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Music Soundtracks for Motion Pictures and Television V OLUME 4, NUMBER 9 Williams’s Award Page 48 GoldenGolden AgeAge GreatsGreats HollywoodHollywood composerscomposers onon postagepostage stampsstamps! PPAPILLONAPILLON REVISITEDREVISITED GoldsmithGoldsmith doesdoes Devil’sDevil’s IslandIsland PETERTHOMASPETERTHOMAS MeetMeet thethe kingking ofof GermanGerman schwingschwing CDREVIEWSCDREVIEWS TheThe latestlatest releasesreleases Ht: 0.816", Wd: 1.4872", Mag: 80% BWR: 1 $4.95 U.S. • $5.95 Canada FSM Presents Silver Age Classics • Limited Edition CDs Now available: FSMCD Volume 2, Number 8 The Complete Unreleased Original Soundtrack Jerry Goldsmith came into his own as a creator of thrilling western scores with 1964’s Rio Conchos,a hard-bitten action story that starred Richard Boone, Stuart Whitman and Tony Franciosa. Rio Conchos was in many ways a reworking of 1961’s The Comancheros (FSMCD Vol. 2, No. 6, music by Elmer Bernstein), but it lacked the buoyant presence of John Wayne and told a far darker and more nihilistic tale of social outcasts thrown together on a mission to find a hidden community of Apache gun-runners. It was the dawn of a new breed of grittier, more psychologically hon- est westerns, and Jerry Goldsmith was the perfect composer to provide these arid and violent tales with a new musical voice. Goldsmith had already scored several westerns before Rio Conchos, including the acclaimed contemporary west- ern Lonely Are the Brave. But Rio Conchos saw Goldsmith marshal- ing his skills at writing complex yet melodically vibrant action music, with several early highlights of his musical output contained by Jerry Goldsmith within. The composer’s title music is characteristically spare and One-Time Pressing of 3,000 Copies folksy, belying the savage intensity of what is to follow, yet his main theme effortlessly forms the backbone for the score’s violent set- pieces and provides often soothing commentary on the decency and nobility buried beneath the flinty surfaces of the film’s reluc- tant heroes. Goldsmith’s psychological approach to action extends to some vicious, Stravinsky-like rhythmic music associated with the Richard Boone character and his violent hatred of the Apache, as well as an alternately exciting and brooding fanfare for the Native Americans. The composer’s action music ingeniously plays off both folk-based rhythms (translated to the powerful forces of the full orchestra) and Spanish influences as the action travels South of the Border. FSM’s new CD features the original soundtrack— never before released—as recorded for the film at 20th Century Fox in 1964. (The existing release of Rio Conchos is a re-recording conducted by the composer for Intrada Records in 1988. ) This recording is complete, in chronological order, and in excellent mono sound with eleven cues not included on the Intrada CD, including a great deal of moody, flamenco-based material for Tony Franciosa’s character and a lengthy, bravura action cue (“Drag Race”) written almost exclusively for percussion. Bonus tracks include a seldom-heard vocal version of the title theme and five score tracks remixed in stereo, from the action-packed climax. Order on page 41 $19.95 Rio Conchos Track Listing 1. Main Title 2:37 13. Lassiter Remembers/The Lance 1:37 Title Song 2. The Prisoner 0:19 14. Wall of Fire 2:15 24. Rio Conchos (performed 3. Get Me Out 0:39 15. Lonely Indian 3:11 by Johnny Desmond) 2:36 4. The Exterminator 0:32 16. Cantina 1& 2/A Change of Luck 4:26 Stereo Bonus Tracks 5. Where’s the Water 1:52 17. The Captive 0:57 25. Main Title 2:37 6. The Fuse 1:00 18. Big Deal 1:20 26. River Crossing 4:21 7. Bandits Ho 6:03 19. Chief Bloodshirt 2:36 27. Drag Race/The Corral 4:01 8. Smoke Signals 0:54 20. Drag Race/The Corral 4:01 28. Special Delivery 5:41 9. The River 1:53 21. Free Men/The Intruder 5:02 29. Cast Credits 0:29 10. Unlucky Lover 0:55 22. Special Delivery 5:41 11. River Crossing 4:21 23. Cast Credits 0:29 Total time: 75:28 12. The Aftermath 2:09 Album Produced by Jeff Bond & Nick Redman Composers for Upcoming Releases:We’re not exactly sure yet—but we have some fantastic scores lined up for 2000. Stay tuned! CONTENTS NOVEMBER 1999 cover story departments 2 Editorial 24 Stamps of Approval An opinion The Golden Age of film music gets the philatelic double header treatment courtesy of the USPS and several hard-working, tireless enthusiasts. 4News By Jeff Bond Farewell Frank, millennial madness, 26 The Old Man and the Stamps and more Dmitri Tiomkin gets a separate salute in the 5 Record Label Lone Star state. Round-up What’s on the way 6Now Playing Big cheeses salute even bigger downbeat Movies and CDs stamps at the Hollywood Bowl. in release page 24 7 Concerts 15 Dragons, Gadgets and VR Live performances An unusually wide-ranging overview of recent around the world and upcoming composing assignments, including 10 Upcoming Film chats with John Debney, Mark McKenzie, Assignments Peitor Angell and others. Who’s writing what By Various 11 Mail Bag retrospective Jerry Goldsmith and the Meat Within 28 Float Like a Butterfly A look back at Jerry Goldsmith’s remarkable 36 Score score to Papillon, as well as his fruitful Pocket reviews of The Take a musical journey from collaboration with director Franklin J. Schaffner. Sixth Sense, Iron Giant, The Planet of the Apes to By Guy Mariner Tucker The Back to the Future Devil’s Island. page 28 Trilogy, An Ideal Husband, and more interview 48 Retrograde 20 Also Sprach Peter Thomas You’ve Got Awards! Edgar Wallace Escapes from the Torture Chamber of FBI Man Jerry Cotton; or, How I Spent My Summer Vacation Digesting the Fab 37 Marketplace Sounds of die Wunderkind. By John Bender 43 Reader Ads It’s payback time for BMI’s stable of composers and songwriters. page 48 ON THE COVER: ILLUSTRATIONS BY DREW STRUZAN. STAMP DESIGNS ©1999 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. USED WITH PERMISSION. Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published monthly for $36.95 per year by Lukas Kendall. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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 NOVEMBER 1999 EDITORIAL VOLUME 4 Lick This, Kid! NUMBER 9 NOVEMBER 1999 ...THE NEW HOLLYWOOD COMPOSERS STAMPS, THAT IS hen the U.S. Postal Service decided to although at least one educator who tried to introduce editorial staff devote six stamps to composers from them to this music and provide a frame of reference W the Golden Age of film music, they beforehand got this response when she asked a kid EDITOR & PUBLISHER broke a long-standing embargo on recognizing the how the music made her feel: “Uh... boring?” Lukas Kendall contributions to American culture of men like Max Perhaps when that child grows up and becomes MANAGING EDITOR Steiner, Franz Waxman, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard more sophisticated, she can be more open to music Jeff Bond Herrmann, Alfred Newman and Erich Wolfgang that might be difficult for a ten-year-old to digest. DESIGN DIRECTOR Korngold. While film music has gained greatly in The fact is, film music is the only kind of orchestral Joe Sikoryak popularity, and has enjoyed a commensurate music most people are likely to encounter today. DEPARTMENTS EDITOR increase in concert hall performances, it has a long And there’s still a great deal of resistance to the Jonathan Z. Kaplan way to go before being acknowledged as “legiti- idea of film music being taken seriously in the con- CONTRIBUTING WRITERS mate” art by some arbiters of culture. It’s no sur- cert hall world. Against this background, it’s a mir- Doug Adams prise that athletes, statesmen, leaves and birds acle that film music preservation and recognition is John Bender found their way on postage stamps long before film thriving as much as it is. Fortunately for us, the Jonathan Broxton composers did. film score world is bursting with new recordings of Jason Comerford The September 16th unveiling of the new film scores from several music labels, releases of Jason Foster Hollywood Composers stamps at the Hollywood never-before-available original movie scores, sever- Eric Lichtenfeld Bowl presented selections of music from The al magazines devoted to the subject... about the Harry H. Long Adventures of Robin Hood, Vertigo, Taras Bulba, only things missing are film composer action fig- James Torniainen Gone with the Wind and other famous scores to an ures. Any takers? Jesus Weinstein audience of appreciative studio personnel, film music COPYEDITOR mavens and several thousand schoolchildren. What Steve Gilmartin the kids made of this presentation is anyone’s guess, Jeff Bond THANKS TO B.A. Vimtrup other contacts Who’s Who, Who’s New ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER THE STAFF OF FSM TOILS FOR THEE Chelo Avila EDITORIAL & SUBSCRIPTIONS here’s little time for growing pains when relative of Alfred Newman. He wears two hats: 8503 Washington Blvd you’re on a monthly schedule. Not a week “Mailman Jon,” our Supervising Mail Order Culver City, CA 90232 T goes by where we’re not trying to meet a Handler (see last issue’s editorial), and Departments PH. 310-253-9595 deadline of some sort for a magazine or CD (usual- Editor. This means he has to listen to the CDs that FAX 310-253-9588 ly more than one), and any changes we make cast no one else will touch.