Ghostbusters [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

by Ghostbusters / O.s.t. (Bonus Tr

Overview

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. [Arista/Legacy reissued the Ghostbusters soundtrack in 2006 with two bonus tracks: a full 11-minute version of "Disco Inferno" and a 12" single remix of "Ghostbusters."] ~ Evan Cater

Product Details

Release Date:	02/28/2006
Label:	Arista / Sony Legacy
UPC:	0828767598529
Rank:	55934

Tracks

1. Ghostbusters
2. Cleanin' Up the Town
3. Savin' the Day
4. In the Name of Love
5. I Can Wait Forever
6. Hot Night
7. Magic
8. Ghostbusters (Main Title Theme)
9. Dana's Theme
10. Ghostbusters [Instrumental]
11. Disco Inferno
12. Ghostbusters [12" Remix]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Laura Branigan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Elmer Bernstein   Primary Artist,Conductor
Air Supply   Primary Artist
The BusBoys   Primary Artist
Ray Parker, Jr.   Primary Artist,Vocals
Mick Smiley   Primary Artist
Thompson Twins   Primary Artist
Bobby Alessi   Primary Artist
The Trammps   Primary Artist
Alessi Brothers   Primary Artist,Vocals

Technical Credits

Steve Lillywhite   Producer
Keith Forsey   Producer
Brian O'Neal   Composer,Producer
Jack White   Executive Producer,Producer
John Leslie Hug   Producer
Ken Perry   Mastering
Chris Bell   Composer
Joe Leeway   Composer
Laura Branigan   Performer
Frankie Beverly   Composer
Elmer Bernstein   Composer,Producer
Graham Russell   Composer
John Roog   Composer
Jay Graydon   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Songwriter
Peter Dodd   Composer
Phil Ramone   Producer
Alessi Brothers   Performer
Ray Parker, Jr.   Composer,Producer,Performer
Mezzoforte   Composer
Air Supply   Performer
Tom Bailey   Composer
Thompson Twins   Performer
Diane Warren   Composer
Bobby Alessi   Composer
C. Bell   Composer
The BusBoys   Performer
Kevin O'Neal   Composer,Producer
Robbie Buchanan   Producer
David Foster   Composer,Producer
Matthew Seligman   Composer
Mick Smiley   Composer,Producer,Performer
Ric Ocasek   Composer
Alannah Currie   Composer
Doctor   Composer
Leroy Green   Composer
Joseph d'Ambrosio   Production Coordination
A. Currie   Composer
Tyrone Garfield Kersey   Composer