Stan Bush contributes two tracks the first being the aforementioned “The Touch” (covered on the credits of Boogie Nights by Dirk Diggler) and the second being “Dare”, both songs when listened to now by someone who hadn’t heard them before would simply be dismissed as cheesy 80’s disposable pop, but I protest, they are far better than that. The Transformers theme is covered fantastically well and turned into a dirty piece of 80’s rock by the largely unknown band Lion, they add in a few cheesy lyrics but it works so well you cant help but love it. The soundtrack ties in perfectly with the movie, with the track selection complimenting the action sequences, for example when Optimus Prime fights Megatron at Autobot HQ you get a real sense of importance of the scene and of Prime’s heroism when “The Touch” fire’s up, it is a scene where I cant help but feel inspired, even now, 20 years after seeing it for the first time. It has everything from cringe worthy 80’s pop by Stan Bush, some dirty rock’n’roll in Spectre General, Lion & NRG, a bit of comedy relief from Weird Al Yankovic and the prog rock/electronic sounds of keyboard master Vince DiCola.
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The movie might as well have been labelled a musical as it has a killer prog/rock soundtrack that is cranked at every possible occasion. I was always a huge fan of the show as a kid, so when the opportunity to win a VHS copy of the movie by entering a colouring competition in the local newspaper came up, I jumped at it, I’m not sure whether I was the only kid to enter the comp or if everyone else just couldn’t colour inside the lines but I won & came out with that VHS, and a life long love affair begun.Īs anyone who has ever seen the Transformers will know, it’s basically a battle between the heroic Autobots, led by Optimus Prime and the evil Decepticons, led by Megatron and in the case of the movie a giant transforming planet known as the Unicron who is out to devour everything in it’s path…far fetched, yes, but it has everything that a kid with a wild imagination needs.
Review Summary: This is the soundtrack to the greatest animated film ever made.įor everyone there is a movie, television show or song that will remind them of their childhood, I have a few, for instance I remember getting up early in the morning and religiously watching The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons, I remember listening to my Dad play Born In The USA by Springsteen & Back In Black by AC/DC but the one memory I have of my childhood years that still sticks with me is watching the original Transformers animated movie.
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