Switching Venues

I will be changing venues on my post very soon. In fact Sunday will be a brand new site. I will no longer have postings for soundtrack alley on blogger. From Sunday on it will be Wordpress. My url will be soundtrackalley.net and you will still get the same wonderful soundtracks week after week. I just realized I needed something better and hope you all enjoy it. Until Sunday then see ya.

Blade Runner

Do androids dream of electric sheep? Phillip K. Dick explained it well in his book that the movie Blade Runner is based upon. Is it similar to the book? In a word, No. The book is very different from Ridley Scott's vision of the future with a film noir touch to everything. We get Harrison Ford, Rudger Hauer, and Sean Young. This vision of the future brought many sci-fi fans together to enjoy an experience that many hadn't seen and probably wouldn't be repeated. The score is very different from other peices of music. It definately has an other worldly feel. Also it has the classic detective feel as well. Things are very different in this movie but also people keep hoping that there will be a sequel. I enjoy this score for what it is and Vangelis does a great job.

Here is the Amazon link to the Score. You also get the digital version along with the physical CD.

Here is the link to ITunes for the Blade Runner trilogy.

Would you like to hear some clips?

This is the main theme to Blade Runner.

Blade Runner Blues.

Rachel's Song

The Love theme

And Finally...

The entire score. I hope you enjoy.

Next Week The Last Unicorn. See ya then!

Conan The Barbarian

The Cimereon comes to you from the dark hills of his country, he seeks to ravage and be a conquerer! He goes up against James Earl Jones, He goes on a quest to defeat an enemy. The score is done by Basil Poledouris who is well known for scores like The Hunt for Red October, and Cherry 2000, and many others.. This score is full of epic fantasy themes, it gives us Fantasy in a way that we don't get now. I really like this score. It reminds me of Red Sonja as well. Anyway I don't have much more to talk about except that the real plot is basic revenge. A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to avenge his tribe and his parents whom were slain by an evil sorcerer and his warriors when he was a boy. 

Here is the link to Amazon for Conan the Barbarian soundtrack

Here is the ITunes link for Conan the Barbarian

Would you like to hear some clips? I thought so. 

This is the main theme.

Riddle of Steel/Riders of Doom

Recovery

The Kitchen/The Orgy

One of my favorites...The Anvil of Crom

and Finally...

The complete Score!

Well that's it this week guys. Hope you enjoyed it.
Next Week Blade Runner! See ya then.

The Dark Crystal

This movie is about

1. Jen (Stephen Garlick), raised by the noble race called the Mystics, has been told that he is the last survivor of his own race, the Gelflings. He sets out to try to find a shard of the dark crystal, a powerful gem that once provided balance to the universe. After the crystal was broken, the evil Skeksis used sinister means to gain control. Jen believes that he can repair the dark crystal and bring peace back to the world, if he can only find the remaining shard. Its an epic Fantasy with Jim Hensen's muppetry at its finest. It can be really creepy, but it never was meant to be kid friendly. Jim Hensen went for a dark feel to the movie and stayed with it til the very end, when you get the happy ending.

The score is done by Trevor Jones and its really a good score, great fantasy feel and very sweeping movements. I really enjoyed this score.

Here is the link to Amazon for the 25th Anniversary edition to the score.

You can't get the soundtrack on ITunes but I'm sure you can find it from soundtrack.net. Anyway here are some clips I enjoyed from the film. I hope you like them as well.

This is the theme

This is the love theme between the Gelflings.

This is the Gelfling song Anything on Ocarina.

This is called the Pod Dance

The Forest Scene, a bit much.

The Trevor Jones Dark Crystal Suite

Finally the whole score soundtrack!

Well that is all this week. Hope you all enjoyed it,

Next week Conan The Barbarian! See ya then!

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a movie about one man's quest for revenge. Kirk settled Khan and his crew from the Botany Bay ship on a planet some fifteen years before during the five year mission and Now Khan has escaped that hellish planet  in which he meets Chekov and his Captain whom he puts under mind control.  The score is done by James Horner and is fantastical, beautiful and sweeping. The music takes you on the journey, seeing the evil creatures that Khan uses to take over minds, to see the dead bodies on the science station and the ultimate return of the Enterprise. The most saddest moment in the film though is when Spock sacrifices himself for the good of the many.
His quote "The good of the many outway the good of the few, or the one". This is one of my favorite scores! Its music continues to envoke a spirit of adventure in films that isn't there right now. I hope someday that people realize we need to inspire the imagination once again with movies or we lose all enjoyment out of the movie experience.

I have the links to Amazon, the first is the Expanded Soundtrack.

I also have the mp3 link to the soundtrack on Amazon

Here is the ITunes link the the soundtrack as well.

I have clips to share with you...

This of course is the entire theme

Next we give you Genesis...

I like that peice...

Clear all morings is next here.

Surprise Attack

Finally the Epilogue and End Titles.

Oh for an extra bonus...

The Entire Score!

Next Week The Dark Crystal see ya then!

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

E.T. The Extra Terrestrial is a film about an alien who is stranded on Earth after his kind accedentily left him behind. What moves forward is kids learning about him, having adventures and glowing fingers. The military get involved and everything gets dangerous for awhile but then in the end E.T.'s alien family come back for him. This movie was alright, but the soundtrack was amazing, once again John Williams blows us away with a story in music with the sweeping score that carries us through the film.  

Here is the Amazon link for E.T.

There is no link for ITunes but get it from Amazon and you also get a Autorip which is a digital download.

Want some clips? You know I do!

Here we go...

This is the suite to the film.

Main Titles

Far From Home

The Magic of Halloween

Escape and Chase

Finally The End Credits

There were a lot of clips, there also were a lot of tracks to this soundtrack. Hope you enjoyed it!
Next week Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan! See ya then.

The Road Warrior

The Road Warrior, some could say the Best Mad Max film of the trilogy. Also you could say a much better soundtrack than the first film. Once again Brian May steps up to bring this world of crazy cars, insane drivers and maniac villians to life! We once again find Max helping a small community with plenty of gas against a band of bandits. Thus the weird outfits and postapocalyptic clothes.
The music soars higher than the first film and the action is more intense. I really like this soundtrack and have added it.

Here is the Amazon link to the score!

Here is the ITunes link to the score.

Would you like to hear some clips from the film?

Here you go...

This is our first score sound for the film...

This is called the Chase is on!

This is for a Montage which is one of the best tropes of the film.

The Lord Humungus

Finally...

The final Scene!

Well thats all I have for you this week. Next week E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. See ya then!