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May 16, 2022 - 3:16 AM
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Hurdy Gurdy
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SPACECAMP
Composed and Conducted by JOHN WILLIAMS
INTRADA ISC 474
In composing the music, I’ve tried to express the exhilaration of this adventure in an orchestral
idiom that would be direct and accessible... speaking directly to the “heart” of the matter.
--John Williams
Intrada, in cooperation with ABC and Sony Music Entertainment, presents the long-sought expansion of John Williams' glorious score to 1986 feature film SpaceCamp. Williams' approach was to focus on the magic and mystery of space and the emotions surrounding the adventure of orbital flight. While strong conclusions to film scores are a rarity these days, Williams brings the adventure to a close with not one, but two thundering endings ("Home Again" and "SpaceCamp"). Interestingly, the beautiful, soaring style he brought to SpaceCamp is a style he carried over into the following years' Witches of Eastwick (the largely unused ballroom sequence) and parts of Empire of the Sun, before moving on stylistically. The original RCA program (issued twice by Intrada) was fairly comprehensive, save a handful of missing cues, the most striking omission being the "Arriving At Daedalus" cue, featuring a thrilling fanfare, distinct from any other part of the score.
For this release, producer Mike Matessino built the complete score program from Armin Steiner's original three-track film mixes, featuring a breathtaking and sweeping clarity to the score. This is featured on disc 1, along with three extras. Disc 2 presents the original RCA program as mixed for record by Len Engel from a newly mastered hi-res transfer of the 1/4" album master. Matessino also wrote the detailed liner notes within.
The film fits in with many other summer adventures of the 1980s, putting kids at the center and heart of the story. Here, a talking experimental robot instructs NASA computers to turn a shuttle engine test into a launch that will send teenaged astronaut trainees into space. Together they must get past their angst and work together to return home safely.
INTRADA ISC 474
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For track listing and sound samples, please visit https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12523/.f
CD 1 THE FILM SCORE
01. Main Title (3:10)
02. The Jinx Connection* (0:31)
03. Friends Forever (2:23)
04. Training Montage (2:07)
05. The Computer Room (1:55)
06. Jinx Commits* (1:19)
07. The Shuttle (5:10)
08. In Orbit (3:19)
09. Insufficient Oxygen (3:25)
10. Arriving At Daedalus And Morse Code* (2:09)
11. Viewing Daedalus (2:50)
12. I Can’t Reach It* (1:51)
13. Max Finds Courage (2:24)
14. Max Breaks Loose (2:25)
15. Rudy Comes Through* (1:38)
16. Andie Is Stranded (4:13)
17. White Sands (Film Version) (3:41)
18. Re-Entry (4:00)
19. Home Again (3:34)
20. SpaceCamp (4:12)
Total Score Time: 56:43)
THE EXTRAS
21. Main Title (Film Version)* (3:14)
22. White Sands [Album Edit] (6:57)
23. Home Again (Short Version) (2:44)
Total Extras: 13:05
Total Disc Time: 69:53
*previously unreleased
CD 2 ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
01. Main Title (3:08)
02. Training Montage (2:02)
03. The Shuttle (5:05)
04. The Computer Room (1:56)
05. Friends Forever (2:22)
06. In Orbit (3:15)
07. White Sands (6:55)
08. SpaceCamp (4:09)
09. Viewing Daedalus (2:48)
10. Max Breaks Loose (2:23)
11. Andie Is Stranded (4:11)
12. Max Finds Courage (2:22)
13. Re-Entry (3:57)
14. Home Again (3:33)
Total Time: 48:36
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As I said elsewhere, I only had the jappo cd so splashed out on this one. As Barry Norman supposedly said -"and why not?"
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May 16, 2022 - 4:53 AM
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pete
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This was a score I was not familiar with in the early 90s, then I got Erich Kunzel's fantastic album "Star TRACKS II"
That was my first introduction to the score too, and it was very early in my film score collecting days - perhaps one of the first five CDs - way back in 1989/90, so it was also my introduction to (away from the films at least): Star Trek 2, The Right Stuff, and Star Trek The Motion Picture. What a great CD that was, and I still prefer Erich's slightly faster
"Space Camp" over Williams' - yes, it's written as two seperate words on the cover and back!
Does anyone know if Williams' ever performed the credits piece in concert? I imagine he probably didn't around the release of the film due to the Challenger disaster, but by golly, I think it would make for a great concert opener.
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May 16, 2022 - 5:22 AM
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danbeck
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That was my first introduction to the score too, and it was very early in my film score collecting days - perhaps one of the first five CDs - way back in 1989/90, so it was also my introduction to (away from the films at least): Star Trek 2, The Right Stuff, and Star Trek The Motion Picture. What a great CD that was, and I still prefer Erich's slightly faster
"Space Camp" over Williams' - yes, it's written as two seperate words on the cover and back!
That CD was early in my collecting carrer also. At the time 90/91 I started to focus on acquiring CDs instead of the LPs I had been collecting since a few years earlier.
My first soundtrack CDs were Back To The Future and Back To The Future II. Then, as my late father used to travel a lot on business I started giving him long lists of scores (a lot of which did not in fact existed like "Jaws The Revenge") and he would pass on a record store give the list to someone there and return with one or two CDs (out of the dozens that were on my list), more often than not different to what was in my list and sometimes those awful 70+ minutes of music CDs with cheap synth/"elevator" compilations of rerecorded themes from film scores. I remember when I got "Star Tracks II" I thought: Oh No! Another elevator music compilation! It was Star Trek dad, not Star Tracks! To then being pleasantly surprised by the fantastic sound and energy of the Kunzel's recording.
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Hey, kEv, maybe this could be the start of something. When a new release comes out we could have two threads. One for the fans and one for the cranks. Wot sez us.
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As a teenager and already Williams fan I immediately bought the LP and loved the score (did not see the film, it played only for a week or so at our local cinema).
Then, years later, I bought the CD. And now I have ordered the new expansion and look forward to this fabulous score once again.
One of my favorite Williams scores.
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I am always happy when I see such wonderful releases; I am happy regardless of whether I already own them or intend to buy them, and I am certainly happy for every Intrada, Lalaland, Music Box, Quartet, Varèse or whatever release to be successful. The more success these releases have, the more the labels will continue to release stuff, I don't see how this can't be win-win. SPACECAMP is a good score, I was very happy when Intrada re-released the score in 2010, as I missed the 1986 release. And I was happy in 2014 when the re-released it for those who missed it in 2010. And now it's great to see it back in print and even expanded in 2022.
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