La-La Land Records has announced a new soundtrack album for the 1982 fantasy adventure The Dark Crystal directed by Jim Henson & Frank Oz and starring Stephen Garlick, Lisa Maxwell, Billie Whitelaw, Barry Dennen and Percy Edwards. The 3-CD set features the expanded original score written for the film’s initial cut composed by Trevor Jones (The Last of the Mohicans, Cliffhanger, Labyrinth, Mississippi Burning, Merlin, Dark City, Excalibur) and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Marcus Dods, including previously unreleased music. The soundtrack, which is limited to 5,000 copies, is now available to order on the label’s official website, where you can also check out audio samples and find out more about the album. The Dark Crystal is now available on VOD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD and DVD.
Here’s the album track list:
Disc 1:
1. Power Ceremony and Main Title (4:35)
2. Jen Plays Pipes and Mystic Master Dies (3:02)
3. Skeksis Funeral Ceremony (2:06)
4. Mystics Funeral Ceremony (3:25)
5. Jen’s Journey and Council Chamber (2:04)
6. Skeksis Fight Duel (3:29)
7. Chamberlain Is Disrobed and Garthim Pursues Jen (3:53)
8. Jen Encounters Aughra (1:29)
9. Mystics 9-Tone Chant and the Observatory at Night (3:15)
10. Garthim Attack Observatory and Mystics Leave Valley (4:08)
11. Jen and Kira in Forest (2:29)
12. Mindspeech, Nebrie and Mystics Journey (3:56)
13. Skeksis Celebratory Banquet (3:03)
14. Jen & Kira Duet (2:24)
15. Introduction and Pod Dance (3:38)
Disc 2:
1. Kira Brings Down the Bat-Bird and Garthim Attack Pod Village (2:12)
2. Jen & Kira Love Theme (4:12)
3. In The Ruins of the Gelfling Village (3:56)
4. Landstriders Introduction and Journey (1:49)
5. Chamber of Life (3:29)
6. Landstriders Battle with Garthim and the Second Mystics Journey (3:25)
7. In The Sewer of the Castle (1:55)
8. Kira Removed to the Council Chamber (2:07)
9. Kira in the Chamber of Life (3:47)
10. Kira Is Freed and Jen in the Garthim Lair (2:13)
11. Jen And Aughra in the Chamber of Life (1:48)
12. Skeksis Panicked by Gelfling and Jen in the Crystal Chamber (4:25)
13. The Great Conjunction and the Arrival of The Mystics (4:53)
14. The Mystics and Skeksis Fuse to Become the UrSkeks (5:22)
15. Pod Dance (Reprise) and Finale (3:18)
Disc 3:
Content of the original 1982 soundtrack album
