738572159528

Fireball Xl5 - Original Tv Soundtrack

Barry Gray

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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 features a rich tapestry of themes and playful instrumentation. Much like his previous work for AP Films, Supercar, Barry Gray leans upon the jazzy musical language of Hollywood to bring to life the vivid marionettes and miniature craft, with compositions ranging from brassy heroic percussion to playful humorous cues. The unique nature of the series' otherworldly premise however allowed the composer to balance his silver screen classicism with a progressive use of electronically augmented instruments, namely the Ondes Martenot. Invented in the 1920s by French cellist Maurice Martenot, Barry Gary studied the keyboard-like instrument with its creator in Paris. The"wavering" sound the Ondes Martenot made was perfect for bringing to life the various alien and mysterious situations encountered by the World Space Patrol. These minimalist alien vignettes perfectly conveyed the emptiness of space and could be suitably unsettling when employed to set a scene of peril. This contrast of detached electronic music with the familiar anchor of jazz served the series well. To further add warmth to proceedings, each episode would close with an undeniable pop song, in the charming Fireball. The gentle love song featured the dulcet croon of Don Spencer and would be one of Barry Gray's finest pop moments- ensuring that the series lingered 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)