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Remembering Jerry
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-29-2004)

The death of Jerry Goldsmith last week on July 21st continues to have significant repercussions throughout the film and film music community; evidence of just how important Jerry was to the art and technique of music for motion pictures and just what an ...

Jerry Goldsmith 1929 - 2004
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 07-22-2004)

Academy Award-winning film composer Jerry Goldsmith, the creator of hundreds of memorable movie and television scores, has died. Goldsmith passed away last evening at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with cancer. He was 75 years old.Over the cou...

Jerry Goldsmith Film Music DVD Due Out This Month
by Randall Larson (Tue 05-24-2005)

Music from the Movies is proud to announce the DVD release of Film Music Masters: Jerry Goldsmith. The 1995 documentary will go on sale on May 30th on DVD for the first time, with two and a half hours of bonus material. The project has been two years in t...


Goldsmith makes it three in a row with STAR TREK: NEMESIS
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 09-05-2002)

Word has it Jerry Goldsmith, who started composing for the STAR TREK series in the late 1970s with the first big screen adventure for the franchise (that would be STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE), has announced he's completed work on his fifth TREK film.The...

Goldsmith for Ransom
by Randall Larson (Tue 01-17-2006)

Prometheus Records has re-released the motion picture soundtrack to RANSOM, the 1975 thriller, starring Sean Connery and Ian McShane, featuring music composed and conducted by the great Jerry Goldsmith, and performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra...

Goldsmith and Tyler releases from La La Land
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-18-2006)

On May 4th La La Land Records will release the first official pressing of BREAKHEART PASS, Jerry Goldsmith's 1975 score for the Charles Bronson western. The recording has been digitally transferred from the original mono tapes and is a limited edition of ...

FIRST CONTACT DVD Features Goldsmith Tribute
by Randall Larson (Wed 02-09-2005)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith. The DVD set will contain a new audio commentary from actor/director Jonathan Frakes and screenwriters Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore and a textual commentary by Michael and Denise Okuda.The bonus disk for the DVD set will...


Premiere recording of FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND on Silva 's latest CD
by Randall D. Larson (Fri 09-15-2006)

...ch Kilar, Jerry Goldsmith, James Bernard, Christopher Young, James Newton Howard, Akira Ifukube, Debbie Wiseman and others, performed by the City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, augmented by the Crouch End Festival...

PLANET OF THE APES
by Jeff Bond (Fri 07-27-2001)

While he hasn’t scored any summer blockbusters this year, the shadow of Jerry Goldsmith has hung over two of the year’s biggest releases: Universal’s THE MUMMY RETURNS and Fox’s PLANET OF THE APES. Goldsmith scored Stephen Sommers’ 1999 remake of THE MUMM...

THE SUM OF ALL FEARS
by JEFF BOND (Mon 06-17-2002)

Even in the twilight of his career composer Jerry Goldsmith remains at the top of his profession, highly sought after by contemporary directors who weren’t even born when he began his film-composing career in the late ’50s. Goldsmith’s output of late has ...

Hits & Hives, Rats & Raiders
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-23-2003)

...track for Jerry Goldsmith's POLTERGEIST II (302 066 518 2) more than doubles the amount of music previously available from the film (Intrada RVF 6002D). In some ways a more provocative score than the original POLTERGEIST (which itself has been sparklin...


Fight Club
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-26-2005)

...very rare Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams TV scores from the '60s: JERICHO (a short-lived 1966 CBS action-adventure series composed by much of the scoring staff of THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (theme by Jerry Goldsmith, episode scores by he, Lalo Schifrin...

First of the Summer Blockbusters
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-07-2005)

...nument to Jerry Goldsmith, whose death in 2004 marked the end of one of the greatest careers in film composing. The lavish 57 track 4 CD set, Jerry Goldsmith - 40 Years Of Film Music traces the path of his astonishing achievements and includes recordin...

Dark Crystals and Spice Planets
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-08-2003)

...en it was Jerry Goldsmith, dumped from TIMELINE and replaced by the meteorically rising Brian Tyler. Last Friday Alan Silvestri departed from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL, citing creative differences evidently Silvestri and p...

Best Soundtracks of 2004 Part 2
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-13-2005)

...TIMELINE (Jerry Goldsmith; Varese Sarabande 302 066 600 2).Jerry Goldsmith's final score, extricated due to [IMG4R]creative differences from the film (director Richard Donner reportedly wanted a "grittier" and more full-on action score; which Brian Tyl...


Movie Soundtracks: The Best of the Millennium, Part Two
by Randall Larson (Sat 04-22-2000)

... in which Jerry Goldsmith created one of the most original and modernistic excursions into cinematic sound design. Utilizing an array of sound sources, including scraped gongs, mixing bowls, slide whistle, and ethnic instruments, Goldsmith composed a v...

Our Musical Pal
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-01-2004)

... one from Jerry Goldsmith, assisted by Joel McNeely and son Joel Goldsmith.) -www.filmscoremonthly.comFor more about Gabriel Yared and his excision from TROY, read his comments at: http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/article.asp?ID=278Here's one excerpt:...

Vintage Horner, Goblin on DVD, and even a touch of Eastwood
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 09-22-2001)

...mmon with Jerry Goldsmith than STAR WARS' John Williams Horner shares the same kind of percussive electronic twang-and-rhythm and energetic action motifs that Goldsmith employed in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (and gained considerable criticism for i...

Unearthed: MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Original Soundtracks
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 01-15-2003)

...scores by Jerry Goldsmith, is among the ’60s’ best television music and characterized much of the decade’s jazz/lounge/spy music genre. The best of all four seasons of U.N.C.L.E. has been compiled in a nicely packaged release, with copious track-by-tra...


A Howl of Good Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-19-2004)

... Day, and Jerry Goldsmith will be co-hosting showings of THE WIND AND THE LION, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, and SUPERMAN (of the three, he only scored the former).Lalo Schifrin, TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL © 2002 Ubi Soft famed composer of the M...

LEGEND
by JEFF BOND (Wed 05-22-2002)

... score by Jerry Goldsmith, replacing it with a work of abstract, vaguely Middle Eastern electronics by Tangerine Dream. The results pleased no one, from Tom Cruise fans who were put off by the vision of their hunky young hero playing a starry-eyed fore...

Horrors & Hauntings
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-25-2006)

...a notable Jerry Goldsmith biography: Daughter Carrie Goldsmith has devoted all her time since 2004 to writing a biography about her father, called Deconstructing Dad: The Unfinished Life and Times of Jerry Goldsmith, is the culmination of two years wor...

Zombies & Werewolves on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 09-04-2002)

...ext week, Jerry Goldsmith will have completed the recording of his score for STAR TREK: NEMESIS. Varese Sarabande will reportedly issue the soundtrack CD when the film debuts on December 13th.Howard Shore will be in England this month recording his new...


A Song for Summerisle
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 11-06-2002)

...featuring Jerry Goldsmith again at the helm, comes out from Varese Sarabande on Nov 26th. Marketing folks at Varese say the score for NEMESIS is as epic as anything the legendary composer has ever written: “Even the musicians themselves gave Goldsmith ...

The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 06-19-2002)

...rtainment Jerry Goldsmith is also back this week with a major new blockbuster score for Phil Alden Robinson's apocalyptic THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, just released on CD by Elektra (62786-2). Goldsmith's very likable action score harkens back to the days of ...

Young's Exorcism and Morricone's anime score
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-10-2005)

... Gilbert, Jerry Goldsmith, Earle Hagen, Quincy Jones, Jay Livingston, Vic Mizzy, and Fred Steiner. www.emmys.tv/foundation/archive/   Varese Sarabande's soundtrack CD to Greg Edmonson's FIREFLY television score, released this week, actually includ...

KING OF DREAMS,and BATMAN!
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 11-25-2000)

...he CD.The Jerry Goldsmith fan web site (http://users.computerweekly.net/jneeds/jgoldsmithonline.html) reports that the HOLLOW MAN DVD set for release in January will contain Goldsmith’s isolated score with composer commentary. This will be the first t...


Sounds of the Summer Season
by Randal D. Larson (Sat 06-16-2001)

...lated for Jerry Goldsmith. A score CD is supposedly forthcoming from Elektra.THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATION[IMG2R]Varese Sarabande has issued a `Deluxe Edition` recording of James Horner’s original score for ALIENS (302 066 241 2), featuring 19 original s...

Lone Wolf and CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-15-2004)

...rlie Fox, Jerry Goldsmith, Earle Hagen, Michael Kamen, Alan Menken, Thomas Newman, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Alan Silvestri, Richard and Robert Sherman, W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, John Williams, Patrick Williams and Hans Zimmer. One of the most unique and p...

Magical Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-25-2003)

... rejected Jerry Goldsmith score – but listen to "Descent" and you may hear a bold bit of characteristic Goldsmithisms patterned into the mix. TIMELINE is a powerful and suggestive composition, well structured and quite exhilarating when played loudly –...

Science Fiction Meets Rock & Roll in SACD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-25-2003)

...Frizzell. Jerry Goldsmith is scoring Joe Dante's live action/animated feature, LOONEY TUNES BACK IN ACTION.MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES reports that one of the most anticipated Swedish films this year, ONDSKAN (EVIL), has been scored by the British composer F...


Trojan Horse
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-08-2004)

...hing else.Jerry Goldsmith, residing for decades at the top of Hollywood's A-list, recently had his score for TIMELINE rejected by director Richard Donner after it had been recorded (Varese Sarabande has promised to issue it on CD). Goldsmith was also t...

Barry, Bronson & Buffalos and Barbarella too
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-04-2003)

...Energetic Jerry Goldsmith score, issued on Prometheus (PRC 502).BREAKHEART PASS (1975). A western about intrigue and murder on a train taking medical supplies across the Rockies. Another splendid Goldsmith score, issued only as a bootleg CD in 1995 on ...

Pirates Versus Creeps
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-31-2003)

... terrific Jerry Goldsmith 1970s television scores:  HAWKINS ON MURDER featured an energetic theme emphasizing a twangy Minimoog synthesizer, emphasizing Hawkins' country roots and the authority of the law, and sensitive scoring for Hawkins' client...

Directing HOLLOW MAN: Paul Verhoeven
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 06-05-2000)

...NT TO USE JERRY GOLDSMITH FOR THIS MOVIE, AS OPPOSED TO BASIL POLEDOURIS?First of all, I think he’s great. Somehow I felt it was a bit more…there’s a lot of this sliding scale things where the atmosphere is slowly changing. I felt it’s what Jerry can d...


Polanski Passionata
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-06-2005)

...eissue) - Jerry Goldsmith - Varese Sarabande PLANET OF THE APES [TV] - Lalo Schifrin, Earle Hagen - Intrada Special Collection WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT - Julian Nott - Varese Sarabande October 18 THE BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY - Zbigniew...

Music from A Prehistoric Planet
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-12-2005)

...scored by Jerry Goldsmith, replacing a theme by Lalo Schifrin who had scored the pilot. Goldsmith's and Schifrin's efforts are presented along with other scores by Morton Stevens, Gerald Fried and Richard Shores and THE GHOSTBREAKER (1965), a aborted p...

Music To Destroy All Humans By – Too
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-09-2006)

... as early Jerry Goldsmith and TV scores such as The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and The Twilight Zone. The 60-minute score was recorded with a live orchestra featuring some of the best A-list studio players in Hollywood.   “For Destroy All Human...

Shaggy Dog Story
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-23-2006)

...Just like Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar-winning score for the original film, Beltrami's music will feature choir and the composer (who studied under Goldsmith) will also include homage to the 1976 score. His other upcoming films include Disney's thriller THE...


Good Days for Movie Music Collectors
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 10-14-2000)

... news for Jerry Goldsmith fans is the coming 2-disc special edition release of Ridley Scott’s LEGEND, due out on Nov 21st on Universal. The release will include both the US theatrical release, with the Tangerine Dream music that replaced Goldsmith’s o...

Danny Elfman Revisits the PLANET OF THE APES - Part 1
by FORD A. THAXTON and RANDALL D. LARSON (Thu 08-02-2001)

...y classic Jerry Goldsmith score, which remains one of the most inventive compositions in science fiction film music history. As it turns out, Elfman was not that familiar with the original APES film or its score, so competing with an acknowledged maste...

MAGIC Appears TIMELINE Disappears
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-24-2003)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSA rare Jerry Goldsmith classic comes to CD for the first time with this month's new limited edition Soundtrack Club release from Varese Sarabande. Composed in 1978 the same year that brought such Goldsmith classics as the power...

Die Another Day in the Chamber of Secrets
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 11-20-2002)

...m BB Max).Jerry Goldsmith’s [IMG4R]aggressively heroic score for STAR TREK: NEMESIS lands on November 26th. The soundtrack CD from Varese Sarabande (302 066 412 2) contains 14 tracks and has been described as being “as epic as anything the legendary co...


Genre Music Scores: The Best of the 1990s
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-10-2000)

...ETURNS to Jerry Goldsmith’s THE MUMMY, orchestra-driven scores have always maintained the most emotional depth, acoustic instruments achieving a sense of warmth and intimacy that even the most cleverly disguised Synclavier samples can’t best.The Elfman...

Monstrous Movie Music is back
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-02-2006)

...NS, whose Jerry Goldsmith pilot score was featured on an earlier FSM disc. www.filmscoremonthly.com   In March, La-La Land Records will present the first commercial release of an exciting The original bootleg soundtrack to Goldsmith's BREAK...

Music To Gag On
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-09-2006)

...ople like Jerry Goldsmith, he was an excellent orchestrator, and surely John Williams, although he doesn't do the orchestrations now, but John clearly was an excellent orchestrator himself. I think that was just part of the lexicon of being a good comp...

DVD of the APES
by News Editor (Sat 01-21-2006)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith, make-up artist John Chambers and Eric Greene, author of "Planet of the Apes as American Myth" · A Second Disc is also available in Ultimate DVD Collection which includes: · Behind the Planet Of The Apes documentary · Behind t...


Composer Graeme Revell's in a FOG
by Randall Larson (Wed 11-16-2005)

...Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Danny Elfman who previously have received the honor. Other Revell-scored films slated for release this year include the Christian Bale starrer HARSH TIMES, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, and director Danny Cannon...

Synthesizer innovator Robert Moog dies at 71
by Randall Larson (Mon 08-29-2005)

...ard Band, Jerry Goldsmith, and Vangelis were extraordinary film composers whose early experimental use of electronic instruments were innovative in merging synths with symphs and creating the hybrid sound so prevalent in film scores today.) via AP/CNN....

OMEN, HILLS, and WATCH to DVD in June
by Karl Schneider (Sat 05-20-2006)

...aturette- Jerry Goldsmith On The Omen Score- Theatrical TrailerDisc Two- Introduction To The Special Edition Of The Omen By Director Richard Donner- 666: The Omen Revealed Featurette- The Omen Legacy Featurette- Deleted Scenes With Optional Commentary ...

Klaus Badelt Dives Into POSEIDON
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-03-2005)

...patriotic Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack. Let's see how things turn out on POSEIDON, which has a reported $140 million budget. Klaus Badelt has recently scored the Asian epic THE PROMISE for director Chen Kaige. He is also attached to Kurt Wimmer's ULTRAVI...


HOLLOW MAN, DEATH NERVE, NOSFERATU and AVENGERS.
by John Thonen (Tue 01-02-2001)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith, which also features an isolated score. There’s also a typically bland `HBO First Look` featurette and a rather nice selection of featurettes on the effects and the production, along with deleted scenes. These extras, couple...

A Brief History of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy at the Oscars
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 03-25-2000)

...score was Jerry Goldsmith, who won for his eerie work on THE OMEN (1976). Horror, fantasy, and science fiction films often depend on creating imaginary worlds. As such, they excel in the areas of art direction, costume design, and cinematography, and O...

John Ottman Joins the Fantastic Four
by Randall Larson (Thu 07-14-2005)

...'s funny, Jerry Goldsmith always said once you deliver a score it's out of your hands. What they do with it afterwards - just don't agonize about. You'll just be unhappy! Q: What is your approach to scoring action scenes in a film like this? You've alw...

Amazing, Too
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-31-2006)

...D work of Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, Georges Delerue, Leonard Rosenman, Bruce Broughton, David Newman, and others (each conducting their own scores from the original session masters), including alternate versions of John Williams' celebrated main ...


Shyamalan's Dark Water
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-03-2006)

...rator for Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri and John Powell, and he has also scored a number of films in his own right, including DRAGONHEART: A NEW BEGINNING, WARLOCK: THE ARMAGEDDON and BLIZZARD. McKenzie has also recently scored THE ULTIMATE GIFT, IN ...

NARNIA Composer Harry Gregson-Williams Honored at BMI Award Dinner for Outstanding Career Achievement
by RANDALL LARSON (Mon 05-22-2006)

...s include Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin and John Williams. BMI also celebrated composer Earle Hagen (I SPY, THE MOD SQUAD, and other TV classics) with the Classic C...

Coming Soon: Musical REVOLUTIONS
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-09-2003)

...e the new Jerry Goldsmith score for Joe Dante's LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION. On the 18th comes John Ottman's score for the upcoming Halle Berry supernatural thriller, GOTHIKA. For more information, check www.varesesarabande.com and select "upcoming re...

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
by Coming Attractions (Fri 09-26-2003)

...ography); Jerry Goldsmith (Musical Score).Premise:Finished saving the world by beating aliens at basketball, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the Tunes crew get involved in Brendan Fraser's quest to find his long lost father and a mythical blue diamond.Relea...


DVD & VHS This Week: April 9
by John Thonen (Tue 04-09-2002)

...st film's Jerry Goldsmith score, making of featurettes, documentaries on Egyptology, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, outtakes, a music video, DVD-ROM promo materials for the upcoming SCORPION KING and a few other odds and ends. If you like t...

DON'T SAY A WORD and Other Thriller Scores
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 01-09-2002)

...issue the Jerry Goldsmith Philharmonia Concert CD featuring highlights from the March 1987 concert at the Barbican. The new disc titled Goldsmith Conducts Goldsmith will feature a newly mastered source compatible with HDCD and Dolby Surround with empha...

Genre Oscar Winners of the Past: The List (Sat 03-25-2000)

...HE OMEN - Jerry Goldsmith (1976)(Original Score) JAWS - John Williams (1975)(Music Score substantially original) MARY POPPINS - Richard M.Sherman, Robert B.Sherman(Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) THE SONG OF BERNADETTE - Alfred Newman(Orig...

WINDTALKERS
by Daniel Schweiger (Fri 05-17-2002)

...liams and Jerry Goldsmith, Horner has the kind of orchestral (not to mention electronic) touch that reaches into the kind of communal emotion that’s so unique to the cinema-going experience. And his latest score to run doe-eyed into the fray is no exce...


ENTERPRISE and Its Cousins, and a Flashy Web-Slinger
by Randall D. Larson (Sun 05-26-2002)

... the 1985 Jerry Goldsmith score for LEGEND. Infamous for being replaced in the U.S. by a synthesized score by Tangerine Dream, LEGEND remains one of Goldsmith's most magical, and mystical works, merging airy chorale material with lyrical orchestra.The ...

ELEKTRA-fying Film Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-20-2005)

... likes of Jerry Goldsmith at USC redirected Beck's career into film scoring, and he emerged into the world of television music during the late 1990s, reaching his first major success as the composer for BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER beginning with its secon...

Cool '60s Film Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-14-2004)

... the 1987 Jerry Goldsmith action score, EXTREME PREJUDICE (originally released on Intrada MAF 7001 D). The LLL reissue will be completely remastered and expanded with never-before-released cues. Also, La-La Land is accepting pre-orders for KING OF THE ...

The Return of the King
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-04-2003)

... track by Jerry Goldsmith as well as a separate commentary track from actors Roddy Mc Dowell, Natalie Trundy, Kim Hunter, Producer Richard Zanuck and Make-up Artist John Chambers. The second disc will contain a 126-minute APES documentary, make-up test...


Best Soundtracks of 2002 Part Three
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-13-2003)

...scores by Jerry Goldsmith, is among the best '60s television music and characterized much of the decade's jazz/lounge/spy music genre. The best music of all four seasons have been compiled into a nicely packaged release that resurrects and restores the...

Silva Screen does Spielberg
by Randall Larson (Fri 04-29-2005)

...cy Jones, Jerry Goldsmith and Billy Goldenberg. From DUEL to TERMINAL, this release features 30 years of movie magic. Also coming out May 10th is The Incredible Film Music Box (SIL-CD-1181 UPC 738572118129) a 4 CD box set featuring music from the grea...

SHREK Score on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Sun 12-23-2001)

...rted that Jerry Goldsmith has been confirmed as the composer for the tenth STAR TREK feature, NEMESIS. Prior to Goldsmith's selection, Hans Zimmer was reportedly under consideration. At this point there is no word on whether or not "Faith of the Heart"...

INTRADA releases expanded TOMBSTONE soundtrack
by Randall Larson (Wed 03-22-2006)

...mposed by Jerry Goldsmith, recorded under Broughton's baton for 1993 premiere of TOMBSTONE. Newly re-mastered in 2006 from complete digital session tapes. Intrada's new 2-disc set features full score on the first CD, with a short bonus disc offering ha...


Tyler's Tremendous Tunes
by Randall Larson (Thu 06-23-2005)

... original Jerry Goldsmith score had been rejected]. But there wasn't enough time for Tyler to reconceptualize an already-recorded score, so Badelt (K19, THE TIME MACHINE, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN) came in to work out some new ideas that were paired up ...

Goldsmith's THE CHAIRMAN Returns
by Randall Larson (Thu 06-09-2005)

Prometheus Records has released the original motion picture soundtrack to THE CHAIRMAN, the 1969 political spy thriller starring Gregory Peck and Arthur Hill, directed by J. Lee Thompson. Written in the midst of his most fertile filmscoring period, Jerry ...

Watch the Skies! And the Seas!
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-17-2005)

...ribute to Jerry Goldsmith on disc #2. Recommended Soundtrack sources: www.buysoundtrax.com  www.intrada.com  www.screenarchives.com  www.footlight.com  www.arksquare.com/index_main.html  (Japan www.intermezzomedia.com  (It...

An Epic Gothic Rock Soundtrack
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-06-2006)

...s include Jerry Goldsmith, Thomas Newman, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin and John Williams. Golden Globe nominee Gregson-Williams has infused his unique musical talent into the scores of such diver...


New film music CD series for beginners
by Randall Larson (Wed 05-17-2006)

...Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Nino Rota. Silva Screen's Rick Clark explains that these 'super mid-price' albums "are meant to be a starting point for people to get into film music." First two albums will be available next week. www.silvascreen.co.uk &n...

Fish Heads, Fish Heads
by Randall Larson (Thu 04-12-2007)

...Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Thomas Newman, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin and John Williams.    Silva Screen latest pair of Film Music Masterworks releases are devoted to ...

New Film & TV Music Awards Announced
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-10-2007)

... and The Jerry Goldsmith Lifetime Achievement Award for film composing.    More information and complete details for nominating productions and individuals for The Film & TV Music Awards will be announced shortly.    For more ...

Around the World in Seventy Minutes
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-01-2007)

... the 1971 Jerry Goldsmith score to The Last Run (previously available on CD only via a 2000 release by the now-defunct Chapter III label), coupled with a pair of previously unreleased TV scores, Goldsmith’s Crosscurrent (aka The Cable Car Murd...


Symphonic Swede
by Randall Larson (Thu 12-21-2006)

...ducted by Jerry Goldsmith from a reconstruction of North’s written score.  Intrada’s release will be the first time that North’s actual recording has been heard since the 1968 scoring sessions, recorded by composer under the b...

Remembering Bernstein
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-26-2004)

The death last week of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, on August 18th, coming so close after that of Hollywood maestros Jerry Goldsmith (on July 21st) and David Raksin (August 9th), has robbed Hollywood of its last three connections with the film...

RINGS Redux
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-27-2004)

...Young and Jerry Goldsmith," notes the La-La Land publicity notice. Music from the Movies reports that Trevor Rabin will take over the music duties on EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING, replacing Christopher Young as the composer on the film (Young was hired to s...

Broken bow, fixed TREK
by Mark A. Altman (Wed 09-26-2001)

...! Where's Jerry Goldsmith when you need him? (Clearly he's not providing the show's score as Dennis McCarthy phones in another score lacking the brashness and bravado of the best of Fred Steiner and Gerald Fried's work on the original.) Also, it was a ...


STAR TREK: TMP DVD Release
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 08-20-2001)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith and actor Stephen Collins.In addition, there will be three new retrospective documentaries with cast and crew interviews as well as five additional scenes (from the 1979 theatrical version) plus trims and outtakes, and 11 more...

Who Will Score ENTERPRISE?
by Randall D. Larson (Sun 06-03-2001)

ENTERPRISE, the new fifth STAR TREK series, will debut this Fall, but so far, no one has been signed to compose the theme or the episode scores, despite some rumors to the contrary. According to our sources, Jerry Goldsmith, whose theme characterized the...

JUDAS KISS, THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, CRUEL INTENTIONS,
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 12-02-2000)

...ew years (Jerry Goldsmith on MULAN, Hans Zimmer on THE LION KING on Marc Mancina: TARZAN) continue to pay off with scores that are as dramatically sound as they are tunefully songful.John Ottman’s unused score for 1999’s thriller CRUEL INTENTIONS (it w...

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE THE DIRECTOR'S EDITION
by SCOTT COLLURA (Thu 11-29-2001)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith and actor Stephen Collins. For Trekkies, it's a worthwhile listen, especially the bits from Trumbull and Dykstra (the commentaries were all recorded separately and then edited together). Wise, too, is interesting, though he's ...


Music in Review
by Jeff Bond (Mon 12-03-2001)

...liams and Jerry Goldsmith, came out swinging and often showed they were still able to outshine their younger competitors...

DVD Marathon
by Brian Thomas (Tue 02-03-2004)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith, text annotation, documentary features, trailers and galleries.(O) RAW DEAL (Fox) Governor Schwarzenegger reveals he has little regard for the law as a renegade FBI agent seeking vengeance on mobsters.(O) RED DWARF: Seasons 3 ...

Music To Be Abducted By
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-29-2004)

... (BOUND), Jerry Goldsmith (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL), Bernard Herrmann (TAXI DRIVER), Henry Mancini (TOUCH OF EVIL), John Ottman (USUAL SUSPECTS), David Raksin (LAURA), Dimitri Tiomkin (STRANGERS ON A TRAIN), Franz Waxman (SUNSET BOULEVARD) and Roy Webb (JOUR...

LXG on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-07-2003)

...gent that Jerry Goldsmith has signed on to score the new David Anspaugh true life sporting drama, GAME OF THEIR LIVES. The movie is due towards the end of the year. In the meantime the composer will start work on his score to Joe Dante's LOONEY TUNES B...


DVD & VHS This Week: March 26
by John Thonen (Tue 03-26-2002)

... score by Jerry Goldsmith and a new, "Director's Cut" which is several minutes longer than the original European version, and also features a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. The discs will also feature a making-of featurette, deleted scenes, photo gall...

A Brief History of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy at the Oscars
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 03-27-2000)

...score was Jerry Goldsmith, who won for his eerie work on THE OMEN (1976). Horror, fantasy, and science fiction films often depend on creating imaginary worlds. As such, they excel in the areas of art direction, costume design, and cinematography, and O...

APES Among Us, Plus PITCH BLACK and VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA coming on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Fri 07-27-2001)

...ainst the Jerry Goldsmith 1968 original – which remains a milestone in film scoring and one of the most inventive scores in all science fiction cinema – is both inappropriate and admittedly inevitable. But any attempt to compare the films or the music ...

EuroSpy Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-10-2005)

...RIBUTE TO JERRY GOLDSMITH, featuring re-recordings of Goldsmith film cues performed by the Japan Philharmony Orchestra, conducted by Yasuzo Takemoto and Shigeo Genda. The collection includes themes from CAPRICORN ONE, CHINATOWN, POLTERGEIST, TWILIGHT...


FSM's Latest Soundtracks Unearth Witchcraft, Arabian Nights, & Mr. Magoo
by Randall Larson (Tue 01-31-2006)

...NS, whose Jerry Goldsmith pilot score was featured on an earlier FSM disc. Cinescape's Music News provides weekdaily news and views on film music, progressive rock, and other notable musical genres, culled from a variety of sources.

A Series of Fortunate Releases
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-09-2004)

... included Jerry Goldsmith (who wrote the famous theme, included here in a revised Morton Stevens arrangement), Gerald Fried, Walter Scharf, Lalo Schifrin, Leith Stevens, Dave Grusin, Robert Drasnin, and others – literally a Who’s Who of major film and ...

Freddy Vs. Jason Vs. The Creeper
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-02-2003)

... style of Jerry Goldsmith's TORA! TORA! TORA!Following his western score for Kevin Costner's OPEN RANGE, Michael Kamen has now been hired to work on the first digitally animated German family adventure, BACK TO GAYA. The film, according to Music from t...

SPACEMEN, ILLUSTRATED MEN AND CANDYMEN
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 10-27-2001)

...is one of Jerry Goldsmith's best in the science fiction genre, merging straightforward lyricism with often chilling, avant-garde musical effects. Opening with a plaintive vocal figure, taken by solo flute, the score delineates the mysterious solitude o...


Amazing Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-22-2006)

...mposed by Jerry Goldsmith, has a dramatic television show aired an episode entirely free of dialogue. Beal has scored all eight episodes of the series, which premieres with the "Battleground" episode on July 12. On his list of upcoming projects, Beal a...

Music of Dark Skies
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-14-2006)

...CD set of Jerry Goldsmith's classic 1982 score for the Korean War epic, INCHON, and saw the title sell out almost overnight. The album features the complete original score in the correct order, as well as a remastered version of the original edited alb...

French Werewolves, EVIL DEAD Style
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 01-23-2002)

...zine that Jerry Goldsmith is set to score STAR TREK X.David Arnold, the clear heir apparent to John Barry's musical 007 legacy, is set to Score the next James Bond movie according to sources at MGM. Arnold scored the last two films, TOMORROW NEVER DIES...

Some Kid Named Potter
by Randall D. Larson (Sun 11-18-2001)

...elease of Jerry Goldsmith's original music to THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. All that had been available prior were re-arranged cues by Hugo Montenegro. Also forthcoming from the label are the first-ever CD soundtrack releases to cult favorites VANISHING POIN...


New Hammer Horror Music, a DUNE soundtrack coming, MONONOKE on CD
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 12-30-2000)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith, and himself an erstwhile composer of such fare as KULL THE CONQUEROR and TV’s STARGATE SG1) will score the forthcoming WITCHBLADE TV series, due to premiere next spring. Joel composed the music for the TNT tv-movie that was ...

X-FILES Music: Composer Mark Snow
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 01-06-2001)

...including Jerry Goldsmith’s modernistic 12-tone music, that caught Snow’s attention and directed his path towards a career in movies.Aided by his wife (sister of actors Tyne Daly and Tim Daly; daughter of James Daly), Snow gained introductions in Holly...

Note for Note -- The Scoop on July's Movie Music
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 06-30-2001)

... MUSIC OF JERRY GOLDSMITH, features the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer, in a dazzling performance of some of Goldsmith’s best material, including STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE, and medleys from TV scores...

RED PLANET, AUSTIN POWERS, THE GRINCH and FREQUENCY
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 11-11-2000)

... issue of Jerry Goldsmith’s classic score for TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE. With the score divided into the same four segments as the film’s episodes, this direct reissue of the 1983 soundtrack LP proffers the music into four lengthy suites, with the `Nig...


Rota Does Poe
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-12-2004)

...oxed set. Jerry Goldsmith at 20th Century Fox, a grand celebration of the composer's 75th birthday (Feb 10th) that features a dozen world premiere original soundtrack releases, nine of which have never been released in any form before - DAMNATION ALLEY...

DVD This Week: August 28th
by John Thonen (Tue 08-28-2001)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith, and actor Stephen Collins, as well as 11 deleted scenes (seen previously in TV versions of the film), trims, and outtakes, and a few other goodies.·        ADV Films has announced that they ...

NEMESIS: Good Music, Mediocre Journey; TWO TOWERS: Two for Two
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-19-2002)

...ng Jerry Goldsmith's STAR TREK: NEMESIS score © 2002 Varese Sarabande of Varese Sarabande, they have issued Jerry Goldsmith's score to STAR TREK: NEMESIS (302 066 412 2). Goldsmith's music, more than any other TREK composer, has characteri...

BLAIR WITCH 2, TOTAL RECALL - THE DELUXE EDITION, WESTWORLD, THE FOG
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 11-04-2000)

...very note Jerry Goldsmith composed for the film. Extensive liner notes and deluxe packaging will bolster the release.Silva America has released the newly expanded edition of John Carpenter’s original soundtrack to THE FOG (SSD 1123) concurrently with S...


Logan's Run: Short Run Good Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-25-2004)

...scored by Jerry Goldsmith in one of the composer’s first dabblings with an almost purely electronic score (FSM released the full score on CD in 2002). Goldsmith’s tactic had been to use atonal synthesizer music to represent the cold, regulated life wit...

Heroes of Heaven, Earth, and Raccoon City
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 10-07-2004)

...y unused) Jerry Goldsmith tracks and more music by Morton Stevens, Walter Scharf, Lalo Schifrin, Gerald Fried, Robert Drasnin and Richard Shores; stereo mixes of the first-season main title and THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. titles; music from four of the U....

The Vanishing Found - Varese Sarabande CD Club announces its limited Club Releases for Spring
by Randall Larson (Tue 03-13-2007)

On Monday, Varese Sarabande Records announced their Spring CD Club editions, proffering a quartet of rare and previously unreleased soundtracks in limited editions ranging from 1,000 to 3,000 copies.  Not surprisingly, a Jerry Goldsmith score h...

Wildmusic
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-13-2006)

...ating the Jerry Goldsmith themes from the original 1992 movie, Murphy's score takes the cue and proceeds along similar territory, all very seductive and musically enticing. Appropriately, it is Goldsmith's seethingly sensuous theme that opens the score...


The Best Soundtracks of 2005 Part 2 Game Scores; Compilations, Reissues & Restorations
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-19-2006)

...legendary Jerry Goldsmith, has composed a ATLANTIS: THE LOST CONTINENT/THE POWER © FSM thrilling, epic and beautiful score for STARGATE: ATLANTIS, centering around a magnificently orchestral (and Emmy-nominated) heroic theme. Goldsmith's m...

Water, Dark
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-11-2005)

...s protégé Jerry Goldsmith or his admirer John Williams, but whose sophisticated modernity resulted in a canon of complex, distinguished, and intriguing film score artistry. A book like this has been long in coming, and is most welcome. You will find it...

Is There A Mothman In The House? And Other Brooding Questions
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 04-10-2002)

...aled that Jerry Goldsmith will, indeed, score the new STAR TREK film, NEMESIS. With his superior scores to STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, STAR TREK V, FIRST CONTACT, INSURRECTION, and television’s NEXT GENERATION and VOYAGER, Goldsmith has virtually de...

Newman Finds NEMO, Shearmur Scores ENGLISH, and Get Ready for the Big Green Dude
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-29-2003)

...rlie Fox, Jerry Goldsmith, Earle Hagen, Michael Kamen, Alan Menken, Thomas Newman, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Richard and Robert Sherman, W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, John Williams and Patrick Williams.SOUNDTRACK NEWSLa-La Land Records will shortly issue a col...


Puttin' on the Riz
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-24-2005)

...ribute to Jerry Goldsmith. For more information, go to http://www.cso.org/main.taf?p=7,1,2,2,50 Hans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt's score for the first PIRATES OF THE CARS © Pixar CARIBBEAN film, will compose the original scores for t...

Music for Innocence and Alchemy
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-27-2005)

...ecords is Jerry Goldsmith’s previously out-of-print [IMG5R]score neo-western score for director Walter Hill’s actioner EXTREME PREJUDICE, starring Nick Nolte and Powers Boothe. The CD is remastered and expanded with never-before-released tracks, LLL’s ...

Best Soundtracks of 2001 Part Two
by Randall D. Larson (Tue 01-29-2002)

...eins from Jerry Goldsmith for THE MUMMY RETURNS (Decca 440 013 983-2) (Goldsmith reportedly hated THE MUMMY and wouldn't have anything to do with a sequel). Silvestri's score, as with Goldsmith's, balances grandiose themes with period-sounding Egyptian...

James Bernard Remembered, Soundtrax News, and More
by Randall D. Larson (Fri 07-13-2001)

...nt rumor, Jerry Goldsmith has not composed the theme for the new STAR TREK series, ENTERPRISE. According to Jerry Goldsmith On-Line (http://users.computerweekly.net/jneeds/jgoldsmithonline.html) the composer commented during a recent London concert tha...


Soundtrack Roundup
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-16-2005)

... reissued Jerry Goldsmith's powerful 1969 score to THE CHAIRMAN (aka THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN THE WORLD in England). Director J. Lee Thompson's political thriller, about Gregory Peck as an American spy in Mao's China, provoked one of Goldsmith's fines...

Last Night Music Came Out Of The Giallo
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-29-2005)

...-issue of Jerry Goldsmith's landmark score for ISLANDS IN THE STREAM, Franklin Schaffner's 1977 film from Ernest Hemingway's story elicited one of George C. Scott's most profound performances, aided immeasurably by Goldsmith's warm theme for solo Frenc...

Rise of the Musicians
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-03-2003)

...composer, Jerry Goldsmith. After several orchestral commissions for various orchestras, Beltrami landed his first film scoring assignment with a short film called THE BICYCLIST. Two years later Wes Craven came SCREAMing for him, and the composer has be...

ATLANTIS on Compact Disc
by Randall D. Larson (Tue 06-12-2001)

James Newton Howard, who scored Disney’s previous CGI epic, DINOSAUR, returns with a lavish orchestral score for this year’s animated offering, ATLANTIS. Disney’s trend of the last few years of using major Hollywood composers like Howard, Jerry Goldsmith...


Lambro of the Living Dead
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-16-2006)

... provided Jerry Goldsmith with one of his finest moments), CRYPT is a mesmerizingly chilling, aggressively atonal score that creates some of the most haunting and disturbingly frightening sounds you'll ever hear in any horror film. I had the opportunit...

Ending The Year With a Howl
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-29-2005)

...legendary Jerry Goldsmith. Featured on this CD is the show's fantastic main theme, which was recently nominated for an Emmy Award. On January 24, the label will release the soundtrack to Columbia Pictures' holiday comedy FUN WITH DICK & JANE starri...

TOMB RAIDER: Composer Graeme Revell
by Ford A. Thaxton and Randall D. Larson (Sat 06-23-2001)

... score by Jerry Goldsmith at the insistence of filmmakers who’d apparently sought Goldsmith all along.PITCH BLACK was a return to electronic music, with a low-budget score performed almost completely by synthesizer; only the presence of real horns gave...

The Music After Tomorrow
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-01-2004)

...ting that Jerry Goldsmith will not be able to score Fred Schepisi's film EMPIRE FALLS. It is assumed that the composer's continuing poor health is the reason for this and with GAME OF THEIR LIVES in limbo to 2005 there isn't much good news to report on...


Beltrami To Score OMEN Remake
by Randall Larson (Thu 12-15-2005)

Marco Beltrami (TERMINATOR 3, HELLBOY, SCREAM) has been hired to score THE OMEN 666, the remake of the 1976 horror classic that earned Jerry Goldsmith his one and only Academy Award, musicfromthemovies.com has reported. 20th Century Fox has confirmed Belt...

Neil Norman and his Cosmic Orchestra
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 09-23-2000)

...risingly, Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. `They’re in a class by themselves,` he said. `James Horner is edging into that, too. I admire Christopher Young; he is now breaking through into the highest echelon. I’m very proud of the HELLBOUND: HELL...

Americana Trance
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-26-2004)

...he six-CD JERRY GOLDSMITH AT 20TH CENTURY FOX set features tracks from a whopping 39 different films from this cinematic master composer. © Varese Sarabande from Varese Sarabande celebrating composer Jerry Goldsmith's 75th birthday is close to be...

Alien Screams and Wrong Turns
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-21-2003)

... some new Jerry Goldsmith music that appears on the opening to TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES. C2 Pictures, an independent production company run by Carloco's Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, debuted a new Goldsmith fanfare recorded earlier this year...


King Kong versus Godzilla on CD
by Randall Larson (Thu 02-02-2006)

...h desired Jerry Goldsmith score, for the 1976 Western mystery BREAKHEART PASS, which starred Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Ben Johnson and Richard Crenna, and was directed by Tom Gries, for whom Goldsmith also scored the Emmy-winning QB VII. BREAKHEAR...

Hoyt Curtin's Animusic
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 11-04-2004)

...estrating Jerry Goldsmith's STAR TREK NEMESIS score. For several weeks while editing was being finished on BLIZZARD, Mark would compose BLIZZARD the first half of the day, and orchestrate STAR TREK the last half of the day. The legendary Academy Award ...

STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE: A 20th Anniversary Review
by Edward Gross (Tue 01-04-2000)

...s well as Jerry Goldsmithˇs sweeping score, and the joyous final moment when Kirk decides to ignore Starfleet`s request that he return to headquarters, instead ordering the Enterprise, `Out there—-that away.`STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE in some ways i...

Finale
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-31-2007)

... composer Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith’s film scoring career began in 1983 scoring the Steve Martin comedy The Man With Two Brains. An expert with the synthesizer, early in his career, Joel spent much time assisting his father on scores i...


Gabriel’s Trumpet
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-01-2007)

...ores than Jerry Goldsmith and Alex North combined,” commented another veteran soundtrack collector. “He has as many as Bernstein and Herrmann, combined. Heck, Giorgio Moroder has more Oscars than Alex North. Nothin' against Gustavo, myse...

No GAG Order
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 08-17-2006)

...rabande's Jerry Goldsmith set, this will be the talked about archival release of the year. www.screenarchives.com FILM MUSIC NEWS There will be a second CD presenting Michael Giacchino's music from the hit TV series LOST. Varese Sarabande, who release...

Jerry Doyle Chat Transcript (Mon 06-12-2000)

SteveVP: Hello. We`re chatting today with actor Jerry Doyle, star of the television series BABLYLON 5. To start the chat, I would like to ask a question or two before throwing the conversation open to visitors. Mr. Doyle, fans were excited recently to he...

Jerry Lewis Classics Hit DVD
by Brian Thomas (Tue 10-12-2004)

It was a bit surprising to hear that former rivals Bandai and Manga had teamed up to produce the anime series GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, which is being distributed through Anchor Bay. Now three other anime importers have formed a partnership...


Music for Pirates & Crusaders
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-19-2005)

...elease of Jerry Goldsmith's rejected score for 1988's ALIEN NATION. Goldsmith had composed and recorded a score for Graham Baker's science fiction cop film, which starred James Caan as an LA cop forced to contend with a world that is slowly being repop...

Jerry Bruckheimer aka "Mr. Blockbuster"
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-27-2007)

Since the monster known as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End hits theater screens this weekend, I thought “Why Not?” Let’s talk about him. In fact, I’m close to putting up a *Fan boy Alert* advisory along side this Sta...

Revisiting Goldsmith's ALIEN NATION
by Randall Larson (Tue 05-17-2005)

Varese Sarabande Records has announced its limited edition "CD Club" releases for May. The five new releases, limited to between 1000 and 3000 copies, are headlined by the first-ever release of Jerry Goldsmith's rejected score for 1988's ALIEN NATION. Gol...

Winner: Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3 on DVD
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 10-18-2007)

Updated October 18th Congratulations to andrew reiss! You and the family will have more fun than the Robinic Stooges with this DVD! (Oops...we weren't supposed to mention that) NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS If you're entering the contests ma...


Winner: Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3 on DVD
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 10-04-2007)

Updated October 4th Congratulations to tiffandrock Here's to 4-year-olds everywhere! NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS If you're entering the contests make sure that: The email address you registered the site with is a valid working address (oth...

Winner: Tom & Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3 on DVD
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 10-10-2007)

Updated October 10th Congratulations to Ardy22 You and your kids will be indeed be amused for hours as you are the winner of the DVD! NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS If you're entering the contests make sure that: The email address you registe...

Taking Score of 2004
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-06-2005)

...TIMELINE (Jerry Goldsmith)Varese Sarabande 302 066 600 2The year's second most significant rejected score and the last composition to fall gracefully from Jerry Goldsmith's fertile imagination the music for TIMELINE, thankfully rescued from oblivion ...

The Best of 2003 Part 2
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-08-2004)

...track for Jerry Goldsmith's POLTERGEIST II from Varese Sarabande (302 066 518 2) more than doubles the amount of music previously available from the film. In some ways a more provocative score than the original POLTERGEIST, working at more levels than ...


A Musical Premonition
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-03-2007)

...legendary Jerry Goldsmith – in 2003, Tyler replaced a rejected score by Goldsmith on Richard Donner’s Timeline; now, Tyler will do a sequel score to a trilogy scored by Goldsmith, who wrote one of his most well-known themes for the first fi...

Soylent Green is Musicians!
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-19-2003)

...00 copies.Jerry Goldsmith Online recently posted this report on Goldsmith's new score for the forthcoming LOONEY TUNES movie: "Sources confirm Goldsmith is on board and was to have been at a recent test screening of the movie (minus animation) but was ...

TREK writer Jerry Sohl dead at 88
by Mike Whybark (Tue 11-12-2002)

VARIETY reports the death of Jerry Sohl at 88, a science fiction author and scriptwriter whose television credits included episodes of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, and THE OUTER LIMITS as well as original-series work on STAR TREK.Mr. Sohl...

Giacchino Scores with Tom & Jerry
by Randall Larson (Fri 09-09-2005)

Soundtrack.net reports that everyone's favorite cat-and-mouse duo, Tom and Jerry, are back in a new animated short film called The Karateguard. Produced by legendary animator Joseph Barbera, and directed by Tony Cervone and Spike Brandt of Duck Dodgers fa...


Jerry Gross, exploitation maestro, dead at 62
by Mike Whybark (Fri 12-06-2002)

VARIETY notes the passing of Jerry Gross at 62. The producer-director-distributor was found on November 20, some time after his death.A partial list of films he was involved with either promotionally or in a production capacity includes BLOOD BEACH, I DRI...

Jerry Bruckheimer to develop RIFTS movie
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-09-2003)

This just in: Palladium Books has just announced that Walt Disney Pictures has licensed the film rights to the RIFTS role-playing game. Under the agreement, Jerry Bruckheimer Films will develop the RIFTS movie for Disney.Disney will also handle all produ...

American's OZ is now Jerry and Disney's
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 01-26-2004)

After making a splash in the video game industry with his twisted take on ALICE IN WONDERLAND, video game producer/designer American McGee has sold the film rights to his next project before its release. McGee has been working on a WIZARD OF OZ game that ...

S.F. Names Amphitheater For Jerry Garcia
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-10-2005)

Call it a "deadication:" Jerry Garcia's hometown has named a 600-seat amphitheater in his memory. On the bill for the grand opening last Saturday were Jefferson Starship, David Gans, and master of ceremonies Wavy Gravy, who, like Garcia, has been honored ...


'Jerry & Superman' webisode 2 uploaded! (Fri 05-21-2004)

Jerry and 'Superman' hit the road in their latest American Express episode...

Jerry Robinson to consult on 'The Dark Knight'? (Fri 10-20-2006)

"I was more impressed with the last one [Batman Begins] than the others. I didn't care for most of the others, mostly the writing and not necessarily the acting," says Jerry Robinson, co-creator of The Joker. "I hope the next one [The Dark Knight] will be...

Interview: Jerry & Superman collaborator David Apicella (Tue 04-27-2004)

Apicella, 48, says he was seven or eight years into his career before he did anything really worthwhile. His latest project is among the work he's most proud of: Jerry Seinfeld's "Webisodes" for American Express (the second installment, a road trip with S...

Ghost Rider, Robotech, Final Goldsmith Recordings among February releases from Varese Sarabande
by Randall Larson (Mon 01-08-2007)

...s, titled Jerry Goldsmith: His Final Recordings, which combined the already-released Varese CDs for Goldsmith's three final scores, Star Trek: Nemesis, Timeline, and Looney Tunes: Back in Action.   - via filmscoremonthly.com See: www.varesesa...


Paranoia Passionata
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-24-2007)

...scores in Jerry Goldsmith's career, and the predecessor of such landmarks as Planet of the Apes, The Illustrated Man, The Mephisto Waltz, Capricorn One and Alien.  Goldsmith's score features snaking, snarling atonality and avant garde suspense as ...

Jerry Seinfeld buzzing about new project
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 12-09-2003)

Jerry Seinfeld has agreed to star in his first major project since bringing an end to his legendary NBC sitcom SEINFELD. The stand-up comedian has partnered with DreamWorks to write, produce and star in BEE MOVIE, a new CG animated feature film that will ...

Jerry Ordway on TOM STRONG, AZRAEL
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 12-12-2001)

Jerry Ordway's collaboration with Stan Lee on the JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE CREATING THE JUSTICE LEAGUE story reaches stands on Wednesday, and he's already lining up new work.Of particular note is an eight-page story for TOM STRONG'S TERRIFIC TALES #3, which ...

CAPRICORN ONE - Goldsmith's Mission to Mars
by Randall Larson (Mon 08-01-2005)

Intrada Records has released for the first time ever the complete score of Jerry Goldsmith's action-oriented score for CAPRICORN ONE, Peter Hyams' 1978 political thriller about a cover up over an aborted Mars mission.Goldsmith's legendary action score was...