Snacks before the main meal

Currently in the vinyl vault, hard at work burning several albums for posting - all OUT OF PRINT, for the benefit of anyone who cares about such things... until those are ready, I thought I'd throw up a couple of things up that are.

First is a repost of a previous entry - I've had a couple of requests for this so it should make the Shirley Walker fans happy. DEAD

CAPE FEAR is Bernard Herrmann's score from the J. Lee Thompson film with Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum... and this is the original recording, conducted by Herrmann. DEAD

SPFM Tribute is a disc from the 1993 convention of The Society for the Preservation of Film Music, held in L.A. The guest of honor was Jerry Goldsmith and this was a highly prized collectable given to attendees of the dinner... and afterwards available to people who joined the society. The disc includes suites from THE FLIM-FLAM MAN, TAKE A HARD RIDE, MAGIC, and BABY: SECRET OF THE LOST LEGEND. Most of this has since been released commercially and is available elsewhere, with the probable exception of BABY. DEAD

I've also meant to include music other than soundtracks here... "Theme from THE GREEN SLIME" sort of covers both areas.

Enjoy!

Shirley Walker, R.I.P.

This was very shocking news... I had learned about it just a little bit after I put up MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN.

Over the next few days, most of the soundtrack sites (like FSM) will have obits up... but probably the best way to honor her is to listen and admire her work. So, watch the DVD's of BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, SUPERMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, SPACE: ABOVE AND BEYOND, ESCAPE FROM L.A., TURBULENCE, MYSTERY MEN (Stephen Warbeck is credited with the score, but Walker contributed additional music), FINAL DESTINATION 1, 2, & 3, and WILLARD ( Crispin Glover version).

Her last score will be for the remake of BLACK CHRISTMAS, which hits theatres in a few weeks.