``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation/The Soundtrack'' Features New Song From The Wallflowers, Plus Rock Classics and Cutting-Edge Techno From the #1 Drama on Television.

Entertainment Editors & Music/TV Writers

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2002

Fans of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," the #1-rated drama series on television, revel in the characters' high-tech gadgets and out-of-the-box thinking to solve cases. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation/The Soundtrack" (Hip-O Records), to be released September 24, 2002, just prior to the debut of the CBS series' third season on September 26, displays the same adventurousness -- a rare quality in music featured on a TV series.

Not often, for instance, does a TV soundtrack album debut a new song from a new album by a major rock artist, but featured on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation/The Soundtrack" is The Wallflowers' "Everybody Out Of The Water" from "Red Letter Days." Also featured is Universal Records' newest star, up from the British techno underground, art punk-gone-vibey Clinic ("Come Into Our Room" from 2002's "Walking With Thee"). The compilation also boasts two classics, The Who's 1978 rocker, "Who Are You," which is the theme song that opens each episode, and The Chambers Brothers' 1968 anthem, "Time Has Come Today."

The distinguishing factor that separates "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation/The Soundtrack" from other TV soundtracks is the cutting-edge nature of the additional tracks and their artists. Techno, trance and tribal are words rarely used to describe TV music. Two of the best-known artists on the album are New Order, one of the most influential and acclaimed of electronica artists, with "Crystal," from 2001's "Get Ready," and Robbie Robertson, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer from The Band, whose Native American-goes-techno track, "Unbound," was culled from his 1998 solo album, "Contact From The Underworld Of Red Boy."

U.K. cult favorite Curve continues the audacious alt-electronica aural assault with "Hell Above Water" from 2001's "Gift." Also included are laid-back soul, acid jazz and funk outfit Zero 7 ("Give It Away" from 2001's "Simple Things"); exotic electronica's Badmarsh & Shri ("Day By Day" from 2000's "Signs"); Bliss ("Song For Olabi" from 2000's "Afterlife") and brilliantly-named Grand Theft Audio ("We Luv You" from 2000's "Blame Everyone").

From elsewhere in Europe are Hooverphonic (1998 single "Inhaler"), an ambient pop band from Belgium, heard on the 1996 Bernardo Bertolucci film, "Stealing Beauty," and world-renowned German trance DJ/producer Timo Maas ("To Get Down" (Fatboy Slim Mix), spun off from 2002's "Loud"). A North American entry is Euphoria ("Little Gem" from 2001's "Beautiful My Child"), representing techno from Toronto. Also heard are two score selections ("Investigation Suite" and "Grissom's Overture") by John M. Keane, the musical composer for the CSI series, who has also composed for "Diagnosis Murder," "The Sentinel" and "Martial Law," among other TV series.

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation/The Soundtrack" was licensed to Hip-O/Universal by CBS Consumer Products.