LIFEFORCE 2CD SET TO BE RELEASED BY BUYSOUNDTRAX

LIMITED EDITION EXPANDED SOUNDTRACK CONTAINS OVER TWO HOURS OF MUSIC COMPOSED BY HENRY MANCINI AND MICHAEL KAMEN

(October 10, 2006- Los Angeles, CA) – BuySoundtrax Records will be releasing a 2CD set of music from Lifeforce, composed two legendary composers, Henry Mancini and Michael Kamen. The package will contain the complete original score composed by Mancini, the additional music by Kamen, the Film Version of “Grandson of The Web of Destiny”, in addition to the original soundtrack album.

Lifeforce was the film adaptation of the novel The Space Vampires, by Colin Wilson. Director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist), took some liberties with the story to tie it in to the reappearance of Halley’s Comet. A space shuttle mission investigating the comet inadvertently brings back a race of space vampires to London who seek to transform the populace into zombies. Cannon Films, felt the title Space Vampires seemed too low budget and the film was renamed Lifeforce.

In 1985 when the vampire science fiction film Lifeforce was in need of a composer, the Academy Award™ winner Henry Mancini seemed an unlikely choice. But when Hooper’s first choice, James Horner, hot off the heels of his work with the first two Star Trek films, proved unavailable, Mancini was brought on board.

Henry Mancini may best be recognized for his work with more lighthearted film fare, like Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Pink Panther film series, but earlier in his career Mancini was a member of the music department at Universal Pictures. As such he composed the scores for numerous horror and science fiction films like It Came From Outer Space, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Monolith Monsters, which led Hooper to see if Mancini was interested in revisiting the genre.

Mancini composed a provocative, dramatic and dynamic orchestral score, an hour and forty minutes of music, which mostly fell victim to the cutting room floor. When Mancini did not want to go back and compose new materials for the film, itself now 20 minutes shorter, Michael Kamen was called in to fill in the musical blanks. Kamen was an up-and-coming composer, having already completed scores for David Cronenberg (The Dead Zone) and Terry Gilliam (Brazil).

BuySoundtrax Records presents a limited edition release (3,000 copies) of Lifeforce, featuring Henry Mancini’s complete score as recorded in sequence, along with Michael Kamen’s additional tracks. The package also includes the original soundtrack recording and a special bonus track, the film version of “Grandson of The Web of Destiny” performed with choir.

Lifeforce—Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on BuySoundtrax Records is available for pre-orders at www.buysoundtrax.com, and will be in stores on October 17.

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Originally posted by CineMedia Promotions:
Lifeforce—Expanded Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on BuySoundtrax Records is available for pre-orders at www.buysoundtrax.com, and will be in stores on October 17.

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Will be in stores Oct. 17? What stores other than buysoundtrax.com? Can anyone offer alternatives to obtaining this album?

Thanks,
Jeron

HERE!
http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/lifeforce-exp

It's where I got mine!

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Originally posted by sakman:
I've seen some of their releases at Tower stores. Most of the time they disappear fairly fast though.

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Tower's goin' outta business like it's outta style.

I wasn't sure if Peter would carry this, but thanks for the heads up. I'm kinda yikes-ing over the price tag.

Thanks PK!! I promise it won't be this long of a time before I order again.