『スターシップ・インベーション』(TV放映時タイトル:「未来からの挑戦!第四次宇宙戦争」、「スペース・ウォーズ/UFO軍団大襲来!」)はエド・ハントが脚本・監督・製作を手がけたカナダのSF映画で、初期タイトルは『WAR OF THE ALIENS』、同年公開の他の類似テーマ映画との混同を避けるため『ALIEN ENCOUNTER』と改題された(最終的にホームビデオ用に『PROJECT GENOCIDE』と改題)。ハントは宇宙船や衣装のデザインの多くを実際のエイリアン遭遇事件を基にした。
作曲家ギル・メレは、モダンジャズのニュアンスを奏でたり、自宅でユニークな顕微鏡のコレクションを楽しんでいる時以外は、50年近くにわたり、電子音楽とオーケストラ音楽をミックスした革新的な音楽活動を行ってきた。メレは傑出したバリトン・サックス奏者、作曲家としてジャズ界にその名を轟かせ、画家としても注目されていた。映画やテレビの世界では、彼の音楽はレコードやCDに保存されてはいないものの、非常に注目されてきた。70年代前半の彼のテレビ映画音楽には、テレビ向けの話題作『いとしのチャーリー』、『THAT CERTAIN SUMMER』、『真説フランケンシュタイン/北極に消えた怪奇人間!』が3本含まれている。彼の最も有名な映画音楽は『アンドロメダ…』だが、1970年代から80年代の映画における電子音楽の革新者として、メレは『四次元への招待』(テーマとエピソード)、『サイボーグ大作戦』(オリジナルTV映画)、『白い恐怖』、『人造人間クエスター』、『事件記者コルチャック』、『スターシップ・インベーション』、『センチネル』など、多くのSF、ファンタジー、ホラーのTV映画や長編映画の音楽に貢献している。 メレの努力は、エレクトロニック映画音楽における他のほとんどの人々の実験に先駆け、最初の真のエレクトロニック映画音楽を生み出した。 限定500枚。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents STARSHIP INVASIONS, featuring the premiere release of the score on compact disc, composed by Gil Melle (NIGHT GALLERY, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE DELIBERATE STRANGER) for the 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Ed Hunt, starring Robert Vaughn (THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, BULLITT, HUSTLE), Christopher Lee (THE WICKER MAN, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, HORROR OF DRACULA), Daniel Pilon, Tiiu Leek, Helen Shaver, Henry Ramer and Victoria Johnson.
STARSHIP INVASIONS is a Canadian science-fiction film written, directed and produced by Ed Hunt, it was originally titled WAR OF THE ALIENS, then ALIEN ENCOUNTER to avoid confusion with other similar-themed movies released that same year (and eventually again retitled as PROJECT GENOCIDE for home video). Hunt based many of the spacecraft and costume designs on actual alien encounter cases.
Released in 1977, the plot revolves around The Legion Of The Winged Serpent, a rogue alien group lead by Captain Rameses (Lee). The Legion must colonize the Earth before their home planet, Alpha, is destroyed by a supernova. Rameses plans to use a device that broadcasts a signal causing humans to commit mass suicide. Opposing them is The Intergalactic League Of Races, an alliance of advanced aliens from Zeta Reticuli who have been observing humans from a secret underwater base.
Pretending to be fellow members upholding The Galactic Treaty, which prohibits human contact, Rameses and his crew attack their base and sabotage most of the League’s Earthbound saucers. One surviving League ship contacts Professor Allan Duncan (Vaughn) for help. Duncan is a world-renowned ufologist.
The score composed by Gil Melle stands out for its innovative use of synthesizers combined with jazz elements, creating a unique sound for a genre movie. Notably, many sequences have minimal dialogue, as the alien characters communicate telepathically, which benefited Melle in his composition.
For nearly five decades, composer Gil Melle innovated in mixing electronic and orchestral music when he wasn’t playing the nuances of modern jazz or enjoying his collection of unique microscopes at home. Melle had made a mark in the world of jazz as an outstanding baritone saxophonist and composer who was also noted as a painter. In film and television, his music has been extraordinarily notable, if not well preserved, on records and CDs. His TV-movie music in the early ’70s included a trio of high-profile films for television: MY SWEET CHARLIE, THAT CERTAIN SUMMER, and FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY. His most well-known film score was THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, but as an innovator in the use of electronic music in movies of the 1970s and ’80s, Melle contributed to a many science fiction, fantasy, and horror television and feature film scores, including NIGHT GALLERY (theme and episodes), THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN (original TV-movie), A COLD NIGHT’S DEATH, THE QUESTOR TAPES, KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, WORLD WAR III, and many others. Melle’s efforts preceded almost everyone else’s experiments in electronic film music and resulted in the first true electronic film score for the TV movie PERILOUS VOYAGE.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents STARSHIP INVASIONS, featuring the premiere release of music composed by Gil Melle for this project on compact disc. The music has been newly mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by author G.B. Kemner.
STARSHIP INVASIONS is a limited edition release of 500 units.
エド・ハントが脚本・監督、ロバート・ヴォーン、クリストファー・リーらが出演した1977年のSF映画「スターシップ・インベーション」のオリジナル・サウンドトラックがついに初CD化!音楽は『アンドロメダ・・・』などのギル・メレ。
トラックリスト『スターシップ・インベーション』(TV放映時タイトル:「未来からの挑戦!第四次宇宙戦争」、「スペース・ウォーズ/UFO軍団大襲来!」)はエド・ハントが脚本・監督・製作を手がけたカナダのSF映画で、初期タイトルは『WAR OF THE ALIENS』、同年公開の他の類似テーマ映画との混同を避けるため『ALIEN ENCOUNTER』と改題された(最終的にホームビデオ用に『PROJECT GENOCIDE』と改題)。ハントは宇宙船や衣装のデザインの多くを実際のエイリアン遭遇事件を基にした。
あらすじは、地球侵略をもくろむ悪の宇宙人一派が地球に滞在している友好派の宇宙人を襲撃、逃げ延びた友好派宇宙人たちが円盤の修理のために、宇宙人の存在を信じる大学教授とコンタクトを取る。一方、悪の宇宙人一派は地球人の精神を操り殺人や自殺を続発させ、自滅に追い込もうとする。円盤の修理が完了した友好派宇宙人は援軍を呼び寄せて悪の宇宙人との戦いを開始する。
ギル・メレが作曲したスコアは、シンセサイザーとジャズの要素を組み合わせた斬新な使い方で際立っており、ジャンル映画としてはユニークなサウンドを作り出している。特筆すべきは、エイリアンのキャラクターがテレパシーでコミュニケーションをとるため、多くのシークエンスでセリフが最小限に抑えられていることで、メレの作曲にプラスとなった。
作曲家ギル・メレは、モダンジャズのニュアンスを奏でたり、自宅でユニークな顕微鏡のコレクションを楽しんでいる時以外は、50年近くにわたり、電子音楽とオーケストラ音楽をミックスした革新的な音楽活動を行ってきた。メレは傑出したバリトン・サックス奏者、作曲家としてジャズ界にその名を轟かせ、画家としても注目されていた。映画やテレビの世界では、彼の音楽はレコードやCDに保存されてはいないものの、非常に注目されてきた。70年代前半の彼のテレビ映画音楽には、テレビ向けの話題作『いとしのチャーリー』、『THAT CERTAIN SUMMER』、『真説フランケンシュタイン/北極に消えた怪奇人間!』が3本含まれている。彼の最も有名な映画音楽は『アンドロメダ…』だが、1970年代から80年代の映画における電子音楽の革新者として、メレは『四次元への招待』(テーマとエピソード)、『サイボーグ大作戦』(オリジナルTV映画)、『白い恐怖』、『人造人間クエスター』、『事件記者コルチャック』、『スターシップ・インベーション』、『センチネル』など、多くのSF、ファンタジー、ホラーのTV映画や長編映画の音楽に貢献している。 メレの努力は、エレクトロニック映画音楽における他のほとんどの人々の実験に先駆け、最初の真のエレクトロニック映画音楽を生み出した。
限定500枚。
Dragon’s Domain Records presents STARSHIP INVASIONS, featuring the premiere release of the score on compact disc, composed by Gil Melle (NIGHT GALLERY, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, THE DELIBERATE STRANGER) for the 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Ed Hunt, starring Robert Vaughn (THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, BULLITT, HUSTLE), Christopher Lee (THE WICKER MAN, THE THREE MUSKETEERS, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, HORROR OF DRACULA), Daniel Pilon, Tiiu Leek, Helen Shaver, Henry Ramer and Victoria Johnson.
STARSHIP INVASIONS is a Canadian science-fiction film written, directed and produced by Ed Hunt, it was originally titled WAR OF THE ALIENS, then ALIEN ENCOUNTER to avoid confusion with other similar-themed movies released that same year (and eventually again retitled as PROJECT GENOCIDE for home video). Hunt based many of the spacecraft and costume designs on actual alien encounter cases.
Released in 1977, the plot revolves around The Legion Of The Winged Serpent, a rogue alien group lead by Captain Rameses (Lee). The Legion must colonize the Earth before their home planet, Alpha, is destroyed by a supernova. Rameses plans to use a device that broadcasts a signal causing humans to commit mass suicide. Opposing them is The Intergalactic League Of Races, an alliance of advanced aliens from Zeta Reticuli who have been observing humans from a secret underwater base.
Pretending to be fellow members upholding The Galactic Treaty, which prohibits human contact, Rameses and his crew attack their base and sabotage most of the League’s Earthbound saucers. One surviving League ship contacts Professor Allan Duncan (Vaughn) for help. Duncan is a world-renowned ufologist.
The score composed by Gil Melle stands out for its innovative use of synthesizers combined with jazz elements, creating a unique sound for a genre movie. Notably, many sequences have minimal dialogue, as the alien characters communicate telepathically, which benefited Melle in his composition.
For nearly five decades, composer Gil Melle innovated in mixing electronic and orchestral music when he wasn’t playing the nuances of modern jazz or enjoying his collection of unique microscopes at home. Melle had made a mark in the world of jazz as an outstanding baritone saxophonist and composer who was also noted as a painter. In film and television, his music has been extraordinarily notable, if not well preserved, on records and CDs. His TV-movie music in the early ’70s included a trio of high-profile films for television: MY SWEET CHARLIE, THAT CERTAIN SUMMER, and FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY. His most well-known film score was THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, but as an innovator in the use of electronic music in movies of the 1970s and ’80s, Melle contributed to a many science fiction, fantasy, and horror television and feature film scores, including NIGHT GALLERY (theme and episodes), THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN (original TV-movie), A COLD NIGHT’S DEATH, THE QUESTOR TAPES, KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, WORLD WAR III, and many others. Melle’s efforts preceded almost everyone else’s experiments in electronic film music and resulted in the first true electronic film score for the TV movie PERILOUS VOYAGE.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents STARSHIP INVASIONS, featuring the premiere release of music composed by Gil Melle for this project on compact disc. The music has been newly mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and the liner notes have been written by author G.B. Kemner.
STARSHIP INVASIONS is a limited edition release of 500 units.
2025/3/24の週発売
01. Main Title (2:25)
02. Abduction Of The Farmer (3:46)
03. Abduction Of The Family (3:27)
04. Suicides / Underwater Alien Base (5:08)
05. Rameses Seizes Control (8:01)
06. Allan’s Close Encounter (3:45)
07. Data Control Center (2:47)
08. New Allies Pursued Past The Moon (5:37)
09. Suicide Epidemic (2:46)
10. Outer Space War (4:24)
11. Betty’s Suicide Attempt (2:58)
12. Android Durbel Destroys Rameses’ Fleet (5:21)
13. Resolution and End Titles (4:59)
14. Alternate Cue Suite (2:22)
Time: 58:21