Alan Silvestri's all-electronic score for The Clan of The Cave Bear comes from early in his career, when he was just becoming a major name in film music. The Clan of The Cave Bear followed the composer's classic Back To The Future (1985) by just one year. Though Cave Bear is a synthesizer score, it is still loaded with melody, creative writing and beauty.

The film gave Silvestri a huge canvas. Based on the first of Jean Auel's four bestselling prehistoric novels set 35,000,000 years ago, this epic film tells the story of one woman's struggle for acceptance amidst a barbaric clan. Daryl Hannah (Grumpy Old Men, Legal Eagles) is the Cro-Magnon who seeks shelter among a tribe of Neanderthals. Extraordinary location photography and a script by John Sayles (Passion Fish, Eight Men Out) make this a truly stunning motion picture. Co-starring Pamela Reed (Junior, Kindergarten Cop) and Curtis Armstrong (Risky Business, Revenge of the Nerds).

The score has been out of our catalog for over 20 years which means that, like with each of our other Varèse Encore releases, it really is, for all intents and purposes, a brand new release.