One of Jerry Goldsmith’s greatest sci-fi/fantasy scores comes to CD in complete form: Twilight Zone: The Movie, the 1983 anthology film inspired by the classic Rod Serling TV series.
No composer was better suited to score the big-screen Twilight Zone adaptation than Jerry Goldsmith. By the early 1980s Goldsmith was a master in every genre of film, from intimate dramas to large-scale adventures, but he was particularly noted for his landmark scores for science fiction: Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien and more?including Poltergeist (1981), for Twilight Zone: The Movie producer and co-director Steven Spielberg, and the original Twilight Zone series, for which Goldsmith scored classic episodes like “The Invaders.”
With massive technical ability at his disposal, and an unerring gift for drama and melody, Goldsmith wrote brilliant accompaniment for the four segments of Twilight Zone: The Movie, blending the intimate and epic, traditional and modern:
“Time Out,” directed by John Landis and starring Vic Morrow as a bigot facing just desserts, features an astringent, percussive score not unlike Goldsmith’s efforts from the original Twilight Zone TV series.
“Kick the Can,” directed by Steven Spielberg, features a magical, emotional score brimming with warmth as the residents of a retirement home discover an unlikely Fountain of Youth.
“It’s a Good Life,” directed by Joe Dante, spotlights all-powerful boy who has kidnapped adults for companionship, including a bewildered schoolteacher (Kathleen Quinlan); Goldsmith’s haunting score blends a melancholy theme with ethereal impressionism and shrieking horror for Dante’s postmodern scares.
Finally, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” directed by George Miller and starring John Lithgow as a terrified airline passenger who sees a monster on the wing, features brilliant psychological scoring with devilish moments (foreshadowing Goldsmith’s approach for Gremlins) and symphonic size.
Twilight Zone: The Movie was released on LP at the time of the film, a program since issued on CD in Japan and Germany. For the first time, FSM presents the complete, chronological score, with bonus tracks of the film’s songs (“Nights Are Forever,” by Goldsmith as featured on the LP, and “Anathesia” by Joseph Williams, previously unreleased) plus album edits of relevant cues. (The CD is carefully designed so that the LP sequence can be programmed if so desired.)
The complete score has been newly restored from the first-generation masters by Mike Matessino in cooperation with Bruce Botnick, Goldsmith’s longtime recording engineer and colleague who has mastered this CD. Matessino and Jeff Bond provide the authoritative liner notes. ＊FILM SCORE MONTHLYより抜粋
トラックリスト
1. Main Title: Twilight Zone Theme (Marius Constant) 0:45
Time Out
2. Time Change/Questions/The Ledge 4:51 3. The K.K.K./Yellow Star 3:53
Kick the Can
4. Harp and Love 1:27 5. Weekend Visit 1:34 6. Kick the Can 0:37 7. Night Games 1:53 8. Young Again/Take Me With You/A New Guest 10:10
It’s a Good Life
9. I Remember/The House 2:29 10. The Picture/The Sister/I Didn’t Do It 1:20 11. Cartoon Monster 3:06 12. That’s All, Ethel 1:47 13. Teach Me/No More Tricks 3:54
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
14. Cabin Fever/Nervous Pills 2:38 15. No Smoking 2:06 16. On the Wing 1:20 17. A Face in the Window 2:10 18. Hungry Monster/Engine Failure 1:35
19. Overture (Twilight Zone Theme and End Title) 5:55
Total Score Time: 53:16
Additional Music and Alternates
20. Nights Are Forever (Sung by Jennifer Warner) 3:36 21. Anesthesia (Sung by Joseph Williams) 3:02 22. Time Change/Questions/The Ledge (Time Out: album edit) 3:01 23. Young Again/Take Me With You/A New Guest (Kick the Can: alternate segments) 5:01 24. Cartoon Monster/That’s All Ethel (It’s a Good Life: album edit) 4:28 25. Cartoon Music (It’s a Good Life) 1:26 26. On the Wing/A Face in the Window/Hungry Monster/Twilight Zone Theme (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: album edit) 4:58
ついにゴールドスミスのSFファンタジー スコアの傑作「トワイライトゾーン 超次元の体験」の完全盤がリリース！今回のリリースは、映画に沿って、ジェリー・ゴールドスミスの楽曲を余すところなく、全て収録。加えて、LPバージョン、別バージョンや映画内に使用された歌曲２曲もボーナストラックとして収録。もちろん、有名なマリウス・コンスタントのテーマ曲も収録しています。3000枚限定盤！
トラックリストかつての人気ＴＶシリーズ「ミステリー・ゾーン」の復刻映画版。人種差別主義者の男が時空を越えて差別を体験するジョン・ランディスの第１話（ヴィック・モローが撮影中に事故死した）。ロブ・ボッティンのコミカルＳＦＸが光る不思議な少年を描いたジョー・ダンテの第２話。少年の日々に戻る老人を描いたスティーヴン・スピルバーグの第３話。旧シリーズのエピソードをリメイクしたジョージ・ミラー担当の第４話。飛行機の翼の上に奇怪な怪物の姿を見た男の恐怖をダイナミックに描き出した最終話こそ、進歩したＳＦＸがその真価を発揮させてリメイクするにふさわしい好見本となっている。オープニングの懐かし番組テーマ曲当てもうれしい。1983年米。
One of Jerry Goldsmith’s greatest sci-fi/fantasy scores comes to CD in complete form: Twilight Zone: The Movie, the 1983 anthology film inspired by the classic Rod Serling TV series.
No composer was better suited to score the big-screen Twilight Zone adaptation than Jerry Goldsmith. By the early 1980s Goldsmith was a master in every genre of film, from intimate dramas to large-scale adventures, but he was particularly noted for his landmark scores for science fiction: Planet of the Apes, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Alien and more?including Poltergeist (1981), for Twilight Zone: The Movie producer and co-director Steven Spielberg, and the original Twilight Zone series, for which Goldsmith scored classic episodes like “The Invaders.”
With massive technical ability at his disposal, and an unerring gift for drama and melody, Goldsmith wrote brilliant accompaniment for the four segments of Twilight Zone: The Movie, blending the intimate and epic, traditional and modern:
“Time Out,” directed by John Landis and starring Vic Morrow as a bigot facing just desserts, features an astringent, percussive score not unlike Goldsmith’s efforts from the original Twilight Zone TV series.
“Kick the Can,” directed by Steven Spielberg, features a magical, emotional score brimming with warmth as the residents of a retirement home discover an unlikely Fountain of Youth.
“It’s a Good Life,” directed by Joe Dante, spotlights all-powerful boy who has kidnapped adults for companionship, including a bewildered schoolteacher (Kathleen Quinlan); Goldsmith’s haunting score blends a melancholy theme with ethereal impressionism and shrieking horror for Dante’s postmodern scares.
Finally, “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” directed by George Miller and starring John Lithgow as a terrified airline passenger who sees a monster on the wing, features brilliant psychological scoring with devilish moments (foreshadowing Goldsmith’s approach for Gremlins) and symphonic size.
Twilight Zone: The Movie was released on LP at the time of the film, a program since issued on CD in Japan and Germany. For the first time, FSM presents the complete, chronological score, with bonus tracks of the film’s songs (“Nights Are Forever,” by Goldsmith as featured on the LP, and “Anathesia” by Joseph Williams, previously unreleased) plus album edits of relevant cues. (The CD is carefully designed so that the LP sequence can be programmed if so desired.)
The complete score has been newly restored from the first-generation masters by Mike Matessino in cooperation with Bruce Botnick, Goldsmith’s longtime recording engineer and colleague who has mastered this CD. Matessino and Jeff Bond provide the authoritative liner notes.
＊FILM SCORE MONTHLYより抜粋
1. Main Title: Twilight Zone Theme (Marius Constant) 0:45
Time Out
2. Time Change/Questions/The Ledge 4:51
3. The K.K.K./Yellow Star 3:53
Kick the Can
4. Harp and Love 1:27
5. Weekend Visit 1:34
6. Kick the Can 0:37
7. Night Games 1:53
8. Young Again/Take Me With You/A New Guest 10:10
It’s a Good Life
9. I Remember/The House 2:29
10. The Picture/The Sister/I Didn’t Do It 1:20
11. Cartoon Monster 3:06
12. That’s All, Ethel 1:47
13. Teach Me/No More Tricks 3:54
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
14. Cabin Fever/Nervous Pills 2:38
15. No Smoking 2:06
16. On the Wing 1:20
17. A Face in the Window 2:10
18. Hungry Monster/Engine Failure 1:35
19. Overture (Twilight Zone Theme and End Title) 5:55
Total Score Time: 53:16
Additional Music and Alternates
20. Nights Are Forever (Sung by Jennifer Warner) 3:36
21. Anesthesia (Sung by Joseph Williams) 3:02
22. Time Change/Questions/The Ledge (Time Out: album edit) 3:01
23. Young Again/Take Me With You/A New Guest (Kick the Can: alternate segments) 5:01
24. Cartoon Monster/That’s All Ethel (It’s a Good Life: album edit) 4:28
25. Cartoon Music (It’s a Good Life) 1:26
26. On the Wing/A Face in the Window/Hungry Monster/Twilight Zone Theme (Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: album edit) 4:58
Total Time: 25:44
Total Disc Time: 79:10