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 Posted:   Apr 22, 2018 - 1:33 PM   
 By:   The Mutant   (Member)

Finally tracked down a copy of the 2-disc set and I’m really enjoying it. That King Kong chase cue is excellent. Vintage Silvestri percussion there. He’s still got it!

 
 Posted:   Apr 27, 2018 - 8:35 PM   
 By:   dogplant   (Member)

Finally tracked this down at Tower Records, on Sunset Boulevard in 1985, and was surprised to find they only had a budget-priced one-disc vinyl album with a mish-mash of songs and only a handful of soundtrack cues. The cover even had a sticker, 'Featuring: We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister' slapped on the front! But at least it had a cool fold-out Drew Struzan movie poster inside, which I have now Blu-tacked to my bedroom wall (Blu-tac won't leave a stain).

Ready Player One
1980s soundtrack album

Side A
1. “Jump” by Van Halen (2:06)
2. The Oasis (01:48)
3. "Why Can't We Go Backwards?" (04:19)
4. Real World Consequences (03:30)
5. “Dancing with Myself” by Billy Idol and Generation X (3:23)

Side B
6. “We’re Not Gonna Take It” by Twisted Sister (3:32)
7. Looking for A Truck (05:36)
8. "There's Something I Need to Do" (05:00)
9. End Credits (08:03)

Just kidding.




Edit: you're probably right, Spielboy! I was just musing how lucky we are these days, with soundtrack releases, compared to the days of "BTTF," "Gremlins" and "The Goonies"....

 
 Posted:   Apr 28, 2018 - 5:59 AM   
 By:   spielboy   (Member)

maybe you put too much score... considering BACK TO FUTURE soundtrack LP only had the main theme and the finale suite (2 cues out of 10) smile

 
 Posted:   May 3, 2018 - 3:15 PM   
 By:   jkheiser   (Member)

Amazon now says they are temporarily out of stock, but I suspect the situation is permanent.

That was a fast ride. I wonder how many discs were pressed.

 
 Posted:   May 3, 2018 - 3:21 PM   
 By:   Tom Servo   (Member)

maybe you put too much score... considering BACK TO FUTURE soundtrack LP only had the main theme and the finale suite (2 cues out of 10) smile

Good point! I would think if this were the mid-80's and we followed the original BTTF album as a template, the only score tracks included would the Main Theme and End Credits suite tracks, the last two on this current album.

 
 Posted:   May 3, 2018 - 3:46 PM   
 By:   dogplant   (Member)

maybe you put too much score... considering BACK TO FUTURE soundtrack LP only had the main theme and the finale suite (2 cues out of 10) smile

Good point! I would think if this were the mid-80's and we followed the original BTTF album as a template, the only score tracks included would the Main Theme and End Credits suite tracks, the last two on this current album.


Yes, "Back to the Future" was an overture and end title, played by the 'Outtatime Orchestra,' sharing space with eight songs, and I am not sure if all the songs were even in the film. "Gremlins" had five Goldsmith cues, on the B-side, accompanying three songs. "Goonies" really ticked me off, nine songs and one Grusin suite!

 
 
 Posted:   May 3, 2018 - 3:54 PM   
 By:   jgraebner   (Member)

Yes, "Back to the Future" was an overture and end title, played by the 'Outtatime Orchestra,' sharing space with eight songs, and I am not sure if all the songs were even in the film.

The songs are all in the film, but two of them ("Time Bomb Town" and "Heaven is One Step Away") are source music heard very briefly on radios and "Dance With Me Henry" is playing on a jukebox in the diner in 1955. The two Huey Lewis songs are used pretty prominently ("The Power of Love" during the skateboarding scene early in the film and "Back in Time" over the end credits) and the rest of the songs are all from the school dance.

As far as song albums go, it was a pretty good one, but obviously we shouldn't have had to wait over 20 years for a real score album.

 
 Posted:   May 4, 2018 - 4:50 AM   
 By:   Thomas   (Member)

Amazon now says they are temporarily out of stock, but I suspect the situation is permanent.

That was a fast ride. I wonder how many discs were pressed.


It's still available at Amazon UK, with no suggestion of limited numbers.

 
 Posted:   May 4, 2018 - 11:58 AM   
 By:   jkheiser   (Member)

It's still available at Amazon UK, with no suggestion of limited numbers.

Even WaterTower Music’s own store doesn’t have it. I’m glad I got mine while I could.

 
 Posted:   May 4, 2018 - 6:47 PM   
 By:   agentMaestraX   (Member)

My local HMV has 5 copies on display! Why-oh-why is this soundtrack not in chronological track order:
main/end titles at end of disc 2, but what a magical listening experience from A S!

 
 Posted:   May 10, 2018 - 7:15 AM   
 By:   thegreatmry   (Member)

For all you tapeheads out there...



https://www.fye.com/alan-silvestri---ready-player-one--original-motion-picture-soundtrack-exclusive-cassette-fye.000000794043196362.html?cgid=music#prefn1=isExclusive&prefv1=FYE+Exclusive&srule=Newest&start=7&sz=12

 
 Posted:   May 10, 2018 - 8:07 AM   
 By:   Dr. Nigel Channing   (Member)

My local HMV has 5 copies on display! Why-oh-why is this soundtrack not in chronological track order:
main/end titles at end of disc 2, but what a magical listening experience from A S!


The main title and end title play exactly in this order at the end of the film.

 
 
 Posted:   May 10, 2018 - 11:00 AM   
 By:   jfallon   (Member)

That’s awesome. Miss cassettes!! Not really, just for nostalgia sakes.

 
 Posted:   May 10, 2018 - 11:18 AM   
 By:   The Mutant   (Member)

“Arty on the inside”. Great stuff right there.

 
 Posted:   May 10, 2018 - 11:34 AM   
 By:   Shaun Rutherford   (Member)

“Arty on the inside”. Great stuff right there.

Try listening to "Everybody Runs" from Minority Report right after. That seemingly tired action sound Williams has been doing since that score sounds SO fresh and inventive after you hear Silvestri's "take" on it (I know Silvestri has also written string-based action, too, but this sounds more in line with Minority Report than Silvestri's own sound). Love "Arty On The Inside" all the same.

 
 Posted:   Aug 5, 2018 - 11:41 AM   
 By:   dogplant   (Member)

Finally nabbed the "RPO" Blu-ray and was thrilled to see Alan Silvestri discussing the score in one of the special features. He partly answered one of my questions, which I posted earlier in this thread, or maybe in Jon Broxton's review, but I was curious if anyone had deciphered the lyrics in ‘The Oasis,’ or if they knew what language they were singing?

Per Alan, in Laurent Bouzereau's Blu-ray documentary, Spielberg wanted a choral theme for the entry into the OASIS and, because of Halliday's knowledge of Latin, he suggested a pidgin Latin phrase, 'ovum patrice tui.' As Alan says, "That whole opening piece is the second clue of the film in Latin and the chorus is 'father's egg, easter egg, find me, come find me...'" – rather lovely, I thought.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 7, 2018 - 10:38 AM   
 By:   ryankeaveney   (Member)

Picked this up on Amazon.ca new for $6.23. Had to have it delivered first so I could confirm it wasn't an elaborate prank.

 
 
 Posted:   Aug 26, 2019 - 10:46 AM   
 By:   henry   (Member)

I love Williams and would love Silvestri to take over for him with Spielberg, once Williams retires.smile

 
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