From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V8 #230 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Tuesday, August 20 2002 Volume 08 : Number 230 Today's Subjects: ----------------- new (to me) discoveries [Riphug@aol.com] press release: buffy soundtrack release [meredith ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 09:57:31 EDT From: Riphug@aol.com Subject: new (to me) discoveries Hi, all ;-) After a five-year hiatus, I have returned to become a victim and benefactor of this wonderful list. Of course, I've immediately started buying new music as a result. Here are a few of my recent finds/purchases. Have they been discussed here yet? VINCENT GABRIEL ANTONINI: Unforeseen (Sound samples at CDBaby.com) KIN ZA ZA: Number One in Shambala (CDBaby.com) MARTINA SORBARA: The Cure for Bad Deeds (Nettwerk) WAY OUT WEST: Intensify (Nettwer) NORAH JONES: Come Away with Me (www.bn.com) I also recently purchased Caroline Lavelle's "Brilliant Midnight" after waiting and waiting for more music from her. (Now if only October Project would reunite and produce another album [I do have Mary Fahl's EP, but I want more, more, more!]). Jennifer Kimball and friends (known as the Wayfaring Strangers) have made a great album called "Shifting Sands of Time." And I'm also enjoying Neil Finn's "7 Worlds Collide." Not to mention the Bela Fleck kick I've been on lately . . . Nice to be back! Jill :D ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:17:08 -0400 From: meredith Subject: press release: buffy soundtrack release Hi, This press release from Rounder Records may be of interest: >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AUGUST 16, 2002 >'ONCE MORE, WITH FEELING' ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TO EMMY-NOMINATED MUSICAL >EPISODE OF 'BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER' TO BE RELEASED BY MUTANT ENEMY >MUSIC/TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX MUSIC/ROUNDER RECORDS SEPTEMBER 24, 2002 >CD FEATURES SONGS WRITTEN BY SERIES CREATOR JOSS WHEDON AND PERFORMED BY >SARAH MICHELLE GELLAR AND OTHER CAST MEMBERS. > >On September 24, 2002, Mutant Enemy Music/Twentieth Century Fox >Music/Rounder Records will release 'Once More, With Feeling,' the original >soundtrack to the landmark episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" >originally broadcast November 6, 2001. The episode, which found Buffy and >her undead nemeses expressing their thoughts in song, features lyrics and >music written by series creator Joss Whedon and performed by the show's >cast, including star Sarah Michelle Gellar. > >"This is the first album for Mutant Enemy Records, my first soundtrack and >my first musical. I couldn't be more excited about it," said Whedon. "It's >about five dreams come true. It represents the hardest work I've ever done >and more importantly, fully embodies my constant motto: surround yourself >with talent and you can get away with having a lot less. No, no excuses: >I'm proud of this work. I'm glad people will get a chance to hear it." > >The CD release features ten tracks r the entire original soundtrack to the >show, as well as an unreleased demo version of "Going Through the >Motions," sung by Whedon and his wife Kai Cole, and score segments from >three other "Buffy" episodes, "Restless," "Hush" and "The Gift." The >album's artwork was designed by comic book artist Adam Hughes, known for >his work on X-Men, Justice League, Wonder Woman and other collectible titles. > >In 'Once More, With Feeling,' the residents of Sunnydale, CA, including >Vampire Slayer Buffy Summers and her friends, find themselves unable to >resist breaking into song at inopportune moments. Mundane events, from the >issuing of a parking ticket to the successful removal of a mustard stain >from a shirt, spawn big-budget Broadway numbers in the streets. Stricken >by this musical curse, Buffy, her mentor Giles and her friends, must root >out its nether-worldly cause. > >Over the course of the episode and the CD, the cast pushes the envelope of >pop culture with a series of songs that parody Broadway cliches and rock >opera bombast, while equally effectively tugging at the audience's >heartstrings. The opener "Going Through the Motions" features singing >demons whose chorus line is interrupted by Buffy's wooden stake thrusts, >and "I'll Never Tell" is a hilarious twist on an Astaire/Rogers song and >dance. At the same time, the vampire Spike's kiss-off to Buffy (with whom >he'd become romantically entwined) "Rest In Peace," conveys the >character's anger with expressive hard rock punch. Giles' "Standing," in >which he considers letting go as a father figure to the young Buffy, >provides an unexpectedly touching moment. > >Called "Wildly ambitious, sensationally entertaining and unexpectedly >moving," by TV Guide critic Matt Roush, "Once More, With Feeling" is >nominated for the Outstanding Music Direction Emmy Award. The Emmy >ceremony will be held September 22 in Los Angeles. > >Entertainment Weekly called the episode, "Classic Buffy," while the San >Francisco Chronicle raved, "Impossibly great work... They're all wonderful >songs... damn entertaining." > >Set to debut its seventh season on September 24, "Buffy the Vampire >Slayer" has gone from cult favorite to one of the most popular, celebrated >shows on television. VHS and DVD releases of early episodes have sold more >than two million copies worldwide, and 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The TV >Soundtrack' was a worldwide hit in 1999. Esquire's Tom Carson wrote, >"'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' is the best show on the air r brainy, >good-hearted, gloriously expressive TV poetry." > From Rounder Records Rounder Records is accepting pre-orders at http://www.rounder.com/Album.asp?catalog_id=6386. ============================================== Meredith Tarr New Haven, CT USA mailto:meth@smoe.org http://www.smoe.org/meth ============================================== Live At The House O'Muzak House Concert Series http://www.smoe.org/meth/muzak.html ============================================== ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V8 #230 **************************