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Is Transformers: The Movie (1986) The greatest soundtrack of all time or am I just old?
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It's not a matter of being old.
It's a matter of your tastes being influenced by a particular piece of media at an important time of your life.
It's a matter of your tastes being influenced by a particular piece of media at an important time of your life.
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I suspect we may be being sitting in the boat in that regard my friend.
Fair enough however, I've seen hundreds of other movies at various ages and stages of life and nothing holds up like this and neither Transformers or Heavy Metal were my favorite thing before or after this movie....well maybe Transformers.
Of all time? It's not even the best of 1986. This isn't to say that it's not a great soundtrack, but even in its year of release it faces stiff competition from other amazing/cheesy, 80's AF soundtracks. The best of '86 was probably Highlander with Top Gun in second. I just don't think I can agree with Dare being better than Princes of the Universe.
"Unicron isn't anything special. He's just a Galactus ripoff."
33 years later, and Galactus still has not matched that audio track. Hasn't come within light years of it. Not even with a major Hollywood movie under his belt, which had 26 times the budget that Transformers The Movie had.
Disney just bought Fox, so Galactus is presumably going to get another shot at taking his crown back, but I don't like his odds.
... Now there's a thought. Hey Disney, if you're listening (and I know you are), get Vince DiCola to score Galactus. He's still available.
lol no, The Touch plays in that scene. Dare only plays when Hot Rod is with Daniel.
I still love both the soundtrack and the score. I think the style fits better with Transformers than with Rocky 4, which Vince DiCola also did.
Oh, and special shout outs to The Crow and those awesome "vs" soundtracks like Spawn and Judgement Night.
Oh, and special shout outs to The Crow and those awesome "vs" soundtracks like Spawn and Judgement Night.
None of those can top Queen.
It's like you guys never saw Highlander.
There can be only one.
It had a decent soundtrack, but I vastly preferred this little gem:
The Crow would probably be my second favorite if only non scored soundtracks are a consideration.
Purple Rain was also excellent.
If you're going to cite Queen, then it can only be with Flash Gordon.
The Crow would probably be my second favorite if only non scored soundtracks are a consideration.
Purple Rain was also excellent.
If you're going to cite Queen, then it can only be with Flash Gordon.
It is the PERFECT workout soundtrack. Totally gets you pumped.
"Dare" is (thematically) "you can be" and it's used for Hot Rod's introduction (alongside Daniel) all the way through Hot Rod's initial attack against the shuttle. It's basically Hot Rod's theme song. It's re-used when Hot Rod leads the charge against Unicron.
"The Touch" is (thematically) "you are" and it's used for Optimus Prime's big heroic action scene (cutting out once Megatron starts begging for mercy, as a ploy to get Optimus to drop his guard). It's basically Optimus Prime's theme song. It gets re-used when the spirit of Optimus Prime knights Hot Rod, and runs straight until the end credits music. The Touch becomes Rodimus Prime's theme song, as Rodimus Prime is intended (by the movie, the TV show dropped the ball) to be the new Optimus Prime.
I know that, I was replying to someone who said that Dare plays when Prime fights Megatron, which is obviously not the case.
It's pretty damn good, Lion, Stan Bush, Vince DiCola & Weird Al ended up being a fantastic line up
Lion's jazzed up version of the theme got me amped up from the beginning. It's SO GOOD:
Then Vince's superb Unicron theme:
Stan's "Dare" is super energetic:
Lion's jazzed up version of the theme got me amped up from the beginning. It's SO GOOD:
Then Vince's superb Unicron theme:
Stan's "Dare" is super energetic:
And his "The Touch" is rightly famous:
And some classic Weird Al action:
Reuse of the "The Touch" for Rodimus at the climax of the movie is a great touch (ho ho ho)
And some classic Weird Al action:
Reuse of the "The Touch" for Rodimus at the climax of the movie is a great touch (ho ho ho)
This thread is like reliving my childhood. I still have much of the soundtrack on my playlists for when out running. I like Vince deCola's stuff, the 'Escape' section is great.
It's such a vicious piece of marketing in that all but a handful of the old toys in the film (including some of those constantly depicted as hard-to-kill like Brawn or hyper-competent like Prowl) get killed off immediately. It was funny when they had to add 'Optimus Prime will return' at the end though. I saw it at the cinema as a treat for my 8th birthday and struggled to remember the second half after the brutal killing and death scene (with excellent soundtrack) for him.
The Simpsons episodes that mock the constantly updated 'Malibu Stacy' toy line remind me of Mattel/Hasbro (can't remember the publisher now) here, as two years later 'Powermaster Optimus Prime' rocked up, bigger and better than ever :D
It's such a vicious piece of marketing in that all but a handful of the old toys in the film (including some of those constantly depicted as hard-to-kill like Brawn or hyper-competent like Prowl) get killed off immediately. It was funny when they had to add 'Optimus Prime will return' at the end though. I saw it at the cinema as a treat for my 8th birthday and struggled to remember the second half after the brutal killing and death scene (with excellent soundtrack) for him.
The Simpsons episodes that mock the constantly updated 'Malibu Stacy' toy line remind me of Mattel/Hasbro (can't remember the publisher now) here, as two years later 'Powermaster Optimus Prime' rocked up, bigger and better than ever :D
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Dare fucking slaps so by that metric alone the OP is right. Add Vince Dicola and hoo boy.
Everyone disagreeing needs to sit down before they hurt themselves.
Everyone disagreeing needs to sit down before they hurt themselves.
FEELS!!!It's in my top 5. It still holds up.
This scene got 6 year old me hyped as hell when The Touch was playing.
Into the Wild is probably the one I've personally listened to the most outside of the film itself.
Unicron was just the best. I'm still salty at the reviewers who called it a cheap and nasty cash grab designed to sell a new range of toys. I mean, it was a cash grab, but that isn't to say there was no artistic merit to it. They came up with a god-transformer who transforms into a planet and eats other planets. The battle for Autobot City was a brilliant set-piece. It just brimmed with imagination. The Quintissons and their perverted justice, the second coming of Megatron/Galvatron, the interior of Unicron. It was epic!
Licenced soundtracks? It's pretty good. It's not near the top tho.
Trainspotting, Reseviour Dogs (most Tarantino kills it), Drive, High Fidelity, The Crow, Romeo + Juliet, man with the iron fists,
My personal choice is Judgement night so amazingly 90s
Donnie Darko would be up there as well but I've only ever found the OST not a full licenced soundtrack.
Trainspotting, Reseviour Dogs (most Tarantino kills it), Drive, High Fidelity, The Crow, Romeo + Juliet, man with the iron fists,
My personal choice is Judgement night so amazingly 90s
Donnie Darko would be up there as well but I've only ever found the OST not a full licenced soundtrack.
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It's gotta be something like High Fidelity or Inherent Vice. If you want something a bit more on the "classic" side, Saturday Night Fever's soundtrack is damn incredible too.
Hell, I'd even say the Howard The Duck soundtrack is better than Transformers if we're going by 80s cheese standards.
Hell, I'd even say the Howard The Duck soundtrack is better than Transformers if we're going by 80s cheese standards.
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