As previously reported, Film Score Monthly's two newest titles are the premiere releases of three great scores: an underrated sci-fi epic and two TV-movies with music from legendary film composers.
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) is exactly what it sounds like: the Daniel Defoe classic on the surface of Mars. Paul Mantee is the marooned astronaut and Victor Lundin is "Friday," the Martian slave laborer who escapes and befriends him. (Also appearing as Mantee's doomed co-pilot was a pre-Batman Adam West!) The lively, tonal score was composed by Nathan Van Cleave, known for writing more music for The Twilight Zone than any other composer (12 episodes). It's presented complete, newly remixed from the original three-track, 2" masters and is limited to 3,000 copies.
Also in the FSM mix are Americana-filled scores to TV-movies The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) and Rascals and Robbers: The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1982), each respectively scored by Jerry Goldsmith and James Horner. The former film was notable for introducing small-screen audiences to The Waltons - a series followed for nine years beginning in 1972 - while Rascals and Robbers has a place in Horner's history as not only one of his earliest works, but the last thing before his career took a sudden upswing. Days after finishing that score, he began work on what many consider to be one of his finest musical efforts, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. This two-for-one set is also limited to 3,000 copies, and is presented from the original mono and stereo masters, respectively, stored in the CBS Inc. Film and Television Collection at UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections.
Order pages and track lists are, as always, after the jump!
Nathan Van Cleave, Robinson Crusoe on Mars: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Film Score Monthly Vol. 14, No. 5, 2011 - original film released 1964)
- Seal and Main Title
- Fires of Mars
- False Alarm
- Martian Night
- Search for Shelter
- Search for Partner
- Enter Mona
- Homeward Trek/Return to the Cave
- Alarm Clock/Alone on Mars/The Flutestone (overlay)
- Dinner for Two
- Water
- Lonely Lights
- My Echo, My Monkey and Me
- Martian Matzo Balls/The Dream
- Strange Grave
- Enter Friday
- Guest in the Cave/And So to Bed
- Language Lesson
- Search for Partner (excerpt)/Pit of Death
- Ask Them/Storm’s Aftermath
- The Attack/Along the Ledge
- On to the Ice Cap/Friday’s Sacrifice
- Water Hazard
- Snow Storm
- Finale/End Title
- Selection for Tape Recorder
- Bagpipe No. 1, 2 and 3 (consisting of "Dixie" by D.D. Emmett)
- Organ—23rd Psalm
Jerry Goldsmith/James Horner, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story / Rascals and Robbers: The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn: Original Television Soundtracks (Film Score Monthly Vol. 14, No. 6, 2011 - original TV-films aired 1971/1982)
- Promo
- Waltons Mountain
- Main Title
- The Hayloft
- The Christmas Tree
- Growing Pains
- The Broken Doll
- A Serious Matter
- A Man’s Job
- The Sisters
- More Help
- A Late Visit
- A Miracle
- End Title
- Showcard #1/Showcard #2
- Main Titles
- Tom Sees Scree for the First Time/Following the Spies
- Tom and Huck Discovered/Running Into the Stable
- Running From Scree
- Huck in the Tavern/Gallery of Rogues
- Captured by Scree
- Carnival Music/Turn in Your Noses
- Huck Shows Off/Riding to Tow
- King Gasparbeltazar/Procession to Paradise Plantation
- Scree Comes to Beton’s Landing
- Scree’s Ride
- Reba’s Escape
- Running to the Cave/Wild Drum Hits
- In the Cave
- Den of Snakes/Den of Snakes, Part II
- Wicked Surprise/Trapped/Scree’s Surprise/Fight in the Graveyard
- End Titles
- Bumper #1/Bumper #2
Tracks 1-15 from The Homecoming: A Christmas Story - composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith
Tracks 16-32 from Rascals and Robbers: The Further Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - composed and conducted by James Horner
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