Time Machine

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The more things change, the more Alan Parsons albums stay the same. It's entirely fitting that this sonically flawless opus should be called The Time Machine. Born in the excesses and conceptual frenzy of mid-'70s prog rock, Parsons's familiar methodology once again shrewdly employs an almost-star cast of musical vets to do the heavy lifting (among them vocalists Colin Blunstone, Beverly Craven, Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, and chief musical architect/guitarist Ian Bairnson). Meanwhile, legendary producer and engineer Parsons twiddles the knobs and slides the levers, just like the Great Oz. Fans will find that Parsons, perhaps the only producer since Phil Spector with big enough cajones to become his own virtual raison d'être, has successfully stayed his familiar course. And if the result is something akin to Pink Floyd lite meets Kenny G in the New Age aisle at your local Natural Wonders outlet, thus has it ever been. While it lyrically renders H.G. Wells's original novel all touchy-feely and virtually unrecognizable, musically it's a reaffirmation that Parsons--not Toto, Journey, or a score of lesser pretenders to the mantle--is the real godfather of corporate rock. Dust off those headphones. Jerry McCulley

Time Machine,Alan Parsons Project,Miramar,Pop,Popular Music,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Time Machine

Average customer rating: Classic Country: Great Duets Missing Some Major Duets!!

Classic Country: Great Duets Johnny Cash & June Carter , Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn , Bill Anderson & Jan Howard , Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton , and David Frizzell & Shelly West Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Classic Country: Hard to Find Hits Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits Gettin' Rowdy Classic Country: Honky Tonk Heroes Country Duets of the Eighties and Nineties ASIN: B0006419N2 Release Date: 2004-10-26

Tracks:

1. Jackson -- Johnny Cash with June Carter
2. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man -- Loretta Lynn with Conway Twitty
3. Golden Ring -- George Jones with Tammy Wynette
4. Don't Let Me Cross Over -- Carl Butler and Pearl Butler
5. Holding On to Nothin' -- Porter Wagoner with Dolly Parton
6. Loose Talk -- Buck Owens with Rose Maddox
7. For Loving You -- Bill Anderson with Jan Howard
8. We've Got Tonight -- Kenny Rogers with Sheena Easton
9. You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma -- David Frizzell with Shelly West
10. Suspicious Minds -- Waylon Jennings with Jessi Colter
11. My Elusive Dreams -- David Houston with Tammy Wynette
12. A Place to Fall Apart -- Merle Haggard with Janie Fricke
13. Feelin's -- Conway Twitty with Loretta Lynn
14. Islands in the Stream -- Kenny Rogers with Dolly Parton
15. You and I -- Eddie Rabbitt with Crystal gayle
16. Meet Me in Montana -- Marie Osmond with Dan Seals
17. If I Were A Carpenter -- Johnny Cash with June Carter Cash
18. We're Gonna Hold On -- George Jones with Tammy Wynette
19. I Will Always Love You -- Dolly Parton with Vince Gill
20. We Believe in Happy Endings -- Earl thomas Conley with Emmylou Harris

Album Description

Johnny & June. George & Tammy. Kenny & Dolly. Conway & Loretta. Individually they're stars, but together these artists are stellar. These unforgettable pairings of distinctive voices produced No. 1 chart toppers in the '60s, '70s and '80s—and only the biggest hits made it on Classic Country: Great Duets.

Customer Reviews:

Classic Country: Great Duets.......2007-01-22

This is one of the best I've heard if you like country & duets... Absolutely wonderful!

Missing Some Major Duets!! .......2005-07-26

These tracks are all excellent but frankly several major country duets are not here!! Where on earth are Kenny Rogers and Dottie West?? Instead we get Rogers with Sheena Easton and the Rogers/Easton combo makes it almost entirely a pop recording and it should not be on this package. Buck Owens & Rose Maddox have a track but where is Buck with his far more famous duet partner Susan Raye? The Merle Haggard - Janie Fricke track should not have been included since she really only just sings harmony on the record. Why aren't Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting who started the male/female star duet craze in 1949 with Slipping Around here or Kitty Wells & Red Foley, the first superstar duet? And where are Ferlin Husky & Jean Shepard, Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely, David Houston & Barbara Mandrell, Bobby Bare & Skeeter Davis, Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell, Don Gibson & Dottie West, Johnny Duncan & Janie Fricke, to name just a few of the famous country duos of yore. Instead we have too many tracks with the same artists here. It's a very good package but it should have been a great and classic one.

Average customer rating: Great compilation - and that's just the first half. The best of Elfman!!! Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic What Great Music super

Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 1: Film & Television Music Manufacturer: Fontana Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Elfman, Danny | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music The Simpsons | Specialty Stores | Music Music | The Simpsons | Amazon.com Stores | us-stores Similar Items: Music for a Darkened Theatre, Vol. 2: Film & Television Music Serenada Schizophrana So Lo Sleepy Hollow: Music from the Motion Picture Beetlejuice: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B000002OEB Release Date: 1990-10-15

Tracks:

1. Excerpts From: Pee Wee's Big Adventure
2. Excerpts From: Batman
3. Excerpts From: Dick Tracy
4. Excerpts From: Beetlejuice
5. Excerpts From: Nightbreed
6. Excerpts From: Darkman
7. Excerpts From: Back To School
8. Excerpts From: Midnight Run
9. Excerpts From: Wisdom
10. Excerpts From: Hot To Trot
11. Excerpts From: Big Top Pee Wee
12. Excerpts From: The Simpsons
13. Excerpts From: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Jar
14. Excerpts From: Tales From The Crypt
15. Excerpts From: Face Like A Frog
16. Excerpts From: Forbidden Zone
17. Excerpts From: Scrooged

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation - and that's just the first half........2005-09-14

I first got this on cassette in the summer of '94 and listened to it every day, drawn by its thematic range and compositional depth. And that was just side-one.

Elfman pioneered the sound that drives today's movie adaptations of comic-books and darker-themed children's stories. Side-One kicks things off with a rollicking, hyper-cartoonish theme from the first Pee-Wee movie - the one where Pee-Wee searches for his beloved bike. Elfman's theme contains layers of different rides - on tightropes, highways, in the middle of a NASCAR rally - which rudely yet melodically crash into each other.

The Batman entry actually contains several pieces - the opening credits, the extended sequence in the cathedral and the climax - which show Batman's darkened extreme at its "Frank Miller" best. (Dir. Tim Burton couldn't sustain the mood in the next sequel, and the franchise took a turn towards the camp of the TV series with the next 2 movies.)

The theme for "Dick Tracy" is perhaps the most romantic on this disc, a quality that surpasses the theme's comic-book origins, but ends on an ironic note that's pure Elfman.

"Beetlejuice" (opening & closing credits) gives Elfman's childish ID a chance to stretch its legs, or in this case, slam-dance.

"Nightbreed" is an enigma wrapped in a dark mystery, and that's just Elfman's score. Elfman's work on this movie is as good as the movie wasn't, having a more powerful narrative than the script - easily the best track on the entire disc, one likely to exceed the movie in its dose of chills.

"Darkman" doesn't quite rise to the occasion, though the score may be hobbled by the movie itself, which seldom surpassed one of the many "Batman" clones of the early 1990's. "Darkman" (the movie, I mean) excelled as a parody of many comicbook staples (the wronged hero, the relentless villain, the scientific breakthrough with just one flaw), but not enough to escape being largely anonymous. Within those constraints, it's still a moving if scary piece.

When is Elfman not like Elfman? When he was in the mid-late `80's and scored "Back to School" (A Rodney Dangerfield vehicle) and "Midnight Run". Horns in "School" bring it closer to Elfman's over-the-top style, while "Run" sounds like a love-theme for the run-down, out-of-the-way parts of America that seldom appear in Elfman-movies. "Run" is a fun score for a fun movie - it's nothing like Elfman's previous work but it perfectly captures the on-the-road-without-a-map craziness of the movie.

To this day, I don't know why I never ventured to Side-two, but it's irrelevant. Even half this disc is worth it

The best of Elfman!!!.......2005-09-05

I was obsessed about getting this CD right from when I heard about it. I found it at the library and was so excited about it, and it didn't let me down. In fact, it was a lot better than I expected. It's a fun and creepy (strange mix, but it really works!) collection of Danny Elfman's film and television soundtracks. The first track, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, is probably my favorite. Also, I really like Batman and Wisdom. Batman is creepy and dark, and Wisdom is just weird, in the best possible way.
I'd recommend this to anyone who likes film music, or everyone who is even the tiniest bit an Elfman fan. It's amazing!

Great Collection, A LIttle Too Eclectic.......2003-08-19

You should be able to tell from the movies and TV shows listed here whether or not you'd be interested in this collection. It's a little too eclectic for my tastes (hence only 4 stars) but better than volume 2. I think thatthe miscellaneous collected ites here along with the previously unreleased stuff should make this worth buying. Especially if you're a fan of Elfman's movie soundtrack work.

What Great Music.......2003-05-11

I fell in love with the music of Danny Elfman when Beetlejuice came out. There was something different about the music that he made. When Edward Scissorhands, and then Nightmare Before Christmas - I knew this man was a musical master. Its the verbal form of surrealism.

super.......2003-04-17

What a great CD. Danny's music is so original and inventive. this CD contains his pre 90's quirky, gothic music. it's all very well written and beautifully orchestrated. batman and darkman contain some really excellent long, dark, gothic cues that really take u away from reality. in my opinion no one, apart from howard shore, is as inventive and original as danny in the world of filmmusic. he far surpasses the repetitive works of williams or horner. buy this, and volume two, and keep supporting one of the greatest film composers of all time.ohh...and buy fellowship of the ring and two towers by howard shore....amazing work!

Average customer rating: KLAUS BADELT Fantastic Album The Time Machine OST An ASTOUNDING listening experience! An excellent score!

Time Machine (Score) Klaus Badelt Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Children of Dune Poseidon The Promise The Time Machine Timeline ASIN: B0000639BZ Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. Professor Alexander Hartdegen
2. Wish Me Luck
3. Emma
4. The Time Machine
5. Bleeker Street
6. I Don't Belong Here
7. Time Travel
8. Eloi
9. Good Night
10. Stone Language
11. Morlocks Attack
12. Where The Ghosts Are
13. The Master
14. "What If?"
15. Godspeed

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H.G. Wells's Time Machine has been one of the most inspirational of sci-fi source materials. Indeed, it's remarkable that it went four decades between big-screen incarnations. But aside from being a brisk showcase for the latest in CGI gimmickry, this edition of the evergreen time travelogue features a surprisingly intimate and pastoral score from Klaus Badelt, the German-born former TV composer (and frequent Hans Zimmer collaborator). The story's Victorian roots have seldom sounded this loose fitting and inviting, while its Morlock-dominated 800-millennia-from-now future world is dotted with bold rhythmic touches and pagan choral flourishes that underscore the story's cautionary undercurrent of human devolution. While some heroic passages occasionally lapse into predictable McAction Score clichés, Badelt's handling of the familiar material is surprisingly subtle and promises great things to come. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

KLAUS BADELT.......2007-03-09

Superior and futuristic theme that perfectly matches this great remake of the classic H.G.Wells book and original movie produced in the 60's.

Fantastic Album.......2006-08-09

Even though the movie wasn't the best, this soundtrack was exceptional! I have listened to it over and over and can't get enough. If you like excellent movie scores than this soundtrack will not let you down!

The Time Machine OST.......2006-07-13

Well put together soundtrack, like it more than I liked the movie. The more traditional music towards the beginning is nothing out of the ordinary, but the more ethnically inclined music towards the end is awesome.

An ASTOUNDING listening experience!.......2006-07-12

I took a tip from 'Filmtracks' on this soundtrack and was totally blown away from the gorgeous & majestical theme from "I Don't Belong Here". If you're a sucker for breath taking french horn melodies accompanied by angelic strings then buy this CD immediately! Badelt hit a home run with this soundtrack. 'Professor Alexander Hartdegen' is an amazing track. Many tracks here remind me of the beautiful themes John Barry has composed in the past. Congratulations to Mr. Badelt, you've earn a spot in my top 10 soundtracks of all times! Now...we need MORE like this gem!!!!

An excellent score!.......2006-04-13

Do not let the fact that people hated the film discourage you from buying this score.

The score is really gorgeous. It was most certainly the best thing about the film, it has a sense of drama, power, and tension. Klaus Badelt's score for "The Time Machine" is one of my favorite scores of all time. Don't think about those rough moments of the film, just buy this score.

I can't imagine you being disapointed.

Average customer rating: Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair 1969 - The Greatest Year In Popular Music? The 60's rock

AM Gold: 1969 The Cowsills , The Flying Machine , Nilsson , Diana Ross and the Supremes , Three Dog Night , Jay and the Americans , The Cuff Links , The Turtles , Brooklyn Bridge , and The Youngbloods Manufacturer: Time Life Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: AM Gold: 1968 1967 Am Gold AM Gold - 1965 AM Gold: 1966 Am Gold: 60's Generation ASIN: B000E3BWAU

Product Description

1. I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Diana Ross & The Supremes & The Temptations~~~2. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head - B.J. Thomas~~~3. Hair - The Cowsills~~~4. Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon~~~5. Smile a Little Smile for Me - The Flying Machine~~~6. These Eyes - The Guess Who~~~7. Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes~~~8. Traces - Classics IV~~~9. Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson~~~10. Easy to be Hard - Three Dog Night~~~11. This Girl's In Love With You - Dionne Warwick~~~12. Good Morning Starshine - Oliver~~~13. This Magic Moment - Jay & the Americans~~~14. Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension~~~15. What Does It Take (to Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & the All Stars~~~16. Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy~~~17. Baby It's You - Smith~~~18. Tracy - The Cuff Links~~~19. Worst That Could Happen - Brooklyn Bridge~~~20. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James & the Shondells~~~21. You Showed Me - The Turtles~~~22. Get Together - The Youngbloods.

Customer Reviews:

Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair.......2007-03-16

Looking for the commercial versions of the songs you loved most from the tribal rock opera, HAIR? This CD is the one you are looking for! The only other one you will need is the Best of the 5th Dimension. (Why "Aquarius" got left off this AM Gold CD is beyond me....)

1969 - The Greatest Year In Popular Music?.......2006-06-20

If compilations were an accurate measure of the greatness of a particular year in popular this Time-Life disc would make an excellent argument that 1969 may have been the greatest year in American popular music in the 20th century. Complilations will always be lacking for one reason or another. For example, on this discs there are no British bands represented. Neither are the West Coast superstars (Doors, Hendrix, CSN, Airplane...the list goes on). But even with the omission of those giants this is a great compilation. It is strongly evocative of the late 60's, Good Morning Starshine and Hair (from the musical of the same name), the songwriting talent of Laura Nyro (Wedding Bell Blues), some solid Motown (Someday We'll Be Together & What Does It Take), Canadian pop (the Guess Who & Jessie Colin Young), Midwest Psychedelic (Crimison & Clover)and more. If you were really a kid listening to AM radio you will know and appreciate each of these songs. And that's why '69 was such a great year for music, even the left-overs qualify as classic rock-pop.

The 60's rock.......2006-06-08

I love 60's and 70's music the best of everything. I grew up with it because my folks are older than most parents.1969 is a great year of music with smile a little smile for me as my favroite song. I don't like the music the kids like to today it is awful. Rap no way. Heavy Metal yuck. It is time for the oldies to be the only thing on the radio agian.

Average customer rating: The penultimate collection ... Muisic of the Spheres The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection SciFi Album gift Away From to be a Collectible Peace

The Science Fiction Album Various Artists Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Wars | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sci-Fi Channel - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: Final Frontiers Fantastic Journey Sci-Fi Channel - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4: Defenders Of Justice Sci-Fi Channel - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The Dark Side The Fantasy Album ASIN: B000066HE5 Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
2. Aliens
3. Sound Effect - The Nostromo
4. Alien
5. A.I.
6. Armageddon
7. Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
8. Apollo 13
9. Back To The Future
10. Battle Beyond The Stars
11. Battlestar Galactica
12. The Black Hole
13. Contact
14. Capricorn One
15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
16. The Day The Earth Stood Still
17. Dune

Tracks:

1. Galaxy Quest
2. Sound Effect - Dogfight in Space
3. Enemy Mine
4. Ghostbusters
5. Gremlins
6. Heavy Metal
7. Independence Day
8. E.T.
9. Judge Dredd
10. The Last Starfighter
11. Lifeforce
12. Sound Effect - Crash Landing
13. Lost In Space
14. Mars Attacks
15. The Matrix
16. Predator
17. The Right Stuff

Tracks:

1. Moonraker
2. Robocop
3. Silent Running
4. Sound Effect - Alien Organism
5. Species
6. Stargate
7. Starship Troopers
8. Starman
9. Star Trek - TV Theme
10. Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
11. Klingon Attack
12. Sound Effect - Warp Drive
13. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
15. Star Trek: Generations
16. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tracks:

1. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
2. Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
4. Star Trek First Contact
5. Star Wars
6. The Empire Strikes Back
7. The Empire Strikes Back
8. Return of the Jedi
9. Sound Effect - Battle Stations
10. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
11. Anakin's Theme
12. The Adventures of Jar Jar
13. Duel of the Fates
14. The Time Machine
15. Things to Come
16. The Thing From Another World
17. War of the Worlds
18. When Worlds Collide
19. Total Recall
20. You Only Live Twice
21. Superman

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: The ignorance is bliss Missed the Point Alan Parsons Returns Traveling Through Time With Alan Parsons So So

The Time Machine Alan Parsons Project Manufacturer: Miramar ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Progressive | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Valid Path Try Anything Once Ammonia Avenue Pyramid Eve ASIN: B00001NFFB Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

1. The Time Machine (Part 1)
2. Temporalia
3. Out Of The Blue
4. Call Up
5. Ignorance Is Bliss
6. Rubber Universe
7. The Call Of The Wild
8. No Future In The Past
9. Press Rewind
10. The Very Last Time
11. Far Ago And Long Away
12. The Time Machine (Part 2)

Amazon.com

The more things change, the more Alan Parsons albums stay the same. It's entirely fitting that this sonically flawless opus should be called The Time Machine. Born in the excesses and conceptual frenzy of mid-'70s prog rock, Parsons's familiar methodology once again shrewdly employs an almost-star cast of musical vets to do the heavy lifting (among them vocalists Colin Blunstone, Beverly Craven, Spandau Ballet's Tony Hadley, and chief musical architect/guitarist Ian Bairnson). Meanwhile, legendary producer and engineer Parsons twiddles the knobs and slides the levers, just like the Great Oz. Fans will find that Parsons, perhaps the only producer since Phil Spector with big enough cajones to become his own virtual raison d'être, has successfully stayed his familiar course. And if the result is something akin to Pink Floyd lite meets Kenny G in the New Age aisle at your local Natural Wonders outlet, thus has it ever been. While it lyrically renders H.G. Wells's original novel all touchy-feely and virtually unrecognizable, musically it's a reaffirmation that Parsons--not Toto, Journey, or a score of lesser pretenders to the mantle--is the real godfather of corporate rock. Dust off those headphones. Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

The ignorance is bliss.......2006-02-18

I don't listen to this album much. The songs are all ok and the production is first rate. But I thought I would write a review based on the one song, 'the ignorance is bliss'. This has to be one of the best ballads for a very long time. It contains skilled musicianship no end. Blunstone's vocals are exceptional and the piano playing is first rate. The best section though, has to be the extended instrumental bridge. This section is so complex, a run down of the sections is necessary. It begins with a piano solo. Then comes the harmony vocal section part sung by Chris Rainbow. While Blunstone has to be commended for his effort, RAinbow's multi layered backing vocals and 'ignorance is bliss' backing vocals, were, at the very least, as complex as the lead. But he only gets credited with backing vocals. Just listen to to the wall of sound he creates with his voice.
Bairnson next proves how talented he is. Not only did he write the music and the meaningful lyrics, but he cintributes firstly an ethereal saxophone solo, and, if that is not enough, a gorgeous electric guitar afterwards. And, not to mention, there are glistening acoustic guitar picking tracks also!
Amazing stuff.

Missed the Point.......2005-12-28

One thing I must say about this CD is that it contains some great ideas for songs. Unfortunately, the lyrics only give a glimpse into the potential that the songs have but don't reach.

The Time Machine (pt. 1) is easily the best piece on the album. It doesn't make me think of time travel, but it is still a good bit of music. Temporalia is okay, but I would only listen to it in the context of the album.

Out of the Blue is the first song with a good concept that it just misses. I could see Out of the Blue as being a four star song, but musically and lyrically, it gets only three. However, Out of the Blue looks a lot better because it precedes Call Up, now just the second Alan Parsons (project and post-project) song I have ever given only one star (the other is Don't Hold Back, on Eve). This song is the best example of a good concept. The idea of old people coming back to help us out of the mess we're in is an excellent idea. However, the song turns into a "my heroes" list for Ian Bairnson.

Ignorance is Bliss is another good idea that is just missed. However, the ending is quite good, and this song misses the concept musically more than lyrically (lyrically is slightly more important in my book). Rubber Universe is another good instrumental, though not as good as Time Machine pt. 1. Call of the Wild is a decent concept hit right on the mark, making it just as good if not better than the previous songs (non-instrumentals).

No Future in the Past is a good concept that is explored well in the song. Press Rewind has the best concept (especially in the context of the CD) of the CD, and is used well in the song, although the "bang your drum," nonsense really detracts from the idea. The Very Last Time, I won't criticize any more than just to say that it isn't my type of song.

Far Ago and Long Away is a good instrumental, thought not as good as Rubber Universe and Time Machine 1. The title is especially good if you think about it right after listening to Close's speech in Temporalia. Far Ago and Long Away morphs into Time Machine 2, a good end to a decent album.

One reviewer called this CD classic Parsons. Parsons' work is classic Parsons when Parsons writes the music and words in conjunction with Woolfson. And every classic Parsons CD (barring Gaudi, which I don't have) is well above this album.

Alan Parsons Returns.......2005-09-09

Sounding like a combination of the Alan Parsons Project of the 70s with a dash of Pink Floyd and perhaps even Enigma, "The Time Machine" is an aural experience sure to please many fans of Parsons, New Age and Soft Electronica. Here is music to work, run or meditate by.

This CD opens with the instrumental "The Time Machine, Pt. 1." The music is a combination of acoustic and electronic instruments with Ian Bairnson's guitars overlaid. This brisk opening introduces the theme of time travel and prepares you for the monologue by Professor Frank Close in the second track, "Temporalia." Professor Close is correct that viewing light from other stars is a travel back in time, because that light has traveled for thousands or millions of years to reach the earth; an interesting perspective on an esoteric subject.

The CD moves steadily onward, though figuratively remaining in place, with the mellow song "Out of the Blue," with lead vocals by Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet. This song is nicely orchestrated, and Ian Bairnson's guitar adds a marvelous counterpoint to the keyboards.

The following song significantly changes the pace of the CD. "Call Up" is funky with a powerful blues feel. Since the song is about calling on people of the past the blues flavor is appropriate. I was surprised that Ian Bairnson provided saxophones on this song in addition to his usual guitar work. This song bears a very strong resemblance to some of the Alan Parsons Project's early work, such as that on "I, Robot."

In a more mellow and beautiful tone is "Ignorance Is Bliss." This song shares traits with music by Dan Fogelberg. This mellow song has the honor of being the longest on this CD, as well as being one of the most beautiful. The lead vocal on this song is by Alan Parson's veteran Colin Blunstone, who provided the vocals for the excellent Alan Parson's Project song "Old and Wise." There is a lovely orchestral arrangement in the extended bridge of this song, which I consider a must listen for Alan Parson's fans.

The instrumental "Rubber Universe" provides a bouncy connection between the previous mellow song and the incredible composition that arrives next. Once again, the style of this song, which is nearly all Ian Bairnson, is very similar to the style of early Alan Parsons Project. Though Bairnson's mandolin portions are too short, they are nostalgic.

I am in love with Maire Brennan's voice. The first time I heard "Call of the Wild" I skipped back to play it again, and then again. I can understand why fans of Clannad love the group so much. As much as I enjoy her sister Enya's music, I think Maire has a more powerful haunting voice, at least in this song. This song makes me run out of adjectives because it is just so (cliché time) awesome. If you can listen to this song and not feel some kind of emotion then you are unable to appreciate emotional music. Crank this song up, it is an instant classic.

The song "No Future in the Past" makes me want to go back to "Call of the Wild." I doubt any song could feel appropriate after the former song, and such is the case here. This song, which is a good song, is out of place next to Maire Brennan's voice. Perhaps there should have been an instrumental between the last song and this when just to prepare your ears for the dramatic change in styles and pace.

By the time "No Future in the Past" is finished you can listen more objectively to "Press Rewind." While this song is perhaps just a bit better than the previous song, it sounds much better following on the heels of the former song though it is middle of the road pop.

The pace slows again with "The Very Last Time." Beverly Craven powers the vocals in this song of loss and memory and love. This song is somewhat unusual in that much of the time the song is Beverly Craven and the piano. The rest of the time it is strings and piano. There are no synthesizers or guitars in this sumptuous aural feast.

The last two instrumentals provide a slight progressive twist to give the album perspective. "Far Ago and Long Away" is image laden in Richard Cottle and Ian Bairnson's keyboards. Ian Bairnson's bass is very predominant, and tempered by the programmed drums and orchestration. This instrumental is yet another reminder of the early days of the Alan Parsons Project. Though not credited, there are smatterings of vocals in this instrumental that provide a lovely other world feel.

This CD wraps up with "The Time Machine Pt. 2." This coda seems to pull the CD together, and provides a listener with the desire to go back and experience this pleasing CD once again.

When I first acquired this CD I found that I could not get enough of it. This CD is an overlooked gem. I am surprised that this CD did not have staying power and that it did not yield a single. There are plenty to choose from, most particularly the spectacularly beautiful song "Call of the Wild," the mystical "Out of the Blue," and the plaintive "Ignorance Is Bliss." I know that my musical tastes have moved away from the mainstream, again, but if current tastes are able to overlook the incredible beauty and power of this music, perhaps I want to stay out of the mainstream.

Traveling Through Time With Alan Parsons.......2004-08-21

For his 1999 album, "The Time Machine," producer/musician/composer Alan Parsons remains primarily in the background, writing only a lone, one-minute piece, "Temporalia," and playing keyboards on just a pair of tracks. But Parsons IS the album's producer and master of ceremonies, so he still gets the name credit. "The Time Machine" is an excellent album that explores time travel & time itself, with a great selection of songs and first-rate performances. With Parsons perfectly content to sit behind the controlboard, the songwriting & performing spotlights fall on longtime Parsons pals Ian Bairnson on guitar and Stuart Elliott on drums, who both contribute the album's songs & instrumentals, and who play the majority of instruments as well. From start to finish this is great music, including the pulsating "H.G. Force," the atmospheric "Out Of The Blue," the funky "Call Up," the fine pop-rock of "No Future In The Past," the Middle-Eastern flavored "Far Ago And Long Away," and the lovely "The Very Last Time." As usual with Alan Parsons, the music, production & performances are top-notch, including great vocal performances from Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, Neil Lockwood, Colin Blunstone, Graham Dye, and the lovely voices of Maire Brennan of Clannad and Beverley Craven, the first women to sing lead on an Alan Parsons album since 1979's "Eve." Granted, I do wish that Parsons would've written & played more on the album, but this is a very small gripe, as Bairnson & Elliott deliver the goods in those departments just fine. All in all, "The Time Machine" is a most excellent offering from Alan Parsons.

So So.......2003-12-05

I own every CD that this band (including their vinyl records) has ever released and they all have their own merits of greatness, but I have to be honest "Time Machine" does absolutely nothing for me. Not a memorable tune on the entire album! How TRAGIC!!!, Alan Parsons has always been praised for his production work, but, I could never understand why?, all APP albums sound compressed, it's like he turns up the music loud and then cuts the top end off! the high fidelity(upper register) and nuances are almost absent. I guess it makes it sound better on the radio, who knows? If you don't believe me try listening to Madonna's "Vogue", ABC's "Look of Love , Poison Arrow" Loreena McKennit's "Mummers Dance" or Human League's "Human" They have absolutely stunning production work, you can hear every intricate detail from each instrument, including dynamics! (which are almost totally absent in APP work). Now compare these to anything by APP... see if you can hear what I'm talking about. Don't get me wrong I love this Band beyond belief, I just think he's slightly overrated as a producer.

Average customer rating:

Spare Time Machine Pepe Deluxe Manufacturer: Catskills UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trip-Hop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000PY30XU Release Date: 2007-07-02

Tracks:

1. Mischief of Cloud Six
2. Ms. Wilhelmina and Her Hat
3. Go for Blue
4. Last of the Great Explorers
5. Pussy Cat Rock
6. Apple Thief
7. Lucky the Blind vs. Vacuum Cleaning Monster
8. Captain Carter's Fathomas
9. Forgotten Knights (Prelude)
10. Forgotten Knights

Album Description

2007 studio album from Finland's Pepe Deluxe, their first since 2003. It will assault your ears with astonishing sounds and music you've never heard before. A tripped-out, Psychedelic masterpiece! Anyone who owns any of Finland's musical innovators Pepe Deluxe 's music, knows that every new album is an event worth waiting for, and an experience to savor. It's been four long years since their last studio opus Beatitude, a free-wheeling, genre-hopping sonic assault of styles. So, start up the Spare Time Machine and set the controls for the heart of a bold new musical frontier! Catskills.

Album Details

The First Studio Album from Finland's Pepe Deluxe Since 2003 is Finally Here, to Assault Your Ears with Astonishing Sounds and Music You've Never Heard Before.

Average customer rating: Brilliant release! great stuff 3 1/2 stars really, nice compilation for fans. Hey "MTV Rocks" - Stop embrassing yourself The one to have if you have room for only one Satch disk

Time Machine Joe Satriani Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Crystal Planet Joe Satriani Flying in a Blue Dream Engines of Creation Not of This Earth ASIN: B000002BWJ Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

1. Time Machine
2. The Mighty Turtle Head
3. All Alone (Also Known As Left Alone)
4. Banana Mango II
5. Thinking Of You
6. Crazy
7. Speed Of Light
8. Baroque
9. Dweller On The Threshold
10. Banana Mango
11. Dreaming #11
12. I Am Become Death
13. Saying Goodbye
14. Woodstock Jam

Tracks:

1. Satch Boogie
2. Summer Song
3. Flying In A Blue Dream
4. Cryin'
5. The Crush Of Love
6. Tears In The Rain
7. Always With Me, Always With You
8. Big Bad Moon
9. Surfing With The Alien
10. Rubina
11. Circles
12. Drum Solo
13. Lords Of Karma
14. Echo

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant release!.......2006-04-27

I just want to say that the title track on this album is absolutely one of the most brilliant guitar instrumentals ever released. It's right up there with Steve Vai's Tender Surrender.

great stuff.......2006-03-24

This is a fantastic album, although I admit that it took some time for it to grow on me. I didn't even know this was a collection of B-sides until just recently. If these are the B-sides, you know how good the stuff is that made it on the other albums. The title track is fantastic, and The Mighty Turtle Head is one of my favorite Satch songs, in fact my second favorite Satch song (a very close second behind the incomparable shred anthem that is Crushing Day) I just love the way Turtle Head moves. It's playful, energetic and it just flows so well. I love this song more every time I hear it. Both Banana Mango songs are a lot of fun, and Thinking Of You is a great ballad number. Speed Of Light moves fast, as the title implies, and Dweller On The Threshold just knocks your socks off. Even the vocal track, Crazy, is pretty good. The only one I'm not too jazzed about is the last track, Woodstock Jam. It's way, way too long and doesn't appear to go anywhere. But all in all, a sensational album, and I haven't even covered the live disc, which is also great. A must have for any Satch fan.

3 1/2 stars really, nice compilation for fans........2005-10-26

A curious collection of rarities, outtakes, new recordings, and live material, "Time Machine" is an intriguing mix and a worthwhile investment. It is divided into two discs, a studio record and a live record, each stretches over an hour in length.

The studio record contains performances from a number of sessions-- the new material was all recorded in 1993 for this record. The best of these is probably the title track, "Time Machine", a dense, churning, powerful piece filled with tension begging to explode that never quite does. A large portion of material were outtakes from "The Extremist"-- the album was evidentally heavily pared down to keep it fairly lean ("Flying in a Blue Dream" felt a bit long to me at least, so the change of pace was nice). Some of this material is superb, including the "Tears in the Rain"-styled "Baroque" and ballad "Thinking of You", which really shows how far Satriani has come as a lyrical and emotive soloist. From the "Surfing With the Alien" sessions one leftover is yielded, the frantic "Dweller on the Threshold", a moody and explosive piece not dissimilar to material on "Not of This Earth". There's also a handful of rarities-- most crucially the "Joe Satriani EP" which never received wide distribution. While i tlacks much of the polish even of "Not of This Earth", this hastily assembled material has its own charm, and certainly having it is as valuable as the material simply because of its rarity.

Still, for all this nice material, there's quite a bit of throwaway too-- Billie Holliday's "All Alone" gets a reasonable reading, and Satriani never ceases to surprise with his ability to stretch, but its just not too intriguing, "Banana Mango II" (left off "The Extremist") just seems to lack any real energy to it, and the closing "Woodstock Jam" has a lot of interesting ideas, but ultimately doesn't hold together.

The live disc fares much better, with unnervingly brilliant performances from the course of Satriani's career-- there's really not a bad cut on here, and particularly superb readings of "Always With Me, Always With You" and a ferocious "Big Bad Moon" are real highlights. Of extraordinary note is the presence of several extra pieces from the same performance that produced the live tracks on "Dreaming #11".

All in all, its a pretty mixed bag-- the live disc is better than the studio, and I kept waffling back in forth on three or four stars. Recommended for fans, newcomers should start with "Surfing With the Alien".

Hey "MTV Rocks" - Stop embrassing yourself.......2005-05-27

This is a great Disc. It has all of the elements of a great piece of work - song writing, playing, and soul. Hey 'MTV Rocks' - you are, quite simply, an idoit. Anyone who actually thinks that a lot of albums sold means it must be great - well, you're a fool. The average person doesn't know squat about music, esp. the teenage and 20-somethings, - you guys have grown up with junk, "artists" that can't play an instrument, write a song or sing - hello rap-crap and all their "wonderful" sampling of real artists, and you fools buy it thinking they wrote it! They didn't, because they couldn't... FOOLS! Yo, 'MTV Rocks', - what a shameful, petty, little 'tart you are... yeah, "something sold millions of copies, so it must be good" - what an idoit - the only reason this crap sells so much is because you guys can't think for yourselves these days, your buddy thinks it's cool, so you think it's cool, and these "artists" are putting out crap that appeals to the lowest common denominators - 'YOU' - the MTV crowd - hey, try thinkin' for yourself, you'll get further in life.... Loser...

The one to have if you have room for only one Satch disk.......2004-12-29

"Time Machine" is the disk to buy when you can only afford one Satriani CD; it's the one to lend out when someone wants the full Satriani experience in one case.

EVERY SONG IN THIS SET (except one) TOTALLY BLOWS ME AWAY; the sole bad song is "Woodstock Jam", and that's because it's about 15 minutes of dissonance. Everything else? Pure genius. You get it all - from slow and sexy to full-speed shredding with his Ibanez electric guitar set to kill, Joe Satriani can play anything. Blues, rock, baroque - you name it, JS can do it better than anyone and never break a sweat.

Only Stevie Ray Vaughan knew the electric guitar as well as Joe; even Steve Johnson, Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen (all Joe's pupils) cannot touch Joe's utter mastery of the instrument.

THIS IS IT; this is the ONE you have to have.

Average customer rating: Before "Jaws" there was the "Doomsday Machine"... Star Trek : Volume 2 Good, classic Sci-Fi TV Music "Kaplan & Fried composers that felt the pulse of the series" Tremendously inventive, totally surprising.

Star Trek: Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two (The Doomsday Machine, Amok Time) Sol Kaplan , and Gerald Fried Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Star Trek: Newly Recorded Music From Selected Episodes Of The Paramount TV Series (Charlie X, The Carbomite Maneuver, Mudd's Women, The Doomsday Machine) Star Trek: Sound Effects From The Original TV Soundtrack Star Trek V: The Final Frontier - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Star Trek, Volume Two: Newly Recorded Music From Selected Episodes Of The Paramount TV Series (Mirror Mirror, By Any Other Name, The Trouble With Tribbles, The Empath) Star Trek The Animated Series - The Animated Adventures of Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek ASIN: B000001P0W Release Date: 1992-01-21

Tracks:

1. Star Trek Main Title - Alexander Courage
2. Approach Of Enterprise/The Constellation
3. Going Aboard - Sol Kaplan/Gerald Fried
4. Commander Matt Decker/The Crew That Was
5. What Is Doomsday Machine/The Planet Killer
6. Strange Boom/Decker Takes Over
7. The New Commander/Light Beams/Tractor Beam
8. Violent Shakes
9. Spock Takes Command/Decker's Foil/Sneaky Commodore
10. Goodbye Mr. Decker
11. Condolences/Power Drain
12. Kirk Does It Again
13. One's Enough
14. Vulcan Fanfare/Prying
15. Mr. Spock
16. Contrary Order
17. T' Pring
18. Marriage Council
19. Vulcan
20. The Processional
21. The Challenge
22. The Ritual/Ancient Battle/2nd Kroykah
23. Remorse/Marriage Council II
24. Resignation/Lazarus Return/Pig's Eye
25. Star Trek End Title

Customer Reviews:

Before "Jaws" there was the "Doomsday Machine"..........2007-05-18

Steven Spielberg's Jaws has one of the most recognizable movie themes ever..the shark theme. But the "da-dum da-dum" music that made John Williams's career was already done ten years earlier...and is on this on this soundtrack.

The Star Trek episode The Doomsday Machine featured an ominous machine was the sci fi equivalent of a giant shark: a silent, big, grey behemoth that swallowed spaceships whole. The tension was established via the soundtrack by a simple "da-dum" theme. Like "Jaws", it would start slowly and softly and gradually turn up the tempo and the volume.

I think "Doomsday Machine" is a great soundtrack by itself. "Amok Time" is a terrific companion...its a completely different sound with a sixties pseudo-spiritual approach. But the fight theme is a classic. Both of these soundtracks on a single CD make this one a winner.

Star Trek : Volume 2.......2007-01-17

Star Trek music is great if you like the television series. I grew up with Star Trek in the late 70's and 80's watching reruns and videos with my dad that he had recorded off of t.v. Two of my favorite episodes are featured here on "Volume 2". "The Doomsday Machine" and "Amok Time". These are classics of the Star Trek juggernaut. It is different just listening to the music. You understandably hear things that you otherwise would not hear while watching an episode. "Volume 2" sounds like it was recorded in the 60's. 1967 to be precise. What I mean to say is that when the music was recorded there were limitations as far as recoding equipment goes. It really sounds like a 1960's soundtrack but is unique in it's approach. As far as I know, this is not a remastered cd and I can tell. I wish they would have boosted up the levels and made it louder. A little more bass would make this a great sounding cd but don't let that stop you from buying it. It is a really great soundtrack that no sci-fi fan should be without.

Good, classic Sci-Fi TV Music.......2006-01-06

Music composers Sol Kaplan and Gerald Fried are two of the better music writers for television back in the late 1960's. Both were famous for scores for other things (Kaplan for "The Spy Who Came In From The Cold" and Fried for "Gilligan's Island"), but showed that they could create music for a then new project: Star Trek.

Kaplan's score for "The Doomsday Machine" emphasized what was going on in each scene, underscoring how tension packed the episode was when it was made in 1967. (With the Special Effects that are available now, if they ever redo Star Trek, this is one episode that would seriously "amp up" the tension!!)

Fried, on the other hand, used his impressive Jazz training to show Mr. Spock in his "pon farr" state, and also to give the previously never seen before Planet Vulcan an alien atmosphere. Of course, the famous music for the fight scene between Spock and Kirk has been imitated often, but never topped.

An excellent CD for music and Classic TV fans.

"Kaplan & Fried composers that felt the pulse of the series".......2002-01-08

Neil Norman(executive producer), just keeps cranking them out...take for instance "STAR TREK:ORIGINAL TV SOUNDTRACK("The Cage" & "Where No Man Has Gone Before")(GNPD-8006)...the legendary Alexander Courage shares his talent for scoring with his famous Sci-Fi opening theme, every cue has the Courage signature.

For this "Volume Two" from episodes "THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE"(Kaplan) and "AMOK TIME"(Fried), the creator of Star Trek Gene Roddenberry chose two veterans Sol Kaplan and Gerald Fried...both composers use of full orchestra was both rewarding and beneficial to the plot and substance of the series...although Fried's cues were darker in nature, gave us a feeling transformation into another time and place...while Kaplan's composition showed the audience what loss and despair could do to any human being...a highlight is "THE PROCESSIONAL"(Track 20) and "THE CHALLENGE"(Track 21), memorable cues that leaves one remembering that particular episode of the series...both composers hit the mark...dead on.

You might enjoy other Star Trek albums from GNP Crescendo ~ "Star Trek:Original TV Series Sound Effects"(GNPD-8010)..."Star Trek:The Next Generation:Encounter At Farpoint"(GNPD-8012)..."Star Trek:The Next Generation Volume Two"(GNPD-8026)...all worthy of a good listen.

Total Time: 52:35 on 25 Tracks ~ GNP/Crescendo GNPD-8025 ~ (1991)

Tremendously inventive, totally surprising........2001-01-09

I was astonished to see this music actually available. Being somany, many years since the first production date, I would hardly haveexpected to find something preserved so accurately. This is, in fact aperfect recording. The music itself is really astonishing. Ratherthan an endless trundling out of the Star Trek theme, Sol Kaplan comesup with a collection of brilliant orchestral minatures in which hedisplays an absolute and total command of large scale orchestralwriting. I would guess his major influences would be Sibelius, Mahler,and probably Richard Strauss, but you would have to also certainlyinclude Edgar Varese and possibly Jacob Druckmann. Some of his ideasappear to spring from a probably uncatalogued collection of martialthemes, but his ability to paint vivid and powerful colours is likenothing I have heard before. Some of the themes reach really deep andwill endure for many decades to come. The way he ties in the StarTrek theme itself is very clever and elegant, making quite a trick inthe tail towards the end of the piece... What on earth has this dearfellow done since, or before? I am very, very impressed with this andwould absolutely recommend it to anyone, even classical music buffs.

Average customer rating: Lots of variety Zorn's first masterpiece Definitely a must-have Zorn album! This is the first major Zorn album Yes, better than the original

The Big Gundown: John Zorn Plays the Music of Ennio Morricone Manufacturer: Tzadik ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Avant-Garde | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Naked City Bar Kokhba At the Mountains of Madness Moonchild The Circle Maker [2-CD Set] ASIN: B00004W3KY Release Date: 2000-08-22

Tracks:

1. The Big Gundown
2. Peur Sur La Ville
3. Poverty (Once Upon A Time In America)
4. Milano Odea
5. Erotico (The Burglars)
6. Battle Of Algiers
7. Giu La Testa (Duck You Sucker!)
8. Metamorfosi (La Classe Operaia Va In Paradiso)
9. Tre Nel 5000
10. Once Upon A Time In The West
11. The Sicilian Clan
12. Macchie Solari
13. The Ballad Of Hank McCain (Vocal)
14. Svegliatti & Uccidi
15. Chi Mai
16. The Ballad Of Hank McCain (Instrumental)

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As if John Zorn's super-creative take on film composer Ennio Morricone weren't essential in its first iteration on Nonesuch Records, Zorn is celebrating the album's 15th anniversary with an updated, remastered version. The darker lows and brighter highs make this Gundown clearly superior--with its original cast of characters (Bill Frisell, Arto Lindsay, Diamanda Galas, and many more) sounding alternately darker, sultrier, and more cinematic than ever. Zorn's reticence to record the original album's 10 pieces looks altogether unreasonable, as his genius for adding color and dimension to Morricone's tunes shows profusely. To make this an even better deal, there are six new bonus tracks that feature Marc Ribot as part of an ad hoc string quartet on "The Sicilian Clan" and "Chi Mai," and as sparring partner with British avant guitar god Derek Bailey on the roaring "Svegliatti and Uccidi." This one's magnificently important. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Lots of variety.......2007-06-10

John Zorn stepped away from his game piece albums and began to get into more conventional songs with "The Big Gundown". A set of 15 Ennio Morricone songs, and one Zorn-penned homage to a Morricone song, it's a difficult album to classify. Zorn is usually characterized as jazz, but this is a long long way from Louis Armstrong, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of improvisation. Zorn himself performs only on a minority of the songs. He's more of a producer-arranger. But, even if he isn't playing the alto sax, these songs bear Zorn's unmistakeable imprint. There's an original 1985 section, and Zorn added some bonus songs in 2000.

Let's describe all the songs since the music sample is often deceptive for this CD. "The Big Gundown" aims for creepy. There are ominous piano chords, dissonant noises, and screams. The music resolves somewhat when a Brazilian percussion section begins, and ends with some Rawhide-esque "ha"'s. "Peur Sur La Ville" is built around an unsettling piano figure and noises. It has a unconventional free-jazz aura to it. "Poverty" is a quiet song based on Toots Thielman's whistling. "Milano Odeo" is a catchy, almost rock-n-roll song taken at a brisk pace. As the song goes on, the keyboards get more unsettling and the guitar gets noisier. "Erotico" has bluesy organ, and Bill Frisell's most romantic electric guitar (in an '80's way) paired with female vocalizations. "Battle Of Algiers" might be my favorite (maybe just because of the represented movies I've seen it's my favorite). Wayne Horvitz pounds out the tense piano line while sounds effects explode in the background. "Giu La Testa" has a slow build for about four minutes, then there's a plucking, walking part to take the song out. "Metamorfosi" is a good song to play when you want guests to leave, Diamanda Galas screams on top of tribal drums. "Tre Nel 5000" is credited to Zorn as a composer. To me, it sounds like a 4 1/2 minute dose of ambient noise. "Once Upon A Time In The West" starts quietly and deliberately, with feedback swelling and decaying. Robert Quine and Jody Harris play their guitars otherwise very minimalistically (not minimally, the feedback is constant). That ends the 1985 section of the CD.

The 2000 section uses an updated cast of players. "The Sicilian Clan" is familiar from the "Naked City" CD, though the instrumentation is more acoustic, and Cyro Baptista adds "western movie" percussion. "Macchie Solari" is another unsettling song. It ends in a fit of crashing piano chords and screams. "The Ballad Of Hank McCain" teams Mike Patton's heroic baritone with Jamie Saft's organ and Baptista's background congas. It's one of the more accessible songs, I wonder what it would sound like with a fuller band. The later instrumental version sounds about the same except, of course, without singing. "Svegliatti And Uccidi", with Marc Ribot and Derek Bailey on guitar-mangling duties, is a skronky blow-out. "Chi Mai", with the same musicians as "The Sicilian Clan", has a pretty melody and gentle music.

Some of these songs are very cool and original, others I can go without. Since it's a mixed bag I give it three stars. Zorn is certainly an original, and fans will want to make sure they have this one.

Zorn's first masterpiece.......2005-04-30

One of the best albums in Zorn's catalog, "The Big Gundown" is a masterpiece augmented in this 15th anniversary edition with a number of new recordings. These are reinterpretations of Mooricone pieces (with one Zorn original) for various groups. The entire record is powerful and energetic, with breathtaking arrangements, brilliant performances, and a fire that had not been captured in Zorn's previous recordings. It is also probably his first true masterpiece.

I think in many ways, the opener and title track best illustrates the aesthetic on the record, if you don't like that one, you'll probably not care for the rest of it-- it covers a number of moods, being dark, haunting, theatrical, explosive and esoteric, sometimes all at once. This sort of theatrical mood extends across a number of songs, the haunting circular piano and percussion workout "Peur Sur la Ville" (with a blazing alto sax solo from Tim Berne), an the dark electric guitar workout take of "Once Upon a Time in the West", reduced a funereal pace.

But there are also many moments of delicate beauty as well-- take for instance "Poverty (Once Upon a Time in America)", with an unusual instrumentation of whistling, harmonica (both handled by Toots Theilman), harp and accordian. Particularly when the harmonica takes the melody, the support swells and embraces and holds on, expressing pain and loss and fear for the future. Or consider the brooding and yet someone still light "Giu la Testa (Duck You Sucker!)", building anticipation through its dark motifs and bizarre instrumentation (among others, the Japanese shamisen, english horn, acoustic guitar, gamecalls and keyboards).

The bonus tracks are no less essential-- Zorn brought in about everyone he played with for the originals, these were a chance to catch up. The amazing thing about Zorn is that as an arranger, he's lost none of his flair in the intervening years, in fact, he may have even gotten better. Zorn uses his "Bar Kokhba" sextet (the Masada String Trio augmented by guitarist Marc Ribot, drummer Joey Baron and percussionist Cyro Baptista) to great effect on breathtaking arrangements of "The Sicilian Clan" and "Chi Mai", and adds another great guitar workout feature with Ribot and Derek Bailey in a noisy, disjoint take of "Sveggliatti and Uccidi", but its Mike Patton's Tom growl on "The Ballad of Hank McCain" that is the gem of the material-- stunning delivery that really captures something special (and may be the best vocal Patton has ever done) over a delicate organ (Jamie Saft) and percussion (Baptista) backdrop that matches and perhaps outstrips the best of the original material.

This is essential music for Zorn fans, if you're not, this may well be a good place to start-- the music can be difficult, and it covers a ton of moods, but there is a lot to hear. Highly recommended.

Definitely a must-have Zorn album!.......2004-04-27

I've got about 30 Zorn albums, and this was the first I heard, back in college late during an all-nighter. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Fantastic stuff, and very weird. This is more listenable than some, but definitely not the most easy of Zorn's albums. Great treatments of some familiar pieces if you're into spaghetti westerns.

This is on my must-have list for Zorn albums.

This is the first major Zorn album.......2003-03-15

Back in the mid-1980s, Zorn wrote new arrangements of Ennio Morricone's soundtrack music. He hired the best musicians to play the songs. Then, in 2000, he remastered the old album and filled out the disc with five more Morricone songs.

The result is CD that's all over the place, ranging from beautiful to ugly, from very complex to painfully simple. "Chi Mai," for example is a song you'll listen to over and over. It never gets old. But then there's "Metamorfosi," in which a woman howls and screams over the sound of slowly pounding drums.

Yes, better than the original.......2002-08-14

I just recently took the plunge on this reissue of the Big Gundown, comparing it to my original Nonesuch CD, and the new one is a winner. The music is obviously the same, and great it still is, but I always regretted the thickness of sound and low-level mastering of the original CD. The reissue has cleaned, brightened and polished the sound to a much higher level, it blossoms immediately in the ears and is now superb. The additional tracks are a treat too, Chi Mai is one of Morricone's greatest and pithiest themes, although the manner of the new material is fairly straight-ahead. Also nice is the extensive liner notes, an addition from the original release and a departure for many other Tzadik-Zorn recordings. Zorn fans should go for this in an instant, as should the Zorn-curious. This is his single greatest and most important record.

Morricone fans, you should give this a try too! This will challenge your ears and your notions of one of your favorites, and that's a good thing. Zorn is always true both to the themes from the movies and the context of those movies, which is the most remarkable thing. But for those only used to straight renditions of the music, this CD will shock, because the music is put through a cut-and-paste technique that owes much to cartoon music, and a recontextualization that owes is all to a free-improvisation aesthetic. Don't let those ears and minds get flaccid, folks!

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