Themes From The Great Motion Pictures... (1967)

A various artists album of sorts featuring the John Barry Orchestra, the MGM Studio Orchestra and the Metropolitan Pops Orchestra.  Here's Jarre's theme to Grand Prix.  Lovely.

Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Odessa File (1974)

Yes, you read that right:  Andrew.  Lloyd.  Webber.  This generally excellent score was written by Sir Andrew way back in the early 70s before he took the world of theatre by storm.  This is one of those soundtracks that contains tracks from both ends of the spectrum, some great funky pieces featuring his brother Julian and some pieces even I struggle to listen to.  Overall, this is a really good example of Cold War Thriller music.


1.    Odessa Theme - Main Title
2.    Christmas Dream
3.    Solomon Tauber's Diary/Music At Riga
4.    Miller's Theme/Amboss Polka
5.    Odessa Anthem (Vocal Version)
6.    Schwarzbraun Ist Die Haselnuss
7.    Odessa Anthem (Orchestral Version)
8.    Miller Joins The Odessa
9.    Christmas Dream (Carousel)
10.  Kidnap
11.  Odessa Discovery-Fugue
12.  Sigi and Miller
13.  Miller Finds Roschmann
14.  Christmas Dream (German Band)

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Giorgio Moroder - Music From Battlestar Galactica (1978)

This week's soundtrack is a wonderful disco odyssey from Giorgio Moroder.  Side one is taken up with tracks from Battlestar Galactica while side two comprises of one 15 minute Moroder original called Evolution.   All the tracks on side one run into each other so I haven't bothered separating them.  Hopefully that won't spoil your enjoyment too much.

1.    Theme From Battlestar Galactica
2.    Destruction Of Peace
3.    Transmitter - Part One
4.    Adama's Theme
5.    It's Love, Love, Love
6.    Transmitter - Part Two
7.    Exploration
8.    Theme From Battlestar Galactica
9.    Evolution

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Jerry Goldsmith - Our Man Flint (Original Soundtrack) (1966)

This Sunday's soundtrack is Jerry Goldsmith's wonderful Our Man Flint.

1.    Our Man Flint
2.    Never Mind, You'd Love It
3.    It's Gotta Be A World Record
4.    Man Does Not Live By Bread Alone
5.    Take Some Risks, Mr Flint
6.    Tell Me More About That Volcano
7.    You're A Foolish Man, Mr Flint
8.    In Like Flint
9.    Doing As The Romans Did
10.  Galaxy A Go-Go - Or Leave it To Flint
11.  All I Have To Do Is Take A Bite Of Your Apple
12.  Stall! Stall! Stall! Flint's Alive

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Andre Previn - Two For The Seesaw (1962)

A really fine soundtrack from Andre Previn.  Never seen the film though.

Special thanks to Crichton72 for cleaning and sprucing up the files, so all links have been updated.

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Mike Hankinson - Shangani Patrol - Original Soundtrack (1970)

Nice, stirring soundtrack from Mike Hankinson.  Never seen the film.

Roy Budd - Is The Sound Of Music (1967)

Now I can't stand the film, but I love this album by Roy, produced by Tony Hatch.

Riz Ortolani - The Valachi Papers (1973)

One of my favourite Sunday morning records.

Richard Harvey - The Theme From Terrahawks (1983)

For the last year or so I'm been pretty successful in brainwashing my four-year-old son into liking stuff I do.  He loves music, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, Thunderbirds, Back To The Future, etc.  Over the weekend I thought I'd try Terrahawks.  He wasn't to impressed with the DVD - and neither was I, to be honest, I'd forgotten how much it had dated - but he loved the theme tune, so I dug my 12" single out and encoded it for your listening pleasure.

OK, so Richard Harvey is no Barry Gray, but this is the beginning of the 80s and is a theme very much of its time. 

Apologies as  there is a slight jump but it doesn't detract too much.

Barry Gray - Space 1999 - Original Television Soundtrack (1976)

Another gem from Barry Gray, the soundtrack to Season One of Space 1999.  Gray only scored the first season and then dropped out for the second series.  This ended a long-run of soundtracks Gray had done for Gerry Anderson including classics such as Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and UFO.

Apart from the main titles there are some corkers on here, particularly Black Sun and Death's Other Dominion.  Genius!

Morton Stevens Orchestra - Hawaii Five-0 - Television Soundtrack (1968)

Fabulously funky soundtrack from Morton Stevens.  A really great album and there's so much more than the theme on here to enjoy.  Ignore at your peril!

Barry Gray - UFO - Original Television Soundtrack (1969)

You know the old chesnut; your house is on fire and you can only rescue one object, what would it be?  Well, for me it would be this little beauty.  The 2004 Trunk soundtrack release of Gerry Anderson's first live-action series, UFO.  Set far in the future, 1980.  All the cars were sleek with gull-wing doors (eat your heart out Delorean) and all the girls had purple wigs and wore silver boots.

The musical formula will be familiar to Supermarionation fans, indeed some of the cues sound like they were nicked from Captain Scarlet.  The Main Titles are obviously the highlight with some sterling work from Harry Stoneham.

Ed Bishop who starred in this actually lived in the village next to me when I was a kid and his daughter went to my school.  You used to see him driving around town in his Hillman Imp.   I said hello to him a couple of times in the Co-Op and the Post Office, but always went bright red so as I got older I just worshipped him from a distance.

There is only one scan here too as the rear of the sleeve is blank.  Still, it's the music that counts.

Hugo Montenegro - Original Music From The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (1965)

I loved U.N.C.L.E. from the very first time I saw it in the early 70s.  I recently splashed out a small fortune on the complete DVD box set thing and have been driving my wife mad watching episode upon episode.  The soundtrack is fantastic too and here it is.