Today sees the release of the hotly-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens in theaters (well, technically, yesterday at 7 PM). As the film seems poised to break several box office records, a deluge of Star Wars products has hit the shelves. Among these offerings released today is the soundtrack CD featuring John William’s seventh score for the iconic franchise. To tie in with all of the Star Wars happenings, Sony Masterworks recently announced that the label will be releasing two box sets on January 8, 2016: Star Wars: The Ultimate Soundtrack Collection and…
Yesss!!! La-La Land Reissues Williams, Horner, Barry, Tiomkin Classics for Final 2015 Offering
A classic ’50s score and four popular ’90s soundtracks from three beloved composers make up La-La Land Records’ exciting-as-always Black Friday announcements. This year, the label has prepped expanded reissues of Dimitri Tiomkin’s Giant (1956), 25th anniversary editions of John Williams’ Home Alone and John Barry’sDances with Wolves (both 1990) and two scores by the late James Horner: 1994’s The Pagemaster and 1995’s Braveheart. All five limited edition CD sets will be available to order on Tuesday, December 1. With Christmas just around the corner, it’s as appropriate as always to start…
Release Round-Up: Week of November 27
To our U.S. readers, today is the day of shopping known as Black Friday – but happily, the diverse slate of releases due in stores today should lift your spirits – no matter where you’re located! Love, Reel to Real: Expanded Edition (High Moon Records) (Amazon U.S.) High Moon Records has the premiere reissue of Arthur Lee and Love’s 1974 album Reel to Real as a newly-expanded Deluxe Edition boasting a color, 32-page booklet. A vinyl edition will follow early next year. Read more here! America, Archives Volume One (America Records) (Amazon…
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John Williams’ Original “JAWS” Score Gets Deluxe, Expanded Edition From Intrada
Only shortly after their expansion of the score to JAWS 2, Intrada gives fans of the great white shark franchise a true reason to need a bigger boat, announcing a deluxe edition of John Williams’ iconic, Academy Award-winning soundtrack to Steven Spielberg’s JAWS. We’ve told the story behind the music before, in a Friday Feature from 2012. What’s important now is what fans can expect from this new release, the third issue of JAWS score on CD. According to Intrada’s product description, the first release of the original film score (Decca’s 25th anniversary edition from 2000) featured a distillation…
Back In The Water: Intrada Premieres John Williams’ Complete “JAWS 2” Score
Mere weeks after Intrada took us Back to the Future for two very special soundtrack reissues, the label is exploring another one of Universal’s hit franchises with unforgettable soundtracks: JAWS. Having expanded Alan Parker and Michael Small’s scores to JAWS 3-D (1983) and JAWS: The Revenge (1987) earlier this year, Intrada now enters John Williams territory with a double-disc presentation of 1978’s JAWS 2. Though John Williams was a composer of some acclaim before JAWS hit theaters in 1975–he’d earned an Oscar for adapting Fiddler on the Roof to film in 1971 and was the go-to composer for a string of disaster movies, including The…
Kritzerland Turns 10! Label Launches New Soundtrack Series, Begins Indiegogo Campaign
Happy Birthday, Kritzerland! Ten years ago this month, producer Bruce Kimmel, known for his work at labels including Bay Cities and Varese Sarabande, launched the Kritzerland label. Since 2005, Kritzerland has released over 150 CDs: classic soundtracks from composers like Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, John Barry and John Williams, vintage cast recordings of musicals including stunning remixes of Follies and Promises, Promises, and solo albums by artists such as Sandy Bainum and the elusive Guy Haines. Among the label’s recent highlights is a deluxe 2-CD premiere of the complete songs and score…
Back Tracks: The Spielberg-Williams Connection Part II
Our look at the work of John Williams for Steven Spielberg’s filmography continues with this look at the rest of the 1990s and beyond. Also featured are a few compilations of performances devoted to one of the best partnerships in film music history. Enjoy after the jump!
Back Tracks: The Spielberg-Williams Connection
As I write this, Steven Spielberg is currently at work on his next film, an adaptation of the World War I-themed British play War Horse, due for a release a year from now. This means that, before long, composer John Williams will begin to write his 26th score for a Spielberg picture. The duo have been an almost immortal force in the film business for nearly 40 years, from their first collaboration, 1973’s The Sugarland Express, to next Christmas’ The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, for which Williams is in…
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