We’re continuing our Movie Monday with a look at the most recent soundtrack releases from Varese Sarabande’s CD Club!

It’s all “B”s in Varese Sarabande’s newest CD Club batch, but these are all A-list scores! The label is expanding two great sci-fi/action scores–Basil Poledouris’ RoboCop 3 (1993) and Marco Beltrami’s Hellboy (2004)–and releasing a special reissue of John Barry’s Jagged Edge (1985).

There’s no superhero quite like Hellboy. As depicted in the Dark Horse Comic of the same name, this demon was summoned by Nazis as an infant but quickly intercepted by Allies to work for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense. Despite his terrifying appearance–very large and very red, with a right hand made of stone and a gruff face framed by filed-off horns and a lantern of a jaw–his wisecracking, dry humor has made him quite popular as the World’s Greatest Paranormal Investigator. A film like Hellboy needs some style, and director Guillermo del Toro and star Ron Perlman make for a comic book adaptation done right.

Beltrami’s score, a fan favorite, finally gets the treatment it deserves on CD. This two-disc set features the complete score, newly remixed and remastered as to remove a bizarre artifact issue on original pressings. A fantastic cover utilizing key art by Drew Struzan is the cherry on top of this killer new release, limited to 3,000 copies.

Detroit’s favorite cyborg enforcer is back on the scene, with a killer score to boot! RoboCop 3 found Basil Poledouris returning to the franchise whose epic original score he scored in 1987. While it looks and feels a little different, with Robert John Burke replacing Peter Weller in the RoboCop suit and the sardonic carnage making way for camp (ninja cyborgs!), Poledouris’ familiar themes are welcome once more. This single-disc set, limited to 2,000 copies, greatly improves upon the far too short original album.

Finally, John Barry’s score to Jagged Edge is sharpened considerably. The film, scripted by rising star screenwriter Joe Eszterhas, featured Jeff Bridges as a man accused of murder, Glenn Close as the lawyer who defended him while falling in love with him, Robert Loggia as her star private eye and Peter Coyote as the ruthless prosecuting D.A. Barry’s music, equal parts romantic and suspenseful, was released on LP (and later as an early CD Club title)–but neither pressing featured cue breaks, just two sides of vinyl (or 13 nameless cues). Now, not only are the cues named–they’re resequenced, for a whole new perspective on the score. This disc’s limited to 1,000 copies and unfortunately is sold out as of this writing.  Watch Screen Archives for potential availability!

Marco Beltrami, Hellboy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Deluxe Edition (Varese Sarabande VCL 0916 1172, 2016 – originally released as Varese Sarabande 302 066 562-2, 2004)

Disc 1

1. Broom Sets Us Up
2. Evil Doers
3. Fight
4. Meet Hellboy
5. Main Title
6. Snow Walkers
7. Brooms Fate
8. P.R.D.
9. Meeting Abe
10. Where Am I
11. Hellboy’s Lair
12. Hellboy Meets Sam
13. Alley Fight
14. Fireproof
15. Hellboy Stalks Liz
16. Fishsticks Flashback
17. Hellboy and Liz
18. Investigating Liz
19. Fire in the Hole
20. Pure of Heart
21. For the Rotten Eggs
22. John and Liz
23. Sam Sees Fishsticks
24. Sam Gets Ahead
25. Horny
26. It Will Be Quick
27. Hellboy Vs. Sam the 2nd

1. Fish Boil
2. Autopsy Music
3. Rooftop Tango
4. Kroenen Aires
5. Cookies and Stones
6. Tango with Milk and Cookies and Small Rocks
7. Feelings
8. Abe’s Advice
9. Live Cargo
10. Wake Up Dead
11. Mechanical Mauseleum
12. Kroenen’s Lied
13. Kroenen Korner
14. Light My Fire
15. Soul Sucker
16. Aw, Crap
17. Stand by Your Man
18. Gut Grenade
19. A Hot Kiss
20. P.R.D. Suite
21. Oompa
22. Evil Dewars

Basil Poledouris, RoboCop 3: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Deluxe Edition (Varese Sarabande VCL 0916 1173, 2016 – originally released as Varese Sarabande VSD-5416, 1993)

1. Delta City/Media Break/Nikko
2. Main Title/The Resistance/The Searchlight
3. Gateway
4. Police Alert/Robo Pack/Response/Armory Escape
5. Van Chase
6. RoboCop in Pursuit/RoboCop Saves Lewis
7. Flame Job/Nikko Remembers/Kanemitsu Building
8. Robo Recalls/Murphy, Is It You?
9. Death of Lewis
10. Underground/Tracking Beacon/Bertha to Base
11. C.P./Otomo/Otomo Exits
12. Refuge
13. Nikko At Station/Otomo Meets Resistance
14. Van Approach/Robo Awakens
15. Nikko and Robo
16. The Map/Unfinished Business
17. Robo Torches Rehabs/It’s Not a Robo Knock/Robo Visits McDaggit
18. Van Chase II
19. Rehab Raid
20. Good Cops Revolt/Johnny Rehab Commercial
21. Nikko to OCP
22. Cops Help Rebels/Robo Vs. Otomo
23. Finding the Flight Pack
24. Robo Flies/Rehabs Chase Marie
25. Sayonara McDaggit
26. End Credits

John Barry, Jagged Edge: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Varese Encore Edition) (Varese Sarabande VCL 0916 1174, 2016 – originally released as Varese Sarabande STV-81252, 1985)

1. Main Title
2. Burial At Sea
3. Henry Stiles is Dead
4. Jack and Teddy At Murder Scene
5. Love Theme
6. Teddy’s Betrayal (Alternate)
7. (Unused)
8. Bobby Slade Confrontation
9. Waiting for the Verdict
10. Freedom and Typewriter
11. Jack Calls
12. Bye Sam
13. End Credits