Recommended by the Gramophone Film Music Good CD Guide

Space and Beyond

and

Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II

The City of Prague Philharmonic Conducted by Nic Raine
Crouch End Festival Chorus, Musical Director David Temple
Electronic Music Performed and Produced by Mark Ayres

Synthesiser Arrangements and Special Sound Effects Sequences by Mark Ayres


Silva Screen FILMXCD 185, 1996Silva Screen FILMXCD 190, 1997

Two double-CD sets of Science Fiction Film Music

Space and Beyond
Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II

Space and Beyond

Disc One

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Introduction from Also Spracht Zarathustra) Richard Strauss (1.52)
2. SFX - Apollo 13 lift-off (0.51)
3. Apollo 13 (Main Title) James Horner (2.59)
4. The Right Stuff (Finale) Bill Conti (4.43)
5. SFX - Accelerated Protein Synthesis in Alien Organism (1.02)
6. Species (End Titles) Christopher Young (7.47)
7. Lifeforce (End Title) Henry Mancini (4.04)
8. SFX - The Nostromo (1.00)
9. Alien (End Title) Jerry Goldsmith (3.50)
10. Capricorn One (Overture) Jerry Goldsmith (3.19)
11. Cocoon (Theme) James Horner (7.25)
12. SFX - Event Horizon (1.28)
13. The Black Hole (Suite) John Barry (4.55)
14. The Empire Strikes Back (Han Solo and the Princess) John Williams (4.11)
15. Heavy Metal (Taarna's Theme) Elmer Bernstein (5.38)
16. SFX - Dogfight (1.31)
17. Enemy Mine (Suite: Fyrine IV/Scavengers/Drac Holy Council/The Relationship) Maurice Jarre (9.37)
18. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (The Conversation Begins) John Williams (0.54)
19. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Main Title/Resolution and Finale) John Williams (7.21)

Disc Two

1. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Prelude: The Dawn of Man) Alex North (1.35)
2. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Station Docking) Alex North (2.52)
3. Star Wars (Main Title) John Williams (5.27)
4. SFX - Warp Drive (0.48)
5. Star Trek (TV Theme) Alexander Courage (2.21)
6. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (End Title) Jerry Goldsmith (3.58)
7. SFX - Away Team (0.53)
8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (Theme - Concert Version) Dennis McCarthy (3.55)
9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ("Life Support": He's Toast) Dennis McCarthy (3.40)
10. SFX - The Bridge (0.31)
11. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Overture) James Horner (6.32)
12. Star Trek IV: The Vayage Home (End Title) Leonard Rosenman (3.33)
13. Star Trek: The Next Generation ("Skin if Evil" - Tasha's Farewell) Ron Jones (9.16)
14. SFX - Battle Stations (0.33)
15. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (Life is a Dream) Jerry Goldsmith (4.02)
16. Star Trek: Voyager (Main Title) Jerry Goldsmith (2.01)
17. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (End Titles Suite) Cliff Eidelman (6.32)
18. SFX - Crash Landing (0.49)
19. Star Trek: Generations (Overture) Dennis McCarthy (4.39)

The City of Prague Philharmonic conducted by Nic Raine
The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra conducted by Mike Townend

All synthesisers arranged, performed and produced by Mark Ayres
Sound effects sequences specially created for this album by Mark Ayres

Produced by James Fitzpatrick

What the composers say...

Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II

This recording is recommended in the 1998 edition of
The Gramophone Film Music Good CD Guide

37 Tracks including themes from:

Mars Attacks
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Dune
Star Trek
The Thing From Another World
Stargate
Forbidden Planet
(new digital recording by Mark Ayres)
Contact
Starship Troopers
War of the Worlds
Invaders from Mars
V
Starman
Independence Day

and others

The City of Prague Philharmonic conducted by Nic Raine
The Crouch End Festival Chorus (Choir Master: David Temple)

All additional synthesisers arranged, performed and produced by Mark Ayres

Produced by James Fitzpatrick

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