Supercar
Silva Screen Records SILCD1591


Silva Screen Records 03/27/2020 CD
 

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# Track Artist/Composer Duration
1.SupercarSeries One Main Titles 
2.Full Boost Vertical 
3.The Headhunters And Sargon 
4.Whimsical Antics 
5.Masterspy Theme/Pleasant Theme 
6.What Goes Up 
7.SupercarSeries Two Main Titles 
8.The Runaway Train 
9.Precious Cargo 
10.Zizi's Song 
11.Super Stork 
12.Hi-Jack 
13.Calling Charlie Queen 
14.The Beakette Danube 
15.Space For Mitch 
16.Jail Break 
17.The Day Time Stood Still 
18.City Lights 
19.Gifted Gorilla 
20.Supercar Extended Theme 
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BARRY GRAY - SUPERCAR (ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK)

Added on Friday, March 20, 2020  

BARRY GRAY - SUPERCAR (ORIGINAL TELEVISION SOUNDTRACK)

Barry Gray’s original Television score for Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation show.

Following from Four Feather Falls, Supercar was the second Gerry Anderson show to use the Supermarionation technique. Based on the Czech style of marionette puppetry, Supermarionation was Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s development of the technique to include synchronisation of puppet’s lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue.

Between 1961 and 1962, thirty-nine episodes were produced. Due to lack of funding and speed of production, Barry Gray had to produce music fast; he composed a series of ‘themes’ for locations, situation and characters.
The main star of the show, the Super car, was given the heroic theme, whilst the rest of the score is at times whimsical and charming to support the dialogue and at others menacing when underlining the drama. The orchestra was comprised of forty instrumentalists and was conducted by Barry himself.

Barry Gray was amongst the first composers to use electronic instruments in music for television. One such instrument was the Ondes Martenot, used to produce otherworldly musical motifs and fragments and later to create electronic sound effects in his future score for Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Other shows he later used this instrument for include Doppelganger and Doctor Who films Dr Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 AD.

On this album, the 20 themes featured create a coherent listening experience. They guide the listener through the music map of the show.

The vinyl is a double LP pressed on Sherbet Lemon coloured vinyl.
REVIEWS
'Supercar is filled with delightful highlights from the series’ underscore, showcasing Gray’s various talents.'
'For fans of the composer’s oeuvre, this new Silva release will be very welcome indeed, delivering an excellent overview of his work for the series.
The playlist also features music that is available for the first time, with no repeat tracks from the Barry Gray survey album the label released a decade ago.'
FSM Magazine - 4*

Supercar

Added on Friday, February 14, 2020  

Supercar

Gerry Anderson's production of Supercar made its UK TV debut in January 1961. The adventures of the crew of an amazing land, sea and air vehicle based at a secret laboratory in the Nevada Desert became an instant worldwide hit bolstered by the tag, 'filmed in Supermarionation'. In later years musical maestro Barry Gray had the freedom to write scores for selected episodes of each Gerry Anderson series - with the cues being reused on subsequent episodes and new material being composed as needed.

For Supercar this was initially not possible due to the breakneck turnaround of the show and limited budget. Therefore, in addition to composing the all-important title theme, Barry produced a series of ‘themes’ for locations, situation and characters (Supercar itself being embedded with heroic characteristics through the score launching the idea that the vehicles were central characters too). The often whimsical, charming score beautifully embellishes the equally charming and whimsical nature of the dialogue. However, the more serious moments are scored with appropriate menace , suitably written to underline the knowingly melodramatic nature of the plots. For series One, Gray’s music was heavily supplemented with library music by Edwin Astley, but for the second series Gray was the sole musical voice and, in addition to a new version of the main theme, he expanded on his existing score with tracks that would serve not just the Supercar team, but future heroic organisations as yet undreamt of.



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