La-La Land Records inched closer to the end of their 2011 reissue slate yesterday with a pair of sci-fi-oriented releases - one a reissue, and one appearing for the first time anywhere.
Television fans are going to enjoy the label's newly-released three-disc set of music from the cult classic series Space: Above and Beyond. Though it only ran for one season, the scope of the show - a planned, five-year saga about a war between Earth and an alien race in the mid-21st century - anticipated the popularity of sci-fi series in the late '90s and early '00s such as Stargate SG-1 and the reboot of Battlestar Galactica. The score, composed by the late Shirley Walker, evoked the urgent action of her earlier, widely-acclaimed scores to various DC Comics productions, including Batman: The Animated Series and The Flash (both of which have received loving reissues from the label).
La-La Land's other reissue this week is a special 50th anniversary edition of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Irwin Allen's beloved sci-fi fantasy, composed by Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter and featuring a main title song by film co-star Frankie Avalon. While this set is identical in content to a disc released by Film Score Monthly in 2001, this reissue fixes a cue whose master was damaged.
Voyage is limited to 2,000 units while Space: Above and Beyond is capped at 3,000. It's of course worth noting that four titles from La-La Land have yet to be released, all on Friday, November 25. (Speculation is running high as to what those titles will be!)
Order links and full discographical information are after the jump!
Shirley Walker, Space: Above and Beyond - Original Soundtrack from the FOX Television Series (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1192, 2011 - original show aired 1995-1996)
Disc 1
- Speech Thru Alien
- Hawkes Runs from Hoods
- Hoods Hang Hawkes
- One of You Must Stay
- Nathan and Kylen Say Goodbye
- Bus to Angry Angels
- Kylen Reads Letter/Colonist Massacre/Training Exercise
- Call to War
- Ordered to Mars
- West's Porthole to Mars
- Marines March on Mars
- Alien Crash Site Battle
- Marines Capture Alien/Captured Alien Dies
- Laid to Rest/Advice for Leave
- Hawkes Dialog at Plane
- Hawkes at Pags' Grave
- Battle Preparations/Casualties
- Flight to SS Saratoga
- Hidden Among Asteroids
- The Big Battle
- West's Prose Poem
- Hawkes at Pags' Grave/Battle Preparations/Casualties (Album Version)
- Flight to SS Saratoga/Hidden Among Asteroids (Album Version)
- The Big Battle (Album Version)
- Farthest Man from Home
- West Goes AWOL
- Extraction
- Shane's Nightmare
- Playing Blackjack
- Shane Fights A.I./Shane Subdues A.I.
- Shane Kills A.I./Shane Rappels & Attacks
- Shane to the Rescue/Shane Downs Spaceship
Disc 2
- "Space: Above and Beyond" Main Title (Version 1)
- Hawkes Jogs
- Hawkes Has a Sister in 46
- Mutiny Begins
- Missile Attack
- Hawkes Visits Sister
- Mystery Hammerhead Dock
- Butts Commands the 58th
- From Planet to Black Hole
- Into the Black Hole
- Butts' Death/Pancakes in Space
- Orbital Opening
- Neck Navel/Chaput's Arrival
- The Bomb
- West and Cserko/Witch Hunters
- Backup Activated
- West Wants Truth
- Time to Start
- 58th Kamikaze
- Let's Make It Happen
- Space Triage
- West Clings to Life
- McQueen's the Problem
- The Blue Goo
- Blue Goo Tank
- Dead Radio
- Sitting Ducks
- Gift Giving
- Nathan's Present
- Message from Apollo VIII
- Comet Approach
- Faith
- Prepare for the Burn
- Hitch a Ride on a Comet
- Wang Returns Necklace
- Whore of Death/Departure/Who Monitors You?/Time to Be Erased/The Truce/Cooper's Soul
- Dear Ann
Disc 3
- "Space: Above and Beyond" Main Title (Version 2)
- Classified Mission
- Do the Right Thing
- Mission of the 35th
- Welcome Aboard/58th to the Rescue
- Aftermath
- Sewell's Arrival
- Sewell's Fuel
- McQueen's Room
- Schrader's Mission/So Long, Winslow
- Battle Plan
- Duty Calls
- Headed Home
- Memories/Remembering the Past
- Welcome to Mars
- Approach Tower
- Position Compromised/Jets Away/The Baptism
- Coming to Get You
- Men in Dark Times/Hold Our Position
- The Rescue
- Consequences
- The Last Supper/Nineteen Hundred Hours
- Creation
- Approaching Anvil, Part 1
- Approaching Anvil, Part 2
- The Hunt
- Why Kill It?
- Dark Hearts
- Act of Kindness
- Peace/Arrival
- Peace Talks Incident
- Deal the Wild Cards
- West Finds Kylen
- Bring Them Home
- Fatal Hit
- Wang's Choice
- Nathan and Kylen, Part 1
- Nathan and Kylen, Part 2
- "Space: Above and Beyond" End Title
- Main Title (Shirley Walker Demo)
- Bumpers Suite
All tracks previously unreleased.
Paul Sawtell and Bert Shefter, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 50th Anniversary Limited Edition (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1187, 2011 - original film released 1961)
- Main Title (performed by Frankie Avalon)/The Super Sub
- Dive
- Lucky Man/Under the Ice
- Ice Block Collision/The Red Sea/The Survivor
- Rising Heat/Catastrophe
- To New York/Nelson's Decision
- Raw Nerves
- Brave Volunteers/Cable Search/Dangerous Grounds/The Squid Attacks
- Nervous Hysteria
- Alvarez's Resignation/Minefield Explosions/All Back - Dead Slow
- Fire in Bed/Fresh Air/The Ghost Ship
- Lunatic Action/The Burnout Point
- Enemy Torpedoes/The Monster Attacks
- Fatal Dose/Alvarez Acts/Successful Mission
- Main Title (Temporary) - Frankie Avalon
- Main Title (Demo) - Bill Lee
This program previously released on Film Score Monthly Vol. 4, No. 10, 2001 with a damaged version of Track 9.
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