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Extreme Prejudice Expanded CD News

The Mark Banning website posted some info on the new expanded and re-mastered CD release of Jerry Goldsmith's score to Extreme Prejudice. La-La Land Records will be taking pre-orders on December 26th and will be shipping on the 25th January 2005.

In honour of Mr. Goldsmith, a portion of the proceeds from the sale this album will be donated to the Jerry Goldsmith Scholarship Fund for Film Music Composition


Thanks to Thierry Schreurs

New Twilight Zone TV Series DVDs

A new 'definitive' box set of series one episodes to Rod Serling's classic show will feature a whole host of extras including isolated scores. In the case of series one this features the Jerry Goldsmith scored episodes; The Four of Us Are Dying and The Big Tall Wish. The first boxset from Image Entertainment is due on 8th December 2004. Check Amazon for details.

Swiss Tribute Concert 2005 - Dirk Brossé To Conduct

A concert that was to have originally been conducted by Jerry Goldsmith on May 11th 2005 at the Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland will go ahead but now as a special tribute to the composer. Popular conductor/composer Dirk Brossé will conduct. More details from their website. The concert will also be broadcast live on Swiss Radio (Espace 2) and available via the Internet.

Thanks to Alain Carriou and Thierry Schreurs

BBC Radio 3 Stage And Screen Jerry Goldsmith Tribute

The UK Radio 3 programme Stage and Screen will pay tribute to Jerry Goldsmith on October 25th at 4pm. The show is hosted by Tommy Pearson who presented Jerry Goldsmith's 75th Birthday concert at the Barbican in London this year and the recent tribute concert in Ghent, Belgium. The programme will cover four decades of the composer's amazing career and take in music from Capricorn One, Star Trek:TMP, A Patch of Blue, Patton, Escape from Planet of the Apes, Chinatown, Islands in the Stream, The Omen, Alien, Legend and LA Confidential. The programme will also include an interview with Carol Goldsmith.

The show will be available online for one week after transmission.

Thanks to John H Ross

Extreme Prejudice Remastered And Expanded

Specialist soundtrack label La La Land Records has announced they are to release a new CD of Jerry Goldsmith's score to Extreme Prejudice. The disc will include previously unreleased cues and will also be remastered. Hopefully we will be able to enjoy the alternate cues the composer had to write for the movie. The electronic version of The Plan being one of the highlights.

Intrada's Rambo III Back In Stock

Intrada's superior 1989 release of the complete score to Rambo III will be back in stock on the 9th November 2004. But this time will be sporting improved cover artwork and a re-mastered sound that should dramatically improve on the 'quieter' sounding first release. A tempting proposition for even those who have the first edition.

Pre-order now from Intrada.

FSM Tribute To Jerry Goldsmith

FSM's latest magazine (volume 9, number 7) is a special issue dedicated to the memory of Jerry Goldsmith and featuring an impressive list of features and major articles on the legendary composer. If you don't subscribe then order your copy now!

Content includes:-

Cover Story

Jerry Goldsmith 1929-2004 -- It would be difficult to reflect on both Jerry Goldsmith's film music legacy and his recent passing without devoting an entire issue of FSM to him; so that's what we've done. From fan letters and remembrances to an in-depth look at his life and musical legacy, we've covered a lot of ground. Just as important, we hope you, Jerry's fans, find it a fitting tribute to a man whose monumental work meant so much to so many.

Feature Articles

The Gold Standard -- Quantifying Jerry Goldsmith's contribution to film scoring isn't easy...but we'll try anyway. by Jeff Bond

Goldsmith Without Tears -- The imagined, decades-long conversation with Goldsmith may be over, but his music lives on. by John S. Walsh

Islands in the Stream -- Jerry's industry contemporaries chime in on his life and legacy: memories from Maurice Jarre, Joe Dante, Patrick Williams, John Barry. Danny Elfman, agent Richard Kraft, Ed Shearmur, fan and friend Bob Burns, Philip Glass, and Douglass Fake. by Jeff Bond

Good as Goldsmith -- It didn't get much better than 1960s-era Jerry Goldsmith. Here's a closer look at four scores that helped define his style: The Sand Pebbles, A Patch of Blue, The Blue Max, and Planet of the Apes. by John Takis

Dear Jerry...The Letter I Never Wrote -- FSM's editor and publisher writes about the letter the never penned to his favourite composer by Lukas Kendall.

More U.N.C.L.E. From FSM

FSM has announced a third volume 2CD set featuring music from The Man From U.N.C.L.E. along with selections from The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. As before FSM tempt Goldsmith fans by including a portion of music by Jerry Goldsmith, including some unused cues and stereo re-recordings of his first season scores.

Order now from FSM

Emmy Tribute

FSM reports that this year's Emmy broadcast will feature a memorial segment for artists that have passed away over the last twelve months set to Jerry Goldsmith's memorable Rudy theme, with the composer mentioned alongside Elmer Bernstein and Michael Kamen.

Jerry Goldsmith Tribute Concert Programme Announced

The Flanders Film Festival website has announced the programme for their tribute concert to Jerry Goldsmith to be conducted by Dirk Brosse and performed by the Belgian National Orchestra on October 14th.

A Video Tribute To Jerry Goldsmith

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Suite from Masada

Medley Of Motion Picture Themes

The Sand Pebbles
Chinatown
A Patch Of Blue
Poltergeist
Papillon
Basic Instinct
The Wind And The Lion

Planet Of The Apes
The Clothes Snatchers
The Hunt

The Generals
MacArthur
Patton

Interval

Tiny Creatures
Small Soldiers
Gremlins

Under Fire
(Guitar solo: Roland Broux)

Love Theme From Forever Young

Mulan Suite

Looney Tunes: Back in Action
The Bad Guys
(Guitar
solo: Roland Broux)

Theme From Supergirl


Encore:

Star Trek The Motion Picture


The programme will be presented by Tommy Pearson and Fien Sabbe. Carol Goldsmith will also attend the concert.

Thanks to Alain Carriou

Varese Announce....

Varese Sarabande's latest batch of limited edition club titles includes news on the much anticipated releases of Jerry Goldsmith's unused score to Timeline and the new deluxe edition of The Great Train Robbery, featuring nearly the entire score and sourced from the 24 track masters. Both titles are in the SACD format and are regular releases, appearing on the club page for pre-ordering purposes only. These discs are said to ship after September 6th. Visit Varese Sarabande's website for details.

TCM Tribute to Jerry Goldsmith

TCM in the US will screen The Wind And The Lion, featuring one of the composer's best loved scores, on September 3rd at 10:15pm as a tribute to composer Jerry Goldsmith.

Brossé To Conduct Goldsmith Tribute Concert in Belgium

Popular conductor and composer Dirk Brossé is to conduct a tribute concert for Jerry Goldsmith at the 31st Flanders Film festival in Ghent, Belgium on October 14th 2004. Brossé stood in for Jerry Goldsmith at his 75th Birthday concert in London back in February and proved a popular choice amongst the composer's loyal fans. It is hoped further international dates will follow.

Details from the Flanders International Film Festival website.

Thanks to Thierry Schreurs

Jerry Goldsmith Memorial Funds

Instead of flowers, the Goldsmith family suggests that donations be made to either the:-

Jerry Goldsmith Scholarship Fund for Film Music Composition
c/o UCLA School of the Arts
Dean's Office
Box 951427
Los Angeles
CA 90095
USA

Jerry Goldsmith Memorial Fund for Cancer Research
c/o Tower Cancer Research Foundation
9090 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills
CA 90212
USA

Memorial Service

The public memorial service at the Hillside Memorial Park was held in front of an estimated gathering of over 400 family, friends and fans. A number of composers, musicians, film makers and industry dignitaries included Lalo Schifrin, Cliff Eidelman, Robert Townsend , Mike Lang, Brian Tyler, Richard Kraft, Thomas Newman, John Mauceri, David Newman, James Newton Howard, John Frizzel, Mark Mackenzie, Doreen Ringer Ross (BMI Chief), Bruce Botnick, Alexander Courage, Robert Drasnin, William Ross, Paul Williams, Arnold Kopelson, Richard and Lauren Shuller Donner, Michael Crichton, Mace Neufeld, Andrew Vajna, Joe Dante, Alex North's widow Anne Marie North, Franklin Schaffner's widow Jean and spouses of some too ill to attend (Mrs. Robert Wise, Mrs. Leonard Rosenman) . Speakers included Carrie and Joel Goldsmith sharing some personal stories about their father with the audience, as well as close friend and long time music editor Ken Hall. After the moving eulogy and service the Goldsmith family allowed attendees to make their own goodbyes to the maestro and pass by his closed casket before the composer was laid to rest.

Intrada Announce Expanded Bandolero! Soundtrack

Intrada has announced a new CD featuring the complete score from one of Jerry Goldsmith's most popular western scores; Bandolero. The original Bandolero album ran to a slim 28 minutes but this new disc restores the remaining cues and now runs to over 44 minutes. Utilising the original master elements Intrada have also been able to restore previously released cues to their original presentation. For completeness Intrada also include the original album mix.

The disc is limited to 1500 copies and will be released in September. Order now from Intrada.

Public Memorial Service For Jerry Goldsmith

A public memorial service for Jerry Goldsmith has been announced for Friday July 23, 2004 at 2:00 pm at Hillside Memorial Park in Los Angeles.

Hillside Memorial Park
6001 Centinela Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Tel (310) 641-0707

Thanks to Dan Goldwasser @ Soundtrack.net

Rest In Peace Jerry

July 22nd 2004: News services across the world are reporting the terribly sad news that Jerry Goldsmith passed away in his sleep on Wednesday evening after a long battle against Cancer. Over the last few years the composer had put up a gallant fight against this horrible disease and when possible continued to write new music for film and perform in front of his fans in concert. Perhaps fittingly his last recorded score was with friend and regular collaborator Joe Dante for Looney Tunes Back In Action. In the last few months of his incredible life the composer spent time with his daughter Carrie documenting his wonderful career for a planned book project.

Our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and loyal fans. Visit our forum if you would like to leave a message.

Empire Falls

AICN is reporting that Jerry Goldsmith will not be able to score Fred Schepisi's film Empire Falls. It is assumed that the composer's continuing poor health is the reason for this and with Game Of Their Lives in limbo to 2005 there isn't much good news to report. In the meantime the composer has been spending time with his daughter on a future book collaboration documenting his career. Empire Falls will now be scored by other Schepisi regular; Paul Grabowsky.

Basic Instinct Available To Order

Prometheus' new complete soundtrack CD to Jerry Goldsmith's critically acclaimed and Oscar nominated score to Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct is now available for pre-order from www.buysoundtrax.com. The impressive looking disc exceeds 74 minutes, includes a wealth of extra music at over 30 minutes and most notably includes the unreleased highlight Catherine and Roxy at over 5 minutes. Apparently even the composer himself, usually adverse to such releases, is said to be pleased with the new edition.

Picasso At The Laplin Agile Comment

There is a short interview with Jerry Goldsmith at the Pittsburgh Live website where among other interesting comments he makes reference to the on/off project Picasso At The Laplin Agile. Goldsmith mentions he'll be collaborating with lyricist Paul Williams again on 'transitional songs' for the film. However, the project remains distant as Goldsmith's previous engagement with Fred Schepisi - Empire Falls will be in post production until May.

Pittsburgh Live

75th Birthday Concert - Jerry Goldsmith Not Attending

The Barbican website is reporting sad news that Jerry Goldsmith will not be conducting his 75th Birthday concert with the LSO on Tuesday 17th February, for health reasons. The concert will now be conducted by Dirk Brosse with a short message from the composer read during the concert. I'm sure this will still be an incredible evening and a wonderful celebration of Jerry Goldsmith's music, I hope all fans will still attend.

We wish the composer all the very best.

Barbican Note

This Friday evening, the LSO was very sad to receive a phone call from Jerry Goldsmith to say that he is too unwell to leave his Beverley Hills home to travel to London for his 75th birthday celebrations with the London Symphony Orchestra. Jerry is bitterly disappointed as he desperately wanted to celebrate this special birthday with his long-standing supporters and the LSO and had been looking forward to this event for a long time. He will be sending a personal message to everyone at the Barbican concert on Tuesday 17 February.

Barbican Link.

Saturn Nomination For Jerry Goldsmith

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced the nominations for The 30th Annual Saturn Awards and Jerry Goldsmith has been nominated for his score to Looney Tunes Back In Action.

http://www.saturnawards.org/

Varese Celebrates Jerry Goldsmith's 75th Birthday!

Varese Sarabande has announced a mammoth limited edition box set of Jerry Goldsmith scores written for 20th Century Fox films. The 6 CD set is mixture of scores previously released by both Varese and FSM but more importantly contains 12 unreleased soundtracks! The set is strictly limited to 1500 copies and is quickly selling out. Varese have announced it will now ship 22nd March.

The inclusion of selections from Damnation Alley, believed to be lost is an event in its self and remains simply mind blowing. Though the majority of the electronic elements remain lost, therefore the selections are essentially the orchestral only cues. The only downside is a hefty price tag of $129, and the possibility of international customers being stung for import charges on top! Amongst previously available score highlights, the disc set includes the premiere release of music from:

Damnation Alley
Von Ryan’s Express
The Detective
Shock Treatment
Fate Is the Hunter
Anna and the King
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
S*P*Y*S
The Vanishing

Along with The Chairman, a suite from Alien and The Agony And Ecstasy prologue.

The disc is now sold out at the US Varese site, but Colosseum in Germany still say they have copies remaining!

The Soundtrack Event Of The Century - Order Now!

Goldsmith On TCM

It's being reported that the classic movie channel's build up to the 76th Academy Awards will feature Jerry Goldsmith on the 22nd February (Best Score Day) introducing Superman: The Movie, The Magnificent Seven and The Wind and the Lion.

Goldsmith TCM Interview

Birthday Concert & Game Of Their Lives

To the relief of fans worldwide Jerry Goldsmith will be in London conducting the LSO for his 75th Birthday Concert. Goldsmith is also taking part in a special Arts Council event in which he will conduct one piece with Dirk Brossé conducting other music. This event is not open to the public! Also he will not be performing the special LSO commission discussed at last year's concert. This remains a work in progress and isn't ready.

Finally contrary to reports in an American online paper regarding the new movie Game Of Their Lives, Goldsmith has not written his score yet. He begins work on this in the coming weeks of February.

Limited Edition CDs To Celebrate Jerry Goldsmith's 75th

As Jerry Goldsmith's 75th Birthday approaches there is news on the horizon that a major label is planning a limited edition multi CD set to celebrate the composer's remarkable career and musical achievements to date. Expect announcements nearer the big day!

Expanded Basic Instinct From Prometheus

FSM Magazine has printed news of a new expanded CD of Jerry Goldsmith's critically acclaimed score to Paul Verhoeven's Basic Instinct. Ford Thaxton has confirmed this release will be the complete score . Recently Goldsmith himself gave it his approval by saying he enjoyed the new album. The CD is due for release in April.

75th Birthday Concert Programme Announced

The LSO website has updated its concert page for Jerry Goldsmith's 75th Birthday concert at the Barbican Centre in London on the 17th February with the programme for the evening. Along with some old favourites we have music from Looney Tunes but surprisingly no mention of the special piece Goldsmith was commissioned to write for the LSO last year?

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

Medley of motion picture themes:-
The Sand Pebbles
Chinatown
Air Force One
A Patch of Blue
Poltergeist
Papillon
Basic Instinct
The Wind and the Lion

Looney Tunes: Back in Action

Suite from Masada

The Generals:-
MacArthur
Patton

Tiny Creatures:-
Small Soldiers
Gremlins

Medley of television themes:-
The man from U.N.C.L.E.
Dr. Kildare
Room 222
Star Trek: Voyager
The Waltons

Prologue to The Agony and the Ecstasy

Soarin' over California from Disney's California Adventure

If you haven't booked your ticket then do so now at the LSO Website!

Hal Shaper 1931 - 2004

Frequent Jerry Goldsmith collaborator - Hal Shaper died on January 8th 2004 aged 72 in Cape Town. The South African born song writer collaborated with a number of major film composers including Jerry Goldsmith. For Goldsmith Shaper wrote lyrics and collaborated on instrumentals to Sebastian, The Chairman, Justine, Papillon, The Cassandra Crossing, The Boys From Brazil and First Blood.

Times Online Obituary.