Lost In Space: 40Th Anniversary - (Rms(Limited Edition) (2000)

Product Summary Label: City Hall Records UPC: 00826924104224 Release Date: 10/17/2006 Buy.com Sku: 203172696 Item#: M37LFS Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Lost In Space Season One Main Title - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 2. Smith's Entrance - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 3. Final Countdown - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 4. Meteor Storm / Escape velocity - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 5. Weightless Waltz - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 6. Monster Rebels - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 7. To Be Continued / Walk In Space - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 8. John's Descent / Strange Planet - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 9. Helmet It - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 10. Landing / Strange Hold - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 11. Lil' Will And The Robot - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 12. Search For John - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 13. Monkey's Doo - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 14. Operation Rescue - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 15. Will Is Threatened / Personal Chauffer / Electric Sagebrush - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 16. Earthquake - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 17. Boring Company / Temperature Rising / Don's Rays - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 18. Sunstorm / Warming Rays - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 19. Kid's Play-Off / Land-Ho - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 20. Penny's Problem / Wonderland Discovery / Gathering Wild Flowers - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 21. New Galaxy - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 22. Lost In Space Season One End Title - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. CBS Presents This Program In Color - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 2. Lost In Space Season Three Main Title - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 3. Derelict Trouble / Frontal Robotomy / Family - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 4. Microscope / Pod Almighty - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 5. Permission / Hapgood / Stranger / The Robinsons / Tall Tail / Spore Sprayer / Star Charts / Friend Or Foe / Upper-Ration / Blast Off - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 6. Lost In Space Season Three Bumper - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 7. Mine Entrance / Cosmonium Fiend / Thruster Control Short / Galaxies Wins / One Last Check / Thruster Control Continued / The Family / Spilled Cosmonium / Family / Quake / It's Alive / Blast Off / Freeze Frame - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 8. Mississippi Shuffle - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 9. Little Joe's Yes - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 10. Mulberry Bush / What A Knight - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 11. Mummy's Boy / Draconian Anthem / King Queen - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 12. The Aliens / Sampson March / Lover Boy Smith - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 13. Space-A-Delic - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 14. Senior / Introduction From Ghost In Space / The Search - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 15. Investigation / A Nice Little Bank - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 16. Awful Monster / Terror Stinger / Silly Monster / Another World / Ominous Signs - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 17. Space Walk - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 18. Lost In Space Season Two Main Title - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack 19. Lost In Space Season Three End Title - John Williams/Various Artists ~ Original TV Soundtrack   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The highlight of this delightful limited-edition double-CD set (5000 pressed) is principally the unmixed music from episodes from the initial five-episode story-arc with which the Lost in Space series was introduced in 1965 -- most of the music in question was authored by John Williams, who was then much better known as Johnny Williams, and it was among the best music composed for regular series television. The mere fact that it holds up so well on Lost in Space 40th Anniversary Edition 40 years later is indicative of just how important Williams was to the success of the series (or, at least, in getting it launched). There are other composers' contributions represented here, to be sure, including Herman Stein and Leith Stevens, both of whose work is presented in extended suites representing a musical arc from full episodes; actually, Leith Stevens' work recalls his scoring for Destination Moon nearly 20 years earlier, and, even more so, his music for When Worlds Collide a decade before, and has its own virtues of subtle expressiveness, including a wistful tone to some of the moodier moments in the score; and Stein's particular episode, Welcome Stranger, is scored almost like a western, in keeping with the astronaut character encountered on the show portrayed by Warren Oates as a folksy, guitar-strumming wanderer of the galaxy. But Williams gets all of disc one to himself, and it's the big selling point here, filled with inventive, expressive, mostly ominous and mysterious music in keeping with the settings and plots for the accompaniment of which it was written -- indeed, it's surprising, except when one takes into account union and industry rules that went into effect in the mid-'60s, that his music wasn't "tracked" into other productions, much as portions of some of Bernard Herrmann's Twentieth Century-Fox film scores were into sections of early episodes of Lost in Space. The source material for all of this music has held up exceptionally well, especially given that it was never supposed to be heard fully exposed in this way, and in high-resolution playback. The annotation is also extremely thorough, and the entire package is well worth the asking price, either for soundtrack enthusiasts or, especially, Williams completists or collectors of Stein's and Stevens' work -- or for fans of the series, who are certain to revel in the musical details revealed here. ~ Bruce Eder Producer: Mark Banning; Ford A. Thaxton   Associated Artists and Works California Dreams Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack   Technical Info Release Date : 10/17/2006 Original Release Date : 2000 Catalog ID : 0422 Label : La-La Land Records Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00826924104224    Related Videos 500 Days of Summer: Sound...