Small Soldiers (Original Motion Picture Score) - Jerry Goldsmith (ETR266/ETT053)

Enjoy The Ride Records and Enjoy The Toons Records, in partnership with Concord Label Group and Varèse Sarabande Records, present Small Soldiers (Original Motion Picture Score), Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith. Joe Dante directed this satirical action-comedy about talking tech toys accidentally juiced up with military microchips. After the defense industry firm Globotech takes over a small toy company, Heartland Play Systems' CEO Gil Mars (Denis Leary) gives the green light to develop a new line of action figures, requesting an upgrade to more realistic figures from Heartland toy designers Larry Benson (Jay Mohr) and fumbling Irwin Wayfair (David Cross). Mars wants toys that act like the ones in TV commercials. The result is fierce-fighting figures, the Commando Elite, programmed to seek out and destroy the kindly, alien-like Gorgonites. In an effort to make the toys as natural as possible, Benson inserts Globotech's most powerful military computer chips. Meanwhile, in quiet Winslow Corners, Ohio, toy-store owner Stuart Abernathy (Kevin Dunn) and his 15-year-old son Alan (Gregory Smith) are stuck in a failing business, so when Heartland truck driver Joe (Dick Miller) stops by with the Commando and Gorgonite toys, Alan is convinced they will be hot sellers, commenting, "Maybe this store will finally make a little money." With blistering blows to their blister packs, the Commandos burst out, receive orders from their leader Chip Hazard (voice of Tommy Lee Jones), and are ready for an all-out assault on the Gorgonites. When the Gorgonite leader Archer (voice of Frank Langella) begins communicating with Alan, it causes the Commandos to perceive humans as another enemy, simply by their association with the "Gorgonite scum," so an attack on the Abernathy house begins. Unfortunately, the Gorgonites can offer only limited assistance, since they have been programmed to lose. The film combines animatronics, puppetry, and computer animation. The Commando Elite voices include surviving actors from Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967), while the Gorgonite voices reunited several This Is Spinal Tap (1983) cast members. A dedication to Phil Hartman (the voice of Phil Fimple) after the closing credits features a brief Hartman outtake. Available on vinyl for the first time, Small Soldiers (Original Motion Picture Score) comes in five colorful variants, with the pressing limited to 1,000 copies. Available Variants Commando Elite Blend (ETR Exclusive), Limited to 150 Gorgonite Splatter (ETR Exclusive), Limited to 150 Iridescent Lightning Blend, Limited to 300 Limit of 2 per color per customer/household. Darkside Records and At The Movies Shop will also have exclusive color variants, available Friday at Noon ET. Tracklist Side A Assembly Line Alan And Archer Roll Call Prepare For Assault Side B Branded Special Design I'm Scared Trust Me Off To Gorgon IMPORTANT NOTES, PLEASE READ These images are photographs of the actual records - these are NOT mock-ups. With that said, and with any colorful vinyl record we design, we CANNOT guarantee they will look exactly like this, and no two records will be exactly the same, especially those with splatter (you may receive a record with heavier or lighter splatter than pictured - we open a few samples and photograph the most consistent pattern we observe). Please keep that in mind when purchasing. These releases will begin shipping next week. Please be patient, once your order ships you will get tracking information. Please be aware that Priority Mail orders WILL SHIP FIRST, so if this is needed ASAP for a gift then please choose Priority Mail. This release, upon request, can be shipped outside of the jacket to avoid seam splits. This album comes mailed inside of the jacket sealed with shrink wrap on the outside. To clarify, It will come packaged in a full-color jacket (as pictured) sealed with plastic wrap UNLESS requested in the notes of your order to "open the album & place outside of the jacket prior to shipping." This is a good way to prevent potential seam splits along the top of the jacket due to careless handling by the post office, and this service is free of charge. If you forget to write in the notes of your order about shipping outside of the jacket, PLEASE EMAIL US WITH YOUR ORDER NUMBER and ask us to update the notes on your order to ship outside of the jacket. Release days are hectic, especially the first few hours, so please give ample time for a response. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!