The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2 [Original Television Soundtrack] [Soundtrack]

Jerry Goldsmith (Composer), Morton Stevens (Composer), Walter Scharf (Composer), Gerald Fried (Composer), Lalo Schifrin (Composer), Robert Drasnin (Composer), Nelson Riddle (Composer), Richard Shores (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Jerry Goldsmith, Morton Stevens, Walter Scharf, Gerald Fried, Lalo Schifrin, et al.
• Audio CD (January 4, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Film Score Silver Age Classics / Turner
• ASIN: B0006SSQ7U
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #91,352 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. First Season End Title

2. Suite No. 2: President Gets a Mickey / Dead Men Don't Talk / Solo Think

3. Insignia / Justifiable Homicide / Hot Shave Cream / Flare Time / From U

4. Mystery Ship / Trapped in a Cab / Alone at Sea / The Boiler Room / Disa

5. Suite No. 2: Sore Head / Auction Tonight / Win by Default / Night Schoo

6. Meet Mr. Solo

7. Samborina / Below Deck

8. Suite No. 2: Late Visitor / No Deal / Confined Again / King's Orders

9. First Season Main Title (revised)

10. Frame and Narum / Being Stalked / Discovered

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Main Title (after Goldsmith)

2. Third Season Main Title

3. Pawn Shop / Miss Dreadful / Andrea / Coffin on Wheels

4. Illya's Drive In / Illya Sneaks Again / Up the Down Drainpipe / Wine Fe

5. Lighter Than Ayre / Grass Snuffers Anonymous / Deflater Mouse / Sonny a

6. Algiers / Ayesha / The Blind Leading the Blind / Solo Solo's Oboe Solo

7. Alley Oops! / Nothing / The Legit Affair / A Man Is a Horn / Rope Trick

8. The Grandfathers / Yellow Alert / Kill Him / Thrush Boat

9. Napoleon's Tomb Affair / Bath Salts / Candyce / R.I.P.

10. Alternate Fourth Season Main Title

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the three Double CDs ORIGINAL soundtrack release, July 11, 2005

By 

JD "http://www.flickr.com/photos/javier_diaz/" (South America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2 [Original Television Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Many of us have always thought The Man From UNCLE had the best music for a TV series ever, and this three double CD release confirms this. Wow! I'd be just happy with one CD, but having SIX (three double CDs packages) is absolutely out of this world, I mean, a lifetime wait come true.

Indeed, this is an unbelievable collection of three double CDs packages with the complete series soundtrack, and I mean the complete music, not a tune is missing.

And this is the ORIGINAL Man From Uncle music. Let me stress the point: this is the four years ORIGINAL soundtrack with the original recordings as they were heard throughout the series, not a no-name orchestra doing personal versions of the stuff. The audio transfer is very, very good, the music from late episodes is even in stereo.

Each individual CD carries over 70 minutes of music. All in all there you have the four TV seasons main titles and all, absolutely all of TMFU unforgetable music.

This is not a chronological release, meaning, all CDs have a mix of music from all four TV seasons. Volume 1 is heavier on early TV seasons stuff, fans of Jerry Goldsmith will love it. Those of us who prefer what Gerald Fried and later Richard Shores did with TMFU music, then volume 2 is mandatory. If you are a fan, you can't miss any of these six CDs. However if buying all three double packages is too much for you, you must go with Volume 2, no questions asked. Volume three is the weakest of them as it brings "suites" and a whole CD with "The Girl From Uncle" soundtrack, but you have a bonus "Open Channel D" beeper.

Each package is gorgeous, each with a glossy color booklet with extensive liner notes with details on how each tune was written to a specific TV series episode and how it was used onwards. You have bios on the composers, on how the recordings were made, even an overview on how many instruments were available in each of the years the music was recorded.

So, throw away your Hugo Montenegro Man From Uncle CD, this is the REAL thing.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great trip down the MFU memory lane, October 18, 2005

By 

Walter Cooke (Sandys, Bermuda) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Vol. 2 [Original Television Soundtrack] (Audio CD)

Volume 2 (comprised of 2 CDs) is another first rate compilation of the series' original music and not to be missed by U.N.C.L.E. fans. The liner notes are wonderful and add a lot to ones appreciation of the music.

My only problem is that THE CDs ARE COPY PROTECTED! Considerable work is needed to get the music onto your iPod, if you really want the music in your mp3 collection. This is a major hassle and a surprise, since the first set in the series was not copy protected.