Volume 8, Number 9 Original Music Soundtracks for Movies and Television IN CONCERT PG. 8 The CONCLUSIONSMATRIX DON DAVIS WRAPS HIS EPIC TRILOGY DUMPED! GREAT MUSIC THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE CUT The Gospel of JEFF MR. DANNA SCORES THE PASSION Playing it COOLER MARK ISHAM IN LAS VEGAS 09> 7225274 93704 $4.95 U.S. • $5.95 Canada v8n9COV.id 1 11/15/03, 11:37:17 AM If you contribute in any way to the film music process, our January Film & TV Music special issue, the flagship of the 2004 series, provides a unique marketing opportunity for your talent, product or service throughout the year. It features our exclusive “Who’s Who in Composing” plus our Oscar® Watch focus on Best Score and Best Song. Book your ad. And be heard. Bonus Distribution at MIDEM & Sundance Space Deadline: December 5, 2003 Materials Deadline: December 12, 2003 JUDI PULVER 323.525.2026 www.HollywoodReporter.com JOHN KANIA +44.208.694.0104 Fuel for thought v8n9COV.id 2 11/15/03, 11:36:00 AM CONTENTS OCTOBER | NOVEMBER DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 2 Editorial 16 The Matrix Conclusions I Wouldn’t Bet on That! Love it or hate it, you’ve got to admit that Don Davis’ work on the year’s huge Matrix films represents one of 4 News the most significant sci-fi series scores of all time. Goldenthal wins; By Doug Adams Disney Gala Opening. 5 Record Label 19 The Revolutions Will Not Be Minimized Round-up The final CD of the trilogy reviewed. What’s on the way. 5 Now Playing Movies and CDs in FEATURES 24 Music missing in action! release. 6 Concerts 12 Of Biblical Significance Film music performed Jeff Danna takes a decidedly different approach to scor- around the globe. ing the religious epic in The Gospel of John. 7 Upcoming Film By Mark Hasan Assignments Who’s writing what for whom. 21 Playing It...Cooler 8 Pukas Who’s a better choice to score The Cooler The Appleseed Saga, than Mark Isham? Part 3. By Daniel Schweiger 9 Mail Bag 24 Dumped! Favorite TV Themes. An in-depth look at famous and not-so-famous music that was unceremoniously omitted from the release 16 The light at end of the tunnel! 32 Score print of films we know and love. Our most eclectic batch By Jon Kaplan, Doug Adams and Al Kaplan of CD reviews in a while, including Predator, 29 More Notoriously Altered Scores the original Wizard of Oz, Battle Royale and Vic 30 More Famous/Infamous Replaced Scores Mizzy. 31 Notable Rejected Scores Released on Commercial Albums 36 FSM Marketplace 12 No Hallelujahs here! ON THE COVER: Every trilogy has a beginning, a middle and an end. Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published ten 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 OCTOBER | NOVEMBER 2003 v8n9ISS.id 1 11/15/03, 11:40:42 AM CONTENTS OCTOBER | NOVEMBER DEPARTMENTS COVER STORY 2 Editorial 16 The Matrix Conclusions I Wouldn’t Bet on That! Love it or hate it, you’ve got to admit that Don Davis’ work on the year’s huge Matrix films represents one of 4 News the most significant sci-fi series scores of all time. Goldenthal wins; By Doug Adams Disney Gala Opening. 5 Record Label 19 The Revolutions Will Not Be Minimized Round-up The final CD of the trilogy reviewed. What’s on the way. 5 Now Playing Movies and CDs in FEATURES 24 Music missing in action! release. 6 Concerts 12 Of Biblical Significance Film music performed Jeff Danna takes a decidedly different approach to scor- around the globe. ing the religious epic in The Gospel of John. 7 Upcoming Film By Mark Hasan Assignments Who’s writing what for whom. 21 Playing It...Cooler 8 Pukas Who’s a better choice to score The Cooler The Appleseed Saga, than Mark Isham? Part 3. By Daniel Schweiger 9 Mail Bag 24 Dumped! Favorite TV Themes. An in-depth look at famous and not-so-famous music that was unceremoniously omitted from the release 16 The light at end of the tunnel! 32 Score print of films we know and love. Our most eclectic batch By Jon Kaplan, Doug Adams and Al Kaplan of CD reviews in a while, including Predator, 29 More Notoriously Altered Scores the original Wizard of Oz, Battle Royale and Vic 30 More Famous/Infamous Replaced Scores Mizzy. 31 Notable Rejected Scores Released on Commercial Albums 36 FSM Marketplace 12 No Hallelujahs here! ON THE COVER: Every trilogy has a beginning, a middle and an end. Film Score Monthly (ISSN 1077-4289) is published ten 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. 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Master Chorale—recently opened with three gala evenings; the first featured work by Igor Stravinsky, the second John Adams and the third was a concert of film music, enti- tled “Soundstage L.A.” The film-music concert began with an original John Williams piece commissioned by the L.A. Phil, Soundings, and continued with pieces from Vertigo, The Magnificent Seven, How the West Was Won, Planet of the Apes and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, as well as vocal performances by Brian Stokes Mitchell (“Laura”) and Josh Groban (“An Affair to Remember”). This concert was broadcast live on radio stations KCRW, KKJZ, KMZT, KPCC and KUSC, and was recorded for broadcast on NPR’s Performance Today. Portions of the concert were shown on PBS-TV’s Great Performances—watch for reruns on your local PBS station. For more information on the Disney Concert Hall, visit www.musiccenter.org/wdch Goldenthal Leads the Winners at WSA he World Soundtrack Awards were handed out Oct. 12, at the TFlanders Film Festival in Ghent, Belgium. And the winners were... Soundtrack Composer of the Year: ELLIOT GOLDENTHAL, Frida Best Original Soundtrack of the Year: Frida, GOLDENTHAL Discovery of the Year: ANTONIO PINTO & ED CORTES, Cidade de Deus Public-Choice Score: Lord of the Rings—The Two Towers, HOWARD SHORE Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film: “The Hands That Built America,” Gangs of New York, U2 Lifetime Achievement Award: MAURICE JARRE GALA MEN: Esa-Pekka Salonen and John Williams take their bows at “Soundstage L.A.” Gala photo by Carlo Allegri courtesy Getty Images; All Rights Reserved. throughout their programs from 5 p.m.-6 p.m., or catch the ■ A RECENT ISSUE OF THE On the Air 6 a.m.-6 p.m. On the same station, rebroadcast on Sundays. at ONION featured an interview with Elizabeth Larners hosts “Listening 8 p.m. on WGVU 1480 AM. Randy Newman, in which he HERE ARE A FEW MORE RADIO to the Movies”, weeknights from Do you want to be listed? Send your radio spoke briefly about his film work.