The Unknown Known

Studio: The Weinstein Company
Sutradara: Errol Morris
Composer: Danny Elfman
Tanggal rilis film: 4 April 2014
Tanggal rilis album: 8 April 2014
Label: La-La Land Records

Berikut ini kutipan pengumuman dari La-La Land Records:

LLLCD 1298
RETAIL PRICE: $15.98
Produced by Danny Elfman
Mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Art Direction by Dan Goldwasser

Renowned Documentarian Filmmaker Errol Morris (THIN BLUE LINE) reunites with his Standard Operating Procedure composer Danny Elfman to create one of Mr. Elfman’s most hypnotic and intense scores to date. In the documentary Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

The digital version of THE UNKOWN KNOWN score will also be available via online services April 8, 2014.

restless: limited edition

Studio: Imagine Entertainment, Sony Pictures Classics (distributor), Columbia Pictures (distributor)
Sutradara: Gus Van Sant
Composer: Danny Elfman
Tanggal rilis film: 12 Mei 2011
Tanggal rilis album: 5 November 2013
Label: La-La Land Records

Track list:
1. titles 2:41
2. battleship 1:09
3. reconciliation 1:26
4. sorry for your loss 1:54
5. waterbirds 1:43
6. meet the parents 2:20
7. on the beach 2:09
8. hiroshima 1:06
9. morning affair 1:33
10. morgue 1:18
11. crime scene 2:45
12. death scene 2:06
13. happy dead girl 1:11
14. battleship 2 1:50
15. a ghost 1:00
16. the letter 1:34
17. parents' grave 1:49
18. weepy donuts 3:31
19. enoch's goodbye 1:21
total album time: 34:25

La-La Land Records and Sony Pictures Entertainment present the original motion picture score to the 2011 feature film drama restless, starring Mia Wasikowska and Henry Hopper and directed by Gus Van Sant. Renowned composer Danny Elfman (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, BATMAN, SOMMERSBY, BLACK BEAUTY) crafts another notable original score – a delicate, but stirring work, in the vein of his music for MILK and SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK, that expertly finds the heart and soul of Van Sant’s delightfully offbeat romantic drama. Produced by Danny Elfman and mastered by Patricia Sullivan at Bernie Grundman mastering, this special release is limited to 2000 units and includes exclusive, in-depth liner notes from film music writer Tim Greiving which feature comments from director Gus Van Sant. The attractive art direction is by Dan Goldwasser.

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RESTLESS

La-La Land Records akan merilis score album Restless, huhuy! Berikut kutipan pengumumannya dari halaman Facebook La-La Land Records:

Next Tuesday, Nov 5, 2013 at 12 pm NOON pst La-La Land Records is honored to be releasing 2 WORLD PREMIERE soundtracks by two of our favorite composers:

First up:

RESTLESS
MUSIC BY DANNY ELFMAN
LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 UNITS
LLLCD 1274
RETAIL PRICE: $19.98

PRODUCED BY DANNY ELFMAN

MASTERED BY PATRICIA SULLIVAN AT BERNIE GRUNDMAN MASTERING

LINER NOTES BY TIM GREIVING

ART DIRECTION BY DAN GOLDWASSER

La-La Land Records and Sony Pictures Entertainment present the world premiere release of Danny Elfman’s score to the 2011 Gus Van Sant dark quirky romantic drama RESTLESS. Scored much in the style of MILK and TAKING WOODSTOCK, this quaint, beautiful little score tugs at the heart strings as well as tickles the funny bone. It’s the story of a terminally ill teenage girl falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals. New interview with director Gus Van Sant are a highlight in the detailed liner notes by Tim Greiving. Dan Goldwasser’s lovely art direction round out the package.

BONUS OFFER: If you purchase RESTLESS directly through the La-La Land Records website you will receive, at absolutely NO CHARGE, a FREE COPY of Danny Elfman’s score to TAKING WOODSTOCK. PLEASE NOTE: Supplies are limited and you are not guaranteed a copy of Taking Woodstock.

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BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES: VOL. 2: LIMITED EDITION (4-CD SET)

Tanggal 19 Juli yang lalu, selain Batman The Animated Series vol. 1, La-La Land Records juga merilis volume 2-nya, berikut kutipannya:

Literally years in the making, La-La Land Records and Warner Bros. proves the wait was worth it with this amazing 4-CD set of previously unreleased music from arguably the greatest animated television series of all time, BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES! Produced by MV Gerhard and mastered by James Nelson, this 2nd Volume 4-CD set takes you through a treasure trove of astounding orchestral scores; music that rivals any blockbuster feature film. Composers Shirley Walker, Harvey R. Cohen, Carlos Rodriguez, Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion, Carl Swander Johnson and others are musically represented here, as well as Danny Elfman's iconic theme. The 36 page CD booklet features exclusive, in-depth liner notes from writer John Takis. Limited Edition of 3500 Units.

Berikut ini komentar dari produsernya:

"A Piece of Film Music History"

That's something I wrote a few months back while I was finishing up our 4 disc set for BTAS Vol 2. While sifting through Shirley's personal collection of music we came across something marked "Danny's Batman Theme". At first I thought it was going to be a demo for the BTAS theme, then I listened to it. Clocking in at 2 minutes and change was a piano demo for the theme from Danny Elfman's 1989 score...filled with some mistakes and not quite complete. I just about wet my pants. The score that got me to fall in love with film music -- here in my hands -- is the initial demo cut for the producer's to listen to.. .to say Yeah or Nay on the composer and his now iconic theme. It's the score that launched Elfman's career into the stratosphere and help establish that comic book sound for years to come.

I know some of you out there, you Grumpy Gus', will poo-poo all over this discovery and my proclaimation, but I don't care. This IS a part of film music history and I am very happy to share it with those who will appreciate it as much as I did. For those of you who picked up the BTAS Vol 2 set -- it's an easter egg on disc 1 at the end.

Enjoy!

MV

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BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES: VOL 1 (SECOND EDITION): LIMITED EDITION (2-CD SET)

Tanggal 19 Juli yang lalu La-La Land Records merilis ulang Batman The Animated Series: Vol. 1, berikut kutipannya:

Back by popular demand, La-La Land has re-issued its 2008 sold-out title for the legions of BTAS fans who missed out on this dynamite release's initial debut. This "second edition" re-issue is virtually identical to the 2008 version, except the bonus tracks "Gotham City Overture" and "Music of the Bat" have been removed to preserve the integrity of the initial release.

The thrilling orchestral music from the acclaimed Warner Bros. / D.C. Comics animated series BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES is unleashed again in this spellbinding 2CD Limited Edition pressing. Composer Shirley Walker (WILLARD, MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN, FINAL DESTINATION 1-3, THE FLASH), along with Lolita Ritmanis and Michael McCuistion (BATMAN BEYOND, TEEN TITANS), and Danny Elfman's iconic "Batman Theme", revolutionized animated TV music with robust, full-blooded music that propelled BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES to lofty critical and artistic heights, enriching the The Dark Knight's legacy. CD booklet features in-depth liners, including comments from writer/producer Paul Dini and composers Lolita Ritmanis, Michael McCuistion and Danny Elfman. Limited Edition of 5000 Units.

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Film Music Magazine March Soundtrack Picks

Daniel Schweiger di situs Film Music Magazine merekomendasikan musik Danny Elfman untuk Planet of The Apes yang baru dirilis La-La Land Records, berikut kutipannya:

Danny Elfman has often played primal aggressiveness for director Tim Burton in such rampaging scores as “Sleepy Hollow” and “Mars Attacks.” But none of their collaborations would grab the composer’s furious instincts like Burton’s redo for “Planet of the Apes.” Sure Jerry Goldsmith had the percussive idea first when he accompanied Charlton Heston into The Forbidden Zone, but leave it to Danny Elfman to run rampant with those animalistic beats and ethnic wind instruments. While the orchestra is ever present here, it’s a swirling, unbound beast, with anything resembling pleasant melody hosed down in a cage until the climax. Grinding, pounding, screaming brass is the thrust of this “Ape” score, an approach that definitely makes this at times near-dissonant “Planet” soundtrack its own, assaultive animal in the franchise’s cannon, and the one that arguably best conveys the most nightmarish aspects of a future man never reckoned on making. 

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Planet of the Apes (2001) (Expanded Edition) Music By Danny Elfman

Situs Examiner me-review rilis Planet of the Apes dari La-La Land Records, berikut kutipannya:

In revisiting Planet of the Apes, ten years later as a whole, it stands out as a solid score that is definitely alot better than alot of scores that have been released in recent years despite the fact that isn't quite as memorable. Yet, the production values and Elfman's tireless and laborious efforts on it, still make this an album worth getting.
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PLANET OF THE APES: LIMITED EDITION (3-CD SET)

La-La Land Records sesuai dengan jadwal telah mengumumkan dua rilis terbarunya, salah satunya adalah Planet of the Apes: Limited Edition (3-CD set), HUHUYYY!!! Dua CD berisi film score dan CD ketiganya sama dengan score album yang sudah dirilis. Sesuai dengan namanya, set seharga $30 ini hanya dibuat 3500 kopi. Berikut kutipannya:

La-La Land Records, 20th Century Fox and Sony Music present the remastered and expanded version of acclaimed composer Danny Elfman's (BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS, MARS ATTACKS!, WANTED, ALICE IN WONDERLAND) thunderous original score to Twentieth Century Fox's 2001 blockbuster sci-fi adventure PLANET OF THE APES, starring Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter and Michael Clarke Duncan, and directed by Tim Burton. The now legendary pairing of director Tim Burton and Danny Elfman again yields an immensely creative and complex film score that melds orchestra, percussion and electronics to enrich the film's subtext and characters, all the while propelling its large-scale action. Featuring OVER 212 MINUTES of music, this comprehensive 3-CD SET set is the definitive release of Elfman's APES score-Discs One and Two contain the film version of the score, with source cues and alternates, while Disc Three features the original 2001 soundtrack album assembly, including the RULE THE PLANET remix by Paul Oakenfold. Produced by Nick Redman, restored by Mike Matessino and edited and mastered by Daniel Hersch at d2 Mastering, this significantly expanded limited edition release of 3500 units also features exclusive liner notes by film music writer Jeff Bond.

TRACK LISTING:

DISC 1The Film Score:
1 Main Titles (film version) 3:53
2 Deep Space Launch / Space Station / Power Outage 2:36
3 Thumbs Up / Trouble 5:57
4 Pod Escape / New World / The Hunt 4:13
5 Ape City 2:13
6 A Look / Unloading /Thade's Inspection / Ari Watches / The Branding 3:44
7 Ari Buys a Pet 1:24
8 Leo Wants Out / Dental Exam 2:12
9 Thade's Desire 1:35
10 The Dirty Deed 1:54
11 The Escape 3:39
12 Trust / Escape 3:32
13 In the Forest /Into the Pond / The Messenger 2:29
14 Unused / Thade Gets His Way / Ari Connects 3:49
15 The Story 3:00
16 Scarecrow Stinger / The Camp / Raid 5:20
17 Thade Goes Ape 2:42
18 Calima 7:22
19 The Army Approaches 3:03
20 Thade's Tent 2:10
21 Discovery 5:07
22 Preparing for Battle 3:51
Total Time DISC 1: 75:57

DISC 2The Film Score (cont'd)
1 The Charge 4:44
2 The Final Confrontation Landing / Showdown 8:34
3 The Aftermath / Thade's Suite 7:31
4 Ape Suite #1 4:59
5 Ape Suite #2 2:36
6 Rule The Planet Remix 4:09
Bonus Tracks:
7 Thumbs Up / Trouble (alternate mix) 5:57
8 New World / The Hunt (alternate mix) 3:20
9 Dental Exam (alternate mix) 1:21
10 The Dirty Deed (alternate mix) 1:54
11 The Story (alternate mix) 2:59
12 Preparing for Battle (alternate) 3:35
13 The Final Confrontation (alternate mix) 7:14
14 The Aftermath / Thade's Suite (unedited) 7:32
15 Camp Raid (percussion only) 4:08
16 Rule The Planet (overlay) 3:01
17 Source Music Montage (Band Source, Trendy Source, Jazzy Source, Calliope Source, Rave Source) 2:54
18 Dinner Source 1:40
Total Time: DISC 2:78:24

DISC 3The 2001 Soundtrack Album
1 Main Titles 3:49
2 Ape Suite #1 3:52
3 Deep Space Launch 4:35
4 The Hunt 4:58
5 Branding The Herd :48
6 The Dirty Deed 2:27
7 Escape From Ape City/The Legend 5:57
8 Ape Suite #2 2:42
9 Old Flames 2:10
10 Thade Goes Ape 2:37
11 Preparing For Battle 3:26
12 The Battle Begins 5:17
13 The Return 7:18
14 Main Title Deconstruction 4:22
15 Rule The Planet Remix 4:03 (Remix by Paul Oakenfold)
Total Time: DISC 3: 58:21
Total Album Time: 212:42

Sebagai perbandingan, Danny Elfman & Tim Burton Music Box juga berisi score album yang tahun 2001 plus tracks berikut:

BONUS TRACKS:
16. The Escape
17. Calina
18. Dinner Source
19. Main Title (synth and percussion only)
20. Camp Raid (percussion only)

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PLANET OF THE APES – 3 DISC SET

La-La Land Records di Facebook telah mengumumkan dua rilisnya untuk tanggal 14 Februari 2012, dan salah satunya adalah musik Danny Elfman untuk Planet of the Apes, huhuy! Berikut kutipannya:

La-La Land Records
Coming Next Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012 at 1 pm PST

PLANET OF THE APES – 3 DISC SET
MUSIC BY DANNY ELFMAN
LLLCD 1193
LIMITED EDITION OF 3500 UNITS
RETAIL PRICE: $29.98

REISSUE PRODUCED BY NICK REDMAN
SCORE RESTORATION BY MIKE MATESSINO
EDITED AND MASTERED BY DANIEL HERSCH AT d2 MASTERING
LINER NOTES BY JEFF BOND
ART DIRECTION BY JIM TITUS

La-La Land Records, in conjunction with 20th Century Fox and Sony Music, are delighted to announce the 3 disc edition of Danny Elfman’s score to Tim Burton’s 2001 blockbuster film PLANET OF THE APES.

For this edition, we aren't monkeying around -- Featuring over 212 minutes of music, this comprehensive set contains the film score, source cues and alternates on discs one and two and the 2001 Soundtrack Album on disc three, featuring RULE THE PLANET REMIX by Paul Oakenfold. Jam packed with detailed liner notes by our favorite human, Jeff Bond, and featuring stunning art direction by Jim Titus, this limited edition release is a must buy for fans of Mr. Elfman.

Planet of the Apes from La-La Land Records

La-La Land Records menyatakan akan merilis dua album, atau mungkin tiga kalau albumnya sudah siap, pada tanggal 14 Februari 2012. Salah satu dari tiga rilis ini adalah 3 CD set dan hint-nya adalah gambar di atas. Artinya sudah jelas salah satu dari tiga rilis itu adalah musik Danny Elfman buat Planet of the Apes, yay!!!!! Bring it on!!!

Talking Soundtracks with MV Gerhard of La La Land Records

Situs The Second Disc mewawancarai MV Gerhard dari La-La Land Recods, label yang merilis banyak score album. Berikut kutipannya:

Reissues are hard to explain to people who aren’t aware of them, but sometimes it seems like the appeal of soundtracks – old or new – is harder to explain. As a professional, we invite you: why soundtracks?

Simply put – I love them! While my friends were listening to grunge music and West Coast rap in the late 80’s and early 90’s I turned my attention to the likes of John Williams, Danny Elfman and Danny Goldsmith. There are quite a number of soundtracks, when, upon their initial release, had lots of music left off for some reason or another. Now, many years later, I am honored to have the opportunity to revisit these treasures and share with my fellow soundtrack fans this extra music!

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Batman (Complete) - Danny Elfman

Situs Soundtrack Express me-review Batman complete tanggal 11 Januari 2011, berikut kutipannya:

Batman by Danny Elfman is one of his finest scores, one of the most well regarded superhero scores and the breakthrough effort that put him well and truly on the map. Therefore, if you don't own it already, shame on you.

I guess if you're equipped with the original album and aren't a die hard Elfman fan, it's not an essential expansion given the rather limited amount of truly unreleased material, but for everyone else, yeah, go buy it. Great stuff.

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Update on All Things La La Land

Tanggal 12 November yang lalu La-La Land Records membuat posting di bulletin boards-nya, berikut kutipannya:

Batman Returns - as you can expect Mr Elfman and company were very busy with that massive box set coming out at X-Mas and it kinda put a damper on our entire BR release schedule. However, all is good in Gotham now and we might see the caped crusader and his rogue's gallery on our La La Land shelf in the coming months.

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