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Not a blessed one in print- Alfred Newman's score for AIRPORT (1970) is a classic, with arguably one of the finest title themes of all time. The others are good in varying degrees of quaility. Prepare to put up some cake to get them.
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Not a blessed one in print- Alfred Newman's score for AIRPORT (1970) is a classic, with arguably one of the finest title themes of all time. The others are good in varying degrees of quaility. Prepare to put up some cake to get them.
Opinion heartily seconded! Newman's Main Title for the original Airport is why we go to the movies. (Too bad that Hunter/Seaton snoozefest had to follow, although Maureen Stapleton is rather heartbreaking.)
You likely already know, but Varese Sarabande reissued the original LP on disc in the 90s, but like STEVENJ says, it's currently OOP and fetching a bundle on eBay. Interesting subject, however. I'd love to have a multi-disc, non-boot collection of the Airport series -- even The Concorde: Airport '79!
AIRPORT is entertaining, but suffered from a feeble script. The movie was an enormous hit; I know, I saw it on Easter Sunday when it came out in the spring of 1970. In fact, it was one of the biggest blockbusters of all time for a while. Great cast and some real suspense at the climax.
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It would make one hell of a nice set if it were to get a re-release...
I just thought that bore repeating.
Airport (Alfred Newman)
Airport 75 (John Cacavas)
Airport 77 (John Cacavas)
The Concorde - Airport 79 (Lalo Schifirin)
And as long as we're dreaming why not add
Airplane! (Elmer Bernstein)
Of course, I'm sure it would be a licensing nightmare.
Oh to dream... the metallic gray box...
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Hey, if you're going to go all out, we might as well add the classic score to The High And The Mighty by Tiomkin and just call it the Aviation Box! 
Yes!! I've always wanted that one!!
But I guess it's not so much the Aviation box - rather the Fear Of Flying box. If you didn't just listen to the scores but instead did a marathon of the films you'd never want to set foot on an airplane again!
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I've always liked Gerhardt's take on the main theme on the Newman album.
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I've always liked Gerhardt's take on the main theme on the Newman album.
Another excellent take is Morton Gould's from that old DIGITAL SPACE lp, now also available on MORTON GOULD CONDUCTS FILM SCORES AND RARITIES on Citadel- a great little release by the way, including a terrificly good recording of Newman's 1931 STREET SCENE.
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I've still got that old silver foil AIRPORT lp boxed away, an original from Decca in 1970. The cd, too, of course.
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TRES kool, wasn't it? ... 
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TRES kool, wasn't it? ...
I remember buying it with allowance money at a discount department store here in Dallas called Medallion in the spring of 1970- I was in 8th grade. It was one of my first soundtrack purchases. I think it cost $4.99 which was a lot of dough to me back then.
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I have the old LP, too, and still play it from time to time. Decca red label, I think, but could be mistaken there.
Thanks for the tip on the Gould CD.
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I have the old LP, too, and still play it from time to time. Decca red label, I think, but could be mistaken there.
Thanks for the tip on the Gould CD.
Yes, the old Decca red lable, with the beautiful, smooth bevelled edges which I want to say stopped around 1972-1973 and gave way to flimsy, non- bevelled MCA releases.
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