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Written by Colleen Bement, Editor
Sci-fi classic movie “Starship Troopers” to enjoy vinyl debut this summer
Fans of the iconic “Starship Troopers” have a treat coming to them this summer. Basil Poledouris’ original motion picture soundtrack is going to be out on vinyl. This 2-LP extended edition will feature 29 cues from the cult classic. Bonus features will include reimagined artwork, a fold-out poster, plus new liner notes from director Paul Verhoeven and musician Zoë Poledouris. It will be an exciting limited-edition and remastered album that can boast a gatefold jacket, featuring new artwork by illustrator and graphic novelist, Malachi Ward. “Starship Troopers” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is set for release on Aug. 4, 2023, and it is available for pre-order now.
A cult favorite, “Starship Troopers” was based on a 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It was set in the 23rd century when Earth is governed by something called the militarized United Citizen Federation. A good mixture of sci-fi and satire, the 1997 film lampoons right-wing nationalism – but cleverly packages it in an action-packed teen drama. The plot centers around teenager Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) and his friends, who join Earth’s military to fight an interstellar war against an alien species known as the Arachnids. It was directed by Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct), and starred Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris, Jake Busey, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, and Patrick Muldoon.
The film’s director, Paul Verhoeven, who had collaborated with Poledouris for more than a decade at the time of production, recalled that the composer was particularly focused on percussion. The only thing that Basil said in the beginning…was, ‘I need a lot of drums.’ And he got a lot of drums, we had whole tracks of drums! He worked with a specialist in percussion and Basil built the full Starship Troopers score over these drums – which, in some way, represented the dangerous Arachnids!
Tracklist: Starship Troopers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Side A
1. Fed-Net #1/Bug Attack On Newsman
2. Telepathy Practice/Carl Orders Cyrano
3. Friends Forever
4. Transporting
5. Fed-Net #2/Crime And Punishment
6. Carmen’s Shuttle Ride
7. Undocking
8. Teamwork
9. Dear John
10. Breckinridge Killed
11. Punishment/Asteroid Grazing
12. Call To War/Bad News From Home
Side B
1. War!!
2. Fed-Net #3/Countdown To Victory
3. Klendathu Drop
4. Fed-Net #4
5. Battle Ready
6. Rasczak’s Roughnecks
7. Tango Urilla
8. Johnny And Dizzy
9. Hopper Canyon/Mess Hall Mess
Side C
1. Bugs!!!
2. Radio Shack/Whiskey Outpost Pt. 2/Death Of Dizzy
3. Dizzy’s Funeral
4. Rico’s Roughnecks/Destruction Of The Rodger Young/Bug City
Side D
1. Brainbug/Cave Nuke
2. They Will Win
3. End Titles
4. Into It – Performed by Zoë Poledouris
Vinyl fans will enjoy adding this to their collection, and they can also find a Varèse Sarabande Vinyl Club edition of the album called Pressed on Blood & Bug Juice Marble vinyl that will have a limit of 500 copies exclusively at VareseSarabande.com. Click here to pre-order Starship Troopers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
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