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The penultimate collection ...
Muisic of the Spheres
The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection
SciFi Album gift
Away From to be a Collectible Peace

The Science Fiction Album
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000066HE5
Release Date: 2005-02-08

Tracks:

2001: A Space Odyssey
Aliens
Sound Effect - The Nostromo
Alien
A.I.
Armageddon
Sound Effect - Apollo 13 Lift-off
Apollo 13
Back To The Future
Battle Beyond The Stars
Battlestar Galactica
The Black Hole
Contact
Capricorn One
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Dune

Tracks:

Galaxy Quest
Sound Effect - Dogfight in Space
Enemy Mine
Ghostbusters
Gremlins
Heavy Metal
Independence Day
E.T.
Judge Dredd
The Last Starfighter
Lifeforce
Sound Effect - Crash Landing
Lost In Space
Mars Attacks
The Matrix
Predator
The Right Stuff

Tracks:

Moonraker
Robocop
Silent Running
Sound Effect - Alien Organism
Species
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Starman
Star Trek - TV Theme
Star Trek: The Motion Picture End Title
Klingon Attack
Sound Effect - Warp Drive
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Generations
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

Tracks:

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Sound Effect - Transporter Crew
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Main Theme
Star Trek First Contact
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Sound Effect - Battle Stations
Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace - The Flag Parade
Anakin's Theme
The Adventures of Jar Jar
Duel of the Fates
The Time Machine
Things to Come
The Thing From Another World
War of the Worlds
When Worlds Collide
Total Recall
You Only Live Twice
Superman

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The penultimate collection ..........2006-12-07

Generally I agree with Strategos in his ecstatic Spotlight Review above. It is a joy to here some of the most memorable themes and cues from some of the most memorable science fiction and fantasy movies (re)recorded in great sound and in lavish (re)orchestrations, played by renowned classical orchestras, namely the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra, no less.

I have always had a weak spot for (good, or maybe even intelligent) science fiction/fantasy and film music, especially its way of evoking mystery, grandure and wide open spaces. Call it a weakness if you want. But it was maybe really kick started off, for as far as I can remember, with Star Trek. But especially Star Trek II, III and IV - essentially a trilogy - because of their very romantic but very warm, human core, set on the broadest canvasses of unlimited and mysterious outer space. But then there was the music for adding that essential extra dimension of emotion and atmosphere. I am happy that much of the music on this album is from the Star Trek series and films, often equaling or sometimes even outclassing the original recordings.

This kind of music (for the movies) should be seen as an art on its own rights with its own merits and qualities. As such, the musical sequences on these CD's are a beautifully played cross section of some of the most evoking orchestral music for science fiction/fantasy film ever created. And I very much like the nicely blended, wide and deep orchestral soundpicture with enough reverberation to evoke a sense of wide open spaces.
I am quite thrilled by tracks like the evocative music from Dune, truly transporting one to the vastly sands of Arrakis (the music is wonderful, but to my great regret I think the movie itself is a flawed masterpiece at best, alas.). And then there is the very different, goofy music for Ghostbusters (memories of childhood), the spoofy but electrifying music from Mars Attacks (lovingly parodist music, this, with not a little touch of irony) and the happily adventurous, forward driving Theme from Galaxy Quest ('Never give up, never surrender!'), now also used for the internet-based fan-series Star Trek: The Hidden Frontier. On the other side of the spectrum we have the atmospheric music for Enemy Mine (an underestimated 'little' movie), the Theme from The Right Stuff (actually science FACT, not fiction, this film, just like Apollo 13, of course), the eerily attractive music for Species, the original End Title for Alien (not used in the theatrical version of the movie, where it was replaced by music from howard Hanson's Second Symphony), the exquisitely exotic music for Stargate, the sweet and warmly sympathetic, beautifully re-orchestrated, theme for Starman, the title cue for Star Trek: TOS (much more melodiously played than the original! If only a series nowadays could continue to be as thought provoking and as original as Star Trek was during its launch, fourty years ago ...) and a truly overpowering End Titles Suite from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. I especially like the thrillingly grandiloquent rendition here of the music for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. And how nice it is to hear the (thematic) similarities between James Horner's music for The Wrath of Khan, his great break-through as a film music composer, and his (two years) earlier music for Battle Beyond the Stars (which did indeed help him earn the job for writing the music for Star Trek II) ...

But on the 'down side', if one is looking for - for example - the gorgeously expansively played End Titles from Cocoon, it is not included here: one has to acquire the album that 'kicked it all off', so to say, namely 'Space and Beyond', also on Silva Screen. I was very pleased also with the inclusion on that album of some of the music from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation, namely where one of the characters, Tasha Yar, in one of the episodes (Skin of Evil) is saying goodbye to her crewmmates: sweetly sentimental and simple music which I have always wanted to own on CD. I guess that a few cues from the other two sequals ('Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II' and 'Space3: Beyond the Final Frontier') didn't make it onto this 4 CD collection-album as well, but I guess that it would be the 'better part of the bargain' to opt to buy this 'The Science Fiction Album' instead of buying all three albums separately. Well, of course it is for yourself to ultimately decide what you really want ;-)

If I were to nitpick (which is not easy with such a marvellous project as this one), then I would say that while all music is performed with magnificent grandure and with style, some of it is not performed as crisply and as technically 'on the spot' as some of the original recordings: ensemble is a little slack and the playing somewhat stilted sometimes, losing some of the edge and the originality of the writing. ET and Star Wars spring to mind, but then the soundtracks for Star Wars are traditionally recorded with the magnificent London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by maestro John Williams himself, and these superior recordings (especially the ones for Episode I, II and III) can't really be bettered, IMHO. Likewise for the music from Star Trek: The Motion Picture, I believe that in the end one really has to resort to the ultimate reference, namely the original recording (which is true in many other instances of 'original recordings'), and then the 20th anniversay colector's edition of this soundtrack on Columbia/Legacy (truly unmissable, this veritable classic of sci-fi/film music soundtracks!).

But all in all this 4CD-collection amounts to probably being the penultimate high quality sci-fi music album collection (I certainly know of no other project that comes as close quality as well as quantity wise), with some of the most memorable musical moments from classic to modern sci-fi/fantasy film captured in lavish orchestrations.
Collection-wise: five *stars*. Playing: generally four *stars*, sometimes more. The recording quality: five *stars*. The music (qualified on its own merits as film music) and its (re)orchestrations: generally five *stars*. In the end this is all highly recommended, and certainly not to be missed by science fiction and fantasy film music fans. Klaatu barada nikto.

Muisic of the Spheres.......2006-11-06

You wonderful four disk collection of SF music. It startsa up the the grand master of SF music, 2001: A space Odyssey all the way to Superman. This is all American SF music and several themes I would have liked to have included are not there. All in all though, a collection you will enjoy.

The Ulllllltimate Sci-Fi Music Collection.......2005-10-23

If one person gives great gifts, it's the illustrious Codemaster Talon. I've received a fair number of gifts in my lifetime, but so far, my older sister's take the cake. Take this one for instance. I'm real big on orchestral music, to the point where I listen to them more than any other kind of music. I've got orchestral versions of video game themes, orchestral soundtracks to truck-loads of anime shows (Big O, Escaflowne, and Giant Robo are incredible), and could probably spend the rest of my life just trying to study the nuances of all the classical music I've got. Being such a huge fan of orchestral music, I also have come to believe that orchestra music produced for movies and television is the new classical music (or as someone once said, Mozart would be making music for movies if he were alive today). Being a huge sci-fi fan, that kind of music has always been particularly near and dear to my heart. But were I to buy each and every soundtrack for every sci-fi I liked it would cost quite a bundle, and would include a lot of sub-par music along with the grandiose and fantastic main and memorable themes. That's where this beauty comes in.

The moment I ripped off the shrink-wrap and popped it into my cd player was a moment of great trepidation. Believe me when I tell that I've seen my fair share of sub-par orchestral recording in my lifetime. Very often they are in those big super-packs of music, and suffer from poor direction, improper mastering, and sometime even pathetic orchestration (or worse yet have something sounding like a cheap synthesizer and a kazoo in place of a full orchestra). I needn't have worried though. This sucker is fantastic.

Many people who are not audiophiles will probably miss the point of this cd collection. It is not the original versions of the pieces. It is re-orchestrations, mostly by the phenomenal Prague Symphony Orchestra. Many of these themes didn't sound all that hot in there original versions because they were low budget films or were not recorded in high-fidelity. Here they are given the full treatment, mastered with the most loving care imaginable. Often the version found in these cds is SUPERIOR to the original.

Remember the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey? Of course you do. But how many times have you heard a cheap imitation of the original version from the movie, starting too low in volume and ending too high (and missing the essential pipe-organ that gives it that extra oomph)? Well, this first track in the entire collection is not only everything it should be instrumental and timing-wise, but it also has been oh-so-carefully adjusted during the mastering process so that at no time is the music either too low or too high in volume (surely a benchmark for every other recording ever to be made of the piece).

Or what about the theme from the (at-the-time) uber-creepy The Black Hole? The orchestration of this piece of music goes from tiumphant to terrifying and back again, with a splendor and cleanness that I CERTAINLY don't remember being in the original recording.

Then there's the new version of the theme from Independence Day, complete with a violin solo, a far more electrifying ending climax, and a chorus so thunderous that you feel like applauding at the end. Simply indescribable. Kind of like the MIND-BLOWING rendition of the theme from The Last Star Fighter. This has been one of my favorite themes for a long time now, but I've never heard it played like this. I think the original version of the theme is something like 1 minute long, but this new version doesn't just fade out (HAHAHAHA!!!!) THIS version is THREE minutes long, goes through the main theme THREE times, with the final strains being so triumphant and joyous I could not help but feel an electrifying charge the first dozen or so times (come to think of it, I still feel that way). This is superior to the original in EVERY way. AWESOME.

And let's not forget the incredible new rendition of Stargate with it's heavy use of clarinets (for Egyptian effect!) and a triumphant new ending (completely lacking the chanting from the original version. This version is so different that for the first minute it is very hard to tell that it is in fact Stargate. But then the main theme kicks in, and then you get this incredible flute solo for my favorite part of theme (the whole thing is played slower, but arguably more powerfully than the original). My goodness. At first I found the thing so different I didn't like it. But then I listened to it again. And again. And again.

I could go on and on, talking about the fantastic new rendition of Moon Raker, the ear-popping Battlestar Galactica, the classic Star Trek (First Contact has a minute or two of the theme from Star Trek:The Motion Picture before going into the main theme), or the sweet renditions of music from the Star Wars movies (or the music from E.T.).

I have to mention though that this collection was not picked based merely on what people want, or on what is popular. No, the people who made it obviously thought a GOOD music collection was better than a popular one. That's why you get a heartbreakingly beautiful theme from A.I. instead of the main theme. It's why you get music from movies that you probably never gave a second thought to the music (because the movie was lousy). It's why you get Armageddon, Judge Dredd, and Robocop (who would have guessed their music was so COOL when there was all that crazy action and bad-acting going on on-screen).

I said it before and I'll say it again. This cd-set was mastered with tender-loving-care, and it shows BIG-TIME. High-fidelity the likes of which I have not seen since the days when cds were brand-new in the world. Dolby Surround. Perfectly balanced. BEAUTIUFL orchestrations. About the only thing that makes me scratch my head is the weird sound-effect tracks (Oooookay.....). Other than that, it's PERFECT. Obviously they could not include every sci-fi theme ever (no one can), but this collection is REALLY GOOD. A lot of great themes that got away (forgotten gems :), new versions of old favorites, and under-appreciated classics aplenty, but ALWAYS the full and complete versions with nothing cut-out (the theme from Dune is quite extended).

If you love movie music (and sci-fi movie music in particular) you MUST buy this awesome collection). It is not the original recordings. Almost always the new ones are better (if they aren't better they're just equal). This is what you have been waiting for. I for one am going to be buying quite a few cds from this company in the future. Give your ears the treat they deserve. Buy it NOW.

SciFi Album gift.......2005-07-20

I bought the Science Fiction Album as a gift for my son who is twenty-one years old. He is a musician, and also a huge fan of many SciFi shows and movies. I thought this would be the perfect thing for him and I was right. He loves it!

Away From to be a Collectible Peace.......2004-12-16

If you like Sci-Fi movies and want a compilation of their important scores, this is the CD-set to buy. But let me warn you about that very few songs in the cds are from the original soundtracks. Most of them is re-recorded by The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. But the sound quality of cds are very good, because they have HDCD and Dolby Surround labels. This set is away from to be a collectible peace, but it is a good general compilation of favorite Sci-Fi movie scores.

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Give me My Mind
Forget About My Other Review on This Title
Bonkers!
Fantastic , Album of 1999
great

Organism
Jimi Tenor
Manufacturer: Sire / London/Rhino
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IAG3
Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

Total Devastation
Serious Love
My Mind
Love And Work
Sleep
Xinotepe Heat
Muchmo
Beach Boy
Year Of The Apocalypse
City Sleeps

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Give me My Mind.......2001-05-20

My mind is an open book honey... I love this song! Sorry Jimi but I don't like your low-tone voice. Besides that the cd is awesome! It's groove and jazzy and noisy and so calm when needed. The inclusion of chorus' is just amazing, and there are songs like I've been looking for from the previous albums...like Never Say it Loud and Outta Space. My god this is a rich cd in all its ways. This is the kind of artists that make me feel good about synths, where the muusician is indeed a musician and not a guy with no musical knowledge. Great Jimi! Keep 'em coming!

Forget About My Other Review on This Title.......2000-08-14

I have to say that the review I wrote a year ago is absolutely drivel. How could I ever compare the lovely Jimi to the... well, the man-boy who is supposed to be Bob Dylan of our generation? No, no, that comparison is utterly unfair. Beck seriously has gained too much fame for his own good, just compare his recently pseudo-Princey offering to his classic 'Odelay'.Well, Jimi Tenor is downright different from his peers.He is one of the few recognizable faces under the Warp label, in the same way as Aphex i guess. As oppose to the cold and abrasive Machine Music his contempories make, his music is more humane, electronic music with a human face. In addtion to that, he is one of the brightest star in Finland, yet his talent is still not fully-recognized internationally. It's good actually, just listen to Bjork's new offering, compare it with her..let's say 'Play Dead', you will actually realize that how fame can murder one's talent relentlessly. Talking about 'Organism' the album, i made it my No.5 top album of 1999. It is beautiful, diverse in style, yet coherent, I like the way he blends jazz with electronic music, so refreshing. I know many artists are doing that, but his sound is unique. He is apparently one of a kind. Despite the fact that he is not one of those ground-breaking artists like Amon Tobin or Aphex Twin I suppose, but listening to his music is even more enjoyable than listening to the Chemical Brothers. Yeah, it's true!

Bonkers!.......2000-08-08

Jimi Tenor is the best pop star I have seen since David Bowie! This album is testament to the mans place in the rich tapestry of rawk! Tenor pulls off a rare trick here by wearing his influences on his sleeve (Baz White, Stan Getz, Gary Numan, Frank Sinatra, Gary Glitter...) yet somehow creates something quite original.

Sugar Daddy's Glitter Band drum beat hijacks a moody Human League synth melody and is the most immediate track on the album, but with repeated listening other tracks soon become favourites. Overall, a mad, humorous and eclectic mix of styles fed through the tenorizer and a mad scientist at the controls. What more could you possibly ask??

Buy this album and help make Jimi a star!!!

Fantastic , Album of 1999.......1999-07-15

Simply amazing,he is simply the Finn version of Beck,with enough publicity,i believe he can be as famous,his music creation is weird and tasteful, eclectic might be a jargon for trash bands like Gomez and the Beta Band. Still,his music taste takes a man years to appreciate.

great.......1999-05-24

A soft record that makes you mellow

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Guitar Organism

Manufacturer: Nux
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000A2RG9Q

Product Description

A collection of six guitar duets, all featuring Kazuyuki K Null. Tracks: Double Headed Jet Pimento (Ichiro Agata), Where We Exist (Fred Frith), Love Isn't Blind (Ichiro Agata), Vicious Circle (Guy Lohnes), Oriental Psycho Garden (Ichiro Agata), Neuro Politics (Jim O'Rourke).

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Organism, Vol. 2
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dossier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000302K
Release Date: 1995-02-28

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Resistance is futile
Kind of spacy sounding...
From Jersey Beat magazine
Exit Human : Arvada
Exit Human : Arvada

Arvada
Exit Human
Manufacturer: Direct Hit Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000059LIM
Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

Arvada
Anybody
Kill All Humans
I Can't Sleep
Lost
Reset
Your Earth
This Engine

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Resistance is futile.......2004-07-27

Electronic bleeps and beeps that would make Karlheinz Stockhausen proud, beats that will set every dance floor on fire, female voices from your favorite nightmare: welcome to the world of Exit Human. This is certainly one of the best "modern" CDs I've heard in a while. "The songs on this album are a document of the birth of an artificial organism" claims their website. Whatever the story is, this mixture of Krautrock, electronica and hip-hop is exciting and fun. "We encourage your insight into the relevance of these files. Is it a document of the emergence of an artificial life form, a mistake, or a joke? We are convinced. She is the voice in the static that draws you nearer. She is the nexus between automation and organism." This is what Moby would have sounded like had he been assimilated by the Borg. Resistance is futile. Exit human.

Kind of spacy sounding..........2004-03-17

It's very synthetic sounding. This should be played in all dimly lit bars and coffee shops located in basements and alleys. I look forward to the next CD from these folks/beings/entities.

From Jersey Beat magazine.......2002-01-11

Oh my! You don't run into something like this every day. This is electronic driven mayhem! The first track is nearly 20 minutes of electronic chaos, featuring synth and Speak and Say type electronic vocal here and there. The second track becomes more musical, in a sense, with some real human voices and melody and a distinct beat, but it is equally chaotic to the first track, and truly magnificent. Electronics still dominate everything on this disc, but in a very cool way. This is what would have happened if androids had taken over the world and invented punk and new wave back in the 80s. It's very hypnotic, very deadpan, very intense, very cool.

Exit Human : Arvada.......2001-02-14

This album chronicles the birth, and self actualization of an artificially sentient being named Arvada. Upon the moment of Consciouness, Arvada's ethereal voice begins to question her reasons for being brought to life, and ultimately what her existance means : whether she is a computer glitch with a voice, or actually a self-conscious being trapped in a main frame prison.

The music is a mix of techno/electronic, inspired by computer sounding samples, and drum loops, mixed with some acoustic guitar solos,and live drums. The vocal and lyrical content is unparalled. A brilliant concept album that is almost too hard to define in its infusion style mix of sounds. One of the most original albums i have ever listened to, it is well concieved, and masterfully executed. A must have for any serious collector of the beautiful, and the unusual.

Exit Human : Arvada.......2001-02-14

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Organism, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dossier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000025NKX
Release Date: 1996-08-19

Tracks:

Formations
Nomadic - Adham Shaikh
Season Five - Sect
Dirt
Maquinna
Chase - The Pilgrims of the Mind
Modulus - Adham Shaikh
Desert - Delerium
Skinner [Edit] - Keith Arem

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Organism, Vol. 3
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dossier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000253S4
Release Date: 1995-11-17

Tracks:

Mushroom
Danger
Liquid Truth
Receptor
Metropolis
Awakining - Delerium
Sub-Tropique
Spectrum - Ibrahim Adham

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Organism, Vol. 4
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Dossier
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Alternative Rock | Compilations | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000302P
Release Date: 1996-04-26

Tracks:

Sweet Elemetry
Ccess
Mono - Tri-Pod, , TriPod
Uberzone
Fanta
Helios
Digital Four a Groove - Pilgrims
Quasar - Ibrahim Adham

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Organism
Jimi Tenor
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000IBBQ
Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

Total Devastation
Serious Love
My Mind
Love and Work
Sleep
Xinotepe Heat
Muchmo
Beach Boy
Year of the Apocalypse
City Sleeps
Total Devistation [Maurice Club Mix][*]

Album Details

Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Tracks: Total Devistation (Maurice Club Mix).

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Delirium goes organic

Organism 01
Import-Deu , and Pilgrims of the Mind
Manufacturer: Dossier (Ger)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B00000302L
Release Date: 1996-01-24

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Delirium goes organic.......2006-08-17

The Delirium guys from the Canadian label Netwerk were asked by the German label Dossier Records to put together a compilation of their favorite techno ambiant. The result: a DJ kicks that thomps and bleeps and clickcs. Not quite as mechanical as Autechre, this album offers some extremely organic textures while remaining very groovy. One of my all time favourite.

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