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Another pair of great stories for catalogue film score fans from around the way – another great sci-fi release from Intrada and a surprise expansion from La-La Land Records!

Intrada’s first in a series of archival titles devoted to Stu Phillips’ score for the original Battlestar Galactica television show, released earlier this year, was a considerable hit. Naturally, the label was ready to partner with Universal on more volumes, and the second was released Monday – a nice companion piece to the label’s other great sci-fi soundtrack, Disney’s The Black Hole. The second volume of BSG music features two full scores from the first season, presented in mono (as kept in the Universal vaults) across two discs. Act fast – this one is limited to 1,500 copies.

Another wildly exciting title was La-La Land’s announcement yesterday for their release next Tuesday: an expanded, remastered edition of James Horner’s score to Commando. The over-the-top action blockbuster, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as an ex-Marine/one-man-army in pursuit of his beloved daughter, features one of the most offbeat scores of Horner’s career, relying heavily on steel drums and saxophones against pulsating rhythms. A limited, eight-track soundtrack CD, released by Varese Sarabande in 2003, was a quick sellout; this new release, limited to 3,000 copies, features the complete score on CD for the first time, alongside “We Fight for Love,” the end-title theme written and performed by The Power Station. (The track, the only studio performance featuring touring frontman Michael Des Barres instead of Robert Palmer, was released on EMI’s 20th anniversary expansion of the supergroup’s debut album in 2005.)

Check out the track list for Intrada’s title after the jump, and stay tuned next Tuesday for the full scoop on Commando!

Stu Phillips, Battlestar Galactica Volume 2 (Intrada Special Collection Volume 178, 2011 – original episodes broadcast 1978)

Disc 1: Lost Planet of the Gods

1. Main Title – Parts 1 & 2
2. Imperious Leader & Baltar
3. Athena Vamps/Patrol Two Launch
4. Baltar – The Leader
5. The Abyss – Part 1
6. The Abyss – Part 2/Escape from the Void
7. Cylon Outpost
8. Virus 1A/Virus 1B/Virus 2/Virus 3
9. Virus 4/Adama’s Medal/Top of the Class/Ancient Writings
10. The List/Critical/Phony Battle
11. Captain’s Opinion/Launch When Ready
12. More Cylon Lair
13. Good Guys 1…Bad Guys Zero
14. We’re Going In
15. The Medallion/Starbuck in Trouble
16. Marry Me
17. The Wedding/Starbuck Captured
18. Ancient Ruins
19. Discovery of the Tomb
20. Baltar Appears
21. Love & The Sphinx
22. To Light the Way/Blue Squad Reporting
23. Not the Last of Baltar/Serina Dies/Boxey & Apollo
24. End Credits

Disc 2: Gun on Ice Planet Zero

1. Main Title
2. Environment… Hostile
3. March of the Centurions
4. Four Specialists
5. Cree Captured
6. Launch Bay Alpha
7. Blizzard
8. Death Point
9. Cold Journey
10. Bad Situation
11. Ravashol
12. Rough Ride
13. Icy Planet Lab
14. Cree to the Cold Cell
15. Cold Planet
16. Fire the Pulsar
17. Getting Closer
18. Pulsar Destroyed
19. Starbuck Loses
20. End Credits