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Southall wrote
There's something about The Abyss which reveals something very curious about the psyche of the film music obsessive.

"Oh, I love The Abyss. Well, actually, most of it's really boring but I really love the finale. That finale's amazing. I wish the rest of it was more like that."
<Varese Sarabande releases an album with 35 additional minutes of music, which is all like the parts everyone thinks are boring.>
"AWESOME!"

Captain Future wrote
I want to relive the film I love by listening to the score.

Edmund Meinerts wrote
Otherwise I agree with everything you just said except for this. All of the truly great scores have narrative flow and you can only get that by hearing it in the right order.

Thor wrote


In your opinion, let's stress that. It's not a fact, since we obviously disagree on what the 'right order' is.

Great. LW is close to being out of stock until 2014. Gunfight is out of stock but more will be in Friday or Monday (the last batch of it)

Superman is flying the highest, though with nearly 2000 units out the door.

About half the run is gone.

[refering to "Police Academy"]

UPCOMING RELEASE. WE WILL START TAKING PRE-ORDERS IN JANUARY 2014.

55 minutes of music, including over 40 minutes of previously unreleased music.
12-page CD booklet with French and English by Florent Groult.

Music Box Records pays tribute to the fruitful collaboration between French director-actor Dany Boon and composer Philippe Rombi (Merry Christmas, Swimming Pool, War of the Buttons) with three original motion picture soundtracks: La Maison du bonheur / The House of Happiness (2006), Rien à déclarer / Nothing to Declare (2010) and Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis / Welcome to the Land of Shtis (2008). We are pleased to present for the very first time on the same CD the complete scores of never-before-released La Maison du bonheur and Rien à déclarer with a selection of main cues of previously released Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis, adding a new version of the delightful piece for chimes.

Philippe Rombi met Dany Boon for the first time behind the scenes during the promotion of Joyeux Noël. The two men hit it off immediately: “When we did La Maison du bonheur together, there was a kind of musical meeting of minds that was immediate. When I had Dany listen to my first ideas for the music, he put his faith in me,” the composer exclaimed. And listening to the three scores presented here, it isn’t difficult to understand why.

If each score develops its own thematic ideas and melodic attributes (a lively main theme, cheerful and joyous for La Maison du bonheur; an amicable waltz, charming and full of life for Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis; a truculent piece, at times circumspect, at times brash for Rien à déclarer), allied with a continual refinement of the orchestration, they also reflect one another, especially in regard to certain common qualities that, it is to be imagined willingly, could only end in seducing a personality with such natural generosity as possessed by Dany Boon.

And then there is at the heart of these musical pieces an unfailing tenderness, which Philippe Rombi instinctively discerned in the background. There is something reminiscent of the power which, in its own time, linked together the music of Georges Delerue and the images of Philippe de Broca. As much in its form as in its foundation, each score gives this delicious feeling of never neglecting or bypassing the simplest things.


Rien à déclarer
1. Générique début (2:49)
2. Pré-générique (0:47)
3. Ruben et Léo (0:58)
4. Les trafiquants (1:46)
5. Passages en force (1:58)
6. Un bruit de Français (1:24)
7. La 4L (0:55)
8. Le choix de Louise (1:40)
9. Le réveillon (1:05)
10. Poursuite (2:03)
11. Épilogue (1:19)
12. Générique de fin (4:07)

Time: 21:23

La Maison du Bonheur
13. Générique début (1:28)
14. L'agence immobilière (0:54)
15. C'est parti! (0:44)
16. Première visite (2:01)
17. La visite de Suzanne (1:12)
18. Casino (1:25)
19. Problème électrique (1:45)
20. La bague (1:31)
21. Rêve de maison (1:16)
22. État des lieux (0:52)
23. Petit déjeuner (1:45)
24. Générique de fin (1:39)

Time: 17:04

Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
25. Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis (générique) (2:20)
26. Mutation (1:50)
27. Le carillon d'Antoine (nouvelle version) (2:19)
28. La tournée (orchestral) (2:21)
29. Valse des Ch'tis (2:05)
30. Générique de fin (1:10)

Time: 12:22

Bonus Track
31. Rien à déclarer (version concert) (4:52)

Total Time: 55:45

THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET) -
FEATURING MUSIC COMPOSED BY JONATHAN BEARD


http://buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net/thdaofhaorso.html

SRP: $15.95

LISTEN TO A SOUND CLIP FROM the score for THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET)
http://buysound.webjedi.net/Three_Days_ … t_Foul.mp3

The first 100 copies will be autographed by composer JONATHAN BEARD.

(December 11th, 2013, Los Angeles, CA) BUYSOUNDTRAX Records will be releasing THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET), featuring music composed by Jonathan Beard for the 2012 docudrama directed by and starring Alex Hyde-White, along with Tom Badal, Richard Chamberlain, Iva Hasperger, Stefanie Powers, Chuma Hunter-Gault, Peter Woodward, Joseph Culp, Jenna Brighton, Liane Curtis, Keith Ducklin, Brian Keith Gamble, David Mayhan, Sam Meader and Nicolas Porcelli.

THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET) documents the events surrounding a troupe of actors and others as gather to rehearse and perform a stage reading of the famous play in only three days. Reality intrudes as they come together and strangers bond, as in war. Without a net, they galvanize during rehearsal while the lead actor and manager, both as himself and his character of Hamlet, grapples with the unexpected task of coming to terms with his powerful and famous father. A 'cliff notes' examination of one of the best plays ever written by the best cast they could find, including three famous sons of three very famous actors. As the lives of the players juxtapose over their characters, what results is a fascinating look at how, once again, art illuminates life. By holding the mirror up to ourselves, we illuminate the world around us. To score this unique film, Jonathan Beard produced an equally unique score, a fusion of subtle electronic sound design and analog synthesis, acoustic chamber orchestra, and English musical forms from Shakespeare’s time hybridized with modern scoring aesthetics.

Jonathan Beard composes, arranges and conducts music for visual media, albums and the concert stage, and is based in Los Angeles. He received his BA in Music Composition from Stanford University, studying with Mark Applebaum and Brian Ferneyhough and earned his MA at UCLA studying with Roger Bourland, David Lefkowitz and Paul Chihara. Combining a unique aesthetic of symphonic depth, emotional nuance and quirky boutique electronics, his work can be heard across broadcast and cable television and in both short and feature films. His work has been commissioned and/or premiered by an eclectic group of ensembles and organizations, including the Pacific Symphony of Orange County, the Grammy-nominated St. Lawrence String Quartet, the YMF Debut Orchestra, Grammy winner Vince Mendoza, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale Chamber Singers, among others. Beyond composing, Jonathan has orchestrated and arranged music for films for studios such as Warner Brothers, Disney, and Sony, and TV shows on all major broadcast networks. His concert arrangements of music by other film composers have been heard live in Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Also highly committed to music education, Jonathan has taught electronic music composition and technology at UCLA, lectured on behalf of the Pacific Symphony and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and presented papers on film scoring and electronic music production at numerous conferences.

BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET), featuring music composed by Jonathan Beard. The booklet includes liner notes by actor/director Alex Hyde-White and composer Jonathan Beard.

THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET) is a limited edition release of 1000 units. THREE DAYS (OF HAMLET) will begin shipping on 2nd Week of Jan 2014 and can be ordered at www.buysoundtrax.com .


1. Revenge Most Foul (2:18)
2. All That Lives Must Die (1:33)
3. First Player (4:49)
4. Fie On It / Ophelia’s Chorale (1:44)
5. Tis Not To Come (1:44)
6. Good Night Sweet Prince (4:05)
7. Mirror Up To Nature (1:04)
8. Somewhere Guy (1:57)
9. Ophelia’s Emotion (2:17)
10. Castle / I Am Thy Father’s Spirit (1:03)
11. Polonius Speaks (1:21)
12. Like You This Play (2:02)
13. Claudius Confesses (2:01)
14. Polonius Slain (2:19)
15. Claudius Snares Laertes (0:48)
16. Elegy For Ophelia (0:59)
17. End Credits (1:49)

FIREFLY: MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO -
FEATURING MUSIC COMPOSED BY GREG EDMONSON

http://buysoundtrax.stores.yahoo.net/fimuforsopif.html

SRP: $15.95

LISTEN TO A SOUND CLIP FROM the score for FIREFLY: MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO
http://buysound.webjedi.net/Firefly_Aud … _Dance.mp3

The first 100 copies will be autographed by composer GREG EDMONSON and ARTIST JOOHYUN PARK.

BUYSOUNDTRAX Records will be releasing FIREFLY: MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO, featuring music composed by Greg Edmonson for the cult classic television, produced and performed by pianist Joohyun Park. FIREFLY was a science fiction series produced by Joss Whedon for the Fox network in 2002 and was quickly cancelled by network executives who did not understand the show and were not interested in giving the show more time to find its audience. FIREFLY’s cast included Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau and Ron Glass. While the show had a short life on television, fans immediately and intensely discovered the show when it came to home video and this passion kept the spirit of the show alive to such an extent that Universal produced a feature film version to continue the story in 2005.

With this recording, classically trained pianist Joohyun Park has distilled Edmonson’s intricate acoustic textures and synthetic musculature into their expressive essence, performed delicately for solo piano. “FIREFLY was not piano-based,” notes Edmonson, “so translating all of the different kinds of instruments that we used into a piano score is a unique challenge. The translation to piano is a very tricky one, but if the feeling can be captured the listener might experience the same thing, emotionally. To me, the fun part about that is that it sometimes can remind you of something you saw that had meaning to you or was especially fun. I just love that.”

Born in South Korea, Joohyun began studying music at the age of six at the prompting of her mother. Eventually she received both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree of Piano from Yon Sei University in Seoul, studying with pianist Myoungwon Shin, before relocating to the United States, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Contemporary Writing and Production from Boston’s famed Berklee College of Music. Joohyun's orchestrations and arrangements can be found in films such as PRIEST, DRAG ME TO HELL, CREATION, WHEN IN ROME, LOVE HAPPENS and many other films. Joohyun has recorded several solo piano interpretations of film music for BSX Records, including the 2012 release MUSIC FROM BATTLESTAR GALACTIA FOR SOLO PIANO. “I always start a project like this studying the piano arrangement and the original soundtrack recording,” Joohyun explained of her process in preparing for this kind of project. “Sometimes I follow my own interpretation and sometimes I perform it exactly the way it is. For FIREFLY, there were many beautiful solo guitar tracks that I wanted to mimic faithfully.

In addition to the dozen piano interpretations of the FIREFLY score and its theme, composer/arranger Dominic Hauser has produced a vocal rendition of the title song, respectfully performed by singer Brian “Hacksaw” Williams (RACER X, DELTANAUT).

BUYSOUNDTRAX Records presents FIREFLY: MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO. The booklet includes liner notes by author Randall Larson, including recent insights from the composers on the creation of this project.

FIREFLY: MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO is a limited edition release of 1000 units. The first 100 copies will be signed by composer Greg Edmonson and pianist Joohyun Park. FIREFLY:

MUSIC FOR SOLO PIANO will begin shipping on the Second week of Jan 2014 and can be ordered at www.buysoundtrax.com

1. Firefly: Main Title (Vocal) (2:20)
Produced and Arranged by Dominik Hauser
Performed by Brian “Hacksaw” Williams
2. Cows / New Dress / My Crew (2:29)
3. Dying Ship / Naked Mal (2:16)
4. The Funeral (2:31)
5. Inara’s Suite (3:35)
6. Inside the Tam House (2:42)
7. Leaving (2:57)
8. Out of Gas / Empty Derelict (1:47)
9. River Tricks Early (3:42)
10. River’s Dance (1:27)
11. River’s Perception / Saffron (1:32)
12. Tears / River’s Eyes (2:08)
13. Firefly: Main Title (Piano) (1:10)

justin boggan wrote
Being announced Monday morning from Kritzerland, their final release of the year:

"The Buccaneer" (Bernstein)

Nearly 77 minutes, that includes some source music and piano demos by Bernstein.