We all have our wish lists when it comes to unreleased scores. Here's one from my list: Cliff Eidelman's "Meteor Man."
Eidelman's score for the largely forgotten 1993 Robert Townsend film is an overlooked gem among super hero scores from the past 20 years. Sure, there are moments when some temp track influences stand out -- "Star Wars" and "Back to the Future" come to mind -- but the majority of the score is a refreshing effort from Eidelman featuring a very catchy main theme and some exciting action cues.
I'd always hoped that Varese Sarabande, Intrada or someone else would put this out as a limited edition club release, but alas ...
Speaking of Eidelman, I saw on iTunes the other day that he's got a solo vocal album out now. I mean, I assume it's him. Can't imagine there are too many other Cliff Eidelmans in the music world. His feature film assignments have dwindled in recent years, so perhaps he's trying to focus on a new angle in his career.
Either way, I wish he'd get more good scoring assignments. I've always thought he was an underused and underrated composer.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The First Post
Welcome to the first post at The Soundtrack Blog, a blog that, as its name indicates, will be devoted exclusively to movie and TV soundtracks. Or, more specifically, movie and TV scores.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm the assistant city editor at The Herald, a 32K newspaper in Rock Hill, S.C. (suburban Charlotte, N.C.). I also co-host a weekly pop culture podcast on the paper's Web site (www.heraldonline.com) where I often take ribbing from my other co-hosts for my love of film scores. I've been into soundtracks since 1990. The first score album I ever bought was Danny Elfman's "Batman."
In my free time, I maintain an eBay store, Film Music Treasures, that specializes in out-of-print soundtracks. I've also contributed a number of articles, reviews and columns to Film Score Monthly and FSM.com through the years, though not so much in recent years. I'm also married and have a nearly 2-year-old son.
I'm not new to blogging, but I am new to blogging about soundtracks. My entries here probably won't have any set frequency, at least not at first. But I will try to do at least one entry per week. Topics may range from score reviews to soundtrack nostalgia to personal soundtrack-related anecdotes.
Enough about me. On to the soundtracks …
Well, actually it's more about me. Here's something I was talking to my brother about the other day: Can you recall when and where you bought all of your CDs? Surprisingly, I can do that with most of mine. At the least, I can say something vague like "got it in a trade," but with many of them I can remember the specific years and circumstances of the purchases.
For example, I remember everything about my trip to buy James Horner's "The Pagemaster" in 1994 — who I was with, which store it was, what I had for lunch and where I first played the CD. The store was Media Play, I was with my brother, we ate Bojangles chicken sandwiches for lunch, and we listened to the CD in the kitchen.
Can anyone else do this? Feel free to share here.
I know this isn't the greatest topic for an inaugural blog, but it's all I could think of on this Saturday night.
Let me tell you a little about myself. I'm the assistant city editor at The Herald, a 32K newspaper in Rock Hill, S.C. (suburban Charlotte, N.C.). I also co-host a weekly pop culture podcast on the paper's Web site (www.heraldonline.com) where I often take ribbing from my other co-hosts for my love of film scores. I've been into soundtracks since 1990. The first score album I ever bought was Danny Elfman's "Batman."
In my free time, I maintain an eBay store, Film Music Treasures, that specializes in out-of-print soundtracks. I've also contributed a number of articles, reviews and columns to Film Score Monthly and FSM.com through the years, though not so much in recent years. I'm also married and have a nearly 2-year-old son.
I'm not new to blogging, but I am new to blogging about soundtracks. My entries here probably won't have any set frequency, at least not at first. But I will try to do at least one entry per week. Topics may range from score reviews to soundtrack nostalgia to personal soundtrack-related anecdotes.
Enough about me. On to the soundtracks …
Well, actually it's more about me. Here's something I was talking to my brother about the other day: Can you recall when and where you bought all of your CDs? Surprisingly, I can do that with most of mine. At the least, I can say something vague like "got it in a trade," but with many of them I can remember the specific years and circumstances of the purchases.
For example, I remember everything about my trip to buy James Horner's "The Pagemaster" in 1994 — who I was with, which store it was, what I had for lunch and where I first played the CD. The store was Media Play, I was with my brother, we ate Bojangles chicken sandwiches for lunch, and we listened to the CD in the kitchen.
Can anyone else do this? Feel free to share here.
I know this isn't the greatest topic for an inaugural blog, but it's all I could think of on this Saturday night.
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