They Got It All: John Du Prez’s Score for “Weird Al” Yankovic’s ‘UHF’ to Get Premiere Release

For as long as it’s been since “Weird Al” Yankovic achieved the unlikely feat of topping the Billboard 200 with his 14th album Mandatory Fun in 2014, fans have wondered what’ll inspire him to start making more music. The generationally-beloved parodist indicated at the time that he wasn’t planning on focusing on full-length albums – indeed, he let his longtime contract, starting at Scotti Bros. in 1983 and ending at Sony Music’s RCA Records, lapse – and subsequent works were few and far between. Most notably, he recorded two polka medleys – one of songs from…

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Turtles in Time: Waxwork Completes John Du Prez’s “Ninja Turtles” Film Score Trilogy with Debut Release

While Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fever may have been cooling a bit by the release of the green gang’s third film in 1993, the music to their motion pictures was still going strong. Waxwork Records, which debuted composer John Du Prez’s scores to the first two films in 2018 and 2021, now offers the premiere release of his work for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. For the third go-round, the space-time continuum goes wild when an enchanted scepter makes April O’Neil (Paige Turco, reprising her role from the second film) switch places…

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‘Ninja Turtles’ Sequel Score Oozes to Life from Waxwork

After doing a bodacious job with its predecessor, Waxwork Records will debut John Du Prez’s butt-kicking score to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze. Released in 1991, a year after the first film became a surprise blockbuster, Turtles II featured the comic book superheroes learning more about the mutagen that resulted in their creation…and have to contend with their old foe Shredder, who obtains some of the ooze to create a pair of fearsome henchmen. While Turtlemania was arguably starting to subside by the time the film was released – and…

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A Shell of a Soundtrack: ‘Ninja Turtles’ Score Debuting From Waxwork Records (CD UPDATE 2/6)

UPDATE (2/6/2019): CD buyers rejoice! Waxwork is now taking orders on their site for this soundtrack, featuring CD-sized versions of the art and packaging and the same track list. An Amazon link for the standard vinyl is below, as well. ORIGINAL POST (10/4/2018): They’re lean, they’re green, and they’re on…your turntable? Vinyl soundtrack label Waxwork Records has a real treat coming this month, with the premiere release of John Du Prez’s score for 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Based on an independent comic by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, Teenage Mutant Ninja…

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