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Dragon s Domain Records, to be distributed through buysoundtrax.com, presents the soundtrack release of SECOND TIME LUCKY, featuring music composed by Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone (ROBBERY UNDER ARMS, THE FLYING DOCTORS, OCEAN GIRL, SAHARA) for the 1984 comedy directed by Michael Anderson (THE DAM BUSTERS, LOGAN S RUN, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS), written by Allan Burns (GET SMART), D. Howard Grigsby, David Sigmund and Ross Dimsey, starring Diane Franklin (BETTER OFF DEAD, LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN), Roger Wilson, Jon Gadsby (A WEEK OF IT), Robert Helpmann (THE RED SHOES, PATRICK), Robert Morley (TOPKAPI, THEATRE OF BLOOD) and John Michael Howson.

The plot of SECOND TIME LUCKY is that the Devil (Helpmann) makes a wager with God (Morley) to see if his first couple, Adam (Wilson) and Eve (Franklin), would sin again if they were put in the same position in the Garden of Eden. The film follows Adam and Eve as they are reincarnated in different historical periods, such as ancient Rome, France during World War I, Chicago during the Roaring 20 s and finally as glam rock stars in the late 1970s, all to see if they would prove obedient this time around. Originally slated to direct the film was John Derek, who had in mind his wife Bo Derek to play the Eve role, but ultimately veteran Hollywood director Michael Anderson found himself Down Under in the director s chair. Ginnane s TREASURE OF THE YANKEE ZEPHYR was filmed in New Zealand, where the country s tax advantages then allowed for significant financial savings to productions that were filmed there, so it was arranged to have the film shot as a New Zealand production.The Australian composing team of Garry McDonald and Lawrence Laurie Stone were hired by producer Antony I. Ginanne to compose the film s score. The two both began their careers as successful performers and songwriters in classical, jazz, rock, and electronic music in the late 1970s. McDonald went on to study classical composition in Queensland (Australia) and Los Angeles, where he studied with Lalo Schifrin, Henry Mancini, and Nelson Riddle; meanwhile Stone gained a reputation as an outstanding sound engineer for popular records. The two joined forces in 1980. SECOND TIME LUCKY was their fourth assignment and first feature film. Taking advantage of the resources of a 55-piece orchestra and 20-voice choir, the composers created a full-blooded symphonic score full of enough raging gusto and romantic pathos to enrich each of the film s time-changing segments with energy and earnestness. The score features a marvelous love theme that follows the couple throughout the eras and serves as the connective tissue of their star-crossed romance in all its trials, trysts, and tribulations.Previously released on compact disc by 1M1 Records in the early 1990s, Dragon s Domain Records is excited to bring SECOND TIME LUCKY back to the marketplace again, newly remastered by Digital Outland, with exclusive liner notes written by author Randall Larson.SECOND TIME LUCKY is a limited edition release of 1000 units