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v8n6covers.qxd 7/28/0 3 10:47 AM Page c1 Volume 8, Number 6 Original Music Soundtracks for Movies & Television Trek Songstress, pg. 47 THE Pirate Issue Klaus Badelt BEATING THE CURSE Harry Gregson-Williams SCORING SINBAD 11 Great Pirate Scores SWASHBUCKLING CDS PLUS The Prince and Portman RACHEL’S NEW OPERA Practically Perfect RICHARD AND ROBERT SHERMAN 06> 7225274 93704 $4.95 U.S. • $5.95 Canada FFV-AD_FSMconcert 7/28/03 9:09 AM Page 1 The World Soundtrack Awards are supported by: Things are about to happen at the 30th Flanders International Film Festival - Ghent... Moving Music Patrick Doyle The art of Nicola Piovani in concert composing Moving Music, a unique book Patrick Doyle in concert at the The art of composing explained at Nicola Piovani conducts the (release September) with enthralling World Soundtrack Awards ceremony the Film Music Seminar on Orchestra Aracoeli at the closing confessions by famous composers. on October 12. Enjoy his best-known October 13! An interesting workshop concert throughout scores of films Innumerable years of film music scores. In the presence of Maurice hosted by Stephen Warbeck made by Federico Fellini, Nanni engagement expressed in 150 pages. Jarre, receiving his Lifetime (Shakespeare in Love) and young Moretti, Roberto Benigni. True Achievement Award and Klaus Belgian composers. Italian craftsmanship on October 18! Badelt, WSA Discovery 2002. Let the music do the talking. More info on www.worldsoundtrackawards.com and www.filmfestival.be Stay tuned! v8n6issue.qxd 7/28/03 10:51 AM Page 1 CONTENTS JULY 2003 DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 2 Editorial 24 Shiver Me Timbres Scusi, lei parla Musica? FSM’s Editor-at-Large calls it his “most brilliant pun.” We call it our report on Media Ventures’ “no-triplets” approach 4 News to scoring the summer blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: The first online score The Curse of the Black Pearl. release, music piracy(!) By Jeff Bond and more. 5 Record Label 27 Avast, Ye Scurvy Collectors Round-up In honor of our first-ever official Pirate Issue, check out this What’s on the way. round-up of 11 buccaneers on compact disc.. 5 Now Playing By Joe Soundtrack Movies and CDs in 22 Aaarrrrr! release. 28 Siren Song 7 Upcoming Look, another pirate movie (sort of). Sinbad: Legend of the Assignments Seven Seas gives Harry Gregson-Williams the chance to write Who’s writing what his biggest orchestral score yet. for whom. By Jeff Bond 8 In Concert Film music performed FEATURES around the globe. 14 A Night at the Opera 8 Pukas Rachel Portman took a break recently from scoring films to Like a Virgin. work on her first opera, The Little Prince. For those of you who missed it, here’s a report from the Houston Grand Mail Bag 9 Opera stage. [This is not a pirate opera, but Pirates of 14 Plink-plank-plunk! A Mighty Issue. Penzance is.] By Steven A. Kennedy 30 Downbeat Taken With Her Music. 18 Practically Perfect in Every Way The Sherman Brothers are the stuff of legend when it 32 Score comes to classic Disney songwriting. Here, Richard discuss- The latest CD reviews, es the duo’s early influences, working with Walt Disney, including: Hulk, Finding writing for the Broadway stage and more. [The Sherman Nemo, The Matrix Brothers wrote the theme song to “It’s a Small World,” an Reloaded, lots of reissues attraction at Disneyland. “The Pirates of the Caribbean” is and more. also an attraction at Disneyland...and thus completes our special Pirate Issue.] By Cary Wong Scuddy hoo, scudda hey! 36 FSM Marketplace 18 ON THE COVER: Ahoy, Mateys! Pirates of the Carribean ©2003, Peter Pan ©1953 Walt Disney; The Sea Hawk ©1941 Turner Entertainment; Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas ©2003 Dreamworks. Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published 10 times a year (with double issues in May/June and November/December) for $36.95 per year by Vineyard Haven LLC., 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232. Periodicals postage paid at Culver City, CA and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Film Score Monthly, 8503 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232 FILM SCORE MONTHLY 1 JULY 2003 v8n6issue.qxd 7/28/03 10:51 AM Page 2 EDITORIAL Scusi, lei parla Musica? VOLUME 8 Or, How FSM’s Design Director Spent His Summer Vacation NUMBER 6 y local cineplex runs an annoyingly well (in fact, he admitted to practicing his repetitive intro before starting the English—by reading FSM!). I completely relate to Editor & Publisher coming attractions. A series of voices his pleasure in combining a passion for film music LUKAS KENDALL M Managing Editor speaking various languages repeats the same and the visual arts. We shared a pleasant after- TIM CURRAN phrase: “The language of cinema is universal.” Cute, noon, swapping stories and dreams; as Bogie said Executive Editor but I hadn’t bet on experiencing the phenomenon to Claude Rains, this looks like the beginning of a JONATHAN Z. KAPLAN firsthand. beautiful friendship. Editor-at-Large Last month my wife, Debbi, and I embarked on As the trip progressed, I bought a few CDs for JEFF BOND our first trip to Europe, with stops in Rome, my collection, but the exchange rate ($1.17 per Design Director Florence and Paris. Italy was euro—ouch!) kept me in check. JOE SIKORYAK hot, fun and staggeringly awe- Generally, the soundtrack sec- Supervising Content Consultant some—France was cooler, more tions of European record stores AL KAPLAN sophisticated but still breath- (Disquerias) were no better Copyeditor taking. Even with only three stocked than the average U.S. STEVE GILMARTIN Contributing Writers principal destinations in as stores. But there were some DOUG ADAMS many weeks, our itinerary was differences: lots of “nice price” STEPHEN ARMSTRONG full. Still, I couldn’t pass up the remainder items that I’d ANDREW GRANADE opportunity to sample the film missed the first time around, LUKE GOLJAN music scene—in addition to well-stocked sections devoted STEVEN A. KENNEDY copious quantities of wine, to Ennio Morricone (duh!), and DARREN MacDONALD stinky cheese and gelato. I was some obscure titles in plentiful JOHN TAKIS on vacation—why not indulge? supply (La Chiesa by Keith IAN D. THOMAS Particularly since FSM has Emerson, anyone? Anyone?). CARY WONG ONCE UPON A TIME IN ITALY: Magazine made a few inroads into the designers Pietro and Joe read Colonne Sonore. I felt especially welcome at Editorial & Subscriptions international scene itself… the Cine Musique store in 8503 Washington Blvd Most U.S. readers are probably unaware there’s Paris, just a few blocks from the Louvre. 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