canada / Amazon U.K. At long, long last – a deluxe, expanded Purple Rain arrives in various formats, including a 2-CD iteration with 11 previously unreleased outtakes and a 3-CD/1-DVD version adding a third CD of 15 single edits and remixes and a DVD of 1985’s Prince and the Revolution Live! …

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Review: “Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Deluxe Edition”

June 19, 2017 by Ted Frank | 1 Comment
Singles Deluxe Edition

A Tribute Told in Vignettes… Well, I don’t like to reduce us to just being part of the “Seattle Sound.” I’d like to think of us as expanding more. Like, we’re huge in Europe right now. I mean, we’ve got records… uh, a big record just broke in Belgium.    -Cliff Poncier, Singles A Cameron Crowe film tends to have a “killer” soundtrack.  Listening to a Crowe soundtrack is an intriguing adventure filled with carefully curated juxtapositions.  In fact, the experience is a lot like the line from Crowe’s motion picture Singles, in…

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Release Round-Up: Week of June 16

June 16, 2017 by Joe Marchese | No Comments
David Bowie Cracked Actor

Welcome to this week’s Release Round-Up! David Bowie, Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 (Parlophone/Rhino) (Amazon U.S./ Amazon U.K. / Amazon Canada) Cracked Actor: Live in Los Angeles 1974 is the first authorized release of Bowie’s Philly Dogs Tour show at Los Angeles’ Universal Amphitheatre, from September 1974.  First released earlier this year on vinyl only, some of this performance was featured in Alan Yentob’s BBC documentary also known as Cracked Actor.  The original tapes for this show were finally brought together last November, and they have been newly mixed by Tony Visconti. Note that…

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