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To Hear Audio Samples and to go to the product page: https://tinyurl.com/2s384u8u BSX DIGITAL presents music composed by David Newman (THE PHANTOM, HOFFA, MR. DESTINY, GALAXY QUEST) from the original score to THE RUNESTONE, the 1991 horror comedy directed by Willard Carroll (PLAYING BY HEART, THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER, TOM’S MIDNIGHT GARDEN), written by Carroll and Mark E. Rogers, starring Peter Riegert, Joan Severance, William Hickey, Tim Ryan, Mitchell Laurance, Lawrence Tierney, Dawan Scott, Chris Young and Alexander Godunov. Based on an unpublished novella by Mark E. Rogers, THE RUNESTONE unfolds as the clocks in the shop of a mysterious clockmaker suddenly stop at three o’clock as a Norse runestone is removed from the depths of a coal mine in Western Pennsylvania. Archaeologist Martin Almquist (Laurance) oversees the runestone’s move to his New York City laboratory. Excited by his discovery, Martin calls his former girlfriend, Marla (Severance), an artist now married to Sam Stewart (Ryan) and asks them to return to New York so that Sam, also an archeologist who is working in Maine, can decipher the runestone. Meanwhile, Lars Hagstrom (Hickey) finds Martin and warns him about the runestone, but Martin believes Hagstrom is crazy. Sam and Marla believes this has some connection to Martin. A young boy named Jacob is haunted by terrifying nightmares of what is coming and his family explains these dreams through stories from Norse legend, which say that the only one who can destroy Fenrir is Tyr, the Norse god of war, who is prophesied to return to fight the creature... Conceived in 1990, the music for THE RUNESTONE was recorded at Columbia Studios, while an electronic musical score was also recorded at D & K Studios. Newman’s score is robust as it parallels the storyline, from tense strings and horns, percussive timbres, horns, and drums to strings to rushing horns and harsh string notes. Intricate keyboard tonalities, low up-and-down sonic whispers, percussive striations, and low percussion raging into heavy tonal contrasts, suspenseful drums, grappling tension segueing into eerie, soft, fast-trumpet notes, anticipating the composer’s amazing musical accomplishments in the next several decades of American cinema. David Newman is one of today’s most accomplished creators of music for film. The son of nine-time Oscar-winning composer Alfred Newman, David Newman was born in Los Angeles in 1954. He trained in violin and piano from an early age and earned degrees in orchestral conducting and violin from the University of Southern California. From 1977–1982, he worked extensively in the motion picture and television industry as a violinist, playing on such films as E.T., TWILIGHT ZONE – THE MOVIE, and the original Star Trek film, STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE. In his 25-year career, he has scored over 100 films, ranging from WAR OF THE ROSES, MATILDA, BOWFINGER and HEATHERS, to THE SPIRIT, and SERENITY, BEHAVING BADLY and TARZAN. Newman’s music has brought to life the critically acclaimed dramas BROKEDOWN PALACE and HOFFA; comedies NORBIT, SCOOBY-DOO, GALAXY QUEST, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, THE FLINTSTONES, THROW MAMA FROM THE TRAIN; and award- winning animated films ICE AGE, THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER and ANASTASIA. Newman is also a highly sought-after conductor and appears with leading orchestras throughout the world, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Boston Symphony, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Chicago Symphony and the New York Philharmonic. He has led subscription weeks with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall and regularly conducts the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. Passionate about nurturing the next generation of musicians, Newman serves on the Board of the American Youth Symphony, a 55-year-old pre-professional orchestra based in Los Angeles. BSX Digital presents THE RUNESTONE, featuring music composed by David Newman. Previously released on compact disc by Perseverance Records in 2010, the music has been newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and includes new liner notes by noted author Randall Larson. This release is dedicated to the memory of Krystyna Newman.

This is on sale right now if you can travel to the San Diego Comic Con, otherwise it will go up for sale on La-La Land's website Thursday July 19th at 1pm PST. So there's been no official press release or track listing posted yet, however, I found the track list online and figured I'd start the thread now. Source: http://whoo.warmbutter.com/cds/phantom.php http://whoo.warmbutter.com/cds/large/phantom/phantom-cover.jpghttp://whoo.warmbutter.com/cds/large/phantom/phantom-tray-outside.jpg

I just came across this recording from the second Fans of Film Music gathering at Dark Delicacies where a group of film composer formed a panel to whom the audience could put questions. They also discussed in length the state of modern film composing, the priviledge of composing for films and many other subjects. The composers in the panel were Charles Fox, Lee Holdridge, Brad Fiedel, Nicholas Pike, David Newman, Brian Tyler, Peter Hackman, Christopher Young and Ken Thorne and the event was hosted by Film Music Magazine's own Daniel Schweiger. Here is the link to the Film Music Magazine page where you can listen to the whole panel: http://www.filmmusicmag.com/?p=8416 There is surprisingly candid discussion about the industry and some criticism of the modern way of doing things. A great listen!