OST [David Russo]- Spaced Invaders

Label: Dragon’s Domain

Reissued 10/10/2025, Originally released 1990

Dragon's Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack for SPACED INVADERS, featuring music composed and conducted by David E. Russo for the 1990 science fiction comedy. Russo's rousing score for SPACED INVADERS is a campy throwback to slapstick comedies where a layer of subversion within the music elevates the comedy through the art of humorous imitation. Always the crafty inventor, Russo utilizes "out-of-this-world" sounds to concoct a Martian aural palette that could have originated from an extraterrestrial radio station. To contrast the halfwitted, bumbling, and vulgar personalities of the Martian crew, Russo weaves in nostalgic Americana to characterize the warm-hearted small-town environment of Big Bean. Released in 1990, SPACED INVADERS finds the Imperial Atomic Space Navy of Mars fighting valiantly for survival against their arch enemy, the Arcturans. A civilian asteroid patrol ship intercepts a distress signal from the fleet followed by a terrestrial broadcast of Orson Welles' 1938 radio drama THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. Mistaking the transmission for news of a full-scale Martian invasion, the klutzy crew of X59YPQ zooms toward Earth to join the jamboree. Their spacecraft crash-lands in a small mid-western town called Big Bean, Illinois, where five green antenna-squirming Martians with jumbo-sized heads proceed with their plans to "kick some Earthling butt!" With Martian pilot Blaznee remaining behind to guard his busted space vessel, Captain Bipto, Giggywig, Pez, and Dr. Ziplock recklessly roam the sleepy streets of Big Bean on Halloween night wreaking havoc and hijinks with the local sheriff's eleven-year old daughter Kathy and her new best friend Brian in tow. The music for SPACED INVADERS was penned by Los Angeles-native composer, producer, and songwriter David E. Russo, who built his reputation collaborating with an array of celebrated recording artists including Sheryl Crowe, Tom Morello, Crowded House, Dave Navarro, and Stevie Nicks.

Track listing:

1. Main Title / The Fleet  
2. Welcome To Big Bean / Crazy Old Wrenchmuller / Property Dispute / The Arcturus System 
3. Family Picture / War Of The Worlds / Somewhere Near Mars
4. Dropping Off Kathy / First Speeding Ticket / Wrenchmuller's Lament / Speed Violation / The Landing / Termites
5. A Real Mission / Bad Idea / Work To Do / Scout Robot
6. Kathy Alone / Kathy's New Friend
7. Honey Darlin'
8. Prepare To Die / Robot Slave / Attack Vehicle
9. Martian Bebop
10. Wrenchmuller On The Move / You Wanna Bet / Investigating The Ship / Kathy Hides / Dr. Ziplock
11. The Martians Have Landed / Let's Get 'Em / Evading Townfolk
12. War Of The Worlds / Yikes / The Launch
13. Robot Attack / Vendroid Arrives / Wrenchmuller Missing / Martians Emerge   
14. No Place Like Home / Farmzoid  
15. Big Toy Robot
16. 12 Minutes Until The End Of The World / Verndroid Awaits  
17. Saving The Martians
18. Time To Go / Jim The Dog And Finale
19. Takin' Over The World
20. Bow Down Before The Civilian Asteroid Patrol  
21. Hello Big Bean