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OST — Quatermass And The Pit — Film Score - Mint, in original shrink

Originallya BBC serial, Quatermass and the Pit (released in the US as Five Million YearsTo Earth) was made by Hammer Film Productions in 1967 as a sequel to theirearlier films The Quatermass Experiment and Quatermass 2. The film, hailed asan early classic of the sci-fi genre, begins when excavating workers discoverfive million year old skeletal remains in the London Underground tunnels,followed by a metallic object they believe to be an unexploded bomb. Whenrocket scientist Professor Bernard Quatermass examines the finds they concludethat the object must also be five million years old and Quatermass suspects theskeletons originate from Mars. Events take a sinister turn when the objectbegins to emit a powerful telekinetic force causing those affected to go on aviolent rampage in the streets of London.

ComposerTristram Cary (1925-2008), had previously scored Ealing Studios’ TheLadykillers amongst other films and went on to write another soundtrack for Hammer,Blood From The Mummy’s Tomb (1971). His interest in electronics began duringhis time in the Royal Navy operating radar equipment and he established severalearly electronic studios, including the Electronic Music Studio Ltd. whichcreated the first commercially available portable synthesiser, the VCS 3.

This vinyl release features the full soundtrack to the film, a tense andatmospheric score for full orchestra.

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Catalog #: SILLP1528
Format: 1 Blue Vinyl LP, 180 gram
Sleeve: Cardboard sleeve