Space 1999 season 2 opening

On a recon mission, john koenig encounters an inhabitant who convinces him on the basis of faith that the moon and the planet must collide. Space 1999 season 2 takes me back to my highschool scifi obsession. All that glisters is the fourth episode of the second series of space. An eight disc dvd box set containing all twenty four fifty minute long approx episodes of space 1999.

Space 1999 season 2 intro remastered audio youtube. Spazio 1999 is a british and italian sciencefiction television programme that ran for two seasons from 1975 to 1977. The season 1 theme sounded like it was composed by a rock band i would not be buying a ticket to see. Highly recommended even if you need to make the purchase from a uk seller which i have done in the past with never any problems and a much shorter shipping time that you might expect. I used to think that the rubbish quality of the s2s opening music was due to poor archive copies. The obelisks on the planet surface are seen again in devils planet and in the throne room in the dorcons. The arrival of the alphans on another planet seems to cause a change in its atmosphere, setting off pollution and poisoning of the water. The moon is torn out of earth orbit and hurled into outer spacedoomed to travel forever. With maya now a crew member the alphans discover a young couple called cantor and zova who have been in suspended animation for some while. The 2nd series was launched in september 1976 and marked barry grays departure as a long time composer for gerry andersons.

A reedit of the 2nd year opening credits with rejected music. The cantina scene in star wars was often cited as the coolest one in the movie. Seed of destruction is the thirteenth episode of the second series of space. Then, having let them take maya he makes a desperate attempt to save her itc summary. Derek wadsworth space 1999 space 1999 season 2 theme. In the year 1999, the moon has become the dumping ground for all the worlds nuclear waste. It fails to return and is used by psychon scientist mentor as a bait with which to entice other members of the alphan crew onto the planet.

To download mp3s, right click on the title and choose save target as from the menu, then download to your selected directory. While there roger moore asked him to appear in the saint uk, 1966 which led to other roles in lew grade series and eventually to space 1999. Season 1 opening theme composed by barry gray with vic elms. For the uninitiated, the show saw the moon blasted out of earth orbit, and the residents of moonbase alpha, under the command of john koenig martin landau facing a struggle to survive. In the late 1960s and early 1970s morse pursued his acting and producing career on both sides of the atlantic. Just for grins, i think the opening we got was great, but i always wanted to juggle the images to go with the rejected music. The alphans encounter the voyager space probe that has been wandering the cosmos propelled by the queller drive a faulty engine system. First season all tracks composed by barry gray except where noted. As it was under threat of closure, the entire production. Koenig realizes that if the taybor sold them his space ship, it would enable the alphans to fly back to earth, but the price the taybor is asking for this transaction is maya. Made in the late 1970s you have to suspend disbelief for some of the special effects for what we are used to now with cgi, however, that being said, the models for. An eagle is sent onto the surface of the planet psychon, which has titanium, needed for repairs to the alpha base. That increases the realism even if 1999 is well past.

The six episodes on 2 dvds in this set are the very first of the seminal scifi series, and they have been digitally remastered from the original 35mm footage for the ultimate space. The first season featured better stories and a great opening credits sequence backed by barry grays excellent score, but it had to contend with several. Nov 17, 2010 a reedit of the 2nd year opening credits with rejected music. Everything you loved about this old school scifi series is made even better now thanks to this seriously upgraded 1080p presentation. The expansive taybor, an intergalactic merchant arrives from hyper space on his ship the emporium. In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the.

Alpha s water system needs a rare mineral named milgonite and scanners detect quantities of it on a barren planet the m. After destroying an asteroid on a collision course with the moon, an even larger obstacle appears an entire planet. Notable at the time for being the most expensive show ever produced for british tv, season one is full of adventure, while season two quickly introduces metamorph maya and never slows down. One of my biggest beefs one of many with the second series of space.

When those dumps explode, the moon is forced from orbit and out of the solar system, falling through a series of space phenomena until the survivors dont know where, or even when, they are. In the opening episode, set in the year 1999, nuclear waste stored on the moons far side explodes, knocking the moon out of orbit and sending it, as well as the 311 inhabitants of moonbase alpha, hurtling uncontrollably into space. The series was the last production by the partnership of gerry and sylvia anderson and was the most expensive series produced for british television up to that time. The first series or season, often referred to as year one of 24 episodes began transmission in 1975, though production of the first episode began in 1973. Always a fan of martin landau in any role, he and his then wife barbara bain made a good pairing for the series. Space 1999 season 2 alternate intro 1 dedicated to gerry anderson. As series 2 of space 1999 was in full flight at pinewood it became an obvious choice. Space 1999 original season one theme complete duration. Koenig refuses, until moonbase alpha is savagely attacked and invaded. You all appear to be using blu ray which i have not switched over to yet but i was wondering if any of you knew if it was also being released in standard dvd format as well. And for the beings on moonbase alpha, one overriding purpose.

Space 1999 is a british sciencefiction television series that ran for two seasons and originally aired from 1975 to 1977. The title music for the alien attack film is called giants causeway by british composer nick ingman born 1948, composed for the bruton music library and on the 1978 bruton lp the will to win brg 9. And, its worth noting, their season 1 transfers were always significantly weaker than the muchimproved season 2 masters. When i saw this edition of season 2 and the words on the front saying remastered i had thought that all of the episodes had been remastered onto dvd.

Nov 14, 20 i am one of those that really love space. And really, the monsters in that are in many cases just as much men in suits as the ones in space. In the distant year of 1999, earth has a space station on the moon called moonbase alpha. Nevertheless, the superlative transfers alone make space. Jan 29, 2008 over 20 years later, a seven minute film was created called message from moonbase alpha. For the uninitiated, the show saw the moon blasted out of earth orbit, and the residents of moonbase alpha, under the command of john koenig martin landau facing a. Whilst the interviewer is quite wooden, the actors are not and seem relaxed and happy to talk. Some material was reused from the earlier alphacon video the anderson, bower and kellett interviews, but the fan interviews, convention footage, and hancock and parsons interviews were dropped. These were the words that martin landau was originally to narrate over the opening titles of the second series of space. Action progresses like a slowly unfolding bad dream. Guest stars toby robins, stuart damon, jeremy young, drewe henley, patrick. To play video clips, place your cursor over the monitor when the default screen disappears.

Dart vader the invisible art of film music 32,126 views. Please be patient as these are large files and will take some time to load. Mar 05, 2008 space 1999 opening credits bakerco502. Alpha needs titanium to repair its life support system and traces of it are located on the planet psychon that is near to the moon. Over 20 years later, a seven minute film was created called message from moonbase alpha. They meet zoran, the sole survivor of the last exploratory force, who tells them that the planet is controlled by an immortal being with whom koenig must parley if he and his crew are to leave the planet alive. They claim that they are exiles from the planet golos, following an invasion, and ask for the help of alphan crew members to recover the rest of their comrades who are trapped in missilelike canisters in orbit around the moon. In addition, they include up to 12 minutes of additional footage not seen in areas of the u. Recorded in france in 1994, this extended interview with martin landau provides a fascinating insight into his background and body of work, including his role as commander john koenig in space. Im not going to go over the plot or my season preference season 1 if youre really interested, as i imagine if youre thinking about purchasing this youre already a fan of space. The series premise was set up in the first episode, entitled breakaway. Following the probe is a fleet of alien ships from a world devastated by the drive. The gun vindrus uses is a darian gun from mission of the darians.

Alien attack the extraterrestrials are attacking background there are additional shots in the title sequence from the bringers of wonder part 1 koenigs swooping eagle, missing link and black sun, and, at the end, space brain. On top of that is an enormous feast of extra features. The moon is torn out of earth orbit and hurled into outer space doomed to travel forever through hostile galaxies. Morse returned to britain to visit both his children, then attending rada. In the year 1999, the earths moon is torn from its orbit when a nuclear explosion occurs on a radioactive dump site, sending moon base alpha and its crew on a journey through the galaxy. The space warp scanner from space warp is in the eagle 1 pod. Review for space 1999 the complete second series 9 10. If space 1999 had made a 3rd series then maybe the openning titles would have looked like this. Trivia benjamin ouma was meant to be a series regular but people disliked working with lon satton so he was fired.