Sometimes the internet is too weird - like a couple minutes ago, when I stumbled across this copy of Scientology founder L.Ron Hubbard's album (is this the first ever soundtrack to a book?) called Battlefield Earth. It's from the early 80s, and oddly enough features jazz-notables-cum-Scientologists like Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke. There was some computer programming involved, and lots of sound effects. The end result is like listening to an old school Transformers cartoon, but slightly less epic.
Head over to Bongolong for more of the story, and to listen/download.
Nearly 20 years later, Battlefield Earth became a sci-fi film - thanks John Travolta - which was a complete and total failure among most critics, and nominated for a handful of Golden Razzies (like the Oscars of awfulness).
I hope Scientologists don't start stalking me for posting this.
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