"CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (and other jungle pictures)" [MMM-1952]

The long-awaited and much-anticipated third volume in the "Monstrous Movie Music" CD series will be available from us first thing next week. The CD is not presently being sold in stores, and there are no definite plans for that in the near-future.

This news is so "new" that their web site at http://www.mmmrecordings.com/ doesn't even mention the CD yet! So don't bother going there to read about it, although you can pencil it in on the order form.

"CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (and other jungle pictures)" [MMM-1952]

This new release contains all the previously-unreleased music from Universal-International’s legendary 1954 monster movie, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON. The 35-minute suite includes 21 cues available for the first time! This landmark score by Herman Stein, Henry Mancini, Milton Rosen, Hans Salter, and Robert Emmett Dolan conjures both the beauty and horror of the Gill-Man’s Amazonian world, and this suite offers practically every second of music previously unavailable on disc.

The CD also contains almost all the music written for M-G-M’s renowned TARZAN films of the 1930s and ‘40s starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O’Sullivan, with music from such well-known composers as Herbert Stothart, William Axt, and Daniele Amfitheatrof.

And finally, there’s a 16-minute suite from THE ALLIGATOR PEOPLE, a 1959 B-movie featuring a brilliant swampy score written by Irving Gertz, complete with that ‘50s staple -- the electric violin! Also included are bonus tracks, music cut from the films, and a state-of-the-art 40-page liner book, complete with never-before-released photos, music scores, and information.

Like the previous landmark MMM CDs, “CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (and other jungle pictures)” has been vividly recorded through close-miking techniques to recapture the dynamic full-orchestral sound heard at the original Hollywood scoring sessions.

The cost of the CD is $18.99 plus $2.75 shipping (25 cents each additional disc). California residents please add $1.57 sales tax for each CD. For foreign orders, please contact us first by e-mail so we can quote applicable postage rates.

Due to rising production costs, their first two CDs, "Monstrous Movie Music" and "More Monstrous Movie Music" will soon be priced at $18.99, but for the next two weeks we are still offering them at the previous $16.95 price. If you love the music from THEM!, THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS, TARANTULA, GORGO, IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE, IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA, and other '50s classics, you won't want to miss thier first two discs.

There are four easy ways to order "CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (and other jungle pictures)":

Call (800) 788-0892
e-mail [email protected]
Fax our order form (available at the web site) to (818) 886-8820
Mail our order form to:

Monstrous Movie Music
P. O. Box 7088
Burbank, CA 91510-7088
U.S.A.

Money orders and credit card orders go out the next day.
If you're ordering from outside the U.S., please contact us ahead of time for shipping cost.

Make sure you visit their website at http://www.mmmrecordings.com

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