Rob Price
Gutbrain Records
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2025 May 05 • Monday

Stanley Myers's music for The Time Traveler is the 855th Soundtrack of the Week.

It starts with a pop song called "The Next One", which has some Styx-like energy to it.

The "Main Titles" introduce feels of adventure and possibility with a nice mix of electric and acoustic sounds, followed by a pastiche of traditional Greek music for "Mykonos Theme".

The cello is one of the main voices for "Recollections", which is a lyrical and shadowy sort of cue.

"Talk to Me About Christ" has a lot of space in it and economical expressions from a range of instruments, occasionally settling into some simple swaying sections.

Some ominous synth notes and percussion introduce a clearly menacing context for "Drawning" (supposed to be "Drowning"?) and then we're back to more Greek music for "Hasapikos".

For "Love Theme Pt. 1 & 2 (Falling in Love)" it sounds like synth flute is taking the melody, with gently accompaniment from other synth voices.

Then things get strange and alarming, lots of weird noises and chopping strings for "Premonition", followed by long keyboard tones and more synth flute for "Come Back to Life".

"Talking Nonsense" has some pretty acoustic guitar playing and big organ chords for a reallyt nice piece of music.

The Greek instruments and musical conventions come back for "Glen Is Human", which is follwoed by some very strong electronic music writing, which sounds like it includes processed vocals, pipe organ and electronic drums.

The next two cues sound like they feature some kind of hammered string instrument, like a zither or a cymbalom or something. It's really cool: "Good Friday Echoes (Variation on a Greek Orthodox Psalm" is just that instrument solo and then it's joined by bazouki for "Agean Sea Theme".

Spacy and meditative new agey synth pads make up "So Long Pal" and then we're on to the "End Titles", which actually don't sound like the "Main Titles" for once.

The record wraps up with two great rock/pop songs from Big Alice: "Seventh Heaven" and "Mr. Be".