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Was there ever a sound track released for The Animated Series?
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I, too, had to live with that pain. There were some earlier tracks I would've been happy to sacrifice in order to have the climax.
But I just got an e-mail saying that my order has been shipped! Truly we live in remarkable times. (Except for, well, all the horrible stuff going on lately.)
Just finished listening for the first of what will be many times to the TAS music. Love it!
^I kinda didn't have the money for this, but no way was I gonna pass up a TAS soundtrack. I'll just have to try to make do with fewer groceries for a while.
Yeah, TAS was the main selling point for me too.
Which is a relief. Because I was going to feel hella dumb paying ~$50 for the one Wrath of Khan track. (But I would have.)
Same experience, but that original moment of disappointment when reading the track listing, then playing the album....
Okay, I got mine, and of course the first thing I listened to was the TAS soundtrack. It's great to hear it all in the clear, and with pretty good quality. I'm discovering things about the percussion and such that I never noticed before. Also realizing some stylistic things I always took for granted before -- like how the ostinato of "Sensor Data" has kind of a blues-riff quality to it.
I'm surprised to see two unrelated titles for "Fire Phasers" and "Enterprise Wins the Space Race," which are basically the same cue without and with a percussion line, respectively. Still, I'm glad they're both on there. I was wondering.
I think "Scanning (alternate mix)" is one of the few cues we can peg to a specific scene -- I think it's from the part in "The Lorelei Signal" where the characters are experiencing hallucinations due to the title signal. The added bits are the drums and harps that the characters hear along with their visual hallucinations.
I found some episodes of Lassie's Rescue Rangers on YouTube, and I can confirm a number of shared cues between it and TAS; however, contrary to what I believed, it seems that LRR aired simultaneously with the first season of TAS (though its pilot movie came earlier), so it's hard to say which show originated the cues. I am certain, though, that the track titled "Off Duty" is merely the final portion of a cue I know very well, a slow and thoughtful arrangement of the main Lassie's Rescue Rangers motif, also heavily reused in Shazam, Isis, and Tarzan. The sting at about 1:15-1:23 in the final montage is also one I recognize as the opening of a longer action cue frequently used in Lassie. The cue called "Battle Stations" here was pretty much Lassie's primary action motif, though, which is why I suspect it originated there (a suspicion reinforced by the cue's heavy use in Shazam and Isis along with other Lassie cues). The cue called "Kirk's Command" was also regularly used on Lassie.
I'm surprised to see two unrelated titles for "Fire Phasers" and "Enterprise Wins the Space Race," which are basically the same cue without and with a percussion line, respectively. Still, I'm glad they're both on there. I was wondering.
I think "Scanning (alternate mix)" is one of the few cues we can peg to a specific scene -- I think it's from the part in "The Lorelei Signal" where the characters are experiencing hallucinations due to the title signal. The added bits are the drums and harps that the characters hear along with their visual hallucinations.
I found some episodes of Lassie's Rescue Rangers on YouTube, and I can confirm a number of shared cues between it and TAS; however, contrary to what I believed, it seems that LRR aired simultaneously with the first season of TAS (though its pilot movie came earlier), so it's hard to say which show originated the cues. I am certain, though, that the track titled "Off Duty" is merely the final portion of a cue I know very well, a slow and thoughtful arrangement of the main Lassie's Rescue Rangers motif, also heavily reused in Shazam, Isis, and Tarzan. The sting at about 1:15-1:23 in the final montage is also one I recognize as the opening of a longer action cue frequently used in Lassie. The cue called "Battle Stations" here was pretty much Lassie's primary action motif, though, which is why I suspect it originated there (a suspicion reinforced by the cue's heavy use in Shazam and Isis along with other Lassie cues). The cue called "Kirk's Command" was also regularly used on Lassie.
Oh, one more: The comedy cue called "Just Another Stardate" is one that Filmation used in a number of its sitcoms, so I doubt it originated on TAS.
No, I want as much Ellis Filmation music released as possible. I just want to provide what information I can to help clarify the origins and context of the cues.
I mean, as much as I would like to have the full version of the cue whose excerpt is called "Off Duty" here, the portion that is used is my very favorite part of it and one of my very favorite bits of Filmation music ever, so I'm very glad to have it at all, regardless of the fact that it didn't originate on TAS.
The Animated Series tracks are BEAUTIFULLY restored and assembled!!!! Damn, that's some amazing work, Neil! Many, many thanks!
I love some of the track titles. "Just Another Stardate!" I see what you did there. Same thing as when I listen to the "New Heading" cue, with the sudden three note brass blast. I remember hearing that for the first time as a kid. Because it backed a nick of time escape I thought the instruments were blasting out "JUST-IN-TIME!"
What a trip this is. Love this music!
I love some of the track titles. "Just Another Stardate!" I see what you did there. Same thing as when I listen to the "New Heading" cue, with the sudden three note brass blast. I remember hearing that for the first time as a kid. Because it backed a nick of time escape I thought the instruments were blasting out "JUST-IN-TIME!"
What a trip this is. Love this music!
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What did they do there? I don't get it.
There a point, after about the 4th note, where the words "Just Another Stardate" fit perfectly. As soon as I heard it, I laughed out loud.
Maybe it's just me...
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