Munchie Strikes Back

Dragon's Domain Records presents the original motion picture soundtrack to Munchie Strikes Back, featuring music composed by Chuck Cirino for the 1994 family comedy directed by Jim Wynorski, written by R.J. Robertson and Wynorski, starring Lesley-Anne Down, Andrew Stevens, Trenton Knight, Angus Scrimm, John Byner, Steve Franken, Ace Mask, Jay Richardson, Peter Spellos, Toni Naples, Lenny Juliano and Howard Hesseman as the voice of Munchie.

Released in 1994, Munchie Strikes Back finds Munchie up to his old tricks as he ringmasters a riotous rave at Ronald W. Reagan High School. He does such a good job that the school literally erupts in an epic explosion. Munchie finds himself before a celestial court, presided over by the austere authoritarian Kronas (Scrimm), who proceeds to indict Munchie with a host of great calamaties, including the destruction of Atlantis, the fiery crash of the Hindenburg, the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and the apocalyptic meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Chernobyl! A dearly departed committee comprised of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Colonel Sanders, Cleopatra, and Abraham Lincoln defends the hapless imp and convinces Kronas not to banish Munchie to the dullest place in the galaxy, Aeros Minor and instead Munchie is sentenced to Earth, to provide assistance to single mother Linda (Down) and her wayward son Chris (Knight) whose father passed away the previous year. Chris and Munchie become bosom buddies as Munchie saves the McClelland family from financial ruin while granting Chris a few self-indulgent wishes along the way. Meanwhile, local suburban baddie Shelby Carlisle (Stevens) secretly witnesses Munchie's powers and schemes to hoard the magical munchkin for himself.

To write the film's score, Jim brought in his long-time friend and regular composer, Chuck Cirino. Cirino builds his material for Munchie Strikes Back off familiar themes introduced in the previous Munchie. The album also includes a quartet of subversive songs performed by early 80s new wave punk outfit Mister Moderation and the Moderettes.

Dragon's Domain Records is excited to bring Munchie Strikes Back to compact disc for the first time, mastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland with exclusive liner notes by author and composer Brian Satterwhite, with the participation of the composer.