20/06/2025
We’re excited to announce two new Deluxe Edition expansions as part of our CD Club series: Matchstick Men by Hans Zimmer, and The Scorpion King by John Debney!
ORDER HERE: https://found.ee/cdclub-june25
Matchstick Men (2003) was an off-beat project from Ridley Scott after a series of intense, big-budget spectacles (Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Hannibal). Reuniting with Ridley Scott was composer Hans Zimmer, who had scored his previous three films—as well as 1991’s Thelma & Louise—and would go on to score several more. Zimmer, like Scott, sparked to the humor of the story and wrote a delightful, Nino Rota-flavored “Felliniesque” score. This Deluxe Edition is a 30-track, 79-minute program of Zimmer’s full score (including additional cues by and with Geoff Zanelli, Jim Dooley, and Bruce Fowler). The behind-the-scenes conflicts are documented in Kaya Savas’ new liner notes, including a Q-and-A interview with Zimmer that, like his music, never fails to entertain.
The Scorpion King (2002) was a prequel and spin-off of Universal Pictures’ successful Mummy franchise, launching the superstardom of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in his first lead role. Debney followed in the Mummy footsteps of Jerry Goldsmith and Alan Silvestri with a gargantuan, desert-flavored action score for full orchestra and choir, including non-Western instruments like the ney, duduk and ram’s horn (and Japanese taiko drums and flutes) to evoke exoticism and antiquity. The Scorpion King was released as a 40-minute CD at the time of the film. The 2-CD Deluxe Edition doubles the score program to nearly 80 minutes, and adds a bonus section of Debney’s demos, alongside new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger.
