L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth is the first soundtrack for a novel (top). In Mr. Hubbard’s second soundtrack for a book, innovative rock is used to tell the story of his ten-volume magnum-opus, Mission Earth (bottom).

     The next L. Ron Hubbard musical offering was again both imaginative and unique: a soundtrack for his best-selling novel, Battlefield Earth. Appropriately described as computer jazz, the album was the first to fully utilize the capabilities of Computer Musical Instruments. Battlefield Earth, the album, features 13 L. Ron Hubbard compositions, inspired by characters and significant events from his novel. The album additionally features performances by jazz great, Chick Corea, and former Rolling Stones pianist, Nicky Hopkins.

     Given the highly satirical nature of the book, Mr. Hubbard’s next work, Mission Earth, the album, is an appropriately hard rock soundtrack. The featured artist was no less than rock legend Edgar Winter. The album’s single, “Cry Out,” was later adopted by environmentalists as a marching song to halt unchecked pollution.

Listen to the single and read the lyrics to Cry Out from L. Ron Hubbard’s Mission Earth album.