The Avengers Release

Howard Blake's score for The Avengers TV show will be available on a Double CD EXCLUSIVELY on the Silva Screen Website from Friday 24th of June. The CD will be available on general release from the 8th of August through all the usual outlets.

The Avengers Release Date

The recently announced Avengers soundtrack, previously unreleased, will be available exclusively on the SIlva Screen website from Friday the 24th of June. It comprises a two CD set featuring Howard Blake's classic music for The Avengers' final TV series, which starred Linda Thorson as Tara King. The package includes a 16 page booklet with full colour stills and extensive notes on the music and episodes from the TV programme.

Track Listing

Disc One

01. The Avengers Theme (Laurie Johnson)

MY WILDEST DREAM

02. Main Title

03. Action Sequence

04. Nightmare For Harp

05. Finale

WHOEVER SHOT POOR GEORGE OBLIQUE STROKE XR40?

06. Main Title

ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS

07. Main Title

08. Action Sequence

09. Blues in Suspense

10. Over The Top

11. Optical Illusions

12. Fife & Drum

SUPER SECRET CYPHER SNATCH

13. Main Title

14. Action Sequence

15. Action Sequence 2

16. Cyber Crush

17. Finale

18. Tag Scene

GAME

19. Main Title

20. Contrabasson Plays Burlesque

21. Circus Snakes & Ladders

NOON DOOMSDAY

22. Main Title

23. South of the Border

24. Lone Railroad

25. Ticking Clock

26. Death By Bullfight

27. Insistant Heartbeat

28. Marking Time

29. Finale

Disc Two

WISH YOU WERE HERE

01. Main Title

02. Interlude for Bassoon

03. Woodwind Games

04. Cor Anglais

05. Tag Scene

THE INTERROGATORS

06. Main Title

07. Adagio Flute / Main Theme

08. Harp to Flute / Brass Menace

09. Tag Scene

TAKE ME YOUR LEADER

10. Main Title

11. Wah-wah Blues March 1

12. Wah-wah Blues March 2

13. Light Suspense

WHO WAS THAT MAN I SAW YOU WITH?

14. Main Title

15. Winds & Oboe Solo

16. Fender Rhodes Leading Back to Theme

17. Fender Rhodes Suspense

18. Extended Title Music

19. Quiet Winds

20. Finale

21. The Avengers Theme (Laurie Johnson)

Lost Tapes of THE AVENGERS Found!!

The music to the classic 1960's cult show The Avengers has long been popular amongst fans of the show and music lovers, but so far, only the Johnny Dankworth and Laurie Johnson soundtracks have been available. Howard Blake (probably best known now for The Snowman) was brought in on the recommendation of Bernard Herrmann to write the soundtrack for ten episodes in the sixth and final series of The Avengers starring Linda Thorson as Tara King, but until now the tapes containing these classic recordings have been lost. Silva Screen are pleased to announce that they will be releasing these recently discovered masters on a two CD set exclusively through their website at the end of June. The tracklisting and release date will be confirmed later this month.

Circus of Horrors Freak Out BGT Judges

Back in 2001, Silva Screen released The Circus of Horrors soundtrack, described as a cross between Rocky Horror, Circus Archaos and Alice Cooper. The soundtrack features guest appearences by Dave Hill (Slade), Arthur Brown (Crazy World of Arthur Brown), Dani Filth (Cradle of Filth) and The King (Elvis impersonator). Anyway, the point of all this is that The Circus of Horrors have made it to the Britain's Got Talent semis, airing tomorrow (1st June), and word is they're firing up to shock the judges into putting them through to the final, by performing never before seen dangerous and no doubt revolting stunts on the telly. Roll up folks, they've got to be seen to be believed.

POLICE! ACTION!

POLICE! ACTION!

13 arresting TV and film themes, running across all aspects of police work from hard nosed US detectives to British bobbies on the beat.

Available on Silva Screen worldwide, this digital only release includes music from some of the best composers in the business and features era classics such as Mike Post’s languid jazzy vibes for Hill Street Blues, Lalo Schifrin’s strident Dirty Harry theme and John Parker’s genre defining ChiPs theme

Performed by:
The City of Prague Philharmonic Big Band
N.Y. Jazz Orchestra
The Daniel Caine Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra
London Music Works
Mark Ayres

Tracklisting:

1. Burke’s Law - Herschel Burke Gilbert
2. Dirty Harry - Lalo Schifrin
3. The Streets Of San Francisco - Patrick Williams
4. Kojak - Billy Goldenberg
5. Police Story - Jerry Goldsmith
6. The Sweeney - Harry South
7. CHiPs - John Parker
8. Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
9. Police Squad! - Ira Newborn
10. Cagney And Lacey - Bill Conti
11. The Bill - Andy Pask
12. Lethal Weapon - Michael Kamen
13. NYPD Blue - Mike Post


CD: SILED4573
REL. DATE: 16th May 2011

The Film Music Of Hans Zimmer Vol, 2

Coming digitally on the 30th May is Silva Screen’s second, hand-picked compilation featuring The Film Music of Hans Zimmer followed later in July by a CD of the same.

With four Grammys, two Golden Globes and an award winning repertoire of scores, Hans Zimmer has cemented his name as a Hollywood heavyweight.

This second compilation showcases a variety of Zimmer’s classic scores with the addition of his more recent successes, Mutiny (Pirates Of The Caribbean, On Strangers Tides), Discombobulate (Sherlock Holmes), Aggressive Expansion (The Dark Knight), putting them side by side with classic tracks from box office hits such as, This Land (The Lion King), Red Sea (The Prince Of Egypt) and Davy Jones (Pirates Of The Caribbean, Dead Man’s Chest) to name but a few.

Zimmer in a recent interview with the Independent Film Channel went on to say, “You know my life is really about sequels at the moment, I have 'Pirates' four into 'Kung Fu Panda' two, into 'Sherlock Holmes' two and of course Chris is working on another 'Batman' movie. So that's really my life, so what I'm trying to do is, I'm trying to go and figure out how we can bring something new to the party each time." (Independent Film Channel)

The Music of James Horner

On the 16th May Silva Screen Records are releasing the digital edition of The Music of James Horner followed by a CD of the same on the 30th of May.

With a successful string of scores already under his belt including Star Trek, Brave Heart and Apollo 13, Horner went on to win an Oscar and Golden Globe for his work composing the music to the international award winning film Titanic, the biggest grossing orchestral soundtrack of all time.

Horner continued his successful streak in creating scores for such films as The Mask of Zorro, Avatar and The Karate Kid amongst others.

The Music of James Horner brings together a hand-picked selection of his great compositions from such classic block busters as The Karate Kid, Avatar, Troy, Titanic, Deep Impact and many more.