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BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS tells the story of the people of the planet Akir, who have come under siege by a conquering alien race, the Malmori, led by the evil Lord Sador (Saxon). Disrupting their peaceful agrarian existence, Sador arrives in his command ship and issues an ultimatum to the Akira. Submit to his rule or be destroyed by his Stellar Converter, the most powerful weapon in the universe. In an act of desperation, young farmer Shad (Thomas) escapes in a sentient starship called Nell with the intentions of hiring mercenaries to help the Akira defend themselves against Sador and the Malmori. With little to offer in the way of compensation, Shad is able to gather a group of mercenaries, each with their own unique skills and motivations and returns with them to Akir to prepare their defenses.

Released in the wake of STAR WARS in 1980 amidst a slew of other imitators, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS set itself apart from the other films with a charming and clever script that was equal parts STAR WARS and Akira Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI, sprinkled with THE MAGNIFICENT 7. BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS also gave several key people in the movie industry some of their first jobs, such as director James Cameron, here serving as art director, producer Gale Anne Hurd, serving on this film as assistant production manager, and composer James Horner, whose work in this film helped producers of the STAR TREK franchise make their decision to hire him to score STAR TREK II and III, beginning Horner’s rise to prominence as a film composer.

In 1980, at age 26, having written some additional music for Roger Corman’s UP FROM THE DEPTHS and following his first solo efforts on THE LADY IN RED and HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP, James Horner prepared to take on his first big film scoring assignment. With John Williams’ STAR WARS and Jerry Goldsmith’s STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE as his barometer, Horner set out to write a large scale symphonic score cut from the same cloth, in the grand symphonic tradition of the composers of the Golden Age. The budget of BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS would not permit the large size orchestra that he had in mind but even with an orchestra of 62 players, he was able to show that he was ready and able to write music on a larger scale. BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS contains all the hallmarks that fans would come to look forward to in James Horner’s fantasy music: a heroic main theme, a pretty violin love theme and much more, chockfull of melody and passion.

In addition to James Horner’s great orchestral score, BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS also benefited from sound design and additional music composed by Alan Howarth. Already acknowledged for his talents as a sound designer on films such as STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, GALAXINA and THE FINAL COUNTDOWN, Howarth was hired by Roger Corman as sound designer for BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS and Alan provided sounds for the spaceships used in the film, as well as laser weapons and processing several dialogue tracks for computer voice effects, working together with sound editor David Yudall. Howarth also worked with James Horner to develop futuristic source music for one of the scenes in the film that introduced Gelt, the character played by Robert Vaughn.

Previously released on a scarce compact disc by GNP Crescendo Records in 2001, BUYSOUNDTRAX Records now presents the original motion picture soundtrack to BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, featuring music composed by James Horner, to coincide with the DVD and Blu-Ray release of the film on 7/12/11. The booklet features notes by author Randall Larson and the music has been newly mastered for the highest fidelity possible by James Nelson of Digital Outland. The music has been re-sequenced into film order for the first time. In addition, available for the first time, is a musical source cue composed by Alan Howarth, along with a library of sound effects developed by Howarth for the film. Concluding the album and our tribute to James Horner’s seminal composition is an exciting concert arrangement of the main theme from BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS, produced by James Fitzpatrick for Silva Screen Records in 1998, powerfully performed by the City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.

1. Main Title (1:58)
2. Malmori Rear Guard (3:49)
3. Love Theme (3:48)
4. Cowboy and the Jackers (3:32)
5. Nanelia's Capture (1:25)
6. The Hunter (1:36)
7. Nanelia (1:29)
8. The Battle Begins (4:30)
9. The Maze Battle (3:08)
10. Gelt's Death (1:27)
11. Nanelia and Shad (1:24)
12. Heading For Sador (0:57)
13. Cowboy's Attack (1:42)
14. Shad's Pursuit (3:20)
15. Destruction of Hammerhead (3:32)
16. Epilogue and End Title (4:58)
Music Composed byJames Horner

BONUS TRACKS
17. Gelt’s Chamber (1:30)
Music Composed by Alan Howarth

BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY (24:15)
Created and Produced by Alan Howarth
18. Command Ship Radio Chatter
19. Drone Chatter #1
20. Drone Chatter #2
21. Drone Chatter #3
22. Drone Chatter #4
23. Drone Chatter #6
24. Drone Chatter #7
25. Drone Chatter #8
26. Drone Chatter #9
27. Drone Chatter #10
28. Drone Chatter #11
29. Drone Chatter #12
30. Drone Chatter #13
31. Drone Chatter #14
32. Laser Artillery #1
33. Laser Artillery #2
34. Laser Artillery #3
35. Laser Artillery #4
36. Stereo Fly-Bys
37. Pass-Bys with Vocoder
38. Hammerhead Low Rumble
39. Nell Cave Launch - 1st Stage
40. Nell Cave Launch - 2nd Stage
41. Nell Cave Launch - 3rd Stage
42. Nell Fly Away
43. Nell Engine Build-Up
44. Nell Exterior Fly-By
45. Nell Maneuvering Thrusters
46. Bad Guy Lasers
47. Telemetry #1
48. Laser Blast
49. Sonic Tank Short Blast
50. Sonic Tank Long Blast
51. Drone Chatter #5 (Long Live Lord Sador)

52. Theme from BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (4:04)