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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)

1. Seal and Main Title
2. Fires of Mars
3. False Alarm
4. Martian Night
5. Search for Shelter
6. Search for Partner
7. Enter Mona
8. Homeward Trek/Return to the Cave
9. Alarm Clock/Alone on Mars/The Flutestone (overlay)
10. Dinner for Two
11. Water
12. Lonely Lights
13. My Echo, My Monkey and Me
14. Martian Matzo Balls/The Dream
15. Strange Grave
16. Enter Friday
17. Guest in the Cave/And So to Bed
18. Language Lesson
19. Search for Partner (excerpt)/Pit of Death
20. Ask Them/Storm’s Aftermath
21. The Attack/Along the Ledge
22. On to the Ice Cap/Friday’s Sacrifice
23. Water Hazard
24. Snow Storm
25. Finale/End Title
26. Selection for Tape Recorder
27. Bagpipe No. 1, 2 and 3 (consisting of “Dixie” by D.D. Emmett)
28. 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)

1. Promo
2. Waltons Mountain
3. Main Title
4. The Hayloft
5. The Christmas Tree
6. Growing Pains
7. The Broken Doll
8. A Serious Matter
9. A Man’s Job
10. The Sisters
11. More Help
12. A Late Visit
13. A Miracle
14. End Title
15. Showcard #1/Showcard #2
16. Main Titles
17. Tom Sees Scree for the First Time/Following the Spies
18. Tom and Huck Discovered/Running Into the Stable
19. Running From Scree
20. Huck in the Tavern/Gallery of Rogues
21. Captured by Scree
22. Carnival Music/Turn in Your Noses
23. Huck Shows Off/Riding to Tow
24. King Gasparbeltazar/Procession to Paradise Plantation
25. Scree Comes to Beton’s Landing
26. Scree’s Ride
27. Reba’s Escape
28. Running to the Cave/Wild Drum Hits
29. In the Cave
30. Den of Snakes/Den of Snakes, Part II
31. Wicked Surprise/Trapped/Scree’s Surprise/Fight in the Graveyard
32. End Titles
33. 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