I forgot one of the amusing parts about the Heavy Metal 1981 Movie Music. The only ad I came across in the magazine from the time, was in the September 1981 issue, with the now-iconic Chris Achilleos Taarna art used for the movie and music:
Inside the front cover is this ad for the Heavy Metal Movie Music:
Interesting for the lack of detail on the music itself, with little mention of songs and formats etc, soundtrack nor score.
And amusing for referring to Taarna's mount as their "pet Edaphosaurid". Not only is the edaphosaurid not a flying type dinosaur (more of a dimetrodon), as I was surmising in my review of HM #302, but this ad is the most attention given to Taarna's mount in the entire production and time since. (I purposely ignore the ill-advised attempt to give it a name as was tried in the recent disastrous regime. Medney and Erwin? Yeah fuck those guys.) And it's like they just picked a funny dinosaur name. At least they got a lot of use out of Achilleos's artwork (hope he got paid for it).
I also came across an ad in the January 1996 issue, for the Movie Soundtrack on CD, which reinforces my idea that it was released at the same time the Movie was released on video.
Hard to believe this is coming up on 30 years ago. How about writing in a card number on a piece of paper and mailing it in to order something? Online shopping wasn't quite a thing in 1996.
Crap I'm old. Such fun, finding amusement in these old magazines.
2 comments:
"I also came across an ad in the January 1996 issue, for the Movie Soundtrack on CD, which reinforces my idea that it was released at the same time the Movie was released on video."
The release of both on digital formats coincided with clearing up music rights on the soundtrack. For a long time it was only seen in revival theaters and cable TV.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I heard too. I had heard the movie was popular at college midnight movies, but I was out of school by then.
thanks
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