Soundtrack News Round-Up: Spock, Mancini and Spartacus

• Well, here’s a nice surprise. Following their masterfully-done expansion of James Horner’s score to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan last year, Film Score Monthly presents a double-disc reissue of Horner’s Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The unlimited set includes the complete score on one disc and the original LP presentation on the other.
• Intrada’s announced some new titles as well. Les Baxter’s score to The Beast Within and Henry Mancini’s jazzy soundtrack to 99 and 44/100% Dead!, both new entries in the Special Collection Series, are available for order at 1,000 and 1,200 copies apiece.
• Finally, Varese Sarabande has set next Monday, May 31, as the date for “a single, special CD Club release.” Word on the street is that it may finally be the long-awaited expansion of Alex North’s Spartacus.

Hit the jump for track lists for all these great titles.

James Horner, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – Original Motion Picture Score (FSM/Retrograde FSM-80129-2, 2010 – original film released 1984)

Disc 1: Complete Score

1. Prologue and Main Title – 6:30
2. Klingons – 5:57
3. Spock’s Cabin – 1:40
4. The Klingon’s Plan – 1:01
5. The Mind-Meld – 2:31
6. Stealing The Enterprise – 8:39
7. Grissom Destroyed – 1:02
8. Sunset on Genesis – 2:17
9. Spock Endures Pon Farr – 3:04
10. Bird of Prey Decloaks – 3:47
11. A Fighting Chance to Live – 3:52
12. Genesis Destroyed – 2:42
13. Returning to Vulcan – 4:56
14. The Katra Ritual – 4:30
15. End Titles – 6:13
16. That Old Black Magic/Tangerine/I Remember You (Bar Source) – 10:32

All tracks previously unreleased except Tracks 5, 10, 14 and 15.

Disc 2: Original Soundtrack LP (Capitol SKBK 12360, 1984)

1. Prologue and Main Title (LP Version) – 6:29
2. Klingons (LP Version) – 5:56
3. Stealing The Enterprise (LP Version) – 8:34
4. The Mind-Meld – 2:31
5. Bird of Prey Decloaks – 3:47
6. Returning to Vulcan (LP Version) – 4:53
7. The Katra Ritual – 4:30
8. End Titles – 6:13
9. The Search for Spock (Disco Version) (performed by Group 87) – 3:40

All tracks previously released on CD except Track 9.

Les Baxter, The Beast Within: Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack (Intrada Special Collection Volume 132 – original film released 1982)

1. Main Title – 2:07
2. The Beast – 1:25
3. Alone in the Forest – 5:32
4. The Scary Dream – 3:22
5. Horrifying Discovery – 0:41
6. Patient Escapes – 4:20
7. Attack of the Newspaper Man – 1:48
8. Skeletons Uncovered – 4:41
9. Embalmed Alive – 3:36
10. Crystal Ball – 1:18
11. He Ain’t My Father – 0:38
12. Attack of the Doctor – 1:29
13. Electrocution of an Indian – 2:28
14. Bloodthirsty – 5:43
15. Beastly Convulsions – 2:14
16. Beastly Transformation – 4:12
17. Flight of the Judge – 2:35
18. Beast Destroyed and End Credits – 9:20

All tracks previously unreleased

Henry Mancini, 99 and 44/100% Dead! (Intrada Special Collection Volume 133 – original film released 1974)

1. Main Title – 1:52
2. Hangin’ Out – 5:21
3. “Easy Baby” – 2:50
4. New Shoes – 1:42
5. Buffy – 2:49
6. The Kid and the Pro – 1:34
7. Dolly’s Place – 3:39
8. A Soft Shade of Red – 2:57
9. Sweet Marvin – 3:59
10. Bon Voyage – 3:22
11. “Easy Baby” (Single Version) – 2:22
12. Up Yer ARP – 2:41
13. Baby Talk – 1:10
14. Man on the Flying Trapeze (Carousel Source) – 1:14
15. Over the Waves (Carousel Source) – 2:17
16. Listen to the Mockingbird (Carousel Source) – 1:23
17. Down Yer ARP – 2:09
18. The Rescue – 2:14
19. Look Ma, No Claw – 1:21

All tracks previously unreleased except Track 11 (7″ A-side – RCA DJHO-0323). Tracks 1-11 in mono, Tracks 12-19 in stereo.