SOS Magazine - DVD interview

Sound on Sound magazine had a free DVD which included a 37 minute interview with Jeff about the recording of the world of the worlds

The interview was split into 5 flv's files with a html menu.

The magazine article can be read here

Classic Rock 2 - London Symphony Orchestra

Interesting little one.

First released in 1978, and on various different Cd's during the late 80's early 90's.

Track 1

Eve of the war 4:07
Arranged by Anne Dudley
Conducted by Jeff Wayne (the reason why its on)

But also look at the rhythm section, some familiar WOW related names. Must have been an easy gig.

The rest of the music from the game - Martian

Each disc has its own introduction to the game.

The martian introduction reminds me of the live DVD in structure and content, and it lasts 6:14 (and contains the immortal line "The problem is of course the humans").

Once the introduction is finished, it leads into a title section which is the same as on the human section.

There are different victory (46 seconds) and defeat sequences (49 seconds).

The rest of the music from the game - Human

Each disc has its own introduction to the game.

The human disc uses Nigel Hawthorne as a general (?) who interacts with Richard Burton dialogue to set the scene for the game. Various different war of the world related music is used in the background. The introduction lasts 4:53.

There is then a title sequence based on the eve of the war introduction and lasts 1:28.

There are sequences for victory (49 seconds) and defeat (41 seconds), both using Burton and Hawthorne dialogue

The music from the game

Human game disc

When you place the game disc into an audo CD drive, track 1 is the game.

The rest is

02 Dead London (Stephen Murphy Instrumental) 5:10
03 Spirit Of Man (Max Mondo Instrumental) 5:02
04 Brave New World (Max Mondo Instrumental) 5:11
05 Eve Of War (Max Mondo Human Instrumental) 4:47

These are all instrumentals, some of the versions on the remix albums have added vocals.

The martian disc has different music

02 Red Weed (Stephen Murphy Instrumental) 5:25
03 Horsell Common And Heat Ray (Max Mondo Instrumental) 5:11
04 Eve Of War (Max Mondo Martian Instrumental) 4:57
05 Thunder Child (Max Mondo Instrumental) 5:11

Below are the 3 pages from the game booklet, showing the music credits (I've notice I'm missing some of the music)