Index for Reviews to Volume 11
(2009)
Total Reviews = 37
Editor's Choice
Best of the Month for January
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON --
music by Alexandre Desplat
Best of the Month for February
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE --
music by Max Steiner
Best of the Month for March
TIME AFTER TIME --
music by Miklos Rozsa
Best of the Month for April
A JOHNNY MANDEL TRIO
(3 CD Box Set)
Best of the Month for May
HOW TO STEAL A MILLION and
BACHELOR FLAT --
music by Johnny Williams
Best of the Month for June
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE--
music by Jerry Goldsmith
Best of the Month for July
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER --
music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Best of the Month for August
GOD'S LITTLE ACRE --
music by Elmer Bernstein
Best of the Month for September
EXODUS -- music by Ernest Gold
also other film scores (2 CDs)
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Best of the Month for October
THE BLACK STALLION -- music by Carmine Coppola
Additional music by Shirley Walker
Best of the Month for November
TARAS BULBA -- music by Franz Waxman
Best of the Month for December
CAPTAIN ABU RAED --
music by Austin Wintory
Capsule Reviews
ANGELS & DEMONS -- music by Hans Zimmer and others
CULT CUTS:
MUSIC FROM THE MODERN CINEMA
TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000 (1985)/ KORGOTH THE BARBARIAN (2006) --
music by Lee Holdridge
Full Reviews
THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD --
music by Bernard Herrmann [Special Merit]
THE APARTMENT -- music by Adolph Deutsch
IRMA LA DOUCE and THE FORTUNE COOKIE -- music by Andre Previn
DAVID RAKSIN AT M-G-M
(5 CD Box Set)
THE DEAD POOL -- music by Lalo Schifrin
THE DEFINITIVE HORROR MUSIC COLLECTION
DISCOVER FILM MUSIC
(2 CD compilation with 165 page booklet)
DRACULA A.D. 1972 -- music by Mike Vickers
THE FILM MUSIC OF RALPH RAINGER
THE INFORMANT! -- music by Marvin Hamlisch
IN HARM'S WAY -- music by Jerry Goldsmith
JAKE SPEED -- music by Mark Snow
MARS ATTACKS! -- music by Danny Elfman
MAX AND HELEN & THE OASIS --
music by Christopher Young
THE MUSIC OF BATMAN (compilation)
THE MUSIC OF STAR TREK (compilation)
STAR CRASH -- music by John Barry
You Must Remember This Too:
Classic Film Music Arranged for Guitar [Special Merit]
DVDs, 2008-2009
THE FORD AT FOX COLLECTION:
THE ESSENTIAL JOHN FORD
DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK
THE GRAPES OF WRATH
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
MY DARLING CLEMENTINE
FRONTIER MARSHAL
BECOMING JOHN FORD
Capsule review: This set is a bit disappointing, especially the awkwardly filmed and edited documentary. Commentary by Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman on DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK is very good. Film transfers are clean and sharp, but with great scores by David Buttolph and Alfred Newman, these classic films deserve to have isolated music tracks. Rating: ***1/2
Recommended DVDs with Isolated Scores
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
(2 Disc Special Edition)
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Commentary by film & music historians John Morgan,
Steven Smith, William Stromberg, and Nick Redman
Rating: ****
THE ROBE (1953)
(Special Edition)
music by Alfred Newman
Commentary by
film composer David Newman,
film historians Jon Burlingame, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman
Book Reviews
A History of Film Music
by Mervyn Cooke
Alex North's A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE:
A Film Score Guide
by Annette Davison
Volume 11, 2009
Number 1 (Winter)
Number 2 (Spring)
Number 3 (Summer)
Number 4 (Fall)
The Sammy Awards
To read all the previous Sammy Awards, click on these links:
21st Annual Sammy Awards For 2008
20th Annual Sammy Awards For 2007
19th Annual Sammy Awards For 2006
18th Annual Sammy Awards For 2005
The Sammy Awards (Complete List)
