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1M1 Records Newsletter
February/March, 2002
Contents
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- Welcome
- February/March New Release
- Recent Soundtrack Additions to the Website
- The 1M1 Records Website
- New and Upcoming Releases
- Recent Scoring Assignments
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Welcome
Welcome to 1M1 Records' second newsletter. Last month's launch of 1M1 Records has had a terrific response from people. To everyone who has visited the site, I hope that you've found it easy to navigate, and to those many of you who have emailed me with kind things to say, thank you very much for taking the time to do so, and for those who emailed me congratulating us on having 1M1 Records back operating again, thank you for the big welcome back.
Late January and February has been extraordinarily busy with thousands of visitors and dozens of customers. The word has got around quickly, and the response has been simultaneously overwhelming and encouraging. Please remember, however, to email me if you notice any errors, omissions or faults in the site, or have some information you would like to pass on. If you have any problems with ordering or submitting your details, don't just go away, please email and let me know immediately so that I can correct whatever the problem may be.
Bruce Smeaton's score "The Missing" has been particularly well received by the public, and the feedback on the score has been very encouraging, as it has also been for "The Pickwick Papers". For those who haven't taken the plunge yet on these scores, review copies are being sent out this month to the film score magazines, and hopefully their assessments will encourage you to get these scores.
"The Missing" and "The Pickwick Papers" are still available and can be found at the Current Releases page. Customers have indicated that they also would like to get hold of other scores by Australian composers which aren't released by 1M1, and so this month we have added four new scores to the catalogue at the More Releases page.
1M1 Records' new release this month is a compilation of themes composed for film and television by Bruce Smeaton, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by the composer. An appealing selection of themes ranges from tunes which are simple and charming, to others which are elegant and sweeping, as well as featuring some of Smeaton's most proud and robust melodies. There are also others which are peculiarly Smeatonesque: idiosyncratic, eclectic and jaunty.
Also in this month's newsletter is information about recent scoring assignments, information about what is new on the website this month, and upcoming releases.
We look forward to seeing you back here for April's newsletter. Your feedback is welcome. info@1m1.com.au
Philip Powers.
February/March New Release
"Roxanne and other Film and Television Themes by Bruce Smeaton" is a remarkable collection of melodies composed over a period of Smeaton's first couple of decades writing for film and television.
For well over 30 years Bruce Smeaton has been Australia's leading composer of music for feature films and television. As films like "The Great MacArthy", "The Alien Years" and "Monkey Grip" testify, not only was he innovative in his approach to scoring for film, but his music could stand on its own merits. Bruce could also write more traditional film scores, like "Iceman", "Eleni" and "A Town Like Alice". Even then, on closer examination, he was still pressing the boundaries of film scoring, such as his concerto-like introduction of the shakuhachi flute in "Iceman".
What is also common in these and his other scores on this CD, however, is the illustration of his enormous gift for melody. "Roxanne", a joyous and heartwarming comedy, is wonderfully served by Bruce's themes. The importance of his themes and underscoring, to the film's larrikin sense of humour, is well gauged by imagining the film without his music. It's nowhere near the same without his contribution. The film's underlying tenderness and love come from the music, which still lives its life well, however, outside of the boundaries of the film.
These and his other themes have become etched into people's minds. His themes for "Seven Little Australians", "Patrol Boat" and "A Town Like Alice" are immediately recognisable by television viewers, as are his haunting melodies for "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith". This compilation bears witness to the extraordinary range of Bruce Smeaton.
Recent Soundtrack Additions to the Website
The first of the new additions to the website is Edmund Choi's score for "The Dish". There is also the score by Paul Kelly for Australia's AFI 2001 Best Film winner "Lantana", and Alan John's score for "The Bank". Peter Best's scores for the two hugely successful mini-series "The Heroes" and "Heroes II - The Return" is also available as well this month - the version released by Silva Screen some years back.
The 1M1 Records Website
http://www.1m1.com.au/ was launched on 21st January, 2002. The 1M1 Records website has:
Current Releases; which are still being manufactured.
http://www.1m1.com.au/current.html
More Soundtracks; previously released titles which are still available, including titles previously released by 1M1 Records which are no longer being manufactured, and brand new CDs of other soundtracks which 1M1 has in its stocks, like "The Lighthorsemen" and "Second Time Lucky", and a range of other scores. There are brand new copies of Jerry Goldsmith's scores for "Rent-a-Cop", and "Inchon" as well as scores by Bruce Broughton, Michael Kamen, Georges Delerue and Pino Donaggio, as well as a special CD of John Scott conducting suites of music from favourite film scores of his own. There are also CDs ranging from famous big sellers like James Horner's score for "Titanic" to the brilliant double CD of film themes by Ennio Morricone written between 1966 and 1987.
http://www.1m1.com.au/more.html
Collectors Items; rare 1M1 CDs priced in the premium range because of the difficulty in sourcing them, containing 1M1 CDs like "Devil in the Flesh / We of the Never Never", "Roadgames / Patrick", "Race for the Yankee Zephyr / The Survivor" and "Harlequin / The Day After Halloween": items which have very few soundtracks left in stock and are quite unlikely to become available again in the foreseeable future. A few other one-off titles are available here such as the original CD release of Bernard Herrmann's "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" and Jerry Goldsmith's "The Blue Max".
http://www.1m1.com.au/collectors.html
Secondhand Titles; soundtrack releases from anywhere in the world which 1M1 currently has in stock, containing quite a few bargain-priced excellent condition soundtrack CDs for sale. New additions to this section include mint condition copies of Alfred Newman's score for "Nevada Smith" and "The Diary of Anne Frank", Max Steiner's "King Kong" (the re-recording conducted by Fred Steiner), and a CD of "The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann: Horrors of the Black Museum". "Gremlins 2", "High Spirits" and "Jane Eyre" are also available here. More titles will be added to this section as the page is further compiled and updated each month. There is only one copy of many of these titles, however, so not all orders will be able to be filled immediately.
http://www.1m1.com.au/secondhand.html
New and Upcoming Releases
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1M1 Records - Newsletter
February/March, 2002
Contents
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- Welcome
- February/March New Release
- Recent Soundtrack Additions to the Website
- The 1M1 Records Website
- New & Upcoming Releases
- Recent Scoring Assignments
********************
Welcome
Welcome to 1M1 Records' second newsletter. Last month's launch of 1M1 Records has had a terrific response from people. To everyone who has visited the site, I hope that you've found it easy to navigate, and to those many of you who have emailed me with kind things to say, thank you very much for taking the time to do so, and for those who emailed me congratulating us on having 1M1 Records back operating again, thank you for the big welcome back.
Late January and February has been extraordinarily busy with thousands of visitors and dozens of customers. The word has got around quickly, and the response has been simultaneously overwhelming and encouraging. Please remember, however, to email me if you notice any errors, omissions or faults in the site, or have some information you would like to pass on. If you have any problems with ordering or submitting your details, don't just go away, please email and let me know immediately so that I can correct whatever the problem may be.
Bruce Smeaton's score "The Missing" has been particularly well received by the public, and the feedback on the score has been very encouraging, as it has also been for "The Pickwick Papers". For those who haven't taken the plunge yet on these scores, review copies are being sent out this month to the film score magazines, and hopefully their assessments will encourage you to get these scores.
"The Missing" and "The Pickwick Papers" are still available and can be found at the Current Releases page. Customers have indicated that they also would like to get hold of other scores by Australian composers which aren't released by 1M1, and so this month we have added four new scores to the catalogue at the More Releases page.
1M1 Records' new release this month is a compilation of themes composed for film and television by Bruce Smeaton, performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and conducted by the composer. An appealing selection of themes ranges from tunes which are simple and charming, to others which are elegant and sweeping, as well as featuring some of Smeaton's most proud and robust melodies. There are also others which are peculiarly Smeatonesque: idiosyncratic, eclectic and jaunty.
Also in this month's newsletter is information about recent scoring assignments, information about what is new on the website this month, and upcoming releases.
We look forward to seeing you back here for April's newsletter. Your feedback is welcome. info@1m1.com.au
Philip Powers.
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February/March New Release
"Roxanne and other Film and Television Themes by Bruce Smeaton" is a remarkable collection of melodies composed over a period of Smeaton's first couple of decades writing for film and television.
For well over 30 years Bruce Smeaton has been Australia's leading composer of music for feature films and television. As films like "The Great MacArthy", "The Alien Years" and "Monkey Grip" testify, not only was he innovative in his approach to scoring for film, but his music could stand on its own merits. Bruce could also write more traditional film scores, like "Iceman", "Eleni" and "A Town Like Alice". Even then, on closer examination, he was still pressing the boundaries of film scoring, such as his concerto-like introduction of the shakuhachi flute in "Iceman".
What is also common in these and his other scores on this CD, however, is the illustration of his enormous gift for melody. "Roxanne", a joyous and heartwarming comedy, is wonderfully served by Bruce's themes. The importance of his themes and underscoring, to the film's larrikin sense of humour, is well gauged by imagining the film without his music. It's nowhere near the same without his contribution. The film's underlying tenderness and love come from the music, which still lives its life well, however, outside of the boundaries of the film.
These and his other themes have become etched into people's minds. His themes for "Seven Little Australians", "Patrol Boat" and "A Town Like Alice" are immediately recognisable by television viewers, as are his haunting melodies for "Picnic at Hanging Rock" and "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith". This compilation bears witness to the extraordinary range of Bruce Smeaton.
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Recent Soundtrack Additions to the Website
The first of the new additions to the website is Edmund Choi's score for "The Dish". There is also the score by Paul Kelly for Australia's AFI 2001 Best Film winner "Lantana", and Alan John's score for "The Bank". Peter Best's scores for the two hugely successful mini-series "The Heroes" and "Heroes II - The Return" is also available as well this month - the version released by Silva Screen some years back.
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The 1M1 Records Website
http://www.1m1.com.au/ was launched on 21st January, 2002. The 1M1 Records website has:
Current Releases; which are still being manufactured.
http://www.1m1.com.au/current.html
More Soundtracks; previously released titles which are still available, including titles previously released by 1M1 Records which are no longer being manufactured, and brand new CDs of other soundtracks which 1M1 has in its stocks, like "The Lighthorsemen" and "Second Time Lucky", and a range of other scores. There are brand new copies of Jerry Goldsmith's scores for "Rent-a-Cop", and "Inchon" as well as scores by Bruce Broughton, Michael Kamen, Georges Delerue and Pino Donaggio, as well as a special CD of John Scott conducting suites of music from favourite film scores of his own. There are also CDs ranging from famous big sellers like James Horner's score for "Titanic" to the brilliant double CD of film themes by Ennio Morricone written between 1966 and 1987.
http://www.1m1.com.au/more.html
Collectors Items; rare 1M1 CDs priced in the premium range because of the difficulty in sourcing them, containing 1M1 CDs like "Devil in the Flesh / We of the Never Never", "Roadgames / Patrick", "Race for the Yankee Zephyr / The Survivor" and "Harlequin / The Day After Halloween": items which have very few soundtracks left in stock and are quite unlikely to become available again in the foreseeable future. A few other one-off titles are available here such as the original CD release of Bernard Herrmann's "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad" and Jerry Goldsmith's "The Blue Max".
http://www.1m1.com.au/collectors.html
Secondhand Titles; soundtrack releases from anywhere in the world which 1M1 currently has in stock, containing quite a few bargain-priced excellent condition soundtrack CDs for sale. New additions to this section include mint condition copies of Alfred Newman's score for "Nevada Smith" and "The Diary of Anne Frank", Max Steiner's "King Kong" (the re-recording conducted by Fred Steiner), and a CD of "The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann: Horrors of the Black Museum". "Gremlins 2", "High Spirits" and "Jane Eyre" are also available here. More titles will be added to this section as the page is further compiled and updated each month. There is only one copy of many of these titles, however, so not all orders will be able to be filled immediately.
http://www.1m1.com.au/secondhand.html
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New and Upcoming Releases
"Roxanne and other Film and Television themes by Bruce Smeaton"
http://www.1m1.com.au/1M1CD1022.html
Nigel Westlake's fabulous orchestral score for the documentary on the history of the Australian film industry, "The Celluloid Heroes", will be available in the next month or so. "Annie's Coming Out" (USA: "A Test of Love") and "The Last of the Mohicans" are scheduled for release later in the year, and more film scores by Bruce Smeaton can be expected over the next several months, including an expanded CD release of "A Town Like Alice", with extra music not previously available. A couple of scores by Brian May which have only ever been released on vinyl are in the works as well, and should be available very shortly.
Recent Scoring Assignments
Mario Millo's score for "Heroes' Mountain", has had a great reaction so far from people who attended a special screening of this dramatisation of the events around the rescue of Stuart Diver after a landslide at a ski resort in Thredbo. The film is a testimony to the incredible work done by the rescuers, as they kept searching day and night in the vain hope of finding survivors. The word is so good on this film which is expected to screen on Australian television in the next few months, that AFI award nominations later in the year are expected for Craig McLachlan (who plays Stuart Diver), the director Peter Andrikidis, producer Anthony Buckley, and quite possibly Mario Millo for his score.
In recent months, Nerida Tyson-Chew ("Mr Accident", "Ferngully II" and "Brilliant Lies") has had two trips overseas, orchestrating Michael McQuistion's music for a video game tie-in with the upcoming release of "Spiderman", as well as orchestrating Frank Strangio's music for a new American feature film finished last year. On the composing front, Nerida has also recently scored the documentary "From Korea with Love", for harp, piccolo and strings, due to go to air on SBS in Australia later in the year, and currently has her blues music score for "Tracey McBean", featuring in this inventive animated series which is screening on the ABC.
Guy Gross is currently scoring the action US telemovie "Seconds to Spare", written and directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith ("The Man From Hong Kong", "Leprechaun 3" and "Leprechaun 4: In Space" and "Frog Dreaming"), and is about to start scoring Season 4 of the sci-fi television series "Farscape".
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