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INTRADA Announces:



THE TWILIGHT ZONE
Composed by CRAIG SAFAN, BASIL POLEDOURIS, WILLIAMS GOLDSTEIN, CHRISTOPHER YOUNG
ELLIOT KAPLAN, ARTHUR KEMPEL, DENNIS McCARTHY, JAC REDFORD, FRED STEINER, and KEN WANNBERG
INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 348


Submitted for your approval, Intrada presents 22 scores from these first two seasons of the mid '80s revival of The Twilight Zone. Featuring an array of talented composers, the scores are bound together by the composers' willingness to chart that middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition—a “dimension of sound” that could only have emerged from the Twilight Zone. In conjunction with keyboardist and longtime Dead-associate Merl Saunders, the Grateful Dead collaborated on the main title, which conjures a uniquely creepy vibe, while incorporating Constant’s iconic motif. Additionally, the following episodes are included, moving from purely orchestral to entirely electronic, sporting a myriad of styles reflecting the range of colorful story lines.

Merl Saunders and The Grateful Dead - The Twilight Zone ’85 Main Title
Christopher Young - A Small Talent for War, A Matter of Minutes
Basil Poledouris - A Message From Charity, Monsters!, Profile in Silver, Song of the Younger World
Kenneth Wannberg - Still Life
Dennis McCarthy - Voices in the Earth
Merl Saunders and The Grateful Dead - The Twilight Zone ’85 End Title
J.A.C. Redford - What Are Friends For?
Craig Safan - Dead Woman’s Shoes, Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium, The Uncle Devil Show, Opening Day, To See the Invisible Man, Tooth and Consequences, Teacher’s Aide
Fred Steiner - A Day in Beaumont
Elliot Kaplan - The Last Defender of Camelot
Arthur Kempel - The Elevator
William Goldstein - Her Pilgrim Soul, The Card, Time and Teresa Golowitz

From its earliest years, The Twilight Zone has been synonymous with visions of wonderment, weirdness and terror. Originally created by TV-legend Rod Serling as a high-concept blend of fantastical storytelling grounded in human drama spanning the late '50s to mid '60s, its 156 episodes set a high-water mark for anthology television. The mid-eighties saw a surge in the return of anthologies, amongst which was a revitalized The Twilight Zone which ran for three seasons.

INTRADA Special Collection Vol. 348
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Thanks for the hard work in making this available, and for keeping it reasonable and therefore offering a great value (a quality sometimes overlooked when there is an abundance of options competing for our money). This album is an excellent distillation of the classics.

Great! Already pre-ordered thru Creature Features for the autographs.
Roger, any particular reason why Dennis McCarthy's other scores released on his promo cd werent included?

History of the best thing ever:

Sliced bread (1928 - 2016)

Intrada's 1980's Twilight Zone set (2016 - )

Many thanks for your work on this Roger. I'm ecstatic about what we're getting, but would love to see more down the line. Still, with the series previously stalling after a single disc back in '98, you've done the right thing not labelling this as Volume 1.

As well as the composers you mention, there's more good stuff from Merl Saunders / Grateful Dead still unreleased. I would have thought being such a cult band, they would guarantee a certain amount of sales, but maybe not if the last release is anything to go by.

Here's hoping Christopher Young and Basil Poledouris have enough of a completist fanbase to put this over the top. But, of course, it deserves to be a huge success on its own terms, not just to justify a further volume.

I picked this up at the Creature Features event, not having any familiarity with it.

Am I glad I did, there is a lot of interesting, eclectic stuff.

Also the first time I've ever purchased music by The Grateful Dead.

Even with good sales, a second volume becomes a possible issue of significant diminishing returns where the majority of fans are perfectly satisfied with just this compilation. This album might be too good.