Planet of the Apes-Original Soundtrack

Planet of the Apes-Original Soundtrack

Cover and record have normal wear and tear for the age. Both graded VG.

In late 1966, soundtrack composer Jerry Goldsmith was asked to write the score for a new movie being developed by APJAC Productions through 20th Century Fox. The movie, based on a French novel, concerned an astronaut stranded on a planet where a native human species was unintelligent, and was dominated by a species of articulate apes. In adapting the novel for film, screenwriter Rod Serling had added a twist ending which revealed that the alien planet was in fact an unrecognisable Earth of the distant future. Thus, Goldsmith's task was to help create the illusion of a completely unfamiliar alien culture through his soundtrack.