The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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This article is about the soundtrack to the 1986 animated film. For the soundtrack to the 2007 live-action film, see Transformers: The Album. For other uses, see Transformers (disambiguation).
The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by
Various Artists
Released(US) 1986
(JP) 1989
(US Re-release) 1992
Genre
Length37:45
Label(US) Scotti Bros. Records
(JP) Pony Canyon
(US Re-release) Volcano Entertainment
Producer
Singles from The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  1. "The Touch / Dare to Be Stupid"
    Released: August 1986
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sputnikmusic[2]

The Transformers: The Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the 1986 soundtrack from the motion picture The Transformers: The Movie. It was released in the United States by Scotti Bros. Records on LP and cassette. It was released in Japan by Pony Canyon on CD in 1989. In 1992, Scotti Bros. released the album on CD in the US. By 1999, it was subsequently re-issued by eventual successor company Volcano Entertainment,[3] and was re-released in 2007 with updated cover art and four bonus tracks.

Track listing[edit]

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."The Touch"
  • Lenny Macaluso
  • Stan Bush
Stan Bush3:57
2."Instruments of Destruction"
  • Ernie Pertangelo
  • Robin Ward
  • Steven Serpa
NRG3:21
3."Death of Optimus Prime"Vince DiColaVince DiCola2:58
4."Dare"
  • Scott Shelly
  • DiCola
Stan Bush4:01
5."Nothing's Gonna Stand in Our Way" (John Farnham cover[4])Randy BishopKick Axe[5]3:38
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."The Transformers (Theme)"
  • Anne Bryant
  • Doug Aldrich
  • Ford Kinder
  • Norman Swan
Lion3:35
2."Escape"DiColaVince DiCola4:46
3."Hunger"
  • Brian Gillstrom
  • George Criston
  • Larry Gillstrom
  • Raymond Harvey
  • Spencer Proffer
  • Victor Langen
Kick Axe3:45
4."Autobot/Decepticon Battle"DiColaVince DiCola4:18
5."Dare to Be Stupid"Al Yankovic"Weird Al" Yankovic3:27
2007 bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
11."Unicron Medley"DiColaVince DiCola5:26
12."Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch"DiColaVince DiCola2:34
13."Megatron Must Be Stopped - Parts 1 and 2"DiColaVince DiCola6:15
14."The Transformers (Theme)" (Alternate Version)
  • Bryant
  • Aldrich
  • Kinder
  • Swan
Vince DiCola and Stan Bush2:39
Total length:54:40

Legacy[edit]

In popular culture[edit]

  • The song "The Touch" is performed by Mark Wahlberg's character Dirk Diggler in the 1997 film Boogie Nights. His performance appears as a hidden track on the soundtrack album to the film.
  • Stan Bush's original version of "The Touch" was used in the 2008 Chuck episode "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer".[9] The song also appears in the games Shadow Warrior and Saints Row IV, along with an episode of American Dad! and The Goldbergs.
  • The "Passiona High" sketch from cult Australian radio show Get This was based around several songs from the Transformers soundtrack, reworked into the storyline of an underdog nerd winning the eponymous school's annual synthesizer solo contest. The album tracks featured are "The Touch", "Autobot/Decepticon Battle", "Escape" and "Dare".[10]
  • The "Get Psyched Mix" from Barney Stinson and the "Bro Code" in How I Met Your Mother point "The Transformers Theme" as a "Classic Get Psyched Song".
  • The Cybertronic Spree covers much of the album at conventions.
  • "Dare" is featured in The Goldbergs Season 4 episode "Fonzie Scheme" during the scene when Barry is attempting to jump a golf cart off of a mound of dirt.
  • "Dare" is featured in "Live Studio Audience," the seventh episode for the first season of the Netflix series GLOW, during a wrestling training montage between main characters Ruth and Debbie.
  • "Dare" is used during the fight training scene in Goon: Last of the Enforcers.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fisher, Murrday. "AllMusic review". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Geriak, Christopher. "Soundtrack (Film) - The Transformers The Movie". Sputnikmusic.
  3. ^ "Transformers The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 20th Anniversary Edition". IGN. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2010.
  4. ^ Cover of the 1984 original first performed by John Farnham for the Savage Streets soundtrack.
  5. ^ The Canadian band Kick Axe was credited on the soundtrack album under the pseudonym "Spectre General". The film's producers thought the name "Kick Axe" sounded "too threatening," so they listed them as "Spectre General" instead. The band was not notified about the change.
  6. ^ "Area 403". Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. ^ "NESformers". Inverse Phase.
  8. ^ "Facts about Turrican". Archived from the original on 2003-08-18. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. ^ Phil Klemmer (writer), Norman Buckley (director) (2008-10-27). "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer". Chuck. Season 2. Episode 5. NBC.
  10. ^ Passiona High on YouTube. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

See also[edit]

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