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Sci-Fi Channel - Sci-Fi's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4: Defenders Of Justice

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This one will take you back to the good old days of getting up early on Saturday mornings to sit in front of the t.v. for half the day. Lots of cool tracks on this one, like the 60's version of the Astroboy theme (though the newer one is much cooler, in my humble opinion); Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet (which are sort of like cousins to each other); Underdog; Batman: The Animated Series (one of the most amazing shows ever. Period.); The Green Hornet with it's great rendition of "Flight of the Bumblebee" played by trumpeter-extraordinaire Al Hirt; the original Spiderman cartoon theme (which everyone likes better than the new one); The Tick with it's crazy, jazzy, scat theme; Knight Rider, which is awesome and unforgettable; Max Headroom, the late, great, short lived show that deserved a much better fate; Quantum Leap, one of the most interesting and intelligent shows I've seen. There are many more, some good, some so-so, all interesting choices (Mortal Kombat is one of those 'interesting' choices, as they aren't really defenders of justice. Oh well.) This album is a lot of fun to listen to and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

This album is comprised of TV and movie soundtrack titles, some of which are original recordings (Superman, Speed Racer, Knight Rider, The Terminator, the bionic series, Quantum Leap - there may be others), and not-so-original (but fairly close) re-orchestrations. I bought this album for "The Flash", and although it is one of the re-orchestrations, it is fairly close to the original and definitely worth having. Both it and Knight Rider are so good, they're goose-bump inducing. If you don't mind skipping over the mind-numbing kiddie show themes, this is a must have!

This CD has some of the most standout themes ranging from the 60's to the 90's. Though the only track I find misleading is the Amazing Spiderman one. In the booklet, it discusses the live action show from the 1970's but the track itself does not represent that. The theme comes from the 1960's animated Spiderman show. Though I would have liked if this was the one from the 1970's show, it's okay none the less. Putting that aside, the CD has alot good themes and some I thought were hard to get a hold of.

The theme songs were the oririnals from all of my favorite TV shows when I was a little girl! I closed my eyes, listened to my favorites like Astro-Boy, Gigantor, and The Green Hornet. I felt my pigtails grow back, and tasted Bosco on my lips. If you want to go back in time too, I'd recommend this CD highly.

The music is from the actual TV shows and films, however some of the tracks (KNIGHT RIDER, SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN) do not contain the dialog that is heard on those shows ("Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist"; the communication between Steve Austin and Houston--the track starts at the crash and has Oscar Goldman's dialog, which isn't bad). The music is uplifting and inspiring for writing sci-fi, if you're into doing that sort of thing.

Although, by no means comprehensive (Underdog, but no Mighty Mouse), Defenders of Justice has many of the best theme songs from the superhero world. I had forgotten the theme music to the Flash TV show until I had heard it on this album. Batman seems to be over-represented a bit, however, any album that has both Astro Boy and the Power Rangers is impressive to me. The Incredible Hulk theme on the album was the song from the beginning, not the easily remembered end credits theme. Also the Mortal Kombat music wasn't the familiar song that shouted Mortal Kombat, but rather an all acoustic bamboo tapping sound. However, the Batman the Animated Series theme, Superman film, X-Men and Nightrider themes really energize a person and are amazing to enter a room with!