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Feb 29, 2016 - 8:38 PM
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SBD
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LOST IN SPACE
Composed and Conducted by BRUCE BROUGHTON
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 340
With the latest release from their long-standing relationship with composer Bruce Broughton, Intrada revisits Broughton's massive score to the 1998 film version of Lost in Space. Broughton had two-and-a-half weeks to score the film and that it’s one of the richest, grandest scaled and most thematically compelling scores of his career is a testament to Broughton’s professionalism and talent. Not only scored on a tight schedule, but the picture underwent numerous changes even as Broughton was attempting to finalize his score and record it with the Sinfonia of London. The composer had to write and record in haste and revise and re-score numerous sequences right up until the last minute. The resulting score is remarkably coherent, strongly melodic in its thematic elements, powerful in its majestic moments, and ferocious in its action sequences.
This new release expands upon the previous release, and now covers 2-CDs, including many alternates and revisions. Intrada revisited the complete session masters, recorded digitally during February and March 1998. The assembly follows Broughton’s initial plan, with full cues playing in their originally intended sequence, including a significant highlight -- the almost completely unused action set piece "Major Mayhem" that follows the main title.
The film retains the narrative of the original Irwin Allen TV from the '60s on which the movie is based. A space family Robinson sets out to colonize Alpha Centauri, only to lift off with a saboteur trapped on board. The ship is sent off course and is lost in space as the Robinsons deal with deadly space spiders, time bubbles and exploding planets, only to come out without any idea where they are or how to get home.
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 340
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CD1
01. Prologue (0:58)
02. Main Title/Major Mayhem (4:07)
03. Hologram Gags/You’ll Do (Alternate) (1:05)
04. Meet Dr. Smith (1:40)
05. Dog Tags, No. 1 (0:38)
06. Reprogram The Robot/The Launch (6:25)
07. Bad Dream/The Robot Attack (3:22)
08. Where’s Judy?/Judy Is Dying (Remix) (6:23)
09. Can’t Kill The Man (Revised) (0:49)
10. We’re Lost (0:23)
11. The Proteus (Alternate) (2:23)
12. Boarding The Proteus, Pt. 1/BoardingThe Proteus, Pt. 2 (7:01)
13. Spiders And Static/Spiders Attack (Revised) (7:54)
14. Jupiter Crash (1:11)
15. A Strange New Place/Spider Scratch (1:29)
16. Matt And Judy (sic) (1:40)
17. Goodnights (0:38)
18. Energy Bubbles/Dog Tags, No. 2/John And West Set Out (2:23)
19. Will’s Walk/Smith Persuades Will (1:56)
20. Will And Smith Set Out (1:59)
21. Decades Old/I’m Your Son (Revised)/Time Machine (4:27)
CD1 Time: 59:29
CD2
01. Never Trust Anyone/Smith Interrupts/Spider Smith (3:01)
02. Friendship/We Have A Plan/Kill The Monster (Revised) (8:46)
03. Let’s Go Major (Original) (1:26)
04. The Portal (Revised Alternate) (2:44)
05. Through The Planet (Revised Alternate) (2:28)
06. Nice Work Fly Boy (Revised) (1:36)
07. Fanfare For Will (0:27)
08. Lost In Space (3:26)
Total Score Time: 83:37
The Extras – Alternates
09. Hologram Gags/You’ll Do (Original) (1:04)
10. Can’t Kill The Man (Original) (0:49)
11. The Proteus (Original) (2:24)
12. Spiders And Static/Spiders Attack (Original) (7:54)
13. Decades Old/I’m Your Son (Original)/Time Machine (4:32)
14. Friendship/We Have A Plan/Kill The Monster (Original) (8:50)
15. Let’s Go Major (Alternate) (1:24)
16. The Portal (Original) (2:42)
17. The Portal (Revised) (2:43)
18. Through The Planet (Original) (3:13)
19. Through The Planet (Revised) (2:41)
20. Nice Work Fly Boy (Original) (1:48)
Total Extras Time: 40:29
CD2 Time: 64:43
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Didn't somebody suggest recently that Don Davis ghost-wrote a couple of cues?
That was me. Please disregard my ignorant statement partly inspired by Wikipedia.
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At first I wondered if this would be worth a purchase as the original Intrada is such a good album - even a bit long (because so much of the music is a workout), though I love every minute. And I'm also not much for alternates by and large.
But Broughton is such a fine and inventive composer that I just can't resist hearing more of what he did here for one of my favorite of his scores. Plus I tend to see these purchases as votes of support for what Intrada is doing - and this one gets two discs up!
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THis is one of my favorite scores and Brughton truly made the film more exciting that it would have been otherwise. Especially the final "trip through the planet" finale (which was thrilling)
and not the actually "score as heard in film."
It was pretty well hacked up in a few spots, such as the opening dogfight. You'll just have to piece that one together yourself.
The only cue I miss that seems to be truly missing, is from the scene where John puts his dogtags on Will when he's sleeping. It's a different version than on album. Unless it was just mixed differently or I keep missing it...
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), yet the previous Intrada CD was more than generous, and I rarely listen to alternates, so I'll give this one a pass. 
