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| Film Score Blog (May 2009): The Next Dominic Frontiere vintage CD? |
| Posted By: Thomas Rucki on May 9, 2009 - 3:00 AM |
Last year, La-La Land Records gave us a magnificent 3-CD set of the black and white science fiction anthology The Outer Limits whose first season (1963-1964) music was composed by Dominic Frontiere and some portions by his teacher Robert Van Eps: the mariachi and action cues of "Tourist Attraction" and the ragtime tunes of "Don't Open Till Doomsday". Two years earlier, the same label released the music for the unsold pilot The Unknown that was integrated as the last episode ("The Forms of Things Unknown") of The Outer Limits' season 1. What link these two releases is one man, one company: Leslie Stevens, Daystar Productions. The question that comes to mind is what will be the next vintage CD release by Dominic Frontiere from La-La Land Records? If you examine closely the above mentioned soundtracks, you will discover a list of selected scores inside their CD case: a lead for the future.
Behind The Badge (2002)
Color Of Night (1994): released by Mercury Records
Danielle Steele's Palomino (1991)
The Aviator (1985): released by La-La Land Records
The Stunt Man (1980): released by Intrada
The Gumball Rally (1976)
Brannigan (1975): released by La-La Land Records
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
On Any Sunday (1971)
Barquero (1970): released by La-La Land Records
Hang' Em High (1967): released by La-La Land Records
The Rat Patrol (1966)
Twelve O' Clock High (1964)
The Outer Limits (1963): released by GNP Crescendo Records and La-La Land Records
Stoney Burke (1962)
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"Dominic Frontiere's 'Outer Limits period' easily qualifies him as equal to the soundtrack music of Jerry Goldsmith or Bernard Herrmann as a composer of the outré." |
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—David J. Schow from "The Outer Limits Companion", page 133. |
Many people ask for a CD of Quinn Martin's 1967 paranoid science fiction series The Invaders (starring Roy Thinnes), but this title is not on the list and it belongs to CBS through Paramount Pictures. Following the previous releases of Daystar Productions (The Unknown and The Outer Limits), the rodeo series, with Jack Lord - Warren Oates and Bruce Dern, Stoney Burke could be a good candidate for the next years and for many reasons: it's from a feasible Studio (United Artists/MGM), it's a personal favourite of the composer because he used to own the indie company Daystar Productions with his friend Leslie Stevens, some of the scores were tracked as stock music or reworked in The Outer Limits (see the chapter "The Outer Limits Sessions", pp. 133-139, from "The Outer Limits Companion" by David J. Schow), meaning that the collectors will see it as a companion piece. The scores of Stoney Burke are also tracked in the fourth season of The Fugitive, The Rat Patrol and the first season of The Invaders. Hero's Island (1962), an eerie adventure score that is not on the list but has the same references, leanings, connections as Stoney Burke and could also be in the agenda.
Selection of The Outer Limits episodes that contain portions taken from the scores of Stoney Burke:
• "The Sixth Finger": features a cue from "Point of Entry"
(Teaser, Chapter 1, segment from 00:00 to 00:30)
• "O.B.I.T.": features one cue from "The Weapons Man"
(Act 3, Chapter 4, segment from 00:00 to 00:45)
• "The Zanti Misfits": features an ominous martial cue from "Point of Honor"
(Act 1, Chapter 1, segment from 15:11 to 16:02)
• "The Guests": features two love themes from a "Stoney Burke" episode
(Act 4, Chapter 5, segment from 01:16 to 01:50 and segment from 04:59 to 05:37)
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"Regarding the re-use of Stoney Burke cues in The Outer Limits, [music coordinator Roger] Farris said, 'If you've got a good piece of material, why not use it? You use the piece of music that best fits the scene, and sometimes, one you've heard before is better—and Dominic did some beautiful themes.' Prime among these is 'Soames' Theme', recorded for the Stoney Burke episode 'Point of Honor', yet more recognizable as the aggressive martial-style music heard throughout most of 'The Zanti Misfits'—jazzed up for The Outer Limits with Onaphets. |
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—David J. Schow from "The Outer Limits Companion", page 136. |
Related Links:
Daystar: The Realm of Leslie Stevens
Leslie Stevens' HERO'S ISLAND
Leslie Stevens' INCUBUS
The Unknown
The Forms of Things Unknown
The Outer Limits
The Outer Limits Episodes Guide
The Outer Limits Companion Page
The Outer Limits Soundtrack Page
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