The Andromeda Strain"Electronic Soundtrack" (Hexagon Shaped LP, Kapp, KRS 5513)
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The ANDROMEDA STRAIN
Music Score Composed and performed by Gil Melle'
ORIGINAL ELECTRONIC SOUNDTRACK LP
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Gilbert John Mellé - Mini Biography
A recording artist, song writer, jazz musician and composer, Gil Melle launched his career in the sixties. He first displayed his talent for art work and was also a regular jazz performer in Greenwich Village in Manhattan. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1969, Gil Melle displayed his musical talent for NBC's series "Night Gallery" and then composed scores for four of the "Columbo Mystery Films" for ABC and later did the chilling score for television's "Kolchak: The Night Stalker".
He also worked with major filmmakers including a young Steven Spielberg, for whom Melle scored his first two films "The Psychiatrist" and "Savage". With Larry Cohen, he composed a thundering score for "Bone" and next did the Sidney Poitier suspense thriller "The Organization" and ABC's motion picture "The Six Million Dollar Man". He composed the original electronic synthesizer soundtrack for Andromeda Strain (1971)
After leaving television, Melle displayed his talents again for such major motion pictures including "The Manipulator", Warner Brothers' "The Ultimate Warrior" and Melle's best known score for Universal Pictures, the 1976 thriller "The Sentinel". Upon returning to television in the early eighties, he did NBC's "The Intruder Within" and later "The Case of the Hillside Stranglers", where Melle used lower-register instruments to create a chilling score.
Other films for the eighties include "Blood Beach", "The Last Chase" and "Hot Target". Melle's work has been recorded by The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The New Zeland Symphony Orchestra, The Los Angeles Symphony and The National Philharmonic Orchestra of London. In all, he composed music for a remarkable 125 motion pictures.
He was also very active in the arts of painting and sculpting.
He was one of the first film composers to use synthesizers in a major orchestra.
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How I Manufactured The Andromeda Strain Soundtrack LP
by Dr. Rick Steinberg
In 1970, during the editing of his now classic movie The Andromeda Strain, the director, Robert Wise, approached me with a view to have the soundtrack album marketed in a special manner. I was then in charge of Order Service for MCA Records; that is, record maker. He asked if it was possible to have the record pressed in a hexagonal shape as the extra terrestrial viral strain called Andromeda in the film was hexagonal. I said anything was possible, but that it would cost an estimated $20,000. While this was then a high figure for record production, it was minimal to the movie business and was agreed.
The executives at Kapp Records were only too happy to go along with the scheme as it relieved them of the production costs. I discussed the matter with the president of Monarch Records, who pressed all MCA record at that time. My idea was to have the music recorded in 10" format but put on a 12" matrix and a steel hexagonal mold would then be made and this would be used in a press to trim the excess material to make a hexagonal shape.
Kapp had agreed to a production run of 10,000 records. The original records sold out fairly rapidly. Gil Melle, the composer of the music, urged a second pressing, but the Kapp management did not want to go to the expense of reproducing the original format. It was therefore decided to repress the 10" recording on a 12" standard record and package it in a standard jacket. This did not sell so well, and MCA soon lost interest in the record.
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THIS IS THAT SELDOM SEEN FOLD OUT PACKAGE WITH THE ODD SHAPED RECORD WITHIN. It’s difficult to photograph, as it’s completely reflective. It’s also quite fragile and doesn’t turn up very often.
TRACK LISTING:
Artist: Gil Melle (Composer)
Album: The Andromeda Strain (Promo)
Record Label: Kapp (Released 1971)
Catalog #: KRS 5513
Country: USA
Genre: Original Electronic Soundtrack
Cover Grade: MINT MINUS**EXCELLENT COPY (this is a never played album, although it is not sealed, no wear on seams or corners, no tears, no scuffs, no scratches, no ink or markings of any kind) SEE PHOTO
Vinyl Grade: MINT (has never been played)
Format: LP
Additional Info: Hexagon Shaped Disc
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