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Order Of Battle: Soundtracks

This will be an ongoing post of my collection of soundtracks. This will be a combination of all formats of media which I have. All versions are CD, unless noted.

9 1/2 Weeks

1986

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

1994

Across The Universe

2007

Adventures Of Ford Fairlane (The)

1990

Against All Odds

1984

Akira

1990

Aladdin

1992

Alice In Wonderland

1951

Release Notes: 1997 Classic Soundtrack Series

American Gigalo

1980

American Graffiti

1973

An American Tail

1986

Annie

1982

An Officer And A Gentleman

1982

Armageddon

1998

Austin Powers: International Man Of Mystery

1997

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999

Austin Powers: Goldmember

2002

Bachelor Party

1984

Back To The Future

1985

Back To The Future Part II

1989

Back To The Future Part III

1990

Batman

1989

Release Notes: Prince Soundtrack / Studio Album - Vinyl

Batman

1989

Release Notes: Prince Soundtrack / Studio Album - Vinyl

Batman

1989

Release Notes: Danny Elfman Score

Batman Returns

1992

Batman Forever

1995

Batman & Robin

1997

Beaches

1988

Beauty And The Beast

1991

Beavis And Butt-Head Do America

1996

Beverly Hills Cop

1985

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987

Beverly Hills Cop III

1994

Big Chill (The)

1983

Big Chill (The): More Songs From The Big Chill

1984

Release Notes: 1998 15th Anniversary

Big Easy (The)

1987

Big Top Pee-Wee

1988

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

1987

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991

Birdy

1985

Black Hawk Down

2001

Blues Brothers (The)

1980

Bob's Burgers: The Bob's Burgers Musical Album

2017

Body Guard (The)

1992

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018

Blaze Of Glory: Inspired By The Film Young Guns II

1990

Release Notes: Jon Bon Jovi Soundtrack / Studio Album

Boogie Nights

1997

Breakfast Club (The)

1985

Bright Lights, Big City

1988

Brother Bear

2003

Burglar

2087

Buster

1988

Chariots Of Fire

1981

Charlie's Angels

2000

Chicago

2002

Chicken Little

2005

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

Release Notes: 1997 Deluxe Edition

City Of Angels

1998

Cocktail

1988

Coming To America

1988

Cool World

1992

Cool World [Score]

1992

Coyote Ugly

2000

Crow (The)

1994

Release Notes: Graeme Revell Score

Crow (The)

1994

Release Note: Various Artists

Crying Game (The)

1992

Dangerous Minds

1995

Dick Tracy

1990

Release Notes: I'm Breathless, Madonna Soundtrack / Studio Album

Dinosuars: Big Songs

1995

Disorderlies

1987

Dirty Dancing

1987

Dirty Dancing

1987

Release Notes: 2015 Original Album Classics

Dirty Dancing: More Dirty Dancing

1988

Disney Classics: Disney Modern Classics

2013

Disney Classics: Disney Television Classics

2013

Disney Classics: Disney Theme Park Classics

2013

Disney Classics: Disney Timeless Classics

2013

Doors (The)

1991

Dragnet

1987

Dream A Little Dream

1989

Dumb And Dumber

1994

E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial

1982

Edward Scissorhands

1990

Electric Dreams

1984

Evita

1996

Fame

1980

Fast Times At Ridgemont High

1982

Flash Gordon

1980

Release Notes: 1991 Hollywood Records Re-Issue / Songs By Queen

Flashdance

1983

Footloose

1984

Footloose

1984

Release Notes: 1998 15th Anniversary With Bonus Tracks

Forbidden Zone

1980

Release Notes: Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo

Forrest Gump

1994

Ghostbusters

1984

Ghostbusters II

1989

Girl 6

1996

Release Notes: Songs By Prince

Goonies (The)

1985

Graffiti Bridge

1990

Release Notes: Prince Soundtrack / Studio Album

Grease

1978

Grease 2

1982

Grosse Pointe Blank

1997

Grosse Pointe Blank: More Music From The Film

1997

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1

2014

Guardians Of The Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 2

2017

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock Companion Pack

2007

Gypsy

1973

Hairspray

1988

Head

1968

Release Notes: Monkees Soundtrack / Studio Album / 1994 Rhino Re-Issue

Heavy Metal

1981

Highlander

1986

Release Notes: Queen - A Kind Of Magic Studio Album / 1991 Hollywood Records Re-Issue

Highlander: The Original Scores

1995

Hooked On Themes: 16 Great Movie & Theatrical Themes

1986

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

1966

Hunchback Of Notre Dame (The)

1996

Imagine: John Lennon

1988

Interview With The Vampire

1994

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

Release Notes: 1997 Deluxe Edition

James Bond: The Best Of James Bond 30th Anniversary Collection

1992

Karate Kid (The)

1984

Release Notes: Vinyl

Karate Kid (The): Part II

1986

Release Notes: Vinyl

Kidd Video: The TV Show Hits

1986

Release Notes: Only Released In Israel / Vinyl

Kids Are Alright (The)

1979

Release Notes: Songs By The Who

La Bamba

1987

Labyrinth

1986

Last American Virgin (The)

1982

Release Notes: Special CD And DVD Edition / Bootleg

Last Temptation Of Christ (The)

1989

Less Than Zero

1987

Lion King (The)

1994

Little Mermaid (The)

1989

Little Shop Of Horrors

1986

Lord Of The Rings (The): The Fellowship Of The Ring

2001

Lord Of The Rings (The): The Two Towers

2002

Lord Of The Rings (The): The Return Of The King

2003

Lost Boys (The)

1987

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1985

Man On The Moon

1999

Mary Poppins

1964

Masters Of The Universe

1987

Release Notes: Intrada Special Collection Volume 205

Maximum Overdrive

1986

Release Notes: AC/DC Who Made Who

Men In Black

1997

Miami Vice

1985

Moonstruck

1988

Natural Born Killers

1994

NeverEnding Story (The)

1984

Nightmare Before Christmas (The)

1993

Release Notes: 2006 Two-Disc Re-Release

Over The Top

1987

Pee-Wee's Big Adventure / Back To School

1986

Perfect Dark: Zero

2005

Philadelphia

1993

Pinocchio

1940

Pirates Of The Caribbean

2006

Release Notes: Sounds And Songs From The Disney Theme Park Ride

Platoon

1986

Pocahontas

1995

Police Academy 4: Citizens On Patrol

1987

Release Notes: Vinyl

Prêt-à-Porter

1994

Pretty In Pink

1986

Pretty Woman

1990

Princess Bride (The)

1987

Pulp Fiction

1994

Pump Up The Volume

1990

Purple Rain

1984

Release Notes: Prince And The Revolution Soundtrack / Studio Album

Purple Rain

1984

Release Notes: 2009 HQ-180 Vinyl / Prince And The Revolution Soundtrack / Studio Album

Purple Rain

1984

Release Notes: 2017 Remastered And Extended / Prince And The Revolution Soundtrack / Studio Album

Rad

1986

Release Notes: 2009 Digitally Remastered

Repo Man

1984

Revenge Of The Nerds

1984

Road House

1989

Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves

1991

Rocky

1976

Rocky IV

1985

Rocky Horror Picture Show (The)

1975

Ruthless People

1986

Saturday Night Fever

1977

Say Anything...

1989

Scrooged

1988

Simpsons (The): Go Simpsonic With The Simpsons / More Original Music From The Television Series

1999

Sliver

1993

South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut!

1999

Spaceballs

1987

Spawn

1997

Spielberg / Williams Collaboration (The)

1991

Spirit: Stallion Of The Cimarron

2002

St. Elmo's Fire

1985

Stand By Me

1986

Star Wars

1977

Release Notes: Vinyl

Star Wars

1977

Star Wars

1977

Release Notes: 2016 Vinyl Picture Disc

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Release Notes: Vinyl

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

1980

Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi

1983

Release Notes: Vinyl

Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi

1983

Star Wars Trilogy

1993

Star Wars: A New Hope Special Edition

1997

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Special Edition

1997

Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi Special Edition

1997

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

1999

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, The Ultimate Edition

2000

Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones

2002

Release Notes: Best Buy Exclusive / One Of Four Covers - Poster

Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones

2002

Release Notes: Best Buy Exclusive / One Of Four Covers - Jango Fett

Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith

2005

Release Notes: Includes Bonus DVD

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

Release Notes: Vinyl

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2016

Release Notes: Vinyl Picture Disc

Star Wars: Rogue I

2016

Release Notes: Vinyl

Star Wars: Rogue One

2016

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

Release Notes: Vinyl

Star Wars: The Last Jedi

2017

Star Wars: Solo

2018

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker

2019

Superman The Movie

1978

Release Notes: Vinyl

Superman II

1980

Release Notes: Vinyl

Tarzan

1999

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1990

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Secret Of The Ooze

1991

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

1993

That Thing You Do

1996

Three Musketeers (The)

1993

Titanic

1997

Tommy

1975

Top Gun

1986

Transformers The Movie (The)

1986

Two Of A Kind

1983

UHF

1989

Release Notes: "Weird Al" Yankovic Soundtrack / Studio Album

Under The Cherry Moon

1986

Release Notes: Prince And The Revolution Soundtrack / Studio Album, AKA Parade

Up In Smoke

1979

Valley Girls

1983

Vision Quest

1985

Voyage Of The Rock Aliens

1984

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007

Wanted

2008

Wayne's World

1992

Wedding Singer (The)

1998

Wedding Singer (The): Volume 2 - More Songs From The Wedding Singer

1997

West Side Story

1960

What's Love Got To Do With It?

1993

White Nights
1985

Who's That Girl

1987

Wild Wild West

1999

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory

1971

Woman In Red (The)

1984

Working Girl

1989

Xanadu

1980

Yellow Submarine
1969
Release Notes: The Beatles Soundtrack / Studio Album

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The Three Stooges

The trailer for The Three Stooges Return drops.

Let's see how Lucasfilm screws this one up...

Retro Spins: Scandal - Scandal

Scandal
Scandal
1982

Man, whatever happened to Scandal? They released one EP and one studio album, then disappeared into 80's obscurity. The punched hard in the early 80's with songs such as Goodbye to You and The Warrior and left a lot of people wanting more...That they never got.

Scandal's first album, the self titled EP, featured the first hit noted above - Goodbye to You. It's interesting to note the album itself was released in a limited run on both vinyl and cassette, but never saw a CD release. As such, fans of the song who missed the initial release were limited to catching it on the radio.

However, this wouldn't have been an easy feat as the song didn't exactly blow audiences away when it was first released. In truth, Goodbye to You only managed to debut at number eighty-six on the charts in 1982 and it disappeared the following week. It did manage to pique some slight interest with the second chart topper, Love's Got A Line on You. By slight interest, I mean it debuted on the charts at number eighty-seven in April of 1983 and much like Goodbye to You, disappeared the following week.

It wouldn't be until 1984 that the band would finally find success with the top ten song, The Warrior from their album, Warrior (not The Warrior, just Warrior - Unlike the song). Stop there though. I'm not hear to talk about that album. Not today. Instead, I want to stay focused on their EP.

The album's not bad, but in all honesty, the only stand out track is Goodbye to You. Now, I'm not saying the remaining four tracks are bad, not by any means. They're just not catchy. The key to a good song is etched in getting stuck in someone's head. As I finished the album and jumped into another I can't honestly say I remember any of the other tracks from the EP. Mind you, that's not from failure to listen. They were just there. Noise if you will. Good noise, but noise nonetheless.

Fortunately these days, tracking down the album isn't limited to just vinyl and cassette. While it was never "officially" released on CD as the EP, all five tracks were released on the 2006 compilation album, We Are the 80's: Scandal. The CD also contained the B side to the singe Goodbye to You, All My Life. The CD also contains half of the tracks from Warrior, but you can still buy this particular album on CD - So no need to settle for half of them.

A fun fact about the band - Singer / Songwriter Jon Bon Jovi himself was the guitarist in the group for a very brief period in 1983. Guess he wasn't to sure his, or rather, the band's first studio album, the self titled Bon Jovi, would be a success. Hey, always good to have a backup plan.

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This Is Spinal Tap (Sideshow Toy)

This Is Spinal Tap
Sideshow Toy
2000

Musicians David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls make up the band, Spinal Tap!...Or, better stated, actors, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer make up the fictional band, Spinal Tap!

My introduction to the band was actually in 1991 when they took the stage at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert to entice the crowd with their song, Majesty of Rock. Loved it and immediately tracked down the album, Break Like the Wind which it's featured on - The only album of theirs I have...Well, until I wrote that sentence and immediately went to ebay to buy, "This is Spinal Tap". What can I say, I'm a sucker for impulse buying.

For the longest time, and much like The Monkees, I thought the band was legit. It never even crossed my mind they were a fictional band created as a parody and then grew into something larger - Or a legit band, if you will. Granted, Spinal Tap by no means saw the popularity The Monkees experienced.

If you haven't actually seen the movie, "This is Spinal Tap", I highly recommend you do. While its script is rather generic, it has a ton of hysterical moments. My personal favorite being when the band is setting up / rehearsing for a show and they're shown the cover for their fictional album, "Smell the Glove", for the first time. All black. No label, no songs, no picture. Just black. Ridiculous in a way because both Prince and Metallica would go forward and do the same thing with future albums. Spinal Tap can shout, "FIRST!" as this would also become the cover for the film's soundtrack / first studio album.

Of course back in 1984 when the film was produced there was no market for action figures, nor any toy producers who would have probably even considered making figures based on the characters. That's kind of why it's such a great time in action figures and has been for the past two decades. Cult classic characters have seen an abundance of releases thanks to companies such as NECA, McFarlane Toys, Mezco and of course Sideshow Toy who released these particular figures.

Each twelve inch figure comes with the character's signature guitar as well as a really nice display stand shaped like a guitar pick which features the character's name. Additionally, each figure also comes with a cardboard Spinal Tap album cover and record. Nigel features the album Shark Sandwich, David comes with Intravenus de Milo and Derek comes with a promotional album which states it's not for sale. There are also a handful of other accessories included, such as a cucumber (Derek), amp volume dial (Nigel) and sketches / drawings (David). If you watch the movie, you'll quickly discover all of these accessories make sense.

If you're in to the all in one purchasing option, Sideshow Toy produced a three pack which is actually really nice. It looks like a guitar (or keyboard) case and features a fantastic window box view of the band.

The great thing about these figures is that if you missed them in 2000 when they were first released, they're not going to break your bank. I've seen the three pack, never opened, sell for as little as $8.50. Individual figures have sold for as little as ninety-nine cents. Of course, nabbing them at these low prices is going to take a bit of patience as several sellers list them rather high and I've seen them sell for $60.00 to $150.00 too. The best thing to do is arm yourself with information on the line. You don't have to pay high prices to get them, so don't.

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Retro Spins: Taco - After Eight

Taco
After Eight
1982

I really had to brace myself for this one because when I first tried to sit through this album I had to cut it off midway through the first track. I wasn't too prepared for what I was in for and it wasn't working for me. After a little research on the album and mental preparedness I took deep breaths and dove in.

First, it's important to understand the album. Taco's intentions were to take classic theatrical and Broadway hits of yesterday and develop them for the 80's pop scene. He certainly did just that and while the album hits these marks it fails to really attract attention for being anything original. Most of us have heard these songs before Taco's renderings, so we've already made a determination if we like them or not.

Taco fits the bill behind these songs. He sounds straight out of the era these songs came from (vocally) and quite honestly some of these tracks would fit well in an environment such as 2K's Bioshock or even Sega's Condemned: Criminal Origins. Unfortunately, when you're faced with just listening to the album it's not so good. Perhaps I would enjoy these tracks more if I had a greater appreciation for Broadway, but I don't.

On a side note, I love how the cover even suggests the concept of, "This guy isn't going to fit in here." Taco knew he was about to present something very different to the world and though it wasn't necessarily my favorite album, kudos to him for doing what he loves and finding a niche audience in the process. That was part of the beauty of the 80's. Everyone could do (pretty much) their own thing and nobody (or at least most didn't) judged too harshly.

I personally bought the album for the hit, "Puttin' on the Ritz" which is the only song from Taco most people even remotely remember. The song was by no means an instant success. It took almost a full year for it to debut on the charts. However, once it did it moved fairly quickly towards the top and eventually peaked at number four for two consecutive weeks in September of 1983. Unfortunately, it quickly dropped off from there and became the only hit for Taco.

After listening to the album I think it's safe to say I can (sparsely) stick with that one and only track for my 80's listening shuffle. I didn't necessarily cringe like I did with my first attempt at listening to it, but I didn't come away with anything else either. It's just not my cup of tea.

If it's yours, then you're definitely going to want to grab this one sooner than later. It's becoming more and more scarce on CD and prices are rising rapidly.

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Star Wars: A New Hope Widevision (Topps)

Star Wars: A New Hope Widevision
Topps
1995

Does anyone remember the good old days where one full box of thirty six packs guaranteed a full set of cards (sometimes two) as well as (at least) one full set of stickers? What happened to those days?

Despite numerous attempts, I've never been a big fan of trading cards. Though it was fun to get a wax pack here and there in the 80's and early 90's, something changed drastically in the industry when companies such as Topps and....Are there any others these days?....Started packing in any and every chase card they could think of; chromium holofoils, stickers, puzzles, bonus packs with exclusive cards.

When that became common practice, they then started tossing in things such as autographs, sketch cards, pieces of jerseys or actor's clothing, medals, and even the printing plates themselves. Even collecting a base set became a chore because card packs were inundated with multiple parallel borders of various rarities. Collecting cards became work. Worst of all it was expensive and pretty much guaranteed to ruin the day of any type of completest.

One of the last trading card sets I collected in my teenage years was the Widevision Topps Star Wars cards. What drew me into this set was it was essentially film cells on trading cards - Something which appealed greatly to me as someone who collects every version of Star Wars on home video. What was equally appealing was that on the back of the cards was the script, scene for scene along with storyboards and behind the scene's photos.

Like any trading card series of the 1990's, the set began as limited promo cards which were distributed to card and comic book retailers. Though they were the same front images (sans the coming soon blurb) which would eventually make their way into the set, they were distinguishable by their unique numbering, which began with a "P", as well as the card back advertisement for the set.

Promo Cards

The base set consisted of 120 cards, beginning and ending with fantastic paintings from the films promotional material. In between was essentially a visual storytelling of the film from card to card in chronological order.

Base Set

Of course you can't have any type of trading card without a chase set. This sub series consisted of ten chromium cards depicting some of Ralph McQuarrie's artwork.

Chrome Chase Cards

For the added chase, Topps produced four cards which were packed in with Kenner's 1995 Kenner Classic 4-Pack of figures. For those of you who were big into the resurgence of Star Wars figures, starting with the Power of the Force II line, you may remember this set. At the very least you'll recognize the packaging style.

The four cards included in this set were no different from those in the standard base set. The only exception being these cards were numbered with a "K" prefix.

Kenner Classic 4-Pack Bonus Cards

It's a bit of a challenge to hunt down the chromium chase cards from this set nowadays. However, the base set, promos and even the Kenner Classic 4-Pack bonus cards are quite common.

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