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Ghostbusters Soundtrack [ 1984 ]

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Ghostbusters

Ray Parker Jr.

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Savin' The Day

Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi

Plays when the Ghostbusters head to the apartment building to fight Gozer.

Cleanin' Up the Town

The Bus Boys

Plays when the Ghostbusters suit up and head to the hotel.

Laura Branigan

Is heard playing at Louis' party when he talks to Dana before she gets posessed.

I Can Wait Forever

A guy at the university is listening to the song on his walkman.

In The Name Of Love

The Thompson Twins

The song plays on the radio as the Ghostbusters eat a Chinese takeout.

Disco Inferno

The Trammps

Plays at Louis' party.

Mick Smiley

Plays when all the ghosts are released.

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3 years ago

I am sure during the attack of the marshmallow man(orig. Ghostbusters) there was a 1950s or 60s song played. Help!!

4 years ago

i cant remeber what song was played that went "nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah"

6 years ago

I can't remember the song that was played when the Pillsbury dough boy began coming apart. [email protected]

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Ghostbusters.

• Ghostbusters Written and Performed by Ray Parker Jr. Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
• Savin' the Day Written by Bobby Alessi and Dave Immer Produced by Phil Ramone Performed by Alessi ( Billy Alessi and Bobby Alessi )
• Hot Night Written by Diane Warren and The Doctor Produced by Jack White and Robbie Buchanan Performed by Laura Branigan Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
• Disco Inferno Written by Leroy Green and Ron Kersey Produced by Ron Kersey Performed by The Trammps Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. by arrangement with Warner Special Products
• Cleanin' Up the Town Written by Kevin O'Neal and Brian O'Neal Produced by Kevin O'Neal , Brian O'Neal , and John Leslie Hug (as John Hug) Performed by The Bus Boys Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
• In the Name of Love Written by Tom Bailey (as T. Bailey) Produced by Steve Lillywhite Performed by Thompson Twins Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
• I Can Wait Forever Written by Graham Russell , David Foster , and Jay Graydon Produced by David Foster and Jay Graydon Performed by Air Supply Courtesy of Arista Records, Inc.
• Magic Written by Mick Smiley Produced by Keith Forsey Performed by Mick Smiley

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Ghostbusters [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] Review

by Evan Cater

The soundtrack for the 1984 blockbuster comedy Ghostbusters, which starred Bill Murray , Dan Aykroyd , and Harold Ramis as a New York-based team of spook exterminators, follows the most common soundtrack formula for summer blockbuster hits: throw on a bunch of pop songs that were heard in the movie only for a few seconds, combine them with a couple of excerpts from the original score, and -- voila! -- you have a soundtrack album that makes for a very disjointed, schizophrenic listen, and does very little to conjure memories of the film. The major exceptions to the latter complaint, the songs which do conjure memories of the movie, are the two tracks from Elmer Bernstein 's score, Mick Smiley 's "Magic," which played a major role in the film, and the witty Ray Parker, Jr. theme song, "Ghostbusters," which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Song. (He lost to Stevie Wonder 's "I Just Called to Say I Love You.") Years later, Parker 's refrain of "Who you gonna call?" has remained a part of the cultural lexicon. As for Bernstein 's contribution, he has a tendency to write film music characterized by eerie keyboard meanderings which add little to the scenes he writes for.

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Ghostbusters Soundtrack

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The Ghostbusters Soundtrack was made for the first movie in 1984, and featured the hit single Ghostbusters. It has two songs also featured on the Score .

• 1.3 Bonus Tracks on Remastered Edition
• 2 In the Movie
• 4 References

Track Listings [ ]

• Performed by Ray Parker, Jr.
• Written by Ray Parker, Jr.
• Published by Golden Torch Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Raydiola Music (ASCAP)
• Produced by Ray Parker, Jr.
• Performed by The Bus Boys
• Written by Kevin O'Neal and Brian O'Neal
• Published by Golden Torch Music Corp. (ASCAP), Garcon Music (ASCAP), and Maitre De Music (ASCAP)
• Produced by Kevin O'Neal, Brian O'Neal, and John Hug
• Performed by Alessi Brothers
• Written by Bobby Alessi and Dave Immer
• Published by Gold Horizon Music Corp. (BMI) and More Alessi Music (BMI)
• Produced by Phil Ramone
• Performed by The Thompson Twins
• Written by Tom Bailey
• Published by Zomba Enterprises Inc. (ASCAP)
• Produced by Steve Lillywhite
• 1982 Hansa Prod. Ltd.
• Performed by Air Supply
• Written by Graham Russell, David Foster, and Jay Graydon
• Published by Nottsongs and Careers Music, Inc. and Riva Music Ltd. (BMI), Foster Frees Music (BMI), and Garden Rake Music (BMI)
• Produced by David Foster and Jay Graydon
• Performed by Laura Branigan
• Written by Diane Warren and The Doctor
• Published by Editions Sunset Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP) and Goosebump Music (BMI)
• Administered by Arista Music Publishing Group
• Produced by Jack White and Robbie Buchanan
• Executive Producer: Jack White
• Produced under license from Atlantic Recording Corp.
• 1984 Atlantic Recording Corp.
• Performed by Mick Smiley
• Written by Mick Smiley
• Published by Golo Horizon Music Corp. (BMI) and the Twin Towers Company (ASCAP)
• Produced by Keith Forsey
• Performed by Elmer Bernstein
• Published by Golden Torch Music Corp. (ASCAP)
• Produced by Elmer Bernstein
• Composed and Conducted by Elmer Bernstein
• Mastered by Ken Perry at K-Disc
• Special thanks to the staff at Arista Music Records and the Columbia Pictures Music Department

Bonus Tracks on Remastered Edition [ ]

• Performed by The Trammps

In the Movie [ ]

• Chapter: Chapter 1: Start
• Scene: During the title sequence.
• Chapter: Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard
• Scene: During the montage.
• Chapter: Chapter 28: Crossing Streams
• Scene: After Winston Zeddemore declares, "I love this town!"
• Chapter: Chapter 3: "Get Her!"
• Scene: When Ray Stantz , Peter Venkman , and Egon Spengler run out of the New York City Public Library .
• Chapter: Chapter 11: "We Got One!"
• Scene: After Janine Melnitz declares, "We got one!" and hits the alarm buzzer.
• Scene: When the final credits roll.
• Chapter: Chapter 24: Biblical
• Scene: Start of the chapter.
• Scene: The loading dock preparations.
• Chapter: Chapter 25: Working the Crowd
• Scene: In the course of the hand-stack.
• Scene: Plays at around "Effects Man Robert Spurlock" during creidts.
• Chapter: Chapter 04: Terminated
• Scene: When Ray greets Dean Yeager .
• Chapter: Chapter 10: Checking Out Dana
• Scene: When Ray, Peter, and Egon toast to Dana before they eat their magnificent feast.
• Chapter: Chapter 16: Dogs Drag Dana
• Scene: When Louis and Dana talk in the hall.
• Chapter: Chapter 21: Out of Biz
• Scene: After the ghosts exit out the hole in the Firehouse .
• Scene: Plays at around the New York Crew in the credits.
• Chapter: Chapter 17: "Who Brought the Dog?"
• Scene: Plays during Louis Tully 's party. The Burn, Baby, Burn chorus plays when Louis dances with the Tall Woman at Party .
• Everyone who appeared on the movie soundtrack previously tried to submit the theme song . [1]
• The first pressing of the album had included the Official Mail Order form .
• In the top right is the Ghostbusters Soundtrack Album, evidenced by the red sticker advertising Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters", "In the Name of Love" by Thompson Twins, "I Can't Wait Forever" by Air Supply, "Hot Night" by Laura Braingan, and and "Cleanin' Up The Town" by The Bus Boys
• In the bottom right is the LP cover of the Japanese version of the Ghostbusters Soundtrack.
• "Ghostbusters" plays in the opening title sequence.
• If the player flies the ghost to the top of the Ghost Realm map, Mick Smiley's "Magic" song plays.
• "Magic" also plays in the last cutscene.

References [ ]

• ↑ Greene, James, Jr., (2022). A Convenient Parallel Dimension: How Ghostbusters Slimed Us Forever , p. 50. Lyons Press, Essex, CT USA, ISBN 9781493048243 . Billy Alessi says: "Everybody who wound up on that soundtrack was fighting for that theme song."

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Ghostbusters

I’ve just spotted the official track list of the film score of Ghostbusters, the upcoming supernatural comedy movie reboot directed by Paul Feig and starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth:

Plot Synopsis: Ghostbusters makes its long-awaited return, rebooted with a cast of hilarious new characters. Thirty years after the beloved original franchise took the world by storm, director Paul Feig brings his fresh take to the supernatural comedy, joined by some of the funniest actors working today – Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, and Chris Hemsworth. This summer, they’re here to save the world!

The film score of Ghostbusters will be released on July 8, 2016 by Sony Classical.

And here’s the track list of the movie soundtrack of Ghostbusters:

The movie soundtrack will be released on June 15 by RCA Records.

You may listen to some of the songs below thanks to youtube:

Here’s the movie trailer:

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