Medicine Man (The Deluxe Edition) CD + Timeline (The Deluxe Edition) (CD)

This is a PRE-ORDER. Expected to ship the week of January 16, 2026.

Medicine Man Description:
Medicine Man (1992) was a rainforest adventure, eco-thriller and, in a way, romantic comedy from director John McTiernan. Sean Connery starred as a researcher doggedly pursuing a cure for cancer in the Amazonian rainforest, with Lorraine Bracco the drug company biochemist sent to check on his progress. Their friction grows into a romance as they interact with a native tribe and face off against destructive loggers.
Medicine Man found its perfect composer in Jerry Goldsmith, a Hollywood master at adventure and thriller music who was, at heart, enamored with “people pictures.” Medicine Man called on both approaches, and Goldsmith rose to the occasion with a grand, tuneful, dramatic score encompassing large orchestra, sophisticated electronics and tropical instrumentation. It runs the gamut from catchy travelogues, a soaringly romantic love theme, and dark, tragic action music as the rainforest comes under threat.
Director McTiernan, working with Goldsmith for the first time, recalls (in a new interview for this release) asking the composer to “try to make it as indigenous sounding as possible.” Editor Michael Miller marveled at Goldsmith’s ability to unify the film’s tone: “Jerry enhanced every emotional beat,” he says, “and glued a lot of stuff together amazingly well. The thing that really excited me were the turns from light and romantic and comedic, to dark and dire—because they were perfect.”
Medicine Man was released as a 14-track, 50-minute CD by Varèse Sarabande in 1992. This Deluxe Edition adds 13 minutes of previously unreleased cues plus an alternate mix of the opening “Rae’s Arrival.” The new liner notes are by Tim Greiving, who can neither confirm nor deny that Sean Connery’s ponytail in the film was inspired by Goldsmith’s hair.

Timeline Description:
"Varèse Sarabande presents the Deluxe Edition of Brian Tyler’s score to Timeline (2003). Directed by Richard Donner (The Omen, Superman: The Movie, Lethal Weapon), the film was the last in a hugely successful run of high-concept, big-budget productions based on books by Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Congo, Sphere).
Timeline follows a group of present-day archaeologists and students who travel to the 14th century in search of their team leader, who previously visited via a corporation’s “wormhole” time machine. When the group becomes trapped in the past, they must survive a brutal conflict between England and France to find a way home. Most of the cast were little known at the time, but Paul Walker, Gerard Butler, David Thewlis and Michael Sheen went on to considerable fame.
Timeline was originally scored by Jerry Goldsmith, but ongoing reedits to the project, and the composer’s failing health, forced him to bow out. Brian Tyler was recruited to write the score for the final release version, which he considered “a tribute to one of my favorite composers and a director I had long admired.”
Tyler’s score is action-packed and pulses with suspenseful rhythms and large symphonic flourishes—capturing the romantic sweep of the characters’ adventure, with a tense and modern sheen. The tender and gentle theme for Paul Walker and Anna Friel’s characters’ love story (“Lady Claire”) offers moments of hope and tranquility amidst the drama and suspense.
Varèse Sarabande’s 2003 release of Timeline presented 26 tracks and 46 minutes. This Deluxe Edition features 37 tracks and over 79 minutes, chronicled by new liner notes by Jeff Bond.

Medicine Man Feat:
Deluxe Edition Executive Producer for Varese Sarabande Records: Cary Mansfield
Deluxe Edition Co-Produced by: Cary Mansfield & Mike Matessino
Deluxe Edition Mastered by Mike Matessino

Timeline Feat:
"Produced by: Brian Tyler
Deluxe Edition Executive Producer for Varese Sarabande Records: Cary Mansfield
Mixed by: Greg Hayes
Deluxe Edition Mastered by Chas Ferry and Melinda Hurley

Medicine Man Track List:

1. Rae’s Arrival
2. First Morning
3. Progress Reports *
4. Campbell And the Children
5. Night Clothes *
6. I Lost It *
7. The Trees
8. The Harvest
9. Mocara
10. Mountain High
11. Without A Net
12. Finger Painting
13. What’s Wrong
14. Unforgiven *
15. The Injection
16. Something’s Up / She’s in Love *
17. The Sugar
18. The Fire
19. Devastation / New Equipment *
20. A Meal and A Bath
21. Rae’s Arrival, (alternate mix )**
*Previously unreleased
** Contains previously unreleased material

Timeline Track List:

1. Opening
2. Descent
3. Bifocal Discovery
4. Mysterioso
5. Star Charts
6. Entering the Wormhole
7. 1357 France
8. Distraction
9. Marek’s Transition
10. Chase On
11. We Have to Try
12. Open Lane
13. Lord Oliver
14. Professor Found
15. Bail Out
16. Rooftop Escape
17. Battle Axe
18. False Marker
19. Lady Claire/De Kere Attacks (Suite)
20. Interruptus
21. River Crossing
22. A Lady's Kiss/Fire Arrangements (Suite)
23. Castleguard Burns/Red Attack (Suite)
24. Battalion
25. Battlefield Revealed
26. It Was Me
27. Galvanize the Troops
28. Night Arrows
29. Troops in the Fog
30. Fix It David
31. History Will Change
32. Storming the Castle
33. The Battle of La Roque
34. The Return Home
35. Eternal
36. Main Titles
37. End Credits