1. Eve of the War
2. Horsell Common and the Heat Ray
3. The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine
4. Forever Autumn
5. Thunder Child
6. Red Weed, Pt. 1
7. The Spirit of Man
8. Red Weed, Pt. 2
9. Brave New World
10. Dead London
11. Epilogue, Pt. 1
12. Epilogue, Pt. 2
Album Description
Jeff Wayne's 1978 rock soundtrack to the remake of Orson Welle's classic 1930 tale of global invasion. A double jewel case housed inside a slipcase, this special presenta-tion edition features Super Bit Mapping and includes bonus remixes. 16 tracks in all. 1995 Columbia release.
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The War Of The Worlds (1978 Studio Cast)
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1990-10-25)
- Publisher: Sony
- Label: Sony
- Format: Cast Recording
- Studio: Sony
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 145 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #131588
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Summary: A Classic in the true sense of the word 2008-12-29
Comment: This is a true classic: Even though it is over 30 years old, the songs and story can still be listened to in a wonderful, fresh way. Richard Burton does an excellent job as the Narrator/Journalist, and the other voices on this album are also excellently done as well. Jeff Wayne does a wonderful job of orchestrating the music to fit the classic H.G. Wells story. The songs themselves are sung with the right emotion behind it. (I.e: "Forever Autumn" sung with sadness/yearning as the Journalist wishes his wife was with him.)
If you ever wanted to hear a classic story in an interesting new way, *get this album.* The cash will be well spent as I expect this album to be a collector's item in a couple of decades.
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Summary: Great Cd To Buy 2007-03-25
Comment: This Cd has been one of my favorites for years. My father has the LP of War of the Worlds and so I grew up listen to it. There are great artist who worked on it, one of them being Justin Hayward from the Moody Blues. Richard Burton does a wonderful job as the main character as he tells you one of the most famous martian invasion stories of all time. Jeff Wayne adds great music to the story. It is a great buy.
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Summary: Forget Fear, let's get up & DANCE! 2006-11-20
Comment: A friend bought this for me for my birthday, as I was such a fan of the Orson Welles version. I really liked the music, continually interrupted by Burton's trillingly-told tale of an extraterrestrial invasion. Burton made it sound as though he was inviting old friends over for tea. Nice musical take on the tale, but for my money, the Orson Welles version makes me scared - this one just makes me want to boogie down!
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Summary: I remembered it better than this 2006-04-27
Comment: Like another reviewer, I dug out my vinyl and copied it over to my computer after seeing the Speilberg movie. I remembered how much I liked the album as I heard the opening bars again. But then.....disco hell takes over. The basic musical theme is great, Richard Burton really brings the story to life, but the constant disco beat really dates it. Maybe the remixes get rid of the disco beat??
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Summary: Great!!! 2005-12-16
Comment: Plot:
Martians invade late 19century England shown through the eyes of a journalist.
THE GOOD
This is without a shadow of a doubt the best adaptation of War of the Worlds. It captures the spirit and the letter of the book perfectly, the music sets the mood for each part. And who would've thought it? I mean, if anything WOTW's wouldn't at first come off as something that would lend itself to a musical but as I said, no other adaptation has come this close(especially not that bloated effects, no substance Spielburg film which is more a Tom Cruise movie than a WOTW film). WOTW's is part science fiction, but also part horror as well and this captures it, it's genuinely scary at times. It also improves a couple of areas from the novel,the intro of the artillerman and the journalists first sighting of the tripods, changing the order in which these two happen add more punch.
THE BAD
Just a minor thing, the journalist is basically sidelined for a bulk of disc2. The two longest tracks(Spirit of Man and Brave New World) he's hardly present during. It really isn't until Dead London that he's back front and center again.
THE UGLY
That that scream at the beginning of Red Weed part2 is without a doubt the most disturbing scream I have ever heard.
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