Quartet Records has announced a number of new soundtracks, including a new album for the 1969 drama Midnight Cowboy directed by John Schlesinger and starring Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman. John Barry (Goldfinger, Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa) who is credited as the film’s music supervisor composed a series of original cues and supervised the entire musical concept of the project. Everybody’s Talkin’ written by Fred Neil was selected as a main theme for the movie and was newly recorded with arrangements by George Tipton and performed by Harry Nilsson. The 2-CD set features a remastered version of the original soundtrack album, as well as alternate song versions on the first disc and the complete music (both songs and score) as it appears in the film on the second disc.
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World Premiere Performance of ‘Dances with Wolves – In Concert’ Announced
City Light Concerts has announced the world premiere performance of Dances with Wolves – In Concert, with the film’s Academy Award-winning original music composed by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Born Free, The Lion in Winter, The Man with the Golden Gun) performed live to picture. Thiago Tiberio will conduct the City Light Symphony Orchestra while the Academy Award-winning 1990 western epic directed by Kevin Costner is playing on the big screen. The concerts will take place on December 4 & 5, 2020 at the KKL Luzern Concert Hall in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Expanded ‘Howard the Duck’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1986 sci-fi adventure comedy Howard the Duck directed by Willard Huyck and starring Lea Thompson, Jeffrey Jones and Tim Robbins. The 3-CD set features the expanded original music from the Lucasfilm production composed and conducted by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Dances with Wolves). Also included is additional music by Sylvester Levay (Hot Shots!, Cobra), as well as the movie’s original songs produced by Thomas Dolby. Visit the label’s official website for the full album details and to order the soundtrack.
‘The Legend of the Long Ranger’ Soundtrack Album Announced
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere CD release of the soundtrack album for the 1981 western The Legend of the Lone Ranger directed by William A. Fraker and starring Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse and Christopher Lloyd. The album features the film’s original music composed, conducted and produced by John Barry (Dances with Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger, The Man with the Golden Gun), including the song The Man In The Mask performed by Merle Haggard (and featuring lyrics by Dean Pitchford) and harmonica soloist Paul Jones.
‘Hellboy’ & ‘RoboCop 3’ Deluxe Edition Soundtracks Announced
Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in its CD Club series. Among the titles is a deluxe edition soundtrack for Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 feature Hellboy starring Ron Perlman, John Hurt, Selma Blair and Doug Jones. The 2-CD set features the expanded score from the film composed by Academy Award nominee Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, The Wolverine, World War Z, Scream series, The Hurt Locker), including more than an hour of previously unreleased music.. The soundtrack is limited to 3000 copies and is now available to pre-order on the label’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples and check out the full album details.
Expanded ‘Dances with Wolves’ Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a new expanded and remastered soundtrack album for Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning 1990 drama Dances with Wolves starring Costner, Mary McDonnell and Graham Greene. The album features the film’s Academy Award-winning original music composed and conducted by John Barry (Goldfinger, Out of Africa, Body Heat), including previously unreleased music, alternate cues, as well as radio promotional cuts. To release coincides with the 25th Anniversary of the movie and is limited to 5000 copies. For the full details of the 2-CD set, visit the label’s official Facebook page. The soundtrack will be available on La-La Land Records’ website on December 1.
John Barry’s Expanded ‘Indecent Proposal’ Score Released
Intrada Records has announced a new soundtrack release for Paramount Pictures’ 1993 drama Indecent Proposal directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Robert Redford, Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson. The album features the expanded original score from the movie composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dance With Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger), including over 45 minutes of previously unreleased music and alternate cues. For the full album details and to listen to audio samples, visit Intrada’s official website, where you can also pre-order the CD.
John Barry’s ‘The Dove’ Score Released
Intrada Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack CD release for the 1974 drama The Dove directed by Charles Jarrott and starring Joseph Bottoms, Deborah Raffin and Gregory Peck . The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Academy Award winner John Barry (Dance With Wolves, Out of Africa, Goldfinger) who previously scored Jarrott’s Mary, Queen Of Scots. Included is the content of the original 1974 soundtrack LP, including the original song written by the composer, performed by Lyn Paul and with lyrics by Don Black, as well as several previously unreleased tracks. To check out the full details of the soundtrack for the Paramount Pictures production, visit Intrada’s official website, where you can also listen to audio samples.
John Barry’s ‘First Love’ Score Released
La-La Land Records has announced the world premiere soundtrack release for the 1977 romance First Love directed by Joan Darling and starring William Katt, Susan Dey and John Heard. The album features the film’s original score written by Academy Award-winning composer John Barry (Goldfinger, Dances With Wolves). Only a small portion of the score was used in the final version of the Paramount Pictures production. The album is limited to 2000 copies and is now available to order on the label’s website, where you can also listen to audio clips.
‘King Kong’ Deluxe Edition Soundtrack Announced
Film Score Monthly has announced a deluxe soundtrack edition for the 1976 remake of King Kong directed by John Guillermin and starring Jeff Bridges, Jessica Lange and Charles Grodin. The 2-CD set features the complete score composed and conducted by Academy Award-winning composer John Barry on one disc, as well as the original 1976 album and several alternates on the second disc. To listen to audio clips from the release and to order the soundtrack, visit Film Score Monthly’s website. King Kong The film received an Academy Award for Best Special Effects (shared with Logan’s Run) and was nominated for Best Cinematography and Best Sound.