Film Score Monthly has announced a new soundtrack edition for the 1988 thriller Frantic. Ennio Morricone has written the music for the Roman Polanski-directed movie. The album includes a newly remastered presentation of the original soundtrack album released in 1988 by Elektra Records, which has been out of print for years and features a lot of music that does not appear in the film. In addition, the release also includes the premiere release of Morricone’s complete score as it appears in the film. For more information on the soundtrack, check out Film Score Monthly’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips from the album. Frantic starring Harrison Ford, Emmanuelle Seigner and Betty Buckley marks Morricone’s only collaboration with Polanski.
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Danny Elfman’s ‘Scrooged’ Score and Ennio Morricone’s ‘Fat Man and Little Boy’ Soundtrack Released
La-La Land Records has announced four new limited soundtrack albums, including two world premiere releases and two new editions of film music classics. First up is the previously unreleased score for Richard Donner’s 1988 holiday comedy Scrooged. The album includes the music from the movie by Danny Elfman. The project was Elfman’s first major Hollywood studio assignment before he scored his breakout score for Tim Burton’s Batman. To order the album and listen to audio previews, visit La-La Land Records’ website. Scrooged starring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, David Johansen and Bobcat Goldthwait received one Academy Award nomination for Best Make Up.
The label has also announced the world premiere release of the 1989 docudrama Fat Man and Little Boy. The album includes the original score from the film by Ennio Morricone. The 2CD-set includes a number of cues that were not used in the final cut of the movie. Audio clips and more details about the release can be checked out in La-La Land Records’ online store. Fat Man and Little Boy was directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission) and stars Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz and John Cusack.
New ‘Days of Heaven’ Soundtrack by Ennio Morricone released
This past week, Film Score Monthly has released a new soundtrack album for Terrence Malick’s 1978 drama Days of Heaven. The film’s Academy Award-nominated score is composed by Ennio Morricone. The album comes in a 2CD set and includes the 1978 soundtrack album including most of Morricone’s major themes and some music not heard in the picture, as well as the composer’s cues as heard in the final film on one disc. The second disc presents an extended, freestanding program of most of Morricone’s score as recorded. For audio clips and more information, visit Film Score Monthly’s album page. Days of Heaven starring Richard Gere, Sam Shepard and Brooke Adams centers on a hot-tempered farm laborer who convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.
Morricone’s White Dog score released
Film Score Monthly has announced their newest CD release: Ennio Morricone’s score the 1982 drama White Dog. In the movie, a trainer is attempting to reprogram a vicious dog who’s been trained to attack and kill people with black skin. The movie directed by Samuel Fuller (Shark!, The Big Red One) stars Kristy McNichol. The movie was only recently released on DVD and was virtually unseen before in the US. Film Score Monthly’s premiere CD release is limited to 3000 copies and features the complete score. To find out more about the album, listen to audio clips and order the CD, visit Film Score Monthly’s CD page.