The Sandlot 25th Anniversary Score Review

This is Matt Verbois from La La Land Records,

and you've entered the La La Land Lounge on Geekcast

Radio. Hello and welcome to the La La Land Lounge

here on Geekcast Radio. I'm of course TF2 and

Mike. It is a new year, folks, and I wanted to

get to this last year in its 25th anniversary

year, but, uh, holidays and... Everything else

kind of got in the way I am joined by talking

about my generation Co -founder co -host host

whatever you want to call him dog able. Hello,

sir. Hello, sir Is this your first podcast in

like four years? Or at least two years Actually,

no, I've actually gotten a couple under under

my belt for talking about my generation. We did

we did some episodes about Stanley's passing

and we have some episodes about the Grinches

and Something else we didn't I gotta I gotta

go back and look we just did it recently got

a couple of them out there that I've been knocking

out and try just pick back up cuz you know, I

want to go to comic -con and comic -con is coming

and Hopefully they'll have a press pass this

year So yeah folks for you though for those of

you that don't know even though we talk about

music on this part of geocast radio We talk about

those scores released from La La Land lounge

or the La La Land records Music label company

Doug for the longest time 25 years had been going

to comic -con and I think for the last three

He has not been able to go because he hasn't

been able to get the passes. Yeah So I'm trying

like hell this year. Hopefully I can go and If

I go, then one of the nice things is I'll be

able to go and actually talk to the guys from

La La Land Records area in person and say, hey,

nice to meet you. I've been working with your

stuff. Here I am. Hello. Yep, exactly. So we

are here to talk about the 25th anniversary release

of the Sandlot. From the La La Land Records website

it says, La La Land Records, 20th Century Fox,

and Fox Music present the 25th anniversary remastered

and expanded reissue of renowned composer David

Newman's original motion picture score to the

beloved 1993 coming -of -age baseball dramedy,

The Sandlot. Basically, Mr. Newman fashions a

delight of a score expertly weaving nostalgic

Copeland -esque Americana with a vibrant Contemporary

pulse and a perfect complement to the joyous

film's retro heartbeat and a vital part of its

charm Remastered and expanded beyond its previous

release by over 40 minutes This special presentation

is produced for 20th Century Fox by Nick Redmond

for La La Land Records by Neil S. Bulk and Mike

Mattesino and mastered by Daniel Hirsch. Exclusive

in -depth liner notes by Tim Grieving. Cover

art covering all the bases and Grand Slam art

design is done by Dan Goelwasser. This is a limited

edition of 1 ,500 units. So this is a 32 track

score. The entire thing, it's one disc, the entire

thing runs 68 minutes and 56 seconds. So just

over an hour and Man, does this thing like I've

ever since I saw the Sandlot when I originally

saw it back in the 90s I've wanted the music

from this movie and we now have it and oh my

god just listening to the music I remember every

single scene out of this movie even before that

I still remember most of the scenes but Hearing

the music by itself outside of the film And I

love this It's it's definitely good a very very

good mix, you know putting everything together

The little things in there, you know, you hear

the main title obviously here, you know You hear

them and there are no words whatsoever that I

can find in any of these I'm going through listening

to it. But you start listening to it. You know,

oh, hey, this is when they're playing ball This

is where the beast shows them. This is you know,

this is of course, you know, Wendy lotioning

up her body with the suntan Then the fake drowning

with squins, you know, yes, you know you start

noticing it even if you don't look at the song

titles You like I recognize this absolutely I

I love the movie I love the score it's one of

the movies that I can go back and watch every

now and then more so than most other films I

love the story I love the way it's told and the

thing with me as I said a second ago is that

half of the time not only am I paying attention

everything that's going on in the movie I'm also

trying to hear the music that's under all the

talking scenes and whatever else and like you

know you take Benny what is it where is it it's

Benny runs around the bend or no it's a Benny

steals home Benny steals home which is the final

track on the main part of the score here It's

the end of the movie and it's that that music

at the end of the movie when when Scottie's you

know adult Scottie's like The Jet Steals Home!

The Jet Steals Home! Well David Newman put an

amazing piece of music under that whole thing

and while you can hear part of it You don't get

to hear all of it, and that's why I love movies

soundtrack scores because it's the music outside

of the film But the music still draws you into

the film like you just said You could see in

your mind every single scene as you're listening

to these things. Oh, yeah It's I just I don't

know this is one like you said It's something

that you can sit there and watch and even just

listening to music even if you just put this

on and this is one of these You know, this is

one of these titles that It's got iconic music

so you can listen to it and recognize it almost

instantly and go I know what this stuff is from

it's you know, it's like a You know night like

the 78 Superman Soundtrack when you hear that

first bit coming in or you know Star Wars theme

song or something like that You can hear any

one of these songs the main theme title and go

that's that sound lot sound lot right there You

know, it's iconic. I love this stuff. It's good

because of that You know Even though I love all

of it going through and listening to it. There

are probably some of the tracks that I would

not like If I play this score, I'm probably not

gonna have like the darker beast themes in here.

Yeah. Like beast under the fence. That's some

dark music. Like when he, when the dog got caught

under the fence. Um, I do love it. I do absolutely

love it. Um, the fact that the scene that was

Scotty's erector set has its own theme song in

that, like, you know, I mean, come on. That we're

going to your board mm -hmm You know wearing

my old hat playing baseball kind of thing Benny

coaching Scotty Is one of the tracks here? I

do love some of the alternate tracks as well

Like I love that they put in playing baseball

the end title version, so it's it's after Obviously

it's the end of the movie so they use a a different

a different theme there and i love that they

put that in here and that's what i love about

lowland records is that they pay attention to

everything and i know most soundtrack companies

do as well but i've been working with these guys

for six years now i think because i started doing

written reviews for them in 2013 so yeah six

six years or so now And just everything that

they put out, everything that I am interested

in that they put out, I absolutely love it. I've

gotta start banking more episodes of this show

so I can request more scores from them. I gotta

get The World Is Not Enough, the bond score they

put out at the end of last year to that bond

movie. The Sandlot, like you said, it's... Good

old -fashioned Americana baseball You know, yeah

is greatest game one of my favorite things that

they have in this thing and almost screams, you

know Typical typical Americana is they get to

the point when there's the showdown between Benny

and the Beast That little bit and they just start

playing that spaghetti Western music I can't

help but laugh because I'm like that is iconic

that is exactly what you'd expect from you know,

the guns being drawn and they're You know face

off with each other and that's gonna be it And

he ends up running around and getting away from

the dog and it's just it's great Yeah, it's so

So so good and this movie I mean It's not full

-on star -studded, but it's got some pretty damn

good stars behind it. I mean Dennis Leary as

the stepfather James Earl Jones as Hercules his

owner Hercules for those of you that don't know

been living under a rock for the last 26 years

is the name of the beast You know Just some amazing

amazing adult star power and even the kids like

I don't Don't think I've followed any single

one of these kid actors since this film I can't

remember a single thing any of them have been

in You better have I don't know if you heard

was last year last year or two years ago The

guy who played as Benny the jet room Rodriguez

the original one the kid he actually caught somebody

He actually caught a crook. Oh, wow, you go look

it up. You'll find it. He actually caught a crook

running away he caught the guy. Wow. Big thing

they made is like, Betty the Jet Ramirez catches

a crook as she's trying to run away. Wow, that's

crazy. I do, just to tie it all back to a certain

company and a certain collectible that we all

love, I have these Squints and Wendy Target exclusive

Funko Pop 2 -pack. And I have the Beast Pop as

well from Funko. So, you'll see folks in the

post, you'll see my images with the soundtrack,

I put all the pops next to the soundtrack. Yes,

we are nerds. Oh, man. Well, at least you got

the beast, that's one of the most important ones

to have. Oh, absolutely, yeah. I just, like,

listening to this score, when La La Land first

sent it to me, even now, I've... Like right now

this is probably gonna be my summer 2019 Album

that I listen to almost all summer because of

this because of just remembering what the movie

is and finally getting a chance to hear the music

outside of the film It's just some feel -good

stuff. It's you know a time -forgotten kind of

thing that you know I don't hear about you know

too many people playing you know pick up baseball

or whatever anymore you know you know you don't

hear about too many too many things like this

anymore and the fact that it's one of those things

where it's you know came out in 93 but it's set

in I think the I want to say the 50s or 60s or

something I forget off the top my head it's one

of those Christmas story kind of movies where

it was made in one year but it actually is a

different year Yeah, definitely a period piece

and totally tell it's even then though the kids

who are in it. It's not like it's It's not like

it's locked and you can't tell you have to look

but it's definitely that there's a little bit

locked in with it and it's Don't know. I just

love it. It's a great film, and you know seeing

all the kids goofing around and you know go long

I'm gonna hit the ball out there. You know or

or even Benny Hinton saying okay You stand right

here hold your glove out right there perfect

You know it was the summer the film takes place

in the summer of 62 there we go You know and

it's it's set in the San Fernando Valley. So,

you know California and baseball there you go

as long as you're not the Padres, you know The

last place players always It was come on. Let's

let's face it. There is no if you're in Southern,

California The only team that you really follow

you follow either the angels or you follow you

follow the Dodgers Really the Dodgers are who

you follow even if they don't make it you still

follow the Dodgers just you know it's like New

York has You know New York has Mets that they

follow or they have the evil Empire You know

let's just face it. They have the Yankees. That's

what everybody follows in New York It's either

the Yankees or the Mets out here It's the Dodgers

and even then there is still an ugly thing with

people going hey You know the Dodgers came from

Brooklyn. You know that You know, it's I know

it's been like, you know 60 70 some odd years

since they came out here But people still have

that mentality out here. It's weird You know,

that's like what the Red Sox it's like oh they

used to be called the Boston Braves I'm like

well according to my lifetime and according to

Bill Buckner. They're the Red Sox Anyway, um

the sandlot Go watch it, folks. It's a fun movie.

This score is amazing. You can get this score

right now on lalalandrecords .com, where soundtracks

live. $19 .98 for this score. Not a bad price,

I don't think. And I absolutely love it. I will

be listening to it this summer. Hell, I'm probably

going to put it on repeat after we record this.

Any other final thoughts from you on the score

itself? Can't think of anything other than, you

know, this is summer, that's about it. Yeah,

pretty much. Short of it being the Phineas and

Ferb thing, it's summer. Yep. Absolutely, it

is summer and it is baseball season and all that

good stuff. We're recording this just before

the team start reporting the spring, I think.

i just saw the cubs post about spring training

tickets so you know the whole january february

when players first report is about to start happening

let's see what else you can find uh... all the

cool soundtracks all the great soundtracks uh...

lawland records has released at lawland records

dot com or soundtracks live like i said before

check out the sam lot score people please do

watch the movie as well coming up next time it's

either going to be Justice League, the original

DC animated universe score, or it might be myself,

Steve Megatron, DJ Valentine, and Doug talking

about another one of David Newman's scores. We'll

be talking about Galaxy Quest and its film as

well, so that could be coming up next. I'm not

sure. I don't know. I'm just playing it by ear.

You got anything you want to promote before we

get out of here? Well, please go check out my

website and my podcast at my generation podcast

comm You can listen to all of our stuff going

back for four years Plus the new episodes that

we've started up again here. We're gonna be continuing

on through the throughout the new year of 2019

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