Love the main theme to Return to Treasure Island. Anyone know where to find the music on the internet? I'm desperate even willing to buy it if I can't download it!
Found some of the music but not main theme:
http://www.terryoldfield.com/listening.shtml
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I'm looking for it too, but without success :(. That was a brillant theme from my childhood, but i can't find it. Could anybody help me?
shareI'd just like to add that I've always loved the theme, too (and the opening image of the waves crashing on the rocks). I've been a fan of this mini-series since I was quite little. Brian Blessed gives such a charismatic and thorough perfromance as Long John Silver - and the rest of the principles do quite well, too.
I would definitely shell out for a DVD Boxset.
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Can you provide your info publically on the board?! Would be fatastic, the theme is indeed great. Thans, KC.
shareOK, so here's what I know,
The music from Return To Treasure Island (1986) was released on a vinyl LP and can sometimes be found on eBay. There are also places that sell hard to find soundtracks and the best that I have found is called 'Backtrack', which can be found here:
http://www.backtrackrye.com/
The LP has the following themes, composed and performed by Terry Oldfield and Tom McGuinness:
Return To Treasure Island (Side A) Isabella (Side B) Island Of Dreams (Side B)
All the themes are recognizible from the series, although the main theme has a slightly different arrangement on the LP than the one actually heard in the series (but every bit as good!).
There is also a TV tie-in book by John Goldsmith, which can sometimes be found, and a couple of magazines with articles from the time (such as the British 'TV Times' and the American 'Disney Magazine').
Return To Treasure Island was shown on The Hallmark UK channel consistently in 2000, but hasn't been repeated since, and I believe it has never been repeated at all on British Terrestrial TV since it originally aired on ITV in July 1986.
The episodes are as follows:
1. The Map
2. Mutiny
3. Island Of The Damned
4. Jamaica
5. Manhunt
6. The Crows Nest
7. Fugitives
8. In Chains
9. Spanish Gold
10. Treasure Island
It seems there were two releases of the series onto VHS, one being from 'Video Gems' (which is now defunct) and I have seen them for sale often on eBay and Amazon Marketplace, although some of the asking prices are a bit hefty!. One also might be an NTSC release, though I am pretty sure the 'Video Gems' version is PAL.
The series was not made by Disney, as some people on the IMDB seem to think, but HTV Wales and Goldcrest (Disney merely bought the rights).
Back to the music - I have uploaded the themes as a Zip file to YouSendit for 7 days and here is the link:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=69FE24330FFB27E6
I am sharing them as they are so hard to find, but I don't want to make them permanently available.
PM if there are any problems with it.
thank u so mutch crusoe89 i have been loking for this for the last thrre months. u have just made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
shareI'd LOVE it if you could re-activate that file! I am a HUGE fan of that series and would LOVE to at the very least hear the music again.
Thank You
Ok, I uploaded it to YouSendIt again for 7 days. I think you need to log into YouSendIt first though (it doesn't take long to set up a free account).
This is the link:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2A188A2B2CF4AE15
PM if there are any problems.
Crusoe89, you're a god. Thank you so much for this. I'll grab it when I get home tonight!
shareThank thee,Master.
From now on thou shalt be known as the God of all Gods.
The perfect human being unmatched by all generations of past,present and future.
Any chance you could reactivate that? That would be awesome!
shareOk, here it is again!:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=68791B557D03BA89
Could you revive the link again? Thanks in advance.
shareOk, the YouSendIt link is:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=3EFDCC94023645FD
The music is fine (ah... remembers me my childhood), but unavailable here. Thanks.
sharePlease replay the link ;)
sharecould you repley the link again? plz plz plz ;)
shareOk, here's the YouSendIt link once again!:
http://download.yousendit.com/9697ADE85F487608
Crusoe i love you:)
shareI really appreciate you doing this again and again.
so would you give this 30 years old dude a chance to be an 8 years old kid again :)
Please repost the download link.....
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No probs!
Here is the link again:
http://download.yousendit.com/FB6E08865FCAB7B8
thank you so much.
let me know if you want The bounty soundtrack by vangelis.
You have no idea how much joy you've given me with this file!!! I totally love this music and thought I'd never hear it again in other way than my memory! Thank you a million times!!!!!
shareHi, could you send me "Return to Treasure Island" (1986) soundtrack (theme)? thanx
sharecrusoe, can you put up the main theme once again? its been like i'm looking for it for almost 20 years!!! thanks matey!
shareOk!
Here's the YouSendIt link:
http://download.yousendit.com/99D1C66C2C629213
i was trying to find this tune for ages,
when it was on air, i taped it from tv and now the record is irrecognizable because of my constant listening,
i can not believe that i have stumbled upon your link, crusoe89
(and on the 4th day, phew i am lucky :)
thanks for a million times
i think i am gonna cry
this music is ethereal ....
here in this part of the world, someone is soooo grateful :) and happy :)
Hi,
I'm from Erez from Israel,. In the late '80 that great tv series was brodcasted at our national channel. Since then, I'm dreaming of earing and getting that beautiful music theme.
I feel not comfortble of asking you agein to put it on. I saw this forum today and I felt so sad that I have missed the uploading of the thame.
I'll be greatful if you will able to upload it agein.
No problem!
Here it is again:
http://download.yousendit.com/578635EB4B038859
Available for 7 days in a zip file and you need to log-in/register to YouSendIt in order to download it (it's free to register and doesn't take long).
Any problems, let me know!
(Their system is busy tonight - don't worry though, I'd post it again if the time ran out!).
Dear "Crusoe",
In one word: "WOWWWW" !!!!!!
Bless you my man. You made me so happy. after so many years to ear it agein- I can't even express my excitement on that screen...
I only hope this amazing soundtrack will be available one day on cd...and the DVD too. Its about time, I think.
Many thanks agein- You have made my day.
Erez, Israel.
I loved this show! And I loved the opening theme. I just found this topic. Any chance I can get you to post the music yet again? *bats eyelashes and grovels shamelessly*
shareYup!
Here you go:
http://download.yousendit.com/0074327E402138DE
Enjoy!
Ok.
I myself have just come across this thread. Any chance you can repost it on that site? If it's reposted again I'll find a more permanent place for the file on the web and post it here for all.
Crusoe89, thank you in advance.
Ok
I had felt kinda bad about making these themes permenantly available (copyright/moral issues etc).
I suppose, though, that each of us would have bought them if possible (I indeed did, but second hand, so no profit was lost to the artist). To my knowledge, apart from the out-of-print vinyl single, these themes are not available (or included on any of Terry Oldfield's CDs).
Here is the YouSendIt link:
http://download.yousendit.com/22BAA39F0CA32A66
Any problems, let me know!
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I don't think it's 'sad' or 'stupid'!
Here you go:
http://download.yousendit.com/B1CC772E394B2E63
I hope you get it in time! (I'll post it again if you don't).
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Please post a new link
I beg you. Now I'm the one who's late :(
No probs - you don't have to beg!
Here you go:
http://download.yousendit.com/6E40FD7A534B978C
Thank you so much. I'm really happy I finally have the theme..
shareI have no luck.. my post was published here as third in may 2006.. till now I didn't find that OST or even the theme from credits. The links above are inactual. Could I ask you crusoe89 for a link (it can be boring to send it so regularly..) or contact to my e-mail : bogumio(at)interia.pl. I'll be very, very grateful..
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Hi,
I don't have anywhere to host the themes, so I can't provide a permanent link. The only way I know to share them is to upload to YouSendIt, which is only active for 7 days. I tried Megaupload and Rapidshare, but something seemed to go wrong with them.
Anyway, I've uploaded the file to YouSendIt again and here's the link:
http://download.yousendit.com/369470852CB40576
Hope you get it this time!
Thank YOU so much!!! It's so unique themes, that I propably couldn't find it anywhere else. But if somehow I do find some other songs or in better quality, obviously I get to know. So far it's like a miracle to listen that themes! Thanks once again crusoe! You're the MAN :)!
shareto crusoe89
I haven't viewed this thread since I stared it months ago...
so unfortunately I never got the files from YouSendIt, could you upload them again?
thanks
Hi,
No problem - especially since you started this thread!
The YouSendIt link is:
http://download.yousendit.com/2E59AF0E0EB93566
Got the File! Thanks again!
shareHi,
At last i found any trace of my dream of the dream - theme from Return to Treasure Island. Will you be so kind and provide one more time your precious gift on yousendit (or on similar service rapidshare etc)? I promise to try to redistribute to all who really loves that brilliant music too. I have possibiliteis to do that. By the way it is a pity so nice truck is forgotten or just wasted deep in archive insted of publishing it on cd or better dvd as a whole season. :/ Thou you are my last chance :) Pleeeease !! Make my next few weeks happy :) my e-mail for any reason (i.e sending it directly) is : [email protected] Thank you in advance!
Hi,
At last i found any trace of my dream of the dream - theme from Return to Treasure Island. Will you be so kind and provide one more time your precious gift on yousendit (or on similar service rapidshare etc)? I promise to try to redistribute to all who really loves that brilliant music too. I have possibiliteis to do that. By the way it is a pity so nice truck is forgotten or just wasted deep in archive insted of publishing it on cd or better dvd as a whole season. :/ Thou you are my last chance :) Pleeeease !! Make my next few weeks happy :) Thank you in advance!
Hi,
Haven't looked at this board in a while!
YouSendIt link again for 7 days:
http://download.yousendit.com/9F81C16E620C2191
Ohhhh... I missed the file.
I too am a big fan of Return to Treasure Island. Of course, I thought it was a Disney product when I saw it on Disney Channel in 1986. And, I've often wondered if the Disney connection has limited it's American distribution so that the series is so rare, hard to find, and seemingly impossible to get issued on DVD.
Of, course, I'd love to have a copy of that main theme, so if you feel like posting it again.... that'd be quite cool !!
Hey crusoe, I just missed the expiration of the file. Is there anyway you could post it again? Thanks!!!!
shareHey again!
I uploaded the themes to YouSendIt again (I tried Megaupload as the files stay up for longer, but my computer doesn't seem to get on with it...). Hope you get the themes this time!
http://download.yousendit.com/3E84ACFD2318DEAC
hello crusoe89
i request you to please upload the soundtracks once again.
i've been looking for the series & the main theme for two years.
even contacted my local TV channel..i want to remember good old 80's..
Thankyou
Hi!
I've uploaded the themes to SendSpace (they will expire 7 days after the last download...).
Hope you get them (haven't looked at this board in a while...), leave a message if you don't and I'll re-upload.
Link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/16hh32
hello crusoe89
Thanx for uploading but i am extremly sorry i was away n missed this upload link,i request you to please upload the theme again.this time i'll keep watching the board n will wait for your reply.
Thankyou
No problem!
Here you go:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3o6h0w
Hope you get the file ok! (it will expire 7 days after the last download).
Hello crusoe89
Thankyou very much for re-uploading file.
i tried like 20 times but Sendspace server always give me an error n i am unable to download file.i tried 3 different download managers but no use.
i'll keep trying downloading the file till the link is valid.
Thankyou very much again.
:EDIT:
I have managed to extract two sound tracks Isabella & Island Of Dreams from 60% downloaded zip file :)
i still havent got main theme "Return to treasure island"
Can you please upload only the main theme "Return to treasure island" ?
Hi,
I've uploaded the whole zip file again to YouSendIt for 7 days (maybe that'll work better) here:
http://download.yousendit.com/1E4EB06809541ADB
I've also uploaded just the main theme (from the LP) to YouSendIt here:
http://download.yousendit.com/0988E5EA588B2C4F
There are 5 files in the zip - the 3 from the LP and the 2 others being the actual recordings from the progamme as they are slightly different. You have to sign in to YouSendIt but it's free.
Hope you get them this time.
Kind regards
Hello crusoe89
Thankyou very much!!
i downloaded the themes...
a nostalgic day for me...
well an out of the topic question..i used to watch a tv series for kids in 80's..i dont remember anything abt it except there were 4 or 5 dawrf men n women...n scenes of people travelling in steam engine train..it was a british series n the opening intro was like an animated drawing like view os sea n mountains with sun gradually setting and a ship sailing towards mountains..
crazy n senseless discription i guess =)
do u remember watching a show like this??
anyway thanx alot again for the themes !
Regards
Hi!
Glad you downloaded the file at last. Sorry, I don't recognize the 80s TV series you mentioned! Maybe you can find it here:
http://tv.cream.org/
Kind regards.
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Could you possibly upload the themes one more time?
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey there,
I didn't see your post!
Ok, so I uploaded the themes to Megaupload, where they should stay for longer!
The link is:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EH1EHOFJ
If there are any problems, let me know.
Enjoy!
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