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Mark Isham's score to the 1998 action hit Blade derives its sensibility from the comic books that brought the title character to life. A loud, violent work defined more by its sound effects than by its melodies, its crazy quilt of sonic elements adds up to a fractured, often unpleasant listening experience. Isham employs everything from massive orchestral passages to bleak synthesizer textures to piercing Middle Eastern vocals, and none of it fits comfortably together. There's an undeniable sense of energy and action pulsing through Blade, but while the music works within the context of the onscreen narrative, as an isolated listening experience it's an absolute mess.

Multi-award-winning Canadian composer Christopher Tyler Nickel has created a truly unique magnum opus: The Gospel According to Mark, a seven-hour oratorio setting the disciple’s text from the King James bible in its entirety.

La-La Land Records and Twentieth Television proudly present the fourth 4-CD volume of composer Mark Snow’s original scores from the award-winning, landmark television series, THE X FILES. With his signature style and original sound, Snow’s captivating work underscored and enriched all the drama, suspense, intrigue and humanity that were hallmarks of this classic and beloved series created by Chris Carter. This 4-CD collection is a treasure-trove of musical highlights, including score from such notable episodes as “Apocrypha,” “Avatar,” “Never Again”, “Triangle,” “Invocation”, “Nothing Important Happened Today 1 and 2,” and more! Also included is the cue “Smoking Telegram,” the finale music from the X-FILES feature film, “FIGHT THE FUTURE.” Produced by Mike Joffe and Mark Snow, and mastered by James Nelson, this attractive 4-CD set is limited to 2000 units, showcases more than 5 hours of music and includes a 42-Page CD booklet that features exclusive, in-depth liner notes from writer Randall Larson. The sleek art design is by art designer Mark Banning. As always, The Truth is still out there – and Mark Snow’s music expertly guides us along the path towards it!NOTE: This new Vol. 4 release is NOT housed within a hard-cover slipcase box. It is packaged in a standard “fat” clamshell jewel case. (Same applies to our new re-pressing of the previously out-of-stock Vol. 3)

Mark Isham's score to the 1998 action hit Blade derives its sensibility from the comic books that brought the title character to life. A loud, violent work defined more by its sound effects than by its melodies, its crazy quilt of sonic elements adds up to a fractured, often unpleasant listening experience. Isham employs everything from massive orchestral passages to bleak synthesizer textures to piercing Middle Eastern vocals, and none of it fits comfortably together. There's an undeniable sense of energy and action pulsing through Blade, but while the music works within the context of the onscreen narrative, as an isolated listening experience it's an absolute mess.

5CD box set intended to provide a comprehensive overview of Mark Wirtz's career and musical output that can act equally as an introduction to Mark and his music as much as to satisfy long- time fans and aficionados with a treasure trove of classic material. This collection of 131 recordings acts as a comprehensive anthology of works associated with, and involving the multi-talented musical genius and legend Mark Wirtz. With a free badge and collectible double-sided facsimile of the handwritten lyrics for 'Grocer Jack' from 1967. Plus out-takes, rare tracks, work tapes and works in progress from acetate recordings, interview clips and several new remixes of a selection of tracks, some now available in stereo for the first time. Many tracks never reissued for over 50 years in any format including two complete LPs from 1968 and 1970. Several tracks available in their original Mono mixes for the first time in many years including 'Grocer Jack', 'Sam' and four classic Tomorrow tracks, and 'A Touch Of Velvet, A Sting Of Brass' available in stereo for the first time in 50 years. Includes several bonus tracks of collectible material from best available sources.

Étrange destin que celui de cet Ange de Nisida de Gaetano Donizetti qui figure sur aucune liste de ses opéras… et pour cause ! Voulant fuir des problèmes avec la censure italienne, Donizetti décide de faire présenter cet opéra, dans une adaptation française, à Paris. Les répétitions commencent en 1840, mais elles sont bientôt arrêtées à la suite de la faillite de la troupe. Donizetti réutilisa une grande partie de son ouvrage pour composer La Favorite. C’est un peu le même cas de figure que Rossini réutilisant Le Voyage à Reims pour le refondre dans Le Comte Ory.

Press Release from La-La Land:
La-La Land Records, 20th Century Fox Television and 20th Century Fox TV Records present the world premiere release of acclaimed composer Mark Snow’s (THE X-FILES, MILLENNIUM, BLUE BLOODS) original score to the 11th season of FOX’s landmark TV series, THE X-FILES, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, and created by Chris Carter.

Felix Blumenfeld (1863-1931) was a virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher whose class comprised the likes of Simon Barere, Maria Grinberg and Vladimir Horowitz.

Released eight years after the original and set three years later, the Disney animated musical Moana 2 returns composer Mark Mancina and composer/songwriter Opetaia Foa'i to the fold but replaces Pulitzer Prize-winning songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda with Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear. At the time of its release in November 2024, this made Barlow and Bear the youngest songwriting team and the first female songwriting team to write for a Disney film.