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Videos - Wadsworth's Season 2 Music / Alternate Theme Songs
The music which Second Season SPACE: 1999 composer Derek Wadsworth wrote for this scene didn't get used in the finished episode. I suppose they had concerns about music competing with thundering Eagle engine sound effects. I though it would be interesting to place the music back in so that we might experience the scene as Derek intended.
I created this video on the day I learned that Derek Wadsworth had passed away at the age of 69.
Maya's father, Mentor, attempts to drag the Alphan's Eagle down to his planet of Psychon. The "G-forces" effect was achieved by spraying the actor's faces with high-speed jets of compressed air!
When musician Derek Wadsworth was hired to do the music for Season Two of SPACE:
1999, he submitted not one but three potential theme songs for Gerry Anderson to
choose from. I thought it would be interesting to put the alternate themes
to the visuals to see how the second season opening might have been different had
other choices been made.
| This theme has a few similarities to the theme finally chosen. It conveys more of a sense of disaster at the top of the sequence. |
| This theme has no resemblance at all to the final choice. It's lighter and more up-tempo, with an interesting transition timed to Barbara Bain's appearance. |
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