When I was a kid, few films freaked me out more than The Hitcher. Rutger Hauer is absolutely evil as a murderous hitcher, terrorising C Thomas Howell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film is brutal from start to finish, with one scene in particular, involving a truck, sure to unsettle anyone. The score is an early and eerie effort from Mark Isham.
Read more…Silva Screen Records is releasing three Music For Film compilation albums in association with Film Fest Ghent. Dirk Brossé conducts The Brussels Philharmonic and Vlaams Radiokoor (Flemish Radio Choir) as we are presented with music from Mychael Danna, Gabriel Yared and Shigeru Umebayashi. These new (and expanded!) releases are available from November 26th 2021.
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Hot of the heels of the success of Aliens in Full Score, Chris Siddall Music Publishing has now released the full printed score for Michael Kamen’s The Iron Giant; meticulously transcribed from the original manuscripts. As I love both the film and its score, it’s a great pleasure for me to read through this book. And it’s not just about seeing how certain cues are written; the inclusion of early version and unused cues actually give an insight into the overall scoring process.
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