INVADERS FROM MARS (2 CD SET)

Label: Intrada Signature Edition ISE1024
Date: 1986
Tracks: 23
Time: 134:27

Wow! World premiere 2-CD set of both complete soundtracks for Tobe Hooper remake of durable sci-fi/nightmare tale, starring Karen Black, Timothy Bottoms, Louise Fletcher. CD 1 premieres complete Christopher Young orchestral score with warm, pastorale music plus dynamic action music on display. Following is complete (and largely unused) Christopher Young electronic score featuring intense, cerebral soundscapes utilizing multiple layers of complex sound. CD 2 premieres complete synthesizer replacement score by David Storrs with abundance of other-worldly ideas utilizing somewhat more tonal vocabulary. (Highlights of Storrs score were previously available on Enigma label LP only.) Following is bonus remastered presentation of special "collage" Young fashioned for Edel label in 1991, utilizing 5 excerpts from his synthesizer score, substantially re-worked into vivid 34-minute concert piece. Both complete Young & Storrs scores presented in dynamic stereo from original multi-track session masters vaulted at MGM! Paul Francis Witt conducts orchestral music, Christopher Young & David Storrs perform respective electronic scores. Intrada Signature Edition limited to 1200 copies! LESS THAN 500 COPIES REMAINING!

Orchestral Score by Christopher Young
01. Original Intro and Main Title (3:06)
02. Stargazing (1:44)
03. Forces Gear Up (2:28)
04. Marines Enter Tunnel (2:55)
05. End Credits (3:35)

Total Time = 13:59

Synthesizer Score by Christopher Young
06. Ship Landing (4:29)
07. Mrs. McKeltch (14:36)
08. David and Linda In School (5:21)
09. Parents Arrive At Base (6:06)
10. Aftermath (5:23)
11. Dead Martians (4:20)
12. Save Linda (4:16)

Total Time = 44:47

Total Time (CD 1) = 58:57
Synthesizer Score by David Storrs
01. Invaders From Mars (2:04)
02. Ship Lands (3:04)
03. David and Ed Show Up (5:09)
04. Mom and Dad Act Funny (4:12)
05. Mrs. McKeltch’s Neck (3:12)
06. Van Ride Into Tunnels (3:44)
07. Marine Base (2:33)
08. Explosive Truck (3:02)
09. First Contact (5:14)
10. Supreme Intelligence (8:23)

Total Time = 41:03

Invaders From Mars Collage by Christopher Young
11. Invaders: Musique Concrete [Five Movements From Invaders From Mars] (34:27)

Total Time (CD 2) = 75:30

Christopher Young & David Storrs
Limit 1 per customer

Price: $29.99

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WAY... WAY OUT / BRADDOCK

Label: Intrada Special Collection Volume 73
Dates: 1966 / 1968
Tracks: 20
Time: 59:40

Cool disc for Lalo Schifrin fans! World premiere of Schifrin comic space score for Gordon Douglas astronaut send-up starring Jerry Lewis, Connie Stevens. Schifrin offers breezy tunes, swinging lounge music, dynamic jazz plus several moments of outer space suspense. Presented in dynamic stereo from original 20th Century Fox session masters in beautiful condition, including wild title song! Adding to colorful album is exciting score for rare 1968 TV private eye thriller entitled BRADDOCK. Schifrin melds signature COOL HAND LUKE style with colorful rhythms, nervous energy of his equally famous MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE music. Schifrin fans should be delirious! Presented in crisp mono as recorded for the show. Informative notes by Jon Burlingame complete this cool package. Lalo Schifrin conducts. Intrada Special Collection release limited to 1500 copies!

Way... Way Out
01. Main Title (2:20)
02. Don’t Blow Your Cool (2:11)
03. The Centrifuge (1:39)
04. Stuck With You (1:02)
05. Space March (2:16)
06. The Trip (4:14)
07. Welcome To The Moon (1:23)
08. Schmidlap (2:11)
09. Jazz Waltz (1:53)
10. Out Of This World (2:10)
11. It’s Not So Late (1:35)
12. Black Russian (3:13)
13. Space Punch (2:19)
14. Tender Moon (2:01)
15. Finale (3:00)

Total Time = 33:54

Braddock
16. Main Title (0:48)
17. You Are Dead (7:24)
18. Perennial Suspension (8:18)
19. Brave New Beat (8:15)
20. End Credits (0:52)

Total Time = 25:39

Lalo Schifrin
Price: $19.99

So Peter, will you be able to stock these? I only ask because you'll note that Intrada has a 1 per customer limit on INVADERS FROM MARS.

James

I guess I should just put the $599.99 price tag on Invaders and be done with it?

http://www.moviemusic.com/soundtrack/invadersfrommars

Please write to Intrada and asked them kindly to increase their runs in the future. Having titles sell out overnight has happened one too many times for it to be an "error on judgment" when randomly guessing demand for a product.

This may sound weird, but because Intrada underestimated demand, my customer service takes a hit. There are plenty of customers who like to buy their stuff in the MM store because of the shipping deal, but when they can't do it anymore because of lack of availability, there can be some frustration.

We may want to suggest that these labels do what other collecting industries have done: announce a title, take pre-orders for a month or so (not just one night), and THEN print a sufficient number of copies to cover, plus a little over. This way, people have a chance not to miss it, and if they do, it's their own fault. You can't blame people for missing out on a title because it was only available for 7 hours, especially when 8 of those are when you should be sleeping!

Anyway... Invaders has been a great success, and a great frustration. But there's no need to get negative. Let's be constructive!

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Originally posted by PeterK:

We may want to suggest that these labels do what other collecting industries have done: announce a title, take pre-orders for a month or so (not just one night), and THEN print a sufficient number of copies to cover, plus a little over. This way, people have a chance not to miss it, and if they do, it's their own fault. You can't blame people for missing out on a title because it was only available for 7 hours, especially when 8 of those are when you should be sleeping!

Anyway... Invaders has been a great success, and a great frustration. But there's no need to get negative. Let's be constructive!

P.S. I hope you like the Invaders score. It's quite... unlistenable.

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The history of how many scores this had is interesting (Young's initial synth score was largely rejected, then he wrote and recorded the lush orchestral material, then another composer replaced most of Young's leftover synth score).

sounds like KING SOLOMON's MINES Jerry Goldsmith :-)