Glad I'm not the only fan of this film's music. I just found an unofficial CD release of an expanded collection of tracks from the score at a sci-fi convention. Unfortunately, it still misses several noteable cues. Nevertheless, in comparison to the official release, you get these extras: Main Title, Electronic Dreams (the first dream), The Brawl, New Friends, Up on the Roof, The Official Document, The Junkyard, Thunder Road (when they christen it), Stargazing (possibly an unused cue), Plans & Diagrams (aftermath of the second dream), The Discovery (oxygen), The Tunnel (another unfamiliar cue), Secrets (yet another brief and possibly unused cue), and Little Richard's version of All Around the World. Everything else is as it was presented on the official release version, with the Robert Palmer version of All Around the World excluded. It was "released" by a label called Soundtrack Archives in 2002. It's obviously out there, so check around various conventions and soundtrack collector websites and you'll probably get it.
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bwennny
19 years ago
I've been searching around and having no luck finding an unofficial CD release with the expanded collection. I'm not doubting something like this is out there. Much like I'm not doubting the original orchestral recording is out there (sealed in a studio vault). But how accessible is it? What sci-fi convention did you attend?
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the dude-30
19 years ago
Bwennny-
I found the CD at a Star Trek/sci-fi convention in Pasadena. The seller would not give me his business address, so I knew it was a bootleg. Still, it was neat to find it, even though it didn't constitute a "complete" compilation of the score. I doubt Paramount has an archive recording of the full recorded score, but it's a foregone conclusion they would have various soundtrack masters with just the music, effects, or dialog for the theatrical prints. Basically, if they wanted to release EXPLORERS in, say France, they'd have to have just the music and effects tracks to play under any French-language dubbing that would potentially be recorded for an overseas version. These tracks might be useable for a music score CD release, but since EXPLORERS is viewed today as an '80s curio, I'm pretty sure you'd have to go through private collectors to find such a compilation. I've seen other CD versions mentioned on the internet, some of which contain more tracks than the CD I found! Keep looking!
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