Invada Records Proudly presents the release of a Synth-Heavy Score from one of the Industry's most Creative Composers; Craig Safan's music to the 1985 20th Century Fox Science Fiction Thriller.
Famous for his score to the timeless classic The Last Star Fighter, as well as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Part IV and (amazingly) the hit series Cheers!
Safan's film music is notable for its clever use of electronics, and Warning Sign is no different. Recorded using a Synclavier Synthesizer - an incredibly expensive piece of kit at the time - the score is fully electronic but no less effective than his orchestral work, and provides an entertaining and futuristic soundscape for the story of a man-made virus that is accidentally released into its laboratory, turning its workers into zombies.
Due to the science fiction and horror overtones, the Synclavier creates an appropriate atmosphere which Safan layers with different effects, from an electric piano that illustrates a desolate location in the film's early stages to the use of metallic effects as percussion for the chemically-affected staff. Safan weaves dissonant sounds to suggest chaos and paranoia, and innovatively synthesises human voices to convey a sense of tortured souls to those infected. What follows is an intense score where the foreboding turns to reality with an eerie and uncomfortable texture, broken only by a beautiful and warm melody for the resolution and end credits, where all is well.
Following on from dark and intense soundtracks such as Cliff Martinez's Drive, and Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury's DROKK, Invada Records presents Warning Sign in a new special edition that features an expanded version of Craig Safan's original 1985 LP program, along with 15 unreleased cues presented as bonus tracks.
The release features new artwork by Marc Bessant (Portishead / DROKK etc), liner notes by Craig Safan himself plus George Ginn (Legendary 84 year old owner of the UKs oldest soundtrack store ‘The Record Album’ ) presenting a comprehensive package befitting one of the scores that was an important part of the 80s craze of electronic film music.
Vinyl Variant
Warning Sign Original Soundtrack by Craig Safan on limited edition red and white splatter vinyl (750 copies made)
Released 2014 by Invada.
LP 1 - Main Album
01. Warning Sign Main Title
02. The Army Arrives
03. Joanie Electrocuted
04. Joanie Thoughts
05. First Massacre
06. Joanie Fights For Schmidt
07. Entering Biotek
08. Joanie & The Zombies
09. Run, Joanie, Run
10. Blood Serum
11. Joanie Is Pregnant
12. The Final Battle
13. All Is Well
14. Warning Sign End Title
LP 2 - Bonus tracks/ cues
01. Bug Accident
02. Full Alert
03. This Is Not A Drill
04. The Video Dead
05. The Sheriff Drives
06. Fairchild Comes
07. Bob Moves Into Action
08. Bob Revives, Fights Joanie
09. The Sickies
10. Sneak Through The Fence
11. Quiet Escape
12. Making The Antidote
13. You're Turning Into One
14. The Serum Gun
15. Transition
English