Various - Back To The Future (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)

ledjfab, Nov 27, 2006

The music used in the soundtrack of "Back To The Future" had a big impression on me when I first saw the movie in 1985. All the themes are incredibly catchy and will stay in my mind for the rest of my life. Alan Silvestri really did a great job with the orchestral music. His "Back To The Future" suite will probably live forever as one of the most remembered cinematic theme of the 1980's. Huey Lewis & The News appear here with what became one of their greatest hits in career (as well as "Back In Time"). For some commercial reasons, the song "Mister Sandman" performed by The Four Aces was not included on this album. That's unfortunate, since it became so much associated with the movie after. Etta James sings "The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry)", used in the restaurant scene before the infamous chase led by Biff Tannen to catch Marty McFly. Speaking of the man, his performance of "Johnny B. Goode" is immortalized (dubbed by Mark Campbell), and The Starlighters offer their outstanding rendition of "Night Train" and "Earth Angel". The discordant points: "Time Bomb Town" by Lindsey Buckingham sounds more like a joke than a song. His vocals are terrible. What is he trying to reproduce vocally? Some kind of orgasm? I don't know. But it doesn't work. Eric Clapton does an okay job with "Heaven Is One Step Away", produced by Phil Collins, but it figures in the movie for about 5 seconds only (around the end), so it's not that memorable. My advice: if you liked the movie, you will probably like the soundtrack too.

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1	Huey Lewis And The News*	The Power Of Love (3:57)
		Producer - Huey Lewis And The News* Written-By - Chris Hayes , Huey Lewis , Johnny Colla
2	Lindsey Buckingham	Time Bomb Town (2:47)
		Producer - Richard Dashut Producer, Written-By - Lindsey Buckingham
3	Outatime Orchestra, The	Back To The Future (3:20)
		Producer, Conductor, Composed By - Alan Silvestri
4	Eric Clapton	Heaven Is One Step Away (4:13)
		Producer - Phil Collins Written-By - Eric Clapton
5	Huey Lewis And The News*	Back In Time (4:21)
		Producer - Huey Lewis And The News* Written-By - Chris Hayes , Huey Lewis , Johnny Colla , Sean Hopper
6	Outatime Orchestra, The	Back To The Future Overture (8:19)
		Producer, Conductor, Composed By - Alan Silvestri
7	Etta James	The Wallflower (Dance With Me Henry) (2:44)
		Producer - Maxwell Davis Written-By - James Etta Rogers* , Phyliss Otis
8	Marvin Berry And The Starlighters	Night Train (2:17)
		Piano [Uncredited] - Lloyd Tolbert Producer - Bones Howe Saxophone [Uncredited] - Tommy Thomas (2) Written-By - Jimmy Forest , Lewis Simpkins , Oscar Washington
9	Marvin Berry And The Starlighters	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) (3:01)
		Piano [Uncredited] - Lloyd Tolbert Producer - Bones Howe Saxophone [Uncredited] - Tommy Thomas (2) Vocals [Marvin Berry] - Harry Waters Jr. Written-By - Curtis Williams , Jesse Belvin
10	Marty McFly With The Starlighters	Johnny B. Goode (3:08)
		Guitar - Tim May Piano [Uncredited] - Lloyd Tolbert Producer - Bones Howe Saxophone [Uncredited] - Tommy Thomas (2) Vocals [Marty Mcfly] - Mark Campbell (2) Written-By - Chuck Berry

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