What do you guys think of FSM or any other record label releasing the complete score of Thundercats?
Please sign this petition. http://www.thundercatsfans.org/tcfans/petition/index.php (Yeah I am aware online petitions won't really convince any studio or label to produce this cd, but enough signatures might just give us the extra edge when putting forward a proposal to them)
Past several years one fan (Sonia) has been trying to them released officially through various sources, but hasn't been successful yet. Several years ago she wrote a fan letter to Bernard Hoffer and asked if he had the complete collection and whether she could have them. He actually sent her all the tracks he did for episodes 1-65 (there are totally 130) Of course she had to sign an agreement which stated that she would not share or distribute them. Also since Bernard didn't have the all tracks, Sonia with help of a friend who had contacts with Warner archives, asked if they can procure all the missing cues so that Bernard himself can have his complete composed collection. Since those cues are lost in the thousands of unlabeled stuff in Warner archives, Warner agreed to do it but for $14,000 to cover labor costs.
I have merely summarized her story in a paragraph, read the whole story in the link below and also have at look her past updates in the comments section.
Here is the cue list Bernard sent Sonia along with the tracks.
1. Thundercats main title song 2. End Credits 3. Vocal Cues A-D 4. Main Title - General Background 5. Cheetara's theme 6. Panthro's theme 7. Tygra's theme 8. Snarf's theme 9. Sword Eye of Thundera theme 10. Mumm-Ra's theme 11. S-S-S-Slith's theme 12. Castle Plun-Darr 13. Thundercats Lair 14. Moods (30 second loops) - The Bottemless Chasm 15. Moods - The Desert of Sinking Sands 16. Moods - The Forest of Silence 17. Moods - The Garden of Delights 18. Moods - The Living Ooze 19. Moods - The Snowmen of Hook Mountain 20. Moods - The River of Despair 21. Moods - The Whirlpool of Infinity 22. Moods - The Sponge Fog 23. Moods - The Serpent Swamp 24. Moods - Tension 25. Moods - Anticipation 26. Moods - Unpleasant Undercurrent 27. Battle - Thundercats winning 28. Battle - Thundercats losing 29. Battle - Mutants in control 30. Battle - Mutants on the run 31. Battle Action - General backgrounds 32. Impact and Attack 33. Thundertank chase 34. Bravery - Brave but withheld march to destiny 35. Cat Prowl in jungle 36. Tempo 37. The Sword - Lion-O up arm-outstretched 38. The Sword - Does Thundercall-to-Ho-sword growls 39. The Sword - Beam into sky 40. The Sword - Growl out (symbol in sky animates) 41. Short Battles 42. Danger Approaching 43. Vision Thru Sword Holes 44. To the Rescue 45. Play-Ins - Action 46. Play-Ins - Danger 47. Play-Ins - Suspense 48. Play-Ins - Main theme-general 49. Act Ends - Action 50. Act Ends - Danger 51. Act Ends - Suspense 52. Act Ends - Main theme-general 53. Show End - Main big 54. Transitions 55. Bumpers Out 56. Bumpers In 57. Mumm-Ra Transformation 58. Jaga's theme 59. Good Guy Chases 60. Bad Guy Chases
And Sonia mentioned the following on the Thundercatslair.org board.
"Actually, what I listed is a SHORT overall list. Under each of the 'bigger' themes are specific short cuts ranging from 30 seconds to 4 minutes in length specially orchestrated to fit that time frame. Yeah, those are basically repeats of the overall long theme, but there's a LOT of work behind each. For example, Snarf's theme has 7 cues total, each around 20-30 seconds depending on his mood (the 7 listed are moody, comical, jog along, meanish, sad, comical (again), and top speed running). There are 3 versions of each of the Thundercats' themes(i.e. Cheetara, Panthro, and Tygra for short intros (15-30 seconds), regular intros (1.0-1.5 minutes), and finally the full theme(2.5-3.0 minutes)). It does get repetitive, but it could make for a nice soundtrack if you just take the longest version of each.
Overall, there are 141 cues total for episodes 1-65 , and I just listed the 60 'main' ones."
And since there were total 130 episodes, the number of cues will be significantly larger than the 141 which Sonia already has.
Petition signed I downloaded Cheetara's Theme - Extended Version and I like the bass part with electric guitar solo and also brass section is interesting. Really great funk-disco listening
Yeah I really hope FSM considers it . And since they have to put out the awesome Superman set, I am guessing their ties with WB studios are pretty good.
That Cheetarah music is a bit too LADYHAWKE for my tastes, but I do love the main theme for THUNDERCATS. Most of the incidental music is way too campy, cheesy horn driven disco (which was long dated by 1985). Sounds more like generic early 80s TV ident music.
I would however welcome a CD release of all this!
Much better IMO is Frank Becker's evocative Sci-fi-Western music for BRAVESTARR:
Would Sony have to have any say in a release of REAL GHOSTBUSTERS music? Because as it is, they pretty much refuse to put any serious work into releasing the show itself on DVD. They basically said it doesn't deserve any kind of special treatment because "it's just a cartoon." Seriously, that's what they said in an interview; "just a cartoon."
Would Sony have to have any say in a release of REAL GHOSTBUSTERS music? Because as it is, they pretty much refuse to put any serious work into releasing the show itself on DVD. They basically said it doesn't deserve any kind of special treatment because "it's just a cartoon." Seriously, that's what they said in an interview; "just a cartoon."
True. I own their "best of" compilation dvd releases which pale in comparison to any decent season boxset release.
By the way, I found an interesting video on youtube on the production process of the Real Ghostbusters featuring Dan Ackroyd and Ivan Reitman:
