The year John Williams wrote the score for John Frankenheimer’s political thriller Black Sunday, two other major scores by Williams – Star Wars and Close Encounters of the Third Kind – put this intense orchestral score in the the background. In fact, it is the only Williams score since 1977 that has never been officially released – until now. Film Score Monthly today announced that the label now has the …

Ernest Gold’s hilarious soundtrack for the 1963 comedy It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World has been released on CD before (via Rykodisc), but is now being released again by Kritzerland as a limited edition of 1,000 copies. The previous CD edition included a lot of dialogue from the film which “unfortunately impeded the wonderful flow of the music” according to Kritzerland, whose release includes no dialogue. Seven bonus tracks …

Howard Shore’s original score from the upcoming Mel Gibson action thriller, Edge of Darkness, will be released on CD by Watertower Music on January 26, 2010, co-inciding with the film’s premiere on January 29. Watertower Music is Warner Bros’ new soundtrack brand, formerly known as New Line Records. As MovieScore Magazine previously reported, Shore replaced John Corigliano as the composer on the film, presumably as a result of the film …

MovieScore Media will release David Julyan’s score for The Descent: Part 2, the sequel to the acclaimed 2005 horror hit directed by Neil Marshall, on CD and via download. Julyan was the composer of the score for the first film, a work that is generally considered to be among his finest. Just like the score for the first film, The Descent: Part 2 features a mix of brooding orchestral writing …

John Corigliano’s score for Revolution, the 1985 Hugh Hudson epic starring Al Pacino, has never been available commercially on CD or LP. Until now: Varèse Sarabande today announced that an album featuring Corigliano’s score will be available first through their CD Club and later next year via regular stores. Revolution was Corigliano’s second film score after the Academy Award-nominated Altered States (1980). It is a large orchestral work with a …

La-La Land Records today announced a limited edition of Jerry Goldsmith’s score for the 1987 sci-fi adventure Innerspace, directed by Joe Dante. A selection of the score was included on the original soundtrack from Geffen Records, but this new CD features more than 50 minutes of previously unreleased music. Innerspace was Goldsmith’s third project with Joe Dante after Twilight Zone: The Movie (where Dante directed one of the segments and …

Film Score Monthly has announced an ambitious 15-cd set focusing on the legendary Miklós Rózsa, a release that “is destined to become one of the most essential soundtrack collections of all time,” according to the label. The “Miklós Rózsa Treasury (1949-1968) focuses on Rózsa’s association with M-G-M and features, among many other things, the complete scores from Madame Bovary, The Power and Quo Vadis. Other works included are Young Bess, The Story of Three Loves, All the …

On of the holy grails of contemporary film music, Alan Silvestri’s rousing orchestral score for Back to the Future, is finally available on CD. Intrada Records has announced a 2-disc set of the complete score – and anticipating great demand for the set, there is no limit of the usual 3,000 copies on this one. “While this is a limited edition release, we don’t want anyone to miss out on …

The original music from BBC’s recent adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, starring Romola Garai, will be released on CD and iTunes by MovieScore Media on December 1. The orchestral score is composed by British talent Samuel Sim, an up and coming composer whose other credits include the 2007 feature Awake and TV series Dunkirk, Colonial House and House of Saddam. Music was recorded in London under the baton of Alistair …

Academy Award-winning composer Dario Marianelli’s latest score, for the Robert de Niro comedy Everybody’s Fine, will be released on CD by Varèse Sarabande on December 22. The film, which is directed by Kirk Jones (Nanny McPhee), tells the story about a widower who embarks on a road trip to reunite with his children. Other cast members include Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore and Sam Rockwell. Also on December 22, Varèse Sarabande will …