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Intrada (hopefully) kicks off a robust fall for soundtrack collectors with the recent unveiling of two projects from the Universal Studios library released in 1978: one offering a box set of beloved sci-fi TV music, the other presenting a new release of a legendary composer’s first score for a sequel (the predecessor of which earned him an Oscar).

Up first is that pretty fracking cool box set: Battlestar Galactica (The Classic Series Soundtrack Collection), an 8CD anthology featuring new presentations of the best of Stu Phillips’ long-unavailable music from the heroic outer space drama. Created by TV impresario Glen A. Larson (who executive produced The Six Million Dollar Man and wrote one of its TV movie pilots), Galactica told the story of the titular capital ship of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, locked in a war with the robotic Cylons and engaged in a search for another colony on a distant planet known as Earth.

With a cast anchored by Lorne Greene as Commander Adama and Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict as the swashbucklers Captain Apollo and Lieutenant Starbuck, Battlestar Galactica was certainly in conversation with the preceding year’s cinematic titan Star Wars. 20th Century-Fox and Universal engaged in legal skirmishes over whether or not the show was too close to George Lucas’ space saga, while Lucasfilm nearly took special effects company Apogee (founded by Jon Dykstra, who’d supervised Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic effects team on Star Wars) to task over the equipment they used to create the shots of ships in the series’ unprecedented $8 million pilot. (Tensions also arose when Mattel’s Galactica toys, which shot plastic projectiles, grievously injured several children; competitor Kenner, who licensed Star Wars action figures, infamously scrapped a missile-launching figure of Boba Fett meant to preview Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back years before its release.)

Despite strong ratings early on, Galactica proved to be an expensive show and was canceled after only one season. With Greene and few other returning cast members, Larson attempted a low-budget sequel show the following year, showing the crew relocating to Earth, but Galactica 1980 never made it past 10 episodes. Nonetheless, the show remained popular, as first an attraction on Universal Studios’ tour and then in the early 21st century, when Star Trek: The Next Generation writer Ronald D. Moore oversaw an acclaimed reboot of the show that ran for nearly a decade on cable’s Sci-Fi Channel.

If critics and fans could initially agree on one thing about the original Galactica, it was Stu Phillips’ tremendous music – a blend of stirring, action-packed symphonic material recorded by top-flight orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Phillips, a former A&R man for Colpix and favorite of Larson who’d score The Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy and Knight Rider (perhaps the composer’s most famous work), was in fine form then and now – at 97 years old, he remains active and openly grateful for Intrada’s work on this set. And it’s no mere reissue of the label’s four volumes of Galactica material put out in 2011 and 2012. For this box, producer/engineer Mike Matessino conducted a search and retrieval of scoring elements in the Universal vaults, newly restoring everything and bringing it up to higher technical and artistic standards (including correcting errantly-pitched cues and debuting some 86 minutes of unreleased music). The package also kicks off with a fresh remaster of the original MCA soundtrack album that accompanied the TV movie pilot’s release in 1978, along with rare extras from the vaults (including single releases and even an arrangement of Galactica material by Phillips performed for a Boston Pops record with John Williams as conductor).

A formidable team has worked to put the box together. Joe Sikoryak designed the glossy cardboard box that holds five jewel cases and a 52-page book of liner notes, including rare photos, a foreword from Matessino and extensive commentary from writer John Takis. The booklet cover features new art by Paul Shipper, while Stephane Coedel contributes to the individual jewel case designs (including a “flipper” cover for the original soundtrack that utilizes the original art and features vintage notes from Larson and Phillips in its insert). Kay Marshall has art directed the package overall.

After last year’s 50th anniversary bonanza for the score to JAWS at Intrada, one good bite deserves another! The label will reissue the out-of-print score for JAWS 2, the unlikely 1978 sequel to Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece. (Spielberg, of course, did not return, and French director Jeannot Szwarc assumed directorial responsibilities.) Once again, Amity Island contends with a great white shark problem – only this time, police chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) is mostly on his own against the beast, racing against the clock to rescue a marooned group of teen sailors that includes his children. Intriguingly, JAWS 2 was the first time John Williams scored a sequel, and instead of simply reprising his own work, he brings the iconic shark theme back alongside a set of new, occasionally complex thematic ideas that have made this score a dark-horse favorite in The Maestro’s filmography.

Once again, Matessino – Williams’ go-to archivist/restoration expert – has worked his magic on a new and improved mix of JAWS 2. While Intrada’s 2015 release was sourced from three-track mixdowns, a vault search at Universal Music Group has yielded the original 16-track scoring masters to build not only a brand-new presentation of this release (with a small helping of additional music not on the last set) but a new remix and reconstruction of the original 1978 soundtrack LP, available on the second CD of this 2CD set and to be released digitally this weekend (with participating services also making the album available in a new Dolby Atmos mix by Steve Genewick). Matessino has written new notes about the technical assembly of this set, while the booklet also includes an update of the original 2015 notes by Scott Bettencourt.

Both titles are available to order directly from Intrada. Those links, and full track lists, are presented below.

Stu Phillips, Battlestar Galactica (The Classic Series Soundtrack Collection) (Intrada ISC 523, 2026 – original series broadcast 1978-1980)

Disc 1: Original soundtrack album (released as MCA Records 3051, 1978) and extras

1. Main Title: Theme from Battlestar Galactica
2. Destruction of Peace
3. Fighter Launch
4. Adama’s Theme
5. Exploration/Theme from Battlestar Galactica
6. The Cylon Base Ship (Imperious Leader)
7. Cassiopeia and Starbuck
8. End of the Atlantia
9. The Cylon Trap
10. Boxey’s Problem – Serina’s Illness
11. The Red Nova
12. Suffering
13. The Casino on Carillon: “It’s Love, Love, Love”
14. Escape from the Ovion Mines
15. Dash to the Elevator
16. “Let’s Go Home” – End Title
17. “It’s Love, Love, Love” (Alternate Mix) – Tartaglia and The Space Angels
18. “It’s Love, Love, Love” (Instrumental) – Tartaglia and The Space Angels (single A-side – MCA Records 40972, 1978)
19. “It’s Love, Love, Love” (Vocal) – Tartaglia and The Space Angels (single B-side – MCA Records 40972, 1978)
20. Theme from Battlestar Galactica (Disco Version) (U.K. 12″ A-side – MCA Records 12 MCA 415, 1978)
21. Battlestar Galactica: Main Title (Concert Suite) – John Williams & The Boston Pops (from Out of This World – Philips 411 185-1, 1983)

Disc 2: Volume 1 (portions previously released on Intrada ISC 154, 2011)

Originally used in Battlestar Galactica: Saga of a Star World TV movie – broadcast 9/17/1978

1. Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme (Extended Version)
2. Exploration (Battlestar Galactica Main Title)
3. Viper Launch
4. Cylon Freighter/The Trap
5. Zac in Trouble/Cylon Attack/End of Atlantia
6. Imperious Leader
7. Caprica – The Destruction of Peace
8. The Residue of War
9. Exodus and Extermination
10. Starbuck and Athena
11. Cylon Base Ship – Fleet in Formation
12. The Suffering Refugees
13. Starbuck Meets Cassiopeia/Conspiracy of Silence
14. Boxey’s Problem
15. Sire Uri/Terrible Deal/Follow Me/Muffit/Adama’s Dilemma
16. A Chance to Live (Adama’s Theme)
17. Serina’s Concern
18. Sex At Last
19. The Ready Room/Red Nova Mine Field
20. Baltar’s Fate/Arrival on Carillon/Strange Light
21. Dark Shadows/Little Boy Lost/Captured
22. Adama’s Narrative
23. Elevator Trouble/Utter Contempt/More Than a Father
24. Discovery of the Ovions/Escape from the Mines
25. Dash to the Elevator/Scramble to Safety
26. Red and Blue/Purple and Orange/Carillon Explodes/Let’s Go Home
27. Ovion Lyre (Source)
28. Outer Space Disco (Source)
29. Sounds Like Paradise (Source)
30. Galactifunk (Source)
31. Electro-Belly (Source)
32. Exploration (Battlestar Galactica Main Title – Film Version)
33. Fleet in Formation (Alternate)

Discs 3-4: Volume 2 (portions previously released as Intrada ISC 178, 2011)

Tracks on Disc 3 originally used in “Lost Planet of the Gods (Part I & II)” – broadcast 9/24 and 10/1/1978

1. Exploration/Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme (Mono Mix)
2. Battlestar Galactica Episode Titles (Mono Mix)
3. Imperious Leader and Baltar
4. Patrol Two Launch
5. The Abyss/Escape from the Void
6. Cylon Outpost/Baltar – The Leader
7. Virus
8. Top of the Class/Ancient Writings
9. Phony Battle
10. Launch When Ready/The Cylon Lair
11. Ladies Defense League
12. We’re Going In
13. Someone’s Following/The Medallion
14. Starbuck Captured
15. The Wedding/The Star of Kobol/The Ancient City
16. Baltar’s Trap
17. Discovery of the Tomb/Baltar Appears
18. Lucifer’s Command/Love and the Sphinx
19. To Light the Way/The Ninth Lord of Kobol
20. Blue Squadron Reporting/Not the Last of Baltar
21. Serina Dies
22. Boxey and Apollo
23. Battlestar Galactica End Titles (Mono Mix)

Tracks on Disc 4 originally used in “The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (Part I & II)” – broadcast 10/22 and 10/29/1978 (3-18) and “The Lost Warrior” – broadcast 10/8/1978 (19-26, 28)

1. Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme (Mono Mix)
2. Battlestar Galactica Episode Titles (Mono Mix)
3. Environment Hostile/March of the Centurions/Cadet Down
4. Four Specialist Prisoners/Cree Captured/To Ice Planet
5. Stowaway/Cylon Torture/The Blizzard
6. Death Point/Daggit to the Rescue
7. The Clones
8. Cold Journey/Soon, Adama
9. To the Village
10. Baltar – To Cylons
11. Ravashol
12. Rough Ride
13. Icy Planet Lab/Cree to the Cold Cell/Countdown
14. Baltar Closing In
15. Fire the Pulsar
16. Getting Closer
17. Pulsar Destroyed
18. Safe Return/Starbuck Loses
19. Apollo Under Attack
20. Apollo ‘A’ OK/The Boxey Con
21. One-Eyed Red Eye
22. Same Old Story/Boxey – The Gambler
23. The Hunt/Time Running Out/No Gun
24. Bootes to Boot Hill/Doubt
25. Shoot Out/No More Killing
26. Rescued/He’ll Be Back
27. Battlestar Galactica End Titles (Mono Mix)
28. The Easy Winners (Source)

Disc 5-6: Volume 3 (portions previously released on Intrada ISC 210, 2012)

Tracks on Disc 5 originally used in “The Long Patrol” – broadcast 10/15/1978 (3-11), “The Magnificent Warriors” – broadcast 11/12/1978 (12-17, 30-33), “The Young Lords” – broadcast 11/19/1978 (18-24) and “The Man with Nine Lives” (25-28) – broadcast 1/28/1979

1. Exploration/Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme (Mono Mix)
2. Battlestar Galactica Episode Titles (Mono Mix)
3. Double Parked
4. Starbuck’s Viper/Forced Landing
5. The Search Begins
6. Viper Stolen/Starbuck in Prison
7. Cassiopeia and Athena/Code Signal
8. Deserted Town/The Limping Man
9. Grandpa Adama
10. Escape/Sky Battle
11. The Map
12. The Courting
13. Here Come the Borays
14. Trapped Again/Constable Starbuck
15. Time to Eat/Belloby Kidnapped
16. The Boray Camp/Into the Cave
17. Starbuck’s Plan/A New Constable
18. Into the Swamp
19. March to the Castle/Attack by the Children
20. Fast Rescue/Tender Moment/Nothing to Discuss
21. Launch the Raft/Double Crossing
22. The Attack Rhyme
23. Starbuck and Miri / Joyous Reunion
24. Farewell to Miri/Warriors
25. Bad Guys and Laser Bola
26. The Nomen Code/Recognition
27. Strange Recruits/Dark Figures
28. Starbuck – An Orphan
29. Battlestar Galactica End Titles (Mono Mix)
30. A Smoking Band (Source)
31. Three-Sided Pyramid (Source)
32. Starbuck’s Luck (Source)
33. Hospitality Muzak (Source)

Tracks on Disc 6 originally used in “Murder on the Rising Star” – broadcast 2/18/1979 (3-8), “Take the Celestra” – broadcast 4/1/1979 (9), “The Hand of God” – broadcast 4/29/1979 (10-17) and “The Return of Starbuck (Galactica 1980)” – broadcast 5/4/1980 (18-25)

1. Exploration/Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme
2. Battlestar Galactica Episode Titles
3. No Fighting/The Victim/Cassiopeia Waits
4. Laser Test/Starbuck Gets Help/Not Guilty
5. Starbuck’s Mistake/Change of Heart/Questioning Baltar
6. Night of the Cylons/Cella Reacts
7. Apollo’s Plan/Stowaway/Baltar – The Skeptic
8. Cassiopeia – The Witness/Karibdis Overcome/Friends
9. Ceremonial Fanfares
10. The Dome/Strange Signal/Boomer Embarrassed
11. From the Past/Cylon Base Ship Rising
12. Tired of Running/A Great Plan/The Agreement
13. A Share of Loneliness/Cassi and Starbuck/They’re Gone
14. Getting Ready/In the Lair of the Cylons
15. Here They Come
16. There She Is/We Did It!/Waggling Home
17. The Dome II/The Eagle Has Landed
18. I Had a Dream/Starbuck Lives
19. Trek/Perhaps to Sleep
20. Shelter/I’m Sorry/Starbuck’s Planet
21. In Search of Woman/Taking Care of Angela/Spiritual Child
22. Ship Building
23. Three Humans/Cy Leaving/Goodbye Angela
24. Friend Cy
25. Sermon on the Mount/Starbuck’s Last Journey
26. Battlestar Galactica End Titles
27. Battlestar Galactica Short Bumper

Discs 7-8: Volume 4 (portions previously released as Intrada ISC 222, 2012)

Tracks on Disc 7 originally used in “The Living Legend (Part I & II)” – broadcast 11/26 and 12/3/1978 (3-17), “Fire in Space” – broadcast 12/17/1978 (18-19) and Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack European film edit, 1979 (21-31)

1. Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme (Mono Mix)
2. Battlestar Galactica Episode Titles (Mono Mix)
3. Cease Fire/Not Dead/Fleet to Fleet
4. Commander Cain/Holograph/How to Fight
5. Something Odd/Fabric of Miracles
6. Cassi and Cain/No Friendship/Get to It
7. Good Luck, Son/Squadron Rendezvous
8. Tanker Mission
9. What Happened?/Cain Relieved
10. Lucifer Reports
11. Baltar’s Ugly Smile/Shuttle to Pegasus/Under Attack
12. Another Battlestar
13. Adama Worried/No Choice/Side Bet
14. Air Drop/Setting the Charges
15. Change of Orders/How to Win/About That Lady
16. Sheba Wounded/Blessings
17. Cain, A Special Man/Life Station/New Family
18. The Space Walk
19. Blowing the Hull
20. Battlestar Galactica End Titles
21. Cease Fire/Not Dead (Alternate)
22. Commander Cain/Holograph/How to Fight (Alternate)
23. Something Odd/Fabric of Miracles (Alternate)
24. Cassi and Cain/No Friendship (Alternate)
25. Good Luck, Son (Alternate)
26. Tanker Mission (Alternate Segment)
27. What Happened?/Cain Relieved (Alternate)
28. Shuttle to Pegasus (Alternate)/Under Attack (Alternate Segment)
29. How to Win (Alternate)
30. Into the Swamp (Alternate)
31. The Attack Rhyme (Alternate)
32. Fleet to Fleet (Alternate)
33. Cease Fire (Alternate Segment)
34. Battlestar Galactica Preview
35. Battlestar Galactica Long Bumper

Tracks on Disc 8 originally used in “War of the Gods” – broadcast 1/14 and 1/21/1979 (3-21) and Galactica 1980 (22-31)

1. Battlestar Galactica Main Title Theme
2. Battlestar Galactica Episode Titles
3. Mysterious Lights
4. Search Plans/Strange Planet
5. Iblis – The Stranger/The Spell
6. Find Adama/Pardon Me/Where Are You From?
7. Another Narrative/Garden of Sin/Intercept Launch
8. Death is the Beginning/Mind Over Mind/Under Protection
9. Marching Feet/Fruit A-Plenty/Count’s Proposal
10. Our Enemy Has Been Delivered
11. The Sentence/A Familiar Voice/Fathers and Sons
12. Start the Games/Apollo Loses Control/Heaven Gets Closer
13. Adama and the Bird/Learning/A Price to Pay
14. You Won’t Find Him/Gruesome Sight/Devil, You Say
15. Gotta Get to Heaven
16. It Was Beautiful
17. Battlestar Galactica End Titles
18. Rope-a-Dope Dance (Source)
19. Light Ships (Sound Effects)
20. Light Ship Effects and Fly-Bys (Sound Effects)
21. Ship of Lights Approaches (Sound Effects)
22. Galactica 1980 Main Titles
23. A New Narrative/Earth Generation
24. Blue Squadron Returns
25. Turbine Lift Off
26. The Formula/Vipers Sighted
27. Cylon Base Ship Rises Again
28. Somewhere in Space/Breakout
29. Want a Lift?/Cylon Ship Destroyed
30. Our Enemy Has Been Re-Delivered
31. Galactica 1980 End Titles

John Williams, JAWS 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Intrada ISC 540, 2026 – original film released 1978)

Disc 1: Score presentation (portions previously released from alternate sources/mixes on Intrada ISC 331, 2015)

1. JAWS 2 – Main Title
2. The Shark Prowls
3. Sailing
4. The Water Kite
5. The Water Skier/Fire on Board
6. Catching the Cable
7. Brody’s Thoughts/The Charred Body
8. The Menu (Film Version)
9. Brody Misunderstood (Film Version)
10. The Photo
11. More Boating
12. Ballet for Divers
13. Boats in Danger
14. Eddie’s Death
15. The Open Sea (Film Version)
16. Calming the Girl
17. Sinking the Catamaran
18. The Big Bite
19. Disabled Party
20. Munching the Helicopter
21. Sean’s Rescue
22. Toward Cable Junction/More Teeth
23. The Big Jolt (Extended Version)
24. JAWS 2 – End Title / End Credits
25. JAWS 2 – Main Title (Alternate)
26. The Menu (Alternate)
27. Boats in Danger (Alternate)
28. Calming the Girl (Alternate)
29. The Big Bite (Alternate)
30. JAWS 2 – End Credits (Alternate)

Disc 2: Remixed original soundtrack album (originally released as MCA Records 3045, 1978)

1. Finding The Orca (Main Title)
2. The Menu
3. Ballet for Divers
4. The Water Kite Sequence
5. Brody Misunderstood
6. The Catamaran Race
7. Toward Cable Junction
8. Attack on the Helicopter
9. The Open Sea
10. Fire Aboard and Eddie’s Death
11. Sean’s Rescue
12. Attack on the Water Skier
13. The Big Jolt!
14. End Title, End Cast