Mark R. Hasan

Soundtrack Release Tally + The Exorcist is headed for the stage.

As the Toronto Jewish Film Festival winds down, there are still several film composer flicks to see, including a free screening of a rare 1995 Jerry Goldsmith doc.

News about Film Music Goodies at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, featuring appearances by David Shire (Monkey Shines), Mychael Danna, Steven North (son of Alex North), author Kevin Courrier, and Me (!), plus a 35mm screening of Planet of the Apes (1968), and free screenings of film music documentaries. Also in the blog: tally of new & upcoming soundtracks.

You have until March 12 (or until supplies run dry) to buy Jerry Fielding’s Funeral Home score on CD, plus Alan Silvestri’s Predator is back in print (!), Bernard Herrmann’s original It’s Alive score makes its commercial debut on CD, and Ennio Morricone debuts on Cometa’s Virtual LP Series.

Time for another score tally, plus links to more soundtrack & film reviews, and Nick Redman explains why Twilight Time released the fancy new Fright Night & Mysterious Island Blu-rays.

So you’ve read James Burrell’s Phantom of the Opera spread and still aren’t satisfied. Not a problem, because you’re just a click away from a chronology of the various scores that have been written / slapped together since the film premiered in 1925.

Yup, you read correctly: the original FRIGHT NIGHT + Ray Harryhausen’s MYSTERIOUS ISLAND are coming out on Blu-ray as limited editions.

Time for another tally of new & imminent horror soundtracks, related links, teasers, and Indigo says adieu to CDs and home video.

More thoughts on Argento, Suspiria and Opera at the Lightbox, plus handy-dandy links to audio excerpts from Guillermo del Toro’s introduction and lengthy discussion with Noah Cowan.

On Saturday July 2nd, Guillermo del Toro introduced Fellini’s Toby Dammit and Argento’s Suspiria, after which he engaged in a 50+ minute discussion about the films and their remarkable aethstetics.