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Post by jameso on Mar 2, 2008 17:45:36 GMT
I got the soundtrack on cd for the first time a few weeks ago. Transferred it to my mp3 player, played it non stop for a whole week afterwards. Brilliant, brilliant stuff.
For ease of reference, I haven't included the bonus tracks, which were on the version I got.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2008 19:07:09 GMT
I keep meaning to pick it up at some point. I still have the tape I got on my 9th birthday but it's utterly knackered from being played so much back in the day.
-Ralph
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Post by duffism1981 on Mar 2, 2008 20:52:37 GMT
I had to pick The Touch, just as its not only my favourite song from the sound track, but also my all time favourite song. It's such a great pick me up when you are down. It's just pure eighties goodness.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Mar 3, 2008 16:13:41 GMT
Yes, but if you hear several Stan Bush songs back to back you realise they are all the same, and "pick me up" is soon replaced by a sense of bland monotony.
I'm not voting in this poll, because I think the best music from the Movie was Unicron's Theme.
Martin
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Post by Gav on Mar 3, 2008 16:16:18 GMT
Autobot/Decepticon Battle is my favourite. Despite loving the cheesiness of the rest of the soundtrack - i love the intrumentals most. Amazing basslines and some really impressive key-work as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2008 17:49:11 GMT
Martin's right about most of Stan Bush's songs all sounding the same but I still like The Touch. I also like Lion's version of the Transformers Theme which turned a pretty bland TV theme tune into an 80's American rock classic.
I have the CD of the Transformers OST but it was an import I got a few years ago and contains none of the bonus tracks found on the recent release.
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Post by legios on Mar 3, 2008 21:43:53 GMT
I actually have a great liking for "Instruments of Destruction" of all things. Not the sort of track I am normally disposed towards but for historical reasons I am rather attached to it.
When I first played "Wing Commander" my PC didn't have a sound-card (this was back in the dim and distant dark ages, when we still thought Steve Austin had amazing Cyborg enhancements - that was how primitive thing were). So I ended up having to mix my own musical accompaniement from things I had on various tapes. I discovered in the process of this that "Instruments" was an excellent piece of music to dog-fight to (great for inspiration when tangling with Jaltha that out-gun you six to two in an itty-bitty Hornet). So of all the tracks on the animated film soundtrack, that's the one that I have an attachment to.
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Post by Gav on Mar 3, 2008 22:51:59 GMT
Instruments of Destruction has the best bit of 80's hair-metal wailing I've ever heard at the end. Supoib.
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Post by kayevcee on Mar 4, 2008 0:49:16 GMT
I also voted for Instruments of Destruction. If memory serves, it played in the opening scene as an entire planet was devoured by another planet with a giant insectoid mouth on the front. The whole thing came together to make one of the most memorable film openings I've ever seen.
Karl- fighting a jaltha in a hornet? How many months did it take you to get through the shields?
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Post by jameso on Mar 4, 2008 1:09:55 GMT
Nick, Instruments of Destruction is the one playing when the Decepticons hijack the Autobot shuttle and shoot down Brawn, Prowl etc. Martin, funnily enough one of the bonus tracks on the 20th anniversary edition is a medley of the Unicron music - I should have included it, and you could have voted!  |
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Post by legios on Mar 4, 2008 21:19:45 GMT
Karl- fighting a jaltha in a hornet? How many months did it take you to get through the shields? -Nick It's an education. Actually that isn't the most frustrating thing about it. The worst thing is having to fight Jalth with Maniac as a wingman. I think he got me killed more times than the Kilrathi did. Martin, funnily enough one of the bonus tracks on the 20th anniversary edition is a medley of the Unicron music - I should have included it, and you could have voted! Funnily enough I hadn't really given the Unicron theme much thought up until now, but it is a quite workable piece of scoring. I don't think it is entirely my cup of tea, but it does fit his character quite well I guess. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2008 21:46:41 GMT
Dum da dum da ddaa dum DA DA DUM! WUMHAHUMHA! Dun da dum daadaaada WHUNNNNCRUCNH! DOODLEWEEOOOEWEEE DUM DA DUM DUM WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH.
-Ralph
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Post by elliotthopkins on Mar 4, 2008 21:49:21 GMT
It's 'Hunger' for me.
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Post by Bogatan on Mar 6, 2008 13:18:43 GMT
Tough choice, I'll need to think about it. Probably Instruments as well, but Dare is always good fun.
As for Stan Bush, I got his album at Botcon last year, finally got around to listening to it and I have to admit to liking it. Hes still doing cheesy 80s rock. The new version of the Touch is not really very new but just different enough to be a bit of a change.
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Post by The Huff on Mar 7, 2008 12:33:28 GMT
Dare is my fave. A really upbeat track that makes you feel good about generally everything. It's also the song from the film that stuck in my head after watching it at the cinema all those years ago.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 7, 2008 12:35:42 GMT
Welcome aboard Matt! Dare was my pick as well for pretty much the same reasons.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 9, 2008 17:42:03 GMT
Howdy, Matt!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 24, 2015 7:58:09 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 24, 2015 10:41:40 GMT
After Zavvi screwed up my order for the blue LP last year I must have this.
Unless its really insanely hard to get, then I might not be so bothered.
In related news Weird Al played Dare to be Stupid as part of his current/recent tour. It was awesome. The video lead in to the song even included a clip from TF Animated.
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Post by blueshift on Oct 24, 2015 10:44:12 GMT
Not gonna lie, that sounds great. I wonder how much/how hard it will be to get.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2015 14:32:25 GMT
OoooooooOOOOOoooooo.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 24, 2015 17:48:03 GMT
Hopefully there will be a few stores in the UK that get that in.
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Post by primenova on Nov 9, 2015 12:56:48 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 22, 2019 20:51:54 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jun 23, 2019 1:19:11 GMT
You know I've been thinking... I kinda don't think the movie would be nearly as iconic or well remembered as it is without it's soundtrack of hair metal ballads, or Di Cola's perfectly matching synth score.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 23, 2019 5:42:08 GMT
You know I've been thinking... I kinda don't think the movie would be nearly as iconic or well remembered as it is without it's soundtrack of hair metal ballads, or Di Cola's perfectly matching synth score. Oh absolutely. Actually I think it's a perfect storm of great soundtrack, script, animation and VA, most of which was pretty accidental (compare to GI Joe and the my little pony movies at the same time) |
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Post by Toph on Jun 23, 2019 6:46:07 GMT
I would disagree about the script. IMO, it's pretty weak.
Maguffin that's never been mentioned before yet everyone knows about is the only thing that can stop the giant robot planet from eating cybertron.
All favorite characters ignored or destroyed, save for the dinobots, new characters not given much in the way of development. Just enough screentime to give you the basics of their personality, but not much to actually do.
Run time isn't even an hour and a half, and even that is padded with the Quintessons.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 23, 2019 6:55:06 GMT
I would disagree about the script. IMO, it's pretty weak. Maguffin that's never been mentioned before yet everyone knows about is the only thing that can stop the giant robot planet from eating cybertron. All favorite characters ignored or destroyed, save for the dinobots, new characters not given much in the way of development. Just enough screentime to give you the basics of their personality, but not much to actually do. Run time isn't even an hour and a half, and even that is padded with the Quintessons. As it's own thing, it's logically consistent though. As someone from a country which didn't really get the cartoon, I had no problem with any of the above. But I meant more in terms of the sharp dialogue. Nearly every line is quotable. It was interesting when a much earlier draft was unearthed a while back and put online. It's much the same plot but a lot rougher and more workmanlike. They clearly got someone in to 'punch up' all the dialogue. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 23, 2019 7:02:05 GMT
Flint Dille did all the rewrites.
Which is ironic, because the original draft was written by Ron Friedman, whose job on the the first two seasons of the cartoon was specifically to 'punch up' the dialogue.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 23, 2019 9:19:34 GMT
It is a flawless film which I never tire of watching.
-Ralph
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