Bernard Herrmann Jerry Goldsmith - The Best Of Rod Serlings The Twilight Zone Original Television Scores (9 tracks) +Album Reviews

CLASSIC TWILIGHT ZONE MUSIC!

A. Wolverton | 06/05/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Most definately if you're into TZ then you will love this disc. It has some of the most memorable scores from some of the most memorable episodes, and they sound great considering when they were made especially. "Nervous Man" is cool, as are the "Invaders", and "Where is Everybody"-the 1st show, but the whole disc is great, and you even get to hear the legendary TZ opening and closing music, which anyone over the age of 10 has to have heard. A MUST for TZ fans! JOHN"

The Key That Unlocks Imagination

A. Wolverton | Crofton, MD United States | 02/08/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"'The Twilight Zone' was such a cool show. It had it all: scary creatures, strange people and places, and normal people attempting to deal with the unexplained. 'Twilight Zone' more often than not had great acting, great stories, and great music. As I was driving alone on a very cold night, I popped in this disc. The score from "The Invaders" really creeped me out! Jerry Goldsmith's score is only one of many great scores from the show. His "Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room" greatly conveys the inner demons at work in Jackie Rhodes, a weak, small-time hood whose mirror image is ready for a change. On the other hand, I wish more scores like the ones mentioned above were included on the disc. The series had many great scores...I just don't think "I Sing the Body Electric" is one of them. Why? Because the music doesn't really bring to mind scenes from great episodes like the ones mentioned above. Unless you really remember the episodes on the disc, the music doesn't mean that much to you. It is always great to hear the series theme music by Marius Constant. There's definitely nothing else like it. But where's the music from the first season? (It was not the same as the more familiar music used from the second season and beyond.) Still, a slightly flawed 'Twilight Zone' disc is better than none at all.Disc Time: 65:49"

You like the Zone? You'll LOVE this CD!

Dirk Vander Wilt | New York | 10/14/1998

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Relive all the thrills of many of the original Twilight Zone episodes in this unforgettable CD! The music sounds old and dated (and not very modern), but the sounds are full and the orchestration is brilliant! A Keeper!"

Nervous man with a four dollar CD

Lao Che | Central New York | 12/21/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I recently bought this CD brand new. I knew that it has gone out of print - so put down my other selections and bought this in case I never come across it again at the ridiculous price of four dollars (and change)! I'm a fan of the original series; I watch it whenever it's on the Sci-Fi Channel. I was surprised to find this compilation in a local record store? I was driving home with it in my CD player; the snow was falling, cars passing in and out of the darkness...The music on this CD succeeds in getting under your skin and makes the banal things in life more sinister, more disturbing. I don't have the show deep enough in my brain to recall scenes as I listen to the music - so in that respect, the music becomes creepier, attaching itself to life around as I listen to it. Kind of putting me in my own twilight zone, and that's OK. I highly recommend this collection - if you can find it?"

The stars shine brilliantly in this essential collection.

Chadwick H. Saxelid | Concord, CA United States | 10/30/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The names of the composers sell the disc more than any rave review could. In addition to the main and end title 'classic' Zone theme (Bernard Herrmann's contribution was on the second volume and is worth searching out) we have three by Goldsmith, one of which is The Invaders. The score for that particular episode is so icy and terrifying that the twinkling piano riffs were used to equal effect in the low budget thriller 'Kingdom of the Spiders'. Nervous in a Four Dollar Room is an equally nerve wracking selection. There are two by Bernard Herrmann, one of which, Walking Distance, is some of the most hauntingly beautiful music ever composed for a fantasy story, while Where is Everybody does an excellent job of unsettling the listener. Rene Garrigeunc's Jazz Theme is a 'stock cue' that any long time viewer of The Zone can place in countless episodes. The weakest selection is Nathan Van Cleave's I Sing the Body Electric, not that it is a bad one. It is just not one of my more favorite selections from the show. This is an essential soundtrack for any and all fans of fantastic film music. Highly recommended."

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