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- Date Released: October 25, 1990
- Genre: Soundtracks/Other
- Style: Film Soundtracks, TV Soundtracks
- Label: GNP Crescendo
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We Say...
During the heady sci-fi days of the late '70s, Neil Norman and his Cosmic Orchestra recorded their Greatest Science Fiction Hits: reinterpretations of the theme songs of the greatest science fiction hits ever (most are familiar, but you tell me if you remember the "hit" shows One Step Beyond or Journey Into the 7th Galaxy). Norman's recordings almost all include the foolproof Cosmic formula: lay down a disco beat and then play the theme's melody on top of it with a synthesizer. At times, things sound less than cosmic, but for the most part Norman's primitive synthesizers transcend the sci-fi cliché of a wailing theremin and create something charmingly low-tech and human, like the image of a robot with an obvious zipper on his costume. Things really come to life, though, when Norman breaks out of the disco formula, like his performance of the Star Wars theme as — what else — an intergalactic march with a bossa nova bridge. Brilliant. Or the best thing here, the version of 1951's "Radar (When the Earth Stood Still)," whose angular, rhythmic keyboards sit atop a gritty, urgent rhythm section. Nothing could sound more modern.
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They Say...
Greatest Science Fiction Hits, Vol. 1 is a collection of 16 familiar sci-fi themes from movies and TV, as arranged and performed by Neil Norman. While serious fans of the films will prefer the original soundtracks, these versions are pretty good and quite entertaining. Among the highlights on the disc are themes from "Moonraker," "Star Wars," "Superman," "Close Encounters," "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Battlestar Galactica," "Star Trek," "Black Hole," "One Step Beyond," "Outer Limits" and "Alien."
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Moonraker |
2:36 |
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| 02. | |
Alien |
2:37 |
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| 03. | |
Star Trek |
3:24 |
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| 04. | |
Battlestar Galactica |
1:33 |
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| 05. | |
Journey To The 7th Galaxy |
2:13 |
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The Outer Limits |
1:31 |
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| 07. | |
Close Encounters |
2:10 |
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| 08. | |
Can You Read My Mind |
2:15 |
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| 09. | |
Star Wars |
2:24 |
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| 10. | |
Space: 1999 |
2:01 |
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| 11. | |
Radar (The Day The Earth Stood Still) |
1:47 |
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Superman |
2:18 |
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| 13. | |
Phantom Planet |
2:04 |
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| 14. | |
Godzilla |
1:33 |
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| 15. | |
Not Of This Earth |
2:20 |
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| 16. | |
Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey) |
3:25 |
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| 17. | |
One Step Beyond |
2:12 |
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| 18. | |
Black Hole |
3:10 |
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18 Total Tracks, 41:33 Total Length
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Credits
- Les Baxter - Keyboards // Buddy Childers - Trumpet // Buddy Childers - Trumpet // Hall Daniels - Trumpet // Hall Daniels - Keyboards // Neil Norman - Synthesizer // Neil Norman - Guitar // Neil Norman - Arranger // Neil Norman - Theremin // Neil Norman - Producer // Neil Norman - Main Performer // William L. Alsup, Jr. - French Horn // Max Bennett - Bass // Ernie Carlson - Trombone // David Duke - French Horn // Alan Estes - Percussion // John Guerin - Drums // Nelson Hatt - Trumpet // Bob Kent - Keyboards // Lew McCreary - Trombone // Kurt McGettrick - Reeds (Multiple) // Brian O'Connor - French Horn // William Peterson - Trumpet // Joe Soldo - Reeds (Multiple) // Skip Switzer - Drums // Greg Vito - Reeds (Multiple) // Dick Hyde - Trombone // Fred Selden - Reeds (Multiple) // Dom Derra - Reeds (Multiple) // Ralph Garofolo - Reeds (Multiple)
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