Kritzerland Records has announced a new soundtrack album featuring two (newly remastered) scores composed by Emmy Award winner Billy Goldenberg (Columbo, Kojak, Duel, Rhoda, Helter Skelter). The titles include the 1970 drama The Grasshopper directed by Jerry Paris and starring Jacqueline Bisset, Jim Brown & Joseph Cotten, as well as the 1977 thriller The Domino Principle directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Mickey Rooney, Richard Widmark, Edward Albert & Eli Wallach. The limited edition CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and to listen to audio samples. Both scores have previously been released on vinyl.
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Billy Goldenberg (1936 – 2020)
Billy Goldenberg has passed away at age 84. The composer wrote dozens of scores for film and television between the late 60s and late 90s. His best known works include the first theme for Kojak, his scores for seven episodes of Columbo, Herbert Ross’ 1975 feature The Last of Sheila, Michael Schultz’s 1979 comedy Scavenger Hunt, and the themes for the CBS comedy Rhoda, the ABC western Alias Smith and Jones and the NBC drama Our House. He collaborated with Steven Spielberg on two of the director’s early projects, Night Gallery and Duel, and later scored several episodes of the Spielberg-produced anthology series Amazing Stories. Throughout his career, he received over 20 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won the award multiple times for the 1974/75 mini-series The Lives of Benjamin Franklin, the 1978 Martin Luther King Jr. biographical mini-series King and the TV movies Queen of the Stardust Ballroom and Rage of Angels.
Soundtrack for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Duel’ Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1971 television movie Duel directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dennis Weaver. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Emmy Award-winning composer Billy Goldenberg (Kojak, Columbo, Rhoda, Helter Skelter), including the full score and several radio source music written by the composer. For the full album details and to listen the audio clips, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD.