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Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
Buy New: $125.00
New (4) Used (8) Collectible (1) from $55.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 196476
Format: Box Set, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 6.7 x 6.5
UPC: 081227993627
EAN: 0081227993627
ASIN: B00004ZDX9
Release Date: November 14, 2000
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Condition: Orders usually processed within 24 hours! Ships from CA. New and sealed. In business since 1979!
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | The Rocky Horror Picture Show - OBrien, Richard | | • | 2001: A Space Odyssey - Strauss, Richard | | • | Forbidden Planet - Barron, Bebe | | • | The Day The Earth Stood Still - Herrman, Bernard | | • | It Came From Outer Space - Stein, Herman | | • | Creature From The Black Lagoon - Salter, Hans J. | | • | The Incredible Shrinking Man - Caroling, Fred | | • | The Time Machine - Garcia, Russel | | • | Them! - Kaper, Bronislau | | • | The Thing - Tiomkin, Dimitri | | • | First Men In The Moon - Johnson, Laurie | | • | The Beast From 20, 000 Fathoms - Buttolph, David | | • | Fantastic Voyage | | • | Fantastic Voyage (Main Title) - Rosenman, Leonard | | • | Planet of the Apes - Goldsmith, John | | • | The Andromeda Strain - Melle, Gil | | • | Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Williams, John | | • | Aliens - Horner, James | | • | E.T. Extra-Terrestrial - Williams, John | | • | Robocop - Poledouris, Basil | | • | Robocop (Main Title) - Poledouris, Basil | | • | Terminator 2: Judgement Day - Fiedel, Brad | | • | Outland - Goldsmith, John | | • | War Of The Worlds - Stevens, Leith | | • | Predator - Silvestri, Alan | | • | The Fly - Shore, Howard | | • | Mars Attacks - Elfman, Danny | | • | The Matrix - Davis, Don [Film Co |
Disc 2
| • | The Twilight Zone - Herrmann, Bernard | | • | Lost In Space - Williams, John [Fil | | • | My Favorite Martian - Greely, George | | • | Doctor Who - Grainer, Ron | | • | The Jetsons - Barbera, Joseph R. | | • | The Time Tunnel - Williams, John | | • | One Step Beyond - Lubin, Harry | | • | The Outer Limits - Frontiere, Dominic | | • | The Outer Limits (Main Title) - Frontiere, Dominic | | • | Men Into Space - Rose, David | | • | The Thunderbirds - Gray, Barry | | • | Stingray - Gray, Barry | | • | Astro Boy - Rockwell, Donald | | • | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - Sawtell, Paul | | • | Land Of The Giants - Williams, John | | • | Star Trek - Courage, Alexander | | • | Star Trek: The Next Generation - Courage, Alexander | | • | V (The Series) - McCarthy, Dennis | | • | Babylon 5 - Franke, Christopher | | • | The Simpsons - Clausen, Alf | | • | The X-Files - Snow, Mark | | • | Changing Channels |
Disc 3
| • | Telstar - Meek, Joe | | • | Blast Off - Haskell, Jimmie | | • | Out of Limits - Gordon, Michael Z. | | • | Have You Seen the Saucers - Kantner, Paul | | • | Waiting for the UFOs - Parker, Graham | | • | Spaceman - Nilsson, Harry | | • | Space Child - Locke, John | | • | Flying Saucer Safari - Billingsgate, Vex | | • | Ufo - Bugbee, Frank | | • | Rocket - Bennett, Joe | | • | Rocket to Nowhere - Dykes, Darryl | | • | For Science - Flansburgh, John | | • | Machines - Shuman, Mort | | • | Beyond Tomorrow - Ridgeway, Stan | | • | Theme For The Creature From Under The Sea - DeLugg, Milton | | • | Humans from Earth - Burnett, Henry | | • | Fear - Lubin, Harry | | • | Rocket Ship - Williams, Dootsie | | • | Radar Blues - Revel, Harry | | • | Creature with the Atom Brain - Erickson, Roky | | • | Rocket Ship - Johnson, Daniel [Go | | • | After the Gold Rush - Young, Neil |
Disc 4
| • | Frozen Neptune - Garcia, Russell | | • | Lunar Rhapsody - Revel, Harry | | • | Man from Mars - Ferrante, Art | | • | On The Dark Side Of The Moon - Comstock, Frank | | • | Saturday Night On Saturn - Baxter, Les | | • | Welcome To Tomorrow - Mineo, Attilio | | • | Space Reflex - Hyman, Dick | | • | Mars, Bringer Of War - Holst, Gustav | | • | Theremin Solo - Grofe, Ferde | | • | Guitars In Space - Mure, Billy | | • | Nova - Garcia, Russell | | • | Space Is the Place - Ra, Sun | | • | Twilight Zone - Scott, Raymond [Jaz | | • | Cosmic Ballad - Perrey, Jean Jacque | | • | Moon Gas - Hyman, Dick | | • | Monsters Of Jupiter - Garcia, Russell | | • | She Likes Me - Goldsmith, Jerry | | • | Tone Tales From Tomorrow - Coe, Frank | | • | Alien - Coben, Cy | | • | On Planet X - Garland, David |
Disc 5
| • | The Flying Saucer - Buchanan, Bill [2] | | • | Beep! Beep! - Joyce, Jerry | | • | The Blob - Bacharach, Burt | | • | Martian Hop - Rappaport, Robert | | • | Music to Watch Space Girls By - Ramin, Sid | | • | Planet Claire - Schneider, Fred | | • | Gigantor - Raskin, Gene | | • | Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer - Pitt, Arthur | | • | Flying Saucer Attack - Callis, John | | • | Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll - Scott, Jimmy | | • | Ufos, Big Rigs and BBQ - Nixon, Mojo | | • | We're Going UFO'ing - Barnett, Jackie | | • | Surf Trek - Courage, Alexander | | • | Mr. Spaceman - Cymbal, Johnny | | • | Meet Space Pilot Jones - Kay, William | | • | The Purple People Eater - Wooley, Sheb | | • | Knocked Out Joint on Mars - Trail, Buck | | • | Tiny Space Man - Reardon, Jack | | • | (When You See) Those Flying Saucers - Coben, Cy | | • | Unfunky UFO - Clinton, George [1] | | • | You Came From Outer Space - Donovan |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
It doesn't take much rhetorical muscle to argue that science fiction was one of the dominant genre artforms of the 20th century, from the Lumiere brothers to Spielberg, from Wells and Conan Doyle to Asimov, Bradbury, and Clarke. This nearly exhaustive, lavishly packaged collection documents the genre's musical legacy across virtually every major genre on its five discs and 113 tracks. Each volume is divided by sub-genre--Movie Themes, TV Themes, Pop, Incidental/Lounge, Novelty--with each containing both the obvious contenders and some delightful surprises. The film disc alone contains a wealth of rarities, including music from Them!, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The Andromeda Strain, Fantastic Voyage, and other notables. The packaging is brilliant kitsch: a 6.5-inch square, metal-lidded cube emblazoned on three sides with suitably tacky 3-D images of--you guessed it!--a floating brain. But the profusely illustrated, hard-bound, 200-page book (designed to emulate the Big Little Books of the 1940s and '50s) that's included gives the subject its serious due, with an introduction by Ray Bradbury and contributions from an array of other notables, including Forrest J. Ackerman, Billy Mumy, Joe Dante, Dr. Demento, and Matt Groening. Perhaps the best half-cubic-foot of sci-fi brain food every assembled. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 a brain that your brain will enjoy December 12, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
First off, the design of this boxed set is outstanding, from the 3-D panels showing a brain in fluid to the CDs and cases themselves, which highlight various grade-Z schlock sci-fi themes. The construction, however, is another story, as the box itself is sloppily made, and the foam padding which houses the CDs is not the ideal method, as it makes re-inserting the CDs without damaging them a bit annoying. The accompanying book is an interesting (if hodge-podge) overview of pop sci-fi culture. As for the music itself, kudos go to Rhino for their excellent compilation, which is head-and-shoulders above other compilations of novelty music, though one can argue that some of the obscure selections should remain obscure. Still, many should enjoy the discs devoted to movie and TV themes; I, for one, was overjoyed to see the inclusion of the theme from The Blob (by Burt Bacharach!) on the Novelty disc.
Nostalgia at it's best. April 4, 2001
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
The first thing you will notice is the beautiful box. Though not metal (decorated to look as if), it has a really cool hologram on three sides, with all track listings on the back. Decent construction, though some may not like the foam insert inside which holds the 5 discs and book.The 5 discs are packaged with their own cardboard sleeve that is decorated in a 50's style retro design and categorized by a main theme: T.V., Movie, Lounge, Novelty & Pop. But the best part of the inserts is the small hard cover book included. It is chock full of old B-movie posters and artwork, news/articles, and information/history on 'space' related music over the years. This is truly a gem and adds quite a bit to this collection. You will spend hours marveling over the old retro designs and comic like appearance of all things sci/fi that are within this books covers. Now why only 4 stars? Well though you will be giddy to hear old show tunes like 'Lost In Space', 'The Outer Limits', and some of the movie themes and lounge, it does lack some heavy hitters. One can argue that Rhino probably had hundreds of tunes to sift through, and they picked what they could for licensing reasons and taste, but while others may enjoy some tunes, others will wonder how this made it into the collection. For me, I was a little let down by the Novelty disc....some songs were actually annoying to me. The biggest let down, and I realize the issues behind it, were the absence of a few major players: There is no Star Wars theme, no Cantina, no Dune, no Klingon music, a few TV shows that were not represented, but you can't please everybody right? Otherwise a very good collection...and a stellar book.
 It doesn't get better than this... January 30, 2001
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you're the kind of person that stays up weekends until 4AM just to see a rare '50's sci-fi drive-in movie on the tube, start saving up,you've got to have this. The other reviews point out the superb packaging (I can't imagine anyone bringing out a better graphic design for CDs this year,give the Grammy right now) and the esoteric music, and I fully agree. But I think I've found how to enjoy this set the most:stick all the discs in your 200-CD jukebox and use random play mode. This stuff is the greatest for spicing up your round-the-house listening! Extremely highly recommended (if you're into old sci-fi and unusual music).
Thinking Inside the Box January 12, 2001
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
This offering from Rhino Records sets a new standard for graphic design! Really, it's absolutely terrific. Before ever getting around to opening the box, I luxuriated in the marvelously rendered details, the perfect switches and gauges, the tongue-in-cheek labels from the "brainstorm" light to the warning to "replace fluids every 3000 hours." I got more kicks from just reading the box than I've gotten from many novels!And the box is only the beginning! The 200-page booklet is a sheer delight for fans of 1950s sci-fi B-flicks. Really, you can't appreciate the genius that went into this package until you experience it for yourself! More than a box, it's Art. Very highly recommended!
Fun and cool, but only for ... sci-fi fans January 12, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
With an ultra-cool holographic box that instantly transports you back to the sci-fi B-movie days of the past, "Brain in a Box" also serves as a fairly comprehensive library of all kinds of music relating to science fiction, from movie and TV themes to pop and novelty songs. If I had to introduce someone to sci-fi music, this wouldn't be a bad way to do it. I could easily quibble over what's missing, but I prefer to focus instead on what you DO get: an excellent hardbound book with info and commentary, several tunes I would never have heard otherwise (like "Tiny Space Man"), and the amazing brain storage container that is it all comes in. I do have complaints: the sound quality varies widely (couldn't be helped, I'm sure)
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