THEMES TO COME, PART TWO
A Chronology of Music For Earth's Future
By Scott Bettencourt
I have included any film involving World War III or other forms of apocalypse
(biological, religious, etc.). I have also included many films which may
not be explicitly set in the future but which depict technological advancements
which make them seem, at the least, "futuristic."
But first, a few words from our readers with additions to Part
One:
From: "Rory Monteith" <Haristas@aol.com>
You forgot in your list to include a nifty low-budget '50s
SF film titled "World Without End" (1956). Its music was done by Leith
Stevens. The film is plays like a cheesy combo of 1960's "The Time Machine"
and the first two "Planet of the Apes" movies (1968 & '70).
From: "Eric Paddon" <EPaddon@aol.com>
1982
"WORLD WAR III" - Gil Melle
Titles in quotation marks denote television programs
1985
BRAZIL - Michael Kamen
Score CD on Milan
CITY LIMITS - Mitchell Froom
DAY OF THE DEAD - John Harrison
Score CD on Numenorean
LIFEFORCE - Henry Mancini
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME - Maurice Jarre
Score and song CD on GNP Crescendo
THE QUIET EARTH - John Charles
Score CD on Label X
TRANCERS - Phil Davies, Mark Ryder
1986
DEAD-END DRIVE IN - Frank Strangio
SHORT CIRCUIT - David Shire
4:01 rerecorded for the Edel compilation Highlander: Best of Fantasy
STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME - Leonard Rosenman
Score CD on MCA
WHOOPS APOCALYPSE - Patrick Gowers
WIRED TO KILL - Russell Ferrante
1987
"AMERIKA" - Basil Poledouris
1:41 rerecorded for the Edel compilation Highlander: Best of Fantasy
INNERSPACE - Jerry Goldsmith
Soundtrack on Geffen features 25:37 of score
"MAX HEADROOM" - Cory Lerios
1:05 on the TVT Records CD TV's Greatest Hits vol. 7
ROBOCOP - Basil Poledouris
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
THE RUNNING MAN - Harold Faltermeyer
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
1988
AKIRA - Yamashiro Shoji
Score CD on JVC
ALIEN NATION - Curt Sobel
Sobel's score replaced a score by Jerry Goldsmith; neither score is
available on CD
CHERRY 2000 - Basil Poledouris
Out-of-print, extremely rare score CD released by Varese Sarabande
CD Club
1989
"ALIEN NATION"
GNP Crescendo released a CD featuring music from the following episodes
(and for those who are curious about such things, TV composer Steve Dorff
is the father of actor Stephen Dorff):
CHAINS OF LOVE - David Kurtz
CONTACT - Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt
CROSSING THE LINE - Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt
FIFTEEN WITH WANDA - David Kurtz
GENERATION TO GENERATION - Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt
GIMME, GIMME - David Kurtz
LITTLE LOST LAMB - David Kurtz
THE NIGHT OF SCREAMS - David Kurtz
PARTNERS - Steve Dorff, Larry Herbstritt
REAL MEN - David Kurtz
REBIRTH -David Kurtz
TAKE OVER - David Kurtz
THREE TO TANGO - David Kurtz
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II - Alan Silvestri
Score CD on MCA
BILL AND TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE - David Newman
5:47 rerecorded for the Edel compilation Best of Science-Fiction
CLASS OF 1999 - Michael Hoenig
CYBORG - Kevin Bassinson
Score CD on Edel
DEEPSTAR SIX - Harry Manfredini
Score CD on Intrada
LEVIATHAN - Jerry Goldsmith
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
SLIPSTREAM - Elmer Bernstein
THUNDER III - Francesco De Masi
Score CD on Beat
1990
AKIRA KUROSAWA'S DREAMS - Shinichiro Ikebe
24:38 available on the multi-CD Japanese import set Kurosawa
THE BLOOD OF HEROES - Todd Boekelheide
Score CD on Intrada
CRASH AND BURN - Richard Band
Score CD on Intrada
FRANKENSTEIN UNBOUND - Carl Davis
9:44 rerecorded for the Silva compilation A History of Horror
THE HANDMAID'S TALE - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Score CD on GNP Crescendo
HARDWARE - Simon Boswell
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
PREDATOR 2 - Alan Silvestri
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
ROBOCOP 2 - Leonard Rosenman
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
ROBOTJOX - Frederic Talgorn
Score CD on Prometheus
TOTAL RECALL - Jerry Goldsmith
Expanded Deluxe Edition Score CD on Varese Sarabande
1991
BILL AND TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY - David Newman
"DEADLOCK" - Richard Gibbs
Score CD on Silva
EVE OF DESTRUCTION - Philippe Sarde
Score CD on Colosseum
HIGHLANDER 2: THE QUICKENING - Stewart Copeland
14:06 of the score released on the Edel CD Highlander: The Final
Dimension
THE RAPTURE - Thomas Newman
Soundtrack CD on Polydor, featuring 21:02 of Newman's score
STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY - Cliff Eidelman
Score CD on MCA
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY - Brad Fiedel
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD - Graeme Revell
Song CD on Warner Bros. featuring 5:31 of Revell's score
1992
DELICATESSEN - Carlos D'Alessio
Score CD on Remark
FREEJACK - Trevor Jones
Song CD on Morgan Creek, featuring 4:30 of score
"MANN & MACHINE" - Mark Mothersbaugh
MEMOIRS OF AN INVISIBLE MAN - Shirley Walker
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
SPLIT SECOND - Stephen Parsons, Francis Haines
Score CD on Milan
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER - Christopher Franke
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
1993
DEMOLITION MAN - Elliot Goldenthal
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
FORTRESS - Frederic Talgorn
Score released on a composer promo CD
JURASSIC PARK - John Williams
Score CD on MCA
MANDROID - David Arkenstone
1:59 on the Moonstone CD Main Title Madness
NEMESIS - Michel Rubini
Score CD on High Tide
ROBOCOP 3 - Basil Poledouris
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
ROBOT WARS - David Arkenstone
Score CD on Moonstone
"SEA QUEST DSV"
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande, featuring music from the following
episodes:
KNIGHT OF SHADOWS - John Debney
SUCH GREAT PATIENCE - John Debney
TO BE OR NOT TO BE - John Debney
"WILD PALMS" - Ryuichi Sakamoto
Score CD on Capitol
1994
THE CROW - Graeme Revell
Score CD released on Varese Sarabande
DOUBLE DRAGON - Jay Ferguson
Soundtrack on Milan, featuring 18:05 of score
FIST OF THE NORTH STAR - Christopher Stone
Score CD released by Intrada, paired with Ticks
JUNIOR - James Newton Howard
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande
NO ESCAPE - Graeme Revell
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande
"ROBOCOP" - Glenn Morley
"THE STAND" - W.G. Snuffy Walden
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
STREET FIGHTER - Graeme Revell
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande
"TEKWAR" - David Michael Frank
TIMECOP - Mark Isham
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande
1995
THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN - Angelo Badalamenti
Score CD on Point
JOHNNY MNEMONIC - Brad Fiedel
Song CD on Columbia, featuring 5:17 of Fiedel's score
JUDGE DREDD - Alan Silvestri
Score CD on Epic; Jerry Goldsmith was originally hired to write the
score, but had to back out due to a scheduling conflict. Goldsmith did
score the trailer, and his music can be heard on the Varese CD Hollywood
95.
STRANGE DAYS - Graeme Revell
TWELVE MONKEYS - Paul Buckmaster
Score CD released by MCA
VIRTUOSITY - Christopher Young
Score released as a composer promo CD
WATERWORLD - James Newton Howard
Score CD on MCA
1996
BARB WIRE - Michel Colombier
"COLD LAZARUS" - Christopher Gunning
Score CD released by Silva, paired with Karaoke
THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS - Graeme Revell
Score CD on Hollywood
ESCAPE FROM L.A. - Shirley Walker, John Carpenter
Score CD on Milan
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU - Gary Chang
Score CD on Milan
LAWNMOWER MAN 2: BEYOND CYBERSPACE - Robert Folk
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
MULTIPLICITY - George Fenton
9:56 of the score was released on the rare promo CD Sony Pictures
Film Music 1996
SOLO - Christopher Franke
10:03 was released on the Sonic Images CD Christopher Franke: New
Music For Films vol. 2
STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT - Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith
Score CD on GNP Crescendo
1997
CRASH - Howard Shore
Score CD on Milan
EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT - Mickey Erbe, Maribeth Solomon
Score CD released on Sonic Images, featuring music from the following
episodes:
ATAVUS
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL
BLISS
CROSSFIRE
DECISION
DEFECTOR
DÉJÀ VU
DIMENSIONS
FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY
THE GAUNTLET
IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND
ISABEL
LAW & ORDER
MOONSCAPE
OLD FLAME
ONE MAN'S CASTLE
PAYBACK
REDEMPTION
SANDOVAL'S RUN
SECOND CHANCE
THE SECRET OF STRANDHILL
SLEEPERS
TRUTH
VOLUNTEERS
THE END OF VIOLENCE - Ry Cooder
Score CD on Outpost
FACE/OFF - John Powell
Score CD on Hollywood
THE FIFTH ELEMENT - Eric Serra
Score CD released by Virgin
GATTACA - Michael Nyman
Score CD released by Virgin
THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK - John Williams
Score CD released by MCA
OPEN YOUR EYES - Alejandro Amenabar
Score CD released by Virign in Spain as Abre los ojos
THE POSTMAN - James Newton Howard
Score CD on Warner Sunset
STARSHIP TROOPERS - Basil Poledouris
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande
1998
THE AVENGERS - Joel McNeely
Score CD released by Compass III
"BATMAN BEYOND"
Score CD on Rhino, featuring cues by Kristopher Carter, Michael
McCuistion, Lolita Ritmanis and Shirley Walker
LOST IN SPACE - Bruce Broughton
Expanded score CD released by Intrada
SPECIES II - Edward Shearmur
Score CD released by TVT
SPHERE - Elliot Goldenthal
Score CD released by Varese Sarabande
THE TRUMAN SHOW - Burkhard Dallwitz, Philip Glass
Score CD released by Milan
ZONE 39 - Burkhard Dallwitz
3:37 featured on a Dallwitz composer promo compilation
1999
BICENTENNIAL MAN - James Horner
Score CD on Sony
EXISTENZ - Howard Shore
Score CD on RCA
FORTRESS 2 - Christopher Franke
"FUTURAMA" - Christopher Tyng
INSPECTOR GADGET - John Debney
Score CD released as a composer promo
LAST NIGHT - Alexina Louie, Alex Pauk
Soundtrack CD on Sony featuring 14:23 of score
THE MATRIX - Don Davis
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
MYSTERY MEN - Stephen Warbeck, Shirley Walker
THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR - Harald Kloser
Score CD on Milan
UNIVERSAL SOLDIER: THE RETURN - Don Davis
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
"ZENON: GIRL OF THE 21ST CENTURY" - Phil Marshall
3:19 featured on the Hollywood Records compilation CD Hears PremEars
Vol. 1
2000
"BATMAN BEYOND: RETURN OF THE JOKER - Kristopher Carter
Score CD on Rhino
BATTLEFIELD EARTH - Elia Cmiral
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
THE CELL - Howard Shore
Score CD on New Line
THE CROW: SALVATION - Marco Beltrami
Score CD on Koch
HOLLOW MAN - Jerry Goldsmith
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
LEFT BEHIND - James Covell
Score CD on Reunion
MISSION TO MARS - Ennio Morricone
Score CD on Hollywood Records
"ON THE BEACH" - Christopher Gordon
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
"ROBOCOP: PRIME DIRECTIVES" - Norman Orenstein
Score CD on GNP Crescendo
THE 6TH DAY - Trevor Rabin
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
X-MEN Michael Kamen
Score CD on Decca
2001
A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - John Williams
Score CD released by Warner Bros.; an extremely rare, two-disc Oscar
promo features 111:09 of the score, including the movie versions of "The
Moon Rising" and "Rouge City," as well as several cues featuring "David's
theme" which is heard nowhere on the official CD
"ENTERPRISE"
Music from the pilot episode "Broken Bow" by Dennis McCarthy
(set partly on Earth) is available on CD from Decca
FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN - Elliot Goldenthal
Score CD on Sony
JURASSIC PARK III - Don Davis
Score CD from MCA
SERIES 7: THE CONTENDERS - Girls Against Boys
Score CD from Chapter III
TITAN A.E. - Graeme Revell
VANILLA SKY - Nancy Wilson
Score available only as a rare Oscar promo
2002
BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER - Don Davis
Score CD imminent from Varese Sarabande
CQ - Mellow
Score CD on Emperor Norton
JASON X - Harry Manfredini
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
THE LAST MAN - Woody Jackson, Ivan Knight
METROPOLIS - Toshiyuki Honda
Score CD on Domo
MINORITY REPORT - John Williams
Score CD on Dreamworks
REIGN OF FIRE - Edward Shearmur
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
THE TIME MACHINE - Klaus Badelt
Score CD on Varese Sarabande
2003
EQUILIBRIUM - Klaus Badelt
THE MATRIX RELOADED - Don Davis
THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS - Don Davis
X2 - John Ottman
A NOTE TO CONCERNED READERS: Have no fear; Thursday
columns at Film Score Daily won't always be genre score chronologies. I
am beginning research on an exhaustive series of articles on the films
and scores inspired by one of America's best-selling novelists, who is
also a screenwriter and director (that should narrow it down a lot -- and
no, it isn't Stephen King, who is a terrific novelist but one of the worst
screenwriters alive). So keep tuning in (or logging on) on Thursdays, even
though you'll still have to wade through more chronologies (what -- do
you expect me to work for a living?). -- Scott Bettencourt.
MailBag@filmscoremonthly.com
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