Can anyone explain to me this oddity from the ST III: Search For Spock Soundtrack?

[ananta]

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What’s the story here? An attempt to get a pop hit out of the ST III soundtrack? I admire the audacity, even if it sounds kind of like Temu Jean Michel Jarre to my ears.

What are your thoughts on it? Love? Hate?

 

[Christopher]

Oh, it was pretty common back then for movie soundtrack albums to include pop-song arrangements of the movie themes, to be marketed as singles and played on radio stations. At least, if there wasn't some other pop song featured in the movie soundtrack, like the "Market Street" song in The Voyage Home, they'd do a pop version of the movie theme or some other track from the score. (Wasn't there a pop or disco version of "Ilia's Theme" done for ST:TMP?)

 

[hbquikcomjamesl]

Oh, it was pretty common back then for movie soundtrack albums to include pop-song arrangements of the movie themes, to be marketed as singles and played on radio stations.

The CE3K soundtrack LP came with, as I recall, a 7-inch one-sided single of a disco version. Evidently, after "Star Wars and Other Intergalactic Funk," John Williams (or the soundtrack record producer) wanted to beat Domenico "Meco" Monardo to the punch.

 

[Christopher]

The CE3K soundtrack LP came with, as I recall, a 7-inch one-sided single of a disco version. Evidently, after "Star Wars and Other Intergalactic Funk," John Williams (or the soundtrack record producer) wanted to beat Domenico "Meco" Monardo to the punch.

I think I had that.

 

[Michael]

(Wasn't there a pop or disco version of "Ilia's Theme" done for ST:TMP?)

Yes! Shaun Cassady – “A Star Beyond Time”

Super kitschy, but actually not all that bad …

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[hbquikcomjamesl]

I think I had that.

As do I. As a rule, although I've never been a "vinyl snob" (and I consider it the height of hypocrisy to pay a premium for vinyl, claiming it's better than CD, and then rip it to MP3 and never actually listen to the LP again) neither have I ever been in any particular hurry to buy CDs to replace LPs that are in perfectly playable condition.

 

[Set Harth]

Yes! Shaun Cassady – “A Star Beyond Time”

Super kitschy, but actually not all that bad …

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I had no idea

 

[NCC-73515]

There was another version of Star Beyond Time with a female voice as well, and one with 4/4 instead of 3/4 timing.
The SFS version was used for the Aliens A-Z video at STTE

 

[Vger23]

Once you listen to "A Star Beyond Time," you cannot unhear it.

I don't recommend the experience.