Beneath the Planet of the Apes music by Leonard Rosenmann A fantastic gift for Apes! The OUT OF PRINT Limited Collector’s Edition CD on the Film Score Monthly label. Leonard Rosenman's stunning Beneath the Planet of the Apes was the 1970 sequel to producer Arthur P. Jacobs' groundbreaking sci-fi allegory. It picks up directly after the first film ends, with astronaut George Taylor (Charlton Heston) exploring the lifeless Forbidden Zone of a planet where apes evolved from men. But Taylor soon disappears in a terrifying illusion, leaving Nova (Linda Harrison) and another human explorer newly landed on the planet (James Franciscus as Brent) to dodge gorilla patrols in Ape City and eventually stumble on a twisted civilization of underground mutants. Taking over for Jerry Goldsmith, composer Leonard Rosenman retained the neoprimitive musical underpinnings of the ape world while creating a score very much written in his own, inimitable style. The result bridges the alien soundscape Rosenman created for Fantastic Voyage with the percussive barbarism always associated with the upside-down civilization of the ape planet. Rosenman's Beneath the Planet of the Apes is as inventive and otherworldly as Goldsmith's original Apes score, yet Rosenman's approach is in its way diametrically opposed to Goldsmith's--composed of vertically-stacked layers of sound, clanging, metallic effects, bristling, rambunctious chase music and a perverse, chaotic march for the ape army. Add to this some striking electronic effects and a bizarre choral mass written for the atomic bomb-worshipping mutants, and you have the recipe for one of the most original science fiction movie scores ever written. For years Leonard Rosenman's Beneath the Planet of the Apes score has been available to collectors only in the form of a strange concept album released in conjunction with the movie. For this LP Rosenman was asked to rearrange his score for a smaller orchestra and add contemporary elements including electric guitar performances and rock percussion. Leavening these stylistic departures from his original score were several dialogue sequences from the film, another common practice from the old days of motion picture soundtrack albums that persists today. This release goes back to the original score as heard in the film in dynamic stereo sound, including every note Rosenman recorded for the movie, electronic music and sound effects (some created to sonically illustrate the mind-controlling abilities of the film's mutants) and the score's hair-raising Mass for the Bomb. This score has never been available before in its original form, and as a bonus includes the complete original LP arrangements and dialogue snippets, which provide a striking contrast between the score Rosenman originally wrote and its adaptation as a popular soundtrack album. It's the second musical piece in the Planet of the Apes puzzle, and a fascinating companion piece to both the original Planet of the Apes score and Leonard Rosenman's science fiction and fantasy work. A FSM Collector's Edition release. Track listing: The Original Score 1. Main Title (03:37) 2. The Grave (02:17) 3. Retrospect (00:25) 4. Nova and Taylor (02:46) 5.Exploring (01:16) 6. Narrow Escape (01:10) 7. No Place to Turn (00:28) 8. Captured (02:16) 9. Target Practice (01:32) 10. Second Escape (03:07) 11. Underground City (03:45) 12. Off to War (02:48) 13. Mind Boggler (02:12) 14. The Priest (00:49) 15. Ape Soldiers Advancing (03:45) 16. Ape Soldiers Continue (00:49) 17. Hail the Bomb (03:34) 18. A Mutant Dies (00:58) 19. The Ugly Bomb (02:08) 20. Bonus Track: Mind-Control Sound Effects (04:09) 21. Bonus Track: Nova Dies (00:55) The Album 22. Opening Statement - Cornelius (00:29) 23. Main Title (02:04) 24. General Ursus' Address (00:35) 25. Ape Fury/Students - Peace & Freedom/Underground City (04:16) 26. Turkish Bath (Ursus and Zaius) (01:15) 27. March of the Apes (02:59) 28. The Chase (03:31) 29. Brent's Interrogation (01:38) 30. Captured (02:31) 31. Mass of the Holy Bomb (05:40) 32. Doomsday (01:05) First and only release of the complete original score Newly re-mastered from the original session tapes Bonus original album version Deluxe booklet Strictly limited edition OUT OF PRINT Disc in excellent condition. ** This is an original CD. I do not sell copies!! ** This is an original CD. I do not sell copies!! ** Unless noted, booklet and inserts are excellent. Missed the auction and there was no buyer? Contact me with a view to relisting the item.