Soundtrack News

May 01, 2012

CD CLUB and VARESE ENCORE!

A new batch of CD Club titles will be announced on May 14!

A little background...

We've realized that we're getting old ... well, if we're not, at least some of our early releases sure are! Next year will be Varèse Sarabande's 35th(!!) anniversary. That means that it's possible that certain titles of ours have been out of print for over two decades! I think it's time to reintroduce a few of these oldies but goodies. As just part of our new CD Club announcement, we will launch the "Varèse Encore" series of long out-of-print titles - newly re-mastered and with updated packaging. These will not be "Deluxe Editions" where we add music to the original track selection. The contents of the "Varèse Encore" CDs will be the same as the original releases, but newly available to a generation (or two) who have never had an opportunity to buy certain titles from any place other than Ebay.

Coming May 14 ... a new batch of releases from the Varèse Sarabande CD Club, which will include the inaugural titles from the Varèse Encore series. See you then!!

March 23, 2012

ALIEN IN KRAKOW!

So excited to be presenting the second performance of ALIEN: A BIOMECHANICAL SYMPHONY, a concert piece originally created for the Fimucité Festival in Tenerife, where we premiered the work in 2009. The music of Jerry Goldsmith, James Horner, Elliot Goldenthal, John Frizzell and Brian Tyler will be performed by Sinfonietta Cracovia, Pro Musica Mundi Choir and Pueri Cantores Sancti Nicolai Boys’ Choir, all under the direction of conductor Diego Navarro. For this special performance we will feature a greatly expanded ALIEN 3 section, with cues selected by Elliot Goldenthal himself. The second half of the concert will be an all-Goldenthal program "Elliot Goldenthal's Cinema of Art and Blood", featuring extended suites from TITUS ANDRONICUS, FRIDA and INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE. Don't miss this thrilling closing night celebration of Krakow's FMF festival on Saturday, May 26, 2012! Friday, May 25 will feature a historic 80th birthday celebration concert honoring the great Polish composer Wojciech Kilar! Both Goldenthal and Kilar will be in attendance at their concerts. See you in Krakow!!

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February 27, 2012

NEW LIMITED EDITIONS!

The next pair of new releases in our Limited Edition series will be announced on March 5. See you then!

July 13, 2011

ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS 80th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT!

The American Express Symphony At The Park concerts are two uniquely themed symphonic performances commemorating and charting the history of the legendary Abbey Road Studios in the majestic grounds of West London's Chiswick House and Gardens on 20th and 21st August 2011.

August 21 presents a celebration of Abbey Road Studio's illustrious film music history, produced by Abbey Road's Jonathan Allen and Varèse Sarabande's Robert Townson, featuring Joel McNeely conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus. The extraordinary program will include music by John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Alex North, Howard Shore, George Fenton, Gabriel Yared, Philippe Sarde, James Horner, Joel McNeely and more!

Gates to the performance grounds open at 5:30 pm, from when you are invited to settle down on the spacious lawns in front of the main performance stage. The concert starts at 7:15 pm with an introduction to the concert program and history of the studios before the 80 piece orchestra start the main performance. There is an interval at 8:30 pm and the concert is due to conclude by 10:00 pm.

Don't miss this historic look back over the magical history of the legendary Abbey Road Studios!

June 20, 2011

PATRICK DOYLE CONCERT!

The great Patrick Doyle, the very busy composer of such 2011 films as La Ligne Droite, Thor, Jig and Rise of The Planet of the Apes will be celebrated in Tenerife at Fimucité 5 with a concert of his music from Henry V, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like It, Frankenstein, Carlito's Way, Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire and Thor. The Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and Tenerife Film Choir will be conducted by Diego Navarro for this July 1 spectacular.

June 09, 2011

JOHN BARRY CONCERT AND FILM FESTIVAL!

The legendary John Barry will be celebrated at Fimucité 5 with an extraordinary tribute concert in Tenerife on July 2. Music from Goldfinger, Born Free, Midnight Cowboy, Chaplin, The Lion In Winter, Dances With Wolves and many others will be performed by the Tenerife Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, under the direction of Diego Navarro. In addition to the this very special concert event, a John Barry Film Festival will take place on two islands - in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Palmas de Gran Canaria. The films will include The Knack, Petulia, Midnight Cowboy and Mary, Queen of Scots. Join us to remember and celebrate this great master!

June 01, 2011

BERNARD HERRMANN CONCERT, FILM FESTIVAL AND PANEL!

The Bernard Herrmann centenary being celebrated this year with tributes all over the world will reach a triumphant crescendo the week of his birth, in Tenerife at Fimucité 5! Bernard Herrmann was born on June 29, 1911. Fimucité 5's 2011 celebration of film music will open with a panel discussion of the composer's career featuring producer Robert Townson on Monday, June 27. That same day kicks off a five-day Bernard Herrmann film festival featuring screenings of The Day The Earth Stood Still (June 27), North By Northwest (June 28), Jason And The Argonauts (June 29), Fahrenheit 451 (June 30) and Taxi Driver (July 1). Fimucité's celebration of the legendary composer culminates with a July 2 concert tribute featuring music from all four Ray Harryhausen films plus Citizen Kane, North by Northwest, The Day The Earth Stood Still and Taxi Driver. Don't miss this extraordinary event!

April 18, 2011

A VARESE TOP THREE!

Varèse Sarabande congratulates Twentieth Century Fox and composer John Powell on the #1 box office hit for the week, RIO. Congratulations also go out to The Weinstein Company and Marco Beltrami on SCREAM 4's #2 finish, as well at Universal Pictures and Christopher Lennertz on the continued success of the #3 film, HOP! All three scores are available on Varèse Sarabande as of April 19.

February 28, 2011

4 CESARS FOR THE GHOST WRITER!

Varèse Sarabande congratulates composer Alexandre Desplat on winning the French Cesar Award for his exceptional score for Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer. Polanski himself won for Best Director. The film additionally won for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. Congratulations to all!

February 11, 2011

IFMCA NOMINATIONS!

Varèse Sarabande albums today received 18 nominations in 9 of IFMCA's 14 award categories. Nominees included Alexandre Desplat's The Ghost Writer, John Powell's How To Train Your Dragon, James Newton Howard's Nanny McPhee Returns, Marc Streitenfeld's Robin Hood, Michael Giacchino's Lost, John Williams's Family Plot, Dave Grusin's The Goonies and Alex North's Spartacus. Alexandre Desplat, Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard and John Powell were all included in the Film Composer of the Year category and Varèse Sarabande received a nomination for Label of the Year. Congratulations to all!