Soundtracks and Film Scores For Sale
My Soundtrack Collection on CD
New Soundtracks For Trade
My Want List
General Soundtrack Links
How To Contact a Composer
Official Composers' Sites
Fans' Sites
Soundtrack Record Labels
Related Sites
Film Music Publications
Frequently Asked Questions
Hard to Find Cover Art For Bootlegs and Promos
(Not Only German Movie) Posters For Sale
GENERAL FILM MUSIC AND SOUNDTRACK SITES:
|
MFiles: MFiles, a film music site from England, gives reviews of CDs and discusses composers' careers, as well as features on composers and a nice overview of film music Oscars since the beginnings.
Soundtrack Price Engine: Find out the going rates of rare CDs in recent auctions.
If you need to contact a composer directly, you can find out their representatives by going to the Hollywood Reporter's Who Is Who In Composing Web Site. You need to subscribe to the HR to use this service.
Don't contact the agency simply if you are a collector and want a specific promo by a certain composer, you will not get very far. Only contact them if you have a legit reason to get in touch with the composer.
Updated June 4, 2009
Elmer Bernstein: The official Web site.
Martin Boettcher: The official Web site of Germany's legendary composer of the Winnetou and Edgar Wallace movies.
Claude Bolling: Only in French and not very exhaustive. It lists his upcoming concerts, though.
Mikael Carlsson's MySpace page
Alf Clausen: Composer of The Simpsons.
Christopher Franke: Former Tangerine Dreamer and pioneer of electronic film scoring has his own web site. Download some samples of his music.
Michael Kamen: This is a fabulously designed Web site, but bring a lot of time, because it takes a while to load. And, oh yes, it's written with Flash, so make sure you get the Macromedia Flash plug-in. Also, the "Current Projects" button doesn't seem to work.
Donald Rubinstein's brand new, revamped Web site
Gabriel Yared: In French.
Barry, John - Henrik Stender's Page.
Cardon, Sam - Yumbo's Page.
Carpenter, John - The CDs Of John Carpenter.
De Angelis, Guido & Maurizio - Umberto Pancaldi's site.
Elfman, Danny - The Elfman Zone (formerly Groovy Yak's Page.)
Goldsmith, Jerry - Jerry Goldsmith Online by Jason Needs
Goldsmith, Jerry - Henrik Stender's page.
Goldsmith, Jerry - The Goldsmith Film Music Society home page from Japan.
Goldsmith, Jerry - From a Legend to a Dream: Goldsmith versus Tangerine Dream in the movie Legend.
Goldsmith, Jerry - The Goldsmith Film Music Society.
Horner, James - Glory: A James Horner Fan Page, an outdated fan page that hasn't been updated since the beginning of 2000.
Howard, James Newton - A fantastic site.
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang - Site created by BS magazine.
Portman, Rachel - In English and Danish.
Rona, Jeff - Die ultimative Jeff Rona Infopage. Only in German.
Scott, John: An out of date Web page, but apparently the only one around dedicated to this highly underrated composer.
Williams, Alan - Yumbo's Page.
Williams, John - An excellent site about the available CDs of John Williams, including bootlegs and complete scores.
Williams, John - The John Williams Web Pages.
Young, Christopher - The CDs of Christopher Young.
Zimmer, Hans - Remote Control's (fka Media Ventures) unofficial home page
Zimmer, Hans - Dirk's Hans Zimmer Archive. In German.
RECORD LABELS WORTH SUPPORTING:
Amber Records:
Film Music Art
Film Score Monthly: 8503 Washington Blvd; Culver City, CA 90232;
GNP Crescendo: 8480-A Sunset Blvd; Hollywood, CA 90069;
Intermezzo Media
Intrada: 2220 Mountain Blvd, Suite 220; Oakland, CA 94611;
(510) 336-1612, FAX: (510) 336-1615
Milan:
Perseverance Records:
Saimel Records:
Screen Archives Entertainment: PO Box 500, Linden, VA 22642; (540) 635-2575, FAX (540) 635-8554;
Sonic Images: P.O. Box 691626, West Hollywood, CA 90069; (323) 650-4400 or (800) 847-6642, FAX: (323) 650-1016
Varèse Sarabande: 11846 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 130,
Studio City CA 91604;
(818) 753-4143,
FAX: (818) 753-7596
Varèse Sarabande Germany
RELATED SITES:
Filmtracks: A very professional site set up by Eric and Christian Clemmensen with tons of reviews, links and great information. Benefitting from the variety of their personal favorites, this page covers anything from "To Kill A Mockingbird" to "Crimson Tide".
MovieMusic.com: An excellent new site with tons of extras. Check out their directory for a massive amount of links to everything from general sites to official composers' and soundtrack label sites.
Soundtrack Express: This UK-based Web site with scores of reviews and information about composers is definitely worth a bookmark.
Sounds Familiar: This UK-based Web site has a great feature: It has a database of loads of commercial tunes of ads that are running on British TV. Unfortunately, they don't cover US television.
HOW TO CONTACT A COMPOSER:
COMPOSERS' OFFICIAL SITES:
LISTENERS' AND FANS' SITES:
Updated June 4, 2009
This is a list of record labels dedicated to or specializing in soundtracks. Not listed are labels such as MCA Records or Hollywood Records, because they are a generic label, which releases a core album once in a blue moon.
Elmer Bernstein's new label.
Italian soundtrack CD label.
Not necessarily a record label, the publishers of this magazine have issued a tremendous wealth of rare film scores on CD.
The label with the Star Trek monopoly issues a lot of great film and television soundtracks.
Italian label.
The official outlet of the Intrada label. They do mail-order, including overseas, and carry both domestic and import stock from other labels. Write or call them for a free catalog. They stock newly released soundtrack albums.
Make sure your browser is all the way open, because the "ENTER" button on the main page is all the way down in the right hand corner and very easily overlooked. it took me a while to find it. This Web site features a list of all their soundtrack, compilations and other music releases. You can also buy them right then and there through a link with getmusic.com.Subscribe to get their newsletter. A great label.
My own little label, on which I release rare film scores, such as the Dr. Phibes movies or Denny Zeitlin's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers".
A Spanish soundtrack label.
Check out their catalog of Citadel and Bay Cities soundtracks. Email them for a free catalog.
Started out to distribute owner Christopher Franke's CDs, but are on their way to be appreciated for their release of mainly television soundtracks that otherwise would never reach the ears of the audience.
Traumton Records: More than just a record label. Check out their catalog of really cool and different music. Musicians, composers and conductors and everybody who wants to record in Berlin, check out their recording facilities web site.
The official outlet of the Varèse Sarabande label. If you're having trouble finding a Varèse release, try here. Write for a free catalog.
Varèse's German distributor, Colosseum, also has a site.
And then there is Filmmusic.net!: All you need for your professional film music needs: News, Classifieds and the agent who will get you the orchestrator for the composer for your next project, all of whom you will find here.
The Hitchhiker's Navigator
E-mail
E-mail
Back Home