Innerspace

Jerry Goldsmith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 6, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alex
• ASIN: B00000E9NU
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #333,379 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Marking the fourth collaboration between director Joe Dante and composer Jerry Goldsmith, the sci-fi adventure Innerspace boasts a rousing, delightfully clever score that combines traditional orchestration with cutting-edge electronic effects. Essentially a comedic take on the human-body adventure Fantastic Voyage, Innerspace's preposterous narrative and exaggerated visuals offer Goldsmith the opportunity to expand and miniaturize his central themes and motifs in relation to the action onscreen. By turns dramatic, comedic, and romantic, the score is further buoyed by a series of ingenious organic and synthetic effects that evoke the weird science that Dante conjures. But as it did with Goldsmith's previous Dante collaboration, Gremlins, Geffen butchered the completed score for the official soundtrack release, adding source material spanning from Sam Cooke's classic "Cupid" to Rod Stewart's tepid remake of "Twistin' the Night Away" at the expense of Goldsmith's contributions, which comprise only half the record. -All Music Guide

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Underrelease Score, July 27, 2004

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Martin Paternoster - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innerspace (Audio CD)

Although the songs on this album are okay, and certainly added flavor to the movie, the real gem is Jerry Goldsmith's fantastic score.

Although some criticize it for being derivitive, I find that it is still a classic example of Goldsmith's action/adventure/scifi scoring that was prevalent in the 80s and 90s.

It is also an extremely enjoyable score, and in my opinion screams for an expanded release, aka Varese Sarabande's Total Recall Special Edition.

5.0 out of 5 stars Innerspace Soundtrack, April 23, 2011

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Samuel C. Berg "Samuel C. Berg" (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Innerspace (Audio CD)

Great 80's movie, and a great 80's music soundtrack to go along with it. I am stoked to have a copy of Narada Michael Walden's "Is It Really Love," as well as Rod Stewart's 1987-version of "Twistin' The Night Away." Also, for those who are wondering Wang Chung song "Hypnotize Me" on the soundtrack is actually a different version than you will find on ITunes or on their greatest hits album.

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great, yet incomplete score., September 5, 2008

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Tsujanryo - See all my reviews

This review is from: Innerspace (Audio CD)

Can't say I hate this score in anyway except for the fact that it's got only slice and dices of the film score included.

I was so excited to finally get this one too. Looked for ages. But I recently rewatched the film and heard new tunes. New to me, and definitely new to this compilation.

On a hunch I went researched an expanded edition and sure enough; there is one. It's of course a bootleg but there is over an hours worth of Goldsmith score on that disc. I may have to grab that one too...<sigh>
Why they do this I'm not sure. It's so prevalent it's disgusting. As if we as humans wont recognize incompletion when we don't hear it. heh Or maybe they do know. Do know how much some might love a specific aspect of the medium and go for it. So much that we would go for it 2, maybe 3 times. Everytime forking over a wee bit more money for the exact same thing; with extra tidbits on the side...

As for this. It's got good score and tunes. They all represent the film greatly. I had to go and find a song to make it closer to complete; Sam Cooke's version of Twistin' the Night Away. But doing that is something else I'm used to.

If you like the film, you'll like this disc too. If you need all the music, this may not be for you. Grab this for a major hunk of it. But you'll need to go elsewhere for ALL of it.