Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings announce the first-ever vinyl release of Basil Poledouris’ thrilling score for the 1997 cult classic, Starship Troopers.
This 2-LP Extended Edition includes 29 cues from the film, remastered by Chas Ferry and Melinda Hurley. The album is housed in a gatefold jacket, featuring new artwork by illustrator and graphic novelist, Malachi Ward. Rounding out the packaging is a fold-out poster of Ward’s design, plus new liner notes by the film’s director, Paul Verhoeven, and musician Zoë Poledouris, who reflects on her late father’s work.
Starship Troopers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is set for release on August 4 and available for pre-order now. Fans can also find a Varèse Sarabande Vinyl Club edition of the album (pressed on Blood & Bug Juice Marble vinyl and limited to 500 copies) exclusively at VareseSarabande.com.
Based on the 1959 novel by Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers is set in the 23rd century, when Earth is governed by the militarized United Citizen Federation. Equal parts science fiction and satire, the 1997 film lampoons right-wing nationalism – but cleverly packages it in an action-packed teen drama. The plot centers around teenager Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien) and his friends, who join Earth’s military to fight an interstellar war against an alien species known as the Arachnids. Directed by Paul Verhoeven (RoboCop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct), Starship Troopers also stars Denise Richards, Neil Patrick Harris, Jake Busey, Dina Meyer, Michael Ironside, and Patrick Muldoon. Elevating the film’s action-packed scenes is a propulsive score by the Emmy®️ Award-winning composer and conductor, Basil Poledouris (Lonesome Dove, RoboCop, The Hunt for Red October).
Tracklist: Starship Troopers Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Side A
1. Fed-Net #1/Bug Attack On Newsman
2. Telepathy Practice/Carl Orders Cyrano
3. Friends Forever
4. Transporting
5. Fed-Net #2/Crime And Punishment
6. Carmen’s Shuttle Ride
7. Undocking
8. Teamwork
9. Dear John
10. Breckinridge Killed
11. Punishment/Asteroid Grazing
12. Call To War/Bad News From Home
Side B
1. War!!
2. Fed-Net #3/Countdown To Victory
3. Klendathu Drop
4. Fed-Net #4
5. Battle Ready
6. Rasczak’s Roughnecks
7. Tango Urilla
8. Johnny And Dizzy
9. Hopper Canyon/Mess Hall Mess
Side C
1. Bugs!!!
2. Radio Shack/Whiskey Outpost Pt. 2/Death Of Dizzy
3. Dizzy’s Funeral
4. Rico’s Roughnecks/Destruction Of The Rodger Young/Bug City
Side D
1. Brainbug/Cave Nuke
2. They Will Win
3. End Titles
4. Into It – Performed by Zoë Poledouris
The vinyl release of the Starship Troopers soundtrack will be available August 4, 2023.
