Soundtrack Saturday: Ghostbusters

Posted in Soundtrack Saturday by - February 12, 2011

There is little contest over what film has my heart, it’s always been Ghostbusters ever since I saw it in the cinemas when I was only six years old.  Naturally the novel of the film became worn through as I read it several times a year and eventually I discovered the soundtrack.  Back then it was really hard to come by a soundtrack, my parents weren’t into music that much and money was tight enough that tapes or LPs were a luxury that at the time I wasn’t really into anyway.

The internet was quite a while off.

But then a friend of mine went overseas and picked up both the Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 soundtracks on tape, dodgy tape because it cut off the songs at the end of each side.  I still anticipate the break point in Air Supply’s I can Wait Forever.  But for several years that was the only copy I had and I made good use of it!

There’s some confusion over the ultimate edition of the Ghostbusters soundtrack as apparently there were bonus tracks on some editions including Disco Inferno (which is in the background at Louise’s dinner party – I assume he got the album quite cheap somewhere!).  But I grew up without Disco Inferno on the soundtrack and it’s an unwelcome edition now for me.

Tracklisting

  1. Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr. [4:06]
  2. Cleanin’ Up The Town – The Bus Boys [2:59]
  3. Savin’ The Day – Alessi [3:24]
  4. In The Name Of Love – Thompson Twins [3:20]
  5. I Can Wait Forever – Air Supply [5:09]
  6. Hot Night – Laura Branigan [3:23]
  7. Magic – Mick Smiley [4:21]
  8. Main Title Theme (Ghostbusters) – Elmer Bernstein [3:01]
  9. Dana’s Theme – Elmer Bernstein [3:32]
  10. Ghostbusters (Instrumental) – Ray Parker Jr. [4:48]

I managed to get the full soundtrack below:

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2 Comments

  • Jeff
    February 13, 2011 at 2:50 pm

    Good stuff. Love “Savin’ the Day” especially. So 80′s. I don’t think I ever realized Air Supply was in the film, though. I feel somehow inadequate now.

    • Lee
      February 13, 2011 at 3:24 pm

      Will it make you feel more so when I tell you the exact scene that it is featured?

      Good.

      When the trio are being kicked out of the university a removal guy pushes past them and he is wearing a walkman or the like which is blaring the chorus of I can Wait Forever…