I have received the new UFO FANDERSON Soundtrack CD box set yesterday.
The most important thing for me is that this time editors treated content as it actually appeared in the series and not as it was written, which reflects the way we experienced the music better. This means that suites of unused music are no longer there, "A Rose for Sylvia" is now named "The Leasure Sphere" and it appears under "Survival" instead of "Ordeal" as it appeared on previous edition (which was a bit confusing), and so on. This also means we get more music from other Anderson series that was used in UFO, such as "Amnesia Cafe" from "The Dalothek Affair" (one of my favourites), which originally appeared in Thinderbirds, and so on. It is worth mentioning that much of this music can already be fond elswhere (e.g. Thunderbirds and Stingray soundtrack CDs), but some of it I hear here for the first time. We get to hear music used in "The Dalotek Affair", "Court Martial",
"Close Up" "The Sound Of Silence" "The Cat With Ten Lives", "The
Psychobombs" and "Mindbender" all in one place. Also, there is a cue transfered from Long Sleep's music and effects track, that weren't on the previous version and doesn't sound as good as a majority of titles. Audio-wise, it seems that majority of music sounds a bit better then on the previous release, but I am not an expert, and it may just be me. Track order doesn't follow any logic I can fathom, nor does it make a drastically improved listenning experience over the previous release. Also, mono mixes of closing and end titles that already appeared on previous release could have been omitted in my oppinion, making a space for more new music, if any was available. The booklet is extensive, looks good, mainly following already established visual identity and avoiding recycling the photo material from 2003 CD set as much as possible, but I feel previous effort was better designed and printed.
Generally, I think we now have legal UFO soundtrack that is closest to the imaginary ULTIMATE edition so far, and it is worth joining Fanderson just in order to get this one, if you are ready to ignore other excellent things they offer to their members.
Thanks Fanderson!
All the best,
Branko
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