James Horner's BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) - 2023 2-CD Intrada

[Jay 37,369]

Roger says:

 

Coming 11/14...

 

 

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/95015405220/posts/10168518475810221/

 

[Ollie 1,059]

Yay!!!

[Andy 4,138]

I am battle beyond excited about this. 
 

@OneBuckFilms

[Edmilson 7,466]

It's great to see Horner's early years finally covered by the labels.

[Andy 4,138]

It really is. I suppose we have Sarah Horner to thank.  But I’m really loving this, hearing the seeds of a career based on equal parts borrowing and brilliance.  It’s like going back to the first generation of a Xerox copy and appreciating the first time the familiar Hornerisms came to life. 

[Faleel 5,354]

That ship design never gets old haha

[1977 1,743]

Finally listened to my BSX CD the other day on the back of Intrada's expansion of HotD and the comments that this one might be next. So glad it is!

 

I loves me some Blaster Beam

[GerateWohl 4,370]

Anybody seen the movie?

[crocodile 8,017]

Awesome. Horner fans are really getting spoiled this year.

 

Karol

[Jay 37,369]

5 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

Anybody seen the movie?

 

I haven't seen any of his pre-Wrath of Khan films! 

[filmmusic 1,834]

7 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

Anybody seen the movie?

Yes. It's not good, but I'm a sucker for 80s sci-fi, especially with such good score.

[GerateWohl 4,370]

4 minutes ago, Jay said:

I haven't seen any of his pre-Wrath of Khan films! 

I have just seen Wolfen. That wasn't bad.

 

3 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

Yes. It's not good, but I'm a sucker for 80s sci-fi, especially with such good score.

I was too. In the 80s. And I wonder how I managed to miss this one.

[Andy 4,138]

43 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

Anybody seen the movie?

With a John Sayles script and actors like Robert Vaughn, John Saxon and George Peppard, it should be better than it is.  It gets a little lost under its own weight.  I wish they’d gone for more intentional humor. 
 

That said, this is the granddaddy of budget Star Wars rip-offs.  Essential viewing for kids who grew up with early issues of Starlog Magazine, and an appreciation for old school starship model vfx.  It’s got some fun aliens, costumes, and Sybil Danning’s boobs give the infamously busty spaceship some competition.  Unfortunately the lead human Luke and Leia stand ins are pretty dull. Maybe I was too used to Richard Thomas as John Boy from The Waltons. 
 

A wonderful time capsule of the single Star Wars film era, with of course a great score.   Most days, I’d prefer to rot my brain with Starcrash before BBTS. 

[1977 1,743]

1 hour ago, GerateWohl said:

Anybody seen the movie?

I saw it on VHS in the mid-80s. All that registered was the booby spaceship.

[Tallguy 3,398]

I think I have this on DVD.

 

My nephew was going through my DVDs one time and asked "What's Krull?" My brother replied "It means Uncle Bill has too much money."

 

I said "No, I LOVE Krull. Battle Beyond the Stars means I have too much money!"

[Faleel 5,354]

29 minutes ago, JTWfan77 said:

I saw it on VHS in the mid-80s. All that registered was the booby spaceship.

You mean the U.S.S. Balzaq?

[Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,433]

My poor wallet... Can't wait to hear this though

[Bespin 8,483]

14 minutes ago, Raiders of the SoundtrArk said:

My poor wallet... Can't wait to hear this though

 

I'm thinking about creating an OnlyFans account!

[Edmilson 7,466]

Showing your ding-dong on the internet so that you can afford soundtrack albums is TIGHT!

[Faleel 5,354]

[OneBuckFilms 323]

I happen to love this film. It's a clunky B movie, but it gave a boost to Jim Cameron and James Horner's career, and this score was one of the reasons James Horner was hired for Star Trek II.

 

Also an excellent companion score to Humanoids from the Deep.

 

I am praying this is complete / expanded from the original master tapes, which would fulfill a major part of my Holy Grail list.

[Bespin 8,483]

51 minutes ago, Edmilson said:

Showing your ding-dong on the internet so that you can afford soundtrack albums is TIGHT!

 

I said to myself that by admitting I still purchase CDs in 2023, I've already lost all my dignity, so why stop here?

[OneBuckFilms 323]

2 hours ago, Tallguy said:

I think I have this on DVD.

 

My nephew was going through my DVDs one time and asked "What's Krull?" My brother replied "It means Uncle Bill has too much money."

 

I said "No, I LOVE Krull. Battle Beyond the Stars means I have too much money!"

I have this on Blu-ray (steelbook). Lots of fun.

[filmmusic 1,834]

45 minutes ago, OneBuckFilms said:

I have this on Blu-ray (steelbook). Lots of fun.

You have this one, right?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Battle-Beyond-the-Stars-Blu-ray/287574/

I was thinking of getting it myself.

[Andy 4,138]

Yeah that’s the one to get. I have it twice  I can see Scream/Shout Factory releasing this in 4K as they seem to be making their way through their catalogue. 

[OneBuckFilms 323]

28 minutes ago, filmmusic said:

You have this one, right?

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Battle-Beyond-the-Stars-Blu-ray/287574/

I was thinking of getting it myself.

That's the one.

[Andy 4,138]

My favorite Star Wars Rip-Offs

 

Legitimately Good:

The Black Hole

Flash Gordon

 

So Bad They’re Good:

StarCrash

Battle Beyond the Stars

Message From Space

The Humanoid (This one is crazy and needs a Hi Def release)

 

[OneBuckFilms 323]

I remember this score reused in other Roger Corman flicks I saw on VHS:

 

Space Raiders, Wizards of the Lost Kingdom IIRC.

[Ollie 1,059]

6 hours ago, GerateWohl said:

Anybody seen the movie?

 

Yes, I actually saw it in the theatre when it was released.

[pete 907]

2 hours ago, Ollie said:

 

Yes, I actually saw it in the theatre when it was released.

 

 me too, at least I think I did. Maybe a drive-in theater? I was quite young. I just remember not getting past the idea I was watching the guy from The Waltons

[Trope 527]

I hope this one will be released digitally too, as with Deadly Blessing and Humanoids from the Deep! I noticed a few weeks ago that the older Battle Beyond the Stars release was no longer available to stream.

[Ollie 1,059]

1 hour ago, pete said:

 

 me too, at least I think I did. Maybe a drive-in theater? I was quite young. I just remember not getting past the idea I was watching the guy from The Waltons

 

It was my introduction to Sybil Danning. 😉

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,537]

I've always liked this score. So what if "Malmori Rearguard" rips off "Klingon Battle", "Klingon Battle" rips off Prokofiev. It's the circle of life 

[1977 1,743]

7 hours ago, Trope said:

I hope this one will be released digitally too, as with Deadly Blessing and Humanoids from the Deep! I noticed a few weeks ago that the older Battle Beyond the Stars release was no longer available to stream.

Pretty sure it will, being a Shout release. I'll pick this and HftD up together.

[crocodile 8,017]

5 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said:

I've always liked this score. So what if "Malmori Rearguard" rips off "Klingon Battle", "Klingon Battle" rips off Prokofiev. It's the circle of life 

The Klingon theme itself sounds like something from Vaughan-Williams' fourth.

 

Karol

[A. A. Ron 1,742]

Holy shit! Instant purchase for sure!

[Ollie 1,059]

 

 

So it will be 2 disc set.

 

 

 

[OneBuckFilms 323]

Oh that sounds GOOD.

 

Sounds a lot cleaner than the OST or the movie.

[Yavar Moradi 2,599]

Whoa, Joe Sikoryak kicked ass with that soundtrack trailer. And it sounds like even some of the performance issues may have been fixed with. modern editing tools. Very excited for this one.

 

Yavar

[Andy 4,138]

Sounds like real instruments.  Holy shit I can’t wait. 

[OneBuckFilms 323]

Only 1 day to go ...

 

[DangerMotif 1,038]

ordered.

 

https://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.12873/.f

[Andy 4,138]

Smashed that add to cart!

[OneBuckFilms 323]

Ordered as well of course.

Holy cow those samples.

 

That brass is much more upfront and detailed.

[Andy 4,138]

So does anyone feel that correcting the original performance is revisionist?  I mean, I think it’ll ultimately be a good thing, but film purists get touch about this sort of thing. 

[Faleel 5,354]

22 minutes ago, Andy said:

So does anyone feel that correcting the original performance is revisionist?  I mean, I think it’ll ultimately be a good thing, but film purists get touch about this sort of thing. 

Thing is, that bad musical performance, can sometimes make something feel off kilter, and is usually foreground, something that a minor visual mistake, doesn't quite equivalent to

[Andy 4,138]

My ears suck. I will need to have the flubs and corrections A/B’d so I can compare them. 

[OneBuckFilms 323]

I think for this and Superman IV the use of different takes to make some performance corrections is a good choice.

 

This is a tool to be used in specific circumstances if it truly benefits the music.

I think the sample for the Main Title must have been done lower res than the rest of the samples, it sounds distant and pinched compared to everything else.

 

I think the actual cue on the CD will sound perfectly fine.

[Faleel 5,354]

6 minutes ago, OneBuckFilms said:

I think the sample for the Main Title must have been done lower res than the rest of the samples, it sounds distant and pinched compared to everything else.

It was mono when I listened to it.

8 minutes ago, Andy said:

My ears suck. I will need to have the flubs and corrections A/B’d so I can compare them. 

Not to sound like a jerk, I find that it's more something you feel (rhythmically) than hear with your ears sometimes.

[Andy 4,138]

Not jerky sounding at all. I get what you’re saying.  Not an instrument player myself, I have a tendency, right or wrong, to let the whole of the orchestra wash over me. I have to really train myself to listen to the sum of the parts so to speak.