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Review: 'Ruby-Spears Superman' on DVD

2 November 2009 8:44 AM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

Superman did not do well as an animated series despite three different studios attempting to tell his stories. Filmation debuted as a competitor to Hanna-Barbera with the 1966 Superman series then H-b told their stories in Super Friends. It seemed they didn’t fully know how to challenge someone with the amazing powers.

By the late 1980s, Ruby-Spears was a well established company, best known for their Thundarr the Barbarian. In 1988, it was their turn to try their hand with the Man of Steel and tomorrow, Warner Home Video releases Ruby-Spears Superman , a two-disc set collecting the thirteen episodes from the one season series.

This series came out just two years after Superman had been revamped from top to bottom by John Byrne and Marv Wolfman in the pages of Superman, Adventures of Superman, and Action Comics. Most of the changes from the comics are not reflected here, the exception being »

- Robert Greenberger

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Here's the Top 101 Scariest Film Scores!

30 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

This month, Shock readers were asked to participate in Sirius Xm Radio's "Halloween Horror Score Chopdown" on Cinemagic. After gathering submissions, the show's team started rolling them out on Sirius Monday. If you haven't been tuning in, here's the complete list of soundtracks that made the cut. What do you think? Halloween John Carpenter 1 Psycho Bernard Herrmann 2 The Shining Wendy Carlos/Assorted 3 Jaws John Williams 4 Alien Jerry Goldsmith 5 Omen, The Jerry Goldsmith 6 Bride of Frankenstein Franz Waxman 7 Thing, The Ennio Morricone 8 Exorcist, The Pendereki 9 Fog, The John Carpenter 10 Rosemary's Baby Christopher Komeda 11 Hellraiser Christopher Young 12 Friday the 13th Harry Manfredini 13 A Nightmare on Elm Street Charles Bernstein 14... »

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Star Wars: In Concert- In Toronto

24 October 2009 7:18 PM, PDT | HollywoodNorthReport.com | See recent HollywoodNorthReport.com news »

Star Wars: In Concert will play Toronto's Air Canada Centre, November 26, 2009. The Lucasfilm Ltd. live show features composer John Williams' music from all six Star Wars films in a multi-media setting with newly edited film sequences projected in tune to the music onto one of the largest Led screens ever taken on tour. The show will be supported by a live symphony orchestra, a chorus and narrator (Anthony "C3PO" Daniels) to introduce each segment, accompanied by a traveling exhibit of Star Wars film props, models and costumes. Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek the trailer promoting Star Wars Live In Concert... »

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Halloween Beasts of Horror: The Animals That Scare Us

22 October 2009 6:11 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

As the spookiest day of the year (Halloween) approaches, people start talking about what actually scares them the most. We’ve run several articles this month discussing horror films from multiple genres (Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller) and then we covered a list of “fun for everyone” Halloween films.

In too many instances people focus on the alien, zombie, ghost and slasher films to represent the horror genre - and while those are all truly frightening topics for films, I think that ultimately one of the scariest horror sub-genres often gets overlooked: Animals gone crazy!

 

Whether it’s by land, sea or air, creatures of every imaginable size and shape have terrorized us for decades. Some are exotic animals, others are extinct beasts brought back to life by the magic of Hollywood, while still others hit closer to home and make us question if we should even own a pet. Come join »

- Paul Young

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Exclusive Interview with Composer Claudio Gizzi

6 October 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

In Paul Morrissey’s eccentric and utterly unhinged 1974 Eurotrash classic Blood For Dracula (often erroneously credited as the brainchild NYC art guru Andy Warhol), the opening imagery of Dracula (played by iconic German weirdo Udo Kier) painting his face kabuki white has always haunted me.  The sequence is the spine and soul of the picture, showing the good Count as a tired, lonely showman who has long been forgotten by time and by the audience he once terrified.

And as eerily gorgeous as that bit of credit crawling business is, it’s the delicate piano waltz playing in the background that truly sells it.

Like Morrissey’s 3D companion film Flesh For Frankenstein the music for Blood was composed by Italian musician Claudio Gizzi. It’s orchestral, elegant, full of melancholy mourning and sadness. And truthfully it’s that dichotomy between the excessive gore, sex and general insanity on screen with Gizzi’s sophisticated, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Chris Alexander)

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Star Wars: In Concert Begins!

1 October 2009 6:39 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

I don't know about you, but I think John Williams is a god and he makes memorable music to fit any film he's working on. And the music he created for "Star Wars" was one of the excellent examples of the composer's brilliance.

Now, in a performance installation piece of some sorts, "Star Wars" fans are in for a treat! You'll see and hear the sights and sounds of the Luke Skywalker-Darth Vader soap opera -- amplified music and instrumentation, lasers, flames, smokes, and a giant high-definition Led screen will show clips from all Six movies, yes, even the not so good ones :happy

The nearly two-hour show will present the George Lucas creation in a rough chronological order but will also be grouped in different musical themes -- romance, drama, evil!

The elaborate production requires 12 semi truck to transport the show from one city to the next. After a »

- Manny

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Star Wars score tops movie music poll

25 September 2009 9:00 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Not content with being one of the most loved sci-fi films of all time, Star Wars has now come top in a poll to find the best sci-fi movie music ever. Conducted by Total Sci-Fi Online, the poll asked members of the site to vote on their favourite soundtrack from a science fiction film. It’s no surprise it’s a favourite amongst fans since composer John Williams won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Grammy for it, as well as working on all six Star Wars movies since 1977. He has also worked on amazing sci-fi soundtracks such as E.T.: Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Superman. »

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Star Wars score tops movie music poll

25 September 2009 8:33 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Not content with being one of the most loved sci-fi films of all time, Star Wars has now come top in a poll to find the best sci-fi movie music ever. Conducted by Total Sci-Fi Online, the poll asked members of the site to vote on their favourite soundtrack from a science fiction film. It’s no surprise it’s a favourite amongst fans since composer John Williams won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA and a Grammy for it, as well as working on all six Star Wars movies since 1977. He has also worked on amazing sci-fi soundtracks such as E.T.: Extra Terrestrial, Jurassic Park and Superman.

Matt McAllister, Total Sci-Fi editor, says: “With his score for Star Wars, John Williams created one of the most iconic and unforgettable soundtracks of all time. Most people could identify the movie from just a few bars of the main title music, »

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Surrogates

25 September 2009 5:41 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Surrogates

Directed by: Jonathan Mostow

Cast: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames

Running Time: 1 hr. 28 mins

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: September 25, 2009

Plot: In a not-too-distant future, planet earth is virtually run by robots standing in for human beings. Though everything seems to be going smoothly, a (very) rare homicide throws the cybernetic utopia for a (very) unexpected loop. Answers are sought, but this time its the human instinct that’s called upon to find them.

Who’s It For? Fans of Minority Report, and those who feels Bruce Willis is the player they’d most want with the ball and the game on the line… er… actor most suited to save the world.

Expectations: This film didn’t look like an Oscar winner in its trailer, so I wasn’t expecting a revolutionary tale regarding the oft-recycled premise of man v. machine. Still, there was some hope that »

- Chris De Salvo

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‘Star Wars’ voted best sci-fi movie soundtrack

24 September 2009 8:15 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

Total Sci-Fi Online has revealed the results of a poll where the site wanted to find out the best science fiction movie soundtrack of all time. Not surprisingly, John Williams’ original 1977 Star Wars score won the competition, followed by James Horner’s breakthrough score for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (interestingly, this one got more votes than Jerry Goldsmith’s score for the first Star Trek film, which came ... »

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John Williams premieres concerto for harp

24 September 2009 7:17 AM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

John Williams’ latest concert work, a harp concerto entitled “On Willows and Birches,” was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in their season opener on wednesday night. James Levine conducted the premiere performance of the work, which was commissioned by the orchestra to honor the Bso’s retiring principal, Ann Hobson Pilot. The fifteen-minute two part work was described in today’s reviews as a work that “showed the composer at his ... »

- moviescore

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'Star Wars' tops movie music poll

23 September 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Star Wars has topped a best movie music poll. The score by John Williams for the 1977 blockbuster was named the best sci-fi movie soundtrack of all time. James Horner's theme for Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan came in second. Vangelis's music for Blade Runner placed third on the list compiled by Total Sci-Fi. Williams won both an Academy Award and Grammy for his work on the original film and he contributed to all six movies in the franchise. His composition for Close (more) »

- By Tim Parks

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Star Wars Soundtrack Tops Movie Music Poll

23 September 2009 9:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

The soundtrack for sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars has been voted out of this world - it has topped a new poll.

The score for the opening of the hit films, originally written for the first feature by John Williams in 1977, has been voted sci-fi fans' favourite movie music.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan came second, while Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner landed the third position - despite recently being named the best sci-fi film in history.

Queen's memorable Flash Gordon theme, 2001: A Space Odyssey's eerie tune, and James Horner's Aliens soundtrack also made the top ten in the survey conducted by website Totalscifionline.com. »

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New Twitter Avatars, Warwick Davis And A Busy Day For 'Eclipse' In Today's Twitter-Wood

18 September 2009 3:30 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »

Warwick Davis has only gotten cooler in my eyes since I started following his Twitter account. The "Harry Potter" and "Willow" star apparently set up a laser tag match this week with John Williams' "Star Wars" score playing in the background, which sounds like quite the celebration of sci-fi geekdom.

It was also a relief this morning to read that I wasn't the only one seeing little bird-shaped, multicolor avatars everywhere when I logged in to Twitter. Diablo Cody and Richard Kelly experienced the same thing with reactions similar to my own. If you know what I'm talking about, or want to find out, click on down below and read their posts, along with Peter Facinelli's exhausting end-of-day tweet from the "Eclipse" set and a Selena Gomez Alma Award pic for all you "Wizard of Waverly Place" fans. They're in the Twitter-Wood report for September 18, 2009.

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- Brian Warmoth

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Robot Movie ‘Real Steel’ Gets New Director

17 September 2009 8:41 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Earlier this week, we talked about director Peter Berg’s upcoming movie plate being fuller than a Biggest Loser contestant standing in a buffet line before going on the show. With his involvement on Battleship, Hancock 2 and now Dune,  Berg will be busy for the better part of the next 6 years - so it’s no wonder that DreamWorks recently announced Berg stepping aside on the robot boxing movie Real Steel.

Who do you think they choose to replace him? None other than the Mr. Cotton Candy himself, Shawn Levy. You may remember Levy from such cinema greats as The Pink Panther, Just Married, Big Fat Liar, and Cheaper by the Dozen. He also directed both Night at the Museum films, the first being great; the second was fun but didn’t live up to the first. Now, before you say I’m not giving the guy a chance, »

- Paul Young

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Emmys to Williams, LoDuca, Ross and Goodall

13 September 2009 1:37 PM, PDT | MovieScore Magazine | See recent MovieScore Magazine news »

Four veteran composers – John Williams, Joseph LoDuca, William Ross and Howard Goodall – won the Emmy Awards in the music categories at the 61st annual Primetime Creative Arts Emmys at the Nokia Theater La Live in Los Angeles on Saturday night. John Williams won his first Emmy since 1972 (!), when he won the award for Jane Eyre. This year he won in the ‘Outstanding Original Main Title Theme ... »

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Very Early Praise for John Williams' 'Tintin' Score

5 September 2009 2:16 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

As you probably know, composer John Williams goes back a long time with Steven Spielberg. He has written some of the most memorable scores of all time - Jaws, Raider of the Lost Ark, Superman, and Star Wars leap to mind - and some of his most successful pieces are for Spielberg films.

They're working together again on Tintin, and Williams' orchestrator, Conrad Pope, recently talked to the John Williams Fan Network about the film's score. He leaves very little doubt about his feelings toward the new project, either.

"It will become a classic, I think," admitted Pope. "To give more information would be to reveal things that I don't think Jw would want to say." »

- Colin Boyd

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John Williams says his Tintin score ‘will become a classic’

2 September 2009 6:56 AM, PDT | Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news »

Composer John Williams has worked with Steven Spielberg many times over his long career and is the man behind the legendary music from Indiana Jones, E.T, Jurrasic Park and Jaws. So when it was announced Williams would be scoring The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn I knew we’d be getting something special. Funnily [...] »

- Liam

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DVD: Review:The Last Starfighter

1 September 2009 10:01 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »

Are you 11? Is the year 1984? If so, here’s a movie you’re going to want to see. Okay, imagine this: What if those videogames you’ve been feeding quarter after quarter were actually designed to test your skills as an intergalactic warrior? A high score will get you whisked away to another planet, where you’ll save the day to the accompaniment of vaguely John Williams-like music. Sound good? Well, step right up. To paraphrase The Big Lebowski, some movies are just the right movie for their time and place. They just fit right in there. Witness ... »

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Hollywood Bokeh: The Day the Music Died

1 September 2009 9:05 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »

Film and TV is a unique medium in that it is usually comprised of a combination of disciplines: Literature, photography, design, theater and music, just to name a few. All these aspects work in tandem in service to the larger picture to provide an all-encompassing artistic experience.

Music, like any other artform has a tendency from time to time re-invent itself. Constantly challenging what has come before, and discovering new means of expression. Often, we can tell the period from which a piece has been composed simply by its stylistic choices: the jazzy '60s, the disco '70s, the techno '80s... and so on.

Film music has always had an important part in the overall emotional impact of a movie. Whether it takes the back seat in providing an aural landscape, or front and centre with sweeping musical themes. Some may argue that music, when it services the film correctly, »

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