Star Trek: The Next Generation – The Ron Jones Project (soundtrack)

TNGFilm Score Monthly releases Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Ron Jones Project, a mammoth 14-CD box set containing nearly all of the episode scores Ron Jones scored during the first four seasons of the series. The score conspicuous by its absence is the fan favorite The Best Of Both Worlds, originally released by GNP Crescendo in 1991 and contractually locked to that label. Jones’ scores for the computer games Starfleet Command and Starfleet Academy are also included, along with unused cues from TNG. Read more

Doctor Who: Series 4 – The Specials (soundtrack)

Silva Screen Records releases a 2-CD set of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the 2009 Doctor Who specials. For the first time, a Doctor Who soundtrack from the new series spans two discs, presenting most of the music recorded for David Tennant’s final five special episodes. Read more

Doctor Who Series 5 (soundtrack)

Silva Screen Records releases a 2-CD set of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the 2010 season of Doctor Who. This release continues the double-disc format of the 2009 specials soundtrack, and includes most of the music recorded for the entire fifth season. Read more

He Will Have His Way: The Songs Of Tim and Neil Finn

He Will Have His WayEMI Records releases He Will Have His Way: The Songs Of Tim and Neil Finn, an all-star collection of covers of songs written by the Finn Brothers, including their solo work, Split Enz, and Crowded House. Read more

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (expanded soundtrack)

Star Trek: The Motion PictureSoundtrack specialty label La-La Land Records releases a limited edition 2-CD set featuring – for the first time – the entirety of Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. For the first time, the complete score is presented, including alternate takes and arrangements. The limited edition of 5,000 sells out in four months, and the album later gets an unlimited reissue with slightly different cover artwork on the Intrada label. Read more

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol (soundtrack)

Silva Screen Records releases Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special, A Christmas Carol. This is the first time in the revived series that a single episode has gotten an individual soundtrack release; Katherine Jenkins’ song “Abigail’s Song (Silence Is All You Know)” is inclucded. Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation Collection: Volume 1 (soundtrack)

Star Trek: The Motion PictureSoundtrack specialty label La-La Land Records releases a limited edition 3-CD set featuring selections from various Star Trek: The Next Generation episode soundtracks. With the exception of two short tracks, none of the music on this set – which spans the entire seven-year run of the series – has been released before. Music by Dennis McCarthy, Jay Chattaway, John Debney, Don Davis and Fred Steiner is included. Read more

Battlestar Galactica Volume 2 (soundtrack)

Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a second volume of Stu Phillips’ episode soundtracks from the TV Series Battlestar Galactica. The complete scores from the episodes The Lost Planet Of The Gods and The Gun On Ice Planet Zero are included. Read more

The Black Hole (expanded soundtrack)

Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases one of the most-requested “holy grails” in the history of the hobby of soundtrack collecting, an official CD release of John Barry’s soundtrack from the 1979 Disney science fiction movie The Black Hole. Presented in its entirety for the first time, the release is the product of years of work to recover and copy the original session tapes, which were originally recorded on a now-obscure digital tape format. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (expanded soundtrack)

Star Trek IVSoundtrack specialty label Intrada Records releases a CD featuring Leonard Rosenman’s soundtrack from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. The set includes the complete soundtrack (presented for the first time) as well as an alternate main title theme, never before released, that was not used in the movie itself. Read more