Varese Sarabande has announced the latest batch of titles in the Varese CD Club series, including four new soundtrack releases. First up is the world premiere release of the original soundtrack recording of Midway. The album features the original score by John Williams. For audio clips and to order the CD, visit Varese Sarabande’s website. The album is limited to 3000 copies. Midway directed by Jack Smight starred Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Hal Holbrook, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Mitchum, Cliff Robertson and Robert Wagner. The title marked the last Williams score that has not received an official soundtrack release since Jaws.

Also being released by the label is a Deluxe Edition of the soundtrack for Guillermo Del Toro’s 1997 horror thriller Mimic. The album features the expanded score by Marco Beltrami including more than 30 minutes of previously unreleased music. To listen to audio clips of the limited edition CD, visit Varese’s online store. Mimic starring Mira Sorvino, Charles Dutton and Josh Brolin has recently been released on BluRay and is available to order on Amazon.

Varese has also announced the second volume of the soundtrack for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The 3-CD set features the premiere of eight Bernard Herrmann scores from the classic television series. The album is limited to 2000 copies. For audio clips and to order the soundtrack, visit Varese’s website. For more information on the first volume that was released earlier this year, click here.

Finally, the label also released a score album for The Karate Kid: Part II featuring the music from the film by Bill Conti. The album was previously only available in a 4-disc set including all of Conti’s scores for the series. for the full details, click here.