THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION: VOLUME 3
Dragon’s Domain Records presents THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION: Volume 3 featuring the premiere release of music from the original scores for two films from the composer’s extensive filmography, M STATION: HAWAII and MEMORIES NEVER DIE.
Airing on television in 1980, M STATION: HAWAII blended espionage, tropical adventure, and Cold War intrigue into a compact action thriller. Directed by Jack Lord, it was filmed in 1979 just prior to the start of filming the twelfth and final season of the original HAWAII FIVE-O. M STATION: HAWAII introduces a covert intelligence unit operating out of the Hawaiian Islands and the cast included Jared Martin, JoAnn Harris, Andrew Duggan, Dana Wynter, Andrew Prine and Lord as Admiral Henderson. Intended as a pilot for an ongoing series, M STATION: HAWAII was not picked up and eventually was broadcast over a year later. The film would also be Jack Lord’s final performance. As the director, Lord utilized much of the crew he had been working with for over a decade on HAWAII FIVE-O, which included composer Morton Stevens. For M STATION: HAWAII, the composer brings a strong sense of rhythmic energy and dramatic color to the score, blending driving orchestral action cues with subtle touches suggesting the Pacific setting.The result is a soundscape that supports both suspenseful espionage scenes and the film’s scenic Hawaiian backdrop.
Airing on television in 1982, MEMORIES NEVER DIE was directed by Sandor Stern, written by Zoa Sherburne, Ken Trevey and Stern, starring Lindsay Wagner, Gerald McRaney, Melissa Michaelsen, Peter Billingsley, Barbara Cason, Richard McKenzie, Richard Yniguez, Jay Robinson and Barbara Babcock. MEMORIES NEVER DIE is a gripping melodramatic thriller that explores the trauma of a family that must contend with the return of its matriarch, Joanne Tilford (Wagner) who has spent the last six years in a psychiatric hospital. Her husband, Howdy (McRaney) is suffering from his own health issues and is desperate to reintegrate Joanne back into the family.Their children however are unwilling to accept her, as well as practically everyone else they know because of a terrible tragedy at the heart of the family drama. For MEMORIES NEVER DIE, the composer provides an appropriately dramatic orchestral score to play on these emotional conflicts.
Born In Newark, New Jersey in 1929,Morton Stevens studied composition at the Juilliard School and became the arranger and later, the musical director, for Sammy Davis, Jr., Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Liza Minnelli. He also served as music director for CBS and was a prolific composer and arranger for television for over 30 years. Best known for the famous theme music for HAWAII FIVE-0, for which he won two Emmys, Stevens contributed music to many television shows, including GUNSMOKE, POLICEWOMAN, THRILLER, WAGON TRAIN, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E., CIMARRON STRIP, THE WILD WILD WEST and TINY TOON ADVENTURES. Stevens also served on the board of directors for the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences. Surprisingly, he only scored a few feature films including ACT OF PIRACY, THEY STILL CALL ME BRUCE, CRACKING UP and THE RAIDERS. Stevens scored 101 TV movies and nine motion pictures in a three-decade career that began in the early 1960s and ran until 1990. A former student of Jerry Goldsmith, he co-scored the 1981miniseries MASADA and Arthur Hayley’s WHEELS in 1978, for which he bothreceived Emmy nominations.
Dragon’s Domain Records presents the premiere soundtrack release of THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION: Volume 3,featuring music composed by Morton Stevens for M STATION: HAWAII and MEMORIES NEVER DIE. The liner notes are written by Scott Davis. The music has been mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland.
THE MORTON STEVENS COLLECTION: Volume 3 is a limited edition release and is expected to begin shipping the week of June 29th, 2026.
M STATION: HAWAII
01. Titles (0:50)
02. Recovering The Bodies (3:40)
03. Welcome To M Station (2:29)
04. Russian Frogmen (3:09)
05. Welcome Aboard / Out To Sea (2:09)
06. Maggie Arrives / Back To The Surface (2:05)
07. Russian Meeting / Thank-You Comrade (1:46)
08. Undersea Search (1:34)
09. There It Is! (2:19)
10. Dangerous Dive (3:18)
11. Your Husband / Kidnapping And Firey Explosion (3:57)
12. The Morgue (4:19)
13. Incoming Sub / To The Rescue (2:48)
14. Race To The Sub (5:11)
15. Escape From The Sub And Finale (4:21)
16. Closing Credits (1:01)
17. Bumpers (0:18)
MEMORIES NEVER DIE
18. Joanne's Journey (Main Titles) (2:18)
19. Arriving At The House / Enter Louise (2:03)
20. Kathy’s Insincere Apology / Please Don't Interfere / Horses (1:34)
21. Joanne’s First Flashback / Howard and Joanne / I Am Glad You Are Here (3:18)
22. Joanne’s Second Flashback / Louise Eavesdrops / Exchanging Pleasantries (3:01)
23. The Art Studio / Goodnight Mom (2:30)
24. Pre-Surgery Kiss / Telling Kathy The Story (2:13)
25. Joanne Packs Her Bags / Daddy-Daughter Talk (1:18)
26. Joanne Remembers Everything (2:45)
27. Howard’s Heart Attack (3:08)
28. Kathy Apologizes / Hospital Finale (3:38)
29. End Credits (0:43)
Total Time: - 75:06
