Dark Shadows: The 30th Anniversary Collection (Television Series Soundtrack) [Soundtrack]

Bob Cobert, Dark Shadows (Related Recordings) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 21, 1996)
• Original Release Date: May 21, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Varese Fontana
• ASIN: B0000014YG
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,420 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. First Episode Opening Voice-Over/Collinwood

2. Dark Shadows Theme

3. Quentin's Theme

4. Ode To Angelique

5. Missy

6. Theme From Dark Shadows

7. Josette's Music Box - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde

8. #1 At The Blue Whale - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde

9. Back At The Blue Whale - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde

10. Quentin's Theme - The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde

11. Dark Shadows Music Cue Medley I

12. I Wanna Dance With You

13. Pansy's Theme Medley

14. Sarah's Theme (London Bridge)

15. Joanna

16. Dark Shadows Music Cue Medley II

17. Last Episode Closing Voice-Over/Dark Shadows Theme

18. Barnabas Theme From Dark Shadows - The First Theremin Era

19. Quentin's Theme

20. Dark Shadows 1969 Vampire Fan Club Greeting - Jonathan Frid

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful memories and rare recordings!, April 15, 2003

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Mr. Wynn (State of Confusion) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Shadows: The 30th Anniversary Collection (Television Series Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

This CD is not just a compilation of Dark Shadow's soundtrack but also includes great rare pieces. What's great about this CD is that IN ADDITION to the music that we are familiar with from the show, we get alternate versions that had been released at the time as well!

We get not only the original versions of the theme song, Quentin's Theme and other memorable tunes, they also offer extended versions and more orchestral versions of these favorites and more!

One of my favorites is Track 18 (Barnabas Theme from Dark Shadows by the First Theremin Era). It's like a 60's groove-a-licious version of the theme song! Groovy baby!

I would recommend this to Dark Shadows fans and those who love classical and instrumental music.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This CD should be called Dark Shadows Rarities, January 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Dark Shadows: The 30th Anniversary Collection (Television Series Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

This CD has ALMOST all of the original series music cues except for some that were frequently used but never included on any of the 6 CDs.Everything from the first episode opening to the last spoken by Thayer David is truly magnificent.There is Quentin's Theme before it was even realized,Robert Cobert's Orchestral non-soundtrack renditions and Charles Randolph Grean's rare out of print 45's.The short Music Cue Medleys I & 2 are truly a masterpiece!For the Romantic there is the I Want to Dance with you,Joanna(From the last half of the series run)A saxophone dinner dance version that was never used from ''Night of Dark Shadows''The 1969 Fan Club greeting is ultra-rare,The First Theramin Era's take on DS sounds very much psychedelic.The radio spots were a real treat!This CD is a real asset for a DS Collector.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for any DS collector!, July 27, 2003

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Nancy Jane Carmen (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dark Shadows: The 30th Anniversary Collection (Television Series Soundtrack) (Audio CD)

I highly recommend this cd for any Dark Shadows collector. I ordered it for one track only - "Quentin's Theme" by the Charles Randolph Grean Sounde. This single was popular on AM radio during the summer of 1969, when the 1897 story line was playing on DS, and it also happened to be one of the best summers of my life. This cd is also full of all kinds of other interesting and hard to find DS music tracks, so it is really a great item. I remember some of the other "easy listening" arrangements of the DS music being played on local radio stations, so it's a great memory maker for me. Ah, to be 13 years old and that carefree, again... thanks for taking me back over three decades.