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Space 3: Beyond the Final Frontier
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Performed by:
The City of Prague Philharmonic
The Crouch End Festival Chorus

Conducted by:
Paul Bateman
Nic Raine

Produced by:
James Fitzpatrick
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Silva Screen Records America
(July 25th, 2000)
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Regular U.S. release.
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Buy it... if five or six outstanding performances amounting to half an hour of material merits the purchase of the whole set.

Avoid it... if you are dissatisfied with the more suspect collection of scores represented on this product compared to the two superior sets that came before in the series.
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FILMTRACKS TRAFFIC RANK: #1,498
WRITTEN 8/15/00, REVISED 12/1/07
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Space 3: Beyond the Final Frontier: (Compilation) The "Space and Beyond" series of film score re-recordings by The City of Prague Philharmonic have been among the most enjoyable collections of film themes ever produced for album. The series debuted with "Space and Beyond" in 1997, followed immediately the next year by "Alien Invasion: Space and Beyond II," and both albums were as outstanding as collections of science-fiction film music can get, with astute arrangements and robust, accurate performances throughout. Both products were critical and popular successes, perhaps not of the same magnitude of the "Cinema Choral Classics" albums also released by Silva Screen Records, but still much to the appreciation of film score fans. In the case of both series, the third entry would take slightly longer to hit the shelves, with "Space 3: Beyond the Final Frontier" released in the summer of 2000. It plays very much along the same lines, though, with the noteworthy collaboration between The City of Prague Philharmonic and the Crouch End Festival Chorus continuing. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this third "Space and Beyond" 2-CD set is its selections from the genre, stretching away from purely space-related scores and diving more into the straight-forward action and fantasy genres to reclaim adequate material for performance. With so many of the marketable sci-fi scores already represented on the previous products, the producers may simply have run out of relevant material; given that sci-fi fans are typically also in tune with the adventure and fantasy genres, this question is likely of little consequence. As with any of these compilations, its success depends completely on the selections of compositions for performance, as well as their arrangement. Having already released the most commonly popular selections on the first two albums, this one suffers mildly from the strain of finding good material for inclusion. As expected, "Space 3: Beyond the Final Frontier" contains the most recent additions to the sci-fi genre at the time (from 1998 and 1999), but to round out the album, a more obscure selection of older scores is also included.


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Total Time: 131:16
CD1: (63:04)

• 1. Aliens (James Horner)
    Prelude/Ripleys Rescue (5:54)

• 2. Ghostbusters (Elmer Bernstein)
    Main Theme (3:12)

• 3. IT Came from Outer Space (Henry Mancini)
    The Thing Strikes/Desert Rendezvous (4:11)

• 4. Strange Invaders (John Addison)
    Suite (8:27)

• 5. Judge Dredd (Alan Silvestri)
    Suite (4:50)

• 6. RoboCop (Basil Poledouis)
    Suite (9:31)

• 7. Time Machine (Russell Garcia)
    London 1900/Filbeys Theme (2:28)

• 8. Back to the Future (Alan Silvestri)
    Main Theme (3:25)

• 9. The Cape (John Debney)
    Main Theme (3:12)

• 10. Star Trek: The Menagerie (Alexander Courage)
    Suite (8:28)

• 11. Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Ron Jones)
    Opening (4:02)

• 12. Star Trek: Insurrection (Jerry Goldsmith)
    End Title Suite (5:06)
CD2: (68:15)

• 1. The Last Starfighter (Craig Safan)
    Main Theme (3:08)

• 2. Silent Running (Peter Schickele)
    The Space Fleet (4:09)

• 3. Journey to the Far Side of the Moon (Barry Gray)
    Suite (5:57)

• 4. Lost in Space (Bruce Broughton)
    End Titles (3:26)

• 5.Galaxy Quest (David Newman)
    Suite (7:11)

• 6. Things to Come (Arthur Bliss)
    The Childrens Ballet (3:46)

• 7. Things to Come (Arthur Bliss)
    March (3:59)

• 8. The Matrix (Don Davis)
    Anything is Possible (8:08)

• 9. Meteor (Laurence Rosenthal)
    End Titles Suite (5:03)

• 10. Deep Impact (James Horner)
    The Wedding (4:18)

• 11. Armageddon (Trevor Rabin)
    Suite (5:08)

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (John Williams)
12. The Flag Parade (3:18)
13. Anakins Theme (2:51)
14. The Adventures of Jar Jar (3:26)
15. Duel of the Fates (4:10)

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