View Full Version : Thread 193510">QUATERMASS & THE PIT � Original BBC TV Soundtrack, Trevor Duncan (FLAC)



Funky1&2
09-03-2015, 01:17 PM
LINK (http://www.mediafire.com/download/yskxcn67594bitt/Quatermass+and+the+Pit+-+BBC+TV+Soundtrack.zip)

1. Mutations 1(a) [1-6]
2. Paroxysms (e) [1,2]
3. FEATURED: Calling All Workers - Eric Coates [1]
4. Mutations 2(b) [1-5]
5. The Challenge of Space 1: Escape Velocity [2-5]
6. The Challenge of Space 2: Vastness of Space [2]
7. Foul Noises Sent by the Devil 1 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop (TV rip) [3]
8. The Challenge of Space 5: Cosmic Rays [3]
9. Mutations 2(b) [FAST] [4]
10. Mutations 2(d) [FAST, montage] [4]
11. Foul Noises Sent by the Devil 2 - BBC Radiophonic Workshop
12. FEATURED: Jerusalem / End of Part 4 (TV rip) [4]
13. Four Evil Men No. 1: The Con Man [5,6]
14. Mutations 2 (d) [ORIGINAL SPEED] [5]
15. FEATURED: The Wild Hunt - BBC Radiophonic Workshop (TV rip) [5]
16. Mutations 1 (c) [5,6]
17. FEATURED: UNKNOWN (BBC Technical Breakdown) (TV rip) [6]
18. Four Evil Men No. 3: The Sadist [6]
19. FEATURED: Killing the Animals - BBC Radiophonic Workshop (TV rip) [6]
20. Four Evil Men No. 4: The Killer [5,6]
21. Cathedral 2: Vision (TV rip) [6]
22. Cathedral 2: Vision (reprise � end titles) [6]

It�s Trevor Duncan all the way with this one. The bulk of the score comes from three suites: The Challenge of Space, Four Evil Men and Mutations. Filling in the gaps is a lone Paroxysm, used in parts one and two when things take a turn for the creepy, and the fantastic Vision from the final scene and closing credits. This last one is a sod to track down. In fact I haven�t, and this version�s been pulled from the DVD.

As usual there are a couple of unidentified tracks - neither of them major this time, and both �featured� music rather than incidental. Firstly, the TV breakdown music from part 6 is listed as With Noble Purpose on the production paperwork. A track called With Noble Purpose � Grand March is available but it�s not the one from Quatermass. With Noble Purpose might have been a suite (meaning we�re after a different track with the same name), or someone wrote down the wrong title altogether. Which would hardly be a first. [EDIT: The correct track is here (http://www.mediafire.com/download/n8hl30y7m5a5qw6/With+Noble+Purpose+%28Theme%29.zip)]

The other missing track is the NYTV ident, also from part 6, which could easily have come from a BBC sound effects disc, and, to be honest, I�m not losing any sleep about it.

One thing that�s missing altogether is the Radiophonic Workshop�s unused version of the theme tune. It still exists, along with 3 reels of sound effects, and I�d like them released today, please.

The running order mirrors the first appearance of each cue in the serial - almost. I�ve moved the second Foul Noises Sent by the Devil (it's a quote!) and The Killer - partly to reduce repetition, partly to better reflect the flow of the story. Sometimes I hate myself.

A few of these tracks have never had a CD release and are unfortunately from mp3. CD, vinyl and DVD sources have been used for the remainder.


EXTRA BITS

Also included is a rip of the Live From a Quarry CD � the soundtrack to the self-proclaimed �live hypertheatre spectacular� version from 1997. (They weren�t allowed to use the word �Quatermass� on the CD �cos the BBC can copyright a surname, apparently.) Anyway, it�s by the man who wrote Bob the Builder: Can We Fix It? Do not be alarmed � it�s great!

Also within is the last track from The Challenge of Space suite: Celestial Glory � it�s not featured in any of the Q serials, but it does appear to be a close blood relative of Cathedral: Vision. That Trevor Duncan had a sneaky way of recording the same track multiple times for multiple libraries�.


The Soundtrack to The Quatermass Experiment is here ( http://forums.ffshrine.org/f92/quatermass-experiment-bbc-1953-soundtrack-flac-193341/#post3044941).

And Quatermass II is here ( Thread 191161).

Not one of mine, but to complete the set here's feedthecats' very nice rip of Quatermass IV / The Conclusion / The ITV One from 1979 (Thread 192917).

thefieldster
09-03-2015, 01:28 PM
Thanks for this bit of Q. Still creepy and atmospheric after nearly sixty years!!!!

Funky1&2
09-05-2015, 07:39 AM
It's a wonderful score. I refuse to believe there's no demand for a proper release of this stuff (and the fact people here keep downloading it rather proves the point). I'd buy a proper release tomorrow. Someone pull their fingers out!

recons
09-09-2015, 12:03 PM
I did put this to a few appropriate people - one a BBC bod and one an independent who has released library music before (it's not fair to name them, but you'd guess straight away), but neither seemed interested. It doesn't appear to generate the revenue a release needs to have these days.

Sorry - I've downloaded but I just haven't got to this or QII yet. I'm sure they're brilliant, though! I'm on a week's hols next week, so 'll take them with me.

Funky1&2
09-14-2015, 05:31 AM
Happy hols!

My QII upload, as of today, has had 142 downloads in two-and-a-bit months. Which is probably tiny compared to some things here, but I think it's more than any Dr Who upload of mine has got in a similar time period. And Dr Who does quite well commercially, I'm told!

northjersey
10-01-2015, 03:27 PM
Thanks!

Space Hunter M
10-02-2015, 11:57 PM
Splendid job on all three compilations! I commend your work.

zelig46
10-19-2015, 01:14 PM
Formidable thread, Quatermass its is a story of Sci-fi.

reppa35
10-30-2015, 10:26 PM
Thank you

Funky1&2
05-16-2016, 02:13 PM
With Noble Purpose - Trevor Duncan


...the TV breakdown music from part 6 is listed as With Noble Purpose on the production paperwork. A track called With Noble Purpose � Grand March is available but it�s not the one from Quatermass...

The correct version is With Noble Purpose (Theme). Thanks to GinjaNinja for tracking it down. It's never appeared on CD; here it is from a 1971 Harmonic compilation album:

https://www.mediafire.com/?n8hl30y7m5a5qw6

blackie74
07-21-2016, 09:02 PM
thanks

Darth Sphincter
04-22-2017, 07:37 PM
Only 11 other persons enjoyed this music enough to comment??

Whassup with that shizz?


This is fabulous music! Thanks for sharing your classic rips, Funky1&2!

Uncle Bela
04-23-2017, 12:57 AM
Thank you! :)