Lost in Space

Review by Thomas Glorieux:

Once again Intrada saved the day, Lost in Space was originally an album with songs and a part was dedicated to the score by Bruce Broughton. But Intrada stepped in and took everything that Bruce almost composed for the movie, so the original soundtrack consists of almost 70 minutes of music and it gives a fair amount of material to grade the score by. I however feel that the score lasts too long, it becomes dull especially in the middle, but begin and definitely the end contains some very good music. Bruce Broughton has written an attractive main theme, constructed everything around it and the Sinfonia of London brought it to life with bright flair and pure excitement, well, at least in some parts. The begin of the score is differently from the movie's version, after the main theme is witnessed there is normally an action battle but we don't hear it in the track 'Preparing for Space', they directly shift forward to the evil Smith theme. The tracks 'The Launch', 'Robot Attack' and 'Into the Sun' make things more hectic, performed with more power and containing some fine action rhythms. Here I really noticed Bruce Broughton's ability to create the John Williams' Star Wars flair, the French horns and part of the themes. They do however fail to bring the same amount of fun or class.

But it's not a bad way to go. But the next tracks are really boring in my eyes. It's music that doesn't contain a heart, I forgot really that I was listening to music and it didn't do anything for me really. This continued to the 6th minute of 'Facing the Monster' and then it brightened up, literally. The next tracks all contain a version of the main theme and I was really missing that piece in the middle of the score. It makes the music sound more spectacular and good. The last track is actually the best piece of all, a great concert suite filled with small recollections to John Williams style. Bruce Broughton didn't do it badly, the last tracks are all very good, powerful through the orchestra and great fun, but the middle part of the score is really boring. Lost in Space will please many fans, especially the end is very big on orchestral power and a science fiction score performed by an orchestra is always more attractive then one by synthesizers. The best thing would be to take most of the middle part away and make this a forty minute score, but it's nice to know that you get so much material, you have to treasure it really. Lost in Space is good fun, at occasions but fails to bring exactly what a sci-fi score should do, an everlasting experience that holds it's power long after it's finished.

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Tracks

Single Disc

1. Prologue (0.57)

2. Preparing For Space (2.31)

3. The Launch (6.22)

4. Robot Attack (3.21)

5. Into The Sun (6.21)

6. Spiders (10.23)

7. A New World (1.25)

8. Guiding Stars (1.37)

9. The Time Bubbles (2.21)

10. Smith's Plan (1.21)

11. Will & Smith Explore (2.00)

12. Will's Time Machine (4.25)

13. Spider Smith (2.40)

14. Facing The Monster (8.46)

15. Attempted Escape (1.26)

16. The Time Portal (2.42)

17. Trough The Planet (2.32)

18. Back To Hyperspace (1.38)

19. Fanfare For Will (0.27)

20. Lost In Space (3.24) Excellent Track

Total Length: 67.05

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=== Link to Composer Site: Bruce Broughton ===