UNSEALED

Another classic Elmer Bernstein score joins our CD Club with the (at long last) release of his 1983 score to the 3-D production Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone. A powerful and adventurous score, this was Bernstein’s valiant contribution to the post Star Wars science fiction craze.

Billed by executive producer Ivan Reitman (Stripes) as a "space adventure with a sense of humor," "Spacehunter" stars Peter Strauss as Wolff, a wily salvage pilot and interstellar mercenary. Lured into rescuing a trio of space maidens marooned on a faraway, plague-ravaged planet, Wolff battles a wild assortment of monsters and mutants with his adolescent tracker, Niki, played by Molly Ringwald.

Bernstein’s score is a muscular work. Laden with martial percussion and featuring a heroic main theme, the score is not without one of the composer’s typically lovely themes, in this case inspired by Ringwald’s character Niki, which is treated to a variety of touching, delicate and soaring interpretations.

The score is an enormous amount of fun and has long been one of the most requested works from one of the composer’s most exciting creative periods. We are tremendously pleased to offer this major Bernstein premiere.

01 Main Title 4:18
02 Girls And Scavs 0:56
03 Wolff 0:45
04 History And Landing 4:23
05 Vultures 0:54
06 The Planet 3:29
07 Niki 2:35
08 Hot Dog 1:26
09 Wash Up 1:38
10 Partner 0:49
11 Day’s End 1:24
12 Cavern 3:05
13 Bats 1:11
14 Tunnel 0:58
15 Women 1:50
16 Desert 2:14
17 Moving Out 1:01
18 Graveyard 1:51
19 Capture 2:03
20 Into The Maze 1:02
21 Maze 3:42
22 Getting There 1:13
23 Claw 1:17
24 Rescue 1:21
25 Niki Goes 1:02
26 Going Home 0:30
27 End Credits 3:51

SYNOPSIS - In this sci-fi adventure, three women have been shipwrecked somewhere in the galaxy on planet Terra Eleven and now Wolff (Peter Strauss), the pilot of a salvage ship, his friend Washington (Ernie Hudson), and the orphaned Niki (Molly Ringwald) are out to rescue them. Along the way, the trio face several life-threatening situations, and as they escape each danger intact, their final encounter with the evil Overdog McNabb (Michael Ironside) draws ever closer. With a wobbly storyline, one-note theme (people versus machines), and unintentionally funny dialogue, "Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone" has a few things going for it: quick-paced action scenes, unusual sets, a 3-D format, a good musical score, and creative sound effects. 1983