Dragon's Domain Records presents THE TEKWAR TRILOGY, featuring music composed by David Michael Frank (ABOVE THE LAW, THE STAIRCASE, THE MOLE) for the TEKWAR series of films that led into the TEKWAR series, created by William Shatner and Ron Goulart, starring William Shatner and Greg Evigan.
Born from a series of futuristic crime novels conceived by William Shatner and developed in collaboration with science-fiction author Ron Goulart, TEKWAR made the visual leap to television in 1994 as an ambitious cycle of feature-length movies. The battery began with TEKWAR, followed in rapid succession by TEKWAR: TEKLORDS, TEKWAR: TEKLAB, and TEKWAR: TEKJUSTICE, all four airing within the first five months of that year. Produced as a Canadian-American venture by Atlantis Films in association with Universal Television, the films represented a substantial attempt to build a continuing science-fiction franchise for television at a time when such sprawling, effects-driven productions remained a formidable undertaking for the small screen.
The first of the four films, TEKWAR, features former police officer Jake Cardigan (Evigan), who awakens after years of cryogenic imprisonment, having been framed for murder and trafficking Tek, a highly addictive virtual-reality narcotic. Released under mysterious circumstances, he is recruited by Walter Bascom (Shatner) to investigate the powerful Tek lords while seeking to clear his own name. The second installment, TEKLORDS, continues Cardigan's battle against the Tek trade as imprisoned drug lord Sonny Hokori (Von Flores) maintains control of his criminal empire while a sinister computer virus threatens both digital systems and human lives. The crisis becomes deeply personal when Cardigan's former wife is placed in the crosshairs. The penultimate film of the quadrilogy, TEKLAB, follows Cardigan and his partner-in-grime Sid Gomez (Eugene Clark) to London, where the theft of the legendary sword Excalibur draws them into an international conspiracy involving political intrigue, murder, and a struggle over the restoration of the British monarchy. The concluding TEKJUSTICE was not scored by Frank and is not represented on this album.
For the TEKWAR films, composer David Michael Frank amassed an eclectic ensemble that balanced traditional acoustic instruments with the most advanced electronic musical toys on the market at the time. The band was built around a triad of keyboardists, each helming an array of synthesizers, alongside one electric guitarist, one electric bassist, an EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument), an EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), and two percussionists playing traditional acoustic and electronic instruments.
David Michael Frank was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where he studied classical piano and composition at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. After graduating from Northwestern University, Frank moved to New York, where he became Broadway's youngest conductor. After six years in New York, he relocated to California to pursue a career in film composition, where he's scored numerous films of various types and over 200 episodes of television over more than forty years in media composition.
Dragon's Domain Records presents the premiere release of THE TEKWAR TRILOGY, featuring music composed by David Michael Frank, mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland, featuring liner notes written by author and composer Brian Satterwhite, with the participation of the composer.
THE TEKWAR TRILOGY is a limited edition release.
2026/9/28の週発売
トラックリスト
TEKWAR 01. Main Title (3:09) 02. Resurrection (1:54) 03. The Empty House (5:08) 04. Cops In Space (3:43) 05. Is Beth Really Dead? (3:00) 06. Escape From The Lab (5:20) 07. Final Battle (2:59)
TEKLORDS 08. Killer Fantasy Girl (1:53) 09. Keeper of Secrets (3:35) 10. Hospital Bedside with Kate (2:26) 11. Race Against the Clock (3:27) 12. Hakori's Hideaway (3:52) 13. The Reanimation of Tora (4:34) 14. Fight For The Antidote (2:23) 15. Kate and Jake (2:53)
『THE TEKWAR TRILOGY』は、ウィリアム・シャトナーとロン・ゴウラートが創作し、ウィリアム・シャトナーとグレッグ・エヴィガンが主演を務めたテレビシリーズ『テックウォー』へとつながる映画シリーズ『サイバードラッグ／テクウォー』のために、デヴィッド・マイケル・フランク（『野獣捜査線』、『刑事ニコ／法の死角』、『ハード・トゥ・キル』）が作曲した楽曲を収録しています。
トラックリストウィリアム・シャトナーが構想し、SF作家のロン・ゴウアートと共同で発展させた一連の未来犯罪小説から生まれた『テックウォー』は、1994年に野心的な長編映画シリーズとしてテレビ化されました。このシリーズは『サイバードラッグ／テクウォーVOL.１「ウォー」』で幕を開け、その後『サイバードラッグ／テクウォーVOL.２「ロード」』、『サイバードラッグ／テクウォーVOL.３「ラボラトリー」』、『サイバードラッグ／テクウォーVOL.４「ジャスティス」』が立て続けに制作され、これら4作品すべてが同年最初の5ヶ月以内に放送された。アトランティス・フィルムズがユニバーサル・テレビジョンと共同で制作したこのカナダ・アメリカ合作の映画シリーズは、当時、これほど大規模で特殊効果を多用した制作がテレビ放送にとって依然として困難な課題であった時代に、テレビ向けの継続的なSFフランチャイズを構築しようとする本格的な試みであった。
4部作の第一作『サイバードラッグ／テクウォーVOL.１「ウォー」』は、殺人および中毒性の高い仮想現実系麻薬「テック」の密売の濡れ衣を着せられ、長年にわたる低温冷凍監禁から目覚めた元警察官ジェイク・カーディガン（エヴィガン）を主人公とする。不可解な状況下で解放された彼は、ウォルター・バスコム（シャトナー）にスカウトされ、自身の無実を証明しつつ、権勢を振るう「テック」の支配者たちを調査することになる。第2作『ロード』では、投獄された麻薬王ソニー・ホコリ（フォン・フローレス）が犯罪帝国を掌握し続ける中、不気味なコンピュータウイルスがデジタルシステムと人命の両方を脅かす中、カーディガンの「テック」取引との戦いが続く。カーディガンの元妻が標的にされたことで、この危機は彼にとって極めて個人的なものとなる。4部作の最後から2作目となる『ラボラトリー』では、カーディガンと相棒のシド・ゴメス（ユージン・クラーク）がロンドンへ向かう。伝説の剣エクスカリバーの盗難事件をきっかけに、彼らは政治的陰謀、殺人、そして英国王政復活をめぐる争いが絡み合う国際的な陰謀に巻き込まれていく。完結編『ジャスティス』はフランクが音楽を担当しておらず、本アルバムには収録されていない。
テックウォーの映画シリーズでは、作曲家のデヴィッド・マイケル・フランクが、伝統的なアコースティック楽器と、当時市場に出回っていた最先端の電子楽器をバランスよく組み合わせた、多彩なアンサンブルを結成した。このバンドは、それぞれが多数のシンセサイザーを操る3人のキーボード奏者を中核とし、それに加えてエレキギター奏者1名、エレキベース奏者1名、EVI（電子バルブ楽器）、EWI（電子管楽器）、そして伝統的なアコースティック楽器と電子楽器を演奏する2名のパーカッショニストで構成されていた。
デヴィッド・マイケル・フランクはメリーランド州ボルチモアで生まれ育ち、ピーボディ音楽院でクラシックピアノと作曲を学んだ。ノースウェスタン大学を卒業後、フランクはニューヨークに移り、ブロードウェイ史上最年少の指揮者となった。ニューヨークで6年間過ごした後、映画音楽のキャリアを追求するためにカリフォルニアへ移住し、40年以上にわたるメディア音楽制作のキャリアの中で、様々なジャンルの数多くの映画や200話以上のテレビ番組の音楽を手掛けてきた。
『サイバードラッグ／テクウォー トリロジー』のサウンドトラックがついに初リリース。本作は、デヴィッド・マイケル・フランクが作曲し、デジタル・アウトランドのジェームズ・ネルソンがマスタリングを手掛け、作家兼作曲家のブライアン・サターホワイトによるライナーノーツを収録したもので、作曲家本人も制作に参加しています。
限定盤。
Dragon's Domain Records presents THE TEKWAR TRILOGY, featuring music composed by David Michael Frank (ABOVE THE LAW, THE STAIRCASE, THE MOLE) for the TEKWAR series of films that led into the TEKWAR series, created by William Shatner and Ron Goulart, starring William Shatner and Greg Evigan.
Born from a series of futuristic crime novels conceived by William Shatner and developed in collaboration with science-fiction author Ron Goulart, TEKWAR made the visual leap to television in 1994 as an ambitious cycle of feature-length movies. The battery began with TEKWAR, followed in rapid succession by TEKWAR: TEKLORDS, TEKWAR: TEKLAB, and TEKWAR: TEKJUSTICE, all four airing within the first five months of that year. Produced as a Canadian-American venture by Atlantis Films in association with Universal Television, the films represented a substantial attempt to build a continuing science-fiction franchise for television at a time when such sprawling, effects-driven productions remained a formidable undertaking for the small screen.
The first of the four films, TEKWAR, features former police officer Jake Cardigan (Evigan), who awakens after years of cryogenic imprisonment, having been framed for murder and trafficking Tek, a highly addictive virtual-reality narcotic. Released under mysterious circumstances, he is recruited by Walter Bascom (Shatner) to investigate the powerful Tek lords while seeking to clear his own name. The second installment, TEKLORDS, continues Cardigan's battle against the Tek trade as imprisoned drug lord Sonny Hokori (Von Flores) maintains control of his criminal empire while a sinister computer virus threatens both digital systems and human lives. The crisis becomes deeply personal when Cardigan's former wife is placed in the crosshairs. The penultimate film of the quadrilogy, TEKLAB, follows Cardigan and his partner-in-grime Sid Gomez (Eugene Clark) to London, where the theft of the legendary sword Excalibur draws them into an international conspiracy involving political intrigue, murder, and a struggle over the restoration of the British monarchy. The concluding TEKJUSTICE was not scored by Frank and is not represented on this album.
For the TEKWAR films, composer David Michael Frank amassed an eclectic ensemble that balanced traditional acoustic instruments with the most advanced electronic musical toys on the market at the time. The band was built around a triad of keyboardists, each helming an array of synthesizers, alongside one electric guitarist, one electric bassist, an EVI (Electronic Valve Instrument), an EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), and two percussionists playing traditional acoustic and electronic instruments.
David Michael Frank was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland where he studied classical piano and composition at the Peabody Conservatory of Music. After graduating from Northwestern University, Frank moved to New York, where he became Broadway's youngest conductor. After six years in New York, he relocated to California to pursue a career in film composition, where he's scored numerous films of various types and over 200 episodes of television over more than forty years in media composition.
Dragon's Domain Records presents the premiere release of THE TEKWAR TRILOGY, featuring music composed by David Michael Frank, mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland, featuring liner notes written by author and composer Brian Satterwhite, with the participation of the composer.
THE TEKWAR TRILOGY is a limited edition release.
2026/9/28の週発売
TEKWAR
01. Main Title (3:09)
02. Resurrection (1:54)
03. The Empty House (5:08)
04. Cops In Space (3:43)
05. Is Beth Really Dead? (3:00)
06. Escape From The Lab (5:20)
07. Final Battle (2:59)
TEKLORDS
08. Killer Fantasy Girl (1:53)
09. Keeper of Secrets (3:35)
10. Hospital Bedside with Kate (2:26)
11. Race Against the Clock (3:27)
12. Hakori's Hideaway (3:52)
13. The Reanimation of Tora (4:34)
14. Fight For The Antidote (2:23)
15. Kate and Jake (2:53)
TEKLAB
16. Excalibur (3:13)
17. Rachel Tudor (2:29)
18. Escaping the Monarchists (4:41)
19. Jake Frees Mark Tudor (2:27)
20. Fencing With a Fake (4:55)
21. Terror at the Tower (4:18)
22. Tristan and his Guinevere (1:41)
Total Time: 74:59