The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	(US) 1986 (JP) 1989 (US Re-release) 1992
Genre	Rock Glam metal Hard rock
Length	37:45
Label	(US) Scotti Bros. Records (JP) Pony Canyon (US Re-release) Volcano Entertainment
Singles from The Transformers The Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
"The Touch / Dare to Be Stupid" Released: August 1986

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 Gramophone record and Compact Cassette. It was released in Japan by Pony Canyon on Audio 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,^[1] and was re-released in 2007 with updated cover art and 4 bonus tracks.

Track listing

1. "The Touch" (Performed by Stan Bush) (Produced by Richie Wise)
2. "Instruments of Destruction" (Performed by N.R.G.) (Produced by Phil Greene)
3. "The Death of Optimus Prime" (Performed by Vince DiCola) (Produced by Vince DiCola and Ed Fruge)
4. "Dare" (Performed by Stan Bush)
5. "Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way" (Performed by Spectre General)^[2]
6. "The Transformers (Theme)" (Performed by Lion) (Produced by Richie Wise)
7. "Escape" (Performed by Vince DiCola) (Produced by Vince DiCola and Ed Fruge)
8. "Hunger" (Performed By Spectre General)^[2]
9. "Autobot/Decepticon Battle" (Performed by Vince DiCola) (Produced by Vince DiCola and Ed Fruge)
10. "Dare to Be Stupid" (Performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic)

2007 re-release

On May 29, 2007, the soundtrack was given the 20th Anniversary Special Edition treatment as was the movie when it was released on DVD on November 7, 2006. This version includes all 10 tracks from the original soundtrack, plus brand-new bonus material provided by Vince DiCola, the composer and producer of the film's score. The bonus material includes three additional score cues and an alternate version of the Transformers Theme performed by Stan Bush.

Track listing

1. "The Touch"
2. "Instruments of Destruction"
3. "The Death of Optimus Prime"
4. "Dare"
5. "Nothin’s Gonna Stand in Our Way"
6. "The Transformers (Theme)"
7. "Escape"
8. "Hunger"
9. "Autobot/Decepticon Battle"
10. "Dare to Be Stupid"
11. "Unicron Medley"
12. "Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch"
13. "Megatron Must Be Stopped (Parts 1 and 2)"
14. "The Transformers (Theme) (Alternate Version)"

Respect the Prime: 1986 Revisited

In 2016, industrial music scene promoter, cancer survivor and musician, Jim Semonik who brought his fundraiser Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music to Cure Cancer to the aid of many a cancer victim. It was with that intent, that his label, Distortion Productions, LLC and Electronic Saviors offered up a tribute with Respect the Prime:1986 Revisited. For the first time ever, the classic soundtrack from 1986's Transformers movie has been rebuilt from the ground up with great takes on songs, such as; "Weird Al" Yankovic's Dare to Be Stupid by Caustic and Stan Bush's Dare by The Dark Clan.^[3]

Track listing

Legacy

• Power-metal band N.R.G. has since been reborn as Damn Cheetah, with a first album release titled Primal.^[5]
• The Lion cover version of the main Transformers theme was itself covered on the NES by chiptune artist Inverse Phase and renamed to "NESformers".^[6]
• "Subsong 2" from the Commodore 64 game Turrican is actually the song "Escape" from The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack.^[7]

In popular culture

• 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".^[8] The song also appears in the games Shadow Warrior and Saints Row IV, along with a 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".^[9]
• 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.

References

http://www.nrgtransformersclub.com

See also

• Transformers: The Album soundtrack to the 2007 live-action film.