Yep! Great score! Surprisingly ignored... There are a few cues on the initial release that are different from the Intrada. I have both and enjoy the non-intrada versions just as much. Where is Bruce Broughton these days? I would love to hear more from him.
This score got such an unenthusiastic welcome when it first came out. I can't understand why. It was one of the top five scores from that year. The theme is one of the most versatile and infectious I've heard in a recent score. It's just as effective whether it was played to highlight triumph, peril or tragedy. "The Portal" is a particularly stunning rendition.
Yep--I never fail to get teary-eyed listening to "The Portal." This score really WAS dumped on when it was released with certain people even unleashing the brilliant "I can't hear any theme" condemnation (if you can't hear a theme in this score you may as well stop listening to movie scores).
My favorite Broughton score, and one of my favorite scores of all time. Incredibly rousing, deeply emotional, and featuring some of the best action cues I've ever heard. A masterpiece, IMHO.
splendid score! Exciting theme, nice variations and orchestration, wonderful action-- and, according to FilmTracks (http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/lost_space.html -- a most unfair review & rating, I think), he did it in only two weeks!
It's great to see so many others who love this score. The action cues are truly infectious and brilliant, particularly because of Broughton's fine orchestrations!
The excitement he manages to whip up is sometimes quite incredible; the huge crescendo in the "Back to Hyperspace" cue is why I love film music. It's fun, it's exhilarating, it's just great!
That would be great, maybe a double disc set? Everyone be sure to pick up Roughing It from Intrada. Love all the Broughton posts.
Great idea regarding the ELOISE scores. I have ROUGHING IT - great CD! I got the LOST IN SPACE score when it first came out. Anything by Broughton is wonderful!
My one wish is that we could see some of his old CBS-TV scores (Hawaii 5-0) released. One of my favorite "5-0" scores by Broughton is "The 100,000 Nickel" (1973) - lots of great brass writing on that one.
Bruce Broughton started out in the business writing music for CBS - it would be great having his, along with Morton Stevens, Richard Shores and Don B. Ray's music released on CD - truly wonderful "classic" TV music.
RobotSam: YES, YES, YES! I was in the same boat as you. The score as heard on the OST is great. But the score as heard on the expanded release is a revelation. Don't hesitate.
To this day, I'm still puzzled as to why Broughton wasn't placed back onto the composer "A" list for this amazing score. Instead, it's back to cheesy telefilms. Okay, Broughton is scoring Eloise At The Plaza, while John Debney is scoring Passion Of The Christ. Something's wrong with this picture...
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Okay, Broughton is scoring Eloise At The Plaza, while John Debney is scoring Passion Of The Christ. Something's wrong with this picture... 