This 3000 unit limited
edition release of a 2CD set of music from Lifeforce, composed two legendary
composers, Henry Mancini and Michael Kamen.
The package contains the complete original score composed by Mancini, the
additional music by Kamen, the Film Version of "Grandson of Web",
in addition to the original soundtrack album.
Lifeforce was the film adaptation of the novel The Space Vampires, by Colin
Wilson. Director Tobe Hooper (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Poltergeist),
took some liberties with the story to tie it in to the reappearance of Halley's
Comet. A space shuttle mission investigating the comet inadvertently brings
back a race of space vampires to London who seek to transform the populace
into zombies. Cannon Films, felt the title Space Vampires seemed too low
budget and the film was renamed Lifeforce.
In 1985 when the vampire science fiction film Lifeforce was in need of a
composer, the Academy Award® winner Henry Mancini seemed an unlikely
choice. But when Hooper's first choice, James Horner, hot off the heels
of his work with the first two Star Trek films, proved unavailable, Mancini
was brought on board.
Henry Mancini may best be recognized for his work with more lighthearted
film fare, like Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Pink Panther film series,
but earlier in his career Mancini was a member of the music department at
Universal Pictures. As such he composed the scores for numerous horror and
science fiction films like It Came From Outer Space, The Creature from the
Black Lagoon, and The Monolith Monsters, which led Hooper to see if Mancini
was interested in revisiting the genre.
Mancini composed a provocative, dramatic and dynamic orchestral score, an
hour and forty minutes of music, which mostly fell victim to the cutting
room floor. When Mancini did not want to go back and compose new materials
for the film, itself now 20 minutes shorter, Michael Kamen was called in
to fill in the musical blanks. Kamen was an up-and-coming composer, having
already completed scores for David Cronenberg (The Dead Zone) and Terry
Gilliam (Brazil).
BUYSOUNDTRAX.COM presents a limited edition release (3,000 copies) of Lifeforce,
featuring Henry Mancini.s complete score as recorded in sequence, along
with Michael Kamen's additional tracks. The package also includes the original
soundtrack recording and a special bonus track, the film version of "Grandson
of Web (Of Destiny )" performed with choir. |
