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BERRY LIPMAN & ORCHESTRA:
Star Maidens – Die Maedchen aus dem Weltraum

More than 10 years after the first publication of the Star Maidens soundtrack it's been released digitally in May 2010:
Here's the original press report from 1999:

For the first time available: sexy and funky seventies score (26 tracks) for British-German Sci-Fi Series featuring Pierre Brice, Judy Geeson, Lisa Harrow, Gareth Thomas, Derek Farr, Dawn Adams a.o. by German bandleader Berry Lipman, spiced by (German...) dialogue highlights, original sound effects and a bonustrack including several outtakes.

The TV series gets off to a start with two men escaping from planet Medusa in a ship they have stolen. After narrowly avoiding being killed when they crash-land on Earth, they appeal to the authorities to allow them asylum from the pursuing women. Adam, the force behind the escape, is a leading light in the Men’s Liberation Movement, for on Medusa everything is turned around as woman is the dominant sex, forcing all men on the planet to be servants. This situation could well be one of man’s worst innermost fears : a society ruled by women.

Quite a few questions arise from the series relating to aspects of everyday life here at this very moment in time. Namely, could a woman ever manage to make a better job of running this world than men?
Pretty much as the actresses' costumes in the TVseries Lipman's compositions are a fancy caleidoscope of 70s music: From disco-related titles to "Shaft"-a-like groovy tracks you can find everything; and not each title of this space opera is as "offensive" as "Sex World" (track 4, sung by Toni McVey). It's not always just trashy as you could expect!
The 13 episodes of this low budget series could be watched (in colour) on TV in 1976 in many countries, eg. Germany, Great Britain, the USA, Canada, Australia, NZ, France, a.o.

Follow us to Planet Medusa, hearing is believing !

 

Press

R. D. Larson's Soundtrax [06/2010]:
"...70s music, from disco-related titles to SHAFT-like R&B grooves, with an occasional side trip into the trash galaxy with songs like “Sex World,” enthusiastically belted out by singer Toni McVey."

Film Score Monthly [09/99]: "Berry Lipman's music is part Bacharach, part Deodato, part Geoff Love, part Barry Gray and all lounge, baby!"

Score, Baby! [02/01]: "…kitsch fun that also delivers memorably funky grooves ... essential source for DJs looking for breaks. Great Disc!"

Mike Rogers, Cool & Strange Music [vol.2, no.10]: "…for enthusiasts, the curious and of course the just plain pervy this is Star Maidens. Try out this soundtrack for something that is just so different and wonderful and you’ll be outta this world"

scorebaby.com [02/01]: "…kitsch fun that also delivers memorably funky grooves ... essential source for DJs looking for breaks. Great Disc!"

 

Tracklisting:

01. Star Maidens Theme  
02. Medora Escape  
03. Die Erde
 
04. Sex World
 
05. Akam On The Move  
06. Der Schluessel Zum Herrschen  
07. Planet Medora  
08. Attention, Runaways  
09. Highway Patrol  
  10. Outsmart The Maidens
 
  11. Medora Romance
 
  12. Star Maidens In Love
 
  13. Twangy Brisba
 
  14. Champagner  
  15. Earth Party  
  16. Proton Storm  
  17. Starship Strut  
  18. Act Of Threat  
  19. The End Of Time  
  20. Space Waltz  
  21. Sowas Verruecktes  
  22. Earth Romance  
  23. Saving Two Planets  
  24. Medora Party  
  25. Star Maidens End Theme  
  26. Earth Encounters (Bonus Track)  

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