Best of Mission Impossible: Then and Now

Best of Mission Impossible: Then and Now Artist: Original TV Soundtrack
Label: Bci / Eclipse Music
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 787364070626
EAN: 0787364070626
ASIN: B00092ZMOI


Release Date: 2005-04-26

Best of Mission Impossible: Then and Now


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Tracks:

  1. Mission: Impossible Main Title
  2. Suite from the Contender, Pt. 1: The Plot
  3. Suite from the Contender, Pt. 1: Ready
  4. Suite from the Contender, Pt. 1: Rollin
  5. Suite from the Contender, Pt. 1: Time
  6. Suite from the Contender, Pt. 1: Sleeping Phelps
  7. Suite from Submarine: More Plot
  8. Suite from Submarine: Mission: Impossible Theme
  9. Suite from the Killer: Bower Hotel
  10. Suite from the Killer: Check Out Time
  11. Suite from the Killer: The Trick
  12. Suite from Takeover: Signal Light
  13. Suite from Takeover: Kate Thomas
  14. Suite from Underground: Tape Machine
  15. Suite from Underground: Good Job
  16. Mission: Impossible End Credit
  17. Mission: Impossible '88 Main Title
  18. Suite from the Plague: Tricky Ears
  19. Suite from the Plague: This Is the Chase
  20. Suite from the Bayou: Croc Bait
  21. Suite from the Bayou: Not Worth It

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  1. Music From Mission: Impossible (1966-1973 Television Series)

Product Description

1. Mission Impossible™ Main Title
2. The Plot (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)
3. Ready (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)
4. Rollin (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)
5. Time (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)
6. Sleeping Phelps (Suite from "THE CONTENDER" Pt. 1+)
7. More Plot (Suite from "Submarine"+)
8. Mission: Impossible™ Theme (Suite from "Submarine"+)
9. Bower Hotel (Suite from "The Killer"+)
10. Check Out Time (Suite from "The Killer"+)
11. The Trick (Suite from "The Killer"+)
12. Signal Light (Suite from "Takeover"+)
13. Kate Thomas (Suite from "Takeover"+)
14. Tape Machine (Suite from "Underground"+)
15. Good Job (Suite from "Underground"+)
16. Missio: Impossible™+ End Credit (Suite from "Underground"+)
17. Mission: Impossible '88™+ Main Title (Suite from "Underground"+)
18. Tricky Ears (Suite from "The Plague"++)
19. This is the Chase (Suite from "The Plague"++)
20. Croc Bait (Suite from "The Bayou"++)
21. Not Worth It (Suite from "The Bayou"++)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A sampling of the best, but..........2005-10-10

This release is welcome because it reissues the now out-of-print GNP Crescendo title from the 1990s at a budget price. That said, one may have criticisms about both releases.
The program presented on this CD is taken from and/or inspired by the "Mission: Impossible" series which appeared first in the 1960s and was revived in the 1980s. The gems here are the first several tracks, which are Lalo Schifrin's original 1960s theme music and several underscore cues by Schifrin used in the series, including a famous one later known as "The Plot". Also of note is an interview with Peter Graves, who appeared in both "Mission: Impossible" series.
The rest of the program, though, is rather negligible. The 1980s series music consists of a re-working of the show's theme, plus various underscore cues. All are awash in keyboard synthesizers, as opposed to Lalo Schifrin's use of live musicians (in the years between the two "Mission" series, film companies dismissed their studio orchestras due to the cost of maintaining them). A few of the 1980s cues are pleasant enough, making one think at times of New Age or Space music, but overall they lack the character of those sixties delights.
A couple more notes: for no apparent reason, the disc ends with a modern arrangement of the "Mission: Impossible" theme performed by the Israel Philharmonic and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, a take-or-leave proposition. Also, be forewarned that the booklet included with this budget release is "budget" as well, consisting essentially of the covers and little else. The inner pages are missing, along with most of the notes, a likely display of contempt for the costs involved in printing the rest.
All in all, this disc is just good, not great. If you can find it for little enough money, buy it for the wonderful Lalo Schifrin music and the Peter Graves segment.

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