The newly remastered Network Blu Ray of the 1979 TV series QUATERMASS presents Marc Wilkinson & Nic Rowley’s score as an isolated track, in stereo.

As usual with Network’s iso scores, the volume is all over the place. I thought it was a lot of work to fix the volume dips on their MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF release, but this one surpassed it. I like this score very much, so I’m not really complaining - I just wish Network could have located the original masters. Oh, well… this is probably the best we’re going to get.

A few cues are mixed so low that raising the volume to a listenable level resulted in audible dialogue bleedthrough, so you’ll occasionally hear voices muttering softly in the background. Personally I don’t find this too distracting, but it depends on how you’re going to play this music - if you listen on headphones it’ll probably drive you batshit.

I was struck by how bass-heavy the music often is - those synths growl with almost speaker-rattling intensity. This appears to be a deliberate intention of the composers, and is very effective at low volume below dialog and effects, but a bit problematic when raised to more conventional playback levels. In general I left the bass alone, but a couple of times I had to EQ it so it wouldn’t kill my speakers.

Comments on three of the tracks:

Opening Credits. The stereo version buries the percussion elements in the mix, so I’ve also included the mono version which presents the percussion clearly.

Tituppy Bumpity. The music for the “porn cabaret” sequence is distinctly out of character with the rest of the score - in fact it’s not composed by Wilkinson & Rowley, it’s a deWolfe library track called “Stillover.” I considered not including it, but it’s an indelible part of the narrative so I bunged it in.

The Rage Of The World. This was a pleasant discovery. Virtually inaudible in the film mix, it reveals itself to be one of the score’s highlights, showcasing a rousing version of the Quatermass theme on electric guitar (electric guitar is only used twice in the score, here and in “Beneath The Stadium.”)

TRACK LISTING:

Episode One: “Ringstone Round”

01 Opening Titles (00:39)
02 Muggers (01:05)
03 My Granddaughter (00:52)
04 Space Station (00:20)
05 Disaster In Space (00:27)
06 The Market (00:45)
07 Pay Cops & Act Out (01:28)
08 Act 2 Intro (00:22)
09 Planet People (01:51)
10 The Observatory (00:51)
11 Kapp's Family (01:42)
12 The Beaker/Clare's Dig (00:58)
13 To Ringstone Round & Act Out (00:56)
14 Act 3 Intro (00:18)
15 Alison's Scare (00:20)
16 The Gathering/Hettie (00:58)
17 Ringstone Round (01:30)
18 Kickalong (00:26)
19 Riot (00:18)
20 The Light (00:53)

Episode Two: “Lovely Lightning”

21 Aftermath (01:00)
22 They've All Gone (00:40)
23 The Survivor (01:22)
24 Kickalong's Rage (02:28)
25 Alison Joins The Planet People (01:05)
26 A Comforting Ritual (02:02)
27 Clare Soothes Isabel (01:01)
28 Act Two Intro (00:11)
29 Something Took Them (00:48)
30 Incident In Brazil (01:36)
31 He's Stopped Looking So Old (00:40)
32 Act Three Intro (00:14)
33 What's Up There? (00:20)
34 The Rage Of The World (02:32)
35 Kapp Says Goodbye (01:11)
36 Planet People At Observatory (01:29)
37 Second Strike (02:36)
38 Kapp's Home Destroyed (01:22)
39 Closing Titles (01:49)

Episode Three: “What Lies Beneath”

40 Opening Titles (mono) (00:37)
41 The Scrapyard (00:45)
42 The Old People (01:22)
43 Isabel Levitates (01:30)
44 Kapp's Grief (00:52)
45 Kapp's Madness (02:00)
46 Tituppy Bumpity (01:37)
47 We're Being Harvested (01:52)
48 Space Shuttle Disaster (02:22)
49 Act Three Intro (00:10)
50 Kapp Alone (00:46)
51 Gathering At Wembley (01:34)
52 Beneath The Stadium (01:01)

Episode Four: “An Endangered Species”

53 Quatermass Survives (1:18)
54 Green Sky (1:56)
55 Scientists At Work (0:44)
56 Now We Can Begin (1:03)
57 Return To Observatory (1:00)
58 Quatermass Finds Kapp (0:59)
59 Kapp’s Voices (0:40)
60 The Pheromone Synthesis (0:17)
61 I’m Staying With Him (0:12)
62 Act Three Intro (0:10)
63 I Know They’re Dead (0:43)
64 An Accident (0:40)
65 The Other Side Of The Universe (1:17)
66 Trap Set (0:57)
67 Reunion and Detonation (2:29)
68 It Has Not Come Again/Final Credits (1:53)

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Many thanks for sharing your hard work.

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good stuff thanks!

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Thanks for sharing! Had never heard of this but would love to check it out.

Thank you share!

Thank you.

Great job!

Really appreciate the work that went into this. Did I miss the Man Who Haunted Himself post? Couldn't find it in a search :(

Thanks for your comments.

And The Man Who Haunted Himself (complete score) can be found here (Thread 172308):

Thanks for that :)

Many thanks for all your hard work. Much appreciated.

I see some online store called synth nation is now selling CDRs of my version for $26 a pop. Bloody cheek! (Although, to be fair, I'm not exactly in a position to complain).

Great effort! Thanks very much!

Thank you so very much, feedthecats!

Nice work once again.
Thank you very much.

Hello. I finally caught up with this programme last year. I only ever so episode one on tv in 1979. I saw most of it on youtube. I like the series and the music. Great stuff.thanks

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Thanks for the share...

Hey, way to go, ftc! It's been so long I can remember when I first saw this. Gonna have to give this a listen.

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I thought I’d already added this artwork, but seems I forgot. Here it is anyway for people who like to print stuff:

thanks so much for the link, much appreciated and incredibly fast

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Many thanks for this score and the link!

Thank you!

Thanks for your upload, Feedthecats!

Thanks for sharing this. Is there anyway I could obtain a CD-R of the soundtrack? and how much would it cost me?

Is there a link? So I can download it.

Many thanks

Thanks for sharing this. Is there anyway I could obtain a CD-R of the soundtrack? and how much would it cost me?

Is there a link? So I can download it.

Many thanks

There's no selling of stuff here.

You'll need to post a few more replies (in this thread or any other) before your Private Message function is activated and I'll be able to send you the link.

Thanks for letting me know.

Will post a few replies to get my private message function activated.

thank you very much for sharing!!!!

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Please, may I get this link?

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Thank you for all your efforts, I got the link and these great looking covers, also !