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Orchestrations: Greig McRitchie, Billy May

Sound engineer: Shawn Murphy

Musical Editor: Jim Flamberg, Else Blangsted

Fairlight: Ian Underwood
French Horn: James Thatcher

*BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED 2-CD: OUR EXCLUSIVE REVIEW

Like so many other movies of its day, 1987’s *batteries not included basks in the soothing glow of all things Spielberg. Showcasing a family of flying saucers, designed by Industrial Light and Magic as miniature versions of the mothership in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), the movie is at its core a fable about how a neighborhood is only as good as the sense of community that runs through it. The screenplay, co-authored by Brad Bird and bearing the unmistakable stamp of executive producer Steven Spielberg, zooms in on one tenement in particular, whose ground floor is taken[...]

*BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED EXPANDED EDITION FROM INTRADA!

Intrada has gifted us once more! Beginning with the score for the cartoon short film Tummy Trouble (included in the Who Framed Roger Rabbit? soundtrack collection with music by Alan Silvestri) in January of this year, following up with two issues of Living In the Age of Airplanes and The Boy In The Striped Pajamas in April and May, Intrada continues to enrich James Horner's recording pantheon. This latest album is *batteries not included, an Amblin production from 1987 in which Steven Spielberg's magical touch clearly shows, in particular in the emotional predicament of the characters and the appearance of[...]

TUMMY TROUBLE SCORE RELEASED BY INTRADA

Intrada has released James Horner’s score to the Roger Rabbit cartoon Tummy Trouble. It is featured as an extra on the new expanded release of Who Framed Roger Rabbit by Alan Silvestri. After Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the title character was featured in three short cartoons. Tummy Trouble was released together with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. Intrada’s 3-CD release features Alan Silvestri’s full score, several alternate cues, the original album, and the scores to all three of the Roger Rabbit shorts (one by Horner, and two by Bruce Broughton). James Horner recorded Honey, I Shrunk the Kids in December 1988, six[...]

BILLY MAY

© jazzbluesclub.com William E. "Billy" May (1916-2004) was a composer, arranger and trumpeter. He composed for film and television, especially The Green Hornet in 1966 and the theme of Batgirl in Batman in 1967. He orchestrated Cocoon and its sequel, among others. He is also the author of arrangements for many stars of variety, such Frank Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Ella Fitzgerald and Bing Crosby. As a trumpeter, he has recorded several songs in the 40s with Glenn Miller and his Orchestra and Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra. Source: Wikipedia [...]

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