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@Sean - I can't embed video's either. Pissing me off, maybe it's my Safari browser?

Anyways, one of the best and one of my favorite movies of the 80's - Repo Man

Awesome soundtrack:

• 1. Repo Man by Iggy Pop
• 2. T.V. Party by Black Flag
• 3. Institutionalized by Suicidal Tendencies
• 4. Coup D’Etat by Circle Jerks
• 5. El Clavo Y La Cruz by The Plugz
• 6. Pablo Picasso(Jonathan Richmond cover) by Burning Sensations
• 7. Let’s Have A War by Fear
• 8. When The Shit Hits The Fan by Circle Jerks
  
• 9. Hombre Secreto (Secret Agent Man) by The Plugz
• 10. Bad Man by Juicy Bananas
• 11. Reel Ten by The Plugz

Incredible (at least to me) Circle Jerks, Suicidal Tendencies, Iggy Pop, Black Flag.... And Emilio Estevez, Harry Dean Stanton. Plus it's part Sci-Fi and part Punk!

Here's a good page with video clips

This is a must see if you haven't already....

Mothman Prophecies

Regarded as some to be a 'weak' movie but I felt it was somewhat cool and compelling. I was especially "haunted' by the superb soundtrack, which I sought out and purchased after seeing the movie. It was the first time I heard of King Black Acid, tomandandy. Obviously, I knew of Low and Glen Branca but didn't identify them until I bought the 2 disc soundtrack.

"The Mothman Prophecies' soundtrack shows a new and bold direction as far as mainstream, big-budget movie soundtracks are concerned. There are a variety of composers and artists on this recording who would never see the light of day, let alone be featured, in a Richard Gere movie. Of particular interest on this recording are some excellent tracks featuring Low with Tomandandy, as well as an entire CD (it's a two-CD set) dedicated to the work of King Black Acid. There's also an interesting track by Glenn Branca, who's associated with the Sonic Youth crowd. A highlight on this recording is the work of Tomandandy and their full-on music score for this film. That alone might make this recording worthy of purchase, or at least picking it up at the used CD store. Check it out. It won't blow your mind, but it's interesting." ~ Matt Borghi

Disc One:

• 1. "Half Light" (single) - Low with tomandandy
• 2. "Wake Up #37" - King Black Acid
• 3. "Haunted" - King Black Acid
• 4. "One and Only" - King Black Acid
• 5. "Collage" - Glen Branca
• 6. "Great Spaces" - King Black Acid
• 7. "Rolling Under" - King Black Acid
• 8. "Half Life" - King Black Acid
• 9. "Soul Systems Burn" - King Black Acid
• 10. "Half Light" (tail credit) - Low with tomandandy

Disc Two:

• 1. Movement 1: Composed of 12 Members / Retrace / A New Home / MRI / Welcome To Point Pleasant
• 2. Movement 2: Point Pleasant / Seeing Strange Things / It's A Coice And It's Saying, Do Not Be Afraid / He's Wrong / Denver 9
• 3. Movement 3: I Had A Dream Like That / Not From Human Vocal Chords / Zone Of Fear / Ring Ring / Leek / Leek Wouldn't See Me
• 4. Movement 4: All At Once, I Understand, Everything / Do You Know That Woman? / The Tape Reveals / We Are Not Allowed To Know
• 5. Movement 5: It's How I Ended Up Here / Airport / I Have To Go
• 6. Movement 6: We Have Dinner At 6, and We Open Presents at 8 / 12:00 Call
• 7. Movement 7: The Bridge
• 8. Movement 8: Mirror Drone / John's Theme / Cellos

Oh yeah, also for the movie, I've been in love with Laura Linney for quite some time now.

Blowup is a 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English-language film. It tells of a photographer's accidental involvement with a murder, inspired by Julio Cortázar's 1959 short story, "Las babas del diablo" or "The Devil's Drool",^[1] and by the life of Swinging London photographer David Bailey. The film was scored by jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, although the music is source music, as Hancock noted: "It's only there when someone turns on the radio or puts on a record."^[2] Nominated for several awards at the Cannes Film Festival, Blowup won the Grand Prix.

Blowup stars David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, Sarah Miles, John Castle, Jane Birkin, Tsai Chin and Gillian Hills. The 1960s model Veruschka has a scene considered by Premiere Magazine as "the sexiest cinematic moment in history". The screenplay was written by Antonioni and Tonino Guerra, with English dialogue by British playwright Edward Bond. The film was produced by Carlo Ponti, who had contracted Antonioni to make three English-language films for MGM (the others were Zabriskie Point and The Passenger).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup

Les Stances a Sophie is a 1970 soundtrack album by the Art Ensemble of Chicago recorded in Paris for a French film directed by Moshe Mizrahi and first released on the Pathé Marconi label in France and on Nessa Records in the U.S.. It features performances by Lester Bowie, Joseph Jarman, Roscoe Mitchell, Malachi Favors Maghostut, Fontella Bass and Don Moye. Moshe Mizrahi commissioned the original music for the film with the band only having two weeks left on their French visas.^[1] Allmusic reviewer Brian Olewnick calls the album "one of the landmark records of the burgeoning avant-garde of the time and, simply put, one of the greatest jazz albums ever".^[2]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Stances_a_Sophie

1969's - Easy Rider

The Band's original version of "The Weight" was used in the movie Easy Rider, but the 1969 soundtrack album from the film had instead a cover version by the group Smith.

When Easy Rider became a successful film upon release, a decision was made to release a soundtrack album, and most labels agreed to license their tracks to Dunhill/ABC. Only Capitol Records held out, so the Band's version of "The Weight" was replaced by a near-copy recorded by Dunhill act Smith. The soundtrack album also featured some dialogue and sound effects from the film. The result was a commercial bonanza: The album reached the Top Ten and went gold, becoming the second most successful soundtrack LP of the year, after the Nino Rota score to Romeo and Juliet. Just as the film transformed values in Hollywood, the soundtrack album helped give birth to a new business in which soundtrack albums became
collections of various pop songs that sometimes out-grossed the films with which they were associated. - William Ruhlmann

• The Pusher (Hoyt Axton) - Steppenwolf
• Born To Be Wild (Mars Bonfire) - Steppenwolf
• I Wasn't Born To Follow (Gerry Goffin & Carole King) - The Byrds
• The Weight (Robertson,Robbie) - Smith
• If You Want To Be A Bird (Antonia Duren) - The Holy Modal Rounders
• Dont' Bogart Me (Elliott Ingber & Larry Wagner) - Fraternity of Man
• If Six Was Nine (Jimi Hendrix) - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
• Kyrie Eleison Mardi Gras (David Axelrod) - The Electric Prunes
• It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) (Bob Dylan) - Roger McGuinn
• Ballad Of Easy Rider (Roger McGuinn) - Roger McGuinn

1983's - Suburbia

"When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them apart. Directed by Penelope Spheeris of "Decline of Western Civilization." - IMDb

Soundtrack

• Richard Hung Himself - D.I.
• Wash Away - T.S.O.L.
• Darker My Love - T.S.O.L.
• Legend of Pat Brown - The Vandals
• Picking Up Joe - Alex Gibson
• Ethan's Rescue - Alex Gibson
• Punk Parade - Alex Gibson
• Sheila's Song - Alex Gibson
• Keep Off the Grass - Alex Gibson
• Garage Raids - Alex Gibson
• T.R. Revisited - Alex Gibson
• Suburbia - Alex Gibson

Penelope Spheeris

Alex Gibson

1983's - Valley Girl

Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends. - IMDb

The soundtrack features a host of new wave recording artists including the Plimsouls and Josie Cotton, both of whom appeared in the film. Songs by Bonnie Hayes, Modern English and the Payolas were also featured prominently.

Many of the songs were minor chart hits in 1982–1983. Josie Cotton's "Johnny, Are You Queer?" was a regional hit in Southern California in 1981, reaching #5 on KROQ's Top 106 of the year and "He Could Be the One" from her album Convertible Music had reached #74 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1982. The song heard over the opening credits is "Girls Like Me" from Bonnie Hayes' 1982 album Good Clean Fun, which "bubbled under" the Billboard 200 album chart at #206. The Plimsouls' "A Million Miles Away" and the Payolas' "Eyes of a Stranger" were moderate hits in 1982, reaching #11 and #22, respectively, on Billboard's Top Tracks chart. "I Melt with You" by Modern English reached #78 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1983.

The end credits show songs by The Clash, Culture Club, Bananarama and The Jam, however, those songs aren't heard in the film. After the film was completed, problems arose in acquiring the music rights and substitute songs had to be dubbed in. Altogether, the music rights cost $250,000 on top of the film's original $350,000 budget.

The planned release of a soundtrack album on Epic Records was cancelled due to the clearance problems with some of the songs. Instead, a different six-song mini-album was manufactured by Roadshow Records, a one-off subsidiary of Atlantic Releasing Corp. The album was never commercially released, but a few copies leaked out and became highly valued collector's items. More common is a counterfeit copy which is distinguished by the misspelling of the title as "Valley Girls" on the spine of the album cover.

In 1994, Rhino Records released a compilation of songs from the film's soundtrack on compact disc which peaked at #155 on the Billboard 200. This was followed by a second volume titled More Music from the Valley Girl Soundtrack in 1995. - Wiki

• 1. A Million Miles Away - Plimsouls
• 2. Johnny, Are You Queer? - Josie Cotton
• 3. Eyes of a Stranger - Payolas
• 4. Angst in My Pants - Sparks
• 5. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
• 6. Everywhere at Once - Plimsouls
• 7. I La La La Love You - Pat Travers
• 8. He Could Be the One - Josie Cotton
• 9. Love My Way - Psychedelic Furs
• 10. Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime) - The Flirts
• 11. The Fanatic - Felony
• 12. She Talks in Stereo - Gary Myrick and the Figures
• 13. Oldest Story in the World - Plimsouls
• 14. School Is In - Josie Cotton
• 15. I Melt with You - Modern English