Falcon Crest - The New Series

We've waited for such a long time and now it looks like it really could happen soon: A new Falcon Crest Series is in development! Bob McCullough and Garner Simmons (who both worked on the original series) developed a concept for the revival of Falcon Crest!

Read more about it exclusively on the German Falcon Crest Fanclub site.

And please go to the official Falcon Crest Facebook site and like it. It's important to show interest so the network knows how many loyal fans are still out there.

Have a relaxed Sunday! :-)

Falcon Crest Soundtrack available on July 15

We have a release date: The soundtrack album "Falcon Crest: Themes from the Television Series" will be released on July 15, 2013 as a Limited CD Edition and as a download edition (amazon, iTunes).

To pre-order the Limited CD Edition please visit this website: www.marcbradleymusic.com/music_cd_falcon_crest_soundtrack_order.htm

 Here's the track listing:

1.  Falcon Crest Main Theme 2:06
2.  Maggie's Theme 2:06
3.  Driving to Falcon Crest 0:36
4.  Lance & Lorraine's Theme 1:30
5.  Maggie & Richard's Theme 2:01
6.  Lance & Melissa's Theme 2:23
7.  Maggie's Theme (Acoustic Version) 2:55
8.  Nicole Sauguet's Theme 1:49
9.  Julia's Theme 2:15
10.  Kit & Tony's Theme 1:04
11.  Lance & Melissa's Theme (Piano Version) 1:17
12.  Falcon Crest Main Theme (Symphonic Version) 2:18
13.  Falcon Crest Main Theme (Sentimental Version) 1:18
14.  Falcon Crest Main Theme (Chill Out Version) 5:22
15.  Falcon Crest Main Theme (Summer Dance Club Version) 4:14


And here you may listen to a snippet:




Enjoy! Hope you'll like it :-)

Parker Stevenson at Motor City Comic Con

A few weeks ago, Parker Stevenson (Joel McCarthy in Falcon Crest's season 4) was at the Motor City Comic Con in Michigan.
He talked about what inspires him, about his career and about his favorite shows when he was a kid.
Parker also reveals that he's working on a new show that is still in development and might be filmed in New Orleans.

Check out some interviews with him:

Falcon Crest Soundtrack: CD or Download?

Hey everyone,

until now I was planning on releasing the Falcon Crest Soundtrack only as a mp3 download album on amazon and iTunes. But some of you asked for a CD. So I'm thinking of releasing a Limited CD edition, additionaly.
My question is: Are you interested in a CD or in a download? It's expensive to make a CD in advance and I really have no idea how many people would be interested in this... So, it's up to you. Please let me know and vote. If there are enough requests I'll go for the Limited CD edition :-) Thanks for your vote.

Green Sheep

Falcon Crest Soundtrack

Hi Falcon Crest fans,
I'd like to announce the release of an album with the Falcon Crest Soundtrack.

Some of you might know I'm working as a composer and I performed some of the show's themes in the past. Many people asked if I could release them and I still receive requests to do some tunes from Falcon Crest. So I've decided to make an album with my favorite tracks. In the last few weeks I've worked very hard on this and the result is an album with 15 of my favorite tracks. 

The album will include the Falcon Crest Main Theme, Maggie's Theme, Nicole Sauguet's Theme, Lance & Lorraine's Theme, Julia's theme and a Dance Club Version of the Main Theme as well as the Chill Out Version (which is already on youtube).

The album is scheduled to be released in the middle of July, 2013. So check back for a specific release date.

I hope you'll like the album :-)
Marc

Season 3 Preview

Warner Bros just released a preview clip for the third season with a few minutes from the first episode 'Cimmerian Dawn'.
The quality looks pretty good. 

Check it out:

Kim Novak at Cannes Festival

Kim Novak (80) was a guest of honor at the 66th Cannes film festival and presented a new restored version of her 1958 movie 'Vertigo'. She also presented the Palme d'Or award to actor Oscar Isaac, wo accepted the award on behalf of directors Ethan and Joel Coen for their film Inside Llewyn Davis.

At the award ceremony, Kim Novak wore a red-blue dress she wore on Falcon Crest in 1987!

Former colleague plans documentary on Cliff Robertson

When Steve Thompson, who for years worked as a publicist in the manufacturing sector, decided to give a career in the film industry a try, he never expected where he would end up.

When Thompson left manufacturing because of the decline in jobs on the East Coast, he simply thought he would enjoy working on movies, since he had always loved them. So he got in touch with someone who was currently producing “13th Child,” a horror film based on the legend of the New Jersey devil, and got hired on as a publicist for the film.

Not long after production started, Thompson met one of the actors starring in the film, veteran screen star Cliff Robertson. The film itself may not have been a huge hit (it went straight to video), but the friendship Thompson sparked with Robertson lasted more than a decade — until Robertson passed away in 2011.

“It was really intimidating for me, being thrown into this environment where I didn’t know what I was doing. But suddenly, there I was, face to face with Cliff Robertson,” Thompson said. “He was really good to me, helping me through the process [of working on my first film]. We just hit it off. He always found ways to make you comfortable.”

Thompson kept in touch with Robertson after filming ended. When Gregory Peck, who was a close friend of Robertson’s, died in 2003, Thompson called him to express condolences — and to inquire if he was planning to release a statement to the press. Robertson, who had never had a publicist, replied he hadn’t planned on it, so Thompson offered to help him draft one, sealing their working relationship that continued until Robertson’s death.

“He was terrific to work with,” Thompson said. “Every time I had a question about the industry, he would answer it and he always helped me out when I needed it. Once, a producer was considering me for a film. Cliff called him to endorse me, and not 10 minutes later, I got a call from the producer. He said Cliff’s opinion was the gold standard for integrity in the industry.”

It’s that reputation that Thompson is now hoping to preserve in the annals of film history. Along with director and producer Brian Gillogly, Thompson’s next film project will be of a more personal nature: a documentary of Robertson’s life, with focus on both his acting and his love of aviation. Robertson, who was born in La Jolla and graduated from La Jolla High School, has starred in countless films and won an Academy Award for his role in the film “Charly,” but, Thompson said, there’s not much of a record of his life and

“Everyone spoke of what a great guy he was,” Thompson said. “Having seen how he affected so many people and because he was so open to me and helped me out, I would like to do a documentary on him. I want to have something to present to his family.”

Thompson is still in the initial phases of planning. The project, he said, will likely cost no more than $200,000 — “A lot to you and me, but a drop in the bucket in the industry,” he said — and he hopes to crowdfund most of that from funding platform Indiegogo. So far, funding hasn’t exactly caught fire, with much of the $9,500 Thompson is hoping to get from the campaign — which ends on May 31 — still unfunded. Still, he said, he hopes fans of Robertson will come out to support the project.

Cliff Robertson with Laura Johnson in "Falcon Crest"

Thompson is also hoping to get support from former colleagues of Robertson’s in the form of participation on the film. He plans to feature clips from some of Robertson’s biggest films, including “PT 109,” “Charly,” “The Pilot,” “J.W. Coop,” “Three Days of the Condor” and “Spider-Man,” and he’s in the process of trying to get Robertson’s co-stars from such films in front of the camera for interviews about their experiences working with him.

“The man was instrumental in my life. He was there for me, and he was there for a lot of other people, too,” Thompson said. “I just don't want to see him lost in history. I don’t know his granddaughter, but I would like to be able to give her something about how great her grandfather was, and to have something to give to all the people who knew him.”

To learn more about the documentary detailing Robertson’s life or to donate to the project, visit www.indiegogo.com/projects/cliff-robertson-documentary.
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Carla Gugino to Star Off Broadway in 'A Kid Like Jake'

Carla Gugino will return to the New York stage, alongside Peter Grosz, a longtime writer on The Colbert Report, in the world premiere of Daniel Pearle's new play, A Kid Like Jake.

Directed by Evan Cabnet, the Off Broadway production will be staged at the Claire Tow Theater as part of Lincoln Center Theater's LCT3 initiative devoted to emerging artists. It begins performances June 2, with official opening set for June 17.

Caroline Aaron and Michelle Beck complete the cast. The play centers on a husband and wife (Gugino and Grosz) whose nurturing approach to their precocious four-year-old son runs into obstacles when his passion for Cinderella and playing dress-up causes concern at the Manhattan private schools to which they apply.

Gugino's recent stage work includes the 2012 Broadway revival of Athol Fugard's The Road to Mecca, in which she starred opposite Rosemary Harris; and a 2006 Off Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly Last Summer, with Blythe Danner.