Creature Features and La-La Land Records invited you to boldly go… to the “Star Trek: The Motion Picture” Soundtrack Celebration, June 4, 2012, 7:30pm at The Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood (6360 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028.)

Join us in celebrating the release of the all-new, deluxe 3-disc Limited Edition soundtrack release of Jerry Goldsmith’s Star Trek: The Motion Picture  with a one-of-a-kind, multi-media event featuring:

• A landmark live panel discussion & presentation event, including exclusive video and audio clips, a live “Blaster Beam” demonstration and more!
• CD soundtrack signing (Get your copy of the soundtrack at the event, for a special price, before it’s official release on June 5th!)
• Star Trek prop and costume display
• A screening of Star Trek: The Motion Picture—The Director’s Edition (DVD source)

Film music writer and “The Music of Star Trek” author Jeff Bond hosts a 90 minute panel discussion and presentation event that examines one of legendary composer Jerry Goldsmith’s most iconic and esteemed works.

Panel guests include original TMP soundtrack album and TMP re-issue soundtrack producer, and longtime Goldsmith recording engineer Bruce Botnick, TMP synthesizer and beam performer Craig Huxley, TMP session violinist and renowned composer David Newman, TMP soundtrack re-issue producer and TMP “Director’s Edition” restoration supervisor Mike Matessino, TMP director of cinematography Richard H. Kline, and other special guests TBA!*

(*Guest schedules subject to change.)

This first-ever live event to focus on Goldsmith’s masterful score will feature exclusive video and audio clips, as well as a rare, live demonstration by Craig Huxley of his famed, 18 foot “BLASTER BEAM” instrument, used prominently in TMP’s score and sound design.

After the panel, stay for a rare theatrical screening of the Director’s Cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture!

Get the soundtrack before anybody else!  La-La Land’s new limited edition Star Trek: The Motion Picture (3-CD set) soundtrack will be available for purchase for the special price of $30 (cash only). Bruce Botnick and Craig Huxley will be signing copies of the CD!

The soundtrack will be officially released at  www.lalalandrecords.com on Tuesday, June 5, 2012.

Advance tickets are $17.50 each and are available for purchase now at creaturefeatures.com/startrek

Tickets will also be available at the door for $20 each.

Live long and prosper!

ABOUT THE CD RELEASE:

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (3-CD Set)
Music by Jerry Goldsmith
LLLCD 1207
Limited Edition of 10000 Units

La-La Land Records, Sony Music and Paramount Pictures boldly go where no soundtrack reissue has gone before with this deluxe 3-CD set of 1979‘s Star Trek: The Motion Picture, composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith.

The first big screen voyage of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock was a high budget and ambitious undertaking that introduced Goldsmith’s famous and enduring Star Trek march (later used as the main theme for Star Trek: The Next Generation) as the cornerstone of an epic science fiction musical odyssey. Like the film’s refit starship Enterprise, La-La Land’s lavish presentation presents the score anew: fully restored, remixed and mastered from the first generation multi-track masters by Bruce Botnick, the original album co-producer and Goldsmith’s long time scoring engineer.

“To put together the complete score the decision was to go back to the original Analogue 16-track 2-inch 30 i.p.s. masters,” Botnick explains. “John Davis at Precision Audiosonics baked each of the 37 rolls in a convection oven at 110º for eight hours so that they were playable, then rolled out a marvelous 3M 56 IsoLoop 16-track machine with brand new heads. The tapes were resolved at 60Hz to maintain the original orchestral pitch and sync. The Analogue-to-Digital transfer was done from the 16-track through the latest Black Lion A/D convertors and recorded to Pro Tools X at 192kHz 24-bit.”

This 3-CD set presents the score for the 1979 theatrical release (filling disc 1 and part of disc 2) and also premieres the legendary early “rejected” cues that Goldsmith recorded prior to composing his famous main theme. The 1979 album program (much of which is performed and edited differently as compared to the film) completes disc 2, with disc 3 offering additional alternates (including those heard on the previous Sony expanded release) along with a wealth of bonus material. Among the highlights are a collection of early takes of the “Main Title” (including extensive stage chatter), isolated segments featuring Craig Huxley’s famous “blaster beam” and assorted synthesizer excerpts, the domestic CD debut of Bob James’ disco cover version of Goldsmith’s theme and Shaun Cassidy’s vocal version of the love theme, “A Star Beyond Time.”

Reissue co-producer Mike Matessino (who handled restoration and editorial efforts) collaborates with Jeff Bond on the thoroughly researched album notes which feature interview excerpts by Goldsmith, Botnick and performers Huxley and David Newman. The clamshell packaging and 40-page full color booklet are designed by Jim Titus.

“It has been an honor to be able to work with the original recordings of this music and to document its production,” Matessino says. “This is one of the greatest scores of all time and everyone involved took the responsibility very seriously and happily devoted months to see it come together. The clarity and quality we now have is truly amazing. Thanks to the efforts of La-La Land Records, Sony Music and Paramount Pictures, the end product is an embarrassment of riches and a ‘must-have’ for every film music and Star Trek collection.”

In 1997, Director Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers exploded onto the screen with a rousing mix of intergalactic warfare, raw teen angst and sly political satire. Loosely based on Robert Heinlein’s controversial, award-winning novel, the film startled audiences and critics alike with its bloodsoaked man-vs-bugs warfare and jawdropping visual effects which ultimately set a new standard in what an R-Rated big-budget sci-fi epic could achieve.

Now, for the film’s 15th anniversary, Creature Features revisits this durable genre masterpiece with an unprecedented cast & crew reunion screening at the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood on Thursday, May 10th at 7:30pm.

Host Paul M. Sammon (Filmmaker, commentator and author of The Making of Starship Troopers, Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner) leads a panel discussion with confirmed guests: Actor Casper Van Dien, Screenwriter/Producer Ed Neumeier, Visual Effects Supervisor Phil Tippett, Creature FX designer Alec Gillis and more to be announced.

A dazzling display of original props, costumes, production artwork and merchandising will also be showcased during the event.

Tickets are available exclusively at www.creaturefeatures.com/starshiptroopers, so do your part and join the Creature Features Mobile Infantry for this very special evening.

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