The Transformers: The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack »
Label:	Scotti Bros. Records
Release date:	August 8, 1986 March 10, 1992 (CD)
1999 CD re-release
Label:	Scotti Bros. Records Volcano Entertainment
Release date:	1999
Prod. code:	61422-32015-2
ASIN:	B00000I01C
20th Anniversary Edition
Label:	Volcano Entertainment Legacy Recordings
Release date:	May 29, 2007
Prod. code:	88697-09656-2
ASIN:	B000PHW236

The Transformers: The Movie — Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the official soundtrack issued in 1986 on the day of the movie's release (August 8th), featuring songs used in The Transformers: The Movie.

The album was originally released on Scotti Bros. Records, and sold in both vinyl LP (long-playing) record form and audio cassette. On March 10th, 1992, it was released on CD with a scaled-down version of the original artwork, and then again in 1999 with a new cover (there is no new copyright information on either CDs' booklet or outer case to indicate when they were released).

The movie's soundtrack is a mixture of arena rock and "hair metal" songs by an array of obscure artists, mixed with synthesizer instrumental tracks by Vince DiCola. A lone New Wave-style track by genre parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic rounds out the set.

Track listing

1. "The Touch" - Stan Bush
2. "Instruments of Destruction" - N.R.G.
3. "Death of Optimus Prime" - Vince DiCola
4. "Dare" - Stan Bush
5. "Nothin's Gonna Stand in Our Way" - Spectre General
6. "The Transformers (Theme)" - Lion
7. "Escape" - Vince DiCola
8. "Hunger" - Spectre General
9. "Autobot/Decepticon Battle" - Vince DiCola
10. "Dare to Be Stupid" - "Weird Al" Yankovic

3H Edition

In 1997, the newly-formed 3H Enterprises produced as a BotCon 1997 exclusive a double-CD set called 'Til All Are One: Featuring Stan Bush and Vince DiCola. The second disc contains all of the background score (by Vince DiCola) that was not on the original soundtrack, including several "alternate" pieces for scenes that used songs from the original soundtrack, plus "Legacy", the audition piece that got Vince the job. Other albums released by 3H which include music from the movie are BotCon '97 - The Concert, Vince DiCola Presents: The Protoform Sessions, Artistic Transformations: Themes and Variations, and Lighting Their Darkest Hour: The Complete Music Score for TFTM. All of these 3H albums are long since sold out.

20th Anniversary Edition

On May 29, 2007, Legacy Recordings re-released the soundtrack in a 20th Anniversary Edition containing the above tracks from the original 1986 release plus these additional tracks:

11. "Unicron Medley" - Vince DiCola

12. "Moon Base 2 - Shuttle Launch" - Vince DiCola

13. "Megatron Must Be Stopped" (Parts 1 and 2) - Vince DiCola

14. The Transformers Theme (Alternate) - Stan Bush and Vince DiCola

Notes

• It's so '80s that it hurts.
• Escape was later used as the title song for the Commodore 64 version of the computer game Turrican.
• An Australian radio comedy series called Get This also used four tracks from the soundtrack for a sketch called 'Passiona High', about a nerd who wins a synthesizer competition. The songs used were "The Touch," "Dare", "Escape" and "Autobot/Decepticon Battle"