Varese Sarabande has announced the latest titles in the CD Club series. Among the titles is a deluxe edition for Star Trek: Nemesis, the tenth feature in the series and the final movie with the Next Generation crew, directed by Stuart Baird and starring Jonathan Frakes, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Tom Hardy and Marina Sirtis. The album includes the world premiere release of the complete score composed and conducted by Jerry Goldsmith (The Omen, Planet of the Apes, Patton) who previously scored Star Trek: The Motion Picture, The Final Frontier, First Contact and Insurrection. Nemesis marked his final score for the franchise. The soundtrack also features source music and alternate cues. For the full album details and to pre-order the soundtrack, which will be released on January 6, 2014 and is limited to 5000 copies, visit the label’s official website.
The label has also announced a deluxe edition for the 1989 underwater action adventure The Abyss directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Michael Biehn. The 2-CD set features the film’s original music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Back to the Future, Forrest Gump, The Avengers), including alternate cues and a demo track. To check out the full details of the soundtrack, which is limited to 3000 copies, visit Varese’s website, where you can also pre-order the album.
Varese’s third new Club release is the world premiere CD release for the 1978 action drama Brass Target directed by John Hough and starring Sophia Loren, John Cassavetes, George Kennedy, Robert Vaughn, Patrick McGoohan and Max Von Sydow. The film’s music is composed by Laurence Rosenthal (Clash Of The Titans, Return Of A Man Called Horse). Visit the label’s website for more information on the release. Also being released as part of Varese’s Encore series are three reissues of albums that have been out of print for many years. The titles include the 1987 thriller Suspect directed by Peter Yates and starring Cher, Dennis Quaid and Liam Neeson featuring music by Michael Kamen, 1988’s Vibes directed by Ken Kwapis and starring Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper featuring music composed by James Horner, as well as the 1984 sci-fi thriller Runaway written and directed by Michael Crichton and starring Tom Selleck, Cynthia Rhodes and Gene Simmons featuring an original score composed by Jerry Goldsmith.