738572159528

Fireball Xl5 - Original Tv Soundtrack

Barry Gray

Regular
£10.99
Sale
Regular
£10.99
Unavailable
Unit Price
per 

Format: CD

Cat No: SILCD1595

Release Date:  22 January 2021

Label:  Silva Screen Records Ltd / Silva Screen

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  738572159528

Genres:  Soundtracks  TV Show  

  • Description

    The musical soundscape created by Barry Gray for Fireball XL5 featuresa rich tapestry of themes and playful instrumentation. Much like hisprevious work for AP Films, Supercar, Barry Gray leans upon the Jazzymusical language of Hollywood to bring to life the vivid marionettes andminiature craft, with compositions ranging from brassy heroic percussionto playful humorous cues.The unique nature of the series' otherworldly premise however allowedthe composer to balance his silver screen classicism with a progressiveuse of electronically augmented instruments, namely the Ondes Martenot.Invented in the 1920s by French cellist Maurice Martenot, Barry Garystudied the keyboard-like instrument with its creator in Paris. The"wavering" sound the Ondes Martenot made was perfect for bringing tolife the various alien and mysterious situations encountered by the WorldSpace Patrol . These minimalist alien vignettes perfectly conveyed theemptiness of space and could be suitably unsettling when employed to seta scene of peril.This contrast of detached electronic music with the familiar anchor ofJazz served the series well. To further add warmth to proceedings, eachepisode would close with an undeniable popsong, in the charming Fireball. The gentle lovesong featured the dulcetcroon of Don Spencerand would be one of BarryGray's finest pop moments- ensuring that the serieslingered in viewers heads.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Fireball XL5 Main Theme
      • 2. The Mystery of Planet 46 from Planet 46
      • 3. Formula 5 from The Doomed Planet
      • 4. Rogue Planet from The Doomed Planet
      • 5. Exploring the Tanker from The Hypnotic Sphere
      • 6. Hypnotised from The Hypnotic Sphere
      • 7. Travelling Light from Space Vacation
      • 8. Ninety’s Dream from A Day in the Life of a Space General
      • 9. Zero G (Single version)
      • 10. The Cholorphon from Plant Man from Space
      • 11. Spectre of Electon from Ghosts of Space
      • 12. End Titles : Fireball
      • 13. Circus Dreams from Flying Zodiac
      • 14. Platonia Treachery from Planet of Platonia
      • 15. Flat Jazz from Flight to Danger
      • 16. Trapped from Space Monster
      • 17. This is the Twist from Space Monster
      • 18. Fireball End Titles : Instrumental from Space City Special
      • 19. Ice Skating Waltz from Drama at Space City
      • 20. Aphros Theme from Prisoner on the Lost Planet
      • 21. Aquaphibian from XL5 to H2O
      • 22. Foiled! from XL5 to H2O
      • 23. Back to the past from 1875
      • 24. Fireball (Single version)