War of the Worlds (+4 Bonus [Original recording remastered]

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Album Details
20bit Digitally Remastered Edition of the First of the All-star Soundtracks for Soundtrack's Sake. Featured Players Include the Late Richard Burton, the Late Phil Lynott and the Moody Blues'justin Hayward, Whose "Forever Autumn" from this Album Became his Biggest Solo Hit. This Collection also Includes Four Bonus Tracks:a Remix and Dub of 'forever Autumn' and a Remix of 'eve of the War' and a Dub of 'spirit of Man".

Tracks:

The Eve Of War
Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
Forever Autumn
Thunder Child

Tracks:

The Red Weed (Part 1)
The Spirit Of Man
The Red Weed (Part 2)
Artilleryman (Part 2)
Brave New World
Dead London
Epilogue (Part 1)
Epilogue (Part 2) (Nasa)

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In hindsight, it seems almost incredible: 27 years ago, a young musician named Jeff Wayne (who at the time primarily wrote music for commercials) fell in love with H.G. Wells' much-loved book The War of the Worlds, and decided to make a musical version of it. Star Wars had just put people's minds into outer space, musical theatre was hugely successful, and long, anthemic orchestral prog-rock was all the rage. Wayne was inspired by all these elements and decided to gather together his peers and make a musical-mixed-with-spoken-word album, with the script taken directly from the famous book. This was by no means a soundtrack to a movie; in fact, all of the visuals were to come straight from the listener's minds (hard to imagine in today's video-oriented world.) The two-LP set featured Sir Richard Burton as frontman, along with some of the leaders of the progressive rock world who joined in on the fun. Moody Blues' Justin Hayward, "Rock On" vocalist David Essex and Thin Lizzy lead Philip Lynott each did more than sing on the record, they took a part in the musical play, performing key roles alongside the aforementioned dramatist Burton.

Amazingly, the eccentric project was a massive success, selling over 13 million copies and staying on the U.K. charts for over 260 weeks straight. DJs and bands--including the Orbital and Todd Terry--still use WOTW samples to inspire their own works. Unquestionably, the genesis of electronica can (in part) be mapped back to the War of the Worlds' use of sound experimentation and synthesized grooves.

The re-released double CD got a revamping both on an auditory and visual front: on the sonic side, the collection is now a remastered disc, mixed both in stereo and 5.1 surround sound. On the cosmetic side, the collection is now a six-panel digipack, with 48 pages of lyrics, biographies, and a handful of paintings from the original artwork. The music comes as a pair of Super Audio CDs (SACDs), a technology that will play both in standard and SACD players, the latter receiving up to four more times the sonic information for superior sound quality. --Denise Sheppard

Album Description

Original double album re-packaged into deluxe 6 panel digi-pak. Includes:
* 2 Hybrid SACDs - The original double album remixed in stereo and multi-channel 5.1 surround sound from the original 48 track master tapes by Jeff Wayne.
* Expanded 48 page full color booklet with new artwork, sleeve notes and content

Customer Reviews:

War of the Worlds.......2007-02-17

My father used to listen to this a lot when I was a kid. I final found this and it is as great as I remember...

Jeff Waynes War of the Worlds.......2007-01-04

I am trying to replace my 80's cassettes with dvd's. This s a very inexpensive way of doing this. You guys got a ton more titles that=n the local music store chains. Keep up the good work. My older brother purchased this musical on a 2 record album. It sounded great on a record player, but it sounds even better in this format. Thanx again

One of a kind!.......2006-12-31

Jeff Wayne's "The War of the Worlds" is truly a unique undertaking (a two-hour rock album based on an H.G. Wells novel? who would think of such a thing?)--and a remarkably successful one. Steering almost entirely clear of special effects, Wayne uses recurring musical elements to tell his story--the ominous chords of the main theme; the driving bass rhythm which we first hear at the start of "The Heat Ray"; the eerie Martian whistle which makes a final, unexpected appearance in the Epilogue--with great effectiveness. Sure, this is a 1976 recording, and the wokka-wokka disco sound of the era makes occasional appearances--but overall, this recording has aged remarkably well. Wayne clearly has mastery of all musical genres. My only complaint would be that the second disc isn't quite as inspired as the first--too much atmosphere and not enough action for my taste. Nonetheless, a 5-star album.

Good stuff never fades away.......2006-12-21

I bought the 2 LP set of this back when it first came out, after hearing a snippet of it on the radio. Simply put, it stands on its own against ANYTHING written, or recorded since, in any popular/rock music arena. I just found out how popular it has become, which is very cool. I was right 25 years ago........ ;-)

Did I say RECORD PLAYER?.......2006-08-06

I have the original LP records (remember those?) of this production. I loved it then but had tired of having to drag out an antique record player to enjoy Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds.

Enter CD's! This is a great experience for those of us who own the original. The ease of CD's makes this production enjoyable again! I also recommend it for everyone else who has never heard it before.

Average customer rating:

A score that crawls up inside you and makes you shiver
Williams needs to revisit earlier successes!
Williams Displays Versatility
Great album with tense feelings
Part of a song?

War of the Worlds
John Williams
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Tracks:

Prologue (Narration: Morgan Freeman)
The Ferry Scene
Reaching The Country
The Intersection Scene
Ray And Rachel
Escape From The City
Probing The Basement
Refugee Status
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John Williams continues his longtime collaboration with Steven Spielberg in this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel of the same name (previously filmed in 1953). Considering that the movie depicts a gigantic Martian invasion, you'd think Williams would have fully gone into his familiar bombastic mode, but he's refrained from doing so. While the composer makes full use of the outsize orchestra at his disposal, he prefers juxtaposing layers and building atmosphere rather than hitting you over the head with dramatic arias. "The Intersection Scene," for instance, begins slowly and minimally, then progressively builds into an ominous pounding; Williams then inserts spooky, otherworldly banshee-like effects that escalate into a frenzied pitch before abruptly disappearing as the track begins its descent back towards calm. The sound is genuinely scary and could lead to a spike in blood pressure among impressionable listeners without the help of visuals. "Probing the Basement" is another example of Williams masterfully building anxiety. War of the Worlds culminates with "Escape from the Basket," in which Williams methodically builds tension over close to ten minutes. And refreshingly, even when the action picks up, he mostly avoids the clichéd thundering timpani that often plague this type of score. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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Customer Reviews:

A score that crawls up inside you and makes you shiver.......2006-06-19

For War of the Worlds, John Williams reached for something not of this earth and composed a score that you feel on your skin, even before you become aware that you are actually hearing it. He has laid down a musical foundation of atmospherics and textural events, achieving a rhythmic propulsion that is so utterly primal it crawls up inside you and makes you wonder how one composer could make such a radical departure of style from such masterworks of melodic phrasing as the flying theme from E.T., to the enduring themes of the Star Wars series and come up with a new sound that gives War of the Worlds much of its ultra-realism. But that is the genuine genius of John Williams and the many characters he has played throughout a musical career that will never be equaled.

Williams needs to revisit earlier successes!.......2006-03-17

John Williams, like his contemporary, the late Jerry Goldsmith, is responsible for some of filmdom's more memorable scores ("Jaws," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Star Wars," "Superman-The Movie," the first three "Harry Potter" films, and so many others). Just the mention of the composer's name brings smiles to the movie fans worldwide and his album sales and critical acclaim attest to his popularity.

Williams's three-decade association with Steven Spielberg has produced some of the aforementioned as well as other scores that have been the best collaborations between director and composer since the days of Hitchcock and legendary Bernard Herrmann.

While John Williams has made beautiful and awe-inspiring music for Spielberg productions in the past, he's had a couple of subpar (for Williams) compositions; and, sadly, "War of the Worlds" falls into this category.

The measure of a movie score lies in its ability to stand alone apart from the film for which it was composed. This particular work needs the movie's images and action to support its lack of listenability. Like the earlier "Minority Report," the music to Spielberg's adaptation of the Wells' classic does not feature any distinct melodies, little drama, or even thrills that are necessary to tell a story about malevolent aliens attempting to wipe out mankind.

It's as if the composer took the term "incidental music" to heart and just provided little more than something in the background.

Maybe he was attempting to be subtle, but the story deserved something a bit more dynamic and frightening.

We, his fans, all know that he is more than capable to come up to the plate.

Perhaps, on his next pairing with Steven...

Williams Displays Versatility.......2006-03-15

This score is like nothing else I have heard from Williams and that is an awesome thing! I am always impressed with the work that Williams does but this score really surprised me. The score uses many modern and avant garde classical methods to truly convey an expression of fear. Rather than focusing on charactar based themes, as Williams generally does, he instead uses musical textures to convey the emotion of the film. This textural technique of composing reminded me of the works of Gyorgy Ligeti. Though this is a great listen, this score may seem "unpleasent" to listen to if you aren't used to heavy/modern classical music, which is a contrast to the usual scores that Williams composes. Though I must say, the unpleasant feeling score was exactly what a film like War of the Worlds needed. Bravo John Williams!

Great album with tense feelings.......2005-11-28

For this soundtrack, it is real awesome. It is so good to listen to it. All the sound effects in this album are so good and fill with a lot of tense moments. The composer of this album is John Williams. He is always the best for the movie music. He makes a lot of good music in his past movies. This one is no exception at all. When I listen, I feel the tense moments. So, this album is good overall and you should get it.

Part of a song?.......2005-11-24

Well im a kind of person if I like a small part of the song i will buy the whole album, but can anyone tell me if the following par of the film is included in the soundtrack.

After the ferry scene you see people and them walking in an open field with a battle far away. Theres a calm sad violin part durin that scene, is it in the soundtrack?

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a landmark
Timeless classic

War of the Worlds
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Customer Reviews:

a landmark.......2007-06-18

This is a landmark of radio. Orson Welles successfully pulled off the greatest farce? tragedy? show? of all of radio history. And the way they did it, cutting in and out of the music of the day (much like if CNN did it today, but a video version) many people thought this was real. It's a testament to the power of Orson Welles, though he did, at the beginning, let people know that this was just a show. It's the latecomers (let that be a lesson to you) that panicked. History aside, it is a great radio show, the only that I own. Buy it. Love it. And think about it.

Timeless classic.......2005-08-29

Need not much to say, this is the radioplay that shook a lot
of U.S. citizens, (Kane?) :) It's style (radioplay) is realistic
done, that's why it's a bit boring to start with, (like the movie 2001 of Stanley Kubrick) but it then, gets tense,
in short, it follows the story of Herbert George Wells closely,
Just like Justin Hayward's musical version, (using Richard Burton
as narrator)
So with this cd you can hear the perfect sounding voice of Orson
again...in the play he did in his Mercury Theatre,
The reason why so many people thought this show was "the real thing", is because on a other radio station a very populair comedy show just ended, and those people didn't hear the start
of this radioplay, many people called the station, Orson said
he was sorry but also, that it was Haloween !

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The penultimate collection ...
Muisic of the Spheres
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Tracks:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Aliens
Sound Effect - The Nostromo
Alien
A.I.
Armageddon
Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
Apollo 13
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Lifeforce
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Predator
The Right Stuff

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Moonraker
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Silent Running
Sound Effect - Alien Organism
Species
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Starman
Star Trek - TV Theme
Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
Klingon Attack
Sound Effect - Warp Drive
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Sound Effect - Battle Stations
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
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The Adventures of Jar Jar
Duel of the Fates
The Time Machine
Things to Come
The Thing From Another World
War of the Worlds
When Worlds Collide
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You Only Live Twice
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Customer Reviews:

The penultimate collection ..........2006-12-07

Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.

I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential extra dimension of emotion and atmosphere. I am happy that much of the music on this album is from the Star Trek series and films, often equaling or sometimes even outclassing the original recordings.

This kind of music (for the movies) should be seen as an art on its own rights with its own merits and qualities. As such, the musical sequences on these CD's are a beautifully played cross section of some of the most evoking orchestral music for science fiction/fantasy film ever created. And I very much like the nicely blended, wide and deep orchestral soundpicture with enough reverberation to evoke a sense of wide open spaces.
I am quite thrilled by tracks like the evocative music from Dune, truly transporting one to the vastly sands of Arrakis (the music is wonderful, but to my great regret I think the movie itself is a flawed masterpiece at best, alas.). And then there is the very different, goofy music for Ghostbusters (memories of childhood), the spoofy but electrifying music from Mars Attacks (lovingly parodist music, this, with not a little touch of irony) and the happily adventurous, forward driving Theme from Galaxy Quest ('Never give up, never surrender!'), now also used for the internet-based fan-series Star Trek: The Hidden Frontier. On the other side of the spectrum we have the atmospheric music for Enemy Mine (an underestimated 'little' movie), the Theme from The Right Stuff (actually science FACT, not fiction, this film, just like Apollo 13, of course), the eerily attractive music for Species, the original End Title for Alien (not used in the theatrical version of the movie, where it was replaced by music from howard Hanson's Second Symphony), the exquisitely exotic music for Stargate, the sweet and warmly sympathetic, beautifully re-orchestrated, theme for Starman, the title cue for Star Trek: TOS (much more melodiously played than the original! If only a series nowadays could continue to be as thought provoking and as original as Star Trek was during its launch, fourty years ago ...) and a truly overpowering End Titles Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I especially like the thrillingly grandiloquent rendition here of the music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And how nice it is to hear the (thematic) similarities between James Horner's music for The Wrath of Khan, his great break-through as a film music composer, and his (two years) earlier music for Battle Beyond the Stars (which did indeed help him earn the job for writing the music for Star Trek II) ...

But on the 'down side', if one is looking for - for example - the gorgeously expansively played End Titles from Cocoon, it is not included here: one has to acquire the album that 'kicked it all off', so to say, namely 'Space and Beyond', also on Silva Screen. I was very pleased also with the inclusion on that album of some of the music from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, namely where one of the characters, Tasha Yar, in one of the episodes (Skin of Evil) is saying goodbye to her crewmmates: sweetly sentimental and simple music which I have always wanted to own on CD. I guess that a few cues from the other two sequals ('Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II' and 'Space3: Beyond the Final Frontier') didn't make it onto this 4 CD collection-album as well, but I guess that it would be the 'better part of the bargain' to opt to buy this 'The Science Fiction Album' instead of buying all three albums separately. Well, of course it is for yourself to ultimately decide what you really want ;-)

If I were to nitpick (which is not easy with such a marvellous project as this one), then I would say that while all music is performed with magnificent grandure and with style, some of it is not performed as crisply and as technically 'on the spot' as some of the original recordings: ensemble is a little slack and the playing somewhat stilted sometimes, losing some of the edge and the originality of the writing. ET and Star Wars spring to mind, but then the soundtracks for Star Wars are traditionally recorded with the magnificent London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro John Williams himself, and these superior recordings (especially the ones for Episode I, II and III) can't really be bettered, IMHO. Likewise for the music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I believe that in the end one really has to resort to the ultimate reference, namely the original recording (which is true in many other instances of 'original recordings'), and then the 20th anniversay colector's edition of this soundtrack on Columbia/Legacy (truly unmissable, this veritable classic of sci-fi/film music soundtracks!).

But all in all this 4CD-collection amounts to probably being the penultimate high quality sci-fi music album collection (I certainly know of no other project that comes as close quality as well as quantity wise), with some of the most memorable musical moments from classic to modern sci-fi/fantasy film captured in lavish orchestrations.
Collection-wise: five *stars*. Playing: generally four *stars*, sometimes more. The recording quality: five *stars*. The music (qualified on its own merits as film music) and its (re)orchestrations: generally five *stars*. In the end this is all highly recommended, and certainly not to be missed by science fiction and fantasy film music fans. Klaatu barada nikto.

Muisic of the Spheres.......2006-11-06

You wonderful four disk collection of SF music. It startsa up the the grand master of SF music, 2001: A space Odyssey all the way to Superman. This is all American SF music and several themes I would have liked to have included are not there. All in all though, a collection you will enjoy.

The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection.......2005-10-23

If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would cost quite a bundle, and would include a lot of sub-par music along with the grandiose and fantastic main and memorable themes. That's where this beauty comes in.

The moment I ripped off the shrink-wrap and popped it into my cd player was a moment of great trepidation. Believe me when I tell that I've seen my fair share of sub-par orchestral recording in my lifetime. Very often they are in those big super-packs of music, and suffer from poor direction, improper mastering, and sometime even pathetic orchestration (or worse yet have something sounding like a cheap synthesizer and a kazoo in place of a full orchestra). I needn't have worried though. This sucker is fantastic.

Many people who are not audiophiles will probably miss the point of this cd collection. It is not the original versions of the pieces. It is re-orchestrations, mostly by the phenomenal Prague Symphony Orchestra. Many of these themes didn't sound all that hot in there original versions because they were low budget films or were not recorded in high-fidelity. Here they are given the full treatment, mastered with the most loving care imaginable. Often the version found in these cds is SUPERIOR to the original.

Remember the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Of course you do. But how many times have you heard a cheap imitation of the original version from the movie, starting too low in volume and ending too high (and missing the essential pipe-organ that gives it that extra oomph)? Well, this first track in the entire collection is not only everything it should be instrumental and timing-wise, but it also has been oh-so-carefully adjusted during the mastering process so that at no time is the music either too low or too high in volume (surely a benchmark for every other recording ever to be made of the piece).

Or what about the theme from the (at-the-time) uber-creepy The Black Hole? The orchestration of this piece of music goes from tiumphant to terrifying and back again, with a splendor and cleanness that I CERTAINLY don't remember being in the original recording.

Then there's the new version of the theme from Independence Day, complete with a violin solo, a far more electrifying ending climax, and a chorus so thunderous that you feel like applauding at the end. Simply indescribable. Kind of like the MIND-BLOWING rendition of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. This has been one of my favorite themes for a long time now, but I've never heard it played like this. I think the original version of the theme is something like 1 minute long, but this new version doesn't just fade out (HAHAHAHA!!!!) THIS version is THREE minutes long, goes through the main theme THREE times, with the final strains being so triumphant and joyous I could not help but feel an electrifying charge the first dozen or so times (come to think of it, I still feel that way). This is superior to the original in EVERY way. AWESOME.

And let's not forget the incredible new rendition of Stargate with it's heavy use of clarinets (for Egyptian effect!) and a triumphant new ending (completely lacking the chanting from the original version. This version is so different that for the first minute it is very hard to tell that it is in fact Stargate. But then the main theme kicks in, and then you get this incredible flute solo for my favorite part of theme (the whole thing is played slower, but arguably more powerfully than the original). My goodness. At first I found the thing so different I didn't like it. But then I listened to it again. And again. And again.

I could go on and on, talking about the fantastic new rendition of Moon Raker, the ear-popping Battlestar Galactica, the classic Star Trek (First Contact has a minute or two of the theme from Star Trek:The Motion Picture before going into the main theme), or the sweet renditions of music from the Star Wars movies (or the music from E.T.).

I have to mention though that this collection was not picked based merely on what people want, or on what is popular. No, the people who made it obviously thought a GOOD music collection was better than a popular one. That's why you get a heartbreakingly beautiful theme from A.I. instead of the main theme. It's why you get music from movies that you probably never gave a second thought to the music (because the movie was lousy). It's why you get Armageddon, Judge Dredd, and Robocop (who would have guessed their music was so COOL when there was all that crazy action and bad-acting going on on-screen).

I said it before and I'll say it again. This cd-set was mastered with tender-loving-care, and it shows BIG-TIME. High-fidelity the likes of which I have not seen since the days when cds were brand-new in the world. Dolby Surround. Perfectly balanced. BEAUTIUFL orchestrations. About the only thing that makes me scratch my head is the weird sound-effect tracks (Oooookay.....). Other than that, it's PERFECT. Obviously they could not include every sci-fi theme ever (no one can), but this collection is REALLY GOOD. A lot of great themes that got away (forgotten gems :), new versions of old favorites, and under-appreciated classics aplenty, but ALWAYS the full and complete versions with nothing cut-out (the theme from Dune is quite extended).

If you love movie music (and sci-fi movie music in particular) you MUST buy this awesome collection). It is not the original recordings. Almost always the new ones are better (if they aren't better they're just equal). This is what you have been waiting for. I for one am going to be buying quite a few cds from this company in the future. Give your ears the treat they deserve. Buy it NOW.

SciFi Album gift.......2005-07-20

I bought the Science Fiction Album as a gift for my son who is twenty-one years old. He is a musician, and also a huge fan of many SciFi shows and movies. I thought this would be the perfect thing for him and I was right. He loves it!

Away From to be a Collectible Peace.......2004-12-16

If you like Sci-Fi movies and want a compilation of their important scores, this is the CD-set to buy. But let me warn you about that very few songs in the cds are from the original soundtracks. Most of them is re-recorded by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. But the sound quality of cds are very good, because they have HDCD and Dolby Surround labels. This set is away from to be a collectible peace, but it is a good general compilation of favorite Sci-Fi movie scores.

Average customer rating:

Excellent Sounding Recordings
An interesting collection of obscure s/f-fantasy themes
Digital Sound with a so-so collection

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A Busy Man From Star Trek V: THe Final Frontier
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Excellent Sounding Recordings.......2001-10-16

This CD has been around for a while now but it is still truly a good compilation of Science Fiction film music given a new dimension by being recorded digitally. The BATMAN selections composed by Danny Elfman are very powerful combing rousing elements with moody enigmatic passages. Most of the other selections are short or confined to one piece. The selections from TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE, STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER and POLTERGEIST all composed by Jerry Goldsmith are all performed with passion and demonstrate Goldsmith's great versatility. Bernard Herrmann's "Outer Space" from THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is brief but in effect makes it all the more powerful by its great innovation and lasting impact. The WAR OF THE WORLDS "Prelude" by Leith Stevens was a great surprise.

An interesting collection of obscure s/f-fantasy themes.......2000-10-26

Maestro Kunzel has gathered together a mostly-entertaining mix of music from various s/f movies. As usual with these collections, the CD contains selections that are hard to come by (if not impossible) on a soundtrack or any other recorded source. Not all of the tracks work, however. Music from "Moonwalker" is annoying, and the theme from "War of the Worlds" is just plain weird. Not Kunzel's fault, I know, but those pieces tend to (for me) mar the overall likeability of the album. That said, there are definitely keepers: The theme from "The Black Hole," the soundtrack to which was unavailable on CD anywhere until just recently and which by itself is worth the cost; the sweet chorus of Carol Ann's Theme from "Poltergeist"; the themes from "The Day the Earth Stood Still," "The Beast Master" (I am Dar!) and "The Last Starfighter."

Unfortunately, these movie collections tend to waste too much disk space on sound effects. Often inserted as short introductions to a piece of music, most can be endured quickly and forgotten. But on this CD, a whole track's worth following "The Black Hole" is devoted to the inane cacophony of electronic gibberish, space that would have been much better served by playing, say, the Love Theme from "Superman."

Still, there are more things to like on this album than there are to dislike.

Digital Sound with a so-so collection.......2000-06-25

This is another of the Telarc label's collections put together under the conductor Erich Kunzel and performed by the Cincinnati pops orchestra. Like all Telarc discs, the sound is pure digital and hence can really pack a punch. Moreover, Kunzel often chooses some vey nice gems in his collections -- e.g. the neglected Last Starfighter piece here. However, the problem arises in the fact that many pieces of film score don't play well with a large orchestra -- they loose their focused intensity. The Batman here suffers from such a flaw and is weaker than the original score. The Pops orchestra is best with march-type themes, of which there are not enough on this album to make it outshine the original soundtracks from which it draws.

The War Of The Worlds (1978 Studio Cast)

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Forget Fear, let's get up & DANCE!
I remembered it better than this
Great!!!
Timeless Piece of Work!!
One of the late 70's greats

The War Of The Worlds (1978 Studio Cast)
Jeff Wayne
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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds

ASIN: B0000025CO
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

The Eve Of The War
Horsell Common And The Heat Ray
The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine
Forever Autumn
Thunder Child

Tracks:

The Red Weed (Part 1)
The Spirit Of Man
The Red Weed (Part 2)
Brave New World
Dead London
Epilogue (Part 1)
Epilogue (Part 2)

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Forget Fear, let's get up & DANCE!.......2006-11-20

A friend bought this for me for my birthday, as I was such a fan of the Orson Welles version. I really liked the music, continually interrupted by Burton's trillingly-told tale of an extraterrestrial invasion. Burton made it sound as though he was inviting old friends over for tea. Nice musical take on the tale, but for my money, the Orson Welles version makes me scared - this one just makes me want to boogie down!

I remembered it better than this.......2006-04-27

Like another reviewer, I dug out my vinyl and copied it over to my computer after seeing the Speilberg movie. I remembered how much I liked the album as I heard the opening bars again. But then.....disco hell takes over. The basic musical theme is great, Richard Burton really brings the story to life, but the constant disco beat really dates it. Maybe the remixes get rid of the disco beat??

Great!!!.......2005-12-16

Plot:
Martians invade late 19century England shown through the eyes of a journalist.

THE GOOD

This is without a shadow of a doubt the best adaptation of War of the Worlds. It captures the spirit and the letter of the book perfectly, the music sets the mood for each part. And who would've thought it? I mean, if anything WOTW's wouldn't at first come off as something that would lend itself to a musical but as I said, no other adaptation has come this close(especially not that bloated effects, no substance Spielburg film which is more a Tom Cruise movie than a WOTW film). WOTW's is part science fiction, but also part horror as well and this captures it, it's genuinely scary at times. It also improves a couple of areas from the novel,the intro of the artillerman and the journalists first sighting of the tripods, changing the order in which these two happen add more punch.

THE BAD

Just a minor thing, the journalist is basically sidelined for a bulk of disc2. The two longest tracks(Spirit of Man and Brave New World) he's hardly present during. It really isn't until Dead London that he's back front and center again.

THE UGLY

That that scream at the beginning of Red Weed part2 is without a doubt the most disturbing scream I have ever heard.

Timeless Piece of Work!!.......2005-09-11

I remember as a kid hearing this score for the first time on the radio(Halloween Eve)and running out to purchase the audio cassette the next day.My original tape was lost numerous moves ago and I was happy to see it being available on CD.The narration runs a chill through you.The musical score is timeless. Give this one a listen. You will not be disappointed.

One of the late 70's greats.......2005-08-26

The mid to late 70's was a bit of a wasteland for rock/pop music. The 60's acid rush was dieing (as were most of it's musicians) and FM album radio was just appearing. I spent a lot of the 70's exploring country but ran across Rick Wakeman my freshman year of college. Mike Oldfield had one good album but disappeared afterwards. The Cosmic Cowboy thing came & went. And as I left college to enter military service this hauntingly electric musical of an old Sci-Fi classic appears. With Richard Burton's incredible voice supplying the narration, it was a lance to use against the KISS crowd and the impending rise of disco. As a GI, I had lots of disposable income and much of it went for vinyl, 8-track and that new media, cassettes. I still have the original vinyl 2 disc set and play it regularly (and record it onto more disposable media).
This album was the key that lead me to the Moody Blues and later Pink Floyd. Some of the sounds effects today to seem a bit corny and The 70's sound technology is plainly evident. The 2nd half is much the weaker. But this was a crossroads between the orchestral rock of the Moody Blues and the pure electronic wonderlands of Tangerine Dream and Enigma.
To me it will always be a 70's classic.

Science Fiction Movie Themes (Film Score Anthology)

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Robotic and Science Fiction Movie Soundtrack
IT STINKS
Cool variation of the themes.
Too synthetic!

Science Fiction Movie Themes (Film Score Anthology)

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Raiders Of The Lost Ark
Blade Runner
Alien
Return Of The Jedi
Star Wars
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Silent Moon
Battlestar Galactica
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Noah's Ark
Raumpatrouille Orion
Cosmic Wind
Star Trek
Close Encounters
War Of The Worlds

Product Description

Excellent condition, includes original Cd, case, and all paperwork, First Class shipping, ask me for my complete Cd List file! :)

Customer Reviews:

Robotic and Science Fiction Movie Soundtrack.......2005-11-05

This cd contained some bad music overall but some of the really good ones were excellent. So I guess I wouldnt recommend anyone to buy this CD.

IT STINKS.......2004-10-13

Disco sci-fi?? They got to be kidding. Stay away from this mess. The 1 star rating is false. It's the only way I could get this thru. It's really a big ZERO.

Cool variation of the themes........1999-07-13

These are some of the best science fiction movie themes thrown onto one CD. The music is changed into a more jazzy, futuristic tone. Some of the songs suck, but it is an overall good CD.

Too synthetic!.......1999-04-14

This is actually a re-release of a CD that originally offered several more tracks, including "The Twilight Zone" and a jazzy variation on "2001."

This version offers no substitutes for the missing tracks, and the new arrangements of the surviving tunes are lifeless interpretations pumped out of a sytnthesized orchestra.

The kiddies might like the upbeat tempos, though.

Tracks:

The Eve Of The War Jeff Wayne featuring Richard Burton and Justin Hayward
Horsell Common And The Heat Ray Jeff Wayne featuring Richard Burton
The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine Jeff Wayne featuring Richard Burton and David Essex
Forever Autumn Featuring Richard Burton and Justin Hayward
Thunder Child Featuring Richard Burton and Chris Thompson

Tracks:

The Red Weed (Part 1) Jeff Wayne featuring Richard Burton
The Spirit Of Man Featuring Richard Burton, Phil Lynott and Julie Covington
The Red Weed (Part 2) Jeff Wayne featuring Richard Burton
Brave New World Featuring Richard Burton and David Essex
Dead London Jeff Wayne featuring Richard Burton
Epilogue (Part 1) Featuring Richard Burton
Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA) Featuring Jerry Wayne

Tracks:

UlladubUlla: Papa Ootzie Remix
The Eve Of The War: Hybrids Fire In The Sky Mix
Forever Autumn: N-Trance Remix
Horsell Common And The Heat Ray: Max Mondo Remix
The Spirit Of Man: Spirit Of DubTom Frederikse/Gan Schurrer Remix
The Eve Of The War: Hani Remix
The Artilleryman And The Fighting Machine: Max Mondo Remix
Brave New World: Todd Terry Remix
Forever Autumn: Dark Autumn Dub Tom Frederikse/Gan Schurrer Remix
The Red Weed: Mister Joyboy Remix
The Spirit Of Destiny (The Parson Versus Palene): Cassidy/Langan/Wayne Remix
The Eve Of The War: 1980 Disco Steve Thompson Remix
The Spirit Of Man: Max Mondo Remix
The Eve Of The War: Ben Liebrand Remix
Brave New World: Dario G Remix
Dead London: Mister Joyboy Remix
The Eve Of The War Versus Animal And Man: Forrest/Schurrer/Wayne Remix

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While for many, the War of the Worlds remastered double CD and 48 page booklet set will provide enough prog rock fun, true aficionados will be filled with intergalactic glee when they see how many goodies accompany the collector's edition--a whopping seven CDs that start with the two remastered discs, then disc 3, which contains the best club/DJ remixes sampled from the original recording (including N-Trance's club-y version of the hit "Forever Autumn" and a take on "Brave New World" from famed house producer/DJ Todd Terry. Discs 4 through 6 deserve awards for unprecedented attention to fandom: three full CDs of outtakes, ranging from the original 1975 radio commercial, to acoustic demos of songs, to an additional 37 minutes of previously unheard Richard Burton narrative. Many of the best add-ons, however, exist on disc 7, a 92-minute DVD documentary featuring "The Making of" as well as a full album deconstruction, narrated by Jeff Wayne himself. The whole shebang is packaged in a hardcover 76-page book which features a written history, HG Wells' bio, and a plethora of full-color artwork. --Denise Sheppard

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Couldn't be happier!!!!.......2006-03-15

My husband has been looking for this ALBUM for a very long time. When I found it on line at Amazon I immediately ordered two copies. One for my husband and one for my son.. They couldn't have been happier and are still raving about the set.

Musical Masterpiece.......2006-02-24

Jeff Wayne's musical version of the War of the Worlds is an all time classic.
If you don't own it, you're missing out on part of music history the likes of which will never be repeated!

Good Music Lasts Forever.......2006-02-20

Get immersed into the world of HG Wells' novel War of the Worlds with Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of the War of the Worlds. Originally released in 1978, Jeff's music has had many fans and has grown to become a classic. Now a whole new generation will be exposed to this galactic experience. And they will be pleasantly surprised at how quickly the music will pull them into the story a create a whole new world from HG Wells words.

At times the music seems a little dated [at one point it is very reminiscent of Logan's Run or the disco scenes from Buck Roger's in the 25th Century], but that feeling quickly disappears as one becomes so engulfed in the music and what it is telling us above and beyond the words of the narration.

Fans of the both the book and films will find this to be a remarkable addition to the entire War of the Worlds experience.

One of the best albums of all time.......2006-02-19

The original concept album itself is a stunner, and this box set is a wonderful toy for the serious fan. The alternate version of songs and outtakes, in addition to the beautiful coffee table book, make a second (or third or fourth...) purchase worth it. The musicianship, the composition, and the performances are all first rate. I have loved this album for 25 years, and this new version only makes me love it more.

Awesome music in an eloquent package...a million stars!!!.......2006-01-23

Over 25 years ago, I received the 12" double vinyl LP version of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds" as a gift from my brother (a Moody Blues fan), and I can say that this is one of my personal treasures. I was immediately blown away by the illustrated cover and the booklet that offered more illustrations and the biographies of all involved. Two of my all-time favorite entertainers were showcased, Welsh actor Richard Burton and Irish rock legend Phil Lynott. The music was staggering in its brilliance, and even then the music lept out of the speakers. Over the years, I reinvested several times (cassette, the "dub" cds, the previous 2cd reissue), and made this masterpiece my gift-of-choice to favorite friends and relatives until cd copies became too hard to find.

The deal with "collector's editions" is that you should get improved production and increased clarity that is noticeable to even the untrained ear; attention to detail in the packaging should then be second only to the digitally remastered sound quality on the CD's. Here, then, is a lavish, carefully assembled
set for those who basically worship the ground Jeff Wayne and his musical collaborators walk on. The 12" hardbound cover is a large size picture book, not some lump of paper wedged into a digipack, with beautiful reproductions of the original illustrations, new illustrations, and updated bios of the artists (some, including Burton and Lynott, have passed away).

If you are unfamiliar with this extremely well-conceived collection of music, you should first understand that this has to be in any serious rock library. As far as renditions (movie, musical, or written) of this H. G. Wells science fiction classic are concerned, I believe this one best conveys the very primitive yet real sense of impending doom for a self-assured species, largely due to Burton's masculine but worried narrative tone. The music is awesome, jaw-dropping, and mind-bending. The description of the spaceship's opening ("2 feet of shining screw projected, when ,suddenly, the lid fell off....a huge rounded bulk, larger than a bear, rose up slowly, glistening like wet leather...the clumsy body heaved and pulsated") set to scorching guitar riffs (before "an invisible ray of heat leapt from man to man") is my own personal highlight.

For those who know the music, this treatment of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds is like the "director's cut" of a great film you've already seen. Every fan feature imaginable is here, sounds much better than ever, and includes every alternate take, outtakes, snippets of foreign language adaptations, and even some recording room conversations. The DVD hosted by Jeff Wayne himself is the Holy Grail, and could not have been done better.

This is pure Heaven for those of us who know the music, and worth every penny. I've got to thank my little brother again for turning me on to this so many years ago.

The War of the Worlds - Original Broadcast

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The Radio Broadcast That Brought Much of America To A Screeching Halt

The War of the Worlds - Original Broadcast
Orson Wells
Manufacturer: War of the Worlds - Radio Broadcast
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000LZ5AIG

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The War Of The Worlds

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The Radio Broadcast That Brought Much of America To A Screeching Halt.......2007-05-22

Orson Wells was not particularly enthusiastic when writer Howard Koch delivered an adaptation of H.G. Wells THE WAR OF THE WORLDS to radio's celebrated Mercury Theatre; he believed audiences would find it too implausible for interest. Even so, the production went forward, and on 30 October 1938 the script was broadcast coast-to-coast with Wells in a leading role. Far from finding it implausible, listeners believed it was in fact a news broadcast--and from New York to San Fransico, from Chicago to New Orleans, people believed the United States of America was under attack by the planet Mars.

Subsequent studies suggest that only about twenty percent of listeners failed to recognize the broadcast as a radio play--but that twenty percent was sufficient to give rise to the first instance of media-induced mass hysteria in recorded history. Switchboards were jammed and surprisingly large numbers of people attempted to flee cities along the eastern seaboard. This was particularly true in New York, which the play described as under Martian attack via a cloud of deadly gas.

Heard today, it easy to understand how so many people made such a wild mistake. In the late 1930s America was accustomed to receiving news from the radio--and much of that news, particularly relating to Europe and the rise of Nazi Germany, was bad. "War Jitters" were commonplace. And although it had been widely publicized as a radio play, and although the broadcast began with a CBS and Mercury Theatre identification, the first half hour of the program sounded EXACTLY like the sort of news broadcasts the public was used to. Those who tuned in late, turning the dial from channel to channel in search of something interesting, were stunned to find themselves listening to what seemed to be the end of the world.

Following a brief narrative by Orson Wells, the program seques into what seems a commonplace weather report followed by the announcement of a musical program by "Ramon Raquello and his orchestra" at the "Meridian Room at the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown New York"--precisely the sort of radio fare common to the era. But the music is soon interrupted by a "special bulletin." Flashes of light have been seen on Mars. More special bulletins follow: an interview with a noted astronomer (Wells); reports of fallen a meteor near Trenton, New Jersey. And then, of course, the portion of the program that sent people screaming into the streets: a special report from the scene itself, where hideous creatures with savage weapons emerge from the meteor.

Annoucements and news from various officials follow, with perhaps the single most chilling episode the declaration of martial law and an announcement from "The Secretary of the Interior." Air planes attack, but to no avail. The remainder of the program is very obviously a radio play, a narrative performed by Wells with the aid of one two actors as the play winds down to its end. There follows Wells' famous statement--prompted by the mass hysteria of which CBS was suddenly and most unhappily now aware--that this is just "The Mercury Theatre's own radio version of dressing up in a sheet and jumping out of a bush and saying Boo!"

The BN Publishing CD release of the broadcast has not been cleaned up and it shows its age--there are plenty of crackles, particularly in the first few minutes of the recording, and a full restoration seems in order. The packaging is sparse; the CD is issued without liner notes. Still, it is an amazing thing, to listen to THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and think about how easily the public was duped, how ready they were to believe that we were indeed being invaded by creatures from the planet Mars. Strongly recommended.

GFT, Amazon Reviewer

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Regarding study of music banned by 3rd Reich

The Music Survives: Degenerate Music

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The Conformist (Extended Edition)

ASIN: B0000042FG
Release Date: 1997-06-10

Tracks:

Die V (Libretto: Braunfels After Aristophanes): Vorspiel - Prolog
Between Two Worlds: The World At War - The Next World
Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Libretto: Kien): Wer da? Halt! Steh! - Ist's wahr, das es Landschaften gibt - Komm fort von hier - Schau, die Wolken
Das Wunder der Heliane (Libretto: Muller after Kaltneker): Act 2, Scene 3: Ich ging zu ihm
Flammen (Libretto: Benes, Brod): Scene 8: Introduzione - Karnevalsnacht
Rondeau: `Rue du Rocher' (excerpt) - Berthold Goldschmidt
Die Gezeichneten (Libretto: Schreker): Act 3, Scene 15: Maskenzug - Was fliehst du vor mir?
Deutsche Sinfonie, Op. 50: Prdium
Der gewaltige Hahnrei: Act Two: Zwischenspiel - Du bist so blas wie ein Licht bei Tage!
String Quartet No. 2 - From The Monkey Mountains - III: Largo e misterioso - The Moon And I
Johnny Spielt Auf (Libretto: Krenek): Ob er kommt

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CD Video boxed set. Londn Rec. CD sample of wks by compose rs banned by Nazi regime. 40 min. vid. documentary of how & why these composers were labelled degenerate by Nazis. Never-before-seen cover art by Art Spiegelman (Maus).

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Regarding study of music banned by 3rd Reich.......2004-12-09

I know Michael Haas, executive producer. He has made a total commitment to locating and recording work of musicians whose work was banned by the Hitler regime because composers, etc. were even suspected to be Jewish, gay, gypsy, etc. One atheist or agnostic composer was sent to concentration camp because his father had been a Jew in the past.

This is needed to give a picture of the survival of music by talented people under duress.

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