Varèse Sarabande albums discography


Varèse Sarabande is an American record label founded in 1978 and currently owned by Concord Music. The label publishes film scores, television soundtracks, and original cast recordings. In the 1980s and 1990s, the label became one of the most active soundtrack publishers, releasing hundreds of titles across LP, cassette, and CD formats. Its catalogue includes music from film, television productions, and some classical works.

VC/VX series (1978)

Starting in 1978, Varèse Sarabande released both classical works and motion picture soundtracks on vinyl. Some of the titles were reissued by Intrada Records, Kritzerland Records, and Citadel Records.
In 1979, Varèse Sarabande introduced a new cataloging system to differentiate its television and film soundtrack releases from its classical music catalogue. This was achieved using a distinctive "STV" prefix to avoid confusion between the two lines. Many of these early soundtrack titles were later reissued on CD, either by Varèse Sarabande itself or by other specialty labels such as Intrada Records, Citadel Records, and Kritzerland Records. These reissues are often catalogued under the label's 47000 series or as part of its CD Club releases.
From 1984 to 1990, most soundtrack titles were issued in both LP and CD formats during a transitional period when compact discs were gradually replacing vinyl records due to their larger storage capacity—approximately 80 minutes compared to the average 45 minutes of a standard LP. Many titles were also released on cassette, identified by a "CTV" prefix, to distinguish them from their LP and CD counterparts.
In 1987, Varèse Sarabande entered into a distribution agreement with MCA Distributing. This move reflected a broader industry trend at that time, during which major record companies acquired or partnered with smaller independent labels amidst a growing stock market. Other labels involved in similar acquisitions include A&M Records, Island Records, and later GRP Records. The partnership with MCA significantly expanded Varèse Sarabande’s distributive reach and led to a notable increase in its soundtrack release output.
  • STV-81108 Fedora - Miklós Rózsa
  • STV-81109 A Little Romance - Georges Delerue
  • STV-81115 The Young Lions - Hugo Friedhofer
  • STV-81116 Island in the Sky - Alfred Newman / The Song of Bernadette - Hugo Friedhofer, Emil Newman, Herbert W. Spencer
  • STV-81117 Blood and Sand - Alfred Newman / Blood for Dracula - Claudio Gizzi / Golden Earrings - Victor Young
  • STV-81118 Magnificent Obsession - Frank Skinner
  • STV-81119 Boy on a Dolphin - Hugo Friedhofer
  • STV-81120 One Step Beyond - Harry Lubin
  • STV-81121 Man of a Thousand Faces - Frank Skinner
  • STV-81122 It Started in Naples - Carlo Savina / Alessandro Cicognini
  • STV-81124 Rio Grande - Victor Young
  • STV-81125 Anastasia - Alfred Newman
  • STV-81126 Piranha - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81127 Martin - Donald Rubinstein
  • STV-81128 Knights of the Round Table - Miklós Rózsa
  • STV-81129 Meetings with Remarkable Men - Laurence Rosenthal / Thomas de Hartmann
  • STV-81130 Destination Moon - Leith Stevens
  • STV-81131 Bloodline - Ennio Morricone, Craig Hundley
  • STV-81132 An Almost Perfect Affair - Georges Delerue
  • STV-81133 Eye of the Needle - Miklós Rózsa
  • STV-81134 Escape from New York - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
  • STV-81135 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Bernard Herrmann
  • STV-81136 The Devil at 4 O'Clock - George Duning
  • STV-81137 Prince of the City - Paul Chihara / Georges Delerue conductor
  • STV-81138 1001 Arabian Nights - George Duning
  • STV-81139 Home Movies - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81140 The Day Time Ended - Richard Band
  • STV-81141 True Confessions - Georges Delerue
  • STV-81142 Seven Samurai / Rashomon - Fumio Hayasaka
  • STV-81143 Maniac - Jay Chattaway
  • STV-81144 Mad Max - Brian May
  • STV-81145 The Wild Bunch - Jerry Fielding
  • STV-81146 John Paul Jones - Max Steiner
  • STV-81147 The Island - Ennio Morricone
  • STV-81148 Dressed to Kill - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81149 Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81150 The Howling - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81151 Night of the Living Dead - Spencer Moore / various artists
  • STV-81152 Halloween II - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
  • STV-81153 The Formula - Bill Conti
  • STV-81154 Swamp Thing - Harry Manfredini
  • STV-81155 Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior - Brian May
  • STV-81156 Blood for Dracula - Claudio Gizzi
  • STV-81157 Flesh for Frankenstein - Claudio Gizzi
  • STV-81158 The Sword and the Sorcerer - David Whitaker
  • STV-81159 The Twelve Chairs - John Morris
  • STV-81160 Creepshow - John Harrison
  • STV-81162 The Burning - Rick Wakeman
  • STV-81163 Slapstick - Morton Stevens, Michel Legrand
  • STV-81164 Eating Raoul - Arlon Ober
  • STV-81165 Friendly Persuasion - Dimitri Tiomkin
  • STV-81166 Last Embrace / Lydia - Miklós Rózsa
  • STV-81167 The Man from Snowy River - Bruce Rowland
  • STV-81169 The Secret of NIMH - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81170 Forbidden Zone - Danny Elfman / Oingo Boingo
  • STV-81171 The Twilight Zone - various artists
  • STV-81172 10 to Midnight - Robert O. Ragland
  • STV-81173 Videodrome - Howard Shore
  • STV-81174 The Beastmaster - Lee Holdridge
  • STV-81175 La Notte Di San Lorenzo - Nicola Piovani
  • STV-81176 Halloween - John Carpenter
  • STV-81178 The Twilight Zone: Volume Two - various artists
  • STV-81179 Magic Fire - Richard Wagner / Erich Wolfgang Korngold
  • STV-81180 The Winds of War - Bob Cobert
  • STV-81181 Liquid Sky - Slava Tsukerman, Brenda Hutchinson, Clive Smith
  • STV-81182 The Year of Living Dangerously - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81184 The Hunger - Michel Rubini, Denny Jaeger / various artists
  • STV-81185 The Twilight Zone: Volume Three - various artists
  • STV-81186 Young Warriors - Robert J. Walsh
  • STV-81187 Hercules - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81188 The Final Option - Roy Budd / Jerry Donahue & Marc Donahue
  • STV-81189 Invitation au voyage - Gabriel Yared
  • STV-81190 Il Gattopardo - Nino Rota
  • STV-81191 The Fog - John Carpenter
  • STV-81192 The Twilight Zone: Volume Four - various artists
  • STV-81193 A Minor Miracle - Rick Patterson
  • STV-81194 Heat and Dust - Richard Robbins / Zakir Hussain
  • STV-81195 Revenge of the Ninja - Robert J. Walsh
  • STV-81197 Brainstorm - James Horner
  • STV-81198 The Osterman Weekend - Lalo Schifrin
  • STV-81199 The Evil Dead - Joseph LoDuca
  • STV-81202 Blind Date - Stanley Myers / John Kongos
  • STV-81203 Children of the Corn - Jonathan Elias
  • STV-81204 Making the Grade - Basil Poledouris / various artists
  • STV-81205 The Twilight Zone: Volume Five - various artists
  • STV-81206 Gorky Park - James Horner
  • STV-81207 Wavelength - Tangerine Dream
  • STV-81208 Lassiter - Ken Thorne
  • STV-81209 Mutant - Richard Band
  • STV-81210 Blame It on Rio - Kenneth Wannberg / various artists
  • STV-81211 Sahara - Ennio Morricone
  • STV-81212 Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers - various artists
  • STV-81213 Oltre la Porta - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81217 Berlin Alexanderplatz - Peer Raben
  • STV-81219 Top Secret! - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81220 Cousteau - Amazon Part 1: The River - John Scott
  • STV-81221 Careful, He Might Hear You - Ray Cook
  • STV-81222 The Fourth Man - Loek Dikker
  • STV-81224 Swann in Love - Hans Werner Henze / Die Verlorene Ehre Der Katharina Blum Oder: Wie Gewalt Entstehen Und Wohin Sie Führen Kann
  • STV-81225 Sheena - Richard Hartley
  • STV-81226 Until September - John Barry
  • STV-81227 La Pirate - Philippe Sarde / Un Dimanche à La Campagne - Louis Ducreux, Marc Perrone
  • STV-81228 Bolero - Peter Bernstein / Elmer Bernstein
  • STV-81229 Places in the Heart - John Kander / Howard Shore
  • STV-81230 Phar Lap - Bruce Rowland
  • STV-81231 Supergirl - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81232 The Flamingo Kid - various artists
  • STV-81233 Starman - Jack Nitzsche
  • STV-81234 Runaway - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81235 The Shooting Party - John Scott
  • STV-81236 A Nightmare on Elm Street - Charles Bernstein
  • STV-81237 Witness - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81239 Certain Fury - George Massenburg, Russell Kunkel, Bill Payne
  • STV-81240 The Aviator - Dominic Frontiere
  • STV-81241 Cat's Eye - Alan Silvestri
  • STV-81242 The Company of Wolves - George Fenton
  • STV-81243 The Gods Must Be Crazy - John Boshoff
  • STV-81244 The Emerald Forest - Junior Homrich with Brian Gascoigne
  • STV-81245 Christopher Columbus - Riz Ortolani
  • STV-81246 Rambo: First Blood Part II - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81247 Just the Way You Are - Vladimir Cosma / Wetherby - Nick Bicât
  • STV-81248 Red Sonja - Ennio Morricone
  • STV-81249 Lifeforce - Henry Mancini
  • STV-81250 Music of the Republic Studios Serials - William Lava, Cy Feuer, Paul Sawtell / James King conductor
  • STV-81251 Dance with a Stranger - Richard Hartley
  • STV-81252 Jagged Edge - John Barry
  • STV-81253 The Black Cauldron - Elmer Bernstein
  • STV-81254 The Bride - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81255 ' - Jürgen Knieper
  • STV-81256 Flesh+Blood - Basil Poledouris
  • STV-81257 Agnes of God - Georges Delerue
  • STV-81258 Paroles et Musique - Michel Legrand
  • STV-81259 The Red Pony - Aaron Copland
  • STV-81260 Return to Eden - Brian May
  • STV-81261 Re-Animator - Richard Band
  • STV-81262 Zone Troopers / The Alchemist - Richard Band
  • STV-81263 Invasion U.S.A. - Jay Chattaway
  • STV-81264 Silver Bullet - Jay Chattaway
  • STV-81265 Marie - Francis Lai
  • STV-81266 Year of the Dragon - David Mansfield
  • STV-81267 Transylvania 6-5000 - Lee Holdridge
  • STV-81268 ' - Elmer Bernstein
  • STV-81269 Subway - Éric Serra
  • STV-81270 Spies Like Us - Elmer Bernstein
  • STV-81271 Enemy Mine - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81272 The Final Conflict - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81273 Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy - John Scott
  • STV-81274 The Clan of the Cave Bear - Alan Silvestri
  • STV-81275 A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge - Christopher Young
  • STV-81276 F/X - Bill Conti
  • STV-81277 Ginger e Fred - Nicola Piovani
  • STV-81278 April Fool's Day - Charles Bernstein
  • STV-81279 Crawlspace - Pino Donaggio
  • STV-81281 The Ewok Adventure / Ewoks: The Battle for Endor - Peter Bernstein
  • STV-81282 The Manhattan Project - Philippe Sarde
  • STV-81283 Aliens - James Horner
  • STV-81284 Apology - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81285 Jake Speed - Mark Snow
  • STV-81286 Raw Deal - Cinemascore
  • STV-81287 Roman Polanski's Pirates - Philippe Sarde
  • STV-81288 Vamp - Jonathan Elias
  • STV-81289 The Fly - Howard Shore
  • STV-81290 Where the River Runs Black - James Horner
  • STV-81291 Deadly Friend - Charles Bernstein
  • STV-81292 Blue Velvet - Angelo Badalamenti
  • STV-81293 Tai-Pan - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81294 Link - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81295 Peggy Sue Got Married - John Barry / various artists
  • STV-81296 Crocodile Dundee - Peter Best
  • STV-81297 Sky Bandits - Alfi Kabiljo
  • STV-81298 Crimes of the Heart - Georges Delerue
  • STV-81299 The Boy Who Could Fly - Bruce Broughton
  • STV-81300 52 Pick-Up - Gary Chang
  • STV-81301 Let's Get Harry - Brad Fiedel
  • STV-81302 King Kong Lives - John Scott
  • STV-81303 Firewalker - Gary Chang
  • STV-81304 Lionheart: Volume 1 - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81305 Down Twisted - Berlin Game
  • STV-81306 84 Charing Cross Road - George Fenton
  • STV-81307 The Bedroom Window - Michael Shrieve / Patrick Gleeson
  • STV-81308 The Kindred - David Newman
  • STV-81309 From the Hip - Paul Zaza
  • STV-81310 Death Before Dishonor - Brian May
  • STV-81311 Lionheart: Volume Two - Jerry Goldsmith
  • STV-81312 Amazing Grace and Chuck - Elmer Bernstein
  • STV-81313 Evil Dead II - Joseph LoDuca
  • STV-81314 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors - Angelo Badalamenti
  • STV-81315 The Whistle Blower - John Scott
  • STV-81317 Good Morning, Babylon - Nicola Piovani
  • STV-81318 Raising Arizona / Blood Simple - Carter Burwell
  • STV-81319 Three for the Road - Barry Goldberg
  • STV-81320 Desperately Seeking Susan - Thomas Newman / Making Mr. Right - Chaz Jankel
  • STV-81321 Capriccio - Riz Ortolani
  • STV-81322 My Demon Lover - David Newman / Ed Alton
  • STV-81324 House / House II: The Second Story - Harry Manfredini
  • STV-81327 Julia and Julia - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81328 The Believers - J. Peter Robinson
  • STV-81329 Hope and Glory - Peter Martin
  • STV-81330 RoboCop - Basil Poledouris
  • STV-81331 The Penitent - Alex North
  • STV-81333 Masters of the Universe - Bill Conti
  • STV-81334 No Way Out - Maurice Jarre
  • STV-81335 Russkies - James Newton Howard
  • STV-81336 Nowhere to Hide - Brad Fiedel
  • STV-81338 Housekeeping - Michael Gibbs
  • STV-81339 Three O'Clock High - Tangerine Dream / Sylvester Levay / Jim Walker
  • STV-81340 Prince of Darkness - John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
  • STV-81341 The Dead / Journey into Fear - Alex North
  • STV-81343 Man on Fire - John Scott
  • STV-81344 Nightflyers - Doug Timm
  • STV-81345 Near Dark - Tangerine Dream
  • STV-81346 Tough Guys Don't Dance - Angelo Badalamenti
  • STV-81347 The Whales of August - Alan Price
  • STV-81348 Surrender - Michel Colombier
  • STV-81349 The Hidden - Michael Convertino
  • STV-81350 Weeds - Angelo Badalamenti
  • STV-81352 No Man's Land - Basil Poledouris
  • STV-81353 Anna - Greg Hawkes
  • STV-81354 Five Corners - James Newton Howard
  • STV-81355 Sister, Sister - Richard Einhorn
  • STV-81356 The Running Man - Harold Faltermeyer
  • STV-81357 Shy People - Tangerine Dream
  • STV-81358 Flowers in the Attic - Christopher Young
  • STV-81359 In a Shallow Grave - Jonathan Sheffer
  • STV-81360 Noble House - Paul Chihara
  • STV-81361 Prison - Richard Band / Christopher L. Stone
  • STV-81362 The Serpent and the Rainbow - Brad Fiedel