Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1959 thriller North by Northwest starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason and Martin Landau. The album features the original recording of the complete score in stereo from new masters. The music is composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. To check out the full album details, listen to audio clips and to order the album, visit Intrada’s website. North by Northwest received three Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction, Editing and Writing.
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Bernard Herrmann’s ‘It’s Alive’ Score Released
Film Score Monthly has released the world premiere CD release of the nearly complete score for the 1974 horror film It’s Alive written and directed by Larry Cohen and starring John Ryan and Sharon Farrell. The music is composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann. The album includes almost 45 minutes of the score, as well as two bonus tracks. For audio clips and the full soundtrack details including the track list, check out Film Score Monthly’s CD page and to order the album, visit Screen Archives.
John Williams’ ‘Midway’ Score Released
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.
Fernando Velazquez’s ‘Devil’ Score Album announced
Varese Sarabande has announced a new limited edition album of the soundtrack for last year’s horror thriller Devil. The album features the original score by Fernando Velazquez performed by the London Metropolitan Orchestra. The soundtrack is limited to 1000 copies and is available for pre-order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips. Devil directed by John Erick Dowdle, produced by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Chris Messina, Caroline Dhavernas and Bokeem Woodbine centers on a group of people who are trapped in an elevator. The film was released last summer and is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Expanded ‘Scream’ Score by Marco Beltrami announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the newest titles in their CD Club series. Among the new releases is a deluxe edition of Marco Beltrami‘s score for Wes Craven’s original Scream film. Only about 12 minutes of music from the horror movie has previously been released on a compilation with the sequel’s score. The new album features more than an hour of music from the film, which introduced Beltrami to a wider audience. One track on the CD is credited to Christophe Beck, who also was just starting out at the time of the film’s release. The album is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to pre-order on Varese’s website, where you can see the full track list and listen to audio clips from the soundtrack. Scream was released in 1996 and it’s cast included Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, David Arquette, Skeet Ulrich, Jamie Kennedy and Drew Barrymore.