new take-up schedule announced: Mancini, Herrman, & Takemitsu films

Take-Up just post the spring schedule on their website, including new film series' and additions to their premiere Tuesday events and continuing their collaboration with Trash Film Debauchery.  Most surprising is their collaboration with Riverview, who's hosting films in their Bernard Hermann series.  Here's a rundown of their new composer-oriented screenings:
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This March check out films featuring music by Henry Mancini, including the films The Pink Panther and Touch of Evil.

Henry Mancini: The Maestro of Mod
Coming soon to The Trylon

Love ‘em or hate ‘em, those tip-toed notes of sauntering sax that make up the Pink Panther theme are an indelible part of Hollywood’s collective jukebox. Proving that pop sensibility has a place in the orchestra pit, Henry Mancini is oft-associated with the swinging sixties, mod fashion, and delirious technicolor. All of which are on display in this series that highlights the composer’s collaboration with mod-maestro Blake Edwards. Yet Mancini translates surprisingly well to the darker corridors of the human psyche with his diabolical score to the Noir shocker Experiment in Terror and Welles' Touch of Evil.

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In April we're treated to the music of Bernard Herrmann in such Hitchcock classics as Vertigo and North by Northwest.


Bernard Herrmann: Eight Themes in the Key of Suspense
Coming soon to The Riverview and The Trylon

Like his friend and collaborator Orson Welles, Bernard Herrmann started his career in radio, where sound is the only medium for crafting the emotional journey of the audience. Few composers match the visual language of film with the ferocity of Herrmann. From the spinning streets of Vertigo, to the adrenaline pounding heights of North By Northwest, to the vengeful shadows of Cape Fear, Herrmann’s scores represent a complete and unescapable universe of their own. Though his collaborations with Hitchcock are legendary, the notoriously bull-headed composer forged a deeply personal career that spanned nearly four decades, from the groundbreaking Citizen Kane, to the 70s classic Taxi Driver.

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The last of their new series focused on great film composers, Take-Up presents films featuring the music of Toru Takemitsu in their May lineup.

Tōru Takemitsu: The Music of Anxiety
Coming soon to The Trylon

Japanese composer Tōru Takemitsu wrote bold musical experiments that mirrored the daring films he scored from the Japanese New Wave, adding an ambience of surreal tension that represented the uncertainty of Japan in the 1960s. Devoted to movies, Takemitsu composed music for over 100 films from 1956 to 1995. Although he finally won the attention of the Western world with his score for Akira Kurosawa’s Ran, it was his work with such directors as Masaki Kobayashi, Masahiro Shinoda, Nagisa Oshima and Hiroshi Teshigahara that formed the foundation of his most powerful and vibrant musical scores. These rare screenings are a must for film—and music—aficianados. May at the Trylon.

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As always, I'll post more about these films closer to their screenings, and please check out Take-Up's website for more info.