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Recent weeks have seen some incredible archival soundtrack announcements from many of our favorite labels – as well as a physical release of a new film score we’re quite excited about here. Come take a deep dive with Mike and Randy in our latest Soundtrack Watch!

INTRADA

1973’s Frankenstein: The True Story is a two-part British-American television film directed by Jack Smight and loosely adapted from Mary Shelley’s classic novel by Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy. Starring Michael Sarrazin as Frankenstein’s Monster, Leonard Whiting as Victor Frankenstein, David McCallum as Dr. Henry Clerval, and James Mason as Dr. Polidori, it emphasized the tragedy and moral consequences in the story.  A host of famed actors filled out the cast including Agnes Moorehead (Bewitched), Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Peter Sallis (Last of the Summer Wine), Jane Seymour (Doctor Quinn, Medicine Woman), Yootha Joyce (George and Mildred), Nicola Pagett (Upstairs Downstairs) and Sirs John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.  Gil Melle contributed the score which enhances the gothic atmosphere of the production, and it’s been newly restored for this presentation by Chris Malone.

Gil Melle, Frankenstein: The True Story (Original Television Soundtrack) (Intrada ISC 535, 2026 – original TV film broadcast 1973; previously unreleased)

1. The Ride
2. Frankenstein: The True Story – Main Title
3. Elizabeth
4. If Satan Could Teach Me
5. Encounter At the Church
6. Brotherhood of Prometheus
7. Victor and Elizabeth
8. Grave Robbing
9. Henry’s Mirror Speech
10. Frankenstein At Work
11. The Creature
12. You Shall Teach Us
13. The Process is Reversing
14. Creature in the Park
15. Death of Mrs. Blair
16. Up from the Sea
17. No Man Could Bind Him
18. Death of Agatha
19. Man in the Mask
20. Creation of Prima
21. Prima’s Passions
22. Blood on Prima’s Hand
23. Tanks a Lot
24. Prima’s Dance
25. Arctic Plan
26. Arctic Waste
27. Frankenstein: The True Story – End Titles

LA-LA LAND

Some real fun stuff has come from La-La Land in May and June – including even more James Bond and John Barry (though not always together)!

Indeed, the label’s latest CD expansion of scores from the long-running film series based on Ian Fleming’s British agent 007 comes not from the ’60s or ’70s, but the last decade. LLL has remastered their first Bond score from the Daniel Craig era in 2015’s Spectre, available as a 2CD edition featuring a generously expanded edition of Thomas Newman’s score for the picture along with some album edits and alternate material. For Craig’s fourth time in the tux, the series continued the surprisingly serial direction it had taken since 2006’s reboot Casino Royale. After the loss of M (Judi Dench) in 2012’s Skyfall, Bond once again confronts dark aspects of his past when he discovers that previous adversaries had all been agents of a larger organization of villainy, run by the son (Christoph Waltz) of the man who cared for young James after the death of his parents. Bond also allies with a beautiful psychiatrist (Léa Seydoux) whose father was a former foe in the series.

Following the critical and commercial success of Skyfall (which celebrated the 50th anniversary of Bond on film), Eon Productions retained director Sam Mendes and his pick of composer, Thomas Newman. Having collaborated on four non-Bond features of Mendes’ (including the Oscar-nominated soundtracks to American Beauty and Road to Perdition) – not to mention a member of a film scoring dynasty that includes his father Alfred, brother David, uncle Lionel and cousin Randy – Newman delivered an impressive score that conveyed action and emotion while retaining the hallmarks of the musical tapestry first woven by Monty Norman and John Barry. British soul-pop singer Sam Smith delivered a song for the opening credits, the dramatic “Writing’s on the Wall,” included on this set; while many critics noticed its thematic similarities to Adele’s theme to Skyfall, it was a U.K. No. 1 hit (the first such achievement for a Bond theme) and an Oscar winner for Best Original Song (the series’ second, after “Skyfall”). The Spectre set is limited to 5000 copies, overseen by veteran Bond reissue producer Neil S. Bulk; the package uses 24-track digital stereo mixes from the score’s engineer Simon Rhodes, all ably mastered by Doug Schwartz. Dan Goldwasser created the booklet art (utilizing a beloved teaser poster image hinting at the nature of the organization SPECTRE, in its first appearance in a Bond film in decades), and Jon Burlingame brings his authority to the set’s liner notes.

There’s even more treats for Bond fans from LLL. John Barry’s film score presentation to The Man with the Golden Gun, released in a 2CD set by the label in 2024 for the film’s 50th anniversary, will now be available as a 2LP set pressed on 180-gram, “glittering end” gold vinyl, 700 copies strong. Most of the Bond dream team is assisting this score to Roger Moore’s second film as the spy – producer Bulk, mixing from Chris Malone, mastering by Schwartz and notes from Burlingame – though Jim Titus is on hand to design this arresting gatefold package. And that’s not all for Barry, either: the label will put back into print his mostly unused work on the 1986 fantasy comedy The Golden Child.  Eddie Murphy stars in the film directed by Michael Ritchie which sees Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a social worker drawn into a supernatural quest to rescue a mystical child. Blending comedy, martial arts, and fantasy, the film became a commercial success despite mixed critical reviews. (The finished score was mostly composed by Michel Colombier, though some of Barry’s cues remain.)  This release is a unique presentation to that of LLL’s 2011 3cD set which also included Colombier’s score.

QUARTET

There’s more John Barry courtesy of Quartet Records. Sidney J. Furie directed The Ipcress File, the 1965 British espionage thriller based on Len Deighton’s novel. Michael Caine plays the resourceful intelligence officer Harry Palmer in the story which tried to be more realistic than some of the other spy movies of the time, such as the James Bond films.  John Barry wrote its evocative, jazz-influenced score which underlines the tense mood throughout the picture.  Upon the picture’s release, Barry assembled a soundtrack album for Decca which emphasized the jazz flavor with variations on his theme.  He wrote around 50 minutes of music for the film, and only 17 was heard on the album.  For this new recording, Leigh Phillips and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra have premiered around 35 minutes of Barry’s score while reconstructing the versions of the original score presented by Barry on the Decca album, including the edits and alterations he made. Quartet has also featured an alternate, slower version of the main theme; a version of “A Man Alone” based on the arrangement Barry crafted for a single; and the themes from the television series Vendetta and The Persuaders!, both showcasing his use of the cimbalom.

VARESE SARABANDE

Released by DreamWorks Animation in 2001 and directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, Shrek became a cultural phenomon and spawned an entire franchise still going strong today.  The subversive take on fairy tales is based loosely on William Steig’s children’s book, and follows an ogre (Mike Myers) who embarks on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) while accompanied by the talkative Donkey (Eddie Murphy). The film won the first Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.  While the soundtrack is famous for its popular songs (notably Neil Diamond’s “I’m A Believer” as recorded by Smash Mouth), the original orchestral score was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell.  25th anniversary editions of Gregson-Williams and Powell’s score will arrive on August 28 in both CD and picture disc vinyl formats.

Timecop, released in 1994, is a science fiction action film directed by Peter Hyams and starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Max Walker, a law enforcement officer who prevents criminals from altering history through time travel. Based on a Dark Horse comic, the film combines futuristic concepts with fast-paced action and became one of Van Damme’s highest-grossing movies. The atmospheric score was written by Mark Isham.  This deluxe edition CD release features 27 tracks, and it’s been mastered by Chas Ferry and Melinda Hurley.  Varese also celebrates over ten years of 2015’s The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water with a generously expanded CD of John Debney’s score boasting numerous previously unreleased cues.  Debney also sat down with liner notes writer Daniel Schweiger for a new interview.  Ferry and Hurley have again mastered.

BACKLOT MUSIC/WAXWORK

Last up, we have something (very) contemporary. Still in theaters now, Disclosure Day marks director Steven Spielberg’s return to science fiction and specifically stories about aliens.  Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo, the film explores the global consequences of humanity confronting long-hidden evidence of extraterrestrial life. Spielberg has again teamed with the legendary John Williams for the score, marking their 30th collaboration together and extending one of the most influential partnerships in cinema history.  And they may not be done as the 94-year old Williams has hinted Spielberg wants him for his next movie.  Disclosure Day is available for pre-order on both CD and LP from Backlot Music and Waxwork.

Thomas Newman, Spectre (Music from the Motion Picture – 10th Anniversary Limited Edition) (La-La Land Records LLLCD 1677, 2026 – original film released 2015)

Disc 1

1. Gun Barrel (from Spectre)
2. Los Muertos Vivos Están (Film Version)
3. Building Down
4. Sciarra Chase
5. Helicopter Fight
6. Writing’s on the Wall – Sam Smith
7. Courtyard/M’s Message
8. Vauxhall Bridge (Extended Version)
9. The Eternal City (Extended Version)
10. Donna Lucia (Extended Version)
11. A Place Without Mercy
12. Palazzo Meeting
13. Enter Hinx
14. Cuckoo
15. Backfire (Film Version)
16. Nine Eyes Meeting
17. The Pale King (Extended Version)
18. Kite in a Hurricane
19. Photo of Madeleine
20. Crows Klinik
21. I Kill People/SPECTRE Ring
22. Snow Plane (Extended Version)
23. Hinx Lives
24. L’Americain (Extended Version)
25. Secret Room (Extended Version)
26. Madeleine (Extended Version)
27. Hinx (Film Version)

Disc 2

1. Writing’s on the Wall (Film Version Instrumental)
2. Silver Wraith
3. Compound Bedrooms
4. A Reunion (Extended Version)
5. Torture Room
6. Tempus Fugit (Film Version)
7. Safe House (Extended Version)
8. Blindfold
9. Careless (Extended Version)
10. Detonation (Extended Version)
11. Westminster Bridge
12. Out of Bullets (Extended Version)
13. The James Bond Theme (from Spectre)
14. Spectre (End Title)
15. Writing’s on the Wall (Instrumental)
16. Los Muertos Vivos Están
17. Marimba Float Drums
18. Day of the Dead
19. Photo of Madeleine (Alternate)
20. Backfire
21. Secret Room
22. Madeleine
23. Hinx
24. Tempus Fugit

Disc 1, Tracks 8-10 (edits), 11, 17 (edit), 18, 20, 22 (edit) and 24 (edit) and Disc 2, Tracks 2, 4 (edit), 7 (edit), 8, 9-10 (edits),  11, 12 (edit), 14-16, 18 and 20-24 released as Decca 002408402, 2015
Disc 1, Track 6 released on Capitol CD single B00241033-02, 2015

John Barry, The Golden Child (Music Inspired by the Motion Picture) (La-La Land LLLCD 1690, 2026 – original film released 1985; score unused)

Disc 1

1. The Child is Taken
2. The Best Man in the World – Ann Wilson
3. Strange Symbols
4. Looking Around
5. Chandler and Kee Nang
6. Tin Can Man
7. Follow That Bird
8. Best Man
9. Yellow Dragons
10. “We Sold Her”
11. Fight At Tommy Tong’s
12. Sardo Gets His Orders
13. Chandler’s Dream
14. Yak Loin
15. Love Theme
16. To Tibet
17. Kathmandu

Disc 2

1. “Stay on the Path”
2. Bottomless Pit
3. Wisdom of the Ages
4. Malibu House
5. Kee Nang Gets the Arrow
6. Butterflies
7. The Final Act
8. Happy Ending
9. The Best Man in the World (Instrumental)
10. Looking Around (Alternate)
11. Happy Ending (Alternate)
12. Coffee Shop (Source Cue)
13. Dance a Little Closer – Randy Edelman

Disc 1, Track 2 and Disc 2, Track 3 released on Capitol SJ-12544, 1986
Disc 2, Track 9 released on Capitol single B-5654, 1986
All other tracks released on La-La Land Records LLLCD 1180, 2011

John Barry, The Man with the Golden Gun (Music from the Motion Picture – Limited Edition) (La-La Land Records LLLP 2013, 2026 – original film released 1974)

LP 1

Side A

1. Gun Barrel/The Island
2. Scaramanga’s Fun House
3. Main Title: The Man with the Golden Gun – Lulu
4. Getting the Bullet
5. Macau/Forever Hold Your Piece
6. Following Andrea
7. Scaramanga Strikes

Side B

1. Hip’s Trip
2. Chew Me
3. Quite Titillating
4. Grisly Land
5. Take Mr. Bond to School/Chula/Escape
6. Kung Fu Fight
7. 20,000 Baht
8. J.W. Pepper/Bond Rides Off
9. The Death of Hai Fat/New Chairman
10. Moments

LP 2

Side C

1. Goodnight Goodnight
2. You Must Be Good/In the Boot/Car Keys
3. Let’s Go Get ‘Em
4. Flying Car
5. In Search of Scaramanga’s Island (Film Version)
6. Bond’s Arrival/The Solex Agitator/The Sun/Solar Power

Side D

1. Return to Scaramanga’s Fun House
2. Absolute Zero
3. Retrieving the Solex Agitator
4. Slow Boat from China
5. End Title: The Man with the Golden Gun (Reprise) – Lulu

All tracks previously released on La-La Land Records LLLCD 1655, 2024

John Barry/Adam Klemens & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Ipcress File (New Recording of the 1965 Original Score) (Quartet QR630, 2026)

1. The Station/The Body
2. Main Title from The Ipcress File
3. The MoD
4. The Bureau
5. The Replacement
6. The Workshop
7. Scotland Yard
8. Meeting with Grantby
9. Fight on the Steps
10. Break-In
11. Codename Housemartin
12. Factory Raid/Ipcress
13. Do You Always Wear Your Glasses?
14. Friendly Fire
15. The Symposium
16. Radcliffe Triggered
17. The Book
18. The Death of Carswell
19. Too Hot
20. Palmer Captured
21. Servitude
22. The Treatment
23. The Treatment Continues
24. Injured Hand
25. Palmer Escapes
26. Palmer Chooses
27. End Credits
28. Main Title from The Ipcress File (Alternate)
29. Meeting with Grantby and Fight (Album Version)
30. The Death of Carswell (Album Version)
31. If You’re Not Clean – I’ll Kill You (Album Version)
32. Goodbye Harry (Album Version)
33. A Man Alone (Theme from The Ipcress File)
34. Theme from Vendetta
35. Theme from The Persuaders!

Harry Gregson-Williams & John Powell, Shrek (Original Motion Picture Score – 25th Anniversary Edition) (originally released as Varese Sarabande 302 066 308 2, 2001 – reissued Varese Sarabande, 2026)

1. Fairytale
2. Ogre Hunters/Fairytale Deathcamp
3. Donkey Meets Shrek
4. Eating Alone
5. Uninvited Guests
6. March of Farquuad
7. The Perfect King
8. Welcome to Duloc
9. Tournament Speech
10. What Kind of Quest
11. Dragon!/Fiona Awakens
12. One of a Kind Knight
13. Saving Donkey’s Ass
14. Escape from the Dragon
15. Helmet Hair
16. Delivery Boy Shrek/Making Camp
17. Friends Journey to Duloc
18. Starry Night
19. Singing Princess
20. Better Out Than In/Sunflower/I’ll Tell Him
21. Merry Men
22. Fiona Kicks Ass
23. Fiona’s Secret
24. Why Wait to Be Wed/You Thought Wrong
25. Ride the Dragon
26. I Object
27. Transformation/The End

Mark Isham, Timecop (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – The Deluxe Edition) (Varese Sarabande, 2026 – original film released 1994)

1. Timecop (Main Theme)
2. Dorsal Fins/Premonition (Suite)
3. Lovemaking
4. The Beating
5. Atwood Jumps/Death Sentence (Suite)
6. I Never Quit/Handsome Devil (Suite)
7. A Love Lost in the Past
8. 50,000 Volts
9. The Launch
10. To the Warehouse
11. Parker’s Punishment
12. Warehouse Battle (Suite)
13. Searching for Clues
14. Manual Launch
15. Ships in the Night
16. Blood Test
17. Menace At the Mall
18. A Kiss from the Future
19. It Has to End Tonight
20. Sturm and Drang (Suite)
21. Lousy Night to Be Out
22. Justice in the Rain
23. Meltdown
24. A Friend of the Family
25. Present Perfect
26. M10
27. M18A/M20 (Suite)

Portions previously released on Varese Sarabande VSD-5532, 1994

John Debney, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (Music from the Motion Picture – The Deluxe Edition) (Varese Sarabande, 2026 – original film released 2015)

1. Burger Beard on Island Open
2.  Burger Beard Starts to Read Story/Burger Beard Continues to Read Story *
3.  Plankton’s Plane */Plankton Attack
4.  Firing the Ketchup Gun */Tank Defeat/Giant Robot
5. Plankton’s Wallet Sting */Trying to Steal Formula
6. Torturing Plankton/Build to Squidward Opening Door */Refund!
7. To The Chum Bucket */Escaping in a Bubble/Bikini Bottom Apocalypse *
8. The End!
9. Reporter Attacked */Book Page Lands on Sandy’s House *
10. He Brings Loyalty */Get Him/Chase At a Snail’s Pace *
11. Going to Sleep/Inside SpongeBob’s Brain/Rainbow! *
12. Casing The Chum Bucket */Staking Out The Chum Bucket */Gimme a Boos *
13. Getting the Key/Plankton Rescues Karen
14. Building Time Machine */Plankton’s Sappy Goodbye to Karen *
15. Intro Bubbles/Angry Bubbles *
16. Stealing Formula Back/Pirate Ship and Food Truck
17. My Very Own Food Truck/Who Wants Some Hot Wings */Chasing Seagulls Away *
18. Sandy Proposes Sacrifice/The Sacrifice/Dawn of Time *
19. Grabbing SpongeBob */Sacrifice *
20. Bubbles to the Rescue/Beach Search
21.  Beachfront Antics/Bike Path Encounters/Home of the Krabby Patty
22. Story Rewrites
23. Serious Aft Kicking */Invincabubble/The Rodent *
24. Chasing Burger Beard/Team Worked
25. Not So Fast Burger Beard/PlankTON/Real Teamwork

* previously unreleased. All other tracks released as Varese Sarabande 302 064 224 2, 2015

John Williams, Disclosure Day (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Back Lot Music/Waxwork, 2026) (CD / 2LP)

1. listen…
2. memory…
3. dive…
4. chase…
5. believe…
6. in vivo…
7. negotiation…
8. empathy…
9. celestial…
10. unseen…
11. kcxe…
12. signs…
13. home…
14. caught…
15. disclosure…
16. reprise…