Varese Sarabande US レコード& CD

Review: 3-time Golden Glober-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton is the man behind the original score for The Trial of the Chicago 7, which was directed by Academy Award winner filmmaker Aaron Sorkin. The film focuses on the story of how a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with police at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Sacha Baron Cohen, Jeremy Strong and Eddie Redmayne are amongst its stars and the mostly instrumental music is as rousing, confrontational and powerful as you would expect. The opening and closing original songs with Celest are by far the album's crowning glories.

Review: Fantasists, rejoice: the original score for the 1997 sci-fi action film Starship Troopers gets a reissue. Directed by Paul Verhoeven and based on the novel by acclaimed sci-fi writer Robert A. Heinlein, the film follows a group of young soldiers who enlist in the military to fight a war against a hostile alien race known as the Arachnids. Matching this timeless venturing into the unknown, composer Basil Poledouris provides a powerful and propulsive orchestral work that reflects the film's militaristic and satirical tone, making thorough use of his in-house Hollywood Studio Symphony to hammer home an expressionistic foremost brass section. Varese Sarabande now reissue the soundtrack as an expanded edition with bonus tracks, on a first time vinyl version after the initial 2016 release.

Review: Dave Grusin's score for the whodunit comedy Murder by Death masterfully blends traditional and modern elements. Grusin's intent to approach the comedic affair seriously resulted in a thematic and delightful score that captures the film's eclectic nature. Paying homage to British murder-mystery roots while pushing boundaries, Grusin created a unique and charming musical landscape. The score's first-ever vinyl release allows audiences to fully appreciate Grusin's artistry, highlighting the perfect balance between tradition and innovation that characterizes his work.

Review: John Powell could almost be seen as the Hans Zimmer of animated movies. His oeuvre to date includes Antz, The Road To Eldorado, Chicken Run, Shrek, Robots, Ice Age 2 and 4, Happy Feet, Dr Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!, the first two Kung Fu Panda films, and Mars Needs Moms, among many others. Including the entire How To Train Your Dragon trilogy.
Hugely successful, the action packed adventures of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III - a young Viking and heir to the throne of Berk - really needs equally exciting music to accompany it. That's exactly what we get here, with a classically-inspired swashbuckling score doing more than setting the scene: some tracks hark back to the golden days of kids movie soundtracks, when the songs themselves told large chunks of the narrative.