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The Airstrip One Company & Buysoundtrax.com is pleased to announce the world premiere release of Stanley Myers’ score for the 1980 television mini-series of “Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.”
This world premiere CD release is produced under license from MGM and with the participation. of the Royal College of Music and the estate of the late composer.
For more than 20 years Hollywood had tried and failed to film Ray Bradbury’s novel, until the success of “Star Wars” in the late 1970s spurred veteran producer Charles Fries and director Michael Anderson (“Logan’s Run”) to mount a three-part, six-hour mini-series for NBC. Genre favorite Richard Matheson adapted Bradbury’s work with the author’s approval, and an international cast included Rock Hudson, Fritz Weaver, Darren McGavin, Roddy McDowall, Bernadette Peters and Barry Morse.
Composer Stanley Myers was at the height of his career – and just nominated for an Academy Award for “The Deer Hunter” – when he was chosen to score “The Martian Chronicles.” In his score for this film, Myers augments a standard symphony orchestra with electric keyboards and guitar, and a variety of ancient wood flutes to represent the aliens and their culture.
The 65 minute CD features music from all three parts of the epic science fiction drama. A 24 page full-color booklet accompanies the album and includes dozens of photos (most never-before-seen), an international poster gallery, pre-production sketches, storyboards, sheet music, an in-depth analysis of the making of the mini-series and its music, interviews with screenwriter Richard Matheson, producers Charles Fries and Dick Berg, designer Assheton Gorton, original articles by director Michael Anderson, actor Bernie Casey and author Ray Bradbury, and a special tribute to Stanley Myers written by Hans Zimmer.
1. Prologue2. The Martian Chronicles ThemePART ONE – THE EXPEDITIONS3. Space March4. Ylla’s Dream5. Mask Of Conflict6. Mr. K Returns7. Concern For The Future8. Mrs. Black’s Piano9. Realization10. Saying Goodbye11. Col. Wilder’s Promise12. Spender’s Anger/One Of Our Own 13. Martian City14. Hunting Spender15. Spender Killed/Is This How It Will Be?PART TWO – THE SETTLERS16. The Silver Locusts17. Lustig’s Visitor18. Return To The Dead City19. David Is Confused20. Chase In First Town21. Father Peregrine’s Vision22. Col. Wilder’s Thoughts/Rumors Of War 23. The Martian Appears24. Parkhill Sees Earth Destroyed25. Dead EarthPART THREE – THE MARTIANS26. Final Contact27. Hatheway’s Last Chance28. Lights In The Sky29. Ben And Genevieve30. Never Give Up Hope31. Hatheway Dies32. Martian Highway33. Memories34. Placing The Explosives/Canal Journey 35. Setting Up Camp36. The Million-Year Picnic37. End Titles
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