ORIGINAL MUSIC SOUNDTRACKS FOR MOTION PICTURES AND TV VOLUME 7, NUMBER 10 Spidey’s Man! page 20 TOWERING ACHIEVEMENTS Howard Shore scores the second Lord of the Rings MAN of THE HOURS Philip Glass writes for Virginia Woolf WILD SIDES Adaptation & Punch-Drunk Love SOUND of SILENTS The Alloy Orchestra chimes in CD REVIEWS Music you haven’t heard— or heard of! 10> 7225274 93704 $4.95 U.S. • $5.95 Canada FSMCD Vol. 5, No. 20 • Released by Special Arrangement with Turner Classic Movies Music Never So Few by Hugo Friedhofer with 7 Women by Elmer Bernstein Hugo Friedhofer and Elmer Bernstein worked only occasionally at M-G-M, but each scored a feature film for the studio set in Asia. This CD fea- tures the premiere releases of Never So Few (1959) and 7 Women (1966), respectively, each filled with exotic melody and instrumentation. Never So Few is a WWII romance/adventure starring Frank Sinatra as the leader of a U.S. army unit in Southeast Asia. Known as a “Rat Pack” production (it also starred Peter Lawford) and directed by John Sturges, the film is perhaps most noteworthy for giving Steve McQueen his break on the silver screen. Hugo Friedhofer’s score features a dynamic main title with a throbbing ostinato followed by a mournful trumpet solo evoking the losses of war. Friedhofer was no stranger to the war genre and provided a brew of wartime suspense and also romance, as Sinatra romances the voluptuous Gina Lollobrigida. The setting is highlighted by enchanting, Thai-flavored colors. 7 Women is the last film directed by the legendary John Ford. Best known for his American westerns, Ford attempted an ambitious stretch for his final production: the story of women missionaries in 1930s China starring Anne Bancroft, Margaret Leighton and Sue Lyon. Elmer Bernstein’s haunting score features galloping passages (sounding akin to a “Chinese western”) but also intelligent and supple scoring of the conflicting emotions of the women, with saxophone, harpsichord and flute elegantly spotlighted. This CD features the premiere releases of the complete underscores for Never So Few and 7 Women, remixed in stereo from the original three- track masters. $19.95 plus shipping NEVER SO FEW 7 WOMEN 1. Main Title/Parachute Drop 4:10 12. Farewell and Trek/ 19. Main Title 2:16 2. Observers/The Trap Is Set/Ambush Ubachi Airstrip 1:41 20. Lady Strange Love 2:34 2:52 13. Death of Nautang and Trek 1:58 21. Emma and Andrews 0:50 3. Like Man, It’s a Bad Scene 3:05 14. Over the Border 1:54 22. Dreams 0:57 iss 4. Carla (Nightclub Version) 3:13 15. Grim Souvenir 1:45 23. Baby Blues 1:04 Don’t M onth’s 5. On Leave/Salon Waltz 1:36 16. Death and Reprisal 2:04 24. Of Tunga Khan 3:55 This M 6. Carla (Salon Version)/Morning Ride 3:35 17. Carla Pleads 0:55 25. Plague/Tired 5:42 ge Classic olden A 7. Danny Goofs Off/Conservatory 2:23 18. End Title 1:01 26. Confession 2:45 G 8. Like Wow!/The Kiss/Parting/ Total Time: 42:18 27. Sky on Fire 2:10 Burmese Fanfare 4:07 28. Horsemen/Deal 1:27 Tribute to aa 9. Kachin Koncerto 2:08 29. Madness/Tag/Sweetener 1:52 ózs Bad Mans R 10. Tom Wounded 1:02 30. Preparation/Poison/Tag 5:33 ikló y M 11. Reunion 2:12 Total Time: 31:27 b Album produced by Lukas Kendall Total Disc Time: 73:46 See inside front cover for details. CONTENTS DECEMBER 2002 cover story departments 20 Towering Achievements 2 Editorial Howard Shore continues his epic scoring of Bond’s New Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, aug- Assignment(s). menting his Oscar-winning Fellowship work with new themes, bolder instumentation and, 4News ultimately, an even better score. Film Music Society CDs. By Doug Adams 5 Record Label Round-up 22 Two Out of Three Is Better! What’s on the way. 6 Now Playing 23 Themes of the Ring Movies and CDs in release. The final frontier: music for kidvid. 7 Upcoming Film page 20 features Assignments Who’s writing what 14 Man of The Hours for whom. On the heels of his almost mainstream-sounding score for the acclaimed The Hours, Philip Glass 9 Mail Bag discusses high and low art, South Park and sex. “I’m Sorry, Martin...” Seriously. By Daniel Schweiger 11 Downbeat Walk on the Wild Side. 18Here Comes Spidey’s Man 30 Score Truly a man behind the scenes, Ray Ellis has The latest CD reviews, spent the last 50 years producing and arranging including: Adaptation, for the top names in pop music—and compos- Uncorked, Cremaster 3, a ing underscore and themes for over 25 Saturday batch of Blaxploitation morning cartoon series. and more. Sound ideas from the silent era. By Jeff Bond page 25 46 Pukas Holiday Greetings. 25 Forging the Sound of Silents The Alloy Orchestra isn’t the only group of musi- 47 Book Review cians writing and performing scores for old, silent A Worthy Guide for films. They are, however, the only ones doing it Music Lovers. with bedpans and radiator pipes. By Karl Pallmeyer 36 FSM Marketplace 28Reader Poll 2002 This is your chance to let us know what you thought of this year’s film music—and what you thought of this film music magazine. By You Decide who wins, and who loses. page 28 ON THE COVER: THE TREASURE OF MIDDLE-EARTH Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published monthly 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 DECEMBER 2002 EDITORIAL VOLUME 7 NUMBER 10 Bond’s New Assignment(s) editorial staff Our senior editor gets restless. EDITOR & PUBLISHER Lukas Kendall I’m leaving Film Score Monthly. Goldsmith (and yes, I like Star Trek: Nemesis), DEPARTMENTS EDITOR Jonathan Z. Kaplan but from the younger generation of James MANAGING EDITOR Just kidding! Actually, I am now in a spacious Newton Howard and Howard Shore, and rela- Tim Curran new office at Cinefantastique magazine, where tive newcomers like Rolfe Kent and Jon Brion. SENIOR EDITOR I have a spectacular view of the Roto-Rooter There’s more variety, craft and imagination in Jeff Bond across the street. I’m the new Executive Editor the scoring this year than we’re seeing in some DESIGN DIRECTOR at CFQ, as we syllabically-challenged staffers of the films themselves. Williams, cranking out Joe Sikoryak like to call it, as well as at Femmes Fatales mag- an amazing four blockbuster scores this year, SUPERVISING CONTENT CONSULTANT azine (where I’ll face the soul-sapping job of seems revitalized; Goldsmith still shows an Al Kaplan looking at and writing innate understanding of COPYEDITOR about beautiful women the drama of the Star Steve Gilmartin CONTRIBUTING WRITERS all day); and this month I Trek franchise and wrote Doug Adams got to do a bunch of sto- one of the most haunting Stephen Armstrong ries for the venerable main titles of the year for Martin Dougherty Hollywood Reporter and The Sum of All Fears; Andrew Granade my avuncular editor Elmer Bernstein, at 80, Hugh Jampton there, Noe Gold. has written one of the Nick Joy In other words, I’m let- most critically praised Steven A. Kennedy ting FSM down, right? scores of his career, Kim Hyun Kyu Wrong! My sanity’s loss is for Far From Heaven; Darren MacDonald your gain, as the added Howard Shore has sur- Karl Pallmeyer Daniel Schweiger profile and prestige of passed his Oscar-win- Cary Wong these other gigs (well, ning work on Fellowship THANKS TO okay; maybe not Femmes of the Rings in The Two B.A. Vimtrup Fatales) give me a new Towers; James Newton level of access to Howard managed to both business staff Tinseltown’s elite. For the terrorize and inspire Reporter’s annual Oscar LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER: Jeff’s new audiences with his won- EDITORIAL & SUBSCRIPTIONS issue, I managed to talk arrangement promises more benefits for derful score to Signs. I 8503 Washington Blvd to more than a dozen FSM and...hey, wait a minute! can’t remember the last Culver City, CA 90232 leading composers, time I was excited by so PH. 310-253-9595 FAX 310-253-9588 including James Newton Howard, Hans many different scores in a single year. 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