Tag: Jeannot Szwarc

Remastered ‘Jaws 2’ Soundtrack Album Announced

Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1978 thriller sequel Jaws 2 directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. The album features the film’s newly remastered original score composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, HarryPotter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, Schindler’s List, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Catch Me If You Can, Home Alone). The 2-CD set, which includes the complete score and bonus tracks (including some newly discovered alternates) on the first disc and the remastered 1978 soundtrack album on the second disc, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full album details, visit the label’s official website. The label has previously released an expanded soundtrack release for the title back in 2015, while MCA Records has released the original 1978 soundtrack album.

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World Premiere Release of Charles Fox’s ‘Bug’ Score Announced

Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1975 sci-fi/horror movie Bug directed by Jeannot Szwarc, based on Thomas Page’s novel The Hephaestus Plague and starring Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Jamie Smith-Jackson. The album features the film’s original music composed and performed by Academy Award nominee Charles Fox (9 to 5, Short Circuit 2, National Lampoon’s European Vacation,  Foul Play, Little Darlings), as well as numerous alternate takes. The CD is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the release.

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‘Santa Claus: The Movie’ 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition Soundtrack Album Announced

Quartet Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1985 fantasy adventure Santa Claus: The Movie directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Dudley Moore, John Lithgow, David Huddleston, Burgess Meredith and Judy Cornwell. The album features the newly remastered original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Henry Mancini (Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Pink Panther, Charade, The Thorn Birds), as well as the movie’s original songs written by Mancini and featuring lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The 40th Anniversary Remastered Edition is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list, listen to audio samples and find out more about the 2-CD set.

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Expanded ‘Somewhere in Time’ Soundtrack Album Announced

La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1980 romantic drama Somewhere in Time directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour and Christopher Plummer. The album features the expanded and remastered original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Body Heat, The Man with the Golden Gun, Octopussy). The soundtrack features previously unreleased score cues and additional music, including the music box arrangement of Rachmaninoff Rhapsody, Barry’s original music for Elise’s stage show & more. The CD, which is limited to 5,000 copies, will be available to order on the label’s official website at 12:00 PST today.

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