THE OMEGA MAN Ron Grainer (2.0 Film Score Monthly reissue) SEALED 1971 classic

Description: THE OMEGA MAN music composed by Ron Grainer. Retrograde FSM 80127-2. SEALED. Original label description: In the almost three decades since its release in 1971, The Omega Man has become a cult classic on the level of Charlton Heston's other science fiction forays Planet of the Apes and Soylent Green. In The Omega Man, Heston portrays Robert Neville, a military scientist who has developed an experimental vaccine just in time to spare himself from the onslaught of a devastating biological war. Neville has become the last man on Earth, doggedly keeping up the appearance of a civilized existence in his heavily fortified townhouse in the midst of the ghost town that was once Los Angeles. But the last man on Earth is not alone. At each sunset a vicious tribe of Lluddite barbarians, the "Family," emerges from the shadows to loot and burn. They're led by Matthias (Anthony Zerbe), a former news commentator who's determined to reverse the terrible effects of humanity's stewardship of planet Earth. Neville is the last remaining symbol of the world Matthias and his diseased followers mean to destroy, and every nightfall he fights off hordes of these zombies while trying to track down their secret nest. The Omega Man is an action-adventure, a nightmarish thriller, a vivid comic book melodrama and a parable with strong political overtones, with Heston as an archetypal conservative hero facing down an army of counterculture terrorists intent on destroying what remains of human technological society. While Heston's Neville was clearly the hero, Zerbe's unctuous, robed villain Matthias was equally compelling. One of the lasting artifacts of the film is composer Ron Grainer's beautiful pop-flavored score, which mixes a witch's brew of elements (baroque, pop, jazz, avant garde and straight dramatic orchestral scoring) into a seamless and highly melodic whole. Launching with a gorgeously elegiac baroque theme, Grainer's score boasts distinctive and accessible melodies for Neville, the Family, and the orphaned remnants of humanity that Neville discovers have been hiding from them both. With strong orchestral performances, unusual percussion effects and the distinctive sounds of two vintage electric organs, Grainer's The Omega Man score earns its reputation as one of the most asked-for and unforgettable genre scores of the '70s. Film Score Monthly finally delivers this long-lost Ron Grainer masterpiece in stunning stereo sound, with unused score cues, specially arranged source music and a rejected, alternate end title theme. Filling out the packaging are extensive liner notes, which include comments from star Charlton Heston, producer Walter Seltzer, and famed percussionist Emil Richards, who invented the distinctive water chime effect used in the score. Reissue label description: Because you demanded it. Because we improved the master. Because it’s a great score. Because it’s hard to keep the last man on Earth down. This historic reissue of The Omega Man (FSMCD Vol. 3, No. 2) features a newly reconstructed master and is (at significant cost to us) an unlimited edition for the collectors—we could not stand by and watch clowns selling CD-Rs on eBay of our out-of-print disc and do nothing to stop it! The new CD does not feature liner notes—only a six-panel fold-out booklet—but go here to read, for free, the complete original liner notes as well as new commentary prepared for this edition. Join the Family today!Track List The Omega Man Music Composed and Conducted by Ron GrainerA Summer Place (Max Steiner) 1:38The Omega Man 3:23Surprise Party 1:39Needling Neville 3:37Swinging at Neville's 1:06The Spirits Still Linger 4:28Where Did Lisa Go? 3:39'Round Midnight (Cootie Williams & Thelonious Monk) 2:20Jumped by the Family 2:19On the Tumbril 6:04Bad Medicine for Richie 2:14All Through the Night (Cole Porter) 3:51Zachary Makes His Move 4:51Hope Springs Eternal 4:05Richie on the Roof 3:58Neville crashes through 5:32Matthias the Victor 5:14Dutch Takes Over 3:08 Total Time: 65:38. SEALED. Returns accepted as long as item is still sealed. FREE DOMESTIC Media Mail shipping or $9.90 Priority Mail domestic shipping. Foreign rates figured individually. International shipping is by the eBay Global shipping program only. NO EXCEPTIONS. NOT responsible for any import tax levied by Customs Offices in individual countries.

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