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"Decision for Chemistry" / "Sounder" (rejected score) (Alex North)

"The White Dawn" (Henry Mancini)

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE MINISERIES & ESCAPE FROM L.A.: less than 150 remain.
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Now THERE's a film I'd love to see. THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY, go home!

LESS THAN 35 COPIES REMAINING!

Hi, everyone! Yes, it's hard to believe but Kritzerland is celebrating its tenth anniversary. We began recording our first album in May of 2005 and it's been an incredible roller coaster ride ever since. Kritzerland has for the last ten years released some amazing CDs (over 150 of 'em). We've done world premiere film score releases by the likes of Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, Elmer Bernstein, Hugo Friedhofer, Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Miklos Rozsa, Dimitri Tiomkin, Alex North, David Shire, Georges Delerue, Michel Legrand, Andre Previn, Henry Mancini, Marvin Hamlisch, Pino Donaggio, Victor Young, David Raksin, John Barry, Burt Bacharach, Dave Grusin and many, many others. We've released scores to such all-time classic films as It's a Wonderful Life, Laura, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Carrie, A Place in the Sun, Heaven Can Wait, Summer and Smoke, How Green Was My Valley, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Love With the Proper Stranger, Summer and Smoke, A Man and a Woman, Bananas, Tom Jones, Casino Royale, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, to name just a handful.

Additionally, we've reissued such great cast albums as A Time for Singing, Illya, Darling, Anya, House of Flowers, Show Girl, the London cast albums of Promises, Promises, Gone With the Wind, Carnival and Camelot, and our brand new remixes of Follies (which Stephen Sondheim called "A miracle"), Promises, Promises and Sugar. In the film musical world we've done definitive releases for Centennial Summer and Stormy Weather and have many others in the pipeline.

We've done amazing projects with Paramount, Fox, MGM/UA and a handful of others, but we simply must get into other studios now and that will take a huge infusion of cash. Kritzerland has one owner and was started on a wing and a prayer. Literally every penny that comes in goes to fund the next projects. And this is, we hope, where you can help us get to the next level in terms of dealing with new studios and licensors. We've created an Indiegogo campaign and let me tell you about it.

We are looking to raise $80,000. That may seem like a lot, but that's what it's going to take for us to step up to the plate at other studios and lock up a lot of projects at once. Waving a big check is what they respond to. We already have many upcoming projects from Fox, but other studios have so many amazing scores that are just languishing that we know you would love - from both Golden and Silver Age. Those who know and love Kritzerland know that we're not about the more recent scores - we leave those pretty much to others. We have contacts now at various studios and they are willing to license to us. We also have other cast album reissues we'd like to pursue. And we'd also occasionally like to get back to doing original recordings. Of course raising even more than our target amount would be incredible and enable us to lock up even more things. The one thing we can assure you is that every penny of what is raised will go into getting projects for us - none of it is salary or goes into anyone's pocket. This is all about getting amazing music out in the world to you, our wonderful collectors.

We have devised a set of perks that we hope will make contributing fun and easy - in essence, on certain perks you're contributing now by making your CD purchases in advance and at a considerable savings and that includes free postage. For the higher perks you get your names in the thank you section of our CD booklets and website, and for those who have discretionary cash to use, you can even become a co-producer or an executive producer who is credited in our booklets. But mostly we hope you'll contribute because you've loved the projects we've done and appreciate the care we put into them. But mostly we hope you'll contribute because you've loved the projects we've done and appreciate the care we put into them. You'll be able to let us know if your interests are soundtrack only, cast albums and film musicals - or both.

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/krit … /x/9165600

Even if we don't reach our ultimate goal and beyond, whatever money comes in will go straight to the acquisition of new projects and new relationships with studios and companies.

The future holds incredible possibilities, and with your help we can continue bringing to fruition worthwhile projects like the ones listed above and also the introduction of a new line The Elite Collection. Rather than just forego certain classic soundtrack releases and film musical releases that we know will not sell a full 1000-copy run, we will begin the Elite Collection. This will mostly be limited to the film musicals that many, but not enough of us, love. It would be criminal to let these continue to gather dust, so for these releases we will do a limited edition of 500 copies at $39.98 in special packaging, extended booklets and the full-out treatment they deserve. But please note - those who help fund our campaign at levels where CDs are involved will get those special releases at our usual price of 19.98.

We are always striving to find new ways and new avenues for film music releases and theater music releases. When Kritzerland began, we were at the forefront of labels who refused to have conventional distribution - we kind of were amongst the leaders in that regard because we knew the big music chains were on their way out. It was scary at the start, and many told us we were being really stupid, but in the end, they all followed us to this brave new world. The soundtrack and cast album reissue market, whether straight reissues or even world premiere releases, has always been a niche market. The challenges are many, the profit return isn't huge but has kept us going and with your help will keep us going well into the future. We meet challenges head on at Kritzerland and I, as the owner, am known for being relentless in getting projects I really want. There are many other film music labels nowadays, but we have what I hope is a unique presence and a unique vision and from the beginning we've gotten amazing response to what we do. And now, it's time to take Kritzerland to the next level.

We understand how many of these campaigns there are and how many are asking for your dollars. Again, we've tried to make the perks make sense - for most of the perks you're not just getting a cup or a thing, you're getting actual product and at a savings. We hope that's what sets us apart a little. And we completely understand if you aren't able to help, but you know what - you still can. If you love what we do, just spread the word on Facebook and Twitter and all over social media. It's easy to share right from this very page. Together we can do this and together we can all win the real prize - the music that has shaped our lives. Thank you all so much in advance.

One final note: We're told by the Indiegogo experts (yes, there are Indiegogo experts!) that the first two days of funding are the most important, as they set the tone - people tend to fund faster if the first two days are very healthy. So, please, if you're leaning towards helping do it in the first two days. Do you know that if only 1000 people on our mailing list of close to 3,000 did the $100 perk, which is a great money saving deal, we would be well over our goal! But anything works and it's a dream that is completely possible. So, here we Kritzerland a GoGo!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/krit … /x/9165600

"Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" (David Newman)

LE CASSE (THE BURGLARS) (1971)
Music Composed by Ennio Morricone
Orchestra Conducted by Bruno Nicolai

Limited edition of 1000 units.
New remastered edition supervised by Claudio Fuiano. Including six bonus tracks.
8-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Nicolas Magenham.

Ref: MBR-066
Release Date: in stock

Released in 1971, Le Casse (The Burglars), directed by Henri Verneuil (Guns for San Sebastian, The Sicilian Clan), tells the story of Azad (Belmondo) and his gang who, after having broken into a luxurious villa in Athens, seek to shake off Zacharia (Omar Sharif), a corrupt and sadistic policeman. This film marked the beginnings of a style of cinema calibrated to highlight the acting qualities and physical performance of the star Jean-Paul Belmondo, as well as a certain portrayal of a notion of virility in the popular culture of the era. This type of cinema reached its apogee with Peur sur la ville, directed by the same Henri Verneuil, followed by other successes from celebrity directors of the seventies and eighties, such as Georges Lautner and Jacques Deray.

It is not the overarching virile dominance of Belmondo that Ennio Morricone's score highlights, in fact quite the contrary. In addition to a very few effective dramatic underscore, Morricone’s contribution is to be found in other places, his music serving instead to bring to the fore the character’s faults, failings coming out first and foremost in regard to women, most notably by means of the love theme which reinforces the tenderness, but also all of the ambiguity which unites Azad and the young Hélène (Nicole Calfan). In regard to Lena the striptease artist (played by Dyan Cannon), Morricone provides two pieces of music for the night-club scenes and the Greek restaurant. Since much of the movie's action took place in a hotel where there was background music, Verneuil asked him to write beautifully-crafted pastiche pieces from musical masters of the era (such as Mantovani and Zacharias), with its soothing strings.

For those who missed the previous GDM edition released in 2006, Music Box Records is pleased to reissue the complete soundtrack of Le Casse (The Burglars) composed by Ennio Morricone and conducted by Bruno Nicolai. Supervised and mastered by Claudio Fuiano, this present edition also includes six bonus tracks. Four songs, both performed by Mireille Mathieu and Astrud Gilberto, were released on 45rpm singles to coincide with the launch of the film at that time. A pop reprise of the main theme and a previously unreleased version of Rodéo on CD are both conducted by Bruno Nicolai.



TRACK LISTING:

1. Le Casse (générique) (03:19)
2. Thème d'amour (03:09)
3. Marinella (03:15)
4. La fille à la frange (02:26)
5. Ciao Mantovani (03:04)
6. Rodéo (04:22)
7. Virage dangereux (03:21)
8. A Carlo S. (03:26)
9. Ma non troppo erotico (03:45)
10. A Melachrino (03:14)
11. Irène (04:10)
12. Pour Zacharia (02:54)

Bonus Tracks:
13. Le Casse (version alternative) (02:39)
Arrangements et direction musicale : Bruno Nicolai
14. Rodéo (version alternative) (03:29)
Arrangements et direction musicale : Bruno Nicolai
15. Mon ami de toujours (03:27)
Performed by Mireille Mathieu
16. Pas vu, pas pris (02:28)
Performed by Mireille Mathieu
17. Una donna che ti ama (02:57)
Performed by Astrud Gilberto
18. Argomenti (03:37)
Performed by Astrud Gilberto

Total Time • 60:06

For sound clips and available for order, please visit: http://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-s … casse.html

MISSISSIPPI MERMAID (LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPI) (1969)
Music Composed and Conducted by Antoine Duhamel

Remastered reissue. Limited edition of 500 units.
8-page CD booklet with French and English liner notes by Gilles Loison.

Ref: MBR-065
Release Date: in stock


Based on the novel Waltz Into Darkness by William Irish, Mississippi Mermaid (La Sirène du Mississipi) is a 1969 stylish thriller written and directed by Francois Truffaut (The 400 Blows, Fahrenheit 451 and Day for Night). It tells the story of Louis Mahé, a French tobacco plantation owner (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who becomes engaged to Marion (Catherine Deneuve), a woman he never met yet corresponded with during his time at Reunion Island. She pretends to be another woman in order to steal his money.

Antoine Duhamel had scored a trio of Truffaut's films between 1968 and 1970 (Baisers Volés, L'Enfant sauvage, an adaptation of music by Vivaldi, and Domicile conjugal, with accents from a later period of Stravinsky). This edition presents the complete original score for Mississippi Mermaid with more than 50 minutes even though only 25 minutes were kept in the original film version. The film’s music is superb for its orchestral-driven score that has some serene moments but also some eerie moments for the film’s suspense. Antoine Duhamel also heightens the Hitcockian vibe with his Bernard Herrmann inspired score with its jagged and anxious strings, recalling a certain atmosphere from Psycho or North by Northwest.

In collaboration with MGM, Music Box Records presents the newly remastered reissue of the complete score for Mississippi Mermaid, featuring the same content previously issued by Milan Records in 1991. The CD comes with an 8-page booklet featuring liner notes by Gilles Loison who discusses the film and the score. The release is limited to 500 units.



TRACK LISTING:

1. Louis Mahé attend la fiancée inconnue (02:46)
2. Le port (03:44)
3. Rencontre de l'énigmatique Julie / Est-ce le bonheur ? (04:21)
4. Qui est réellement Julie ? (01:59)
5. Julie la voleuse disparaît / L'enquête est lancée (01:59)
6. Louis quitte la Réunion à ses trousses / Cauchemar (04:16)
7. Julie-Marion retrouvée / Confession de Marion (06:33)
8. Le détective ne lâche pas la trace / Fugue amoureuse à Aix (02:57)
9. Refuge et meurtre dans la maison de Provence (04:53)
10. La planque à Lyon / Plus d'argent (02:47)
11. Querelle et angoissse (03:18)
12. La police les cerne / Fuite vers la neige (05:41)
13. La peau de chagrin / Le chalet des rats (03:48)
14. Souffrance et délivrance (02:39)

Total Time • 51:53

For sound clips and available for order, please visit: http://www.musicbox-records.com/en/cd-s … ssipi.html

BACK IN STOCK!!!
THE DANNY ELFMAN BATMAN COLLECTION
EMPIRE OF THE SUN
SUPERMAN RETURNS (the final 500 units)
BLACK BEAUTY (on sale until midnight tonight)
WYATT EARP (on sale until midnight tonight)

I just played the disc. It's the first time I've heard this score outside of the film. The composer has done a stunning job of assembling this album. He took a classical approach and assembled the music into several long movements. He also recorded some new things to add into the program. Now it will probably drive the folks who want everything C&C bananas, but if those folks can open their hearts and minds and allow themselves to get absorbed in this musical journey, they'll be richly rewarded! Just a great album. It really showcases the artistry over the function of the music.