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''Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'' was a 1978 Concept Album by Jeff Wayne and others, retelling the story of '' The War Of The Worlds '' by H. G. Wells . ABOUT THE ALBUM ''The War of the Worlds'' starred Richard Burton as the narrator-protagonist, Justin Hayward (of The Moody Blues ), and David Essex . " Forever Autumn ", " Thunder Child ", and " The Spirit Of Man " were some of the individual songs. "Forever Autumn" also became a separate radio hit for a time. Most of the lyrics to the songs were written by former Elton John lyricist Gary Osborne . The repetition of " Ulla !", the cry made by the Martian s, and certain musical refrains throughout the musical pull the musical into a tight coherent whole. The official album comes with several paintings by Peter Goodfellow , Geoff Taylor and Michael Trim that help to illustrate the story from beginning to end. Two separate Spanish versions of the album were released in 1978 , one featuring Anthony Quinn in the role of the journalist. A special German version was also released in 1980 with Curd Jürgens taking the part of the journalist. When the album was issued on CD , an abridged version with the unwieldy title '' Highlights From Jeff Wayne's Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds '' was also released. The 1998 Computer Game based on ''The War of the Worlds'' (the original book) not only featured remixed music from the album and Martian war machines based on the illustrations throughout the album booklet, but was actually called '' Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds ''. In . On showing the making of the album. Whilst the original ULLAdubULLA album had a very limited run and has since gone out of print, following the huge success of the 2005 re-release of the original album, ULLAdubULLA II was released on 17 April , 2006 . This single CD release was largely made of tracks from the original remix album, with some additional new remixes. In addition, it was announced in late 2004 that production had been commissioned for an Animated CGI film version set for a 2007 release. Test footage of some of the Martian machines has been released to War of the Worlds online {Link without Title} . There is also a live tour to occur in the UK and Ireland in April 2006, consisting of a live performance of the album. A 'virtual' Richard Burton will perform as the Journalist, and Justin Hayward will recreate his vocal performances from "Forever Autumn" and "The Eve of the War". Other artists appearing include Russell Watson as Parson Nathaniel and Chris Thompson who sang " Thunder Child " on the original album. A full sized Fighting Machine will be featured centre-stage. Also presented will be a short animated 'prequel' to the story in the style of the upcoming feature-length film detailing the Martians' ecological destruction of their own world and their preparations to invade Earth, and including a short remix of "The Red Weed" TRACK LISTING All dialogue written by Doreen and Jerry Wayne , based upon H.G. Wells's original text. Music and lyrics by Jeff Wayne except as noted. LP Side A # "The Eve of the War" (9:06) # "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" (11:36) Side B # "The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine" (10:36) # "Forever Autumn" (7:43) (Wayne, Vigrass, Osborne) # "Thunder Child" (6:10) (Wayne, Osborne) Side C # "The Red Weed (Part 1)" (5:55) # "Parson Nathaniel" (1:55) # "The Spirit of Man" (9:46) (Wayne, Osborne) # "The Red Weed (Part 2)" (6:51) Side D # "Brave New World" (12:13) (Wayne, Osborne) # "Dead London" (8:37) # "Epilogue (Part 1)" (2:42) # "Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)" (2:02) Compact disc Same as LP , reorganised as a double CD. Original CD release date October 25th, 1990: Disc 1 # "The Eve of the War" (9:07.25) (Wayne) # "Horsell Common and the Heat Ray" (11:35.32) (Wayne) # "The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine" (10:27.70) (Wayne) # "Forever Autumn" (7:55.28) (Wayne, Vigrass, Osborne) # "Thunder Child" (6:03.52) (Wayne, Osborne) Disc 2 # "The Red Weed (Part 1)" (5:51.50) # "The Spirit of Man" (11:45.50) (Wayne, Osborne) LP's tracks "Parson Nathaniel" and "The Spirit of Man" indexed as one track # "The Red Weed (Part 2)" (6:19.25) # "Brave New World" (12:36.75) (Wayne, Osborne) # "Dead London" (8:36.45) # "Epilogue (Part 1)" (2:42.55) # "Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)" (2:01.95) ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
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