Back in 2013, La-La Land Records released Elmer Bernstein’s scores to The Shootist and The Sons of Katie Elder on one disc. The latter portion was the 1965 re-recording done for the LP, meaning that the original film score recorded still had yet to be released -until now. This new album is sourced from the original mono film music stem, as well as selected cues from an Electro-vox recording found in the archives. In addition to the score and source cues, we …
This spring, I’m entering my “western” phase of art direction. Coming up is Wyatt Earp and Into The West, but first up we have two Elmer Bernstein scores: The Shootist and The Sons of Katie Elder. Two albums on one disc gave me the opportunity to do a reversible cover – if you don’t like the cover on the front, flip the booklet over, and now you have a new cover to use! The art assets for The Shootist were generally grainy and a …
Elmer Bernstein’s score to Trading Places is the latest album I produced for La-La Land Records. This classically inspired score features all the underscore that Bernstein wrote, as well as source cues and his arrangements of Christmas tunes. It also marks the first time I have done art direction for La-La Land Records. The challenge (for me) was in figuring out how best to lay out the 24-page booklet with a nice flow and design scheme; I think I succeeded! La-La Land …
It’s sold out, so it’s not available on the Intrada website. But here’s what Doug Fake had to say about the Airplane! score album: Original soundtrack from popular Jim Abrahams/David Zucker/Jerry Zucker send-up of airplane disaster movies, starring Robert Hays, Julie Hagarty. Elmer Bernstein plays things straight, anchors with dramatic, winding main theme, then fills in with broadly-drawn love theme in contrast. La-La Land CD premieres complete score from original stereo session elements, includes treasure trove of alternates. Terrific liner notes …
Just got word that Airplane! has sold out! Yes, all 3,000 copies from La-La Land Records have been claimed. Of course, there are still copies available from other online retailers, but the point is, we sold out in less than a week. Not too shabby!!
Well, it’s been done for a little while, but today we’ve announced the soundtrack release for Airplane! It will be released next month, so be sure to order it!! It’s my first solo-producing credit, and I’m exceptionally proud of the work everyone did to make this album a kick-ass package.