Jetsons The Movie (1990) - Outer Galactic Edition - John Debney and VA (Thanks Mr. Mix For Sharing!)

The animation team Hanna-Barbera (William and Joseph respectively) scored cartoon gold in 1960 with the premiere of their show The Flintstones. Essentially an animated take of one of Primetime’s most beloved programs, The Honeymooners, The Flintstones depicted two families living during the Stone Age. The Flintstones, headed by Fred and his wife Wilma and later their daughter Pebbles and The Rubbles headed by Barney and his wife Betty and later their son Bam-Bam. The show was a hit for the ABC network running for 6 seasons and over 160 episodes. The success of Hanna-Barbera’s Flintstones meant another project depicting a family that was living way ahead of our time. Having satisfied many a viewer with a cartoon depiction of a Stone-Age Family, it was time to move forward into the future with the first animated Space-Age Family! Enter, The Jetsons!

The Jetsons premiered opposite The Flintstones on ABC in 1962. Instead of depicting two families, The Jetsons primarily focused on the titular family and their friends and coworkers. The show’s theme song allowed those of us unfamiliar with the new program to learn each of the family member’s names “Meet George Jetson!” “His boy, Elroy!” “Daughter, Judy!” and “Jane, his wife!” Also in the mix was the family’s live-in robotic maid Rosie, George’s boss Mr. Spacely, and family dog, Astro.

While The Jetsons may not have run as long as The Flintstones (The Jetsons only ran for 2 seasons and had 75 episodes produced), it is still well recognized as a favorite childhood cartoon by many and its theme song, like The Flintstones, is engraved in many a mind who can name a TV theme song in only 5 notes! The success of The Jetsons was such that in the 1980s, Universal Studios bought the rights to it along with many other Hanna-Barbera creations.

In 1989, while Universal Studios was busy working on the construction of its new Orlando, Florida theme park, they had asked Hanna-Barbera to create two projects for them. A new ride for Universal Studios Florida and a brand new full-length feature film for The Jetsons. The results of these were The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera and Jetsons, The Movie respectively. Sadly, during the making of Jetsons, The Movie, two members of its main voice cast passed away George O’Hanlon (George Jetson) and Mel Blanc (Mr. Spacely). But that didn’t stop the filmmakers from going ahead with the feature!

One major new addition to the cast was that of then-teen pop music sensation Tiffany providing the voice of Judy Jetson. Along with Tiffany’s involvement as Judy Jetson, she provided 3 original songs to the film’s soundtrack. I Always Thought I'd See You Again, You and Me, and Home. While many believed that the addition of Tiffany would cause the film to receive heavy backlash, Jetsons, The Movie pressed on and received a huge amount of publicity leading up to its July 6 1990 release. I myself recall seeing many a TV spot for the film, a special Wendy’s Kids Meal promotion, Kool-Aid commercials that allowed you to get a free Jetsons spaceship toy with a certain amount of Kool-Points, and a very big cardboard display for the film at a local theater.

If there’s one thing I remember most about Jetsons, The Movie it’s the original soundtrack and even the score! The original score for the film was composed by John Debney whose work I’d end up hearing in another sci-fi outing, the 1992 Disney Channel telefilm Still Not Quite Human. Both scores are alike in that they are fast paced, rely heavily on synthesizers, and give off a bit of an industrial vibe. Jetsons, The Movie was actually Debney’s very first soundtrack job. He would later compose the scores for films such as Disney’s Hocus Pocus, Jim Carey’s Liar Liar, Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ, and another Hanna-Barbera creation turned feature film, the 2010 3D adaptation of Yogi Bear!

When the original soundtrack for Jetsons, The Movie was released in 1990, it did not include Debney’s original score. It wasn’t until a 1996 promo-only CD release that featured songs from the 1993 animated film Jonny’s Golden Quest (AKA Jonny Quest) that listeners would get to hear nearly all of Debney’s score from Jetsons, The Movie. Luckily, all the Jetsons tracks have been preserved and included on this new special ‘Outer-Galactic Edition’ of the Jetsons, The Movie soundtrack!

Of course, we wouldn’t want to deprive you of all the tunes featured in Jetsons, The Movie! Like the soundtrack for Problem Child 2 (Coming soon along with the first movie as a double feature soundtrack! - LIR), these songs had a distinct 90s feel to them. Much of the sound is heavily inspired by early 90s MTV and Hip-Hop including a Jetsons Rap performed by XXL, a funky Bobby Brown-ish song called Stayin’ Together by Shane Sutton, instrumental music from a sequence that took place in a mall by John Duarte which honestly sounds like some sort of theme to a show you’d see on FOX or BET, and also a bonus track that was featured on the original soundtrack but left out of the film, Through the Blue by Gayle Rose. Another fun song I decided to include as part of the film’s soundtrack was the Sprocket Rap performed in the film by the characters of George and his new coworker Rudy 2.

Altogether, this soundtrack is a great listen. It’s not only the first time that both the Jetsons, The Movie score and soundtrack have been featured together on a single album, but it is also a nice companion to honor the memories and legacies left behind in the animation world by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Enjoy!

-Phil Smith AKA Mr. Mix

1. John Debney - Intro/Main Title (2:21)
2. John Debney - George Goes to Work (0:55)
3. John Debney - Mr. Spacely (1:20)
4. John Debney - Meet The Jetsons (2:47)
5. John Debney - Spacely Sprockets (1:36)
6. John Debney - The Factory Goes Haywire (4:51)
7. John Debney - High School Marching Band (0:32)
8. John Debney - George Goes on a Mission (3:14)
9. John Debney - Space Age Classical (1:21)
10. John Debney - Grungies in the Works (3:03)
11. John Debney - Elroy and Judy Meet The Grungies (4:12)
12. John Debney - George Saves the Grungies (1:21)
13. John Debney - George Jetson, Hero (1:23)
14. Steve McClintock - Maybe Love, Maybe Not (3:49)
15. Shane Sutton - Stayin' Together (3:37)
16. Rudy 2 & George Jetson - Sprocket Rap (0:34)
    
17. John Duarte - Mall Music (4:57)
18. Tiffany - I Always Thought I'd See You Again (4:05)
19. Tiffany - You and Me (3:45)
20. Tiffany - Home (3:29)
21. XXL - We're the Jetsons Rap (3:57)
22. Shane Sutton - With You All the Way (3:39)
23. Gayle Rose - Through the Blue (4:08)

Total Duration: 01:04:56
Total Size: 139 MB
Bit Rate: 320
Score Tracks Composed By John Debney
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