Lost In Space: Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Three

John Williams - Lost In Space: Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Three

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Artist: John Williams
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1999-11-16
Music Label: GNP Crescendo Records
Soundtracks:

The Derelict: Rescued From Space/The Comet Cometh - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Lost In Space Main Title - Season One - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Derelict Title/Don Rescues John And Maureen - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: The Robot Performs - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Writing In The Log/Family - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: The Treament/Swallowed - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Flashing Lights/Frontal Robotomy - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Filmy Spider Web/Crystalline Power Source - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Smart Kid/Bubble Monster - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: Lift Off - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
The Derelict: New Planet/Continued Next Week - Hans J. Salter/Herman Stein/Richard LaSalle
My Friend Mr. Nobody: Wonderland Discovery - John Williams
My Friend Mr. Nobody: Hairstyle Book/Penny's Friend/Diamonds/Penny/Diamond Play Off - John Williams
My Friend Mr. Nobody: Penny's Cave/To The Cave/Gathering Wild Flowers/Moving Rocks - John Williams
My Friend Mr. Nobody: Mother & Daughter/Penny's Problem - John Williams
My Friend Mr. Nobody: Storm Coming Up/A New Galaxy - John Williams
My Friend Mr. Nobody: Lost In Space End Credit - John Williams
Bonus Track: Lost In Space - John Williams
Unused 2nd Season Main Title - Warren Barker

Music reviews of Lost In Space: Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Three

Music Review: Great music NOT written by John Williams
Rating: 4 Stars

This is a wonderful release and essential for any fan of sci-fi television music, as it shows the talent that went into scores a few decades ago (as opposed to some of the dreck we get on TV these days). The recordings are beautifully preserved, and the choice of scores excellent. While it's always nice to hear early scores by John Williams, the real treasure here is Herman Stein's music from the episode THE DERELICT. While Richard LaSalle and Hans J. Salter also contributed to this score, it's Stein's work that is so powerful. Musically, I have no complaints about this CD all.

My BIG complaint, however, has to do with the liner notes. Unlike the terrific notes that accompanied earlier volumes in the series, and which actually informed you about the music and the composers, these notes are mostly self-congratulatory, telling the reader the wonderful job that GNP Crescendo is doing by releasing these scores. Reading what is essentially a press release is NOT my idea of informative liner notes. And, while it's nice to know what Angela Cartwright and Jonathan Harris think about the music from the series, I don't want to hear their opinions to the exclusion of somebody who KNOWS something about the music, but that's what happened here.

On the unforgivable side, the composers themselves are given very short shrift in the notes, as the producer tells us that the show's famous "family" theme "was NOT written by John Williams," and then he doesn't even tell us who DID write it! It was, in fact, Stein.

Similarly, the CD is indexed so that more than one composer contributes to certain index marks, but there is no timing information to tell us where one composer's music ends and another's begins. This is not very respectful to the composers or to the fans who want to know who exactly wrote this music. I hope that in the future, there's less patting themselves on the back and a little more patting the composers on the back by treating their music with a little more respect.

To sum up: great music; poor presentation for those of us who care about film and TV music.

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