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Hi all,
I did a detailed comparison of the Fanderson 1998 2-CD edition of "Space: 1999" (Year One) with the new 2014 3-CD edition.
You can download it here. (It's a PDF.)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/96fsw78vdjoar7f/Fanderson%20Space%201999%20CD%20comparisons.pdf?dl=0
Condition of use: you don't hold me responsible for mistakes.
The bottom line is the 2-CD edition may actually be the best representation of Barry Gray's own music for the series because while the 3-CD is more complete overall and contains more of Gray's electronic effects, the 2-CD still contains the original version of "Paradise Lost" and the 2-CD contains the tracks as recorded, without inserts and (as in the case of "Regina's World") over-writes.
That said, I still love the 3-CD and, as I said, it is obviously more complete overall.
And I wish to recruit the help of fans. There are a few bits on the 1998 2-CD which I've highlighted as not being found (by me) on the 3-CD edition. But am I wrong? I'm looking for people to help me try and spot where the things I can't find might be.
Cheers
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Hi all,
I did a detailed comparison of the Fanderson 1998 2-CD edition of "Space: 1999" (Year One) with the new 2014 3-CD edition.
You can download it here. (It's a PDF.)
That said, I still love the 3-CD and, as I said, it is obviously more complete overall.
I downloaded your PDF. Thanks, Koenig boy!
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The bottom line is the 2-CD edition may actually be the best representation of Barry Gray's own music for the series because while the 3-CD is more complete overall and contains more of Gray's electronic effects, the 2-CD still contains the original version of "Paradise Lost" and the 2-CD contains the tracks as recorded, without inserts and (as in the case of "Regina's World") over-writes.
That said, I still love the 3-CD and, as I said, it is obviously more complete overall.
And I wish to recruit the help of fans. There are a few bits on the 1998 2-CD which I've highlighted as not being found (by me) on the 3-CD edition. But am I wrong? I'm looking for people to help me try and spot where the things I can't find might be.
Cheers
I think your rundown is accurate, Stephen. I think there are a couple of pieces not on this edition that were on the 1998 release. The comments I made on the CD on the Fanderson forum:
It's a most enjoyable set. I'm not so fussed on some of Barry's electronic effects away from the visuals, but included on the CD, they do paint a picture of the episodes in question. There's some nice attention to detail, including a recreation of Paul Morrow/Prentis Hancock's little guitar solo in The Black Sun (not having seen the episode for a while I'm unsure how close a rendition it is).
The sitar music in 'The Troubled Spirit' adds to the general air of menace in that episode and its nice to hear a bit more of the music. Again, the piece originally titled 'Atonement' in the first CD set has been manipulated sonically to give the same sort of feel as in the episode although I'm undecided if it wouldn't have been better to leave it alone. That said, it's included on the original CD set in the as-recorded form, so anyone who doesn't like the approach here can edit that earlier version in.
Some of their library pieces in their longer form prove that the music editor Alan Willis really was an unsung hero in the production of the series (both seasons). I was quite surprised, when listening to the full length version of 'Macrocosm', how pastoral in nature some of that music actually is, given that you don't hear more than a few bars of it in the series.
I wasn't that keen on the music from most of the compilation films (or the films themselves), important though they were in the years when no Space:1999 was on the telly, and you couldn't otherwise get the series on video. The music chosen for Alien Attack was great library music (I love the full length version of Nick Ingman's Giant's Causeway) but totally inappropriate for the film in question, while Richard Hill's linking music went fairly well with Barry Gray's score but was, by comparision to Barry's, completely nondescript. And the less said about Keith Mansfield's disco-tastic end title the better 
There's a fair bit of music from other Gerry Anderson series scored by Barry Gray and again, your mileage may vary. Personally I always found it a bit distracting hearing well-remembered pieces from other series in Space:1999 but heigh-ho, that was the way he worked I guess....
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Forgive me if there's another thread I've missed, but I did do my best Googling to find it. Can Stephen W. or anyone else do a comparison between the newer Fanderson SPACE: 1999 sets and the two Silva releases? Does one miss anything if one doesn't keep the Silva releases in favour of the newer Fanderson releases?
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The Silva release is a sampler. The Fanderson release is the complete thing.
Thanks, "Member." I had read somewhere that there may actually be bits of cues on the Silva that didn't make it to the Fanderson sets. Perhaps that was an error?
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