LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - 08/30/2010

CHiPs Vol 3 - Alan Silvestri (FSMCD Vol.13 No.12)


The Deep - John Barry (Intrada Special Collection Volume 143, 2 CDs) - 103:04

The Going Up Of David Lev - Jerry Goldsmith (BSXCD 8874) – 33:46

Saint Joan - Mischa Spoliansky (Kritzerland KR 20016-5)

TV Omnibus Volume 1 (1962-1976) - Various (FSMCD Vol.13 No.13, 5 CDs)

Vampires Suck - Christopher Lennertz (Lakeshore 34189)

THE 62nd EMMY WINNERS AT THE MUSIC CATEGORIES

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL - (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)
TEMPLE GRANDIN - Alex Wurman

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)24: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Sean P. Callery

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
NURSE JACKIE - Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
MONK: Mr. Monk And The End Part II; "When I'm Gone") - Music and Lyrics by Randy Newman

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION
VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES OPENING CEREMONY - Dave Pierce

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - 08/26/2010

Beach Blanket Bingo - Les Baxter (La-La Land LLLCD 1142)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge Of Kitty Galore - Christopher Lennertz (Varèse Sarabande 302 067 041 2)
The Expendables - Brian Tyler (Silva 1339)
Fraulein Doktor - Ennio Morricone (Legend CD 34 DLX)
The Lone Gunmen / Harsh Realm - Mark Snow (La-La Land LLLCD 1135)
Midnight Movie - Penka Kouneva (HWRCD 003)
Piranha 3D - Michael Wandmacher (Lakeshore 34187) – 58:21
Shane: A Tribute To Victor Young – Victor Young (RKYOUNG101) – 58:59
Tudors: Season 3 - Trevor Morris (Varèse Sarabande 302 067 039 2)
Wuthering Heights: A Tribute To Alfred Newman - Alfred Newman (RKNEWMAN102)

WENDY & LISA WIN THEIR FIRST EMMY FOR 'NURSE JACKIE'

Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman take home statues for Nurse Jackie’s Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music; First Female Duo to ever win in category

Los Angeles, CA- Musical composing duo Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, commonly referred to as “Wendy & Lisa”, received their first, long-anticipated Emmy win for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for their work on Showtime’s NURSE JACKIE at the Creative Art Emmys on Saturday, August 21st. The category was almost eliminated from future Emmy competitions, but was saved due to an overwhelming vote from the members of the Emmy music branch.

“We’re happy future composers can continue to compete in this important realm,” Melvoin remarked backstage at Saturday’s awards,  “Both of our fathers were composing alongside the greats for years and we’re honored to be the first Emmy winners representing their second generation.” 

JORIS DE MAN SCORES KILLZONE® 3

Blockbuster PlayStation®3 Video Game Score to be Recorded at World Famous Abbey Road Studios

LONDON, England - Following his landmark IVOR NOVELLO award-winning musical achievement for the first-person shooter video game KILLZONE® 2 on PLAYSTATION®3, Dutch-born composer JORIS DE MAN returns to provide a new original music score for the highly anticipated next installment in the blockbuster franchise, KILLZONE® 3.  Internationally renowned for his epic, powerful and sweeping orchestral music, Joris de Man's rousing theatrical score for KILLZONE 3 enhances the game's Hollywood-style, action-focused narrative and propels the dramatic movie sequences and cinematic, visceral gameplay. His most ambitious compositional work yet, Joris de Man will record his symphonic music at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios. Developed by Guerrilla Games, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, KILLZONE 3 is scheduled for release in February 2011. "Joris is the kind of composer that keeps developing his skills and throughout the years he always manages to amaze us with new sounds, themes and direction in his music and for KILLZONE 3 he's doing exactly that again," said Mathijs de Jonge, Game Director at Guerrilla Games. "KILLZONE 3 will be the seventh title that I've worked on with Joris and it's great to see how the projects we work on keep growing both in scale as well as popularity. I think it's very important to have this kind of creative connection with the composer as it adds so much to the experience when music and game complement each other."

SUMTHING ELSE RELEASES MONSTER HUNTER™ TRI ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Music Composed by Yukko Miyama and Tadayo Shinmakin Featuring Performances by the FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague

New York - August 24th, 2010 - Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc., through its licensing relationship with Capcom®, proudly presents Monster Hunter™ Tri Original Soundtrack featuring the original musical score from Monster Hunter™ Tri for Wii™, the latest installment in the best-selling Japanese adventure video game series. The two-disc soundtrack album is released today to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works www.sumthing.com, and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital www.sumthingdigital.com, Amazon MP3 and iTunes®.   Monster Hunter™ Tri Original Soundtrack features over 50 original tracks composed by Capcom in-house composers Yukko Miyama (Mega Man X 7, Mega Man X 8) and Tadayo Shinmakin (Monster Hunter Freedom Unite) who previously contributed to the series. The music reflects the game's rich heritage and diverse cultures, hybrid creatures and natural environments unique to the series. Music for the symphony was recorded with the critically acclaimed FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague in the Czech Republic.

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Varèse Sarabande, La-La Land

Varèse Sarabande - LOST: THE FINAL SEASON (Michael Giacchino, 2 CDs, September 14th), THE TUDORS: FOURTH SEASON (Trevor Morris, October 12th), HACHI: A DOG’S STORY (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, October 12th)

La-La Land Records - THE LONE GUNMEN / HARSH REALM (Mark Snow, August 23rd)

MILAN TO RELEASE TOMANDANDY'S RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE

Music from the Motion Picture Resident Evil Afterlife by TOMANDANDY to be released on Milan Records, Tuesday September 7, 2010

Los Angeles (CA) – Action packed Resident Evil: Afterlife directed by Paul W.S. Anderson is the fourth installment of the hugely successful video game turned film franchise. Afterlife is the first film in the series to be released in 3D using James Cameron’s Fusion Camera System. It features an exciting and fast-paced score by producing duo Tomandandy.

TOMANDANDY (http://www.tomandandy.com/) delivers an enthralling electronic score capturing the energy and vigor of the film. “At every turn, the director Paul W. S. Anderson encouraged us to avoid cliché. He had little interest in traditional orchestral colors, encouraging us instead to explore the edges of noise and modern sound synthesis.”

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES

Charlie St. Cloud - Rolfe Kent (Varèse Sarabande 302 067 037 2)

Cohen And Tate - Bill Conti (Intrada Special Collection Volume 139) – 43:02

Dinner For Schmucks - Theodore Shapiro (Lakeshore 34183)

Hunters Are For Killing - Jerry Fielding (FSMCD Vol.13 No.11) – 56:31

Nanny McPhee Returns - James Newton Howard (Varèse Sarabande 302 067 015 2)

No Retreat, No Surrender - Frank Harris (Perseverance PRD 034)

SpaceCamp - John Williams (Intrada Special Collection Volume 140) – 48:32

THE WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS 2010 NOMINEES

The World Soundtrack Academy has announced the list of its nominees for the 2010 Awards to be presented in three categories: Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score of the Year and Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film. The names of the winners will be announced at the World Soundtrack Awards 10th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 23, the closing night of the Ghent International Film Festival.

The nominees the World Soundtrack Awards 2010:

Film Composer of the Year
• Alexandre Desplat – Fantastic Mr. Fox, New Moon, Julie & Julia, The Ghost Writer
• Hans Zimmer – Sherlock Holmes, Despicable Me, It's Complicated
• Danny Elfman – Alice in Wonderland, The Wolfman
• John Powell – Green Zone, How To Train Your Dragon, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Knight & Day
• Carter Burwell – The Blind Side, A Serious Man, Where the Wild Things Are, Howl, The Kids Are All Right

Best Original Film Score of the Year
• Fantastic Mr. Fox – Alexandre Desplat
• Avatar – James Horner
• Where the Wild Things Are – Carter Burwell & Karen Orzolek
• A Single Man – Abel Korzeniowski
• Sherlock Holmes – Hans Zimmer

Best Original Song Written Directly For a Film
• ‘Almost There’ - The Princess and the Frog (Randy Newman)
• ‘I See You’ - Avatar (James Horner, Simon Franglen, Kuk Harrell)
• ‘I Want to Come Home’ - Everybody’s Fine (Paul McCartney)
• ‘Sticks & Stones’ - How to Train your Dragon (Jon Birgisson)
• ‘The Weary Kind’ - Crazy Heart (Ryan Bingham & T-Bone Burnett)

LIONSGATE RELEASES BRIAN TYLER’S ' THE EXPENDABLES'

Available on iTunes and Amazon.com

SANTA MONICA, CA, August 9, 2010 – LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading next generation studio, today announced the release of The Expendables original motion picture score by Brian Tyler, which will be available on August 10th just three days before the August 13th theatrical release of the film.

The Expendables boasts a legendary line-up of some of the most beloved action adventure stars in Hollywood (Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, and Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin and Mickey Rourke to name a few). As one of the industry’s go-to action composers, Brian Tyler’s score embraces an eclectic assemblage of musical styles to bolster these larger than life heroes and capture the exhilarating essence of adventure.

Recorded in Prague with an orchestra of 80 musicians, “The musical theme of The Expendables reflects this group of expendable guys, a bad ass ensemble team that have been put in a situation that gives them a shot at redemption. Redemption and emotion were more important in this score than action even though it is an action film. Stallone was supportive of that direction. We had a great orchestra along with great percussion and Latin elements to reflect the locale,” said Tyler.

UPCOMING SOUNDTRACK RELEASES - Film Score Monthly, Varèse Sarabande, Howlin’ Wolf

Film Score Monthly - HUNTERS ARE FOR KILLING (Jerry Fielding, TV, August), STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION (Ron Jones, TV, 14 CDs, September), HAWAII FIVE-O (Morton Stevens, TV, 2010), CHIPS Vol. III (TV, Vários, 2010), TV OMNIBUS: VOLUME ONE (George Duning, Billy Goldenberg, Dave Grusin, Lalo Schifrin, TV, 5 CDs, 2010)

Varèse Sarabande – NEVER LET ME GO (Rachel Portman, September 14), TRUE BLOOD – SECOND SEASON (Nathan Barr, TV, September 14), SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND (Joseph LoDuca, TV, September 21), THE PILLARS OF THE EARTH (Trevor Morris, September 21)

Howlin’ Wolf Records – MIDNIGHT MOVIE (Penka Kouneva, August 13)

HOWLIN' WOLF RECORDS RELEASES 'MIDNIGHT MOVIE'

MIDNIGHT MOVIE by Penka Kouneva
List Price $15.95

Release Date: 08.13.2010

Howlin' Wolf Records is proud to present the first official film score release for Penka Kouneva, a prominent Hollywood orchestrator and rising composer for videogames, television, and film. In 2008 Jack Messitt wrote and directed MIDNIGHT MOVIE, a supernatural horror/thriller about a maniacal filmmaker who breaks the barrier between celluloid and reality to stalk attendees at a midnight screening of his black and white cult horror classic THE DARK BENEATH. To score this film Penka Kouneva was presented with the challenge of providing scores for both the vintage film and the modern film, which beautifully blend and intersect seamlessly throughout the storyline. MIDNIGHT MOVIE, premiered in 2008 at the Chicago Horror Film Festival winning "Best Feature Film." It is currently available on both Blu-ray and DVD from Bigfoot Entertainment.

Penka Kouneva has long been recognized in Hollywood for her amazing talent as the orchestrator of blockbuster scores including HOSTEL, HOSTEL PART II, TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, ANGELS AND DEMONS, as well as Tim Burton's "9." Most recently Penka worked alongside renowned film composer Steve Jablonsky to score the videogame PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS, now available for download on Amazon. In addition to a busy career as an orchestrator, Penka has also scored a number of films other than MIDNIGHT MOVIE, including CHUPACABRA TERROR, ICE SPIDERS, and most recently ROUGH HUSTLE.

BUYSOUNDTRAX TO RELEASE '2001 MANIACS: FIELD OF SCREAMS'

Songs, Dialogue, Ditties and Score In One Finger-Lickin’ Good Package!

(Los Angeles, CA) – From First Look Studios and director Tim Sullivan, and starring Bill Moseley (Devil’s Rejects), comes the eagerly anticipated second installment of the gore-soaked horror-comedy franchise 2001 Maniacs with 2001 MANIACS: FIELD OF SCREAMS. BuySoundtrax will release the 2001 MANIACS: FIELD OF SCREAMS -- Original Soundtrack on July 20, 2010. The soundtrack features songs provided by fans of the franchise found on Myspace and Facebook, as well as the film’s star Bill Moseley providing the end-title track, with original music by Patrick Copeland (Hood of Horror).

LATEST SOUNDTRACK RELEASES

Addio Zio Tom - Riz Ortolani (GDM Club 7089)
Batman - Danny Elfman (La-La Land LLLCD 1140, 2 CDs) – 144:00
Dragon Seed - Herbert Stothart (FSMCD Vol.13 No.10, 2 CDs) – 119:33
Karate Kid (2010) - James Horner (Amazon CDR 34792)
Krull - James Horner (La-La Land LLLCD 1143, 2 CDs) – 99:39
Predator - Alan Silvestri (Intrada Special Collection Volume 141) – 74:45
Predators - John Debney (La-La Land LLLCD 1141)
Romantic Comedy - Marvin Hamlisch (Kritzerland KR 20016-2)
Spartacus - Alex North (Varèse Sarabande VCL 0610 1109, 6 CDs)
These Thousand Hills / Proud Ones – Leigh Harline / Lionel Newman (Intrada Special Collection Volume 134) – 73:26
Un Tranquillo Posto Di Campagna - Ennio Morricone (GDM Club 7088)