I’ve had a bootleg of this score for a while now, but I was unhappy with the quality. Most of the tracks were very muffled. I decided to spend some time improving and brightening the sound. The results, although not perfect, are pretty good.

The really surprising thing is that all the tracks are in genuine stereo, and not the mono mix you would expect of a 1973 made-for-TV movie. The score presented here isn’t quite complete, but it covers most of the important stuff. Let’s hope someone releases an official version someday soon.

01. Main Titles (1:55)
02. Introduction (0:42)
03. The Lovers (unused) (1:08)
04. Death Of A Brother (contains unused section) (1:42)
05. Satan's Pupil (0:33)
06. Clavell's Laboratory / Reanimating The Beetle (unused) (1:46)
07. Viktor and Elizabeth (2:07)
08. Elizabeth Kills The Butterfly (0:55)
09. Doctor Pollidori (unused) / Grave Robbing (2:18)
10. Clavell's Reflection / The Arm / Clavell Dies (2:14)
11. Victor Finds Clavell (Act Out version) (0:16)
12. Victor Finds Clavell / Clavell's Brain / The Experiment (3:17)
13. He's Alive! (3:21)
14. A New Home (0:50)
15. After The Opera / Signs Of Degeneration (1:41)
16. The Process Is Reversing Itself / Hypnotic Pollidori / Tears (1:13)
17. Alone In The Night / The Creature Is Gone (2:21)
18. The Creature's Despair / Cliff Jump (3:10)
19. Washed Ashore (1:04)
20. Blind Man's Cottage (0:59)
21. Return To The Cottage (contains unused section) (0:48)
22. Agatha Is Run Down (1:05)
23. The Creature Takes Agatha To The Lab (0:44)
24. A Touching Reunion (0:38)
25. Behind The Mask (0:27)
26. Prima Is Born (4:36)
27. Prima The Temptress (1:01)
28. Copycat (unused) / Bad Girl (unused) / The Scar (2:16)
29. Acid Tank (5:01)
30. Prima Dances (unused) (1:19)
31. Prima's Death / The Stowaway (1:18)
32. The Creature Explores The Ship (1:53)
33. Viktor Is Injured (0:37)
34. Northwards (2:50)
35. Elizabeth Is Dead (0:38)
36. Wilderness Of Ice (2:00)
37. End Titles (1:55)

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good stuff thanks ... i have it and look forward to the redux !!!

Thanks "feedthecats" for sharing !I have the bootleg too , so I will listen to "your version" to see the improving!!

Thank You

Very cool. Anything new by Melle is always a treat.

Hello Feedthecats - wow, i remember this, very dimly. My mother let me watch it as she said it was an adaption of great literature! very interesting and a genuine curio - thanks for sharing.

Thank you! The music is excellent.

Never saw the movie, but I found a wonderful 6 minute trailer (uploaded by Bacardicus) at Frankenstein The True Story - Extended Trailer - YouTube (http://youtu.be/fx83SjnHxBo) .

James Mason gives an electrifying performance, David McCallum lends a hand, Jane Seymour tries to strangle a cat and eventually loses her head over Michael Sarrazin as The Creature.

Hello feedthecats,
thank you very much for providing this marvellous Gil Melle TV score - a very very underrated composer who had
a very unique composing style: often avantgardish and of cause influenced by his Jazz background (rythm technique)
like Jerry Fielding.
As most of his scores are perfectly suited to the movie/TV projects he composed for - they were never mainstream compositions
which may be the main reason that not much of his work is available on LP/CD to this day.
Which is a real pity as I really adore this composer for his highly original compositional technique.
Thanks again for this score. Regards, Klaus.

GREAT SHARE, many thanks!

Thanks!!

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thank you buddy L

Nice score, great edit! Thanks for the share!

Hello feedthecats,
just one question haunts me:
I also have that CD-R bootleg version with the muffled sound - but it has 41 tracks and runs slightly over 68 mins.
Your source - which is greatly improved in sound quality - has 37 tracks and runs 65 mins which would make a difference of 3-4 mins.
Where there various bootleg versions with different content/running time around or
did you kick some tracks out for being repetitive or too bad in sound quality for improvement?
Just curious ...
Regards, Klaus.

Hello feedthecats,
just one question haunts me:
I also have that CD-R bootleg version with the muffled sound - but it has 41 tracks and runs slightly over 68 mins.
Your source - which is greatly improved in sound quality - has 37 tracks and runs 65 mins which would make a difference of 3-4 mins.
Where there various bootleg versions with different content/running time around or
did you kick some tracks out for being repetitive or too bad in sound quality for improvement?
Just curious ...
Regards, Klaus.

I combined (but didn't overlap) a couple of the very short cues. I also omitted two repeats of the Main Title (which is identical to the End Title).

Nice edit and the score sounds better than ever. Congrats "feedthecats"!!!!

This is quite impressive and enjoying it. In addition to seeing this officially released, it is hoped that all of Melle's scoring for Kolchak: The Night Stalker and the other TV scores will get a proper release. Thanks for this unique post!

Super GREAT SHARE :-D !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Always nice to listen to something by this composer. Many thanks.

thanx a lot for sharing this
not enough gil melle

I remember watching Frankenstein on NBC as a child, in 2 parts, and I liked it so much that today I own a copy on DVD. But I never thought I'd see the ost or any other version of Frankenstein, anywhere.

Thanks very much for your time and effort. I'll give this a listen as soon as Mega finishes...

It's funny, but for a tv version, this version of Frankenstein was the most complete, much better than any big budget film!

Thanks again!

Thanks a lot!

Didn't expect to find this.

Much thanks!

Thank you very much

Many thanks for the link, feedthecats!!!
Regards!!! :)

Thanks so much for this gem of a score.

Thank you very much.

thanks feedthecats for your work and generosity!

Ive got this movie for a while in the to watch list, I think Ill finally watch it for the music, and lets be honest, for a young jane seymour

Gracias

thanks for this great job

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At last! Thanks so much for this.

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Very cool. Thank you.

FLAC link added to original post.

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Thanks; I remember watching this.

Always loved this movie. Thanks so much for posting!

Thank you!!!

Anything by Gil Melle is fantastic. I remember seeing this on television when it was first broadcast. The film was wonderfully produced and told and seriously graphic for it's time. I loved it. I finally got to record this on an Atlanta television station at 3:00 a.m. I finally found it recently on DVD but I think it's been edited.

Melle has scored some of the creepiest most stunning music ever and he is hugely underrated much like John Cacavas. (Airport 77 anyone?) I remember the theme for Kolchak: The Night Stalker as being one of the scariest themes written (though it was culled from his original score for The Questor Tapes). The best though was his theme for Night Gallery. That was pure nightmare material. Not until The Walking Dead has it been matched.

Thank you for sharing this.

Found this while searching for something else and I am glad I found it and that the FLAC link still worked!

This is my favorite filmed version of FRANKENSTEIN even if it does stray a bit from the book at times.

Thanks for posting!

thanks

When the link is taken down, it pops up again, revitalized and unstoppable!

Just like our friend, Frank N. Stein. Nobody can stop Frank! Only Frank can stop Frank.

If Frank moves in next door, you may as well just change zip codes. Kind of like Rednecks, but w/o all the junked cars out on the front lawn.

Thanks to FeedtheCats, aka Eyegore, as Caretaker of The Link.

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Thank you for your great work, Feedthecats!

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Hope to get some more ost from you, good continuation.


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Nice artwork!

Link received. Many thanks feedthecats for sharing FRANKENSTEIN: THE TRUE STORY - Gil Melle ;-) I gave you a rep. Rated thread: excellent! ;-)

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Sorry to bother you again. Could I please get this link? Many thanks!!!! Steve

Got the link. Thank you so much, feedthecats!

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Brilliant Melle score. A tip o' the hat for freely sharing, feedthecats.

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This sounds great, would love a copy if you wouldn't mind?

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This sounds great, would love a copy if you wouldn't mind?

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Hi there. You need to make a few more posts before your PM function is activated, and then I can send you the link.

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PM Should be OK now, if you could send me the link I'd really appreciate it :)

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Would like the link please. Thanks for this in advance!

Is the Gil Melle Frankenstein: The True Story download still available?

Is the Gil Melle Frankenstein: The True Story download still available?

Indeed it is. I've posted the link in your Visitor Messages in your profile page.

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I'm just checking to see if the Gil Melle, Frankenstein: The True Story download still available. Thanks.

I'm just checking to see if the Gil Melle, Frankenstein: The True Story download still available. Thanks.

It is indeed ... and if you go into your Profile and check Visitor Messages you'll find the link I just sent you :)

Please, may I get this link?

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Please, may I get this link?

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May I have the link tothis, please ? Looking at other's comments it promises to be really interesting and fun !

Such rapid turn around and response ! Awesome ! Thank You very much ! :)

Big thanks for that one!

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I have wanted this soundtrack for, literally, decades!