101 Strings

Science Fiction Movie Music

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Science Fiction Movie Music Review

by Heather Phares

The 101 Strings Orchestra's Science Fiction Movie Music delivers just what the title promises -- ten contemporary and classic sci-fi themes, including Mark Snow's "X-Files Theme" and James Horner's theme for Cocoon. The orchestra is at its best on the more straightforward pieces of music, such the introduction to Richard Strauss' Also Sprach Zarathustra used in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Jerry Goldsmith's theme for Total Recall; the versions of Danny Elfman's "Men in Black" and "Twilight Zone, the TV Series" just aren't as distinctive as they should be. Still, Science Fiction Movie Music is a reasonably entertaining, well-made compilation even if it doesn't include any original recordings.

Track Listing

Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
	1	The X-Files, television series score Mark Snow	101 Strings	03:24	Amazon
Men in Black, film score
	2	Theme Danny Elfman	101 Strings	02:38	Amazon
Deep Impact, film score
	3	A Distant Discovery James Horner / Will Jennings	101 Strings	04:19	Amazon
Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176)
	4	Fanfare (as used in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey") Johann Strauss II / Richard Strauss	101 Strings	01:25	Amazon
The Twilight Zone: The Movie, film score
	5	Theme Jerry Goldsmith	101 Strings	05:44	Amazon
Twilight Zone Theme for orchestra
	6	Theme Marius Constant	101 Strings	00:44	Amazon
Cocoon, film score
	7	Theme James Horner / Will Jennings	101 Strings	06:28	Amazon
Total Recall, film score
	8	Theme Jerry Goldsmith	101 Strings	02:20	Amazon
Alien, film score
	9	Theme Jerry Goldsmith / David Sylvian	101 Strings	03:09	Amazon
Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score
	10	Theme John Williams	101 Strings	08:04	Amazon