HEAVY METAL: THE SCORE

Label: FSMCD Vol.11 No.2
Date: 1981
Tracks: 27
Time = 72:40

Wow! Long-awaited CD release of Elmer Bernstein masterwork comes with original LP contents, previously-unreleased cues, generous packaging! Entire score anchors with flexible three-note motif that identifies all-important "green ball" linking various animated stories. Idea sometimes plays as mysterious solo line, as slightly-disguised variant (Harry Canyon sequences), as powerful statement for low brass, so forth. Lavish score is dynamic from get-go but heroic, emotional Taarna sequences (using theme originally written for SATURN 3) are undeniable highlights. CD presented in brilliant stereo from master tapes preserved by composer. Profuse color stills, literate notes complete incredible package. Elmer Bernstein conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, scores a bullseye!

1. Beginning (1:16) 2. Intro to Green Ball (1:18) 3. Discovery / Transformation (Den and the Green Ball) (3:15) 4. Den Makes Out (Den Makes It) (2:42) 5. Castrate Him / Searching for Loc Nar (2:04) 6. Queen for a Day (Den and the Queen) (2:54) 7. Pursuit (Den’s Heroics) (2:51) 8. Fiste (1:27) 9. Getting Bombed (3:06) 10. Green Ball (2:15) 11. Dem Bones (2:44) 12. No Alarm (0:58) 13. Robot Love (Space Love) (1:32) 14. Harry (1:35) 15. The Next Morning (1:56) 16. End of Baby (2:43) 17. Council (Taarna Summoned) (2:49) 18. The Flight to Temple (Flight) (2:16) 19. The Sword (Taarna Prepares) (3:32) 20. Flight to Holiday Town (2:20) 21. Fighting (2:43) 22. My Whips! / Taarna Escapes Pit (4:57) 23. Finish (Taarna Forever) (3:34)

Bonus Tracks
24. Den Makes Out (film version) (2:49) 25. Bomber and the Green Ball (album edit) (4:35) 26. Harry and the Girl (album edit) (3:41) 27. Barbarians (album edit) (3:34)