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 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 8:15 AM   
 By:   Movieman5   (Member)

Ok, so in more detail Im asking all of you which scores to 80s movies are you glad to own in a more complete release now, which didnt get an official release or only had 2 or 3 tracks on a song/score hybrid album, thanks to the hard work of Varese, LaLa, Intrada, Quartet, etc....

My picks are

Back to the Future
Beverly Hills Cop
Predator
Die Hard
Karare Kid 1 and 2
Innerspace
Rambo II
Hoosiers
Living Daylights
Batman
Raiders of the lost ark
Indiana Jones 3
Ferris Bueller
Less than Zero
Man with one Red Shoe
Naked Gun

With all the money Bttf and Beverly hills cop were bringing in at the box office during their theatrical run, Im surprised those 2 didnt get seperate score releases to capitalize on their popularity.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 8:23 AM   
 By:   Reeve   (Member)

“SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE”

Music By John Williams
Music Adapted & Conducted By Alexander Courage

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 8:43 AM   
 By:   ray92   (Member)


Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Tango and Cash (1989)

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 9:14 AM   
 By:   BrenKel   (Member)

There were lots! To think that 20 years ago these releases were just a pipe dream.

If I had to pick ten I really wanted they would be:

Superman II
Superman III
Back to the Future
The Journey of Natty Gann
Commando
Predator
Die Hard
Something Wicked This Way Comes
North and South
The Right Stuff

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 10:01 AM   
 By:   ZardozSpeaks   (Member)

During the 1980s, the soundtracks that I wanted which weren't on LPs were basically Jerry Goldsmith's The Challenge and Brian May's Thirst (but this one was before 1980).

Finally, in Y2K, the Prometheus label issued The Challenge on CD.

Over the past 20 years, I'm grateful these-from-the-'80s listed below were eventually released:

Richard Band
Parasite
The House on Sorority Row
Time Walker

Riz Ortolani
Tuareg
Zeder
L'inchiesta

Leonard Rosenman
Making Love
Cross Creek

Brian May
Cloak & Dagger
Missing in Action 2

Maurice Jarre
Taps
The Last Flight of Noah's Ark

+

Shoot to Kill by John Scott
Fighting Back by Piero Piccioni
The Wind by Stanley Myers & Hans Zimmer

... and Funeral Home which Jerry Fielding recorded a few days prior to his passing in February of 1980.

[Robert O. Ragland's Q was issued on LP, but its expaned CD via Kronos is much appreciated!]

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 5:14 PM   
 By:   villagardens553   (Member)

The Golden Child and Howard the Duck and, most of all, Body Heat.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 5:34 PM   
 By:   Tango Urilla   (Member)

I believe Blade Runner didn't get its first official score release until the early 90s if I have that correct. Still waiting, of course, on more of the film's unreleased music and a dialogue-free presentation, but that 90s album is still a work of art in its own right.

 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 8:28 PM   
 By:   MutualRevolver   (Member)

I believe Blade Runner didn't get its first official score release until the early 90s if I have that correct. Still waiting, of course, on more of the film's unreleased music and a dialogue-free presentation, but that 90s album is still a work of art in its own right.

Technically, one-and-a-half tracks were released before the 90s, but they were on a compilation album (Themes). Vangelis finally released a selection of the original score in 1994.

Back to the OT, my favs would be Beverly Hills Cop I and II, and Airplane!

 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 8:37 PM   
 By:   danbeck   (Member)

Too many to list, but among my favorites are:
Jaws The Revenge (1987) unreleased until the short promo in 2000 and only released in complete form on 2015, thanks Intrada!
Jaws 3-D (1983) most of the music in the album was different from the revised film versions, very disappointing at the time - only released on 2015, thanks Intrada!
Poltergeist II (1986) the first score had a satisfying album, but 2 was terrible missing some key tracks, only on 93 Intrada expanded it with the more essential tracks and more recently it was released complete.
Psycho III (1986) one of those LPs that focused more on the source music than on the score. Only in 2021 the score was properly released. Thanks Intrada!
Rambo III (1988) one of the first expansions that I acquired, an incredible improvement over the short album.
Fright Night (1985) only released as a songtrack at the time. Great that Intrada released the score, even if incomplete and with archival sound due to the sources.
Psycho II (1983) another favorite that was released as a 30 min. album but that improves a lot on the complete edition.
Return of the Jedi (1983) The Arista expansion remains one of the more cherished releases ever.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 9:05 PM   
 By:   Grack21   (Member)

Oh, that's hard.

Return to Oz
The Goonies
Back to the Future
Transformers: The Movie

Though you could argue Return to Oz did have a release, I just love the Intrada release so much.

 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 11:30 PM   
 By:   gandalf   (Member)

Police Academy.

So far we have just part 1, but I still hope for the next parts.

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 11:33 PM   
 By:   Jurassic T. Park   (Member)

I’m still wrapping my head around the question. How have any of you been able to answer this so quickly?!

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 24, 2021 - 11:37 PM   
 By:   Grack21   (Member)

I’m still wrapping my head around the question. How have any of you been able to answer this so quickly?!

Cocaine!

 
 Posted:   Oct 25, 2021 - 1:08 AM   
 By:   Nicolai P. Zwar   (Member)


Rambo II
Hoosiers
Batman
Raiders of the lost ark
Indiana Jones 3




Superman ii


These all were released concurrently with their movies, so they were released in the 80s. Not "fully and complete", but they all had regular soundtrack "score" releases back in the day and not just a track or two on a pop album.

 
 Posted:   Oct 25, 2021 - 1:44 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

Oh, there are a lot of them ... at least this:
Scarface (1983)
Cobra (1986)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) (Released)
Thief of Hearts (1984)
Top Gun (1986)
Over the Top (1987)
Tango and Cash (1989) (Released)
True Believer (1989)
Fright Night II (1988)
Above the Law (1988)
Cocktail (1988)
Blind Fury (1989)
Highlander (1986)
9 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Tuff Turf (1985)
The Wraith (1986)
Angel Heart (1987)
Creator (1985)
Flashdance (1983)
No Mercy (1986)


The original poster was asking about what your favorite 80s score releases are, which were not released in the 80s, but later. So Beverly Hills Cop and Tango & Cash are the only ones from your list.

 
 Posted:   Oct 25, 2021 - 2:01 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

AIRWOLF THEMES
AIRWOLF EXTENDED THEMES
AMAZING STORIES
BEVERLY HILLS COP
BEVERLY HILLS COP II
BLACK RAIN
BLADE RUNNER
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN
DEAD SOLID PERFECT
DEADLY CARE
FLETCH LIVES
THE GOLDEN CHILD
THE MAN WITH ONE RED SHOE
HAVLANDET
HOWARD THE DUCK
MIAMI VICE THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
MONA LISA/CASTAWAY
THE PARK IS MINE
RAIN MAN
ROCKY IV
STEAL THE SKY
TANGO & CASH
FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR
THE WIND
ZONING

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 25, 2021 - 10:58 AM   
 By:   ray92   (Member)

Oh, there are a lot of them ... at least this:
Scarface (1983)
Cobra (1986)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984) (Released)
Thief of Hearts (1984)
Top Gun (1986)
Over the Top (1987)
Tango and Cash (1989) (Released)
True Believer (1989)
Fright Night II (1988)
Above the Law (1988)
Cocktail (1988)
Blind Fury (1989)
Highlander (1986)
9 1/2 Weeks (1986)
Tuff Turf (1985)
The Wraith (1986)
Angel Heart (1987)
Creator (1985)
Flashdance (1983)
No Mercy (1986)


The original poster was asking about what your favorite 80s score releases are, which were not released in the 80s, but later. So Beverly Hills Cop and Tango & Cash are the only ones from your list.


Damn, I need to learn English)

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 25, 2021 - 11:20 AM   
 By:   DS   (Member)

(I'm not counting scores that had LP-only releases [Gremlins], re-recordings [Friday the 13th] or a release that contained dialogue [Airplane!] in this decade - I'm only counting scores that weren't officially released at all)

The Monster Squad (Bruce Broughton)
Body Double (Pino Donaggio)
Blow Out (Pino Donaggio)
Windows (Ennio Morricone)
White Dog (Ennio Morricone)
The House on Sorority Row (Richard Band)
Ghoulies (Richard Band)
Ghost Warrior (Richard Band)
The Dungeonmaster (Richard Band)
Mommie Dearest (Henry Mancini)
Exposed (Georges Delerue)
Rich and Famous (Georges Delerue)
Her Alibi (Georges Delerue)
The Mountain Men (Michel Legrand)
The Hunter (Michel Legrand)
Lovesick (Philippe Sarde)
The Golden Child - rejected (John Barry)
Slipstream (Elmer Bernstein)
Saturn 3 (Elmer Bernstein)

... to name but a few. I know I'm forgetting many.

It's kind of amazing to me that "Body Double" and "Blow Out" weren't released at the time, but I suppose it's because the films themselves weren't initially successful. In a sense, that seems to go for most of these.

 
 Posted:   Oct 27, 2021 - 5:49 AM   
 By:   First Breath   (Member)

bump

 
 
 Posted:   Oct 27, 2021 - 2:42 PM   
 By:   John Black   (Member)

I really like the score and the theme song performed by B. J. Thomas for WHY WOULD I LIE? (1980). Unfortunately, neither the song nor the score have ever been released on vinyl or CD, and the film has never been issued on home video.

 
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