LYRICIST

In addition to ballads from the ‘30s and ‘40s, there is a substantial body of L. Ron Hubbard lyrics from the mid-1970s and early 1980s. These lyrics are reflective of a considerable musical output, and particularly so through the later decades of his life. In fact, quite apart from his three albums—Battlefield Earth, Mission Earth and The Road to Freedom—Ron also organized and trained, and composed for, various musical troupes, as well as scored several Scientology instructional and dissemination films. His lyrics, drawn from both albums and earlier songs, are as diverse as the musical styles in which he worked.

Later lyrics date from Ron’s days aboard the research vessel Apollo, his home from 1969 to 1975. Long an aspect of shipboard life, music became a definite pursuit with his formation of the Apollo Troupe in 1974 as a gesture of goodwill and cultural exchange.

Lyrics from the 1983 Battlefield Earth album represent yet another direction. The first ever soundtrack to a novel, the album recounts, in song, the epic tale of Jonnie Goodboy Tyler’s struggle to free mankind from alien Psychlos and so restore world peace.

No less innovative are the songs from Ron’s ten-volume magnum opus, the Mission Earth series. One of the grandest satires of modern fiction, the series also stands as one of the most successful, with all ten volumes successfully rising to international bestseller lists.

Finally, from the latter songs of L. Ron Hubbard come selections off his Scientology musical statement, The Road to Freedom. Essentially religious music in Scientology style, The Road to Freedom offers ten LRH compositions to convey fundamental Scientology truths.

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