BSX Records has released the first-ever soundtrack album for the 1988 television movie Drop-Out Mother (aka Goodbye Supermom) directed by Charles S. Dubin, written by Bob Shanks and starring Valerie Harper, Wayne Rogers, Carol Kane, Bruce Gray and Kim Hunter. The album features the film’s original music composed by Emmy Award winner Gerald Fried (Star Trek: The Original Series, Roots, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Gilligan’s Island, Mission: Impossible). The soundtrack was released digitally on the label’s official website earlier this month and is now also available on all major digital music services, including Amazon. Also listen to the composer’s main titles track below. Drop-Out Mother follows a career-driven mother who quits her job to focus more on her family, only to find she actually ends up throwing everyone into an even deeper turmoil. The comedy premiered in 1988 on CBS and is currently available to stream on MGM+.
Here’s the track list of the album:
1. Main Titles (2:42)
2. Starting the Day (3:02)
3. I Quit / Career Funeral (1:10)
4. New Choices / New Home (2:11)
5. Circus Time (2:50)
6. Nora and Jack (1:28)
7. Shopping Day (2:40)
8. Family Struggles / The Right Choice (4:13)
9. A Happy Ending (3:13)
10. Walkman Rock (0:49)
11. MTV Rock (1:32)
12. Street Band (0:14)
The label’s Dragon’s Domain Records has also released digital versions of several of their recent CD releases today, including Fried’s The Killing Of Sister George, Bruce Broughton’s The Cowboy and the Ballerina and The Arthur B. Rubinstein Collection – Vol. 1 featuring the composer’s scores from The Prince of Central Park & Rivkin: Bounty Hunter.
