ON THE SCORE!

Date:  4/25/2008

Varèse Sarabande producer Robert Townson and Film Score Monthly's Lukas Kendall share a candid conversation and discuss all things film music in a new interview by Daniel Schweiger available at On The Score.

VARÈSE BIRTHDAY BASH!

Date:  4/16/2008

Varèse Sarabande Records is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the release of our 30th Anniversary Celebration CD and will be hosting the biggest film music autograph event in history! Meet Robert Townson and an amazing group of some of your favorite composers. Everyone will be signing the new anniversary set, our 25th Anniversary set, and many of their recent and classic Varèse Sarabande releases, which will be all on sale. We may even have a few paintings on display and, of course, a few surprises! Come see us on May 10 at 2:00 pm! Breaking News: The legendary Richard M. Sherman will attend and will be autographing Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Breaking News: John Frizzell will attend and will be autographing The Reaping and Ghost Ship Robert Townson will be autographing Varèse 30, Varèse 25, In Session and more. Christophe Beck will be autographing Elektra, The Sentinel and We Are Marshall Marco Beltrami will be autographing Scream, Live Free or Die Hard, Hellboy and others. Charles Bernstein will attend and both he and Matthew Peak will be autographing A Nightmare On Elm Street Mychael Danna will be autographing Breach, Water, Being Julia and more. Don Davis will attend and will be autographing The Matrix and House On Haunted Hill John Debney will be autographing Sin City, Zathura, Evan Almighty and more. Cliff Eidelman will be autographing The Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants, The Alien Trilogy, The Ultimate Star Trek and more. Michael Giacchino will be autographing Lost: Season 3, Speed Racer, M:i:III and more. Mark Isham will be autographing The Mist, Lions for Lambs, Racing Stripes and more. Agent Richard Kraft will be autographing his The Bucket List liner notes! Jan A.P. Kaczmarek will attend and will be autographing The Visitor and Unfaithful Joel McNeely will be autographing I Know Who Killed Me, Star Wars: Shadows of The Empire, Psycho and more. Artist Matthew Joseph Peak will be autographing Psycho, The Day The Earth Stood Still, A Nightmare On Elm Street and more. John Ottman will be autographing Fantastic Four, The Invasion and others. Trevor Rabin will attend and will be autographing Gone In 60 Seconds, Deep Blue Sea, Gridiron Gang, Flyboys and more. The legendary Lalo Schifrin will attend and will be autographing Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3. Marc Shaiman will attend and will be autographing The Bucket List and City Slickers Edward Shearmur will be autographing The Skeleton Key and Reign of Fire Brian Tyler will be autographing AvP R, Tokyo Drift, Children of Dune and more. Christopher Young will be autographing Ghostrider, The Grudge 2, The Fly II and more Even more composers will be announced soon! Keep an eye on this space! Hope to see you there! Location: Dark Delicacies 4213 W. Burbank Blvd. Burbank, CA 91505 818-556-6660 Date and Time: Saturday, May 10 at 2:00 pm The Varèse Sarabande 30th Anniversary Celebration CD, along with a huge selection of Varèse CDs by all the attending composers, will be available at the store, on the day of the event.

TOWNSON ON Filmmuziek.com!

Date:  4/9/2008

Varèse Sarabande producer Robert Townson discusses his career and the label's 30th anniversary in a new interview on Filmmuziek.com

DEEP DISH HERRMANN!

Date:  3/25/2008

The exciting live concert event inspired by the Bernard Herrmann recording series produced by Robert Townson and conducted by Joel McNeely moves to Chicago on April 4 for a thrilling night with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra! The brilliant music of the great Bernard Herrmann will again be celebrated by a special evening dedicated to his film scores and including excerpts from some of his most memorable works when Nightmare Romance plays Symphony Center in Chicago, Illinois. The masterpieces for Hitchcock ...Vertigo, Psycho, The Trouble With Harry and North by Northwest (including the entire Mount Rushmore sequence) together with Citizen Kane, Taxi Driver and Fahrenheit 451 will present a wide array of Herrmann's remarkable music. The musical team behind this historic event includes the renowned Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Herrmann aficionado Joel McNeely, soprano Rebecca Davis (to perform Salaambo!), Tom Waits / Ornette Coleman bassist Greg Cohen, who gathers an ensemble of musicians including Bill Frisell, Marty Ehrlich, Erik Charlston and Robert Burger to perform a few new arrangements of Herrmann classics, concert producer Danny Kapilian and Varèse Sarabande's producer Robert Townson. A nightmare to remember! Nightmare Romance has previously been performed in London, England and Lyon, France. This concert is sold out but we look forward to seeing those who were able to get tickets. See you in Chicago!

LEONARD ROSENMAN (1924- 2008)

Date:  3/4/2008

Varèse Sarabande Records mourns the loss of legendary film composer Leonard Rosenman. Rosenman's landmark scores included East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Fantastic Voyage. We were thrilled to have worked with Mr. Rosenman on his score for RoboCop 2 back in 1990. Leonard Rosenman was 83.

HERE WE GO!

Date:  2/12/2008

Even with 14 CDs already scheduled for release during our first quarter, we've managed to fill 7 more discs with CD Club goodness! A few hours after the last Oscar envelope is opened we'll unveil our first batch of limited editions for 2008 on February 25. And the winner is ... film music fans everwhere!

JOHN ALVIN (1948 - 2008)

Date:  2/12/2008

Varèse Sarabande mourns the sudden and tragic passing of renowned illustrator John Alvin. Acclaimed for such classic film posters as E.T., Blade Runner, Blazing Saddles, The Lion King and so many others, we were proud to have had him create an original painting for our Broadway cast recording of the musical Drat The Cat, back in 1997. John Alvin's artwork is also featured on the cover of the Varese Sarabande soundtracks for Spies Like Us, Cocoon: The Return and City Slickers. John Alvin was 59 and will be greatly missed.

VARÈSE AT 30! TOWNSON AT 900!

Date:  1/1/2008

Happy New Year, everyone! A LOOK BACK We hope that everyone found titles to enjoy from our slate of releases for 2007, which turned out to be our busiest and most prolific year ever. The year began, for us, with the release of Thomas Newman’s Academy Award-Nominated score for The Good German. Our year went on to feature new music by two film music legends … David Shire (Zodiac) and Lalo Schifrin (Rush Hour 3). Our release schedule was absolutely overflowing with new releases from Varèse Sarabande regulars Marco Beltrami, Mychael Danna, John Debney, Patrick Doyle, Randy Edelman, Danny Elfman, John Frizzell, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Newton Howard, Mark Isham, Joel McNeely, John Ottman, Trevor Rabin, Brian Tyler, Christopher Young and Hans Zimmer. We also welcomed back Klaus Badelt, Nathan Barr, Simon Boswell, BT, George S. Clinton, Alexandre Desplat, Jonathan Elias, Christopher Franke, Mark McKenzie, Robert Rodriguez, Gabriel Yared and Aaron Zigman. We were thrilled to present Varèse Sarabande debuts of Luis Bacalov, Ramin Djawadi, Scott Glasgow, Andrea Guerra, Paul Haslinger, Dario Marianelli, Stuart Matthewman, Trevor Morris, Carlo Siliotto and Frederick Wiedmann. We undertook some major historic restorations by some of our favorite and most beloved composers: Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alex North, Franz Waxman and Victor Young and we filled in some major gaps (The Karate Kid!) in the discographies of Bill Conti, George Fenton, Dave Grusin, Johnny Mandel and Tom Scott. We even produced a brand new recording of Bernard Herrmann’s classic score for North by Northwest and released a commemorative boxed set marking the centenary of the great Miklós Rózsa! We never stopped … all year long! And wait until you see what we have coming up! A LOOK FORWARD Our release of James Newton Howard’s score for I Am Legend becomes Robert Townson’s 900th soundtrack album release and begins a 100 CD countdown to the unprecedented achievement of his 1000th produced film music recording! Among our next 100 releases will be a very special commemoration of Varèse Sarabande’s 30th Anniversary, (with this milestone being reached later in the spring of this year). Townson’s 18-month (or less!) march to 1000 will include some of the most head-spinning, jaw-dropping releases we have ever produced. Brace yourself for a wild film music ride! This is going to be fun!

CONGRATULATIONS, JAMES!

Date:  12/6/2007

Varèse Sarabande Records congratulates James Newton Howard on his Grammy nomination for BLOOD DIAMOND. The Warner Bros. film was directed by Edward Zwick (The Last Samrurai, Glory) Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. Varèse Sarabande also have three upcoming releases by James Newton Howard ... Charlie Wilson's War (December 18), The Great Debaters (January 8) and I Am Legend (Januray 15). Good luck James!

WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS!

Date:  10/22/2007

On Saturday, October 20 the World Soundtrack Awards winners were announced in Music Centre Bijloke, Ghent. The first prize went to Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, The Painted Veil), this year’s Film Composer of the Year. Clint Mansell’s film music for The Fountain not only received the Best Original Soundtrack of the Year but also the Public Choice Award, which was presented to him by Robert Townson. The Flemish Radio Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé, performed some exceptional film music for a sold out concert hall. Both the ceremony and the concert were hosted by world famous composers such as David Arnold, Alberto Iglesias, Clint Mansell, Maurice Jarre and Daniel Tarrab. After the World Soundtrack Awards ceremony the Flemish Radio Orchestra, conducted by Dirk Brossé, performed film music by Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine, Capote, Monsoon Wedding, Ice Storm), Harry Gregson-Williams (Man of Fire, Shrek, Chronicles of Narnia), Evanthia Reboutsika (My Father & My Son), Mikis Theodorakis (Zorba) and Jef Neve (Dagen Zonder Lief). The winners: Film Composer of the Year Alexandre Desplat (The Queen, The Painted Veil) Best Original Soundtrack of the Year The Fountain (Clint Mansell, see photo) Best Original Song Written Directly for Film You Know My Name (Casino Royale) written by Chris Cornell and David Arnold – Performed by Chris Cornell Discovery of the Year Daniel Tarrab and Andres Goldstein (XXY, Inheritance) Public Choice Award The Fountain (Clint Mansell) The Lifetime Achievement Award went to Mikis Theodorakis who unfortunately couldn’t be present due to health problems. The Best Young Belgian Composer prize was awarded to Werner Viaene.

LOST IN HAWAII!

Date:  9/12/2007

Experience the epic musical score of the hit ABC television series "Lost" as award-winning composer Michael Giacchino brings this original music to Honolulu for its symphony orchestra world premiere by the Honolulu Symphony Toyota Pops and conductor Tim Simonec on Saturday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Waikiki Shell. Emmy-nominated "Lost" star Terry O’Quinn will join the Pops on stage to narrate passages as the music brings every gripping and passion-filled moment to life. Don't miss it! See you there!

TOWNSON IN TENERIFE!

Date:  6/21/2007

Varèse Sarabande’s Robert Townson has been confirmed as a special guest of EI I Festival Internacional de Música de Cine de Tenerife (Fimucité). Townson will be joining composers Mychael Danna, Don Davis, Sean Callery, Ángel Illarramendi and Diego Navarro in the Canary Island for this special event which runs from July 9 thru 15, 2007. Two gala concerts will be presented featuring the music of the attending composers. See you in Tenerife!

RETURN TO UBEDA!

Date:  6/15/2007

Varèse Sarabande's Robert Townson will attend the City of Úbeda III International Film Music Conference, which runs July 19 - 22, 2007 in Spain. This year's honorary president will be composer John Debney. Other guests include John Powell, David Arnold, John Scott, Bruce Broughton, Javier Navarrete, Roque Baños, Richard Kraft and Laura Engel. The Úbeda Film Music Conference is truly an international celebration of film music - while only a few composers visit each summer, many other composers contribute to the Úbeda Spirit. Returning to Úbeda for a second year and bearing gifts and prizes from the many composers on Varèse Sarabande Records is highly respected soundtrack producer Robert Townson, fresh off the release of his 850th CD! The first 300 registrants to the conference will be offered a set of complimentary Varèse Sarabande CDs: one by John Debney, one by David Arnold and one by John Powell. In addition, a one-of-a-kind Varèse Sarabande "Grand Prize" will be presented to one lucky winner toward the end of the festival. A special raffle is being arranged to award an unbelievable set of discs that includes autographed CDs from David Arnold, Nathan Barr, Christophe Beck, Marco Beltrami, Mychael Danna, John Debney, Randy Edelman, Cliff Eidelman, John Frizzell, Michael Giacchino, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Newton Howard, Mark Isham, Mark McKenzie, Joel McNeely, David Newman, John Powell, Trevor Rabin, Graeme Revell, Lalo Schifrin, David Shire, Brian Tyler, Christopher Young and more! This is a historic, absolutely priceless, collection of film music. Over 30 CDs! More details to come! A second prize of 10 limited edition Varèse Sarabande CD Club titles will also be awarded. Register today! See you in Úbeda! http://congreso.bsospirit.com

BRAVO, MAESTRO!

Date:  2/25/2007

Varèse Sarabande Records congratulates Italian maestro Ennio Morricone on receiving his honorary Oscar at the 79th Annual Academy Awards. While no awards are necessary to ensure the longevity of Morricone's legendary music, it was, nevertheless, much deserved. Still as prolific as ever and with scores such as La Sconosciuta, Fateless and The Legend of 1900 showing that he is working at the top of his game, Morricone remains, after over 40 years of extraordinary work, one of music's greatest masters. Bravo, Maestro!

MORRICONE GOLD!

Date:  12/15/2006

Legendary composer Ennio Morricone will receive some long-overdue Oscar gold at the 79th Academy Awards® presentation on February 25, 2007. Morricone, who has composed more than 400 motion picture scores over a 45-year career, has been voted an Honorary Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “for his magnificent and multifaceted contributions to the art of film music.” Morricone is only the second composer to be awarded an honorary Oscar. The first was Alex North in 1986 who, likewise, had previously been overlooked by the Academy, never receiving the award despite 15 nominations. Morricone has earned five Academy Award nominations for original score — for Days of Heaven (1978), The Mission (1986), The Untouchables (1987), Bugsy (1991) and Malèna (2000) — but has not previously received an Oscar. Ennio Morricone will also be appearing in concert at Radio City Music Hall in New York on February 3, 2007.

THE MUSICIAN'S MAGICIAN!

Date:  12/2/2006

Super-cool spy legend Derek Flint (James Coburn) returns to DVD this fall in a special 3-disc set from 20th Century Fox. The new package includes the 1966 film Our Man Flint, along with the 1967 sequel In Like Flint. As a special tribute to the film's composer, Jerry Goldsmith, the set also includes a short feature called The Musician's Magician. Varèse Sarabande producer Robert Townson, along with Goldsmith children, Carrie and Joel, are all interviewed. This Ultimate Flint Collection is available now, as is the soundtrack. Both feature the classic artwork by the legendary Bob Peak.

SHIRLEY WALKER (1945 - 2006)

Date:  11/30/2006

We are saddened to learn of the passing of composer/conductor Shirley Walker, who died November 29 at the at of 61. We are happy to have been able to work with Shirley on her very first score album, Memoirs Of An Invisible Man, back in 1992. She will be missed.

BASIL POLEDOURIS (1945 - 2006)

Date:  11/8/2006

It is with great sadness that we mourn the loss of our dear friend Basil Poledouris, who passed away today at the age of 61. A remarkable talent and a very special man who will be dearly missed.

WAXMAN AT THE ACADEMY!

Date:  10/1/2006

In celebration of Oscar®-winning composer Franz Waxman’s centennial, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen the 1941 films Suspicion and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, both featuring Academy Award®-nominated scores composed by Waxman, on Thursday, October 19, at 7 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Hosted by Grammy®-winning conductor John Mauceri, founding director of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, the program will open with an onstage discussion with John Waxman, the composer’s son, and Varèse Sarabande's Robert Townson, producer of such Waxman recordings as Sunset Boulevard, Rebecca and Peyton Place. Tickets to Suspicion and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members. A single ticket will admit individuals to both features. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Seats are unreserved. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For additional information, call (310) 247-3600.

ANOTHER 48 HOURS (OF 24)!

Date:  8/30/2006

Varèse Sarabande Records congratulates composer Sean Callery on his Emmy Award win for Twentieth Century Fox’s hit series 24. We also congratulate Kiefer Sutherland for his best actor in a drama win, Jon Cassar (best director in a drama) and Twentieth Century Fox on its victory for the show in the best drama series category. With our soundtrack for seasons 1, 2 and 3 already in release, we are pleased to announce that we will release a second CD, containing music from seasons 4 and 5, later this fall!

GRACIAS, ÚBEDA!

Date:  8/1/2006

Bravo y gracias a BSO Spirit y a Úbeda por haber organizado la celebración dedicada a la música de cine y a sus compositores más alegre y estimulante en la que jamás haya participado. Para mí y para mis amigos de Los Angeles, la II Conferencia Internacional de Música de Cine ha supuesto una oportunidad maravillosa para reunirnos en un marco de enorme belleza. Apreciamos enormemente las nuevas amistades que hemos hecho entre los organizadores de la Conferencia y queremos, también, expresar nuestro agradecimiento a todos aquellos aficionados que viajaron al Sur de España y nos dieron una acogida tan calurosa. Ha sido una experiencia mágica. Con todo nuestro afecto, queremos darle las gracias a José Luis Diéz Chellini, Sergio Gorjón, David Doncel, Begoña Abalos, Julio Antiñolo, Angel Bueno, Marta Belen Cañadas, Jose María Benítez, Sergio Benítez, Jesus Castro, Nuria Castro, Miguel de Chicca, Federico de las Heras, Enrique Doncel, Juan Pablo Escribano, Maria Teresa Escobar, Julio Cesar Fernández, Inmaculada García, Juan Antonio García, Eduardo González, Teresa Gil, Oscar Giménez, Sergio Hardasmal, Francisco Miguel Martín, Marisa Martín, Manu Martínez, Amaia Minteguia, Jordi Montaner, Juan Emilio Navalon, Iván Palomares, Agustin Pérez, Ignacio Pérez, Sergi Ramis, Julio Rodríguez, Luis Fernando Rodríguez, Cristina Rosello, Ana Laura Ruíz, Maria del Carmen Sánchez, Jose Maria Serrano, Raquel Vico, Freddie Wiedmann, Hyesu Yong y, un muy especial gracias a Presidente Honorario John Frizzell. Con todo mi cariño, Robert Townson THANK YOU, ÚBEDA! Bravo and thank you BSO Spirit and Úbeda for the most joyous and inspiring celebration of film music and composers that I have ever been part of. For myself and all of my friends from Los Angeles, the II International Film Music Conference supplied a wonderful opportunity for us to gather together in the most beautiful of settings. We cherish all of the new friends we made among the conference organizers and we thank all of the fans who journeyed to the south of Spain and greeted us so warmly. It was a magical time. With deepest gratitude, Robert Townson

DELERUE ONLINE!

Date:  7/31/2006

The official website for legendary composer Georges Delerue is now online! We encourage everyone who loves beautiful music to explore its riches.

SEE YOU IN UBEDA!

Date:  7/4/2006

Summer in Spain! The City of Ubeda International Film Music Festival will present Basil Poledouris, John Debney, John Ottman, John Frizzell, Robert Townson, Carol Goldsmith, Doreen Ringer Ross and more in a celebration of great film music that will include a special tribute to the great Jerry Goldsmith. The festival, which runs July 20 - 23, will present discussion panels, special events and an historic film music concert. See you in Ubeda!

TOWNSON ON STREETCAR!

Date:  5/2/2006

Varèse Sarabande producer Robert Townson discusses Alex North's seminal score for A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE in "North and the Music of the South," an original documentary on the new Warner Bros. DVD of this legendary and classic film. The two-disc special edition is available now.

NIGHTMARE ROMANCE - THE MUSIC OF BERNARD HERRMANN!

Date:  2/20/2006

The brilliant music of the great Bernard Herrmann will be celebrated by a special evening dedicated to his film scores and including excerpts from some of his most memorable works on March 17 at London's Barbican Hall. The masterpieces for Hitchcock ...Vertigo, Psycho, Marnie, The Trouble With Harry and North by Northwest (including the entire Mount Rushmore sequence) together with Citizen Kane, The Twilight Zone, Taxi Driver and Fahrenheit 451 will present a wide array of Herrmann's remarkable music. The musical team behind this historic event includes the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by composer and Herrmann aficinado Joel McNeely, Tom Waits / Ornette Coleman bassist Greg Cohen, who gathers an ensemble of musicians including guitarist Bill Frisell to perform new arrangements, concert producer Danny Kapilian and Varese Sarabande's Robert Townson. Join us in London!

VARÈSE ON iTUNES!

Date:  12/15/2005

With over 400 titles from our catalog now available at the iTunes Music Store, this is the ideal way to track down many long-out-of-print CDs. With more titles being posted all the time, you never know what might turn up. Search for you favorite composers and fill in some gaps in your collection. Happy Holidays from Varèse Sarabande!

A MILLION DOLLAR NIGHT!

Date:  2/27/2005

Varèse Sarabande Records congratulates director Clint Eastwood, Warner Bros. Pictures and everyone involved in MILLION DOLLAR BABY, winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as Best Director (Clint Eastwood), Best Actress (Hilary Swank) and Best Supporting Actor (Morgan Freeman). Our soundtrack of Clint Eastwood's score will be in stores on Tuesday, March 1.

MICHEL COLOMBIER (1939 - 2004)

Date:  11/14/2004

Varèse Sarabande mourns the loss of Michel Colombier. We were privileged to work with Michel on what turned out to be his final feature film score for Swept Away. We send our condolences to his family.

ELMER BERNSTEIN (1922 - 2004)

Date:  8/18/2004

In these unthinkably sad times, we at Varese Sarabande bow our heads in memory of Elmer Bernstein, who passed away today at the age of 82.

DAVID RAKSIN (1912 - 2004)

Date:  8/9/2004

Varese Sarabande Records mourns the loss of composer David Raksin, who passed away this morning the the age of 92.

JERRY GOLDSMITH (1929 - 2004)

Date:  7/22/2004

Varèse Sarabande Records is heartbroken to report that our dear friend Jerry Goldsmith passed away last night after a long battle with cancer. He was 75.

MICHAEL SMALL (1939 - 2003)

Date:  12/4/2003

We were honored to have worked with Michael Small on his scores for MOBSTERS (1991) and WAGON'S EAST (1994). Mr. Small passed away on November 24 and Varese Sarabande Records mourns his loss.

GRAMMY NOMINATION!

Date:  12/4/2003

Varese Sarabande Records congratulates conductor Joel McNeely, producer Robert Townson, recording engineer Jonathan Allen and artist Matthew Joseph Peak for the "Best Classical Crossover Album" Grammy nomination received for our recording of Bernard Herrmann's THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL. Good luck!

MICHAEL KAMEN (1948 - 2003)

Date:  11/18/2003

Varese Sarabande Records joins the family, friends and fans from around the world in mourning the tragic loss of Michael Kamen.

VARÈSE GIFT ITEMS!

Date:  7/8/2003

Please visit our brand new Gift Items page to find a Varèse Sarabande mug, t-shirts and notecards. Also available for ordering as a special release from the Varèse Sarabande CD Club is a spectacular second volume to our acclaimed 25th Anniversary CD. That’s right … four more CDs! … 5 more hours of film music classics! It’s a film music wonderland!

BOB PEAK TRIBUTE!

Date:  4/28/2003

For those who have enjoyed the stunning work of the legendary Bob Peak on such Varèse Sarabande CDs as Rollerball, The English Patient and The Cowboys, not to mention his classic movie posters for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Apocalypse Now and Excalibur, we recommend the latest issue of Illustration magazine, which dedicates the entire issue to Peak’s work. A detailed biographical account and a vast array of remarkable imagery are featured.

VARESE SARABANDE GRAMMY WINNER!

Date:  2/27/2002

Varese Sarabande Records congratulates Alan Silvestri on his Grammy win for "Best Instrumental Composition" awarded for the Cast Away - End Credits track from our CD The Zemeckis / Silvestri Collection. We are very excited to see Alan's exceptional work for Robert Zemeckis' film recognized in this way.

NEW ALEX NORTH WEB SITE!

Date:  9/4/2001

This week (September 8, 2001) marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Alex North. The life and music of the legendary composer is now celebrated with a new web site. Containing biographical material, a filmography, a discography, a list of concert works and more, the new site is recommended to all have admired the work of one of this centuries greatest composers.