Author Topic: Updated: Fall of the House of Usher / Lost Stradivarius (UK TV, 1966)  (Read 8325 times)

Moon Monkey

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Here's a little something for Halloween. A little obscure something. It's a near-complete score for a long-lost episode of Mystery and Imagination from 1966. It's taken me a while to track these down!




h++ps://www.mediafire.com/file/dqd62b8jtmx0knk/The+Tractate+Middoth+(1966).7z/file

password: rant



    1. ABC TV Ident
    2. The Long Minute – Raymond Jones, Conroy BM 187, 1959
    3. Hypnotique – B. Campbell, MQ 727, 1964
    4. Void – Paul Lewis, DW 2903, 1965
    5. String Dramatics: Time to Scream – Dennis Farnon, BM 341, 1963
    6. Mysterious Patterns – E. Tomlinson, FDH 220, 1959
    7. UNKNOWN 1: Reverb Sting 1
    8. UNKNOWN 2: Reverb Sting 2—The Dead Doctor Rant
    9. Gong Effect – International Studio Orchestra, DW 2900, 1965
    10. Inexorable – Bob Sharples, Conroy BM 199, 1959
    11. Aspects of Time – John Scott, Southern MQ 649, 1963
    12. Gong Effect (Reversed) – International Studio Orchestra, DW 2900, 1965
    13. UNKNOWN 4: Stings 3&4
    14. Undertones of Fear – John Scott, MQ 727, 1964
    15. Gong Effect with Reverb
    16. UNKNOWN 5: Stings and Spiders
    17. Arctic Circle – Ronald Binge, Impress IA 265, 1960
    18. And Clergymen of Cats – remade final sequence
    19. Dramatic Tableaux: Palpitation – Paul Gerard, BM 415, 1964

BONUS TRACKS

    20. Convulsions – K. Palmer, Southern MQ 584, 1962
    21. UNKNOWN 3—Romantic Nostalgic


Thanks to BlackwatchPlaid, a8detective and Easy Listening Archive for assorted contributions. Happy Halloween!
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Moon Monkey

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Re: M.R. James - The Tractate Middoth (UK TV, 1966)
« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2024, 03:07:51 AM »
I'll hopefully be doing the other episodes, so I'm going to nab the second post  too ..

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Re: M.R. James - The Tractate Middoth (UK TV, 1966)
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2024, 01:30:54 AM »
Nice work Moon! I'll listen over the weekend, thank you 8]
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Moon Monkey

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Re: M.R. James - The Tractate Middoth (UK TV, 1966)
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2025, 11:44:57 PM »


The complete soundtrack to another classic M.R. James adaptation - the BBC Ghost Story for Christmas: Lost Hearts from 1973:

h++ps://www.mediafire.com/file/22jr3hhsmmzjd3m/Lost_Hearts_Soundtrack_%25281973%2529.zip/file

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Re: M.R. James - The Tractate Middoth (UK TV, 1966)
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2025, 08:20:46 PM »
The legendary hurdy-gurdy music from Lost Hearts has finally been identified! It's not a hurdy-gurdy...


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Re: M.R. James - The Tractate Middoth (UK TV, 1966)
« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2025, 06:32:17 PM »
Hallowe'en comes round so quickly these days! To celebrate, here are the soundtracks to two more M&I episodes, one missing, one once-missing:



h++ps://www.mediafire.com/file/766mlki046mmget/House+of+Usher_Lost+Stradivarius+[MM009].7z/file

password: usher


As before, the soundtracks have been assembled from the best possible sources - thanks in particular to a8detective, Trkizbrki and BlackwatchPlaid here at LMT, jakej at the Internet Archive, and the Audio Only YouTube channel for sharing the missing episode soundtracks.

Hope you enjoy them - Usher in particular is a spectacular body of work!


The Fall of the House of Usher

    1. Mystery and Imagination—Opening Titles
    2. Dissonance No. 3: Bridge 1 [EDIT – Looped] – Norman Kay, Impress IA 307, 1962
    3. The Long Minute [EDIT 1] – Raymond Jones, Conroy BM 187, 1959
    4. UNKNOWN 1—Violin 1
    5. UNKNOWN 2—Violin 2
    6. UNKNOWN 3—Violin 3
    7. UNKNOWN 4—Violin 4
    8. Six Bizarre Episodes: 4. Clocks – Wilfred Josephs, Impress IA 231, 1960
    9. Dramatic Portraits Pt. 2f: A Moment of Tension – Dennis Farnon, OT 2460, 1963 [aka The Psyko Pt. 4]
    10. UNKNOWN 5—Sting
    11. UNKNOWN 6—Violin 8
    12. Electronic Mystery – Hugo de Groot, De Wolfe DW 2666, 1960
    13. Dramatic Portraits Pt. 1c: Dark Passage – Dennis Farnon, OT 2460, 1963 [aka Things Go Bump in the Night Part 5]
    14. Cathedral Part 4—Coda – Trevor Duncan, Impress IA 193, c.1959
    15. Dramatic Portraits—Pt. 4 (p) The Last Voyage – Dennis Farnon, OT 2461, 1963
    16. Dramatic Tableaux: Spasms – Paul Gerard, Conroy BM 415, 1964
    17. Six Bizarre Episodes: 2. Uneasy Feeling – Wilfred Josephs, Impress IA 231, 1960
    18. Dramatic Tableaux: Nirvane – Paul Gerard, Conroy BM 416, 1964
    19. Modern Underscore (i) Catacombs – Dennis Farnon, OT 2481, 1964
    20. Dramatic Portraits—Pt. 1 (d) Sands of Time – Dennis Farnon, OT 2460, 1963
    21. String Dramatics: Summer is a Lady – Dennis Farnon, Conroy BM 340, 1963
    22. Dramatic Portraits—Pt. 1 (b) Desert Incident – Dennis Farnon, OT 2460, 1963
    23. Dramatic Tableaux: Four Images – Paul Gerard, Conroy BM 417, 1964
    24. Six Bizarre Episodes: 5. Apparitions – Wilfred Josephs, Impress IA 231, 1960
    25. Dissonance No. 4: Bridge 2 – Norman Kay, Impress IA 307, 1962
    26. Dissonance No. 5: Bridge 3 – Norman Kay, Impress IA 307, 1962
    27. The Long Minute [EDIT 2] – Raymond Jones
    28. UNKNOWN 7—Plaintive
    29. Dramatic Tableaux: Mesmerism – Paul Gerard, Conroy BM 415, 1964
    30. String Dramatics: Beneath the Sea – Dennis Farnon, Conroy BM 341, 1963
    31. Paroxysms No. 8 – Trevor Duncan, Conroy BM 102, 1958 [aka Paroxysms I]
    32. Lynch Fever – Trevor Duncan, Impress IA 130, c.1956
    33. Dissonance No. 1: Opening – Norman Kay, Impress IA 307, 1962
    34. Cathedral Part 2—Vision – Trevor Duncan, Impress IA 192, c.1959 – Dennis Farnon, OT 2460, 1963
   

The Lost Stradivarius

    1. Mystery and Imagination—Opening Titles
    2. UNKNOWN 1—The Lost Stradivarius by J. Meade Falkner
    3. Haunted Music 1 (with piano) – Robert Sharples
    4. Space Station: 2. Air Converter – Trevor Duncan, Harmonic CBL 415, 1958
    5. Cosmic Dust: 3. Distant Nebulæ – Trevor Duncan, Harmonic CBL 415, 1958
    6. Disaster and Tragedy [EDIT]+ Reverb and Thunder
    7. Haunted Music 2 – Robert Sharples
    8. Gong Effect – International Studio Orchestra, DW 2900, 1965
    9. Cosmic Dust: 1. Cosmic Cloud – Trevor Duncan, Harmonic CBL 415, 1958
    10. Haunted Music 3 (Piano only) – Robert Sharples
    11. Disaster and Tragedy – Trevor Duncan, Harmonic CBL 456
    12. UNKNOWN 2—Orchestral
    13. Riot – Trevor Duncan, Impress, IA 189
    14. Transitional Scenes, Signatures & Links Pt. 2 (c) Lost in Space – Trevor Duncan, OT.2212
    15. Haunted Music 4 – Robert Sharples
    16. Four Evil Men No. 3—The Sadist [EDIT 1] / Riot – Trevor Duncan
    17. Haunted Music 5 – Robert Sharples
    18. Four Evil Men No. 3—The Sadist [EDIT 2] – Trevor Duncan, BM 138, 1958
    19. Six Bizarre Episodes No. 2—Uneasy Feeling – Wilfred Josephs, Impress IA 231, 1960
    20. Haunted Music 6—Closing Titles – Robert Sharples


BONUS TRACKS:

    21. Spine Chillers Opening Titles
    22. Spine Chillers Closing Theme (Nocturnal No. 3) – Paul Ferris, DW/LP 3150, 1970

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