Wrath

Wrath

Wrath

Track Listings
 
1. Lands Of Fire
2. It Generates
3. Imposter
4. Appetite
5. Guide On Raging Stars
6. 68
7. No One Left TO Lose
8. Hell's Coming With Me
9. Intercede Light
10. You're The Delivered One

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
The original incarnation of Iris, called "Forgiving Iris", was started by Reagan and college friend Matt Morris. Realizing they had similar tastes in music, the duo started producing keyboard-heavy pop tracks, and started to realize that they were creating something special. After a few years of playing covers at local bars, and getting spots on the occasional festival, they dropped the "Forgiving", and signed to A Different Drum in 1999. The first record "Disconnect", spawned the club hit "Annie, Would I Lie To You?", which made it one of the best-selling records in the label's history. Three more singles followed, but tensions between Reagan and Matt were coming to a head, and the band began to break apart.

Fast forward to 2001. Reagan had been working with various producers in the Dallas area, but with no luck. The band still went forward and played a show at the ill-fated Transcommunion Festival in Houston, where Matt met Joel Willard from CTRL, and mentioned to him that Reagan needed someone to help produce new tracks. At that time, Joel and Andrew both worked at Digital Anvil studios in Austin, and so he invited Andrew to come to lunch one day and meet Matt. After hearing some of Andrew's solo work (The Alpha Conspiracy), Matt introduced him to Reagan. Everything went well, and Reagan arrived one day with some demos in hand. The first song he played was called "Unknown", and though they didn't know it at the time, this would be the song to usher in the next phase of Iris.

Forward again to the end of 2002. After two years of work, Reagan and Andrew release "Unknown", the first single from the new record that they're working on, to rave reviews. People immediately noticed the change in the Iris sound -- a bit more organic, a bit less "retro", and there's even some guitars! They also decide to amicably leave A Different Drum for Andrew's own US label, Diffusion Records. Spring 2003 sees the release of the full length album "Awakening". The first thousand limited edition copies sell out in under 3 weeks, indicating things are off to a good start.. A chance emailing with Henrik Iversen (NamNamBulu) leads to the one thing the band's been looking for -- a European deal. Signed with Infacted Recordings, a special version of "Awakening" is finally released, which gets a lot of attention in the European press. Topping it off is the offer to open for De/Vision on their January 2004 "Devolution" tour of Germany and Switzerland. After a surprisingly good tour experience, the band is offered European booking representation by Pluswelt Promotions (Apoptygma Berzerk, Mesh, Beborn Beton, De/Vision, etc). This leads to the band's first big festival appearance at Arvika 2004, with bands like Kraftwerk, Keane, and Wolfsheim.

During this time, the third record was taking shape. For this record, the band wanted to take a more aggressive approach, and add a few shadows here and there. It was also decided that a number of songs were to be worked on simultaneously, to allow them to mature together, and see if they form a coherent whole. At some point names were bounced around, and "Wrath" was the one that kept sticking in their minds. They continued work on the record, interrupting it briefly to go on their first headlining tour in Germany, including a stop at the heralded Wave-Gotik-Treffen festival. This would also be their first trip with a guitarist, as they recruited the talented Brian Pearson (Low Technicians) to provide some live guitar. Arriving back home, it became clear that the record was almost finished, and the band worked hard to add the final touches and complete it. An agreement between Diffusion and Infacted cleared the way for a first for the band -- a worldwide simultaneous release! . August 2005 proves to be an exciting time, as we prepare for the launch of the third full-length album from Iris -- "Wrath".

Product Description
Taking elements of rock, glitch, retro-flavored-synth music, and coloring it with a decidedly melodic worldview, Iris is a band that's hard to classify. The new album, "Wrath", is the latest signpost in the Iris story - a record which is energetic, complex, and emotional.

Wrath,Iris,Diffusion Records,Dance & DJ,Rock,Veteran electro-rockers return with their third acclaimed full-length. Melodic, emotional, glitchy, wonderful pop music.
Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Sweeping, romantic, bold ... far out (into space)!
  • Great music, wish they still made it.....
  • One of the Best Star Trek Scores Ever Composed
  • "Space The Final Frontier"
  • Horner's score for second Trek film evokes Hornblower spirit
 Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
James Horner
Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001P0Q
Release Date: 1992-01-21

Tracks:

  1. Main Title
  2. Surprise Attack
  3. Spock
  4. Kirk's Explosive Reply
  5. Khan's Pets
  6. Enterprise Clears Moorings
  7. Battle In The Mutara Nebula
  8. Genesis Countdown
  9. Epilogue/End Title

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Sweeping, romantic, bold ... far out (into space)!.......2006-02-08

Actually 5 stars, for this wonderfully operatic movie music that is - in turns - grand, touchingly intimate, eerie and hair-raisingly exciting, but always highly evocative. But 'only' 4 because there simply is a lot missing, which makes one wanting for more, namely: ALL of it! What we need is a fully remastered edition with much more (or even all) of the music, like the wonderful '20th aniversary collector's edition' of Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Well, anyway, this movie was to be set on a widest possible canvas, accentuating the nautical and adventure-story feel - as you of course know already - and the music was to underline this. The bold trumpet fanfare, the swelling, sweeping violin melody, the snare drum and the soaring flute of the main title immediately set the scene and expectations for a grand adventure that is going to unfold before our eyes (and ears!). The high points of this soundtrack, then - at least for this particular listener - are all of the music cues that accompany the battle and action scenes, with their staccato melodies, aggressive percussion, pizzicato and col legno playing and restless, short, swirling string figures. The music for 'Spock' speaks with restrained nobility and is off-worldly in character with high-pitched electronic effects slowly stating the 'Spock theme', combined with the warm tones of a wooden flute and pluckings on a harp (Spock's own instrument, as you know!). (James Horner would use and expand this nobilic 'Spock theme' to great effect in his later soundtrack for the next Star Trek movie, Star Trek: The Search for Spock ... ) The music for 'Khan's Pets' is an inventive piece of atmospheric and eerie music. I also love the sweetly sentimental romantic-contemplative music of the epilogue, seguing into the sweepingly bold end titles via the original Alexander Courage theme (great that they kept in the voice-over by Leonard Nimoy/Spock!).
This, James Horner's first big success (and his breakthrough) as a movie music composer, is one of the best Star Trek music soundtracks and a wonderful movie music album in its own right. Not to be missed!

4 out of 5 stars Great music, wish they still made it............2005-10-25

Fantastic music!! I have never heard the likes! James Horner is truly among the greats, like Jerry Goldsmith, a legendary artist. This is a fantastic addition to anyone who loved the movie themes of Star Trek: Wrath of Khan... :)

4 stars, because it's out of production :(

I have looked everywhere on the net...

There is no where you can purchase this album for a descent price. Every time a great soundtrack goes out of production, people have the nerve to charge +++!! It's sickening!!

Download it from a file sharing agent, if you can find it, otherwise, don't buy it, less you're rich, and money is no of no thought or value in your mind.

5 out of 5 stars One of the Best Star Trek Scores Ever Composed.......2005-08-26

James Horner really hit the bullseye with this one. It is atmospheric, heroic, horriffic, and fun.

The tracks are all gems and are uniquely different from eachother.

Buy this if you enjoy a good old film score, or love good music.

5 out of 5 stars "Space The Final Frontier".......2005-01-20

I love Star Trek, and I love Star Trek soundtracks, this is on the top of the list as the best ever written. Jerry Goldsmith work on the Motion Picture was amazing in its own right. But James Horner's Wrath Of Khan is something to behold. Enterprise Clears Moornings, Battle in The Mubtra Nebula, Geneis Countdown are amazing. My all time favorite is the final piece with Leonard Nimoy's reciting the famous "Space the Final Frontier" speech always gives me goosebumps. Buy this alubm, and every other Star Trek soundtrack and you will better understand what I am saying.

4 out of 5 stars Horner's score for second Trek film evokes Hornblower spirit.......2004-08-29


When director Nicholas Meyer took on the daunting task of directing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, he essentially discarded much of the first film's trappings, including the pajama-like Starfleet uniforms (known colloquially as "penguin grays") and it's oh-so-serious approach to storytelling, 23rd Century style. What the acclaimed writer and fledgling director wanted for his modestly-budgeted movie was a more "seagoing" adventure tale -- with literary references to works by Dickens, Milton, and Melville -- within the context of the Star Trek universe. In order to accomplish this, Meyer called for new costumes, new and fresh takes on the characters and situations, and a new score that would not use any of Jerry Goldsmith's score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

To compose the music for Star Trek II Meyer commissioned a young composer named James Horner, who had already scored a moderately successful film called Battle Beyond the Stars and would later win an Academy Award for the music of James Cameron's Titanic. Meyer and executive producer Harve Bennett stipulated that although Goldsmith's themes from ST:TMP were off-limits, Horner could use Alexander Courage's theme for Star Trek: The Original Series. Goldsmith had interpolated material from the TV show's main theme into his lush and grand score for the first feature film, but very subtly...certainly not in the way most fans expected.

The only other directive Horner received was to create naval-sounding themes reminiscent of Horatio Hornblower, reinforcing Meyer's more militaristic Starfleet uniforms and traditions. The result: a score that evokes both Star Trek's roots as an intelligently written action adventure episodic series and the spirit of C.S. Forester's books about fighting tall ships in the Napoleonic era.

This interesting marriage of musical ideas can be heard on GNP Crescendo's 1990 CD reissue of 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Starting with the Main Title (Track 1) and its triumphant introduction of the "Where No Man Has Gone Before" fanfare, this short (its running time is one second shy of the 45-minute mark) album shows that Horner indeed does use very nautical-sounding motifs to underscore the space duels between Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban). Listen, for instance, to Surprise Attack (Track 2) and your mind's eye will conjure images of the hijacked Starship Reliant ambushing the unsuspecting Enterprise, coming close alongside and, like a sailing frigate of old, unleashing a phaser broadside that carves a trail of death and destruction along the famed starship's once-pristine hull. Horner uses a combination of brassy martial fanfares and nervous phrasings by the strings section to convey the drama of Khan's first attack.

In Spock (Track 3), a short cue that underscores the scene when Spock (Leonard Nimoy) tells Kirk that command of a starship is the admiral's "first, best destiny," Horner uses muted woodwinds and a harp to create an other worldly mood for the half-Vulcan Starfleet officer. In a similar vein, he uses spooky Psycho-like orchestrations with tense strings and dark passages to describe the Ceti eels in the cue titled Khan's Pets (Track 5).

However, it's the sea-going spirit of the Horatio Hornblower influence that dominates the score for Star Trek II, as Track 6, Enterprise Clears Moorings clearly illustrates in the music heard as the USS Enterprise leaves Spacedock on what is supposed to be a "little training cruise." The sailing ship thematic material is reprised in Battle in the Mutara Nebula(Track 7) and the race-against-the-clock cue Genesis Countdown (Track 8), heard as Enterprise, her warp drive offline and heavily damaged in battle, limps away from the doomed Reliant and the deadly Genesis device, which has been set to go off by the revenge-obsessed Khan.

Epilogue/End Title (Track 9) brings the album to a close with reflective music that underscores the last scenes with Admiral Kirk on the bridge of the Enterprise. We cut away to the famous "Space: the final frontier..." voiceover by Leonard Nimoy (the first time the famous Enterprise mission statement was not spoken by series lead Shatner) and the TV show fanfare by Alexander Courage, which segues one more time to the Navy march-like themes of Horner's score for The Wrath of Khan.

Although this 1990 GNP Crescendo reissue of the Atlantic Records 1982 soundtrack comes with a summary of the film's plot, there are no liner notes dealing with Horner's music, and no unreleased tracks were added; it would have been nice to hear the "Amazing Grace" bagpipe solo segue into the beautiful cue heard as Spock's photon torpedo casket is shot into space, but it wasn't restored for the CD edition.

Nevertheless, Star Trek II is still an enjoyable album that not only captures the spirit of one of the best films of the franchise, but also foreshadowed James Horner's future success as the composer of the best selling soundtrack album, 1997's Titanic.

The Ultimate Movie Music Collection
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Relive you movie experiences
 The Ultimate Movie Music Collection
Erich Kunzel
Manufacturer: Telarc
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000BFH26Y
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

  1. The Imperial March: The Empire Strikes Back
  2. Main Theme: Jurassic Park
  3. Main Title: Shakespeare In Love
  4. Themes: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  5. Main Title: The Last Of The Mohicans
  6. Theme: The Godfather
  7. Unchained Melody: Ghost
  8. Theme: Goldfinger
  9. We're Losing Him: Somewhere In Time
  10. Space Camp
  11. Opening And Closing Titles: Henry V
  12. Theme: The Thorn Birds
  13. Suite: Moonwalker
  14. The Time Of Your Life: A Bugs Life

Tracks:

  1. Batman Theme: Batman
  2. Bicycle Chase: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
  3. Suite: Independance Day
  4. Love Theme: Romeo & Juliet
  5. Theme: Back To The Future
  6. End Credits: Contact
  7. Theme: Breakfast At Tiffany's
  8. Main Theme: Star Trek
  9. May It Be And Themes: Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Ring
  10. Love Theme: Cousins
  11. Sean's Theme: Minority Report
  12. I Will Wait From You: The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg
  13. Theme: Rocky
  14. The Sand Volcano: The Mummy
  15. The Raider's March: Raiders Of The Lost Ark

Tracks:

  1. Theme: Mission Impossible
  2. Casablanca Suite
  3. Book Of Days: Far And Away
  4. Love Theme: Superman
  5. Tara's Theme: Gone With The Wind
  6. Don't Mess With: Z
  7. Main Title: The Mask Of Zorro
  8. Finale: Victor / Victoria
  9. Carol Ann's Theme: Poltergeist
  10. Love Theme: Star Wars: Episode ll: Attack Of The Clones
  11. Main Theme: Willow
  12. Main Title: Star Trek ll: The Wrath Of Kahn
  13. MAin Theme: On Golden Pond
  14. Theme: A Summer Place
  15. Theme: Chariots Of Fire

Tracks:

  1. Iceberg!
  2. Back To Titanic
  3. Main Themes: Hook
  4. Theme: Pink Panther
  5. Lara's: Doctor Zhivago
  6. Theme: Love Story
  7. Right Stuff
  8. Theme: Jaws
  9. When You Believe: The Prince Of Egypt
  10. Smile: Modern Times
  11. The Apollo 13 Mission
  12. Re-Entry And Splashdown: Apollo 13
  13. Main Title: Beetlejuice
  14. War: Pearl Harbor
  15. Cavatina: The Deer Hunter
  16. Throne Room And End Title: Star Wars: Episode lV: A New Hope

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Relive you movie experiences.......2006-01-24

This collection of movie themes, will allow you to relive the chilling experiences from practically all (4 CDs)of the great movies. Great movies would not be great without great music. The Cincinnati Pop with Eric Kunzel are unbeatable recordings. Every minute is more beautiful and inspiring to the next. If you love Pops music, this is the begin all, end all.
Wrath of the Math
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Another classic
  • real underground Hip Hop
  • The Prophet Strikes Again!
  • GREAT CHEMISTRY ON WAX
  • Primo Touched It
 Wrath of the Math
Jeru the Damaja
Manufacturer: Fontana London
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003R6H
Release Date: 1996-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Wrath Of The Math
  2. The Frustrated Nigga
  3. Black Cowboys
  4. The Bullshit
  5. Whatever
  6. Physical Stamina
  7. One Day
  8. Revenge Of The Prophet (Part 5)
  9. Scientifical Madness
  10. Not The Average
  11. Me Or The Popes
  12. How I'm Livin'
  13. Too Perverted
  14. Yo Playin' Yoself
  15. Invasion

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Another classic.......2007-06-10

underground doesnt get better then this right here... The purest form of hip hop is Jeru and every song this guy has is straight classic... Dj primer is one of the best producers of all times besides rza in my opinion and if you sound wack wit tight beats ? Dat ain good but Jeru does his job beter then alot of wack mc's and he's outshines most of them. Whatever is my fav track on the album besides his hit yo playin yo self. Sick as hell.

5 out of 5 stars real underground Hip Hop.......2006-09-28

ONe of his best album. Real underground album as usual !! not bling bling at all !!! Grab this one before the others !!!!

4 out of 5 stars The Prophet Strikes Again!.......2006-04-20

Hip Hop music is mainly shown to the public in video format. One might blame MTV, BET, or Hype Williams for artists blinging their way across tv screens, rather than putting substance into music. Since there is a market for it, there is no stopping a majority of commercial artists from making dough while flashing cash catering to a saturated watered down sound. It's unfair to critique some artists in the mass media cause they do have some talent, but in 1996, artists dumbed their sound down to a lazier audience. Die hard hip hop fans were fed up with the direction the music was heading and needed a savior. Swimming against hip hops ignorant current of money, cash, hoes came Jeru Da Damaja with "Wrath of the Math."
Once again, "The Frustrated N*****," has Primo backing him, so expect some incredible beats with some crazy turntable techniques. Songs that stood out for me is the stripped down, rhythmic bass of "Ya Playin' Yaself." Everytime I hear a wack song on the radio, that single slaps the bad taste out my mouth. I love the line, "You only call yourself a player cause you be playin' yourself." "Me of the Papes," has a great jazzy piano loop where dirty rotten talks about how money hungry girls are becoming. "Back in the days Biz said it was the Vapors, now I realize it's the papers," vents an angry Jeru towards the glamours and glitz.
My biggest complaint is that Jeru spends a little too much time criticizing mainstream hip hops demise. What could have been a masterpiece turns out to be one big glob of disrespect. However, he does it creatively with the hardcore parody on, "The B.S.," and on the name-drop dissin' "One Day." Over Primo's melancholy violins, Jeru faults Puffy for kidnapping hip hop and gets it back from Suge Knight on a trip to L.A. Could you also imagine what this record would be like if Primo shoveled Group Home's "Livin' Proof" beats over to Jeru. DAMN!
It should come to no surprise that the Source gave this record a mediocre 3 mics. Think about it? God forbid a big magazine for praising a record that challenges others to step their games up. As long as big hip hop publishers have a Puffy or a 50 Cent in their pocket, their gonna make a lot more money. Thank god I don't work for a big magazine breathin' down my neck telling me to change my opinions on music. Anyhow, this isn't as compelling as "Sun Rises In The East," because it sounds more like a sequel to the debut records classic tracks. However, this would be the last notable work in Jeru's collection before the heartbreaking split with Primo, ensuring it's timeless quality!

5 out of 5 stars GREAT CHEMISTRY ON WAX.......2005-10-25

Wrath of The Math is one of those albums that works.If you are a fan of DJ Premier then this one you can give to a friend and prove your arguments on one of the best producers ever.When two people come together for a collabo effort they better have chemistry.That chemistry is here.They believed in what they were doing.They tried to satisfy the hungry fans out there.Some of Premes best work is on this album.His second best was Group Homes first.GET THAT WHILE YOUR AT IT.Great beats.Great lyricism.GREAT CHEMISTRY ON WAX

4 out of 5 stars Primo Touched It.......2005-10-20

With an album produced exclusively by DJ Premier, you can't lose. Primo's production has been known to take lyricists to the next level - a level some of them don't even deserve to be on.
Jeru holds his own on these Primo tracks. His lyrics run deep and his delivery is on point throughout. Basically, though, I find that the beat determines whether I felt the tracks moreso than the rhymes did. Tracks like "The Frustrated Ni**a", "One Day", "Scientifical Madness" and "Me Or the Papes" would be good regardless of who was on them. Jeru does them all justice though.
Not every song is a banger, but this is an album that I can listen to all the way through. Solid production and good rhymes. Bordering on classic status.
The Science Fiction Album
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 The Science Fiction Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
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ASIN: B000066HE5
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

  1. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  2. Aliens
  3. Sound Effect - The Nostromo
  4. Alien
  5. A.I.
  6. Armageddon
  7. Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
  8. Apollo 13
  9. Back To The Future
  10. Battle Beyond The Stars
  11. Battlestar Galactica
  12. The Black Hole
  13. Contact
  14. Capricorn One
  15. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  16. The Day The Earth Stood Still
  17. Dune

Tracks:

  1. Galaxy Quest
  2. Sound Effect - Dogfight in Space
  3. Enemy Mine
  4. Ghostbusters
  5. Gremlins
  6. Heavy Metal
  7. Independence Day
  8. E.T.
  9. Judge Dredd
  10. The Last Starfighter
  11. Lifeforce
  12. Sound Effect - Crash Landing
  13. Lost In Space
  14. Mars Attacks
  15. The Matrix
  16. Predator
  17. The Right Stuff

Tracks:

  1. Moonraker
  2. Robocop
  3. Silent Running
  4. Sound Effect - Alien Organism
  5. Species
  6. Stargate
  7. Starship Troopers
  8. Starman
  9. Star Trek - TV Theme
  10. Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
  11. Klingon Attack
  12. Sound Effect - Warp Drive
  13. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
  14. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  15. Star Trek: Generations
  16. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tracks:

  1. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
  2. Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
  4. Star Trek First Contact
  5. Star Wars
  6. The Empire Strikes Back
  7. The Empire Strikes Back
  8. Return of the Jedi
  9. Sound Effect - Battle Stations
  10. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
  11. Anakin's Theme
  12. The Adventures of Jar Jar
  13. Duel of the Fates
  14. The Time Machine
  15. Things to Come
  16. The Thing From Another World
  17. War of the Worlds
  18. When Worlds Collide
  19. Total Recall
  20. You Only Live Twice
  21. Superman

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The penultimate collection ..........2006-12-07

Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.

I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential extra dimension of emotion and atmosphere. I am happy that much of the music on this album is from the Star Trek series and films, often equaling or sometimes even outclassing the original recordings.

This kind of music (for the movies) should be seen as an art on its own rights with its own merits and qualities. As such, the musical sequences on these CD's are a beautifully played cross section of some of the most evoking orchestral music for science fiction/fantasy film ever created. And I very much like the nicely blended, wide and deep orchestral soundpicture with enough reverberation to evoke a sense of wide open spaces.
I am quite thrilled by tracks like the evocative music from Dune, truly transporting one to the vastly sands of Arrakis (the music is wonderful, but to my great regret I think the movie itself is a flawed masterpiece at best, alas.). And then there is the very different, goofy music for Ghostbusters (memories of childhood), the spoofy but electrifying music from Mars Attacks (lovingly parodist music, this, with not a little touch of irony) and the happily adventurous, forward driving Theme from Galaxy Quest ('Never give up, never surrender!'), now also used for the internet-based fan-series Star Trek: The Hidden Frontier. On the other side of the spectrum we have the atmospheric music for Enemy Mine (an underestimated 'little' movie), the Theme from The Right Stuff (actually science FACT, not fiction, this film, just like Apollo 13, of course), the eerily attractive music for Species, the original End Title for Alien (not used in the theatrical version of the movie, where it was replaced by music from howard Hanson's Second Symphony), the exquisitely exotic music for Stargate, the sweet and warmly sympathetic, beautifully re-orchestrated, theme for Starman, the title cue for Star Trek: TOS (much more melodiously played than the original! If only a series nowadays could continue to be as thought provoking and as original as Star Trek was during its launch, fourty years ago ...) and a truly overpowering End Titles Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I especially like the thrillingly grandiloquent rendition here of the music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And how nice it is to hear the (thematic) similarities between James Horner's music for The Wrath of Khan, his great break-through as a film music composer, and his (two years) earlier music for Battle Beyond the Stars (which did indeed help him earn the job for writing the music for Star Trek II) ...

But on the 'down side', if one is looking for - for example - the gorgeously expansively played End Titles from Cocoon, it is not included here: one has to acquire the album that 'kicked it all off', so to say, namely 'Space and Beyond', also on Silva Screen. I was very pleased also with the inclusion on that album of some of the music from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, namely where one of the characters, Tasha Yar, in one of the episodes (Skin of Evil) is saying goodbye to her crewmmates: sweetly sentimental and simple music which I have always wanted to own on CD. I guess that a few cues from the other two sequals ('Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II' and 'Space3: Beyond the Final Frontier') didn't make it onto this 4 CD collection-album as well, but I guess that it would be the 'better part of the bargain' to opt to buy this 'The Science Fiction Album' instead of buying all three albums separately. Well, of course it is for yourself to ultimately decide what you really want ;-)

If I were to nitpick (which is not easy with such a marvellous project as this one), then I would say that while all music is performed with magnificent grandure and with style, some of it is not performed as crisply and as technically 'on the spot' as some of the original recordings: ensemble is a little slack and the playing somewhat stilted sometimes, losing some of the edge and the originality of the writing. ET and Star Wars spring to mind, but then the soundtracks for Star Wars are traditionally recorded with the magnificent London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro John Williams himself, and these superior recordings (especially the ones for Episode I, II and III) can't really be bettered, IMHO. Likewise for the music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I believe that in the end one really has to resort to the ultimate reference, namely the original recording (which is true in many other instances of 'original recordings'), and then the 20th anniversay colector's edition of this soundtrack on Columbia/Legacy (truly unmissable, this veritable classic of sci-fi/film music soundtracks!).

But all in all this 4CD-collection amounts to probably being the penultimate high quality sci-fi music album collection (I certainly know of no other project that comes as close quality as well as quantity wise), with some of the most memorable musical moments from classic to modern sci-fi/fantasy film captured in lavish orchestrations.
Collection-wise: five *stars*. Playing: generally four *stars*, sometimes more. The recording quality: five *stars*. The music (qualified on its own merits as film music) and its (re)orchestrations: generally five *stars*. In the end this is all highly recommended, and certainly not to be missed by science fiction and fantasy film music fans. Klaatu barada nikto.

5 out of 5 stars Muisic of the Spheres.......2006-11-06

You wonderful four disk collection of SF music. It startsa up the the grand master of SF music, 2001: A space Odyssey all the way to Superman. This is all American SF music and several themes I would have liked to have included are not there. All in all though, a collection you will enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection.......2005-10-23

If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would cost quite a bundle, and would include a lot of sub-par music along with the grandiose and fantastic main and memorable themes. That's where this beauty comes in.

The moment I ripped off the shrink-wrap and popped it into my cd player was a moment of great trepidation. Believe me when I tell that I've seen my fair share of sub-par orchestral recording in my lifetime. Very often they are in those big super-packs of music, and suffer from poor direction, improper mastering, and sometime even pathetic orchestration (or worse yet have something sounding like a cheap synthesizer and a kazoo in place of a full orchestra). I needn't have worried though. This sucker is fantastic.

Many people who are not audiophiles will probably miss the point of this cd collection. It is not the original versions of the pieces. It is re-orchestrations, mostly by the phenomenal Prague Symphony Orchestra. Many of these themes didn't sound all that hot in there original versions because they were low budget films or were not recorded in high-fidelity. Here they are given the full treatment, mastered with the most loving care imaginable. Often the version found in these cds is SUPERIOR to the original.

Remember the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Of course you do. But how many times have you heard a cheap imitation of the original version from the movie, starting too low in volume and ending too high (and missing the essential pipe-organ that gives it that extra oomph)? Well, this first track in the entire collection is not only everything it should be instrumental and timing-wise, but it also has been oh-so-carefully adjusted during the mastering process so that at no time is the music either too low or too high in volume (surely a benchmark for every other recording ever to be made of the piece).

Or what about the theme from the (at-the-time) uber-creepy The Black Hole? The orchestration of this piece of music goes from tiumphant to terrifying and back again, with a splendor and cleanness that I CERTAINLY don't remember being in the original recording.

Then there's the new version of the theme from Independence Day, complete with a violin solo, a far more electrifying ending climax, and a chorus so thunderous that you feel like applauding at the end. Simply indescribable. Kind of like the MIND-BLOWING rendition of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. This has been one of my favorite themes for a long time now, but I've never heard it played like this. I think the original version of the theme is something like 1 minute long, but this new version doesn't just fade out (HAHAHAHA!!!!) THIS version is THREE minutes long, goes through the main theme THREE times, with the final strains being so triumphant and joyous I could not help but feel an electrifying charge the first dozen or so times (come to think of it, I still feel that way). This is superior to the original in EVERY way. AWESOME.

And let's not forget the incredible new rendition of Stargate with it's heavy use of clarinets (for Egyptian effect!) and a triumphant new ending (completely lacking the chanting from the original version. This version is so different that for the first minute it is very hard to tell that it is in fact Stargate. But then the main theme kicks in, and then you get this incredible flute solo for my favorite part of theme (the whole thing is played slower, but arguably more powerfully than the original). My goodness. At first I found the thing so different I didn't like it. But then I listened to it again. And again. And again.

I could go on and on, talking about the fantastic new rendition of Moon Raker, the ear-popping Battlestar Galactica, the classic Star Trek (First Contact has a minute or two of the theme from Star Trek:The Motion Picture before going into the main theme), or the sweet renditions of music from the Star Wars movies (or the music from E.T.).

I have to mention though that this collection was not picked based merely on what people want, or on what is popular. No, the people who made it obviously thought a GOOD music collection was better than a popular one. That's why you get a heartbreakingly beautiful theme from A.I. instead of the main theme. It's why you get music from movies that you probably never gave a second thought to the music (because the movie was lousy). It's why you get Armageddon, Judge Dredd, and Robocop (who would have guessed their music was so COOL when there was all that crazy action and bad-acting going on on-screen).

I said it before and I'll say it again. This cd-set was mastered with tender-loving-care, and it shows BIG-TIME. High-fidelity the likes of which I have not seen since the days when cds were brand-new in the world. Dolby Surround. Perfectly balanced. BEAUTIUFL orchestrations. About the only thing that makes me scratch my head is the weird sound-effect tracks (Oooookay.....). Other than that, it's PERFECT. Obviously they could not include every sci-fi theme ever (no one can), but this collection is REALLY GOOD. A lot of great themes that got away (forgotten gems :), new versions of old favorites, and under-appreciated classics aplenty, but ALWAYS the full and complete versions with nothing cut-out (the theme from Dune is quite extended).

If you love movie music (and sci-fi movie music in particular) you MUST buy this awesome collection). It is not the original recordings. Almost always the new ones are better (if they aren't better they're just equal). This is what you have been waiting for. I for one am going to be buying quite a few cds from this company in the future. Give your ears the treat they deserve. Buy it NOW.

5 out of 5 stars SciFi Album gift.......2005-07-20

I bought the Science Fiction Album as a gift for my son who is twenty-one years old. He is a musician, and also a huge fan of many SciFi shows and movies. I thought this would be the perfect thing for him and I was right. He loves it!

3 out of 5 stars Away From to be a Collectible Peace.......2004-12-16

If you like Sci-Fi movies and want a compilation of their important scores, this is the CD-set to buy. But let me warn you about that very few songs in the cds are from the original soundtracks. Most of them is re-recorded by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. But the sound quality of cds are very good, because they have HDCD and Dolby Surround labels. This set is away from to be a collectible peace, but it is a good general compilation of favorite Sci-Fi movie scores.
Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Finally and Fulfilling!
  • Settling Old Scores
 Rediscovering Lost Scores, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: East Side Digital
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AA4IIU
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

  1. Shining Title Music (From 'The Shining')
  2. Paraphrase For 'Cello (From 'The Shining')
  3. Where's Jack? (From 'The Shining')
  4. The Overlook (From 'The Shining')
  5. Psychic (From 'The Shining')
  6. Day Of Wrath (From 'The Shining')
  7. Paraphrase For Brass (From 'The Shining')
  8. Title Music 'Dies' (From 'The Shining')
  9. Clockworks 'Dies' (From 'The Shining')
  10. Creation Of Tron Vol. I (From 'Tron')
  11. Creation Of Tron Vol. II (From 'Tron')
  12. Lightcycle Games (From 'Tron')
  13. Anthem (Studio Version) (From 'Tron')
  14. Little Interludes (From 'Tron')
  15. Trinitron (From 'Tron')
  16. Visit To A Morgue (From 'Split Second')
  17. Return To The Morgue (From 'Split Second')
  18. Woundings Title Music (From 'Woundings')
  19. Angela's Walk (From 'Woundings')
  20. Jimmy (From 'Woundings')
  21. Louise (From 'Woundings')
  22. Doug Does Angela (From 'Woundings')
  23. Scattering Ashes (From 'Woundings')
  24. Angela's Aftermath (From 'Woundings')
  25. Jimmy Kills Louise (From 'Woundings')
  26. In A Cemetery (From 'Woundings')
  27. Fly Away And End (From 'Woundings')
  28. Jiffy Test: Bee Dee Bei Mir (From Two Dolby Demos)
  29. Listen: Tannhauser (From Two Dolby Demos)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Finally and Fulfilling!.......2005-10-28

Believe the hype, _Shining_ fans. These bits and pieces of music - volume 1 focuses more on "studio music and textures" of the themes devised for the film while volume 2 spends its allotted tracks on the more fully developed orchestra tracks - hold just about everything. I'll encourage you to follow that impulse/interest and add this work to your collection.

What do you get? Well, for me, the treat was volume 2's first track - the film's title track - Ms Carlos explains why Kubrick nixed it - but it is as haunting as the final draft that follows Jack Torrance's lil yellow bug to The Overlook climbing the Rockies. The other tracks are renderings and attempts to put the novel into music forms. The liner notes are great - like a listening session over coffee with the composer.

Both volumes are must haves for those of us all agog over the film's score (and scoring possibilities) but if you just want to hold a haunting, get volume 2 and put track one on repeat until you, that hag hottie in the tub, or your six year old's index finger hollers, "redrum!"

5 out of 5 stars Settling Old Scores.......2005-10-10

This second volume of Wendy's lost film soundtracks concentrates more on her full orchestral scores. Although she achieved fame as a synthesist, one reason she succeeded so well is her knowledge of and attention to timbral colors and the placement of different voices -- in short, orchestration. It should come as little surprise therefore that when writing for a full orchestra she's fully accomplished and impressively skilled.

Synthesizer cues are also included, from early (1981) novelty demonstrations for Dolby Labs to later (1998) soundtrack work utilizing her state-of-the-art digital synthesizers.

As usual for her, voluminous liner notes detail not only the working methods behind each of the pieces, but also glimpses into the politics and disappointments that delayed the release of these tracks. How many composers could survive having a significant portion of their career locked away in a vault for 25 years?
Gibbons: Consorts for Viols /Phantasm
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A New Kind of Ensemble
  • Soothing, Energizing and Great Sounding Album
 Gibbons: Consorts for Viols /Phantasm

Manufacturer: Avie
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ASIN: B0001CLZUQ
Release Date: 2004-06-29

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A New Kind of Ensemble.......2005-04-09

The CD, Consorts for Viols was put out on the Avie label and made possible by Magnatune. The performers are the viol quartet Phantasm and two guest artists, Susanna Pell and Asako Morikawa.

The viol, in its nature, is a chamber instrument. It is not unlike the cello, yet its differences are pronounced when one takes a close look at the two instruments.

The viol has a rounder shape than the cello and has six strings instead of four. The playing techniques of the instruments are different. One of the most pronounced differences is in the way the bow is held. On a cello the bow is held with the strings facing downwards and the player's hand is at the very end of the bow. The viol's bow strings, on the other hand, face upwards and the player's hand is positioned somewhere near the end but closer to the middle.
Because of its internal makeup, the viol has been considered only suitable for chamber music. Phantasm is definitely such an ensemble; yet the way their instruments are projected on the recording, the listener is forced to think of the viol as capable of something more.

Phantasm, on their recent release Consorts for Viols, play a wide variety of music by the English composer Orlando Gibbons. They begin with the Fantasias. A fantasy, or fantasia, is an work with an improvisational quality that is spun out of a theme or motive. The first fantasia that Phantasm plays is Fantasia V. It has a quick, lively beginning then slows down to sober, sliding notes and returns again to a mood like the beginning one. Fantasia VI features solo entries in all the viols and then a dialogue- like section between the tenor and bass.

Fantasia III is especially noted for the interweaving counterpoint in its middle. This characteristic can be seen to a certain degree in all of the music on this recording and definitely proves Gibbons's outstanding ability in choral music in which one can hear counterpoints of all kinds interwoven in the vocal parts. All six fantasias are played as well as the four fantasies that are heard later on the CD.

The fantasies are very fugal in character. The fugue was rather a new, innovative genre during Gibbons's time. A fugue features a subject stated solo followed by the subject restated in all of the other voices whilst each voice, after it states the subject, continues on with free material.

The subject of Gibbons's Fantasy I is composed of long, repeated notes. A second theme seems to appear in the middle of the work that is characterized by upwards rising notes. This is similar to the ricercar, a kind of fugue that would have been popular during Gibbon's day; it was used mainly for liturgical purposes and featured more than one subject. Fantasy III's theme is so characteristic of the rhythmic tendency during the Renaissance with its short-long beat. Fantasy IV has a rather regal theme stated solo in the tenor, and the middle of this piece features falling arpeggio's.
After the Fantasies, come two anthems originally written for chorus but which Phantasm plays on viols. The second, Hosanna to the Son of David has upwards scales in it. These were probably meant as word painting for the text "Hosanna in the highest". Phantasm does a good job of evoking the mood of an organ and singers that would have normally been used for these anthems.

Two popular tunes used as a ground bass for variations are Go from my Window and Peascod Time, originally written as virginal music. Gibbons's writing in these two pieces can be technically challenging, but the violists of Phantasm tackle it with great clarity and distinctness of line. Both tunes have a country sound reflecting their ground basses.

Special mention must be made about the Salisbury Pavan. This pavan was originally written by Gibbons's for the virginal, and in it he placed one note that went just a little too low for that instrument.(The note was AA; virginals generally went to C.) This song incited the expansion of the range of the virginal. Since that time, the range of the keyboard has continued to be expanded through adventuresome composers taking - as we may think of it - the lead from Orlando Gibbons.

In the booklet notes, Laurence Dreyfus, the director, specifically mentions that this work and its "excruciatingly expressive" dissonances are "so beloved of Glenn Gould". This is not the only time he mentions the Canadian pianist. Again, he writes of Gould's praise of Gibbons's anthems and how he wore out three recordings of those works. He states that viol players and Glenn Gould do have something in common.

The clarity with which the performer's of Phantasm bring out the complex lines of Gibbons's music is exemplary. They are able to create a structural sense of rhythm without having a clear meter, especially in the Fantasias and Fantasies. Technically they keep a clean sound, and musically they bring out the lines of the phrase structures.

This CD won the 2004 Gramophone Early Music award, and a bonus track is available at www.magnatune.com.

The words for The Silver Swan, a part-written song for voices conditioned by Phantasm for viols and played on this CD are:

The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approach'd, unlock'd her silent throat;
Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,
Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more.
Farewell, all joys; O Death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.

-Contrapunctus

5 out of 5 stars Soothing, Energizing and Great Sounding Album.......2004-11-12

I do not have a deep understanding of classical music. I usually tend to buy albums that intuitively appeal to me on the first listen. I first listened to this on British Airways' inflight classical music selection.

Needless to say I can't give you a "classical" interpration of this CD. The rich sound of the viols is very relaxing and energizing at the same time. The album is very well recorded and mastered -- just a glorious soundstage and you can pin point every single move of the string on every single viol. If you are an audiophile, this is a must buy just to see how well your system can reproduce the rich sounds of the different viols.

I am glad I bought this album! Highly Recommended!
Wrath
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • disappointing!
  • Very good album
  • Excellent.
  • Getting a bit too familiar, though the guitars help
  • wrong direction
 Wrath
Iris
Manufacturer: Diffusion Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B5UL9O
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

  1. Lands Of Fire
  2. It Generates
  3. Imposter
  4. Appetite
  5. Guide On Raging Stars
  6. 68
  7. No One Left TO Lose
  8. Hell's Coming With Me
  9. Intercede Light
  10. You're The Delivered One

Product Description

Taking elements of rock, glitch, retro-flavored-synth music, and coloring it with a decidedly melodic worldview, Iris is a band that's hard to classify. The new album, "Wrath", is the latest signpost in the Iris story - a record which is energetic, complex, and emotional.

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars disappointing!.......2007-07-08

Disconnect is one of my fave albums ever, so hopes were extremely high for this one, which is why I m all the more disappointed with Wrath- it just sounds so generic, like a million other Depeche Mode wannabes. The production has nothing of the shimmering quality of their Debut, it sounds clunky and heavy, and it is not helped by the unmemorable songs; like other people said in their reviews, I m hard pressed to find even one song that I like.
I wish Iris all the success in the world, they have the potential to be an amazing band, and an important one to boot, but this direction just seems wrong- they went from being really special and unique to "just another synthrock band" in the space of an album.

4 out of 5 stars Very good album.......2006-05-31

After waiting about 2 years for a new album , it does not disappoint! After listening to this album I have to say that it continues right where Awakening left off. Wrath is more edgier with added guitars to the music. I would love to see a re-mix album of Wrath done by Iris , however with SYNTHS ONLY PLEASE!

5 out of 5 stars Excellent........2006-04-18

The dymanic dual deliver the gods for the 3 time. After their last album (awakening), i fell in love with them . I really couldn't wait for them to release this one , and they didn't disappoint. I have to admit that I needed a couple of good listenings before realising how good this album is , but finally it hit me. These guys are really good. Highly recommended to anyone who appriciates good music.

4 out of 5 stars Getting a bit too familiar, though the guitars help.......2006-04-10

I was wondering where Iris were going to go after writing what seemed like most of the songs that could be written within their basic formula. Where they went was to add a lot more guitar to the mix -- thereby annoying a few synth purists, but I think it works for them. I'm rounding my 3 1/2 star impression up on that basis.

On the downside, just as an Everclear song is instantly recognizable as an Everclear song, an Iris song remains instantly identifiable as an Iris song. If you were to strip out the lyrics, you'd never know that "No One Left To Lose" wasn't a remix of "Hell's Coming With Me," or vice versa. Iris have their hands firmly wrapped around the throats of a select few chord changes and apparently can't be pried away from them for love or money. This is not necessarily a bad thing: if you like those chord changes, as I do, this album will be pleasant to your ears, and maybe a very good thing to crank up and sing along with on a late-night drive. What it isn't is groundbreaking, especially compared to what, say, Mesh are doing these days.

3 out of 5 stars wrong direction.......2006-03-17

This album is trapped somewhere between angry rock and dance synthpop, and it really doesn't work. The songs blend too much, with none really standing out when it's all over. It lacks any standout singles as well. It's like Iris is trying to remake Songs of Faith and Devotion.
The Star Trek Album
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Quite good, but not a stellar "Trek"
  • Love The Soundtrack
  • Best ST recording in the Alpha Quadrant
  • I must disagree
  • Middle-Trek
 The Star Trek Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DJYNZ
Release Date: 2003-11-11

Tracks:

  1. Theme (TV Series)
  2. End Titles (The Motion Picture)
  3. Klingon Attack (The Motion Picture)
  4. Warp Drive (Sound Effect)
  5. Overture (The Wrath Of Khan)
  6. Bird Of Prey Decloaks (The Search For Spock)
  7. End Titles (The Voyage Home)
  8. Away Team (Sound Effect)
  9. End Titles (First Contact)
  10. Tasha's Farewell (The Next Generation)
  11. Theme (Deep Space Nine)
  12. He's Toast (Deep Space Nine)
  13. End Titles (The Final Frontier)

Tracks:

  1. End Titles (The Undiscovered Country)
  2. Theme (Voyager)
  3. Battle Stations (Sound Effect)
  4. Overture (Generations)
  5. One Last Visit (Deep Space Nine)
  6. End Titles (Insurrection)
  7. Dogfight In Space (Sound Effect)
  8. The Menagerie (The TV Series)
  9. Opening (Star Fleet Academy)
  10. Crash Landing (Sound Effect)
  11. Suite (Nemesis)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Quite good, but not a stellar "Trek".......2007-05-18

Silva Screen Records has made a name for itself releasing reproductions of modern orchestral soundtracks, with most of its products centering around a particular genre or composer. Star Trek has a history of quality music, so its no suprise Silva has taken a crack at music in the final frontier. This is a fine release, with some strong points and some weak ones as well.

IN GENERAL: For the purist looking for a "best of" compilation taken from the original soundtracks take note: this isn't that product. Rather, these are reproductions by Nic Raine conducting the City of Prague Philharmonic. That said, this is a quality group, and the general sound is professional and comes off quite well (for the most part..I'll mention a few exceptions). It is superior to the other releases I have heard from the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

SELECTION: The biggest advantage here is variety of sources. The Trek feature films are all represented here, as well as the various series (except for the last one, "Enterprise"). The thouroughness seems to match or excel the oher Star Trek Compilation CDs that have been released. There are a few other offbeat additions..notably a four minute suite from the videogame Star Fleet Academy. Personally, I found this bland track to be four minutes of wasted disk space. The original series has many memorable moments (listen to the Amok Time/The Doomsday Machine soundtrack) which would be be more exciting and also a better fit on this album.

Jerry Goldsmith's standard Star Trek March is heard far too often on these 2 CDs. The march itself is terrific, but it has been used so much it has become the franchise's major theme and the album's producers rely on it by representing many movies by their "End Titles". Unfortunately, Goldsmith's end titles consistently use a three-section approach: two sections of the "standard" Star Trek March sandwich a middle section of music that is unique for that particular film. This is OK if you are listening to a single movie's soundtrack, but for a compilation album, the fourth or fifth time you hear the march, it is too much. It would have been a better idea to cut a few "End Title" performances in favor of other selections from the films' soundtracks.

PERFORMANCE QUALITY: For the most part it is very good and captures the spirit of the original soundtracks. Selections from Horner's scores for the second and third films stand out as particularly well done. The last movie, "Nemesis" also has a terrifically arranged suite, and most of the movie soundtrack reproductions are very good quality. The only exception is from "Klingon Attack" in which the awesome bass of the "blaster-beam" from the original cannot be matched by the comparatively hollow synthesized atempt here.

PERSONAL GRIPE: the inclusion of sound effects. Every so often a special effect like "Warp Drive" or "Dogfight in Space" pops up between tracks. This by itself would be extremely cheesy. Add to this that these are not the actual sound effects from the TV shows or movies and the cheesiness levels reach a level I think only a Wisconsin resident could appreciate. Sci Fi music (and Star Trek in particular) seems to inspire some labels to add special effects inclusions like this. Who knows why.

5 out of 5 stars Love The Soundtrack.......2007-04-03

I bought this soundtrack and I love it.A great edition to the star trek fans.

5 out of 5 stars Best ST recording in the Alpha Quadrant.......2007-01-10

Great collection of Star Trek series and Movie themes; only a Klingon
Opera is missing.

5 out of 5 stars I must disagree.......2005-07-17

I own all the original recordings, and I still enjoy this re-recording. It is good. It is better than the Cincinatti Pops "Symphonic Star Trek", it is better than the Richard Hayman "Star Trek" compilation from 89, its better than the Sci Fi compilation on the Edel label from 93 and for the most part is better than Varese's Ultimate Star Trek from 1998.

This collection has music you will not find anywhere else. The Tasha's Farewell track is beautiful and the only other place its avialable is the Edel "Best of Science Fiction" compilation from 1993, and while that was recorded by the same orchestra, it was with a different conductor, and comparing the two, you can tell that Nic Raine was more successful with Prague than William Motzing was. That said Edel release is also more than $30 here on amazon. Also this release is in HDCD Dolby which is a plus. There's also two cues from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; one of them is on The Best of Star Trek: 30th Anniversary Special, the other is not on any other album. In addition, there is music from Ron Jones "Starfleet Academy" video game which is pretty cool to listen to, and not availble anywhere else that I know of. Finally, Jerry Goldsmith's main theme can get boring after a while, I mean, its repetitive that it is in all the end credit suites, it would have been nice for Insurrection to have maybe an action cue instead of the end credits suite...And Nic Raine, did just that, only for Star Trek: Nemesis. Instead of the tradition end credit suite, Mr. Raine arranged a professional suite with the main Nemesis theme, some action cues, as well as the Goldsmith Star Trek march, and it is a wonderful 8 minutes. If you already have the 3 space and beyond albums, the Star Trek Nemesis track as well as Birds of Prey Decloaking from Star Trek III are the only new tracks on this CD.

This is a must-buy for fans of star trek in general, and hardcore star trek fans should buy this album for the aforementioned cues that aren't available anywhere else.

3 out of 5 stars Middle-Trek.......2005-01-13

I rate this album as fair-to-middlin' for Trek score tributes.
After Star Trek: The Motion Picture's ground breaking and intensely serious dramatic score, the other Trek filmscores slide downhill somewhat and like the films themselves became less spectacular. Goldsmith himself never even re-captured the grandness of the first film's music and it shows in this album. The playing by the orchestra is fairly competent but it suffers a bit by being a smaller ensemble and these scores need at least 90 or 100 pieces to do them justice. Also the "Blaster Beam" instrument is so integral to a couple of the scores as to be alarming by it's absence. Only Craig Huxley and Micheal Stearns still use one as they built each-other's instrument in the late seventies.

What would have rescued this album from the admittedly 'high end' of mediocrity would have been if the producers could have recorded some of the missing cues from ST-1 and ST-2 and maybe a couple of the others.

This would have made it much more valuable to soundtrack collectors and Star Trek music buffs.

What we are left with is a nicely produced somewhat 'ho-hum' in an endless series of Trek music covers...
Insane Society
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 3.5 overpowering vocals
  • Really good!
 Insane Society
Wrath
Manufacturer: Restless Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars 3.5 overpowering vocals.......2006-11-30

I absolutely loved their 2nd release "Nothing to Fear". The track "Incineration/Caustic Sleep" was mesmerizing. That gem has yet to be re-issued on disc.
Onto this release. They got a new singer and the vocals are over EVERYTHING on this sound-wise. Musically its decent enough, but the vocals do grate on ya after a while. He sounds sorta like a Chuck Billy (testament) wanna-be. But this cd is very good. Still has that great Wrath Guitar sound.
like i stated, not as good as release 2, but has a lot of good tracks.

4 out of 5 stars Really good!.......2004-07-03

First of all the band name is not The Wraith but WRATH!!! They have three album "Fit Of Anger", "Nothing To Fear" and "Insane Society". This one is their third release and the first with singer Kurt Grayson. This is probably their best to date!! For you that are interested in this band, they'll get back together in summer 2004 for few live dates!!! If you can buy it somewhere, go for it!!!
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Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent compilation!
 Star Tracks 2

Manufacturer: Telarc
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ASIN: B000003CUD
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Superman: The Planet Krypton
  2. Back To The Future
  3. Warp Drive
  4. Star Trek I: The Klingon Battle
  5. Star Trek II, The Wrath Of Khan: Main Title
  6. Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan: Epilogue - End Credits
  7. Humpback Whale Song
  8. Star Trek IV, The Voyage Home: Main Title
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  12. Return Of The Jedi: Parade Of The Ewoks
  13. Dimensions
  14. Music From 'The Right Stuff'

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent compilation!.......2007-07-19

I really love this CD, is one of my favorites included in my collection of Kunzel recordings. It contains lots of hard to find music (Bill Conti's The Right Stuff) and also original material composed by musitians of the orchestra.

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