The soundtrack for Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann was written and recorded by Michael Nesmith

Michael Nesmith

Robert Michael Nesmith is an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, novelist, businessman, and philanthropist, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name...

 for the movie by the same name. The soundtrack represents the only music Nesmith recorded and released from the 1980's.

Although recorded in 1982 for the movie, Nesmith did not release the soundtrack until 2000. Originally released through his website, Videoranch

Pacific Arts Corporation

The Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. is a company formed by Michael Nesmith circa 1974 to manage and develop media projects, including the medium and the content. The company is associated with a "drawing" dove logo.-History:...

, the album is now readily available through most distributors. The soundtrack is available on compact disc

Compact Disc

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 and MP3

MP3

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 downloads.

Timerider is the only Nesmith album to be released under the label of Videoranch. The Videoranch label is a sub-company of Nesmith's parent company, Pacific Arts Corporation

Pacific Arts Corporation

The Pacific Arts Corporation, Inc. is a company formed by Michael Nesmith circa 1974 to manage and develop media projects, including the medium and the content. The company is associated with a "drawing" dove logo.-History:...

, which also owns the Zoomo Productions (the production company of Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann. The Timerider soundtrack is the second album Nesmith released which does not feature any vocals (the first was his 1968 album The Wichita Train Whistle Sings

The Wichita Train Whistle Sings

The Wichita Train Whistle Sings was the first solo album by Michael Nesmith and was recorded while he was still a member of the Monkees. It peaked at No. 144 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts....

).

Track listing

1. "The Baja 1000"
2. "Lost in the Weeds"
3. "Somewhere Around 1875"
4. "Scared to Death"
5. "Silks and Sixguns"
6. "Dead Man's Duds"
7. "Two Swanns at the Pond"
8. "I Want That Machine"
9. "Escape to San Marcos"
10. "Claire's Cabin"
11. "No Jurisdiction"
12. "Murder at Swallow's Camp"
13. "Claire's Rescue"
14. "Up the Hill to Nowhere"
15. "Out of Ammo"
16. "Reprise"