Apologies to Aria Giovanni, for that PG Porn video with her and Nathan Fillion. The apology is because I just didn't find it funny - not because of their playing, but more thanks to the punchline being telegraphed practically from the moment I first heard of the clip. Another black mark against writer James Gunn, who also has both Scooby-Doo live-action movies on his CV and hence has a lot to answer for.
On the brighter side, thumbs up to Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman for the forthcoming Heroes score album, even if there's no release date at the time of typing. Expect a review of either that or the Buffy the Vampire Slayer score album sometime in the future. Who should apologise this time? The people who sat on such things while releasing countless song compilations (Grey's Anatomy, The OC, The L Word, etc - though the last named did have at least one score CD as well).
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
The Happiest Place On Earth Post.
Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale and the two blokes were in London's West End last night for the premiere of High School Musical 3. Other than the Disney link and the drop-dead-gorgeous aspect, that has no connection to what this post is about.
Here's Cindy attending Miley Cyrus's 16th birthday party at Disneyland over the weekend, with Kaia (who is almost certainly a Disney fan - they were at the High School Musical 2 premiere as well) and Presley. Why is he looking at Minnie Mouse that way? Mini-perv. Anyway, the event was a treat for lady-watchers (Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tyra Banks were also among the guests), and the babe-on-the-cusp that is Miley also performed, but it's all about Cindy in these parts.
For the record, Miley's actual Sweet 16 takes place on November 23rd. I thought only the Queen of England had two birthdays.
Here's Cindy attending Miley Cyrus's 16th birthday party at Disneyland over the weekend, with Kaia (who is almost certainly a Disney fan - they were at the High School Musical 2 premiere as well) and Presley. Why is he looking at Minnie Mouse that way? Mini-perv. Anyway, the event was a treat for lady-watchers (Jennifer Love Hewitt and Tyra Banks were also among the guests), and the babe-on-the-cusp that is Miley also performed, but it's all about Cindy in these parts.For the record, Miley's actual Sweet 16 takes place on November 23rd. I thought only the Queen of England had two birthdays.
Sunday, October 05, 2008
The Say It Ain't So, Cindy Post.
Carl Hiassen in today's Miami Herald:
The collapse of Wall Street and the freeze of credit markets can be traced to one unlikely culprit: Cindy Crawford.
I'm sure she didn't mean to cripple the economy. Most supermodels avoid meddling in global monetary markets, and it's unlikely that Cindy realized how much influence she commanded.
Tragically, however, the crash of 2008 can be connected to that fateful day, a few short years ago, when Cindy got into the business of designing furniture for a popular retail firm.
It wasn't long before the Crawford brand caught fire. Every time you turned on the television, there she was, languidly sprawling across one of her Microfiber Plush sofas, or carefully arranging the pastel placements on one of her cherry-veneer dining tables.
She looked great. She had style. She was also much taller than most interior designers.
And, amazingly, you could buy a whole roomful of Cindy's furniture with no down payment. Unbelievable!
More amazingly, you didn't have to start paying off the stuff for a whole year or even longer. As a result, thousands of Americans who could barely afford their car payments eagerly started purchasing Cindy's terrific furniture -- although it wasn't technically purchasing, because not much actual money was involved.
As bankers watched the Cindy phenomenon grow, they realized that the customers who were snapping up all this accessible furniture might want larger homes to put it in.
The bankers also understood that special mortgages would be necessary when dealing with folks who already needed at least a year to pay for a headboard and a nightstand.
Thus was born the concept of subprime loans, a financing ploy very similar to the one used so successfully by Cindy Crawford's furniture company.
Subprimes allowed Americans to get homes with a minimal down payment. Interest rates were extremely low, and extremely temporary. The mortgages were structured so that those rates -- and the customers' monthly nut -- would shoot up radically after a few years, yet nobody seemed worried about that.
Bankers were just tickled to be selling so many loans, real-estate agents were thrilled to be selling so many houses, and home-buyers were elated to have more rooms in which to arrange all their new (and still unpaid-for) Cindy Crawford furnishings.
The economy was booming, or so we were told. Unfortunately, at no point in this brainless orgy of lending was it required for the folks who were borrowing all that easy money to show they had the means to repay it.
Inevitably, Wall Street was smitten by the Cindy factor. Venerable institutions like Lehman Brothers bought up billions of dollars' worth of bundled subprime mortgages, on the theory that the price of real-estate would keep rising insanely until the end of time.
If some poor sucker had to default, so what? Repossess his house and sell it for a profit to some other sucker, who could then fill it with more unpaid-for furniture by Cindy Crawford.
But the Wall Street wizards who control the credit flow made a disastrous blunder. The Cindy Model of friendly finance doesn't work very well when the stakes are high.
Selling a roomful of furniture to a family that can't afford to put any cash on the table is different than selling them a house. Thousands of subprime and adjustable-rate mortgages went plummeting into default, and the rest is history.
As Congress and the White House scramble to stanch the bleeding, investor confidence remains shaky. It might be helpful if Cindy stepped forward in some dramatic way, as fellow icon Warren Buffett has done.
Here's what she should say to reassure worried Americans:
"Please don't buy any more of my elegant yet comfortable furniture unless you actually have the money to pay for it. Before coming to the store, take a close look at your bank statements to make sure you're not making an incredibly foolish mistake.
"Hey, if you can't write a personal check for that five-piece king bedroom set, then you probably shouldn't buy it. Be stylish, America, but be smart. Tomorrow will be a brighter day."
Who knows what impact such a bold speech would have on the stock markets, but I wouldn't be surprised to see an instant rebound. The financial titans who followed Cindy Crawford down the path of carefree lending will just as faithfully follow her back to the realm of fiscal prudence.
There are encouraging signs from the furniture empire for which Cindy is the marquee draw. If you ordered that five-piece king bedroom set today, you wouldn't get to wait years before making the first payment. You'd only get six months.
It looks like Cindy's getting tough.
Take heed, Mr. Treasury Secretary. The handwriting is on the wallpaper.
The collapse of Wall Street and the freeze of credit markets can be traced to one unlikely culprit: Cindy Crawford.
I'm sure she didn't mean to cripple the economy. Most supermodels avoid meddling in global monetary markets, and it's unlikely that Cindy realized how much influence she commanded.
Tragically, however, the crash of 2008 can be connected to that fateful day, a few short years ago, when Cindy got into the business of designing furniture for a popular retail firm.
It wasn't long before the Crawford brand caught fire. Every time you turned on the television, there she was, languidly sprawling across one of her Microfiber Plush sofas, or carefully arranging the pastel placements on one of her cherry-veneer dining tables.
She looked great. She had style. She was also much taller than most interior designers.
And, amazingly, you could buy a whole roomful of Cindy's furniture with no down payment. Unbelievable!
More amazingly, you didn't have to start paying off the stuff for a whole year or even longer. As a result, thousands of Americans who could barely afford their car payments eagerly started purchasing Cindy's terrific furniture -- although it wasn't technically purchasing, because not much actual money was involved.
As bankers watched the Cindy phenomenon grow, they realized that the customers who were snapping up all this accessible furniture might want larger homes to put it in.
The bankers also understood that special mortgages would be necessary when dealing with folks who already needed at least a year to pay for a headboard and a nightstand.
Thus was born the concept of subprime loans, a financing ploy very similar to the one used so successfully by Cindy Crawford's furniture company.
Subprimes allowed Americans to get homes with a minimal down payment. Interest rates were extremely low, and extremely temporary. The mortgages were structured so that those rates -- and the customers' monthly nut -- would shoot up radically after a few years, yet nobody seemed worried about that.
Bankers were just tickled to be selling so many loans, real-estate agents were thrilled to be selling so many houses, and home-buyers were elated to have more rooms in which to arrange all their new (and still unpaid-for) Cindy Crawford furnishings.
The economy was booming, or so we were told. Unfortunately, at no point in this brainless orgy of lending was it required for the folks who were borrowing all that easy money to show they had the means to repay it.
Inevitably, Wall Street was smitten by the Cindy factor. Venerable institutions like Lehman Brothers bought up billions of dollars' worth of bundled subprime mortgages, on the theory that the price of real-estate would keep rising insanely until the end of time.
If some poor sucker had to default, so what? Repossess his house and sell it for a profit to some other sucker, who could then fill it with more unpaid-for furniture by Cindy Crawford.
But the Wall Street wizards who control the credit flow made a disastrous blunder. The Cindy Model of friendly finance doesn't work very well when the stakes are high.
Selling a roomful of furniture to a family that can't afford to put any cash on the table is different than selling them a house. Thousands of subprime and adjustable-rate mortgages went plummeting into default, and the rest is history.
As Congress and the White House scramble to stanch the bleeding, investor confidence remains shaky. It might be helpful if Cindy stepped forward in some dramatic way, as fellow icon Warren Buffett has done.
Here's what she should say to reassure worried Americans:
"Please don't buy any more of my elegant yet comfortable furniture unless you actually have the money to pay for it. Before coming to the store, take a close look at your bank statements to make sure you're not making an incredibly foolish mistake.
"Hey, if you can't write a personal check for that five-piece king bedroom set, then you probably shouldn't buy it. Be stylish, America, but be smart. Tomorrow will be a brighter day."
Who knows what impact such a bold speech would have on the stock markets, but I wouldn't be surprised to see an instant rebound. The financial titans who followed Cindy Crawford down the path of carefree lending will just as faithfully follow her back to the realm of fiscal prudence.
There are encouraging signs from the furniture empire for which Cindy is the marquee draw. If you ordered that five-piece king bedroom set today, you wouldn't get to wait years before making the first payment. You'd only get six months.
It looks like Cindy's getting tough.
Take heed, Mr. Treasury Secretary. The handwriting is on the wallpaper.
Friday, October 03, 2008
The Go Away "The Go Away And Never Come Back Spot" Post.
I'm thin-skinned.
I'm also in a mood of not wanting to get negative in anything other than a hopefully non-biased, non-cranky way. Which is another way of saying that while I hate people dissing stuff I like, the thought of dishing it out on stuff other people like and not being able to take it bothers me. Weird, yeah.
So since petty annoyances are a source of stress and yours truly says no to drugs (apart from Metformin, Lipitor, and the other two that I have on prescription and that I can't be bothered to get up and check on their names because I'm listening to Dominic Frontiere's Hang 'Em High/The Aviator and have no desire to pause the CD thank you very much), that spot is out of here. It's history. It's gone. It's being replaced by a list of my favourite TV shows, current and out of production. Shallow? Pointless? And how is that not like 99.9999999% of blogs?
Incidentally, you know those most recent Laetitia Casta nude pics? I bought her last Elle off eBay, and they aren't in there - so were they online only? Pretty sneaky, Elle. The ones of her in the actual magazine are good though, even if she's clothed.
And now, here's some Laetitia to take us out. Yes, it's in French. Just deal.
I'm also in a mood of not wanting to get negative in anything other than a hopefully non-biased, non-cranky way. Which is another way of saying that while I hate people dissing stuff I like, the thought of dishing it out on stuff other people like and not being able to take it bothers me. Weird, yeah.
So since petty annoyances are a source of stress and yours truly says no to drugs (apart from Metformin, Lipitor, and the other two that I have on prescription and that I can't be bothered to get up and check on their names because I'm listening to Dominic Frontiere's Hang 'Em High/The Aviator and have no desire to pause the CD thank you very much), that spot is out of here. It's history. It's gone. It's being replaced by a list of my favourite TV shows, current and out of production. Shallow? Pointless? And how is that not like 99.9999999% of blogs?
Incidentally, you know those most recent Laetitia Casta nude pics? I bought her last Elle off eBay, and they aren't in there - so were they online only? Pretty sneaky, Elle. The ones of her in the actual magazine are good though, even if she's clothed.
And now, here's some Laetitia to take us out. Yes, it's in French. Just deal.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
The Strictly Come Dancing Fans Can Kiss My... Post.
Four random thoughts about Heroes making a welcome return:
1. Mohinder is a bit less useless now he has powers that he's put to good use (beating up robbers, shagging Maya etc). He could still stand to shut up though.
2. Wait... so Future-Peter Petrelli is on the loose in the present and Present-Day Peter Petrelli looks like Weevil from Veronica Mars? I think I got it now.
3. So Daphne (adding to the show's already impressive "Wow, she's a babe!" factor, grazie Brea Grant) stole the Mona Lisa and nobody heard about it? Oooookay...
4. Poor Claire. Poor, poor Claire. Like I said elsewhere, ironically both invulnerable and the most deeply wounded of the lot. Teach her well, Meredith.
Roll on next Wednesday. That is all. And damn the fans of the US version of Strictly Come Dancing denting Kring's ratings. Again. (Although Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has more to worry about, I hear.)
1. Mohinder is a bit less useless now he has powers that he's put to good use (beating up robbers, shagging Maya etc). He could still stand to shut up though.
2. Wait... so Future-Peter Petrelli is on the loose in the present and Present-Day Peter Petrelli looks like Weevil from Veronica Mars? I think I got it now.
3. So Daphne (adding to the show's already impressive "Wow, she's a babe!" factor, grazie Brea Grant) stole the Mona Lisa and nobody heard about it? Oooookay...
4. Poor Claire. Poor, poor Claire. Like I said elsewhere, ironically both invulnerable and the most deeply wounded of the lot. Teach her well, Meredith.
Roll on next Wednesday. That is all. And damn the fans of the US version of Strictly Come Dancing denting Kring's ratings. Again. (Although Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has more to worry about, I hear.)
Monday, September 22, 2008
The Best Bit Of The Emmys Post.
With all due respect to Heidi Klum having her clothes ripped off, a blind man could've seen that bit coming. (As opposed to Bryan Cranston's Emmy win. And this.)
Saturday, September 20, 2008
The Operation Varèse Sarabande Post.
This post is brought to you by The Hiatus Project, and the post dealing with his putting up a complete index of his collection. He very kindly agreed to let me do it on this 'ere blog, but the problem is I've got so damn many it's hard to crack down and do it. Luckily I've been keeping track of them in written form for years...
Anyway, Varèse Sarabande is a soundtrack (and also vintage music) label of long-standing; the label's brown and white spine is no stranger to film music fans (or TV music fans, having released albums for (among others) Stargate Atlantis, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Prison Break, 24, Alias, Lost and (coming soon) Pushing Daisies). The reason I'm blogging about them is that I decided to get hold of all their current CD Club releases.
Anyway, Varèse Sarabande is a soundtrack (and also vintage music) label of long-standing; the label's brown and white spine is no stranger to film music fans (or TV music fans, having released albums for (among others) Stargate Atlantis, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Prison Break, 24, Alias, Lost and (coming soon) Pushing Daisies). The reason I'm blogging about them is that I decided to get hold of all their current CD Club releases.
"Their what?" Okay, see, the CD Club is a series of limited edition releases running from pressings of 1000 to ones of 3000, available from their website (and specialty dealers) or from the Lady Penelope to Varèse Sarabande's International Rescue, Colosseum. Right now they're up to 93, and my mission, should I choose to accept it, is to get all their releases that I don't already have, apart from the ones that are all sold out. Ones I have with asterisks are also out of print. (For the purposes of this post, I count owning original vinyl or cassette releases as already having, since my MO is not to get straight CD reissues unless I don't have previous releases, or if they include lots of new material. I count CD-R copies made by friends as having as well...)
84 Charing Cross Road (George Fenton)*
The Agony And The Ecstasy: The Deluxe Edition (Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith)
Alien Nation (Jerry Goldsmith)
An Almost Perfect Affair (Georges Delerue)
An Unfinished Life - CD Club (Christopher Young)
Anna Lucasta (Elmer Bernstein)
Anne Of The Indies (Franz Waxman)
Author! Author! (Dave Grusin and Johnny Mandel)
The Ballad Of Cable Hogue (Jerry Goldsmith)
Beloved Infidel (Franz Waxman)
Big (Howard Shore)
Birdman Of Alcatraz (Elmer Bernstein)
The Bride (Maurice Jarre)*
Broadcast News (Bill Conti)
The 'Burbs: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)*
By Love Possessed (Elmer Bernstein)
Cannon For Cordoba/From Noon Till Three (Elmer Bernstein)
Careful, He Might Hear You (Ray Cook)
The Caretakers: Deluxe Edition/The Young Doctors (Elmer Bernstein)
Cast A Giant Shadow (Elmer Bernstein)
Commando (James Horner)
Desiree (Alex North)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)*
F.I.S.T./Slow Dancing In The Big City (Bill Conti)
F/X: The Deluxe Edition (Bill Conti)
Fitzwilly/The Long Goodbye (John Williams)*
The Fury: The Deluxe Edition (John Williams) *
Gangs Of New York/The Journey Of Natty Gann/The Scarlet Letter (Elmer Bernstein)
Ghostbusters (Elmer Bernstein)*
Gloria (Bill Conti)
The Great Escape: The Deluxe Edition (Elmer Bernstein)*
The Great Train Robbery: SACD Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Hallelujah Trail (Elmer Bernstein)
Hawaii: The Deluxe Edition (Elmer Bernstein)
Heartbeeps (John Williams)*
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York - The Deluxe Edition (John Williams)*
In A Shallow Grave (Jonathan Sheffer)
Iron Eagle (Basil Poledouris)
The Island (Ennio Morricone)
Jerry Goldsmith At 20th Century Fox
Joe Versus The Volcano (Georges Delerue)
Justine: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Karate Kid (Bill Conti)*
The Kindred (David Newman)*
The Left Hand Of God (Victor Young)
Les Misérables (Alex North)
The Long, Hot Summer/Sanctuary (Alex North)
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (Alfred Newman)
Lucas (Dave Grusin)
Magic (Jerry Goldsmith)
Magic Fire (Richard Wagner, ad. Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Making The Grade (Basil Poledouris)*
The Man Who Loved Women (Henry Mancini)
Marie Ward (Elmer Bernstein)
Matilda (David Newman)*
The Matrix: The Deluxe Edition (Don Davis)
My Cousin Rachel (Franz Waxman)
Neighbors (Bill Conti and Tom Scott)*
North And South (Bill Conti)
North And South: Book II (Bill Conti)
North By Northwest: The Complete Score (Bernard Herrmann, cond. Joel McNeely)
Piranha (Pino Donaggio)
Pony Soldier (Alex North)
Predator (Alan Silvestri)*
Project X (James Horner)
The Racers/Daddy Long Legs (Alex North)
The Return Of A Man Called Horse: The Deluxe Edition (Laurence Rosenthal)
Return To Peyton Place (Franz Waxman)
The Robe: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Alfred Newman)
Romancing The Stone (Alan Silvestri) *
Rookie Of The Year/A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon/Bushwhacked (Bill Conti)
Runaway: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)*
The Sand Pebbles: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)*
The Scalphunters (Elmer Bernstein)
Seven Cities Of Gold/The Rains Of Ranchipur (Hugo Friedhofer)
Sheena (Richard Hartley)
Sky Bandits (Alfi Kabiljo) *
Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (Elmer Bernstein)
The Story Of Ruth (Franz Waxman)
Studs Lonigan (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Tall Men (Victor Young)
Those Secrets (Thomas Newman)
Three Coins In The Fountain (Victor Young)
Top Secret! (Maurice Jarre)*
True Confessions (Georges Delerue)
Vamp (Jonathan Elias)
The Vanishing (Jerry Goldsmith)
Varèse Sarabande: A 25th Anniversary Celebration - Volume Two
The Virgin Queen (Franz Waxman)
Viva Maria!/King Of Hearts (Georges Delerue)
Viva Zapata!/The 13th Letter (Alex North)
The War Of The Roses/The Sandlot (David Newman)
The Wonderful Country/The King And Four Queens (Alex North)
84 Charing Cross Road (George Fenton)*
The Agony And The Ecstasy: The Deluxe Edition (Alex North and Jerry Goldsmith)
Alien Nation (Jerry Goldsmith)
An Almost Perfect Affair (Georges Delerue)
An Unfinished Life - CD Club (Christopher Young)
Anna Lucasta (Elmer Bernstein)
Anne Of The Indies (Franz Waxman)
Author! Author! (Dave Grusin and Johnny Mandel)
The Ballad Of Cable Hogue (Jerry Goldsmith)
Beloved Infidel (Franz Waxman)
Big (Howard Shore)
Birdman Of Alcatraz (Elmer Bernstein)
The Bride (Maurice Jarre)*
Broadcast News (Bill Conti)
The 'Burbs: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)*
By Love Possessed (Elmer Bernstein)
Cannon For Cordoba/From Noon Till Three (Elmer Bernstein)
Careful, He Might Hear You (Ray Cook)
The Caretakers: Deluxe Edition/The Young Doctors (Elmer Bernstein)
Cast A Giant Shadow (Elmer Bernstein)
Commando (James Horner)
Desiree (Alex North)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)*
F.I.S.T./Slow Dancing In The Big City (Bill Conti)
F/X: The Deluxe Edition (Bill Conti)
Fitzwilly/The Long Goodbye (John Williams)*
The Fury: The Deluxe Edition (John Williams) *
Gangs Of New York/The Journey Of Natty Gann/The Scarlet Letter (Elmer Bernstein)
Ghostbusters (Elmer Bernstein)*
Gloria (Bill Conti)
The Great Escape: The Deluxe Edition (Elmer Bernstein)*
The Great Train Robbery: SACD Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Hallelujah Trail (Elmer Bernstein)
Hawaii: The Deluxe Edition (Elmer Bernstein)
Heartbeeps (John Williams)*
Home Alone 2: Lost In New York - The Deluxe Edition (John Williams)*
In A Shallow Grave (Jonathan Sheffer)
Iron Eagle (Basil Poledouris)
The Island (Ennio Morricone)
Jerry Goldsmith At 20th Century Fox
Joe Versus The Volcano (Georges Delerue)
Justine: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Karate Kid (Bill Conti)*
The Kindred (David Newman)*
The Left Hand Of God (Victor Young)
Les Misérables (Alex North)
The Long, Hot Summer/Sanctuary (Alex North)
Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing (Alfred Newman)
Lucas (Dave Grusin)
Magic (Jerry Goldsmith)
Magic Fire (Richard Wagner, ad. Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Making The Grade (Basil Poledouris)*
The Man Who Loved Women (Henry Mancini)
Marie Ward (Elmer Bernstein)
Matilda (David Newman)*
The Matrix: The Deluxe Edition (Don Davis)
My Cousin Rachel (Franz Waxman)
Neighbors (Bill Conti and Tom Scott)*
North And South (Bill Conti)
North And South: Book II (Bill Conti)
North By Northwest: The Complete Score (Bernard Herrmann, cond. Joel McNeely)
Piranha (Pino Donaggio)
Pony Soldier (Alex North)
Predator (Alan Silvestri)*
Project X (James Horner)
The Racers/Daddy Long Legs (Alex North)
The Return Of A Man Called Horse: The Deluxe Edition (Laurence Rosenthal)
Return To Peyton Place (Franz Waxman)
The Robe: 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Alfred Newman)
Romancing The Stone (Alan Silvestri) *
Rookie Of The Year/A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon/Bushwhacked (Bill Conti)
Runaway: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)*
The Sand Pebbles: The Deluxe Edition (Jerry Goldsmith)*
The Scalphunters (Elmer Bernstein)
Seven Cities Of Gold/The Rains Of Ranchipur (Hugo Friedhofer)
Sheena (Richard Hartley)
Sky Bandits (Alfi Kabiljo) *
Spacehunter: Adventures In The Forbidden Zone (Elmer Bernstein)
The Story Of Ruth (Franz Waxman)
Studs Lonigan (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Tall Men (Victor Young)
Those Secrets (Thomas Newman)
Three Coins In The Fountain (Victor Young)
Top Secret! (Maurice Jarre)*
True Confessions (Georges Delerue)
Vamp (Jonathan Elias)
The Vanishing (Jerry Goldsmith)
Varèse Sarabande: A 25th Anniversary Celebration - Volume Two
The Virgin Queen (Franz Waxman)
Viva Maria!/King Of Hearts (Georges Delerue)
Viva Zapata!/The 13th Letter (Alex North)
The War Of The Roses/The Sandlot (David Newman)
The Wonderful Country/The King And Four Queens (Alex North)
So that's 35 to get... it begins.
Friday, September 19, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
The Christine Mendoza Spot Post.
Butch claims that the spot over yonder (which, if you're reading this on or after September 14, was occupied for the seven days beforehand by Christine Mendoza) could be improved.
You decide. (Stuff it, he's right.)
You decide. (Stuff it, he's right.)
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
The One Of The Holy Grails Post.
Unlike most film music fans, I've always held John Williams's music for the Indiana Jones movies in a higher regard than that of the Star Wars sagas (whether because Prof. Jones has a better theme tune than they of a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away or because, unlike George's brainchild, I've actually seen all four movies in cinemas is a good question - but it's probably a bit of both).
So while I've got the albums of the original three Star Wars flicks and the expanded releases of all three, plus the albums of the newer less beloved trilogy, in my heart of hearts what I really wanted was what was announced recently by Concord (the label that released Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), adding to my list of soundtrack wishes come true - first the long-overdue Buffy the Vampire Slayer score CD and now this:
INDIANA JONES: THE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACKS COLLECTION
For the first time ever all four Indiana Jones soundtrack albums are available in this limited edition collectible CD boxed set! Included are expanded and remastered versions of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and exclusive to this set: Indiana Jones & The Temple Doom, and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade. This set also includes the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack plus a bonus interview CD with composer John Williams on the making of this historic music. Housed in a handsome embossed slip case and presented with a full color booklet, this set reintroduces the iconic original Indiana Jones film scores by Oscar-winning composer John Williams - out of print since 1995! A must for fans and collectors alike, all will rejoice in having all these soundtracks presented together expanded with previously unreleased music - along with this summer's blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull available together for the very first time. Relive the musical adventure today!
Just to sweeten the deal:
All three original soundtracks (Raiders, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade) will be expanded and remastered, including material never before issued on CD. Track listings are not available yet. The box set will also include the standard Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack (released earlier this year, no bonus material added) plus an exclusive audio interview CD with John Williams.The reissues of the three original soundtracks will only be available in the box set and will not be sold individually until later this year or early next.
The impact of this... hang on, let me turn the italics off... The impact of this cannot be understated, since Paramount (although the movies are made by Lucasfilm, Paramount handles the distribution etc) isn't one to exploit its music library unless it involves Star Trek, and nowadays not even then. Since the album for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom really needs bulking up - it's the shortest of the lot by miles - the thought of hopefully, finally having the film version of its end titles in glorious, non-taped-from-the-video sound is bliss. Of course, that means I'll have two CDs of the newest one, but them's the breaks.
And now to accompany this link to Egotastic!'s shots of Hayden Panettiere at the Heroes season 3 premiere, the lovely Hayden at Fashion Rocks.
The girl can bring it. Another dream right there.
So while I've got the albums of the original three Star Wars flicks and the expanded releases of all three, plus the albums of the newer less beloved trilogy, in my heart of hearts what I really wanted was what was announced recently by Concord (the label that released Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull), adding to my list of soundtrack wishes come true - first the long-overdue Buffy the Vampire Slayer score CD and now this:
INDIANA JONES: THE COMPLETE SOUNDTRACKS COLLECTION
For the first time ever all four Indiana Jones soundtrack albums are available in this limited edition collectible CD boxed set! Included are expanded and remastered versions of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and exclusive to this set: Indiana Jones & The Temple Doom, and Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade. This set also includes the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack plus a bonus interview CD with composer John Williams on the making of this historic music. Housed in a handsome embossed slip case and presented with a full color booklet, this set reintroduces the iconic original Indiana Jones film scores by Oscar-winning composer John Williams - out of print since 1995! A must for fans and collectors alike, all will rejoice in having all these soundtracks presented together expanded with previously unreleased music - along with this summer's blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull available together for the very first time. Relive the musical adventure today!
Just to sweeten the deal:
JWFan has received CONFIRMATION from Concord Records that the Indiana Jones: The Complete Soundtrack Collection boxed set will indeed include EXPANDED VERSIONS of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade:
All three original soundtracks (Raiders, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade) will be expanded and remastered, including material never before issued on CD. Track listings are not available yet. The box set will also include the standard Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack (released earlier this year, no bonus material added) plus an exclusive audio interview CD with John Williams.The reissues of the three original soundtracks will only be available in the box set and will not be sold individually until later this year or early next.
The impact of this... hang on, let me turn the italics off... The impact of this cannot be understated, since Paramount (although the movies are made by Lucasfilm, Paramount handles the distribution etc) isn't one to exploit its music library unless it involves Star Trek, and nowadays not even then. Since the album for Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom really needs bulking up - it's the shortest of the lot by miles - the thought of hopefully, finally having the film version of its end titles in glorious, non-taped-from-the-video sound is bliss. Of course, that means I'll have two CDs of the newest one, but them's the breaks.
And now to accompany this link to Egotastic!'s shots of Hayden Panettiere at the Heroes season 3 premiere, the lovely Hayden at Fashion Rocks.
The girl can bring it. Another dream right there.
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