Intrada has announced a 2CD set featuring the complete score for the hugely enjoyable 1979 Victorian caper The Great Train Robbery (aka The First Great Train Robbery). The fantastic score has appeared twice on CD, not to mention the early LPs. The last CD produced by Varese Sarabande appeared to close the book on the score featuring what appeared to be the complete score bar one lost cue and showcasing the score in the SACD format. But the sound wasn't quite as impressive for the majority who only had CD setups. Now Intrada give the score the deluxe treatment it deserves by presenting the score complete from the 1/4 " two track session masters with not only the missing Dead Willy cue (the chase through the slum area of London) but a number of other previously unreleased cues, alternates and classical source pieces conducted by Goldsmith.

Disc 2 presents the original album selection and mix. The stunning title is completed with deluxe packaging and informative liner notes courtesy Jeff Bond. Superb!

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Those who missed Film Score Monthly's year 2000 release of this stunning Jerry Goldsmith score, will be pleased to hear that its been re-issued as a limited edition CD by La-La Land Records. This version will sport alternative artwork showcasing the film's original theatrical posters and include notes by Julie Kirgo. The release is again produced by Lukas Kendall of FSM.

Goldsmith's score is anchored by a majestic but sombre theme detailing the Japanese and their methodical attack on Pearl Harbor. The impressive finale attack was left unscored but the music Goldsmith wrote for the build up remains an enthralling listen focussing on suspense and drama. Jagged piano lines make frequent appearances while inventive ethnic percussion and winds build tension and create a chilling effect at times. Violent action makes an appearance too as the Japanese pilots prepare for take off. A stunning work that should be in all Goldsmith collections.

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FSM has finally done it! After what seems a life time to try and license this score and bring it to Jerry Goldsmith fans, FSM has announced a 2 CD special edition release of Gremlins! Disc one contains the complete film soundtrack, clocking in at over 60 minutes. Bonus material closes the disc and is made up of a few alternates and source music. Disc two completes the package and presents the much derided 'mini album' that was released back in 1984 at the time of the film. This is the handful of songs plus the meagre 16 minutes of score that left fans with only a taste of the much loved score.

Goldsmith delivered a pitch perfect blend of comedy, drama, some romance, action and suspense with room for pure madness perfectly displayed in the memorable Gremlins' theme more commonly known as 'the rag'. Goldsmith's mix of orchestra and electronics was perfect for the time and captured the true essence of Dante's box office smash.

Well done to all at FSM, Warner Brothers and Universal for making this release a reality.

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The Last Run was a minor movie for star George C Scott and composer Jerry Goldsmith in 1971, after their acclaimed work on Patton a year earlier. Scott plays the retired getaway driver, living a peaceful but boring life in Portugal, that takes on the inevitable life changing last job. The Travelling Executioner is a black comedy set in 1918 and starred Stacey Keach as the title character travelling rurual america trying to make money from his disturbing mobile electric chair.

The movies are re-mastered and come in their original wide screen aspect ratios. Order from  Amazon.com.

Celebrated Trumpeter Uan Rasey died on September 26th at the grand age of 90. Rasey worked in Hollywood from the late 40s and became the first trumpet for the legendary MGM orchestra in 1949. He worked on many of the studio's famous musicals which included An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain and Gigi, He also performed on West Side Story for United Artists and My Fair Lady for Warner Bros.

He was highly skilled in all genres of music, from classical to big band lead playing. But Jerry Goldsmith fans will recognise his name from his performance on numerous Jerry Goldsmith film scores. The most famous being of course Chinatown. Rasey remarked on his assignment for Chinatown by saying "There were 40 strings, four pianos, four drummers and one trumpet player. That was it. I had no idea what the picture was about. Arranger Arthur Morton told me to play it sexy but like it’s not good sex! That was his interpretation of it. It was well written, though."

La-La Land Records now have their two new expanded Jerry Goldsmith soundtracks up for sale on their website. Forever Young was an enjoyable 1992 Mel Gibson romantic adventure, with a subtle time travelling element. Gibson played a 40s test pilot who loses the love of his life and the will to live and agrees to a cutting edge experiment to be put into suspended animation only to wake up in the 90s. The score was one of Goldsmith's finest of the decade featuring a wonderful love theme, beautifully touching and melancholy moments, plus exhilarating action and suspense too. Forever Young is limited to 3000 copies.

Sleeping With The Enemy was a box office hit in 1991 and saw Julia Roberts, hot property after her performance in Pretty Woman, playing a terrified wife of a psycho who loses his temper if the towels aren't lined up perfectly on the towel rail. She fakes her own death and hopes to start a new life before he inevitably finds out and catches up with her. Goldsmith anchors the score with another stunning love theme, this time focussing on melancholy. Add some unnerving suspense, primarily carried by electronics for Patrick Bergin's unhinged husband, as well as assured bursts of distinctive Goldsmith action and suspense, notably heard during The Storm and The Ring. Sleeping With The Enemy is limited to 3500 copies.

Both titles feature deluxe packaging, re-mastered sound and informative booklet notes. Order both before September 26th and get a $5.00 discount.

Lukas Kendall has announced that he is to end the FSM CD label in 2012 when they reach their 250th CD soundtrack release. Meaning there are just 10 releases to go! FSM have been pivotal in the preservation of Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack releases since they started on the composer's catalogue with their release of the film soundtrack to Stagecoach and The Loaner back in 1998. Forging relationships with 20th Century Fox, then with Turner and the MGM catalogue, and most recently working with Warner Brothers and Paramount. Since 1998 they have released some of the most requested Goldsmith soundtracks, often previously unreleased with deluxe packaging and when possible presenting complete soundtrack restorations. Their attention to detail has been second to none and Goldsmith fans have always known that their passion was in safe hands.

Highlights have included premieres of 100 Rifles, Tora! Tora! Tora!, the first release of the actual Patton film soundtrack, the full soundtrack to The Prize, multi CD sets for The Man From U.N.C.L.E and Dr Kildare, and difficult restorations like The Satan Bug. Over the last few years we have seen the first release of the film soundtrack to a Goldsmith classic Islands In The Stream and the critically acclaimed album to Under Fire, as well as complete presentations of Twilight Zone The Movie, Poltergeist and Outland. And the hope for many Goldsmith fans is that Gremlins will finally see the light of day before the year is out after a mammoth effort to finally license the complete Goldsmith soundtrack.

It is not all bad news as Lukas confirms he will remain active in the industry and continue to work on and produce soundtrack releases for other labels. But we will all miss those white spines with bold composer credit down the edge of the CD case, wonderful booklets and dynamic artwork. And the knowledge that the source material would sound the best it possibly could, whether it was mono or stereo.

Jerry Goldsmith Online gives special thanks to you for all those wonderful Jerry Goldsmith CD releases and wishes you luck for the future.

Another rare archive movie featuring music by Jerry Goldsmith has been announced by specialist DVD label Twilight Time. Stagecoach was the 1966 big budget remake of the John Wayne classic. Originally Wayne was to have starred but declined the opportunity and the movie, regardless of a solid supporting cast and good production values, proved a minor event in the end. Still, Goldsmith fans keen on hearing how his music played on screen can now pick up the movie in its original wide screen ratio. The disc comes with the usual extra of informative booklet and a bonus extra of an isolated score track. Stagecoach is due for release on October 11th.

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Intrada has announced a long awaited re-issue of a Goldsmith score much loved by his fans. The 1985 Joe Dante Sci-Fi adventure Explorers wasn't much of a hit after the success of Gremlins for Dante but Goldsmith's score became a firm favourite and one of the composer's finest scores. Its an eclectic mix with a soaring powerful theme, warmth and melancholy, trademark orchestral action and suspense plus comedic rock scoring and inventive electronic bells and whistles.  Not surprisingly back in 1985 we had a short album with only 30 minutes of highlights and a few songs. But fans spotted a lengthy score and missing highlights. Now Intrada bring the full Explorers score to life on a new limited edition CD.

The 3000 discs sold out in less than a day and has prompted Intrada to take the unusual step of repressing the album for those who missed out. So if you haven't ordered this Goldsmith gem, beautifully presented by Intrada with their customary deluxe packaging then don't delay and place your order now!

La-La Land has pre-announced not one but two Goldsmith expanded soundtrack CDs for release September 13th. First is Forever Young, originally planned for release back in July and the completely unexpected expanded re-issue of the 90's Julia Roberts thriller Sleeping With The Enemy! Both scores originally had solid official albums released at the time but La-La Land promise previously unreleased music for both scores. Check out La-La Land's website September 13th for artwork and ordering details. Forever Young is limited to 3000 copies and Sleeping With The Enemy is limited to 3500 copies.

Yet another archive title with music by Jerry Goldsmith makes it to on demand DVD. This time the Blake Edwards western Wild Rovers starring William Holden and Ryan O'Neal and featuring one of the composer's most poignant scores, with rousing highlights headlined by the stunning Bronco Bustin' music.

The title is available from the WBshop.com for US only sales, or you can order from Amazon.com if you are an international buyer. The film is in stereo, with Goldsmith's score dominating the channels and sounding very good indeed. Bronco Bustin' also opens the film as an overture and the alternate version appears as entr'acte and exit music. The film is also in its original wide screen ratio.

The complete score was released by Film Score Monthly on CD back in September 2003 but is now OOP.

On Demand DVDs are arriving all the time and are proving a great way of releasing very obscure titles to hard core fans of the movies and of course fans of the music scores. Columbia Classics have a large catalogue available with one title of interest to Jerry Goldsmith fans. Contract On Cherry St was a TV cop movie from the late 70s with Frank Sinatra no less starring. The score appeared on a Prometheus limited edition CD in 1999.

Screen Archives have just confirmed they will start selling the Columbia Classics titles very soon so check out their website for further details. US customers can order the title now from Amazon.

Intrada has revealed they are seeking to license Jerry Goldsmith's Oscar nominated score to Hoosiers. But make it clear the license process for this one is tricky and may take some time, perhaps even years! So fans are warned not to expect any announcements any time soon.

The album is still available on CD on the TER label with its UK title of Best Shot. But we assume Intrada's intentions is to present the definitive version of the whole score with their customary deluxe presentation.

Shout Factory follow up their recent DVDs of Damnation Alley and Rio Conchos with another rare title featuring music by Jerry Goldsmith. Police Story was an acclaimed early 70s TV series that followed the lives of Los Angeles Police officers. The show was renowned for being gritty and realistic and focussed on what it was like being a Cop on and off the street. Goldsmith wrote the theme and pilot episode score. His music was adapted at times and used as library music in later episodes. Prometheus released a limited edition CD featuring Goldsmith's score back in 2000. The DVD is due for release September 6th. Order from Shout Factory Today!

Specialist DVD label Twilight Time has announced another DVD movie premiere that features the music of Jerry Goldsmith. This time it is the likeable comedy drama The Flim Flam Man (known outside the US as One Born Every Minute). The film was directed by Irvin Kershner and starred George C. Scott as a rural con man who takes a young army deserter (Michael Sarrazin) under his wing and teaches him the tricks of the trade, while being pursued by the local Sheriff. The movie is presented in its original 2:35 wide screen ratio and comes with an isolated score and trailer as bonus material. The DVD is released on August 9th. Jerry Goldsmith's score is also available on CD from FSM.

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The poignant 1975 TV movie Babe is available from Warner Brother's On Demand DVD service. The movie told the powerful and uplifting true story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. From her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold Medal triumphs at the 1932 Olympics, her remarkable career as a champion golfer, her fulfilling marriage to wrestler George Zaharias, the love of her life, and her final battle with cancer. Jerry Goldsmith's moving score was rewarded with the 3rd of 5 Emmys the composer received over his long career. The DVD is presented in its original 1:33 aspect ratio and is in mono. Unlike other Warner On Demand releases this title will ship outside the US. Of course FSM released Jerry Goldsmith's score for Babe on CD, and is still available from Screen Archives.

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La-La Land has revealed they have an expanded release of Jerry Goldsmith's score to the enjoyable romantic adventure Forever Young in the pipeline. The score was a pitch perfect mix of romance, drama, action and thrills and features a truly gorgeous love theme. A score album was released at the time of the movie on the short lived Big Screen Records, who disappeared after releasing a number of high profile and expensive soundtracks. They also released an album of Goldsmith's big orchestral comedy score to Dennis, which may mean that could be re-issued at some point too.

At the time of writing the title does not have a release date and was originally intended to showcase at Comic Con, but has since been pulled. Look out for news on this title at La-La Land Records and this news page in the future.

It seems only a short while ago the Varese CD Club edition of Studs Lonigan was available. But that was 2002 and the disc has been out of print for some years now. So, for those who missed out you maybe interested in this re-issue by Quartet Records. The content is the same, minus an extra mono version of the main title but has been 're-mastered'. The disc is produced by Intrada's Douglas Fake and features a lavish 16 page booklet with liner notes by Jeff Bond. This release is limited to 1000 copies. Regardless of the obscure nature of the film, the score remains one Jerry Goldsmith's finest early efforts and is notable for featuring a fantastic piano performance from a young John Williams.

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La-La Land Records has announced an expanded release of Jerry Goldsmith's last western score - Bad Girls. The female lead 90's adventure did not prove much of a success at the box office, but Jerry Goldsmith's score was a thrilling highlight encompassing a memorable theme and featuring rousing action that proved popular amongst fans. The Original CD released by Fox Film Scores ran to 40 minutes and is now long out of print. La-La Land present what must be the complete score at 60 minutes and adds informative liner notes and slightly improved artwork. Limited to 3000 copies.

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Warner Brother's On Demand DVD service has announced The Prize. The film is an early 60's Hitchcock style thriller set at the Nobel Prize giving ceremony in Stockholm and starred Paul Newman as a recipient who gets embroiled in a cold war conspiracy. The movie is presented re-mastered in its original 2:35 wide screen format and features one of Jerry Goldsmith's exciting early thriller scores. The score is of course available on CD through Screen Archives on the FSM label. Unfortunately the DVD is only available to US citizens as WB's won't ship outside the USA.

US customers can order from the Warner Brother Shop today!

Intrada announce a spectacular 2 CD set featuring the complete scores written by Jerry Goldsmith and Morton Stevens for the epic TV mini series Masada. The series appeared as a theatrical film in Europe and was known as The Antagonists. At the time Jerry Goldsmith re-recorded highlights of his music score with the National Philharmonic Orchestra in London and it was released on the MCA label, later issued on CD by Varese. But this is the first official release of the complete original scores recorded in the US. Goldsmith had intended to score all four episodes but due to delays in making the epic production Goldsmith had to move on after the first two episodes to take up other contracted assignments. Goldsmith recommended friend and fellow tunesmith Morton Stevens to complete the series with scores for episodes three and four.

Now we can enjoy the complete original soundtracks in all their glory and savour Jerry Goldsmith's incredible and unforgettable Masada theme once again on this stunning limited edition 2 CD set replete with informative notes from John Burlingame. Intrada reveal the scores to be in excellent condition and are in stunning stereo. Goldsmith's selections alone allow fans to now enjoy some classic Goldsmith action and emotionally charged drama missed off the original album release.

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Varese Sarabande's CD Club has announced a limited edition DVD of the 2009 Fimucité Festival gala concert celebrating the music of Jerry Goldsmith. The festival in Tenerife featured for the most part Jerry Goldsmith's music for the sci-fi and horror genres and was conducted by Mark Snow and  Diego Navarro and performed by the Tenerife Film Orchestra and Choir. The spectacular concert featured music from The Illustrated Man, The Swarm, The Final Conflict, Capricorn One, The Sum of All Fears, The Omen, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: First Contact, Gremlins, Poltergeist and Total Recall!

This special release is a rare opportunity to see and hear some of the composer's most popular music performed live. The DVD is region free and also comes with a CD version of the concert. The set is limited to 2000 copies.

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Intrada has announced a limited edition CD release for one of Jerry Goldsmith's earliest assignments. City Of Fear was only the composer's second theatrical movie and dates back to 1959! City Of Fear was a minor B movie - film noir about an escaped convict who steals a canister thinking it to be pure Heroin but is in fact deadly radioactive material.

City Of Fear is a fascinating opportunity to hear a legendary composer at the beginning of an incredible career and straight away showing his enormous potential. Although low budget and utilising stock footage to add atmosphere Goldsmith's agitated and suspenseful scoring gives the movie much needed gravitas. Goldsmith's use of edgy Piano (performed by John Williams), low brass and trade mark percussion elevate the picture considerably.

Intrada present the complete score save a few missing seconds in clean mono and one cue only surviving with minor sound effects. Add superb packaging and liner notes from Jeff Bond to round out the impressive release.

Limited to just 2000 copies. Order from Intrada today!

The Golden State Pops Orchestra in San Pedro California has a special tribute concert featuring the music of Jerry Goldsmith at the historic art deco movie palace; The Warner Grand Theatre. The concert is on June 11th 8pm.

Amazon.com are listing the new Damnation Alley DVD from Shout Factory for pre-order with a street date of July 12th. Interestingly they are also listing a Blu-ray version! Though this will probably be region A only. Extras include audio commentary with producer Paul Maslansky, 3 featurettes (Survival Run, Road to Hell and Landmaster Tales), a theatrical trailer and a TV spot. Still no word on audio though.

They are also listing for pre-order another Shout Factory DVD release featuring both Jerry Goldsmith scored westerns Rio Conchos and Take A Hard Ride for release on June 21st!

Shout Factory are also listing The Last Hard Men for release but with no street date as yet. Although The Last Hard Men does not feature an actual original score by Goldsmith he does get full opening credit with his music for 100 Rifles, Rio Conchos, Morituri & Stagecoach being used throughout after Leonard Rosenman's score was rejected. Interestingly at time of posting the Shout Factory website has not listed these titles with their artwork. So no way of telling what the releases will include and the picture and sound options.

Either way pre-order Damnation Alley and Rio Conchos/Take A Hard Ride now!

Jerry Goldsmith's epic symphonic score to the 1995 Sean Connery/Richard Gere adventure First Knight makes it to a definitive deluxe two CD set from La-La Land Records! Epic released the original Goldsmith produced album at the time of the movie but that could only take in a handful of highlights. The lengthy score was brimming with spectacular set pieces, powerful drama and an exquisite love theme. Goldsmith was in his element writing for high adventure which meant an abundance of exhilarating brass and percussion led orchestral action, moving and heartbreaking music for the film's finale with powerhouse chorus to send this score into the stratosphere. La-La Land present the complete film soundtrack on disc 1 with the album presentation and alternates on disc 2. Just don't miss this one, it was truly one of the composer's greatest works.

The set is limited to 5000 copies and will be available to order from April 12th. The set is produced by Goldsmith's regular engineer Bruce Botnick, and legendary film music producers Mike Matessino and Didier C. Deutsch. Order from the 12th April at La-La Lands Records.

The first book on Jerry Goldsmith has been published in Italian and written by Mauricio Dupuis. Little is known about it at this stage apart from ascertaining its 178 page length and physical size from the link below. We hope more info will be made available on this title soon.

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Twilight Time, the new specialist limited edition DVD label has announced the 1964 aviation thriller Fate Is The Hunter, scored by Jerry Goldsmith, is due for release on May 12th from Screen Archives but can be pre-ordered now! The movie will be presented in its original 2:35 wide screen aspect ratio and will be enhanced for anamorphic widescreen TVs. Interestingly we have an exciting bonus feature in the form of an isolated music and effects track as well as trailer. Sadly it appears the only surviving score from the movie was on the Varese Jerry Goldsmith At 20th Century Fox Box set. Though it is worth pointing out the movie features very little score. The film is in black and white and in mono.
 

As promised FSM has delivered their first Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack of 2011 in the shape of one of the composer's most intimate scores. The Homecoming would go on to inspire the popular TV series The Waltons, and inspire Jerry Goldsmith to write one of his most iconic themes. Though please note this TV movie from 1971 did not feature said theme. The emotional and sometimes dramatic score is performed by a small group of players and clocks in at just over 20 minutes, but provides Goldsmith fans with one of the composer's heartfelt and rarest works. Not surprisingly the score is presented in clean mono but the nature of the music should not hinder listening pleasure.

The Homecoming is joined by Rascals and Robbers, an early effort from the rising star of film music in 1982 - the one and only James Horner. Order from Screen Archives today!

Lukas Kendall has confirmed Jerry Goldsmith's score to The Homecoming (1971) - the feature length movie that inspired the TV series The Waltons, will be released on CD by FSM at the end of March or early April. Note the movie did not utilise the famous theme that appeared in the TV series. The score is partnered off with an early James Horner score Rascals And Robbers from 1982.

THE AMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY, one of the United States' leading youth orchestras, will hold a tribute to Oscar-and-Emmy-winning composer JERRY GOLDSMITH on Sunday, March 13 at UCLA’s Royce Hall.

This event marks the culmination of the Goldsmith Project, an acclaimed three-year exploration of the legendary film composer’s artistry. An afternoon symposium presented in partnership with the Film Music Society and an evening concert – both free – showcase Goldsmith’s work in the later years of his career. Jerry Goldsmith's final two decades in film were among his most productive and popular, employing not only orchestra and chorus but also cutting-edge electronic sounds. He worked with such filmmakers as Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, Michael Crichton and David Anspaugh, scoring films in every genre. Conducting the 102-member orchestra is famed Oscar-nominated composer DAVID NEWMAN.

During the afternoon symposium, Mr. Newman will conduct excerpts from the 1983 film Under Fire. Daily Variety and LA Times film-music writer JON BURLINGAME will moderate a panel of experts who worked with Goldsmith before he passed away in 2004. The panel includes music editor Kenneth Hall, recording mixer Bruce Botnick, and agent Richard Kraft.

The evening concert will be performed in two parts. The first half will feature AYS Music Director ALEXANDER TREGER, performing the violin part in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

The second half of the performance is composed of selections from Twilight Zone (1983), First Blood (1982), Basic Instinct (1992), Poltergeist (1982), Legend (1985) and Rudy (1993). Night of the Beast, The Light and the Main Title score from Poltergeist will be premiering in a new arrangement for the concert hall by David Newman. Film footage from Ridley Scott’s fantasy Legend will be shown on the big screen along with a live performance of the film’s masterpiece Dress Waltz.

The Goldsmith Project III is made possible thanks to the generous support of Carol Goldsmith, Krystyna and David Newman, and a sponsorship from BMI.

The afternoon symposium and evening concert are ADMISSION FREE. Reservations are strongly recommended - please visit www.aysymphony.org, or call (310) 470-2332. Royce Hall is located at 340 Royce Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

It looks as if Damnation Alley is finally coming to DVD! Anchor Bay were close to releasing the film back in the early 00s but the property was taken back by Fox and turned up on ITunes/Amazon to download in full screen. But now we have news that specialist DVD label Shout Factory have obtained the rights to release the movie from Fox. Details of the DVD have not been announced and the title's release date remains tentative. But it looks like we will finally get to enjoy this cult movie. Let us hope they preserve the film's wide screen aspect ratio and most importantly can make use of the original "Sound 360" surround track and truly bring Goldsmith's stunning action adventure score to life.

We of course still live in hope someone will find the electronic stems, or re-create them and bring the full score out on CD. Fingers crossed on all fronts.

Check out the Shout Factory website and keep a look out for more news!

It is no surprise to hear that the film music labels have been trying their hardest to release a proper soundtrack album to Jerry Goldsmith's wildly popular 1984 score to the box office smash Gremlins. The original Geffen album had a meagre 15 minutes from the score plus a handful of songs. Since the AFM relaxed their policy on re-use fees for limited edtion CD releases and the studios have allowed access to their vaults Gremlins has been a hot property on the top of most label's lists. But no one knew if and when this might happen. Now we have a reveal by SAE on Facebook that a CD would be released "sometime this year". The fireworks went off and party poppers were pulled. But Lukas Kendall at FSM has countered this by saying on his message board that there are still "some major licensing issues to be resolved" between Warner Brothers and Universal Music, who control the Geffen catalogue. And he cannot say how long it will take.

Our fingers are crossed that 2011 will see the dream full release of one of Jerry Goldsmith's most requested scores. At least we know it will be handled by one of the finest - FSM. Good luck Lukas and all involved in making this score CD a reality.

Intrada announced their first Jerry Goldsmith CD release for 2011 in the form of a straight re-issue of the soundtrack album to the bizarre 1986 thriller Link. The score was largely orchestral but with added synthesisers providing amongst other things more percussion and used to showcase the comical Link theme, a reference to the Orangutan's circus performing days.

The recording was one of Mike Ross Trevor's finest, revealing superb orchestral detail while not overly favouring the electronics. The original Varese disc sounded pretty good but Intrada promise an improved sound along with new album artwork and notes by Jeff Bond. Intrada sort the complete recording but sadly the tapes are missing leaving only the album master available.

The disc was limited to just 2000 copies and sold out within its first day of release! The disc would have been of interest to fans whom could not afford the inflated prices charged for a second hand copy of the Varese version.

MGM has formally announced a selection of rare titles for release on the DVD-R on demand service. The batch includes the Jerry Goldsmith scored biological thriller The Satan Bug from 1965 directed by John Sturges. The disc is scheduled for release on the 2nd February. The movie is presented in its original wide screen aspect ratio and comes with the film's trailer. Picture is nothing special but nonetheless solid and comparable to the old Laser Disc. Sound is of course mono but again solid revealing Jerry Goldsmith's very suspenseful score.

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