This has been on my Holy-grail-list since 1987! Heck, I almost feel like puttin' my Erin Gray posters back on the wall
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| Author: | Roger Feigelson [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | INTRADA Annouces BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25th CENTURY |
INTRADA Announces: BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY Composed and Conducted by STU PHILLIPS INTRADA Special Collection Volume 60 Stu Phillip's score to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century came only a year after his triumphant sci-fi epic score to Glen A. Larson's Battlestar Galactica. Buck Rogers was also a Larson production and, like Galactica, was initially targeted for the small screen. Yet with Universal's huge investment in Larson's efforts around Galactica, and coupled with the Star Wars-driven passion for space operas from movie-goers, the gallant Buck Rogers (played here by Gil Gerard) was diverted from the small screen to the big screen, and subsequently re-tooled into a TV pilot for a 2-season TV series. Phillips chose an approach that combined heroics with good-humored suspense, giving Buck Rogers a musical scope that befitted the pilot's breezy tone. The score was heavy on brass, with the largest sessions featuring six trumpets, three trombones, two bass trombones, and five horns. But apropos Larson's light touch on the material (Gerard's winking performance, Erin Gray sexy turn as Wilma Deering, and a little robot voiced by Mel Blanc) the music could not get too serious. When the Larson's title song ("Suspension") did not fully integrate with the score, Phillips wrote his own James-Bond-ish theme for the action scenes, adding rock and roll drums for a contemporary feel. Packed with themes, from the heroic, to the sultry (for Princess Ardala), to amusing (for Twiki), to downright sinister (Dead City/Attack of the Mutants), Stu Phillips delivered a colorful, energetic sci-fi score that proudly sits alongside his work for Battlestar Galactica. This release features the program from the original LP that was released by MCA, remastered for optimal sound with 21st century technology. The album more than captures the fun, fast-moving energy that made Buck's pilot score a highlight of Phillip's television career, a prolific body of work that would also include Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, and Automan. INTRADA Special Collection - Volume 60 Retail Price: $19.99 IN STOCK NOW For track listing and sound samples, please visit http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5746/.f ALSO RELEASED BY INTRADA IN 2008: CHATO'S LAND (Jerry Fielding) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5669/.f MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (John Barry) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5695/.f BROKEN TRAIL (David Mansfield and Van Dyke Parks) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5698/.f THE BLUE AND THE GRAY (Bruce Broughton) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5670/.f INVASION U.S.A. (Jay Chattaway) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5697/.f SWASHBUCKLER (John Addison) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5700/.f BONE DRY (Scott Glasgow) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5736/.f COMES A HORSEMAN (Michael Small) http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACC ... id.5701/.f |
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| Author: | Ed [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:47 pm ] |
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"Bdy-bdy-bdy-bdy. . . Thanks, Doug!" |
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| Author: | Terry Cloth [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:37 pm ] |
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I was wondering how long it would take before some pulled a "Twiki"!:P Doug or Roger... does this have that wonderful song included? That song has very special meaning for me, and I will be very sad if it isn't on here! |
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| Author: | Olivier [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:56 pm ] |
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Nice artwork choice! |
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| Author: | johnbijl [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:05 pm ] |
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This has been on my Holy-grail-list since 1987! Heck, I almost feel like puttin' my Erin Gray posters back on the wall
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| Author: | Ed [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:42 pm ] |
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Terry, the song is there . . . twice! |
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| Author: | Terry Cloth [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:47 pm ] |
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Yea... I finally saw it. Man... I LOVE that song! It is absolutely beautiful!!! And the orchestration for it is just exquisite! |
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| Author: | DeviantMan [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 4:58 pm ] |
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Oh, yes Oh, yes but I'll have to wait, until April 8th! 
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| Author: | johnbijl [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:03 pm ] |
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By the way, Roger, could this be a 'volume 1' by any chance? I would love more music from the series. Stu's 'Plot to kill a city' would be excellent, but I wouldn't mind having Harris' space vampire music or Markovich's droid them from Unchained on cd. Not to mention J.J. Johnson's outut for the series! And did I mention 'Plot to kill a city'? I did? Do I need to mention it again?
Anyway, I'm very happy with this release. A gem. |
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| Author: | Guest [ Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:37 pm ] |
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Thank you Doug, Roger, and all the hamsters for this out-of-the-blue release!
Another old LP from my collection that I can retire. I hope my order arrives soon as I got another one for a good friend of mine for his birthday present--he's going to be so surprised to see it! You guys at Intrada are certainly fast at processing orders. Thanks so much again!
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| Author: | Ed [ Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:39 pm ] |
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| Author: | Douglass Fake [ Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:19 pm ] |
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| Author: | DeviantMan [ Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:34 pm ] |
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BUCK is certainly BACK |
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| Author: | Terry Cloth [ Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:04 pm ] |
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| Author: | johnbijl [ Sun Apr 13, 2008 5:54 am ] |
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