The Official La-La Land Records Thread

[Trent B 337]

To people who have already received their ID4 sets, did the case crumble to pieces just like every other 2-CD case I've ever received from La-La Land?

Surprisingly, no. At least mine hasn't yet. I expected it to fall apart like Godzilla's case, but it actually held together.

[Incanus 5,713]

To people who have already received their ID4 sets, did the case crumble to pieces just like every other 2-CD case I've ever received from La-La Land?

Surprisingly, no. At least mine hasn't yet. I expected it to fall apart like Godzilla's case, but it actually held together.

No the ID4 case has not broken to pieces (yet) but surprisingly the sturdier Masters of the Universe case did. Generally the double CD cases feel like they were made of fragile super thin egg shells and that just one small wrong move could shatter the hinges.

[artyjeffrey 20]

I think generally the specialist labels' cover art is usually more interesting than you'd get from a major. Some of Joe's work at FSM is amazing, and the Prometheus art always looks really cool. I like Intrada's generally, but they use the same font all the time. Consistency is good, but I don't think it always fits with the art itself. But I'll take an imperfect cover with all the great music we're getting.

Does anyone out there think that the FSM "house style" is unnattractive and cheapy looking?

[Jay 37,287]

Yep

[Richard Penna 3,671]

To people who have already received their ID4 sets, did the case crumble to pieces just like every other 2-CD case I've ever received from La-La Land?

Surprisingly, no. At least mine hasn't yet. I expected it to fall apart like Godzilla's case, but it actually held together.

No the ID4 case has not broken to pieces (yet) but surprisingly the sturdier Masters of the Universe case did. Generally the double CD cases feel like they were made of fragile super thin egg shells and that just one small wrong move could shatter the hinges.

My case is absolutely sturdy, and none of the 4 releases I have from LLL have felt like they're about to break.

Maybe the UK has a very delicate postal system

[Jay 37,287]

MV has more or less confirmed that La La Land will be releasing a score CD to Top Gun, but not until next year sometime, over on this thread

http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=68309

[tharpdevenport 4]

He seems to say differently in the same thread:

Let me just say this about Top Gun -- it's not happening any time soon. Sorry, guys.

MV

[Ollie 1,059]

He's somewhat coy with his wording if you continue to read.

I know he had mentioned wanting to release some of Faltermeyer's scores but something was holding them up.

[Andy 4,085]

La La Land is having a May Madness Sale:

THE "MAY MADNESS" SALE

RUNNING NOW THROUGH 5/24/10 at www.lalalandrecords.com

From now through 5/24/10, lalalandrecords.com is having a May Madness Sale on select titles, including many of our limited editions. Are we crazy? Or just in a really good mood? Who cares! Grab 'em now, before we come to our senses in two weeks!

Get these titles at a special sale price of only $9.98: LOST IN SPACE (2CD-SET), FARSCAPE: VOLUME 2, SPACEBALLS, TANGO AND CASH, HANG 'EM HIGH, THE BIG COUNTRY, BAD BOYS, FARSCAPE: VOL 3, BLAZING SADDLES, OUTLANDER, RUNAWAY TRAIN, 28 WEEKS LATER, ALAN QUATERMAIN, ZATOICHI, BOOK OF BLOOD, NIGHT OF THE CREEPS, CHILD'S PLAY, THAT CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON, NOT WITHOUT MY DAUGHTER, LIBRARIAN: CURSE OF THE JUDAS CHALICE

Get these titles at a special sale price of only $4.98: THE PUNISHER, CELLULAR, FARSCAPE: PEACEKEEPER WARS, EXTREME PREJUDICE, HITMAN (VIDEOGAME), MIRRORMASK, THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, THE HOWLING, MAY, MY FAVORITE MARTIAN, HITMAN (MOVIE), MESSENGERS, AQUAMARINE, EUREKA, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, MAX PAYNE, BOOGEYMAN, HEROES, LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, TAKING WOODSTOCK

Are Not Without My Daughter and Extreme Prejudice worth the $15?

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Damn, and just after I spent $80 on a bunch of scores.

I'm tempted to get Runaway Train, Taking Woodstock, and Alvin And The Chipmunks.

[Jay 37,287]

Nice, I'll definitely be picking up the two Goldsmiths and Lost In Space! Maybe Taking Woodstock too

[Charlie Brigden 7]

This is awesome.

Ordered LOST IN SPACE, EXTREME PREJUDICE and THE HOWLING.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Argh!!! I need my paycheck now!

[Jay 37,287]

How is Bear McCreary's Eureka?

[John Crichton 4]

Hmmm, Lost in Space is tempting. I got all the other ones I wanted at this price when they had this sale at Christmas.

[Joe Brausam 214]

I'd say Not Without My Daughter is worth it - if you like the 80s Goldsmith synth sound. I enjoy it, at least. I believe Goldsmith described it as being one of his "bottle cap" scores though.

[Jay 37,287]

What does that mean?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/article.cfm/articleID/6347/An-FSM-Glossary-of-Terms/

Bottle Cap - Attributed to the late Jerry Goldsmith who commented on the sometimes fanatical desire of his fans to want to own every single thing he did. He stated that some of his scores were not necessarily worthy of album releases or really listenable to as stand alone experiences, but some fans clamor for them all the same. He likened the practice to collecting Bottle Caps. It has come to mean collecting a score, for the sake of collecting regardless of the merits of the score or whether the collector actually likes the music or not. Bottle cap collecting is generally a practice of Completists, a name given to those who want and collect everything from a composer’s output. Although the term Bottle Cap is used regularly in reference to Goldsmith’s scores because of the origins of the term, it has since been applied to other composer's scores as well. Not necessarily a derogatory term, but it can be used as such. Bottle Cap collectors have been known to adopt graven images such as the white ponytail and worship at the altar of composer X.

[Ollie 1,059]

I love bottle caps.

[John Crichton 4]

I remember a bottle cap type fad when I was in my early teens. They were cardboard token like things, I got some with a Nintendo Power subscription.

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Pogs??

[Trent B 337]

I remember a bottle cap type fad when I was in my early teens. They were cardboard token like things, I got some with a Nintendo Power subscription.

I remember those back in junior high as well. They were a very brief fad in the late 80's (I believe?). I love the bottle cap candy though.

[Wojo 2,453]

Milhouse: I traded your soul for Alf pogs. Remember Alf? He's back. In pog form.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Ah, back when The Simpsons was hilarious. I had a brief fad with pogs in the early to mid-90s. I recently remembered the Tomagotchi fad, and wanted to buy an original. Those things are fucking expensive, ranging from $60-$120 for a new one. They have crappy new ones for like $10, but it's not the same!

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

I had Jurassic Park and Star Wars pogs and ones that came with Star Trek: The Next Generation figures but were called "Space Caps". I still have some of the Star Trek ones sealed in baggies with the figures.

[Jay 37,287]

MV updated his avatar to a cleaner version of the monkey of death pic

What is this a clue for?

Remember, 2 releases, from 2 living composers who have never had a LLL CD before. I think they're being released May 25th.

The composers we came up with a few pages back were:

John Powell

Hans Zimmer

Harry Gregson-Williams

Howard Shore

Klaus Badelt

John Barry

Don Davis

John Debney

Elliot Goldenthal

Eric Serra

David Shire

Lalo Schifrin

Dario Marianelli

Ennio Morricone

Alexandre Desplat

James Horner

Craig Safan

[Charlie Brigden 7]

One of the gravestones says 'RIP Bay Cities'. RETURN TO OZ was released on Bay Cities, which was composed by David Shire.

Eh, that's all I got.

[Jay 37,287]

WOW! I bet you're right!!!!!!!

I can't read what the other tombstone says....

[Charlie Brigden 7]

WOW! I bet you're right!!!!!!!

I can't read what the other tombstone says....

It says "RIP Not Like You". Or MOT like you.

Ok... WILD guess... DEAD RINGERS by Shore (movie about twins who are very different).

[scallenger 481]

If it is RETURN TO OZ I will be so happy. And it's a good clue since a flying monkey is very "OZ" even though there aren't any in the film. I actually own the old Bay Cities CD and it's a very good representation of the score. Though a new, remastered version, and possibly a complete release, would be amazing.

It is also the score's 25th Anniversary, I believe.

The only reason why I actually doubt this is what it is because of the recent FSM interview with David Shire. You'd think, if anyone, it would be them to reissue that score now because of it.

What other scores did Bay Cities produce that may be desired?

[Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488]

Return to Oz is cool. That's one of the rare non-JW scores I desire at this point. I love that really haunting melody (the main theme) when Dorothy is suddenly in an ocean on her way to Oz with the moonlight.

[John Crichton 4]

Return to Oz is such an underrated little gem. The movie could have been even better, but even what we got was pretty daring with it's heart in the right place. I might pick the score up.

[Marian Schedenig 8,173]

I only have a CDR of Return to Oz. I'd definitely pick up a new release.

[Maglorfin 196]

La La Land is having a May Madness Sale:

Great. I ordered Lost in Space, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Childs Play and Not Without My Daughter.

Waiting for all other labels' __________ (insert month) Madness Sale.

[John Crichton 4]

Good choices. Spaceballs and Blazing Saddles are a lot of fun.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

I got Runaway Train, decided to pass on the others, even though they were only $5.

[paleo 63]

I only have a CDR of Return to Oz. I'd definitely pick up a new release.

I got the original CD from ebay... didn't even pay much... So for me it depends on whether there is any worthwhile new stuff on it. Great soundtrack, though

[Kendal_Ozzel 36]

La La Land is having a May Madness Sale:

Great. I ordered Lost in Space, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Childs Play and Not Without My Daughter.

Waiting for all other labels' __________ (insert month) Madness Sale.

FSM's the only other one to ever run a sale, no?

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Varese should do a sale for their Clubs, they're some really old ones not selling.

LLL has a lot of crap that they need to get rid of, hence the insanely cheap prices.

[Kendal_Ozzel 36]

I'm very happy with the crap I bought during their last sale.

[Koray Savas 2,251]

Well by crap I meant scores that weren't selling, and they needed to move stock.

There are few good ones in there, but also a lot of bad ones.

[Richard Penna 3,671]

Makes me wonder how long they have to have a slow/non-seller in stock in substantial quantities before they decide to put it on a sale.

Someone posted a list of Intrada releases and how many were remaining (link), and a lot of them had quantities like 500/3000 left, yet the only thing they seem to do is move certain scores to the front page before release night. The 'Anything Goes' section has only one score, so I assume their business model doesn't revolve around quick sellouts for everything.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

COMING NEXT WEEK, MAY 25, 2010 at 12 PM NOON PST FROM LA LA LAND RECORDS:

2 New Limited Edition Soundtracks:

DEAD LIKE ME (LLLCD 1132) - music composed by Stewart Copeland (RUMBLE FISH, HIGHLANDER II and of "POLICE" fame). This 3000 limited edition soundtrack comes to you courtesy of MGM and features the best music from the cult hit tv series that aired on the SHOWTIME NETWORK 2003-2004. Repeats of this quirky comedy about the afterlife can be found on the SyFy Channel.

Soundtrack features PINK MARTINI'S eerie cover of the classic song , "Que Sera Sera."

The first 100 units purchased directly from the La La Land Records website will be signed by the composer, Stewart Copeland.

Album Produced by Ford A Thaxton

Album Mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland

Liner Notes by Randall D Larson

Limited Edition of 3000 units

Retail Price: $19.98

THEATER OF BLOOD - the first official release of Michael J Lewis' wonderfully gothic and lush score to the Vincent Price Classic. The previous release was for PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY and featured just a basic black cover and track listing. This version features in depth liner notes about the music and the production, along with some fantastic graphics from the cult film. The music content is the same as the promotional release (slightly reconfigured) but the sound has been improved over the previous promotional release.

The first 100 units purchased directly from the La La Land Records website will be signed by the composer, Michael J. Lewis.

Album Produced by Ford A Thaxton

Album Mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland

Liner Notes by Randall D Larson

Limited Edition of 1200 units

Retail Price: $19.98

PLEASE NOTE:

La La Land's upcoming schedule for the next few months will be all over the place due to the new baby and our upcoming appearance at COMIC CON in July.

JUNE 15 -- two new Limited Editions

JUNE 29 - two New Limited Editions

July 20 - 4 new releases -- 2 planned Limited Editions and 2 Planned Retail Releases.

After that, things should go back to the schedule we started this year -- 2 releases (sometimes 3) every two weeks

See y'all back here next Tuesday!

MV

[Wojo 2,453]

I ordered Lost in Space, Spaceballs, Blazing Saddles, Eureka, and Hang 'Em High.

[Jay 37,287]

Charlie you beat me by 4 minutes posting that here lol. I'd say both titles explain MV's avatar nicely! Except for the Bay Cities part...

Anyway, I updated the wiki.

I hope HOOK is one of their LEs for June 15 or July 20, but I still maintain its probably their November 30th release.

[Charlie Brigden 7]

Charlie you beat me by 4 minutes posting that here lol. I'd say both titles explain MV's avatar nicely! Except for the Bay Cities part...

Anyway, I updated the wiki.

I hope HOOK is one of their LEs for June 29 or July 20, but I still maintain its probably their November 30th release.

Yeah, we were way off. I'm hoping the Bay Cities part still might be a clue to an eventual release of RETURN TO OZ. I'm glad it's not next week as I have enough to buy as it is!

[scallenger 481]

Damn it... I got my hopes up WAY too high for Return To Oz...

[Jay 37,287]

(responding to John Debney's facebook post about LLL doing the OST of Predators)

We are majorly psyched to be working with Mr Debney on this awesome score (and yes, he does use Silvestri's themes)! We should have it out in time for Comic Con!

MV

Guess that's the other July 20th retail release!

[Joe Brausam 214]

I have no more hope for Hook now, since we got Poseidon.

[Jay 37,287]

MV's avatar explained:

Recently completed art for use by La-La-Land Record's for FSM's message board. The intention of the sketches is to give a hint as what the label's upcoming release might be. Since it was just announced on FSM, it's for their new release for the tv series DEAD LIKE ME (LLLCD 1132), scored by Stewart Copeland. These are quick little illustrations that have been a lot of fun to do.

Nice work!

Nicely within Dead LIKE ME's tone!

Thanks, Randall! I wanted to add in the bubblegum bubble that shows up on the Season 1 DVD cover, but thought that that would be a DEAD give away.

Any chance you might be able to post the older La-La Land drawings that were used previously? I love this one.

PS love the Bay Cities reference!

HaHaHa!!! Thanks! Yeah, MV Gerhard thought, at first, that the BAY CITIES reference might upset Bruce Kimmel, but I contacted Bruce and explained that it was more of a homage to a great label and he graciously said "I'm not offended at all, and you have my complete blessing" and added that he thought that it was a nice nod.

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