February 18, 2007 - Deadly Friend Release Even More Imminent - After a postponement at the pressing plant, the CD is guaranteed to ship on Monday. Stay tuned for a link to our Yahoo Store where you can purchase the album. February 18, 2007 - Deadly Friend Release Imminent - The long awaited release of Charles Bernstein's orchestral cues from the Wes Craven picture from 1986, is due this week.
Included are a handful of remastered electronic cues from the original LP to faciltate the album's flow. But what is really an added bonus is a 35 minute interview of Charles Bernstein and Wes Craven at the end of the album. This should make for some interesting listening.
The disc is limited to 1,000 pressings and will be out on Friday. January 29, 2007 - Karel Svoboda Dead at 69 - This is truly a sad time for the film music community. The Czech film composer, who made himself a name in the 70's for children's animated shows on West German TV, shot himself yesterday in his backyard near Prague.
Reason, as is speculated, could have been a terminal disease. January 27, 2007 - Peer Raben Dead at 66 - Fassbinder's court composer dies lasy night after a long illness. Another voice is silent.
January 12, 2007 - Leatherface is Out Today - The first in our Limited Composers Series, Leatherface, Jim Manzie's frighteningly chilly score is out now. You can order it, as well as all our other titles through our Yahoo store. At 72 minutes it is one of our longest CDs, which not only features the entire score note for note, but also an in-depth interview with the composer about his experience scoring the film.
Special thanks go out to director Jeff Burr for helping us with this release. Limited to 500 pressings. January 1, 2007 - New Year Catalog Blowout Sale - It's true, we have been around long enough that some of our licenses are soon to expire.
Rather than destroying the overrstock, we have decided to let them go at a sharply discounted price. Now is your chance to get that elusive Dr. Phibes that you always pushed off buying, or maybe you are intrigued by some of our $8.
95 CDs. To see a list of all the CDs on sale, click . But hurry, this event ends at midnight on January 31, 2007.
Once these titles are gone, they are gone. Forever. December 8, 2006 - No Repressing of Kickboxer - After long deliberation, I have decided not to repress another 500 copies of our bestseller.
I appreciate all the words of encouragement to repress, but I felt that in the long run it would be more harmful to this label's reputation if I went back on my word. It is possible that we might do an expanded version at some time in the future, but for now, the initial 500 units are all that will be available. Sorry if you didn't get yours.
I hope you can appreciate my decision. November 30, 2006 - Shirley Walker Dead at 61 - This is truly another sad year for the film music community. She died after only a short illness after having lost her husband earlier this year.
She will be missed. November 19, 2006 - Audio Files are Finally Uploaded to the Web Site - Thanks to our good engineer Chas Ferry, who also mastered the two upcoming Limited Composers Series editions Leatherface and Deadly Friend, you now have the chance to listen to mp3's of all of our CDs (excpet for Kickboxer, as this is sold out). November 15, 2006 - Karl Ernst Sasse Dead at 85 - I am sorry to announce the death of another film composer: East German legend of DEFA fame Karl Ernst Sasse has died after a long battle with cancer, as well.
He will be missed. November 8, 2006 - Basil Poledouris Dead at 61 - I am deeply saddened to announce the death of Basil Poledouris. He died after a long struggle with cancer.
To share your condolences with his family, please click . November 2, 2006 - Murph the Surf is Available - The long-awaited world premiere CD of Phillip Lambro's seminal jazz score from 1974 is finally here. It is already in our Yahoo store, so get yours while it's still fresh!
November 1, 2006 - Kickboxer Is Out of Stock - After no announcements other than on this Web site and two weeks later, Kickboxer has run out of stock. Sorry if you didn't get yours! October 25, 2006 - Kickboxer Is a Hit - Half of the 500 pressed Kickboxer CDs are already sold, and it hasn't even been a week yet.
Get yours while they are still here. October 24, 2006 - Prince Valiant Nearly Sold Out - Our first CD, David Bergeaud's Prince Valiant, has two copies left. That's it.
No more. October 18, 2006 - Kickboxer Has Hit the Streets - The long awaited CD is finally out in a limited release of 500 pressings. Get yours now!
October 17, 2006 - Murph the Surf Delayed - Due to a manufacturig flaw at the pressing plant, Murph the Surf's release date is postponed until November 1, 2006. October 16, 2006 - In the Pipeline - Good news: Kickboxer will be out this Friday. The wait for many fans will finally be over.
Coming up next are "Deadly Friend", "Leatherface" by Jim Manzie, and "Sybil", the 2006 television remake of the Sally Field movie, also by Charles Bernstein. A bit further down the line are two volumes of film scores by Jim Manzie, limited to 300 copies each. October 14, 2006 - Second Newsletter Was Mailed Today - The second Perseverance Records newsletter went out today to almost 400 subscribers.
If you would like to be placed on our mailing list, send us an email. The newsletter comes out at irregular intervals. October 3, 2006 - Wes Craven Interview - I just got out of the studio where we recorded a 40-minute phone interview with Charles Bernstein and Wes Craven.
The interview goes into detail about their collaboration on "Deadly Friend" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and how a composer and director work together. The CD will feature the orchestral parts of the score from "Deadly Friend", and it will NOT contain the synthesizer music that was put out by Varese at the time of the film's release. This title will be limited to 300 pressings.
September 19, 2006 - The Prophecy II Is Out Today - Pre-orders will be shipped in the next few days. September 7, 2006 - Dark Skies Is Available - After a long wait, the first Michael Hoenig album in 18 years is finally out. Orders (and there are many of them!
) will be shipped in the coming weeks. Please bear with us. August 15, 2006 - No Audio Clips - Due to technical difficulties we are unable to offer audio samples from our latest releases.
Hopefully, this will be remedied soon. Sorry. August 14, 2006 - We're Back in Town - After a very relaxing and hot vacation in Arizona, we are back in the office.
There was a massive shipment at the post office and UPS yesterday, so all of you should get your CDs this week. Enjoy! August 7, 2006 - Remo Williams and The Prophecy Out Now - The CDs are in, but we are not.
All orders will be shipped on Monday, August 14. Thanks for your patience. We do appreciate it.
July 31, 2006 - Remo, Dark Skies and The Prophecy Finally Available - After many delays, our three most eagerly awaited titles are finally out. "Remo Williams" will be available on August 4, with "The Prophecy" following closely on August 7, and "Dark Skies" closing out the trio with a release date of 8/21. The office will be closed from 8/6-13, so most orders will be shipped after the break.
The wait is finally over! June 29, 2006 - Remo, Dark Skies and The Prophecy Announced for July - The booklet for "Remo Williams" has finally been approved by Sony and is currently at the pressing plant. The aardvark for "Dark Skies" is still at Sony, but we should have final notes by tomorrow.
The "Prophecy" art is on its way to David Williams and then off to the printer. All three titles should be out the last week of July. Thanks so much for hanging in there.
I can assure you, it will well worth be the wait. June 16, 2006 - Remo and Dark Skies Delayed Once Again - The powers that be at Sony still haven't approved the artwork for the two June titles, so we are announcing that they will be delayed for another three to four weeks. Sorry.
All pre-orders will be shipped as soon as the CD is in stock. June 9, 2006 - Artwork on "The Prophecy" Nearing Completion - For an advance peek at the cover to our next release, click . June 2, 2006 - Gag is Released - With a couple of weeks delay, we are happy to say that Dennis Dreith's brooding score to the current horror film has finally been released.
Due to a glitch in our distributor's system, the CD is only available on the Web site for the time being. We will keep you posted on a future street date. May 28, 2006 - Rejected "Chinatown" score to be released next year - The cat is out of the bag.
In response to our first newsletter of this past weekend, we have been flooded with emails. Among the future releases, we will have a digital re-recording of the unused "Chinatown" score. It will be recorded in Prague under the baton of the composer.
The score is ca 28 minutes long, and the CD MIGHT feature an audio interview with Phillip Lambro about his experiences working with Roman Polanski and Robert Evans on this picture. A release date has not been set yet. To subscribe to our newsletter, please send us an .
May 16, 2006 - Van Damme Kicks Into Action - We have just signed the deal to release the much requested score to "Kickboxer" by Paul Hertzog. The booklet will contain exclusive liner notes by the composer and the full score digitally remastered from the original session tapes. Tentative street date is October 17, 2006.
March 20, 2006 - Dark Skies Expanded - Our next album, which will feature Michael Hoenig's score to the Sci-Fi Channel series Dark Skies, will also contain music composed for the pilot by X- Files composer Mark Snow. The liner notes are almost done. The only thing missing is the interview with Mark Snow.
March 19, 2006 - Remo Williams: The Adventure Delayed - We just realized that the DAT we received from Craig Safan is missing the last 11 tracks featured in the movie. Rather than giving you only 75% of the score, we have decided to postpone the release of the CD to June 20, 2006, until we can locate the missing music. Stay tuned to the Web site for more updates.
March 6, 2006 - The Punisher: Best Older Soundtrack of 2005 - We are just raking in the awards this year! Dennis Dreith's "The Punisher" was just named one of the "Best Older Soundtracks of 2005" by Film Music Review's Steven A. Kennedy on americanmusicpreservation.
com. To see a list of all the winners, click . March 2, 2006 - On the Air - One track from our latest album, "The Least Worst of Michael Perilstein", can currently be heard on Mikael Carlsson's show on .
March 1, 2006 - FMCSA Nomination - Our so far most successful release, "Loch Ness" was just nominated for an International Film Music Critics Association Award in the category Best New CD Release of a Previously Existing Motion Picture Score. The nominees are: - F.I.
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