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*Unlike many of the other instrumental tracks, "Death of Optimus Prime" is included in the movie relatively intact. The only edit occurs 2:29 into the track, losing the next ten seconds of the song. Whether there was any corresponding animation cut is unclear, but it probably wasn't [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#The Transformers: The Movie|Optimus crumbling into dust]]. | *Unlike many of the other instrumental tracks, "Death of Optimus Prime" is included in the movie relatively intact. The only edit occurs 2:29 into the track, losing the next ten seconds of the song. Whether there was any corresponding animation cut is unclear, but it probably wasn't [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers#The Transformers: The Movie|Optimus crumbling into dust]]. | ||
==Notes== | |||
*An upbeat remix of "Death of Optimus Prime" was also later used as the ending theme of the [[Commodore 64]] version of the computer game ''[[Wikipedia:Turrican|Turrican]]''. | |||
==Releases== | ==Releases== | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 13 November 2015
| The name or term "Death of Optimus Prime" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Death of Optimus Prime (disambiguation). |
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 I'm not dead yet! I'm getting better! | ||
| "Death of Optimus Prime" | ||
| Performed by: | Vince DiCola | |
| Composed by: | Vince DiCola | |
| Arranged by: | Vince DiCola, Ed Frugé | |
| Produced by: | Vince DiCola, | |
"Death of Optimus Prime" is an instrumental synthesizer piece by Vince DiCola, featured on the 1986 album The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. It is featured in The Transformers: The Movie during, unsurprisingly, Optimus Prime's death scene, and it has the ability to make a tear run down the cheek of many a Transformers fan.
Cues
- 0:09 - Prime's body comes into view.
- 1:05 - Ultra Magnus takes Prime's hand.
- 1:25 - Prime reveals the Matrix of Leadership.
- 1:48 - Hot Rod catches the falling Matrix.
- 2:10 - Optimus flat-lines.
- 2:26 - His eyes go dead.
- 2:41 - His body turns grey.
- 2:57 - Parents storm out of the cinema with bawling kids in tow.
Edits
- Unlike many of the other instrumental tracks, "Death of Optimus Prime" is included in the movie relatively intact. The only edit occurs 2:29 into the track, losing the next ten seconds of the song. Whether there was any corresponding animation cut is unclear, but it probably wasn't Optimus crumbling into dust.
Notes
- An upbeat remix of "Death of Optimus Prime" was also later used as the ending theme of the Commodore 64 version of the computer game Turrican.
