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catalog: 1-237 49
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category: Tokusatsu/Puppetry
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    track_length: '3:07'
  - names:
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    track_length: '3:50'
  - names:
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    track_length: '1:00'
  - names:
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    track_length: 0:47
  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '3:09'
  - names:
      English: LOVE THEME
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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  - names:
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    track_length: '7:13'
link: album/158134
lyricists: []
media_format: Vinyl (12")
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  added_date: 2026-03-12T15:11
  edited_date: 2026-03-15T17:23
  fetched_date: 2026-06-06T14:12
  ttl: 86400
  visitors: 97
name: 'THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK'
names:
  en: 'THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK'
  ja: 'THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK'
  ja-latn: 'THE DARK CRYSTAL: THE ORIGINAL SOUND TRACK'
notes: 'COMPOSED BY TREVOR JONES

  PERFORMED BY THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  CONDUCED BY MARCUS DODS

  First Violins

  MICHAEL DAVIS Leader

  ASHLEY ARBUCKLE Co Leader

  LENNOX MACKENZIE Principal

  NIGEL BROADBENT Sub Principal

  MICHAEL HUMPHRIES

  ROBIN BRIGHTMAN

  ROBERT CLARK

  SYDNEY CLOTER

  GILLIAN FINDLAY

  DENNIS GAINES

  COLIN RENWICK

  ROBERT RETALLICK

  CYRILL REUBEN

  DAVID GOODALL

  JEREMY WILLIAMS

  DAVID LLEWELLYN

  Second Violins

  WARWICK HILL Principal

  NEIL WATSON Co Principal

  SAMUEL ARTIS

  WILLIAM BROWN

  STANLEY CASTLE

  GEOFFREY CREESE

  TERRY MORTON

  DONALD STEWART

  THOMAS SWIFT

  DAVID WILLIAMS

  NORMAN CLARKE

  BRIAN GAULTON

  SUE KINNERSLEY

  IAN RHODES

  Violas

  ALEXANDER TAYLOR Principal

  BRIAN CLARKE Co Principal

  PETER NORRIS Sub Principal

  PATRICK HOOLEY

  MICHAEL MITCHELL

  WILLIAM SUMPTON

  CLARENCE ATKINSON

  DAVID HUME

  PATRICK VERMONT

  RICHARD HOLTTUM

  DUFF BURNS

  Double Basses

  BRUCE MOLLISON Principal

  PAUL MARRION Co Principal

  ARTHUR GRIFFITHS Sub Principal

  JOHN COOPEX

  GERALD NEWSON

  JOHN HILL

  SIMON HETHERINGTON

  GEOFFREY DOWNS

  MICHAEL BRITTAIN

  Oboes

  ANTHONY CAMDEN Principal

  ROBERT LORD Assistant Principal

  BARRY DAVIS Assistant Principal

  JOHN LAWLEY

  Cellos

  DOUGLAS CUMMINGS Principal

  ROD MACGRATH Co-Principal

  RAT ADAMS Sub-Principal

  NOEL BRADSHAW

  CLIVE GILLINSON

  PAUL KEGG

  KEN LAW

  FRANCIS SAUNDERS

  JACK LONG

  DOUGLAS POWRIE

  MARTIN JACKSON

  Flutes

  PETER LLOYD Principal

  RICHARD TAYLOR Assistant Principal

  LOWRY SANDERS

  FRANCIS NOLAN

  CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR

  WILLIAM BENNETT

  Clarinets

  JACK BRYNER Principal

  ROY JOWITT Principal

  RONALD MOORE

  STEPHEN TRIER

  JOHN STENHOUSE

  THOMAS KELLY

  Synthesizers

  DAVID LAWSON

  BRIAN GASCOIGNE

  DAVIES FIRMAN

  Orchestrations: Trevor Jones, Peter Knight, John Coleman

  “Overture” – Trumpet Solo: Maurice Murphy

  “The Funerals; Jen’s Journey” – Harp Solo: Skaila Kanga. Flageolet Solo: Christopher
  Taylor

  “The Pod Dance” – Percussion: Morris Pert. Solo Pipes: Richard Harvey

  “Love Theme” – Recorder Solo: Christopher Taylor. Singer: Catherine Bott. Environmentals’
  Synthesized Sounds Realized on the Fairlight Computer.

  Album coordinator: Graham Walker

  Music coordinator: Victoria Seale

  Art Director: Michael K. Frith

  Recorded at The Music Centre, Wembley/Anvil Abbey Road Studios, London

  Recording Engineers: John Richards, The Music Centre/Eric Tomlinson, Anvil Abbey
  Road

  Music mixed by John Richards and Dick Lewzey, The Music Centre

  Editing Engineer: Peter Woolliscroft

  Digital Editing: Advision Studios, London

  Assistant Engineers: Paul Hume, Tim Pennington, Mark Phillips – The Music Centre

  Album Compiled and Produced by TREVOR JONES

  Executive Producer: JIM HENSON'
organizations:
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  names:
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    ja: HENSON UNIVERSAL MUSIC
    ja-latn: HENSON UNIVERSAL MUSIC
  role: label
- link: org/2858
  names:
    en: Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    ja: Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    ja-latn: Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  role: publisher
performers:
- link: artist/2051
  names:
    en: The London Symphony Orchestra
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platforms:
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products:
- names:
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publish_format: Commercial
publisher: *id001
related: []
release_date: '1982'
release_events: []
release_price:
  price: Unknown
reprints:
- catalog: 23749-4
  link: album/158137
  note: Cassette, 1982
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votes: 0
