Film Music Reporter

Intrada Records has released a new soundtrack album for the 1986 animated feature The Transformers: The Movie directed by Nelson Shin based on the original Transformers television series and featuring the voices of Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Orson Welles, Robert Stack, Lionel Stander, John Moschitta, Jr., Peter Cullen and Frank Welker. The album features the film’s original score composed by Vince DiCola (Rocky VI, Crooked). Also included is the 6-minute demo cue Legacy. The soundtrack marks the first widely available release of the score, which was first available as two very limited “BotCon” editions. To listen to audio clips and for the full album details, visit the label’s official website, where you can also order the CD.

The label has also announced the world premiere CD release of the soundtrack for the 1961 drama The Young Savages directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Burt Lancaster, Shelley Winters and Dina Merrill. The album features the film’s original music composed and conducted by David Amram who would later score Frankenheimer’s hit thriller The Manchurian Candidate and previously composed an unused score for the director’s Seven Days in May. Visit Intrada’s online store to check out audio clips and for the full album details.