Dragon's Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack for SPACED INVADERS, featuring music composed and conducted by David E. Russo for the 1990 science fiction comedy. Russo's rousing score for SPACED INVADERS is a campy throwback to slapstick comedies where a layer of subversion within the music elevates the comedy through the art of humorous imitation. Always the crafty inventor, Russo utilizes "out-of-this-world" sounds to concoct a Martian aural palette that could have originated from an extraterrestrial radio station. To contrast the halfwitted, bumbling, and vulgar personalities of the Martian crew, Russo weaves in nostalgic Americana to characterize the warm-hearted small-town environment of Big Bean. Released in 1990, SPACED INVADERS finds the Imperial Atomic Space Navy of Mars fighting valiantly for survival against their arch enemy, the Arcturans. A civilian asteroid patrol ship intercepts a distress signal from the fleet followed by a terrestrial broadcast of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Mistaking the transmission for news of a full-scale Martian invasion, the klutzy crew of X59YPQ zooms toward Earth to join the jamboree. Their spacecraft crash-lands in a small mid-western town called Big Bean, Illinois, where five green antenna-squirming Martians with jumbo-sized heads proceed with their plans to "kick some Earthling butt!" With Martian pilot Blaznee remaining behind to guard his busted space vessel, Captain Bipto, Giggywig, Pez, and Dr. Ziplock recklessly roam the sleepy streets of Big Bean on Halloween night wreaking havoc and hijinks with the local sheriff's eleven-year old daughter Kathy and her new best friend Brian in tow. The music for SPACED INVADERS was penned by Los Angeles-native composer, producer, and songwriter David E. Russo, who built his reputation collaborating with an array of celebrated recording artists including Sheryl Crowe, Tom Morello, Crowded House, Dave Navarro, and Stevie Nicks.

Track Listing

Main Title/The Fleet

Welcome To Big Bean/Crazy Old Wrenchmuller/Property Dispute/The Arcturus System

Family Picture/War Of The Worlds/Somewhere Near Mars

Dropping Off Kathy/First Speeding Ticket/Wrenchmuller’s Lament/Speed Violation/The Landing/Termites

A Real Mission/Bad Idea/Work To Do/Scout Robot

Kathy Alone/Kathy’s New Friend

Honey Darlin’

Prepare to Die/Robot Slave/Attack Vehicle

Martian Bebop

WrenchmullerOn The Move/You Wanna Bet/Investigating The Ship/Kathy Hides/Dr. Ziplock

The Martians HaveLanded/Let’s Get ‘Em/Evading Townfolk

War Of The Worlds/Yikes/The Launch

Robot Attack/Vendroid Arrives/Wrenchmuller Missing/Martians Emerge

No Place Like Home/Farmzoid

Big Toy Robot

12 Minutes Until The End Of The World/Verndroid Away

Saving The Martians

Time To Go/Jim The Dog and Finale

Takin’ Over The World

Bow Down Before The Civilian/Asteroid Patrol

Hello Big Bean