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Twilight Zone:The 40th Anniversary Collection (1999)
4CDs Of Surefire Anxiety

A slew of the best original scores from TV’s The Twilight Zone, circa 1959-1964. With composers like Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith & Fred Steiner on board, The Twilight Zone set the bar high for genre-bending, anxiety-inducing, sometimes downright creepy music. Herrmann’s hi-fi sci-fi spaciness is a highlight, and disc 1 is a great stand alone Herrmann CD, featuring The Outer Space Suite in its entirety, alongside his lesser known original opening Zone theme. Young Jerry Goldsmith’s 50′s jazz scores are a blast. Four discs featuring nearly two dozen 8-to-12 minute shots of sense nostalgia and subliminal paranoia. The talent ran so deep that, even with 4CDs, there was no room for Goldsmith’s outstanding “The Four Of Us Are Dying” score. A worthy addition to any collection. Amazon. Thanks to Grateful for the re-up.

1
Rod Open: Season 1 (0:28) Bernard Herrmann
Main Title: First Season (1:14) Bernard Herrmann
Where Is Everybody? (11:23) Bernard Herrmann
End Title: First Season (1:08) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Prelude (3:56) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Signals (1:31) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Space Drift (3:18) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Space Stations (1:25) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Time Suspense (4:28) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Starlight (2:56) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Danger (1:30) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Moonscape (2:31) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Airlock (0:55) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: Tycho (2:04) Bernard Herrmann
The Outer Space Suite: The Earth (1:20) Bernard Herrmann
Alternate Main Title #2 (0:31) Bernard Herrmann
Walking Distance (12:28) Bernard Herrmann
Alternate End Title #2 (0:46) Bernard Herrmann
The Hitchhiker (7:14) Bernard Herrmann
Alternate Main Title #3 (0:32) Bernard Herrmann
The Lonely (11:11) Bernard Herrmann
Alternate End Title #3 (1:08) Bernard Herrmann

2
Rod Open: Season 2 (0:30) Marius Constant
Main Title: Second Season (0:31) Marius Constant
Back There (12:52) Jerry Goldsmith
The Big Tall Wish (11:56) Jerry Goldsmith
The Invaders (12:53) Jerry Goldsmith
Dust (11:34) Jerry Goldsmith
Jazz Theme #1 (9:15) Jerry Goldsmith
Jazz Theme #2 (3:15) Jerry Goldsmith
Nervous Man In A $4 Room (8:17) Jerry Goldsmith
End Title: Second Season (0:45) Marius Constant

3
Rod Open: Season 3 (0:30) Marius Constant
Main Title: Second Season (0:30) Marius Constant
Perchance To Dream (9:52) Nathan Van Cleave
Elegy (8:17) Nathan Van Cleave
Two (12:09) Nathan Van Cleave
I Sing The Body Electric (11:44) Nathan Van Cleave
A World Of Difference (11:50) Nathan Van Cleave
A Stop At Willoughby (12:26) Nathan Scott
Street Moods In Jazz (4:07) Rene Garriguenc
End Title: Second Season (0:45) Marius Constant

4
Rod Open: Season 4/5 (0:34) Marius Constant
Main Title: Alternate (0:41) Marius Constant
100 Yards Over The Rim (12:17) Fred Steiner
King 9 Will Not Return (11:12) Fred Steiner
The Passersby (12:59) Fred Steiner
When The Sky Was Opened (11:57) Leonard Rosenman
The Trouble With Templeton (11:46) Jeff Alexander
Sixteen Millimeter Shrine (10:50) Franz Waxman
End Title: Alternate (0:56) Marius Constant