Varèse Sarabande
Encyclopedia
Varèse Sarabande is an American
record label
, distributed by Universal Music Group
, which specializes in film score
s and original cast recordings
. It aims to reissue rare or unavailable album
s as well as newer releases by artists no longer under a contract. The label's name was derived from combining French
-born composer
Edgard Varèse
's last name with the musical term, sarabande
, a slow Spanish dance.
, with the introduction of a predecessor imprint called Varese International. The first LP release was Lumiere by Dub Taylor. Varese International Records was originally conceived as an avant garde classical label. In the years that followed, under the management of the founder–owners, Dub Taylor and Chris Kuchler, the label expanded its catalogue to include jazz, Classical and other genres of recordings. In 1977, Tom Null's Sarabande Records merged with Varese International to form Varese Sarabande Records. The early LP issues of the label were reissues of Classical recordings from the American Decca, Remington and JVC labels. The first film soundtrack LP album was released in 1978.
Originally founded in 1977 by Tom Null, Chris Kuchler and Dub Taylor, this label was first stationed at 6404 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. During its early years, it issued classical music and film score LPs and became the world's largest producer of original motion picture scores on compact disc. In 2003, Varèse celebrated its 25th anniversary by releasing two CD sets.
Presently, the label resides at 11846 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California and the soundtrack department is overseen by executive producer Robert Townson, who has long been an impassioned advocate for the art of motion picture scoring. To date, he has produced over 900 CD releases and is a staunch supporter of the latest generation of composers, including Alexandre Desplat
, Brian Tyler
, Marco Beltrami
, John Powell
and Michael Giacchino
.
Varèse Sarabande releases oldies
and reissue
s through its Varèse Vintage imprint. The label is overseen by Cary E. Mansfield, a veteran producer. Mansfield has been involved in all aspects of the music industry from sales to production for many major record labels including Universal Music and Motown Records
, for which he produced the critically acclaimed Hitsville USA box sets. Varèse Vintage is dedicated to the preservation of multi-genre pop music from the 1950s, 60s and 70s and has produced over 600 releases.
The label also handles exclusive distribution for other specialty labels: Fynsworth Alley, Fuel 2000
, Sunswept Music, Perpetual Music, 10 Spot
, Water Music Records
, Wildcat Records and Along the Blues Highway.
later acquired PolyGram
, it adopted PolyGram's catalog numbering system, which used the main 10 digits of the UPC bar code as the basis for the catalog number and since the original MCA numbering was already based on part of the bar code number (specifically digits 6 through 9) the number sequence has not changed.
Art Director: Bill Pitzonka
Director of Sales & Marketing: Bryon Davis
Customer Service: Todd Turner
United States
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record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, distributed by Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...
, which specializes in film score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
s and original cast recordings
Cast recording
A cast recording is a recording of a musical that is intended to document the songs as they were performed in the show and experienced by the audience. An original cast recording, as the name implies, features the voices of the show's original cast...
. It aims to reissue rare or unavailable album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
s as well as newer releases by artists no longer under a contract. The label's name was derived from combining French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
-born composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Edgard Varèse
Edgard Varèse
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varèse, , whose name was also spelled Edgar Varèse , was an innovative French-born composer who spent the greater part of his career in the United States....
's last name with the musical term, sarabande
Sarabande
In music, the sarabande is a dance in triple metre. The second and third beats of each measure are often tied, giving the dance a distinctive rhythm of quarter notes and eighth notes in alternation...
, a slow Spanish dance.
History
Varese Sarabande roots trace back to 19721972 in music
-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...
, with the introduction of a predecessor imprint called Varese International. The first LP release was Lumiere by Dub Taylor. Varese International Records was originally conceived as an avant garde classical label. In the years that followed, under the management of the founder–owners, Dub Taylor and Chris Kuchler, the label expanded its catalogue to include jazz, Classical and other genres of recordings. In 1977, Tom Null's Sarabande Records merged with Varese International to form Varese Sarabande Records. The early LP issues of the label were reissues of Classical recordings from the American Decca, Remington and JVC labels. The first film soundtrack LP album was released in 1978.
Originally founded in 1977 by Tom Null, Chris Kuchler and Dub Taylor, this label was first stationed at 6404 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. During its early years, it issued classical music and film score LPs and became the world's largest producer of original motion picture scores on compact disc. In 2003, Varèse celebrated its 25th anniversary by releasing two CD sets.
Presently, the label resides at 11846 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City, California and the soundtrack department is overseen by executive producer Robert Townson, who has long been an impassioned advocate for the art of motion picture scoring. To date, he has produced over 900 CD releases and is a staunch supporter of the latest generation of composers, including Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Michel Gérard Desplat is a French film composer. He has received four Academy Award nominations, five BAFTA nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, winning a Golden Globe for his work on The Painted Veil in 2006, and two Grammy nominations. In 2011, Desplat won his first British...
, Brian Tyler
Brian Tyler (composer)
Brian Tyler is an American composer, producer, conductor, and film producer most known for his scores of Eagle Eye, The Expendables, Battle: Los Angeles, The Final Destination, Rambo, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, and Final Destination 5. Tyler is a symphonic conductor and conducts his own scores....
, Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami is an American film composer.-Life and career:Beltrami was born in Long Island, New York of Italian and Greek descent...
, John Powell
John Powell
John Powell is a British composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures. He has been based in the United States since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. He rose to fame in the late 1990s and 2000s, scoring numerous animated films, and collaborating with...
and Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino is an American composer who has composed scores for movies, television series and video games. Some of his most notable works include the scores to television series such as Lost, Alias and Fringe, games such as the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series, and films such as...
.
Varèse Sarabande releases oldies
Oldies
Oldies is a term commonly used to describe a radio format that concentrates on music from a period of about 15 to 55 years before the present day....
and reissue
Reissue
A reissue is the repeated issue of a published work. In common usage, it refers to an album which has been released at least once before and is released again, sometimes with alterations or additions....
s through its Varèse Vintage imprint. The label is overseen by Cary E. Mansfield, a veteran producer. Mansfield has been involved in all aspects of the music industry from sales to production for many major record labels including Universal Music and Motown Records
Motown Records
Motown is a record label originally founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. and incorporated as Motown Record Corporation in Detroit, Michigan, United States, on April 14, 1960. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, is also a nickname for Detroit...
, for which he produced the critically acclaimed Hitsville USA box sets. Varèse Vintage is dedicated to the preservation of multi-genre pop music from the 1950s, 60s and 70s and has produced over 600 releases.
The label also handles exclusive distribution for other specialty labels: Fynsworth Alley, Fuel 2000
Fuel 2000
Formed in 1994, Fuel 2000 Records, part of the Fuel Label Group, has amassed an amazing catalog over 20,000 master recordings making it one of the biggest independent labels specializing in current music and deep catalog...
, Sunswept Music, Perpetual Music, 10 Spot
10 Spot
10 Spot is the former name for the current primetime programming block that airs on the music television network MTV, 10 Spot was used as title from 1996 to around 2008. It airs on Mondays to Fridays at 10pm...
, Water Music Records
Water Music Records
Water Music Records is an electronica record label based in Los Angeles, California. Launched in July, 2000, Water Music Records releases, markets and distributes albums in various sub-styles of electronica including Chill Out, Lounge and Down-Tempo music...
, Wildcat Records and Along the Blues Highway.
VC / VX Series
Starting in 1978, Varèse Sarabande released both classical works and motion picture soundtracks on vinyl (LP) using the same label numbering series (VC or VX being the prefix). Some of these titles would later see a CD release in the 47000 series.- VC 81028 The First Nudie MusicalThe First Nudie MusicalThe First Nudie Musical is a 1976 American motion picture directed by Mark Haggard and Bruce Kimmel.-Overview:The movie is a comedy starring Cindy Williams and Stephen Nathan. Nathan plays Harry Schechter, heir to a Hollywood studio forced to make a musical comedy porno in order to stave off...
- Bruce KimmelBruce KimmelBruce Kimmel , also known as Guy Haines, is an actor, writer, director, composer, and Grammy-nominated CD producer. Kimmel lives in Los Angeles, California... - VC 81040 Classical: Piano Improvisations, Duet From Act. I - KorngoldErich Wolfgang KorngoldErich Wolfgang Korngold was an Austro-Hungarian film and romantic music composer. While his compositional style was considered well out of vogue at the time he died, his music has more recently undergone a reevaluation and a gradual reawakening of interest...
- VC 81051 Classical: Milhaud, Joys Of Life / Globetrotter Suite - MilhaudDarius MilhaudDarius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as The Group of Six—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality...
- VC 81053 Rózsa Conducts Rózsa Vol. 1 - Miklós RózsaMiklós RózsaMiklós Rózsa was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany , and active in France , England , and the United States , with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953...
- VC 81056 Classical: William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony - StokowskiLeopold StokowskiLeopold Anthony Stokowski was a British-born, naturalised American orchestral conductor, well known for his free-hand performing style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from many of the great orchestras he conducted.In America, Stokowski...
- VC 81058 Classical: Rozsa: Lust For Life & Background Of Violence Suites - Comp
- VX 81060 Classical: Orchestral Space - Seiji OzawaSeiji Ozawais a Japanese conductor, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and principal conductor of the Vienna State Opera.-Early years:...
- VX 81061 Classical: Ohki: Night Meditation / Fukai: 4 Movements / Kiyose: Japanese Festival Dances / Yamada: Mandara no hana - Yamaoka
- VX 81062 Classical: Saburo Moroi: Symphony #2 - Yamaoka/Yomiuri Nippon OrchestraYomiuri Nippon Symphony OrchestraThe is a Japanese symphony orchestra administratively based in Tokyo. The orchestra primarily performs concerts in Tokyo at the Suntory Hall, but also gives concerts at the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall...
- VC 81070 Master Of The World - Les BaxterLes BaxterLes Baxter was an American musician and composer.Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer...
- VC 81071 36 Hours - Dimitri TiomkinDimitri TiomkinDimitri Zinovievich Tiomkin was a Russian-born Hollywood film score composer and conductor. He is considered "one of the giants of Hollywood movie music." Musically trained in Russia, he is best known for his westerns, "where his expansive, muscular style had its greatest impact." Tiomkin...
- VC 81072 Silent RunningSilent RunningSilent Running is a 1972 environmentally themed science fiction film starring Bruce Dern and directed by Douglas Trumbull, who had previously worked as a special effects supervisor on such science fiction films as 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Andromeda Strain.-Plot summary:Silent Running depicts a...
- Peter SchickelePeter SchickeleJohann Peter Schickele is an American composer, musical educator, and parodist. He is best known for his comedy music albums featuring his music that he presents as music written by the fictional composer P. D. Q... - VC 81073 The Quiet ManThe Quiet ManThe Quiet Man is a 1952 American Technicolor romantic comedy-drama film. It was directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry Fitzgerald. It was based on a 1933 Saturday Evening Post short story by Maurice Walsh...
- Victor YoungVictor YoungVictor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:... - VC 81073 Samson And Delilah -
- VC 81074 Written On The WindWritten on the WindWritten on the Wind is a 1956 American drama film directed by Douglas Sirk. It stars Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone....
- Frank SkinnerFrank Skinner (composer)Frank Skinner was an American composer and arranger.Skinner was born in Meredosia, Illinois. A graduate of the Chicago Musical College , 16-year-old Frank found employment in vaudeville and began playing in local areas with his brother Carl on drums...
, Victor YoungVictor YoungVictor Young was an American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor. He was born in Chicago.-Biography:...
/ Four Girls In Town - Alex NorthAlex NorthAlex North was an American composer who wrote the first jazz-based film score and one of the first modernist scores written in Hollywood .... - VC 81075 A Time to Love and a Time to DieA Time to Love and a Time to DieA Time to Love and a Time to Die is a 1958 CinemaScope drama film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring John Gavin. It is based on the book by the German author, Erich Maria Remarque, set on the Eastern Front , and in Nazi Germany.-Cast:...
- Miklós RózsaMiklós RózsaMiklós Rózsa was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany , and active in France , England , and the United States , with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953... - VC 81076 This Earth Is Mine - Hugo FriedhoferHugo FriedhoferHugo Wilhelm Friedhofer was an American film music composer born in San Francisco. His father was a cellist trained in Dresden, Germany; his mother, Eva König, was born in Germany.Friedhofer began playing cello at the age of 13...
- VC 81077 Themes From Classic Science Fiction, Fantasy And Horror Films - Various Artists
- VC 81078 Goliath And The Barbarians - Les BaxterLes BaxterLes Baxter was an American musician and composer.Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles for further studies at Pepperdine College. Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer...
- VC 81081 Hit!Hit!Hit! is a 1973 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Billy Dee Williams and Richard Pryor. It is about a federal agent trying to destroy a drug zone after his daughter dies from a heroin overdose.-Cast:*Billy Dee Williams - Nick Allen...
- Lalo SchifrinLalo SchifrinLalo Schifrin is an Argentine composer, pianist and conductor. He is best known for his film and TV scores, such as the "Theme from Mission: Impossible". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations... - VC 81082 Brass TargetBrass TargetBrass Target is a 1978 American war film, based on the novel The Algonquin Project by Frederick Nolan and directed by John Hough. It stars John Cassavetes, Robert Vaughn, George Kennedy, Patrick McGoohan and Max von Sydow....
- Laurence RosenthalLaurence RosenthalLaurence Rosenthal is an American composer, arranger, and conductor for theater, television, and films.Born in Detroit, Michigan, Rosenthal attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he studied piano and composition... - VC 81083 Stages - Bruce KimmelBruce KimmelBruce Kimmel , also known as Guy Haines, is an actor, writer, director, composer, and Grammy-nominated CD producer. Kimmel lives in Los Angeles, California...
- VC 81084 Yatsu Haka-mura - Yasushi AkutagawaYasushi Akutagawawas a Japanese composer and conductor. He was born and raised in Tabata, Tokyo. His father was Ryūnosuke Akutagawa.Akutagawa was taught composition by Kunihiko Hashimoto and Akira Ifukube at the Tokyo Conservatory of Music...
- VC 81085 Classical: Roy HarrisRoy HarrisRoy Ellsworth Harris , was an American composer. He wrote much music on American subjects, becoming best known for his Symphony No...
: Concerto for Amplified Piano, Brass & Percussion, etc. - Harris/UCLA Brass - VC 81090 Classical: Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano / de Beriot: Scene de Ballet - Borsamsky / Kegel
- VC 81091 Classical: Prokofiev: Gypsy Fantasial Sym Suite of Waltzes / Balakirev: Overture on Russian Themes - Schwleger
- VC 81092 Classical: Felix DraesekeFelix DraesekeFelix August Bernhard Draeseke was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.-Life:Felix Draeseke was born in the Franconian ducal town of...
: Symphony No. 3 in C major "Symphonia tragica," Op. 40 - Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Hermann Desser (Heinz Drewes) *Reissue of Urania LP-7162 - VC 81097 Classical: Milhaud, Le Train Bleu, Auric, Les Facheux / Satie - Markevitch
- VC 81101 Two World Premiere Works From An American Master - Jerome Moross - Jerome Moross
- VC 81102 Tourist Trap - Pino Donaggio
- VC 81103 The Dunwich Horror - Les Baxter
- VC 81104 King Of Kings - Miklós Rózsa
- VC 81105 Phantasm - Fred Myrow, Malcolm Seagrave
- VC 81106 Dawn Of The Dead - Goblin
- VC 81107 Patrick - Brian May
- VC 81123 Classical: Roy HarrisRoy HarrisRoy Ellsworth Harris , was an American composer. He wrote much music on American subjects, becoming best known for his Symphony No...
: Quintet for Piano and Strings, String Quartet No. 3 - VC 81127 Martin - Donald Rubinstein
STV / CTV Series
Beginning in 1979, Varèse moved TV and motion picture soundtracks to their own lettering prefix, STV. Many, but not all of these titles have also seen a CD release (refer to the 47000 series and the CD Club release lists below). CD and LP version were both made for most titles between 1985 and 1988, when LPs were abadoned in favor of the more popular media as the label adjusted for working with MCA (see below). Many of these titles were also available in cassette form, designated by CTV.- STV 81108 Fedora - Miklós Rózsa
- STV 81109 A Little RomanceA Little RomanceA Little Romance is a 1979 romantic comedy film, starring Laurence Olivier and Diane Lane in her film debut. It was directed by George Roy Hill. The screenplay is written by Allan Burns and George Roy Hill, based on a novel by Patrick Cauvin...
- Georges DelerueGeorges DelerueGeorges Delerue , was a French film composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. He won numerous important awards including Rome Prize , Emmy Award , Genie Award , ACE Award and Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1979 for A... - STV 81115 The Young Lions - Hugo Friedhofer
- STV 81116 Island In The Sky - Alfred Newman / The Song Of Bernadette - Hugo Friedhofer, Emil Newman, Herbert W. Spencer
- STV 81117 Blood And Sand - Alfred Newman / Blood for Dracula - Claudio Gizzi / Golden Earrings - Victor Young
- STV 81118 Magnificent Obsession - Frank Skinner
- STV 81119 Boy On A Dolphin - Hugo Friedhofer
- STV 81120 Alcoa Presents - Harry Lubin
- STV 81121 Man Of A Thousand Faces - Frank Skinner
- STV 81122 It Started In Naples - Alessandro Cicognini, Carlo Savina
- STV 81124 Rio Grande - Victor Young
- STV 81125 Anastasia - Alfred Newman
- STV 81126 Piranha - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81127 Martin - Donald Rubinstein
- STV 81128 Knights Of The Round Table - Miklós Rózsa
- STV 81129 Meetings With Remarkable Men - Thomas de Hartmann
- STV 81130 Destination Moon - Leith Stevens
- STV 81131 Bloodline - Ennio Morricone
- STV 81132 An Almost Perfect Affair - Georges Delerue
- STV 81133 Eye Of The Needle - Miklós Rózsa
- STV 81134 Escape From New York - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
- STV 81135 The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad - Bernard Hermann
- STV 81136 The Devil At 4 O'Clock - George Duning
- STV 81137 Prince Of The City - Paul Chihara
- STV 81138 1001 Arabian Nights - George Duning
- STV 81139 Home Movies - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81140 The Day Time Ended - Richard Band
- STV 81141 True Confessions - Georges Delerue
- STV 81142 Rashomon - Fumio Hayasaka / Shichinin No Samurai - Fumio Hayasaka
- STV 81143 Maniac - Jay Chattaway
- STV 81144 Mad Max - Brian May
- STV 81145 The Wild Bunch - Jerry Fielding
- STV 81146 John Paul Jones - Max Steiner
- STV 81147 Island, The - Ennio Morricone
- STV 81148 Dressed To Kill - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81149 Enola Gay: The Men, The Mission, The Atomic Bomb - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81150 The Howling - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81151 Night Of The Living Dead - Library Music
- STV 81152 Halloween II - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
- STV 81153 The Formula - Bill Conti
- STV 81154 Swamp Thing - Harry Manfredini
- STV 81155 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - Brian May
- STV 81156 Blood for Dracula - Claudio Gizzi
- STV 81157 Flesh For Frankenstein - Claudio Gizzi
- STV 81158 The Sword And The Sorcerer - David Whitaker
- STV 81159 The Twelve Chairs - John Morris
- STV 81160 Creepshow - John Harrison
- STV 81162 The Burning - Rick Wakeman
- STV 81163 Slapstick (Of Another Kind) - Morton Stevens, Michel Legrand
- STV 81164 Eating Raoul - Arlon Ober
- STV 81165 Friendly Persuasion - Dimitri Tiomkin
- STV 81166 Last Embrace - Miklós Rózsa / Lydia - Miklós Rózsa
- STV 81167 The Man From Snowy River - Bruce Rowland
- STV 81169 The Secret Of NIMH - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81170 Forbidden Zone - Danny Elfman
- STV 81171 The Twilight Zone - Various Artists
- STV 81172 10 To Midnight - Robert O. Ragland
- STV 81173 Videodrome - Howard Shore
- STV 81174 The Beastmaster - Lee Holdridge
- STV 81175 La Notte Di San Lorenzo - Nicola Piovani
- STV 81176 Halloween - John Carpenter
- STV 81178 The Twilight Zone Volume Two - Various Artists
- STV 81179 Magic Fire - Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- STV 81180 The Winds Of War - Robert Cobert
- STV 81181 Liquid Sky - Slava Tsukerman
- STV 81182 The Year Of Living Dangerously - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81184 The Hunger - Michel Rubini, Denny Jaeger
- STV 81185 The Twilight Zone Volume Three - Various Artists
- STV 81186 Young Warriors - Robert J. Walsh
- STV 81187 Hercules - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81187 The Twilight Zone Volume Four - Various Artists
- STV 81188 Who Dares Wins - Roy Budd
- STV 81189 Invitation au Voyage - Gabriel Yared
- STV 81190 Il Gattopardo - Nino Rota
- STV 81191 The Fog - John Carpenter
- STV 81192 The Twilight Zone Volume Five - Various Artists
- STV 81193 A Minor Miracle - Rick Patterson
- STV 81194 Heat And Dust - Richard Robbins, Zakir Hussan
- STV 81195 Revenge Of The Ninja - Robert J. Walsh, W. Michael Lewis, Laurin Rinder
- STV 81197 Brainstorm - James Horner
- STV 81198 The Osterman Weekend - Lalo Schifrin
- STV 81199 The Evil Dead - Joseph Loduca
- STV 81202 Blind Date - Stanley Myers
- STV 81203 Children Of The Corn - Jonathan Elias
- STV 81204 Making The Grade - Basil Poledouris
- STV 81205 The Twilight Zone Volume Six - Various Artists
- STV 81206 Gorky Park - James Horner
- STV 81207 Wavelength - Tangerine Dream
- STV 81208 Lassiter - Ken Thorne
- STV 81209 Mutant - Richard Band
- STV 81210 Blame It On Rio - Kenneth Wannberg
- STV 81211 Sahara - Ennio Morricone
- STV 81212 Roy Rogers And The Sons Of The Pioneers - Various Artists
- STV 81213 Oltre La Porta - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81217 Berlin Alexanderplatz - Peer Raben
- STV 81219 Top Secret! - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81220 Cousteau - Amazon Part 1 The River - John Scott
- STV 81221 Careful, He Might Hear You - Ray Cook
- STV 81222 The Fourth Man - Loek Dikker
- STV 81224 Swann In Love - Hans Werner Henze / Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum Oder: Wie Gewalt Entstehen Und Wohin Sie Führen Kann, Die -
- STV 81225 Sheena - Richard Hartley
- STV 81226 Until September - John Barry
- STV 81227 La Pirate - Philippe Sarde / Dimanche à La Campagne, Un - Louis Ducreux, Marc Perrone
- STV 81228 Bolero - Peter Bernstein
- STV 81229 Places In The Heart - John Kander
- STV 81230 Phar Lap - Bruce Rowland
- STV 81231 Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81232 The Flamingo Kid - Curt Sobel
- STV 81233 Starman - Jack Nitzsche
- STV 81234 Runaway - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81235 The Shooting Party - John Scott
- STV 81236 A Nightmare On Elm Street - Charles Bernstein
- STV 81237 Witness - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81239 Certain Fury - George Masenburg, Russell Kunkel, Bill Payne
- STV 81240 The Aviator - Dominic Frontiere
- STV 81241 Cat's Eye - Alan Silvestri
- STV 81242 The Company Of Wolves - George Fenton
- STV 81243 The Gods Must Be Crazy - John Bosshoff
- STV 81244 The Emerald Forest - Brian Gascoigne, Junior Homrich
- STV 81245 Christopher Columbus - Riz Ortolani
- STV 81246 Rambo: First Blood Part II - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81247 Just The Way You Are - Vladimir Cosma / Wetherby - Nick Bicât
- STV 81248 Red Sonja - Ennio Morricone
- STV 81249 Lifeforce - Henry Macini
- STV 81250 Music of the Republic Studios - William Lava, Cy Feuer, Paul Sawtell
- STV 81251 Dance With A Stranger - Richard Hartley
- STV 81252 Jagged Edge - John Barry
- STV 81253 The Black Cauldron - Elmer Bernstein
- STV 81254 The Bride - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81255 Ediths Tagebuch - Jürgen Knieper
- STV 81256 Flesh+Blood - Basil Poledouris
- STV 81257 Agnes Of God - Georges Delerue
- STV 81258 Paroles Et Musique - Michel Legrand
- STV 81259 The Red Pony - Aaron Copland
- STV 81260 Return To Eden - Brian May
- STV 81261 Re-Animator - Richard Band
- STV 81262 Zone Troopers - Richard Band / The Alchemist - Richard Band
- STV 81263 Invasion U.S.A. - Jay Chattaway
- STV 81264 Silver Bullet - Jay Chattaway
- STV 81265 Marie - Francis Lai
- STV 81266 Year Of The Dragon - David Mansfield
- STV 81267 Transylvania 6-5000 - Lee Holdridge
- STV 81268 Marie Ward - Elmer Bernstein
- STV 81269 Subway - Eric Serra
- STV 81270 Spies Like Us - Elmer Bernstein
- STV 81271 Enemy Mine - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81272 The Final Conflict - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81273 Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy - John Scott
- STV 81274 The Clan Of The Cave Bear - Alan Silvestri
- STV 81275 A Nightmare On Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge - Christopher Young
- STV 81276 F/X - Bill Conti
- STV 81277 Ginger E Fred - Nicola Piovani
- STV 81278 April Fool's Day - Charles Bernstein
- STV 81279 Crawlspace - Pino Donaggio
- STV 81281 The Ewok Adventure - Peter Bernstein
- STV 81281 Ewoks: The Battle For Endor -
- STV 81282 The Manhattan Project - Philippe Sarde
- STV 81283 Aliens - James Horner
- STV 81284 Apology - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81285 Jake Speed - Mark Snow
- STV 81286 Raw Deal - Various Artists
- STV 81287 Pirates - Philippe Sarde
- STV 81288 Vamp - Jonathan Elias
- STV 81289 The Fly - Howard Shore
- STV 81290 Where The River Runs Black - James Horner
- STV 81291 Deadly Friend - Charles Bernstein
- STV 81292 Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti
- STV 81293 Tai-pan - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81294 Link - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81295 Peggy Sue Got Married - John Barry
- STV 81296 Crocodile Dundee - Peter Best
- STV 81297 Sky Bandits - Alfi Kabiljo
- STV 81298 Crimes Of The Heart - Georges Delerue
- STV 81299 The Boy Who Could Fly - Bruce Broughton
- STV 81300 52 Pick-Up - Gary Chang
- STV 81301 Let's Get Harry - Brad Fiedel
- STV 81303 Firewalker - Gary Chang
- STV 81304 Lionheart - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81305 Down Twisted - Eric Allaman
- STV 81306 84 Charing Cross Road - George Fenton
- STV 81307 The Bedroom Window - Michael Shrieve, Patrick Gleeson
- STV 81308 The Kindred - David Newman
- STV 81309 From The Hip - Paul Zaza
- STV 81310 Death Before Dishonor - Brian May
- STV 81311 Lionheart Volume Two - Jerry Goldsmith
- STV 81312 Amazing Grace And Chuck - Elmer Bernstein
- STV 81313 Evil Dead II - Joseph Loduca
- STV 81314 A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - Angelo Badalamenti
- STV 81315 The Whistle Blower - John Scott
- STV 81317 Good Morning, Babylon - Nicola Piovani
- STV 81318 Raising Arizona - Carter Burwell / Blood Simple - Carter Burwell
- STV 81319 Three For The Road - Barry Goldberg
- STV 81320 Making Mr. Right - Chaz Jankel / Desperately Seeking Susan - Thomas Newman
- STV 81321 Capriccio - Riz Ortolani
- STV 81322 My Demon Lover - David Newman
- STV 81324 House - Harry Manfredini / House II: The Second Story - Harry Manfredini
- STV 81327 Giulia E Giulia - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81328 The Believers - J. Peter Robinson
- STV 81329 Hope And Glory - Peter Martin
- STV 81330 RoboCop - Basil Poledouris
- STV 81331 The Penitent - Alex North
- STV 81333 Masters Of The Universe - Bill Conti
- STV 81334 No Way Out - Maurice Jarre
- STV 81335 Russkies - James Newton Howard
- STV 81336 Nowhere To Hide - Brad Fiedel
- STV 81338 Housekeeping - Michael Gibbs
- STV 81339 Three O'clock High - Tangerine Dream
- STV 81340 Prince Of Darkness - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
- STV 81341 Journey Into Fear - Alex North / The Dead - Alex North
- STV 81343 Man On Fire - John Scott
- STV 81344 Nightflyers - Doug Timm
- STV 81345 Near Dark - Tangerine Dream
- STV 81346 Tough Guys Don't Dance - Angelo Badalamenti
- STV 81347 The Whales Of August - Alan Price
- STV 81348 Surrender - Michel Colombier
- STV 81349 The Hidden - Michael Convertino
- STV 81350 Weeds - Angelo Badalamenti
- STV 81352 No Man's Land - Basil Poledouris
- STV 81353 Anna - Greg Hawkes
- STV 81354 Five Corners - James Newton Howard
- STV 81355 Sister, Sister - Richard Einhorn
- STV 81356 The Running Man - Harold Faltermeyer
- STV 81357 Shy People - Tangerine Dream
- STV 81358 Flowers In The Attic - Christopher Young
- STV 81359 In A Shallow Grave - Jonathan Sheffer
- STV 81360 Noble House - Paul Chihara
- STV 81361 Prison - Richard Band, Christopher L. Stone
- STV 81362 The Serpent And The Rainbow - Brad Fiedel
47000 Series
Varèse first began producing CDs in 1985 and their initial releases in this series are often held in high esteem by collectors, especially those without a bar code. This CD line remained in production until 1988 under the supervision of executive producers Richard Kraft and Tom Null.- VSD47105 Phantasm (1989 European exclusive release) - Fred Myrow / Malcolm Seagrave
- VCD47106 Dawn Of The Dead - Goblin
- VCD47144 Mad Max - Brian May
- VCD47148 Dressed To Kill - Pino Donaggio
- VCD47152 Halloween II - John Carpenter / Alan Howarth
- VCD47180 The Winds Of War - Robert Cobert
- VCD47181 Liquid Sky - Slava Tsukerman / Brenda I. Hutchinson / Clive Smith
- VCD47201 Star Wars Trilogy - John Williams / Varujan Kojian conducts
- VCD47202 The Adventures Of Robin Hood - Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Varujan Kojian conducts
- VCD47203 King's Row - Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Charles Gerhardt conducts
- VCD47204 The Empire Strikes Back - John Williams / Charles Gerhardt conducts
- VCD47205 North By Northwest - Bernard Herrmann / Laurie Johnson conducts
- VCD47206 Camelot (1982 OCR starring Richard Harris) - Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe
- VCD47207 Franz Liszt: Symphony No.2 "Dante" - The Utah Symphony Orchestra, Varujan Kojian
- VCD47208 Scheherazade / Russian & Ludmilla Overture - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Mikhail Glinka
- VCD47209 Works by Ravel, Shostakovich, Weinberger, Granados, Turina & Ginastera - Morton Gould conducts
- VCD47210 Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain / The Three Cornered Hat (complete ballet) - Eva Maria Zuk (piano), Maria Luisa Salinas (soprano), Orquestra Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico, Enrique Batiz
- VCD47211 Aaron Copland: Saga Of The Prairies, An Outdoor Overture / Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto, First Essay for Orchestra / Charles Ives: Overture from the Third Orchestral Set - The Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Keith Clark (also available as Andante ACD 85705)
- VCD47212 The Four Seasons - Antonio Vivaldi / Patrick Gleeson conducts
- VCD47213 Toru Takemitsu: In An Autumn Garden for Gagaku Orchestra - The Tokyo Gakuso Orchestra under the composer's supervision
- VCD47214 Sinfonietta For Large Orchestra Opus 5 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Gerd Albrecht conducts
- VCD47215 Brainstorm - James Horner
- VCD47216 Symphony No. 9 Carnival Overture - Antonín Dvořák
- VCD47217 The Man From Snowy River - Bruce Rowland
- VCD47218 Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47219 El Amour Brujo / Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre; Concerto Andaluz - Manuel de Falla / Joaquin Rodrigo
- VCD47220 Starman - Jack Nitzsche
- VCD47221 Runaway - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47222 The Year Of Living Dangerously - Maurice Jarre
- VCD47223 Wavelength - Tangerine Dream
- VCD47224 Escape From New York - John Carpenter / Alan Howarth
- VCD47225 Alfred Hitchcock Collection - John Williams / Dimitri Tiomkin / Franz Waxman / Roy Webb
- VCD47226 Spellbound / The World, The Flesh & The Devil / Because Of Him - Miklos Rozsa
- VCD47227 Witness - Maurice Jarre
- VCD47228 Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4 - Irmgard Seefried (soprano), The Vienna Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, 24 August 1950)
- VCD47229 Digital Space - Morton Gould conducts
- VCD47230 Halloween - John Carpenter
- VCD47231 The Secret Of N. I. M. H. - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47232 Symphony No. 3 in C Minor - Marie Saint-Saens
- VCD47233 The Twilight Zone Volume One - Various Artists
- VCD47234 Rambo: First Blood Part II - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47235 Star Trek Volume One - Fred Steiner conducts
- VCD47236 John Wayne Westerns Volume One: Comancheros & True Grit - Elmer Bernstein
- VCD47237 Morton Gould conducts his Latin American Symphonette, Philharmonic Waltzes, Quickstep, Festive Music, Cotillion, Windjammer, Fanfare for Freedom - The London Symphony Orchestra
- VCD47238 The Blue Max - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47239 Menotti / Barber Violin Concertos - Ruggiero Ricci, The Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Keith Clark
- VCD47240 Star Trek Volume Two - Fred Steiner conducts
- VCD47241 The Black Cauldron - Elmer Bernstein
- VCD47242 The Final Conflict - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47243 Toru Takemitsu: Winter. Marginalia. Gitimalya. Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Hiroyuki Iwaki
- VCD47244 The Film Music Of... - Lee Holdridge
- VCD47245 Roy Harris: Symphony No. 6 "Gettysburg" / Aaron Copland The Emily Dickinson Songs - Marni Nixon, The Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Keith Clark
- VCD47246 Spies Like Us - Elmer Bernstein
- VCD47247 The Twilight Zone Volume Two - Various Artists
- VCD47248 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward The Unknown Region, Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis, Five Variants on "Dives and Lazarus", Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 - The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Normal del Mar
- VCD47249 Enemy Mine - Maurice Jarre
- VCD47250 The Right Stuff / North And South - Bill Conti
- VCD47251 The Emerald Forest - Junior Homrich / Brian Gascoigne
- VCD47252 The Clan Of The Cave Bear - Alan Silvestri
- VCD47253 Orchestral Space - Seiji Ozawa
- VCD47254 The Ghost And Mrs. Muir - Bernard Herrmann / Elmer Bernstein conducts
- VCD47255 A Nightmare On Elm Street 1 & 2 - Charles Bernstein / Christopher Young
- VCD47256 The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad - Bernard Herrmann
- VCD47257 Bacmianas Brasileiras - Heitor Villa-Lobos
- VCD47258 The Jungle Book / Thief Of Baghdad - Miklos Rozsa
- VCD47259 Stone Flower - Sergei Prokofiev
- VCD47260 Gorky Park - James Horner
- VCD47261 The Hunger - Michel Rubini & Denny Jaeger
- VCD47262 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - Brian May
- VCD47263 Aliens - James Horner
- VCD47264 John Wayne Westerns Volume Two: Big Jake, Cahill & The Shootist - Elmer Bernstein
- VCD47265 Pirates - Philippe Sarde
- VCD47266 Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Colosseum Europe only pressing) - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47267 The Fog - John Carpenter
- VCD47268 Ben-Hur / El Cid / King Of Kings - Miklos Rozsa / Richard Mullen-Lampertz conducts
- VCD47269 Knights Of The Round Table / Lydia - Miklos Rozsa
- VCD47270 The Avengers: The Television And Movie Music Of... - Laurie Johnson
- VCD47271 The Seven Samurai / Rashomon - Fumio Hayazaka
- VCD47272 The Fly - Howard Shore
- VCD47273 Where The River Runs Black - James Horner
- VCD47274 Tai-Pan - Maurice Jarre
- VCD47275 Peggy Sue Got Married - John Barry
- VCD47276 Link - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47277 Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti
- VCD47278 Crimes Of The Heart - Georges Delerue
- VCD47279 The Boy Who Could Fly - Bruce Broughton
- VCD47280
- VCD47281 Pee-Wee's Big Adventure / Back To School - Danny Elfman
- VCD47282 Lionheart Volume One - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47283 Crocodile Dundee - Peter Best
- VCD47284 Raising Arizona / Blood Simple - Carter Burwell
- VCD47285 Amazing Grace And Chuck - Elmer Bernstein
- VSD47286 Raw Deal (1992 Colosseum Europe only pressing) - Cinemascore
- VCD47287
- VCD47288 Lionheart Volume Two - Jerry Goldsmith
- VCD47290 Hope And Glory - Peter Martin
- VCD47291 Desperately Seeking Susan / Making Mr. Right - Thomas Newman / Chaz Jankel
- VCD47293 A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - Angelo Badalamenti
- VCD47295 House / House II: The Second Story - Harry Manfredini
- VCD47298 Robocop - Basil Poledouris
- VCD47299 The Penitent (canceled) - Alex North
- VCD47300 Masters Of The Universe - Bill Conti
- VCD47301 No Way Out - Maurice Jarre
- VCD47304 The Sea Hawk - Erich Wolfgang Korngold / Varujan Kojian conducts
- VCD47307 Three O'Clock High - Tangerine Dream / Sylvester Levay
- VCD47308 Housekeeping - Michael Gibbs
- VCD47309 Near Dark - Tangerine Dream
- VCD47310 Prince Of Darkness - John Carpenter / Alan Howarth
- VCD47311 The Whales Of August - Alan Price
- VCD47312 Surrender - Michel Colombier
- VCD47313 Weeds - Angelo Badalamenti
- VCD47314 Man On Fire - John Scott
- VCD47315 Suspect - Michael Kamen
- VCD47327 Julia And Julia - Maurice Jarre
- VCD47341 The Dead / Journey Into Fear - Alex North
- VCD47349 The Hidden - Michael Convertino
- VCD47352 No Man's Land - Basil Poledouris
- VCD47354 5 Corners - James Newton Howard
- VCD47356 The Running Man - Harold Faltermeyer
- VCD47357 Shy People - Tangerine Dream
- VCD47360 Noble House - Paul Chihara
- VCD47362 The Serpent And The Rainbow - Brad Fiedel
70400 Series
The enigmatic gap between the 47000 series and the mainline series 5200+ which still runs today. It is unclear as to why the European inspired numbering took place (which was especially evident on all LP releases during this period) and also could be seen as 470 rearranged as 704. This sheds some light on the mysterious 47100 releases, pressed during 70400 series run, which appeared shortly before the mainline series began production.- VCD70440 Wall Street / Salvador - Stewart Copeland / Georges Delerue
- VCD70442 Zelly And Me - Pino Donaggio
- VCD70443 Au Revoir Les Enfants - Franz Schubert / Jean-Francois Heisser
- VCD70445 Off Limits - James Newton Howard
- VCD70446 Symphony No. 31 & 36 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- VCD70447 White Mischief - George Fenton
- VCD70451 Return To Snowy River - Bruce Rowland
- VCD70454 Dominick And Eugene - Trevor Jones
- VCD70456 Bad Dreams (canceled) - Jay Ferguson
- VCD70459 Stand And Deliver - Craig Safan
- VCD70460 Eight Men Out - Mason Daring
- VCD70461 D. O. A. - Chaz Jankel
- VCD70462 Poltergeist III - Joe Renzetti
- VCD70470 Betrayed - Bill Conti
The main series
When Varèse began its partnership with MCA Distribution in 1988, the benefits of this deal were nationwide availability of Varèse CDs and access to re-issue long-out-of-print MCA catalogue soundtrack LPs onto CD. The label adopted the MCA catalog numbering system with the prefix VSD and a subsequent number to denote multiple-disc sets (VSD2, VSD3, etc.) or a video release (VHV) as that was required for all labels in the MCA distribution system. When Universal Music GroupUniversal Music Group
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later acquired PolyGram
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, it adopted PolyGram's catalog numbering system, which used the main 10 digits of the UPC bar code as the basis for the catalog number and since the original MCA numbering was already based on part of the bar code number (specifically digits 6 through 9) the number sequence has not changed.
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