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

[Maurice]

Here ya go, right from the theater lobby…

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Also on the Internet Archive as an in-theater promo (click to open it).

https://archive.org/details/the-black-hole-1979-uk-cinema-lobby-spots-nostromo

 

[David cgc]

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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No, that's a medley of '40s hits (Vic Fontaine stuff).

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[Peach Wookiee]

Vic's repertoire was from the 1940s to the very early 60s.

 

[korblborp]

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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?

may be an "oddity" but i can't say i dislike it