Soundtrack to the 80's
March 27th 2008 23:04
In the 80’s, movie soundtracks were big business.
The emotive sounds that accompanied your favourite film could be re-lived time and time again on the official soundtrack.
As we know; everything about the decade is already extremely nostalgic as it is, but nothing brings back those memories faster than your favourite 80’s movie soundtrack.
Many times however, the soundtrack turned out to be better than the film itself.
During the whole decade, soundtracks sold through the roof; the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing was so popular it spawned its own sequel. Hell even Patrick Swayze got a song on the DD Soundtrack (She’s like the Wind).
And Queen nearly had an entire album after scoring Highlander.
That’s just the way things were, hell, every rock band worth its two cents in the 80’s had an inspirational pump-up song for a montage or a sappy ballad; Eye of the Tiger sells truckloads of units to this day.
Even movie scores kicked butt in the 80’s. Star Wars, Superman, Rocky, Beverly Hills Cop and Back to the Future; where Huey Lewis also turned trumps with Back in Time and Power of Love.
I can’t possibly list all of them, but here are some the best movie soundtracks of the 80's
What’s yours?
Ghostbusters – Classic title track
Ghostbusters II – Bobby Brown’s ‘On Our Own’& the classic ‘Higher And Higher’
Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure – Treasure chest of cult classic unknown rockers
Teen Wolf – Another great list by unknowns
Lost Boys – INXS
Secret of My Success – Night Ranger’s title track
Stand By Me – Classic by Ben E King
Rocky 3&4 – The Tiger; plus the classic score
Beverly Hills Cop II - George Michael's 'I Want Your Sex' & Bob Seger's 'Breakdown'
Karate Kid – ‘You’re the best...around!’
Karate Kid II – Academy award winning ‘Glory of Love’
Goonies – Cyndi Lauper goes Goonie
Blues Brothers – Classic R&B collection
Star Wars franchise – John Williamson dominates
Superman franchise – John Williams dominates again
Jaws franchise – John Williams dominates....yet again
Top Gun – Classic. Especially Kenny Loggins’ Danger Zone and the classic guitar theme by Steve Stevens
Footloose – Loggins again & Sammy Hagar
Over the Top – Sammy Hagar
Heavy Metal – Sammy Hagar
Vision Quest – Sammy Hagar
Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Sammy Hagar
Back to the Future Part II – Sammy Hagar (Yeah, Sammy Hagar didn’t have much to do before he joined Van Halen)
Back to the Future – ‘Marty McFly’ on Johnny B Good
Risky Business - Tangerine Dream
Cocktail – The Beach Boys go back to the beach
Scarface – ‘Push it to the limit!’
Caddyshack – Journey’s ‘Anyway you want it!’
Eddie & the Cruisers – On the Darkside
Purple Rain – Ah...Prince and more prince
Dirty Dancing – ‘I....had...the time of my life...’
Big Chill – Oldschool classics
The Breakfast Club – ‘Don’t you, forget about me’
Dream a Little Dream – ‘The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades’
National Lampoon’s Vacation – ‘Holiday Road’ by Lindsey Buckingham
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo.
Pretty in Pink – ‘If You Leave’
Planes, Trains & Automobiles – The mess around!
St. Elmos Fire - John Parr’s title song
Valley Girl – ‘I Melt With You’
'She's like the wind, through my tree'
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Comment by Jarrah
Back to the Eighties
My favorite song from that is the great Santo & Johnny instrumental 'Sleepwalk'.
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Working nine to five, what a way to make a living.
Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'.
They just use your mind, and they never give you credit,
It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it...
Okay, that was way easy. How about:
Let 'em say we're crazy! What do they know?
Put your arms around me baby, don't ever let go.
Watch the world around us, just fall apart.
Baby we can make it if we're heart to heart.
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever, nothing's gonna stop us now...
Or:
When you get caught between the moon
and New York City,
I know it''s crazy, but it's true.
And if you get caught between the moon
and New York City,
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
The best that you can do
Is fall in love...
And no, I didn't have to look up the words.
How sad is that?
Comment by Jarrah
Back to the Eighties
and and absolute classic with Starship from Mannequin.
Great memories from that one LOL