Can anyone explain to me this oddity from the ST III: Search For Spock Soundtrack?
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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?)
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.
Yes! Shaun Cassady – “A Star Beyond Time”
Super kitschy, but actually not all that bad …
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.
I had no idea
Yep. Maureen McGovern had a hit with “Can You Read My Mind?” shortly after the film was released.
It's because Margot Kidder couldn't sing.
Precisely. It's all in John Williams: A Composer's Life.
She should've had a duet with Rex Harrison.
I heard an opera singer perform the song as written when I was in high school. I prefer Margot Kidder's version.
What @Christopher said, adding in how other franchises did it as well, like this one:
♪ When in doubt, repackage it out ♫
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, there's 80s and then they're making the 80s feel forced. That's forced. Granted, there's that other gem of a retooled song, which is this:
Yup, it's so (much of its time) that it's worth mentioning twice. And you wouldn't believe where else it's been!
Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk was written by Meco (Domenico Monardo) after watching Star Wars in 1977, not before.
is that the track that was playing the background of the Bar where Mccoy tries to hire a smuggler to go back to genesis?
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