Dragon’s Domain Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1982 romantic drama Sophie’s Choice written and directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman and Josh Mostel. The album features the newly remastered Academy Award-nominated original score from the film composed and conducted by Academy Award winner Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting, The Way We Were, Ordinary People, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Informant!). The soundtrack is now available to order as a limited edition CD on the label’s official website, where you can also check out the track list and listen to audio samples.
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Marvin Hamlisch’s ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘Save the Tiger’ Scores to Be Released
La-La Land Records has released the world premiere release of the score for the Academy Award-winning 1980 drama Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford and starring Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore and Timothy Hutton. The album features the film’s original music written and conducted by Oscar-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting, The Way We Were, The Spy Who Loved Me, The Informant!). The soundtrack also features the world premiere release of the composer’s score for the 1973 drama Save the Tiger directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Jack Lemmon. The release, which is limited to 1500 copies, will be available to order tomorrow, April 19 on the label’s official website.
Remastered ‘Altered States’ Soundtrack Announced
La-La Land Records has announced a remastered re-issue of the soundtrack for the 1980 drama Altered States directed by Ken Russell and starring William Hurt, Blair Brown and Bob Balaban. The album features the film’s original music composed by John Corigliano (The Red Violin, Revolution) who received his first Academy Award nomination for his score. The soundtrack for the Warner Bros. Pictures production is limited to 2500 copies. To listen to audio clips and for the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also pre-order the CD.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (December 22, 2013)
Premiering on Friday, December 27 as the season finale of American Masters on PBS is the documentary Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love written, directed and produced by Dori Berinstein. The episode explores the prolific life and career of the Academy Award-, Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Price-winning composer whose best known songs include The Way We Were, Nobody Does It Better and who written the scores for such movies as The Sting and Sophie’s Choice. The special features interviews with Hamlisch’s family, friends and collaborators including wife Terre Blair Hamlisch, Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, Steven Soderbergh, Quincy Jones and Woody Allen. The documentary features music by Hamlisch, which was arranged and adapted by Matthew Sklar. To find out more about the American Masters episode, visit PBS’ official website.
Patrick Doyle Honored at ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards
Last night, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) held its annual Film & Television Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Patrick Doyle was honored with the Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music. The award was presented to Doyle by ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams and President of Feature Post Production at 20th Century Fox Ted Gagliano following a video tribute featuring clips of many of Doyle’s best known scores including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Gosford Park, Dead Again, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Indochine and A Little Princess. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson congratulated the composer via a video message.
Weekly TV Music Roundup (May 26, 2013)
Premiering tonight is the HBO original movie Behind the Candelabra directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula and Debbie Reynolds. Late composer Marvin Hamlisch (The Sting, The Way We Were) served as the executive music producer on the project. Elektra Records has released a soundtrack album featuring music adapted by Hamlisch, as well as several pieces by pianist Liberace, played in the film by Douglas. For the full album details and to learn more about the film, which airs tonight on HBO, visit the official movie website.
‘Behind the Candelabra’ Soundtrack Details
Elektra Records will release the official soundtrack album for the HBO original movie Behind the Candelabra. The film’s original music is written by late composer Marvin Hamlisch. Also featured on the album are several tracks by pianist Liberace, played in the film by Michael Douglas. The soundtrack will be released on May 21, 2013 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Check back on this page for audio clips. Behind the Candelabra is directed by Steven Soderbergh and stars Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Rob Lowe, Scott Bakula and Debbie Reynolds. The movie centers on the famous pianist and the secret affair he had with young Scott Thorson. Richard LaGravenese (The Fisher King) wrote the script and Jerry Weintraub (Ocean’s Eleven, The Karate Kid) is executive producing the project. The movie is set to premiere on May 26, 2013 on HBO and will also be shown this month at the Cannes Film Festival.
Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012)
Marvin Hamlisch has passed away at age 68. The composer died Monday in Los Angeles after a brief illness. During his career, he received twelve Academy Award nominations and was honored with the award three times for the title song and score for Sidney Pollack’s The Way We Were starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford and the original score for the Paul Newman- and Redford-starring The Sting in 1973. He also received multiple Golden Globes, Emmy Awards and Grammy Awards over almost four decades. Among the composer’s other film music projects are the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, for which wrote the score and the song Nobody Does It Better, the sports drama Ice Castle, 1982’s Sophie’s Choice starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline, 1980’s Oscar-winning drama Ordinary People directed by Robert Redford and Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run and Bananas.