Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere release of the score to a 1950s sci-fi Big Bug film:
MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL
Composed and Conducted by Albert Glasser
What can you say about Monster from Green Hell that hasn’t already been said? Directed by Kenneth Crane (When Hell Broke Loose, The Manster), and written by Endre Bohem and Louis Vittes, Monster from Green Hell was released in 1957 on a double bill with The Brain from Planet Arous. It opened to rave reviews and was one of the highest-grossing films of 1957. Now that we’ve gotten past the alternative facts part, in writing about Monster from Green Hell, critic Glenn Erickson praised it by saying, “Unadulterated awfulness.”
One of a spate of big bug pictures, this one has something to do with scientists sending small animals into space to see if the gamma rays produce mutations. Hint: They do. For a film like Monster from Green Hell, one needs the perfect composer, and they got him - Albert Glasser, whose music graced some of the most beloved and classic low-budget films of the 1950s, including several other big bug movies like Beginning of the End and Earth vs. the Spider, as well as such other films as The Cyclops, The Amazing Colossal Man, Attack of the Puppet People, War of the Colossal Beast, and The Boy and the Pirates.
Albert Glasser’s music for Monster from Green Hell is classic Glasser - all blaring brass and screeching strings and jagged rhythms, bombastically keeping the movie trudging along for all of its seventy-three endless minutes, and making it seem like something is actually happening. Glasser was an expert at this kind of thing, and clearly in his musical element.
This release was prepared from Albert Glasser’s own tapes and our restoration expert, Chris Malone, has done his always-masterful job in transferring them and making them sound as good as possible.
Monster from Green Hell is limited to 1000 copies only -KRITZERLAND
2017年3月上旬発売
トラックリスト
1. Prologue 2. Main Titles 3. Rocket Off Course to Africa 4. Death in Green Hell 5. The Mutant Wasp 6. Leave of Absence/Dr. Lawrence, I Presume 7. Natives Killed 8. Scientists in the Jungle 9. Unfriendly Natives Rally 10. No Water/Poisoned Waterhole 11. Dr. Lawrence Dead 12. Preparing for Green Hell 13. Village Destroyed 14. Snake vs. Wasp 15. Wasps Around the Campfire 16. Hiking by the Volcano 17. Final Thoughts/Finale 18. Jungle Jazz 19. Unused Cue 20. Monster from Green Hell (alternate)
50年代の名物SFプロデューサーと気鋭の特撮スタッフが組んだ伝説の巨大昆虫パニック・ムービー!作曲家所有のテープから復刻して、ついにサウンドトラックが世界初リリース！限定1000枚。
トラックリストブラディ博士とモーガン博士は原子力ロケットの打ち上げ実験を行うが、軌道を外れたロケットは“緑の地獄”と呼ばれるアフリカの密林地帯に墜落。以来、その付近で巨大なハチのような怪物が出現し、人や動物が襲われるという怪事件が発生する。噂を聞きつけたブラディ博士とモーガン博士は現地を訪れ、調査を開始。二人は、怪物の正体を実験用にロケットに載せたスズメバチが放射能により突然変異したものではと推論していた。監督： ケネス・Ｇ・クレイン、出演： ジム・デイヴィス、バーバラ・ターナー、ロバート・グリフィン。1958年米。
Kritzerland is proud to present a world premiere release of the score to a 1950s sci-fi Big Bug film:
MONSTER FROM GREEN HELL
Composed and Conducted by Albert Glasser
What can you say about Monster from Green Hell that hasn’t already been said? Directed by Kenneth Crane (When Hell Broke Loose, The Manster), and written by Endre Bohem and Louis Vittes, Monster from Green Hell was released in 1957 on a double bill with The Brain from Planet Arous. It opened to rave reviews and was one of the highest-grossing films of 1957. Now that we’ve gotten past the alternative facts part, in writing about Monster from Green Hell, critic Glenn Erickson praised it by saying, “Unadulterated awfulness.”
One of a spate of big bug pictures, this one has something to do with scientists sending small animals into space to see if the gamma rays produce mutations. Hint: They do. For a film like Monster from Green Hell, one needs the perfect composer, and they got him - Albert Glasser, whose music graced some of the most beloved and classic low-budget films of the 1950s, including several other big bug movies like Beginning of the End and Earth vs. the Spider, as well as such other films as The Cyclops, The Amazing Colossal Man, Attack of the Puppet People, War of the Colossal Beast, and The Boy and the Pirates.
Albert Glasser’s music for Monster from Green Hell is classic Glasser - all blaring brass and screeching strings and jagged rhythms, bombastically keeping the movie trudging along for all of its seventy-three endless minutes, and making it seem like something is actually happening. Glasser was an expert at this kind of thing, and clearly in his musical element.
This release was prepared from Albert Glasser’s own tapes and our restoration expert, Chris Malone, has done his always-masterful job in transferring them and making them sound as good as possible.
Monster from Green Hell is limited to 1000 copies only -KRITZERLAND
2017年3月上旬発売
1. Prologue
2. Main Titles
3. Rocket Off Course to Africa
4. Death in Green Hell
5. The Mutant Wasp
6. Leave of Absence/Dr. Lawrence, I Presume
7. Natives Killed
8. Scientists in the Jungle
9. Unfriendly Natives Rally
10. No Water/Poisoned Waterhole
11. Dr. Lawrence Dead
12. Preparing for Green Hell
13. Village Destroyed
14. Snake vs. Wasp
15. Wasps Around the Campfire
16. Hiking by the Volcano
17. Final Thoughts/Finale
18. Jungle Jazz
19. Unused Cue
20. Monster from Green Hell (alternate)