“Interstellar Suite is not only an incredible surround sound journey, but an amazing use of electronic keyboards that create a vibrant piece of music that tells an engaging story. Dynamics are extraordinary, with a range of about 90db. This is a must have for an audiophile 5.1 surround sound enthusiast, along with required listening for any fan of cinematic pieces”. - Wesley Derbyshire, Hi-Res Edition

The 25th Anniversary Edition was remixed by Frank Morrone from the original multi-tracks, mastered by Bernie Grundman. All tracks and bonus features are 96khz 24 bit audio. The album is dedicated to Amin’s mentors, Ralph Dyck (Roland Synthesizers) and Steve Porcaro (Toto).

Available for a limited time, anniversary dual pack includes two discs (blu-ray, DVD) containing DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo versions of the 25th Anniversary surround sound edition.

Accompanying the audio are feature track videos Launch and Walking in Space directed by Byron Wong; beautiful artwork by Alexander Preuss; and documentary exclusives.

Track Titles:
1. Overture: Introduction and March
2. The Ship: Main Theme
3. Launch: Mission Control and Liftoff/Jumping to the Speed of Light
4. Walking in Space: Opening the Airlock/Weightless/Retrieving a Satellite
5. Hostility: Intruder Alert/The Attack
6. Distress Signal: The Beacon/A Damaged Ship/The Loneliness of Space
7. Rescue Fleet: Formation and Rescue Theme/Dive/Arrival at the Alien Fort
8. Battle: Planning the Attack/Return Fire/The Last Missile
9. Finale: Theme Reprise

About The Interstellar Suite

Interstellar Suite is a 40 minute science fiction music and sound story in the orchestral style of John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith but using analog synthesizers from the time of Isao Tomita and Wendy Carlos. In this day and age of modular and vintage synthesizers and a return to pre-digital sounds The Interstellar Suite has found a new generation of fans who perform tracks of the suite in musical ensembles and drum corps competitions world wide.

In his youth Amin Bhatia’s affinity with music and technology led to multiple prizes in the Roland International Synthesizer competition and projects with Steve Porcaro (Toto) and David Foster. Some of his synth programming even ended up on Michael Jackson’s Thriller.

Rather than join the trend of sampling and abusing orchestral phrases, Amin combined and layered hundreds of electronic parts to achieve a warm orchestral sound for The Interstellar Suite that was not stolen from an orchestra. To this day Amin still gets requests from listeners and programmers asking for the orchestral sample libraries used. He has a hard time convincing them that it was all him.

The Interstellar Suite originally debuted in 1987 only moments before the Cinema label suddenly and unexpectedly closed its doors. Product quickly sold out in record stores but the reputation and popularity of The Interstellar Suite continued to grow through late-night radio and later, in discussion forums on the internet. After several years of negotiations, Amin Bhatia has been able to re-release a limited run of this now cult classic.

Amin is very grateful to producers James Porteous, Dan Lowe, David Greene, Frank Morrone, Paul Novotny and many other professionals who made this re-release possible as well as all the fans world wide who begged him constantly. “I had one fan write me in desperation because his angry girlfriend used their car to run over his only copy” says Amin. “That’s when I knew this was a global crisis, lol”.