| | Steven Spielbergs Amazing Stor Amazing Stories Soundtrack CD
Contains music from the episodes "The Mission" and "Dorothy And Ben."
Original scores composed by John Williams and Georges Delerue.
Liner Note Author: Robert Townson.
Recording information: City Halls, Glasgow, Scotland (04/28/1998-05/??/1998).
The short-lived Amazing Stories was producer Steven Spielberg's attempt to revive the anthology format of past television classics like The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits -- in addition to Spielberg's longtime collaborator John Williams, the series also featured music from composers including Jerry Goldsmith and Georges Delerue, and while an earlier Varese Sarabande CD featured 1999 re-recordings of two Amazing Stories scores newly performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, this two-disc Intrada collection continues the specialty label's ongoing efforts to make available the original sessions. Goldsmith's austere, evocative "Boo!" suite is a clear highlight -- teamed with regular collaborator Joe Dante, the composer stripped his arrangements of all contemporary artifice to create music firmly of a piece with his vintage Twilight Zone efforts. Also evoking film music's past is David Shire's tongue-in-cheek "Hell Toupee," which updates postwar monster movie scores to delightful effect. But Delerue's gorgeous "Dorothy and Ben" proves most memorable, with a thoughtfulness and poignancy rare in any medium, let alone television. ~ Jason Ankeny
John Williams-Composer Amazing Stories Soundtrack Music Steven Spielbergs Amazing Stor Amazing Stories Soundtrack Songs | 1. | Main Title |
| 2. | Mission, The |
| 3. | Jinxed One, The |
| 4. | Broken Landing Gear |
| 5. | Captain's Frustration, The |
| 6. | Parachute, The |
| 7. | Control Tower, The |
| 8. | I'm Father McKay |
| 9. | Good-Byes |
| 10. | Jonathan Begins to Draw |
| 11. | Landing, The |
| 12. | Twenty Three Thousand Dollars |
| 13. | Wrinkles |
| 14. | Be Quiet |
| 15. | Ben Leaves |
| 16. | Face Changes |
| 17. | Dorothy |
| 18. | End Title |
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