Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Soundtrack---"Suspension"

[jjflix79]

wow......definitely takes me back....I remember seeing this on HBO when I was 9 yrs old with my brother and being hot for those women in the opening sequence......very cool song too!

[DIGITALSCREAMS]

have just bought this on lp



[DIGITALSCREAMS]

bi dee bi dee bi dee

fuck me buck

[elderberry9]

NBC Universal has blocked anyone from see the opening credits from this movie on YouTube. The main reason they have done this is because they don't have souls.

[dcarmennnnn]

ha! one of the songs for my memorial service...the words...

[lukeop1304]

@dcarmennnnn this should be my song at my memorial so people remember me

[TheCausalParadox]

It's a waltz!

[donaldjcheek]

Saw the movie for the first time huddled in a bunker (Guard Post Ouellette) on the Korean DMZ, late summer or early fall 1979. Brings back memories. Thanks.

[donaldjcheek]

Saw the movie for the first time huddled in a bunker (Guard Post Ouellette) on the Korean DMZ, late summer or early fall 1979. Brings back memories. Thanks.

[Kguy985]

awesome song and soundtrack to this show. I know it was a low budget show with so so special effects but it was fun to watch. Loved some Princess Ardala and Colonel Deering. I miss good TV like this, everything on tv now is so generic. I miss those great theme songs that pumped you up for the show, now a show just comes on and goes off with no fanfare. How boring we have become.

[weldonwin]

I love this seires. Okay, it was stupid and I mean REALLY stupid, but in a hugely entertaining way and of course Wilma was so damned hot in those spandex jumpsuits

[kittyprydekissme]

Wow. I haven't heard this since I saw it in the theatre back in 1979. I wasn't sure I'd ever get to hear this version again.

Everytime it played on TV, it had the series opening.

Now, if only someone would upload the original opening scene from the theatrical version on Youtube.

[Lupton2000]

@kittyprydekissme Part of it was played during the closing credits of Flight of the War Witch. During the broadcast it couldn't be heard because of NBC announcing "coming up next".

[80N354W]

I'm currently 14 and I love this show. I recently found my DVD set after about 4 years of not having it and i remembered how much I still love it.

[gmansi]

So, Listen to the lyrics... all the show of Buck Rogers dont exist on real world, was only a dream of Buck... right?

[gmansi]

Great song for a fun show

[mikeismad61]

No worst than the Enterprise Theme - then again that was pretty terrible - but at least Buck was great fun and the ladies were HOT!

[staticmunk7777]

this is trully a great treasure thank you ever so much for posting this thank you again

[GoLeo73]

ups schon ende lol

[GoLeo73]

das war meine jugend lol

[GoLeo73]

das war der song aus meiner kindheit

[dominustempus3]

This song, I used ti serenade my 1st wife with

[VagasFirebird]

Great! Been looking all over for this. :) I went and saw this in the movie theater before it was signed for a TV show. The pilot for it is the movie version, but all the adult stuff was cut out that was in the theater. Like Twiki dropping the F bomb in one scene and a few other choice words. :)

[jerzeefranky3475]

5 COOLEST PPL EVER NAMED "HAWK"

1. ROAD WARRIOR/L.O.D HAWK

2. HAWK (SPENSER 4 HIRE)

3. HAWK (BUCK ROGERS)

4. A.J. HAWK (GB PACKERS)

5. HAWK (AMERICAN GLADIATORS

[BigFatLoserDude]

Anyone know where i can find the instrumental version? (ending credits theme first season)

or the guitar tabs or sheet music? I'd like to try and play it on my guitar

[StanJ1957]

Thanks for uploading this song. I think it was only in the movie and the instrumental played during the TV series.

Great song bringing back great memories! Thanks!

[1111Sean1111]

omg i used to love this when i was really really young. think its probably the 1st sci-fi i ever watched. the only thing i can remember is this music, and the little robot that went something like biriririrririri

[Roadracer987654321]

Remake Time Again...But the 1979 Movie with Gil Gerard which was an Overhaul and Remake of the Original 1930s Serial was sp Darn Good adn Cute it is Impossible to Top ! Mr. Gerard , If you see this, You were the Best as Buck Rogers and a New Hero of 1979. I remember seeing Buck Rogers at the Local Moviehouse in March 1979. The Theater was Packed. As Buck, you were Great and Warm Hearted. a Natural Hero, You were " Captain Kirk" of the late 1970s. When they Show Came on Tv. I was There.

[User90663]

@Roadracer987654321 Oh man, well said! All I think I wanted to be when I was 8 years old was Buck Rogers. Gil and Erin should both know how much they were looked up to by us kids back then.

[gmansi]

@User90663 yes, the same for me. Buck and Wilma was fantastic for us!

[trackerhunter]

Omnichord, fuck yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CorvinnX]

far beyond my time! great song! wannna sing it in karaoke!!

[backroomcircus]

still so good for me

[rollotomasi1964]

...brilliant....

[dominustempus3]

I sernenade my 1st wife with this song

[pshaw100]

3 people have something wrong with their Funk and Wagnalls.

[JediCowboy25]

3 people are stuck in their shuttles frozen in time. 

[televisionfan1977]

love it totally love it

[Artifactsofmars]

Thanks for posting! I always wanted to hear this song intact but the idiots on the network cut it off every time, as if what they had to say was something I wanted to hear.

[jamofsocal]

Wow!! So you are the only other person that bought this soundtrack! I liked this song and the original intro. I echo Underdog77. This song asked the same questions that I was asking of myself when I was young. . .and maybe it still does.

Thanks for posting!!

[ducatidave5]

can't download the tv version for my enjoyment because of NBC's goddamn copyright. Like anyone would profit from it. fck u NBC.

[joesingle]

@ducatidave5 Buy the dvd on Ebay. Its cheap now. 

[gmansi]

@ducatidave5 What do you need to download?

[rogermwilcox]

"Long before this life of mine,

Long before my time,

What was there? Who cared

To make it begin?"

Um ... that'd be your parents, Buck.

[Velocity9s]

@rogermwilcox  God, actually. Tho', his Parents had a hand in it! >.<

[flossjw1]

i liked how during the opening scene when this song was playing the way they went about showcasing the ladies interacting with gil gerard (buck rogers).Erin gray,Pamela hensley and the others really looked [........"ahem"........& still do of course....... ;-)...........] really beautiful.Yes,the series was the corniest of all the sci-fis of the time....b.galactica/automan/sp­ace1999/manimal...i remember it all dudes,,,but this was still one of my favs. did i mention erin gray was all that...

[spykerhond]

poes cool track for a space story!

[jayce79]

This was classic American television.

[rogermwilcox]

Why does this recording end with a minute-and-a-half of silence?

[Dbusdriver71]

I still love this series. At one time it had so much potential but what I didn't know was all the infighting that was going on; I always thought that NBC just went so damn cheap that it brought down the series.

[Capt777harris]

Where am I going, and what will I see?

[80sladies]

This song brings back great memories of one of my favorite shows as a kid. :) After hearing this song on Youtube, I actually dug out the movie and watched it this Sunday. If anyone is looking for the intro to the movie (with Erin Grey in a swimsuit), it's here (about 19MB): megaupload . com/?d=NLRWPSKZ

[katrinagrrl]

Kyp Lennon sang this. I don't think he was related to John. Great song, I have this album still...hard to believe that was 30 years ago.

[pjstudevent]

Man, this is such an awesome theme!  You know they are planning a remake of this movie for 2012....

[drnachos]

They don't make movies and music like they used to.

[UpnDowney]

I love this song!

[bpa2be]

Man this brings back some awesome memories! Thanks!

[jnichols3]

I still have the 8 track somewhere.

[HogRebel]

@jnichols3 Who sings it? Sounds familiar. I haven't heard this soundtrack since I saw the MOVIE...in 1979! WISH I could find the movie for sale, too! EBay or Amazon? : o

[grooviant]

I know it's cheesy, but this song meant a lot to me. I saw Erin Gray and her Lycra in 8th grade, and she really struck a chord with me, so I saw the movie 7 times!

It reminds me of the ballad used in Star Trek: Enterprise.

[ajb1776]

A definitive song of youth.

[plutostation1]

you can hear the song on the dvd of the pilot.

[ZERIOUSUSA]

FANTASTIC MEMORIES OF THE SHOW

[TheAncientdragon1]

This song is so amazing, I just love listening to it, and it even helped me with this novel I'm writing. I give this song the best rating ever.

[welshfilmbuff]

Back off, you scantilly clad space vixens! I don't want your stinking roofies!

[accessd72]

This takes me back!! I remember watching this show when I was 8 yrs old. That was almost 30 yrs ago. Now I am 37 with 5 kids. I wish TV now had shows like this one.

[jobolnick]

Where can I get this for my IPod??

[OtorresFitness]

Wow!!! I wanted to hear this song once more in my life. The last time I heard it was when I was 8 years old, back in 1983 while watching reruns of this mega syndicated fantasy program. Thank you guys. You made one of my hidden wishes come true. Peace.

[devospud]

my god, i remember hearing this once on the closing credits of an episode when i was a kid but thought i imagined it... gave me the chills to hear it again.

they don't make many shows like this anymore. too many tv shows try to be artistic or groundbreaking and forget how to be fun.

[vlawd5]

@devospud on everything i was just tellin somebody at work the same thing. I could've sworn i heard this song at the end of an episode once and i never heard it again and i watched buck rogers faithfully. Well at least we're not crazy. Youre right about tv though

[jayce79]

You mean an Episode of Buck Rogers that never aired again? Beacause yeh , it is at the end of the (Pilot) movie and one episode in the series.

[Gecko7291971]

Ya got one of the actors names wrong, it was Tim O'Conner, not Hugh O'Conner

Hugh O'Conner was Carroll O'Conners's son who'd died from a drug overdose

[alucard624]

I just noticed that after all this time. Thanks for pointing that out. I was kind of in a hurry putting this together. I've gone ahead and fixed it so it's the correct actors name.

[Gecko7291971]

Glad to have been of service

Better I informed you of the error, politely than have someone else informing you & being a total jerk about it

[bigpopparamma]

@Gecko7291971

Hugh O'Connor committed suicide; not a drug overdose. His father Carroll, went after the man whom supplied him with the drugs.

[Gecko7291971]

@bigpopparamma Well, that may be true, but Drugs played a big in that

[kafka23ptv]

The film intro is very strange. But I have to say the theme song and lyrics are very touching. Anyone know if the song has been covered or done since?

[homicidalstoopidity]

that is made of pwn <3

[tookie104]

if anyone has the original intro video from the movie, please send it to me. because of some a--------e, video can not be played. THANKS!!!!!!

[jnichols3]

It was on YouTube , but Universal made them remove it....Like it was really going to hurt them to have people see it. If anything it might have produced more interest in the show.

[Beamshipcaptain]

At the end of the movie, in the flight-hangar, Buck Rogers kicks Tigerman square in the balls. I always brust out laughing at that one! Fun movie. I did meet Erin Gray and Gil Gerard at Chiller Theatre in Jersey some years ago. Great people.

[Beamshipcaptain]

Ive loved this song for nearly 31-years, ever since I first saw BUCK ROGERS in the theatre. Gil Gerard was perfectly cast, and Ardala is smoking hot (Pam Hensley). Great effects for such a low budget.

[matthewche]

I saw the theatrical version in the theater and the opening credits were very erotic. I know...for those who don't recall it had Buck and various women mackin on the Buck Rogers logo. If I recall correctly.

[ifnot4me]

I love this song. Sure Buck Rogers was campy but damn it was REALLY fun to watch every week. It's really a shame that the show was reformatted in season 2 to be another Battlestar Galactica.

The final episode of season 1 has a GREAT interaction between Princess Ardala and Buck. She was so damn HOT.

I was fortunate enough to meet Erin Gray early 2009 and WonderCon. She is all class and I hope to have a chat with her again and WonderCon 2010.

[Trek001]

I remember BBC 2 used to show this on wednesdays during the early ninties (yup repeats I know but what the heck?!!?). I wish I could find somewhere to watch this online but I can't get HUlU in the UK

[tjordulf]

I also loved this song whilst growing up. I still knew the lyrics to it, I've just been singing along. Much to my G/friends amusement. Agree with everyone else, just spent the last 2 hours checking out all the old theme tunes to my childhood faves, bless the Youtube gods.

..and Wilma Dearing in those tight white spandex pants, Humma Humma.

Gonna have to go now!

[drcrumpler]

I was so crazy about this song, I bought the LP which is still in mint condition. When I am dead & buried at least my family will enjoy the investment I've made.

No really, I was in college and saw this

movie in a theater. Some of the stuff they cut for TV...hope you all got to see it too.

[jnichols3]

8 track here. If I only had a player..

[daxeboy9]

there was another song sung by this same guy I think at the end of the show when the credits would roll and the bubbles would pop up on the screen. It was called " Zoom" I think, very good but I can never find anybody who knows what I'm talking about

[alucard624]

I think it was the same song as the title credits, just an instrumental version of it.

[Gecko7291971]

@alucard624 It is the same song, Just an Istrumetal version

[Gecko7291971]

@alucard624 You're right, it is an Instrumental version of this same song

[blades4119]

@alucard624 yes, it was simply an instrumental version of "Suspension" they also used only the instrumental version for the opening and closing credits of the actual series

[blades4119]

@alucard624 yes, it was the instrumental version of it. they used the same instrumental version for the opening and closing credits of the actual series

[Jodon1971]

@daxeboy9 There was a song called "Zoom" by Fat Larry's Band in 1982 which sounds kinda like this one but I don't remember it ever being used in Buck Rogers. Type in "Fat Larry's Band - Zoom" in YouTube.

[daxeboy9]

@Jodon1971 Dude your a genius, how did you know this song? this was exactly what I was talking about! It would play during the credits at the end of the show, I thought I was gonna be a rocket ship driver when I would here this, THANKS!

[ILuvEthnicGuys]

@daxeboy9 "Suspension" was also used for the closing credits of each episode but it was an instrumental version ... however, watchng the show in syndication as a kid, I seem to recall that during the first season, they used a shortened edit of this vocal version but when I pursed the DVD set, only the instrumental version is played.

[marse17]

@daxeboy9 - This is Kipp Lennon singing. He's with the band Venice which is two sets of brothers (cousins) - check them out anywhere on the web - they've been around for a loooong time and are still performing.

[Underdog77]

I know it's cheesy, but this song meant a lot to me. I saw the movie while in 8th grade, and this song and its lyrics really struck a chord with me, so I bought the album.

I guess being young, and wondering where I was going with my life, this song seemed to say what I was feeling.

Thanks for posting, great memories.

[brucedavis76]

Yeah me to, 7th grade though, it strikes a chord i guess because like every seventh and eighth grader we wonder about our future, cant beliveve im 43 now. Remember 1987 was eight years away for us seemed a long was off back in 79

[pjstudevent]

@Underdog77 He underdog, I totally feel you on your comment. You don't have to explain why it was important to you - it just was - as it was to me as well. I love this song!

[brucedavis76]

@Underdog77 me to me to I remember i saw this movie in 7th grade 1979 and i thought wow i'll be 21 in 1987

now im 45 cant believe it

[hydra1970]

@Underdog77 felt the same way when the time it came out and on some level, even today.

[katrinagrrl]

@Underdog77 like you I saw it in grade school....I also had the sountrack...cheesy? shame...its not, it just has heart which is something we have given up in this brave new world of ours. I miss the late 70's-early 80's

[moxie96]

Oh no, grooviant the theme to enterprise is not a good song at all. This reminds me of the theme to "Greatest American Hero". The "Enterprise" theme is hardly this smooth or any way beautiful.

[CaptainBuckRogers]

Thank you for posting!

[skycalen]

Captain Buck Rogers. Ha. I think, I am the only one who can really claim to be him. :)

[BullRun1861]

Is your name Gil Gerard?

[skycalen]

No. But, my name IS Buck Rogers ;)

[BullRun1861]

In that case, I'll take Wilma Dearing's phone number! 25th Century, here I come.

[grooviant]

Sounds like the guy who sang the ballad of the "Enterprise"

[bigpopparamma]

The song is called "Suspension". It's sung by Kipp Lennon (no relation to John).

[jerzeefranky3475]

frank miller...buck rogers...what the F/H could go wrong!?!?!?

[writerfan]

I didn't care how dorky people thought i was - I adored this song - thought Erin Gray deserved so much better and wished they had never put her in that stupid sailor outfit to "sex up" the show.

[alucard624]

I hear ya on that one. She looked just fine to me in those spandex outfits in the first season. Never did like the second season, even though I thought Hawk was kinda cool.

[DVROFFMAN]

@alucard624 Hawk ruled!!!!!!!!!!!

[BullRun1861]

Erin Gray was incredible in this show, though Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardella was no slouch either. In fact, I would probably have gone Draconian.

[Down10]

I like this inspirational rock style to the otherwise fanfare-style of the series theme. This *had* to have been inspired by "Can You Read My Mind" from the Superman movie.

[Akirajay38]

Frank Miller is said to be doing his own version of the character

[BullRun1861]

Interesting to see a revival of this.

[rathraven1313]

Gil Gerard and Erin Gray are working on one.

[piusg]

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century was set up from the start as a mega-blockbuster. The pilot was actually in theatrical release in movie theaters across the country in 1979 to prime the pump for the TV show.

I remember as an 8-year-old kid seeing this with my Dad at the Coral Springs Cinema Six in Coral Springs, Florida (outside Ft. Lauderdale) and I fell in love with this song, which played during the closing credits.

The theme was rearranged and reprised for the TV show intro.

[moderndaysamson]

5 stars/faved.

[floridaimmigrant]

Thank you. 5 stars!

[shoiblem]

ha! i had this on a 45 rpm! that's what kind of a dork i am! i also remember the theatrical release intro with the babes rolling around on giant letters that spelled out 'buck rogers'...

[therogueranger]

They just showed the second half of the pilot last night on the RTN network with that tune and the ladies rolling around on the letters. I DO NOT remember that when it came out in 1979. Seemed like they were trying for a James Bond intro there.

[CasualDaveDotCom]

who is dorkier? the dork or the dork who follows the dork, I dreamed of the 45 of this! I recorded it with my biggass pre-walkman cassette recorder next to the tv speaker, talk about audio fidelity :) thanks for that intro reminder

[Walleyboy001]

HOLY SHIAT people actually remember this, WOOT awesome man you get 5 stars. I guess this show still lives on in ppl hearts.

[PatronZero]

Actually saw Buck Rogers in a movie theater the summer before it aired in NBC television, the opening titles were pretty cool. Several attractive female models with blue painted fingernails and white costumes played upon huge three dimensional letters that spelled out Buck Rogers. NBC never aired that opening sequence and uncertain it is on the DVD.

[alucard624]

I believe that intro is on the DVD set. For the first episode, NBC put the theatrical version of the pilot on the set, not the aired tv version, so it should be on there. I was able to find the actual tv version of the pilot on hulu, even though it looks like it was taken from a VHS copy.

[skunky1976]

yup i just watched it on hulu.

[stafford4797]

great song

[ajb1776]

I miss the original video - - please get the rights to it.

[alucard624]

I could try to get that intro video back on for everyone but I'm afraid my account might get shut down if the other version of it was removed. I'll think about it though. What I can do is post more of the soundtrack in the meantime though. How would you like that?

[RobH0421]

That would be great, go for it. :)

[steveszkircsak]

This song has beautiful music along with thoughtful poetry. I also enjoyed the movie intro that has now been removed, such attractive women, sometimes I consider purchasing the DVD just for that

[RobH0421]

I love this tune as well as the movie but I wish someone would put out the original movie intro with all the lovely women in it. It's been put out a couple of times but keeps on gettin' removed. Thanks for postin' this!

[lonebison]

One of my all time favorite movie songs! I just ordered the dvd set this week. Song is sung by Kip Lennon.