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''Space Jazz: The soundtrack of the book Battlefield Earth'' is a music album and soundtrack companion to the novel ''Battlefield Earth'' by L. Ron Hubbard, released in 1982.〔United States Copyright Office. Type of Work: Visual Material, Registration Number / Date: VA0000332218 / 1988-12-05, Application Title: Space jazz album cover., Title: Space jazz : the soundtrack of the book Battlefield Earth., Description: commercial print : record jacket., Copyright Claimant: Norman F. Starkey, as executor of the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard, Date of Creation: 1972, Date of Publication: 1982-12-23, Authorship on Application: Church of Scientology of California, employer for hire.〕 Hubbard composed the music for the album. Besides its own particular contents, the album is known for being the first soundtrack ever written for a book. ==History== The album was recorded in Los Angeles in 1982 and released by Applause Records. A 1983 press release put out by the Church of Spiritual Technology subsidiary company Author Services Inc. marketed the concept album as "the only original sound track ever produced for a book before it becomes a movie". The album includes performances by Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Nicky Hopkins and Gayle Moran.〔〔 The album features music from the Fairlight CMI synthesizer.〔 A demonstration of the "computer space jazz" soundtrack was one of the festival displays at the 1982 US Festival rock concert in California. L. Ron Hubbard's son Ronald DeWolf filed a probate case in November 1982, after his father had not made any public appearances since 1980, requesting to be appointed trustee of Hubbard's estate on the grounds that his father was missing or dead. In 1983, attorneys representing Hubbard produced a letter in Hubbard's handwriting and with his fingerprints, in which he wrote that he had not had a leadership role in the Church of Scientology for "nearly 17 years", and mentioned his new novel ''Battlefield Earth'', his recently released album ''Space Jazz'', and 10-volume novel ''Mission Earth''. "I am actively writing, having published ''Battlefield Earth'', and my ''Space Jazz'' album; a projected ten-volume work, ''Mission Earth'', is in the pre-publication stage at the moment", said Hubbard's statement.〔 In conjunction with the release of Hubbard's letter, Church of Scientology President Heber Jentzsch told the press that Hubbard had produced ''Space Jazz'' around December 1982, and wrote the majority of songs and lyrics for the computer-based music on the album. In 1984, the LP was retitled to ''Battlefield Earth''.〔 〕 According to a 1987 statement from Norman F. Starkey, the executor of Hubbard's estate, the copyright to Hubbard's works passed to the Church of Scientology after his death. In addition to copyright of ''Space Jazz'', other copyrighted music titles by Hubbard included "Tarzan", "The Black Cape" and "Snake Head".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Space Jazz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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