Watchmen Alternate Soundtrack

It's a file that came from somewhere many years ago.  All the hard work was done by the original assembler!  Just recently I cleaned up and regularized the files, added art, and so on.

The contents:

01 - The Sounds of Silence - Atrocity - 2000 

02 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1977 

03 - The Times They Are a-Changin' (live) - Eddie Vedder - 2010 

04 - The Comedians - Elvis Costello - 1984 

05 - Desolation Row (live) - Grateful Dead - 1990 

06 - Neighborhood Threat - Iggy Pop - 1979 

07 - People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band - 1980 

08 - Sanities - John Cale - 1982 

09 - The Times They Are a-Changin' - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes - 2001 

10 - Take a Bow - Muse - 2006 

11 - First We Take Manhattan - R.E.M. - 1992 

12 - The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning - Smashing Pumpkins - 1997 

13 - Walking on the Moon - The Police - 1979 

14 - The End Is the Beginning Is the End - Smashing Pumpkins - 1997 

15 - Teaser 01 - Warner Bros - 2009 

16 - Teaser 02 - Warner Bros - 2009 

 WATCHMEN

Fan Alternate soundtrack

 This is the end of our unofficial Month o' Soundtracks.  See you Thursday.

  

Not Just Monkeyin' Around!

This is a 1970 LP.

Do YOU remember the silliness of Lancelot Link -- Secret Chimp?

What inspired wackiness!  Here's someone else's blog post about the show.

01. Sha-La Love You (2:31)

02. Teaser (2:09)

03. Wild Dreams (Jelly Beans) (2:11)

04. Kissin' Doll (2:30)

05. Magic Feeling (2:24)

06. Live (2:21)

07. Rollin' in the Clover (2:08)

08. Yummy Love (2:04)

09. Vibrations (2:08)

10. Daydreams (2:23)

11. Blind Date (2:04)

12. The Evolution Revolution (2:12)

Performed by studio musicians, this is typical bubble-gum pop of its time.

Have YOU heard the Lancelot Link gospel, my brothers and sisters?  If not ...

I urge you to (first) investigate on YouTube.  Secondly, buy-buy-buy the series on DVD!

Ka-BLAMMIE baby!

See you Monday.

   

Come Exploring!

I saw the film Explorers when it came out in 1985.  I loved its silly story, and its fun score by Jerry Goldsmith even more so.

This is a dub of the original 1985 soundtrack, as released on cassette.

01. The Construction (2:32)

02. Sticks and Stones (2:23)

03. No Air (2:25)

04. Less Than Perfect  (4:06) - performed by Red 7  

05. The Bubble (1:45)

06. First Flight (2:51)

07. This Boy Needs to Rock  (3:58) - performed by Night Ranger  

08. All Around the World  (2:17) - performed by Robert Palmer  

09. Free Ride (3:42)

10. Fast Getaway (4:55)

11. She Likes Me (2:38)

12. Have a Nice Trip (7:55)

I don't recall where in the film the three pop songs appear, but they're on the cassette.

Have fun exploring!

See ya Thursday.
  

Wear Your Seatbelt!

Our you might get whiplash ... WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE!

The tracks:

01. Main Title - Film Version (1:11)

02. The Meteor (1:23)

03. Interlude (1:52)

04. The Martian Heat Wave (3:01)

05. Heat-Ray Aftermath (1:12)

06. The Morning After the Attack (3:11)

07. Escape from the Farm House (2:43)

08. Exodus from Los Angeles /  Finale (4:09)

09. Prelude - Headlines (2:09)

10. The Building of the Ship Begins (2:48)

11. The Building Continues (1:10)

12. "Work Faster" (0:50)

13. "Save the Ship" (2:25)

14. The Eve of Destruction (1:10)

15. Finale (9:44)

16. War of the Worlds (Alternate Version) (1:10)

As you can figure out, Tracks 1-8 are from When Worlds Collide, and the balance are from War of the Worlds.  This is a 1996 release on Tsunami Records -- company seems out of business.

WHEN WARS COLLIDE IN WORLDS!

See you Monday, fellow spaced invaders!
  

My Valentine to You!

This is Gerald Fried's fun score to the 1983 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. reunion movie.  I've cleaned up the audio and added an opening track (a CBS promo) and the video release's end credits.

1. CBS - Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Promo (0:29)

02. Somewhere in Libya (0:13)

03. Caesars Palace 1 (3:53)

04. Caesars Palace 2 (1:00)

05. Caesars Palace 3 (2:16)

06. Fashion Show (2:42)

07. Russian Cafe (1:31)

08. Illya Reinstated (0:27)

09. Flirty Weapons Girl at U.N.C.L.E. (0:26)

10. Illya's Telephone Repairman (0:58)

11. Solo in Libya (0:16)

12. Kowalski's Clue (0:32)

13. Arming Bomb (2:35)

14. Drumming Cue (0:50)

15. Illya Finds Bomb (0:57)

16. Solo Plants Bug (0:10)

17. Solo and Kowalski (0:11)

18. Unused Bridge (0:10)

19. Hanging Over Nuclear Reactor (0:07)

20. Solo Sneaks Into Cavern, Illya Escapes (1:46)

21. Solo Steals Golf Cart (2:01)

22. Illya Confronts Janus (2:01)

23. Rescues Girl and Father (0:55)

24. Defusing Bomb (0:50)

25. Sepheran Detonates (0:40)

26. Sepheran Escapes (0:12)

27. Russian Cafe Finale (2:12)

28. Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. End Titles (1:19)

I've heard that the producers didn't realize, when they hired Fried, that he was a veteran composer for the original series.

CORRECTION TO THE ABOVE:  According to whiz Bob Short, "The Executive Producer Michael Sloan definitely knew Fried was one of the original composers on UNCLE because he was considering Mike Post to compose the score but I brought in samples of Fried's work to convince him to consider Fried instead."

Thanks Bob!

U.N.C.L.E. returns!

He did a fun job, don't you think?

See you Thursday.  Hope you find something to love in this release!

  

I Left My Heart with County, Brisco (Jr)

And I was happy to do it!

I watched this fun adventure show from its beginning until untimely demise.  It premiered at 7.00 on a Friday night, and I stayed tuned afterwards for the first episode of another small show (can you name it?).

These are the all-too-brief contents:

01. Main Theme (1:03)

02. Pilot Main Title (1:00)

03. Brisco and Dixie (0:30)

04. Falling Down the Hill (0:29)

05. Happy Ending (0:51)

06. The Battle (0:54)

07. Ambush (1:04)

08. The Picnic (1:22)

09. Brisco and Dixie on the Train (0:47)

10. Brisco on the Roof (1:29)

11. Science (1:22)

12. Pilot End Credits (0:55)

13. End Credits (0:42)

Go Brisco!

There are rumors of a full-length album out there in the interwebs.  See you Monday!

  

In Suspense!

The name of this release is Batman hält die Welt in Atem, which is coincidently the title given to the 1966 film based on the TV series.

I redid the liner insert, cleaned up the audio, and such.  The tracks are:

01 - The Batman Theme - Jan and Dean - 1966

02 - The Riddler - Frank Gorshin - 1966

03 - Batman - Jon & Lee & and the Checkmates - 1966

04 - The Riddler - The Marketts - 1966

05 - The Batman Theme - The Ventures - 1966

06 - Batman - Jan and Dean - 1966

07 - Batman - The Standells - 1966

08 - The Penguin - The Marketts - 1966

09 - Batman - Les Hou-Lops - 1966

10 - Batman & Robin - The Spotlights - 1966

11 - The Cape - The Ventures - 1966

12 - Take That – You Fiend! - The Villains - 1966

13 - L'invincible Batman - Batman - 1966

14 - Joker Is Wild - Sun Ra and the Blues Project - 1966

15 - The Joker - The Milestones - 1966

16 - Joker's Wild - The Ventures - 1966

17 - Batman - The Dynamic Batmen - 1966

18 - The Joker - The Marketts - 1966

19 - Batman - The Plunderers - 1966

20 - Batman a Go Go - The Combo Kings - 1966

21 - The Cat Woman - The Marketts - 1966

22 - Batman Theme - The Sharp Five - 1966

23 - Batman - Rocky and the Riddlers - 1966

24 - Batman Theme - De Maskers - 1966

25 - Batman Rides Again - Invisible Burgundy Bullfrog - 1969

26 - The Bat Dance (Zelda) - The Marketts - 1966

27 - Batman - Melvis and His Gentlemen - 1966

28 - Flight of the Batmobile - Jan and Dean - 1966

29 - Batman Theme - Neal Hefti, Davie Allan & the Arrows - 1967

30 - To the Batmobile! - Nelson Riddle - 1966

Batman hält die Welt in Atem

See you on Thursday!

  

Hope You Love Soundtracks!

... Because this February will be nothing but!  Our first offering is an album of songs supposedly from the 1990 crummy film Dick Tracy.

01 - Ridin' the Rails - k.d. lang with Take 6

02 - Pep, Vim and Verve - Jeff Vincent and Andy Paley

03 - It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me) - Jerry Lee Lewis

04 - You're in the Doghouse Now - Brenda Lee

05 - Some Lucky Day - Andy Paley

06 - Blue Nights - Tommy Page

07 - Wicked Woman, Foolish Man - August Darnell

08 - The Confidence Man - Patti Austin

09 - Looking Glass Sea - Erasure

10 - Dick Tracy - Ice-T

11 - Slow Rollin' Mama - LaVern Baker

12 - Rompin' & Stompin' - Al Jarreau

13 - Mr. Fix-It (1930s Version) - Darlene Love

14 - Mr. Fix-It - Darlene Love

15 - It Was the Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me) - rock and roll version - Jerry Lee Lewis

16 - Dick Tracy (90s Mix) - Ice-T

Some of this stuff is frightfully dates, like the Ice-T or "modern" mixes of some songs.  But overall, these evoke a nice 1390s-40s vibe, even if newly written as "source" music.  Anything with Jerry Lee Lewis can't be ALL dreary!

VA - Dick Tracy

See you on Monday!