Farscape Turns 20, Comes to Amazon Prime and More!

Beginning today The Jim Henson Company's groundbreaking sci-fi series Farscape will be available in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics, as well as several other countries around the world on Amazon Prime Video.

All four seasons of the series plus the Emmy®-nominated mini-series finale have been remastered in HD.

But that's not all, this all part of a year long initiate celebrating the show's 20th anniversary, which first premiered on March 19, 1999.

In addition to the launch on Prime Video, enthusiasts can expect fan events and various licensing initiatives including a special edition vinyl soundtrack release from Varèse Saraband this summer.

Collectors can look for products from Chronicle Collectibles, Toy Vault, and Trevco in the coming months.

'Scapers' (Farscape fans) are encouraged to follow the official Farscape social channels using the fan-created hashtag #FarscapeNow for specific Prime Video territory details and any upcoming announcements.

The Storyteller Soundtrack Coming Very Soon!

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jim Henson's The Storyteller Varèse Sarabande announced it will release a limited-edition box set of music from the series. 

The box set will be limited to 1500 copies, contain music from both Jim Henson's The Storyteller and Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths, and include a 32-page booklet of exclusive interviews with the producers of the series and Academy Award winning composer Rachel Portman, as well as a collection of behind-the-scenes photographs.

From Soundtrack.net:

The series was the brainchild of Jim Henson's eldest daughter, Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company. Lisa, who majored in folklore and mythology at Harvard, suggested they create an anthology series based on these stories.

Composer Rachel Portman had been writing music professionally for only a few years when brought on by director Steve Barron to work on the pilot. "Steve and I talked about each film having a special sound and a special voice, and some special instrument that would be part of it. I chose very carefully a different coloration for each story, what the main instrument was going to be—because I wasn't able to have very many instruments, and I wanted it to be orchestral," Portman described.

Brian Henson, who was also the series head puppeteer and is currently chairman of The Jim Henson Company) had nothing but praise for the music. "Rachel Portman gives it a timelessness. She makes the show important," he said. "She makes the stories important. There's a gravitas that comes with her music, but then also the light, lyrical melody. I think it's just beautiful scoring of fantasy."

"I felt I had real freedom to go as dark as I wanted, musically," explained Portman. "I didn't shy away from being really sad, or really dark, or really happy. I think that really matched the way the whole series was done, and the scripts. It always kind of ends in minor. I don't know why. They all come back to a sad chord at the end."

The track list:

Disc I: 

1. Main Title (Extended Version) (0:41)
2. Hans My Hedgehog (Suite A) (4:19)
3. Hans My Hedgehog (Suite B) (6:22)
4. A Story Short (Suite A) (6:50)
5. A Story Short (Suite B) (5:19)
6. Fearnot (Suite A) (5:27)
7. Fearnot (Suite B) (6:37)
8. The Luck Child (Suite A) (6:17)
9. The Luck Child (Suite B) (5:09)
10. The Heartless Giant (Suite A) (6:50)
11. The Heartless Giant (Suite B) (6:53)
12. End Title (0:34)

 Disc II:

1. Main Title with Narration (featuring John Hurt) (0:41)
2. The Soldier and Death (Suite A) (5:04)
3. The Soldier and Death (Suite B) (7:59)
4. The True Bride (Suite A) (5:41)
5. The True Bride (Suite B) (6:18)
6. The Three Ravens (Suite A) (7:34)
7. The Three Ravens (Suite B) (7:59)
8. Sapsorrow (Suite A) (5:18)
9. Sapsorrow (Suite B) (6:03)
10. Main Title (Short Version) (0:37)
11. Unused Bumper A (0:12)
12. Unused Bumper B (0:10)

 Disc III:

1. The Storyteller: Greek Myths Main Titles (UK Version) (0:39)
2. Theseus & The Minotaur (Suite A) (7:23)
3. Theseus & The Minotaur (Suite B) (9:13)
4. Perseus & The Gorgon (Suite A) (7:00)
5. Perseus & The Gorgon (Suite B) (7:21)
6. Daedalus & Icarus (Suite A) (6:42)
7. Daedalus & Icarus (Suite B) (7:18)
8. Orpheus & Eurydice (Suite A) (8:47)
9. Orpheus & Eurydice (Suite B) (6:57)
10. Main Titles (US Version) (0:33)

 Disc III Bonus Tracks:

1. Theseus (Suite) (1:34)
2. Orpheus (Suite) (1:29)

Jim Henson's The Storyteller can be currently viewed via the STARZ app and Fathom Events Labyrinth screenings (April 29, May 1&2) will include a special theatrical The Storyteller excerpt.

The 3-CD set is now available for pre-order and will be released on April 27, 2018.

Julie's Greenroom Soundtrack Coming Soon!

Julie's Greenroom has been streaming on Netflix for less than a month and a soundtrack has already been announced!

The soundtrack will released by Varèse Sarabande digitally April 14 and on CD May 5th.

Tracklist:

1. Mash-Up (Theme Song) – Performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello

2. Anything Can Happen In the Theater – Performed by Julie Andrews & Giullian Yao Gioiello

3. Hugo

4. Shakespeare Shakes – Performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dorien Davies & Tyler Bunch

5. Spike’s Despair

6. Let Your Voice Be Heard – Performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dorien Davies

7. Cheering Performed

8. When You Act Performed – Performed by Julie Andrews & Alec Baldwin

9. Fizz Breaks Joshua’s Violin

10. Julie & Gus

11. Yes And – Performed by Ellie Kemper, Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dorien Davies

12. Circus Day

13. You Gotta Bring the Wow – Performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dorien Davies & Tyler Bunch

14. Sticky Handshake

15. Juggling & Handstands

16. Cirque du Soleil

17. Snap It – Performed by Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dorien Davies

18. Runaway Cart

19. Costume Workshop

20. Someone Else’s Shoes – Performed by Tituss Burgess, Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D’Abruzzo & Dorien Davies

21. A Scarftacular Day

22. Wheelchair Steed

23. Circle Up Greenies

24. Take A Leap Performed – Performed by David Hyde Pierce, Julie Andrews, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D’Abruzzo & Dorien Davies

25. Mash-Up The Musical

26. Anything Can Happen in the Theater (Part 2) – Performed by Julie Andrews, Carol Burnett, Giullian Yao Gioiello, John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Dorien Davies & Tyler Bunch

27. Mash-Up (Reprise Finale) – Performed by John Tartaglia, Jennifer Barnhart, Frankie Cordero, Stephanie D’Abruzzo, Dorien Davies & Tyler Bunch

As you can see, the soundtrack features songs performed by  Julie Andrews as well as guest stars like Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Ellie Kemper, and Dave Hyde Pierce. The original score composed by Ryan Shore will be included as well.

Julie’s Greenroom is streaming exclusively on Netflix and you can pre-order the soundtrack on Amazon.