MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (1961 blu music/fx) Bernard Herrmann

an improved music and effects track from the out-of-print Twilight Time blu-ray. I dont know if the new blu-ray has a different track.

The 1961 film used a mono score, but a stereo recording was also made as a kind of experiment. The tracks werent used, and put in storage. When the 1995 laserdisc was prepared, the surviving stereo tracks were mixed into the movie soundtrack, and also released on a Cloud Nine CD. However, they werent integrated into the laserdisc music/effects track.

On the blu-ray, the stereo cues were definitely spliced into the music/effects track (and possibly the 5.1 film audio, although there’s some debate about that). Some tracks like "Cephalopod" werent substituted into the music/effects, possibly because they dont seem to match the final film score (my assertion based on trying to add it from the Cloud Nine cd). I’m including the Ray Harryhausen commentary from the short documentary on the laserdisc – you dont need video to enjoy it.
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01. Credits, Civil War 3:07
02. Prison Harmonica 0:27
03. Prison Fight 0:30
04. Prison Yard 0:29
05. Balloon Escape 1:59
06. Swept Away 0:32
07. Storm 2:05
08. Ocean View 0:31
09. Closing The Valve 1:07
10. Balloon Rip 1:10
11. Balloon Crash, The Island 2:41
12. The Rocks, Exploration 2:50
13. Giant Crab 2:52
14. Aftermeal Harmonica 0:23
15. Climbing The Volcano 1:39
16. The Women 1:37
17. Cliff Cave 4:25
18. Granite House 2:24
19. Giant Chicken 3:19
20. Bees, Pirates, Nautilus 8:33
21. Pirates Attack 3:14
22. Nemo Sinks Pirates 1:45
23. Underwater City 3:35
24. Volcano Erupts 1:28
25. Phantom of the Nautilus 1:16
26. Air Pump; Cephalopod 5:24
27. Raising The Ship, Island Destroyed 4:10
28. Ray Harryhausen (laserdisc) 8:53
Total 72 minutes (score 64 minutes)

thanks so much

This sounds great, thanks for sharing!

I’m thrilled with this ! Thank you, that’s fantastic !
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Thank you very much.

Merci!

Just downloaded this. Many thanks indeed.

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Thank you for the 320! I’d also like the FLAC version. Wave as Flac can be uploaded upon request.

Appreciate your efforts on this mix.

I love the Classics! Thanks!

Love Mysterious Island! Can’t wait to hear this. Thank you!

Thanks for the share, and the background info!

Thank you for the new link of FLAC files!

Thank You very Much for this Hermann’s Sourdtracks.

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Thanks for this really looking forward to it, sadly The Cloud Nine CD was missing lots of cues due to damaged master tapes, and could not be used.The Tribute Re-recording is totally complete and not bad for a re-recording. I still think Joel McNeely did the best Re-recordings of Herrmann’s! Just my opinion not trying to make anybody mad.

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AWESOME! Thank you so much!

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Thanks a lot for your hard work on this and the info 🙂

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That was fast, Thank You!

Thanks for sharing this I really enjoyed this today and it was a really treat to hear it all, I didn’t get to list to interview track 28 yet but will do.
Thanks again have a Great Week!

soo cool! thanks a lot, sadsack!

keep boppin�
marcel