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H. G. Wells' The Time Machine: Original Motion Picture Score

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Russell Garcia's stirring and emotional THE TIME MACHINE score is such a magnificent achievement! This music brings back so many wonderful childhood memories of this landmark sci-fi movie. Fans who have been waiting for this recording and will not be disappointed. It is everything and more one could hope for. Thank you a thousand times for making this album. Director Arnold Leibovit who made the equally incredible movie tribute "The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal" (which I believe is available on his SCIFISTATION.COM website) should be given an award for making both this album and his film on perhaps one of the most important yet little known figures in the entire movie industry - George Pal. Everyone has taken credit and re-adapted the grand achievements of innovator and sci-fi pioneer Pal including Spielberg, Lucas, Cameron you name it!. Thankfully Leibovit remembers and continues to carry the torch for the fans of the world. Top Kudos should also go to record distributor Crescendo for releasing THE TIME MACHINE album as well!! And check out the wonderful "Atlantis, The Lost Continent" Overture (another Russell Garcia composition) that has been added as an extra bonus and without any fanfare. Just totally amazing artistry and producing smarts!

I have personally never sat down to write a top ten list of my favorite film scores. "THE TIME MACHINE" would definitely be on that list. One could not ask for a finer recorded cd let alone a film score that was never to my knowledge placed on tape or vinyl LP. For those who liked the movie and its film score, this cd is a "must own".

One of the most sought-after film scores by collector's and science fiction movie buffs is Russell Garcia's THE TIME MACHINE. This score is a remarkable achievement based on perhaps George Pal's greatest and most memorable Oscar winning films. It is also a first time release of the score after so many long years. Bravo to the producer and record company for making it and releasing it!!

The score and its production are noteworthy for a variety of reasons. One it is produced by director and producer Arnold Leibovit - who made one of the finest tributes to a fantasy filmmaker ever done i.e. THE FANTASY FILM WORLDS OF GEORGE PAL - which premiered at the Motion Picture Academy and later aired on the Disney Channel and PBS. Leibovit a fan and friend of George Pal not only produced this noteworthy film but did a second tribute THE PUPPETOON MOVIE, another excellent achievement and of course produced this excellent memory filled album. Leibovit is currently producing a remake of THE TIME MACHINE with Warner Brothers and 7 FACES OF DR LAO with Warners and New Line Cinema.

An added unexpected bonus on this album is a 7 minute suite from ATLANTIS, THE LOST CONTINENT another Garcia effort and George Pal movie. The score is a very stirring heroic romantic piece that rekindles many memories. It is another of the veteran Russell Garicia's greatest scores. It is really a thrill to hear it again. Wow!

THE TIME MACHINE has many dynamic moments that give one goose bumps hearing. The score is built primarily around a lilting romantic theme which characterizes the idyllic life of the Eloi whom Rod Taylor (the time traveller) finds in the 800th milennium. Gutteral trombones and rasping high brass exclamations represent the fiendish Morlocks. In contrast, and perhaps the most memorable part of the Garcia work, is the soft woodwind ballad representing the Victorian 1900 time frame which recurs occasionally to rekindle Taylor's memory of his home and the! comarderie of his dear lost friend Filby (portrayed by Alan Young who is also known for playing Wilbur on "Mr. Ed"). As the legendary story goes - in an audition by the composer with director George Pal - Garcia played this very theme on a piano. Pal was so enthused he hired Garcia on the spot to do the score.

Both of these film scores are among the best of the 1950's-1960's science fiction film and it is a treat to have them so nicely recorded and presented.

They are really the symbolic spirit of George Pal himself - who lives on forever in these scores. Much commendation to album producer Arnold Leibovit! and GNP Crescendo for making this magnificent and very collectible score available after so many years.

The album should win an award and get wide accolades and attention by all those who love movie scores!! Run out and get a copy as soon as you can

Musical scores either engage you or hide behind the recesses of your mind in the action. This stirring Russell Garcia score does both. It brings out the emotions when it needs to and, for a better word, "adorns" this wonderful movie when it has to.

After listening, all of the memories of the movie came pouring back. Of course, I own the video, too. But it is wonderful to finally hear it in this format.

For years, I was dogged by a sneaking suspicion about one particular 5-note "motive" that Mr. Garcia uses in the Main Theme. It is the lilting "after-though" of the theme.

Finally, tonight after listening to Tchaikovsky's "The Tempest" on the radio, I realized where I had heard this before. I certainly recommend any fan of the TIME MACHINE score to have a listen to the whole of this other score. You will be pleasantly surprised at the Tchaikovsky version and development of that motive.

Normally, this sort of friendly cut-and-paste annoys me, but for some reason, Mr. Garcia's score uses it in such a wonderful place in his score and I don't mind one bit.

But it is neat to finally know - after ALL these years - just where that "catchy" motive was first heard. Just some minor trivia there for us TIME MACHINE fans.

I recommend this wholeheartedly to those who were equally stirred by the movie....which I can return to repeatedly - and I recommend - as well. Enjoy and reminisce!

After all, you have 'all the time in the world'.

The best musical scores are... Filby's Theme, The Time Machine... Time Travel... This is a must get CD... For any person who loved George Pal's classic... This is the musical score that can bring tears to a person who has an imgination.

At long last this thrilling movie soundtrack has been rescued from being lost and neglected by the passing years, one of my favorite movie themes, highly underrated and forgotten. This soundtrack really makes the movie come alive and excites the imagination. Timeless!

Excellent soundtrack. Well recorded (considering how old it is). Overall: EXCELLENT.

Wow, I got the DVD of "The Time Machine" a week prior to getting the CD. When I saw the movie for the first time since I was 8 years old, I knew I needed the soundtrack. I listen to this soundtrack at least a couple times a week and am completely satisfied.

There are only a few dull tracks, but about 80% of the music is wonderful, and its deffinitely worth the price.

I didn't expect to see this digital recording here, until I just decided to type in Russell Garcia and see what came up. When I saw this come up I jumped for joy, and I couldn't wait for my birthday. This cd is just beautiful, and one of the best parts about it is that it has some of the original recordings that were played in the film. This is a must have for the people who loved the music for the film "The Time Machine."

Been looking for this music for ages. Spotted it on Amazon.com. Very good for the price. Original Motion Picture Score as well. Very pleased.