The Best Of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Original Television Scores [Soundtrack]

Marius Constant, Jerry Goldsmith, Bernard Herrmann | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: May 19, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Sarabande
• ASIN: B00000153R
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #240,835 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Main Title

2. The Invaders

3. Where Is Everybody?

4. I Sing the Body Electric

5. Jazz Theme

6. Jazz Theme

7. Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room

8. Walking Distance

9. End Title

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Key That Unlocks Imagination, February 7, 2002

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A. Wolverton (Crofton, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best Of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Original Television Scores (Audio CD)

'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

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC TWILIGHT ZONE MUSIC!, June 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best Of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Original Television Scores (Audio CD)

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

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You like the Zone? You'll LOVE this CD!, October 13, 1998

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Dirk Vander Wilt (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone: Original Television Scores (Audio CD)

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!