Best Of Mission Impossible: Then & Now [Soundtrack]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 26, 2005)
• Original Release Date: September 17, 1966
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Bci / Eclipse Music
• ASIN: B00092ZMOI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531,720 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mission: Impossible Main Theme

2. The Plot

3. Ready

4. Rollin

5. Time

6. Sleeping Phelps

7. More Plot

8. Mission Imppssible Theme

9. Bower Hotel

10. Check Out Time

11. The Trick

12. Signal Light

13. Kate Thomas

14. Tape Machine

15. Good Job

16. Mission: Impossible End Credit

17. Mission: Impossible '88 Main Title

18. Tricky Ears

19. This Is the Chase

20. Croc Bait

See all 34 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

1. Mission Impossible™ Main Title2. The Plot (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)3. Ready (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)4. Rollin (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)5. Time (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)6. Sleeping Phelps (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)7. More Plot (Suite from "Submarine"+)8. Mission: Impossible™ Theme (Suite from "Submarine"+)9. Bower Hotel (Suite from "The Killer"+)10. Check Out Time (Suite from "The Killer"+)11. The Trick (Suite from "The Killer"+)12. Signal Light (Suite from "Takeover"+)13. Kate Thomas (Suite from "Takeover"+)14. Tape Machine (Suite from "Underground"+)15. Good Job (Suite from "Underground"+)16. Missio: Impossible™+ End Credit (Suite from "Underground"+)17. Mission: Impossible '88™+ Main Title (Suite from "Underground"+)18. Tricky Ears (Suite from "The Plague"++)19. This is the Chase (Suite from "The Plague"++)20. Croc Bait (Suite from "The Bayou"++)21. Not Worth It (Suite from "The Bayou"++)Format: CD Genre: SOUNDTRACKS/ORIGINAL CAST/BROADWAY Artist: SCHIFRIN LALO UPC: 787364070626

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A sampling of the best, but..., October 10, 2005

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allemande (Columbia, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Best Of Mission Impossible: Then & Now (Audio CD)

This release is welcome because it reissues the now out-of-print GNP Crescendo title from the 1990s at a budget price. That said, one may have criticisms about both releases.
The program presented on this CD is taken from and/or inspired by the "Mission: Impossible" series which appeared first in the 1960s and was revived in the 1980s. The gems here are the first several tracks, which are Lalo Schifrin's original 1960s theme music and several underscore cues by Schifrin used in the series, including a famous one later known as "The Plot". Also of note is an interview with Peter Graves, who appeared in both "Mission: Impossible" series.
The rest of the program, though, is rather negligible. The 1980s series music consists of a re-working of the show's theme, plus various underscore cues. All are awash in keyboard synthesizers, as opposed to Lalo Schifrin's use of live musicians (in the years between the two "Mission" series, film companies dismissed their studio orchestras due to the cost of maintaining them). A few of the 1980s cues are pleasant enough, making one think at times of New Age or Space music, but overall they lack the character of those sixties delights.
A couple more notes: for no apparent reason, the disc ends with a modern arrangement of the "Mission: Impossible" theme performed by the Israel Philharmonic and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, a take-or-leave proposition. Also, be forewarned that the booklet included with this budget release is "budget" as well, consisting essentially of the covers and little else. The inner pages are missing, along with most of the notes, a likely display of contempt for the costs involved in printing the rest.
All in all, this disc is just good, not great. If you can find it for little enough money, buy it for the wonderful Lalo Schifrin music and the Peter Graves segment.