What do you think are the best songs from an 80's Movie? Usually I'd say a movie that did well in the 80's also had a hit song and a video on MTV.
Examples...Purple Rain probably wouldn't have done so well had it not had the ENTIRE soundtrack that came with it. All those songs are classic, add a little controversy (anyone know the lyrics to "Darling Nikki"?) equals hit movie and soundtrack.

Disappointing soundtrack, but a great movie "16 Candles"..man, that movie had so many good songs in it, too bad a lot of them weren't on the soundtrack though. You had some Spandau Ballet, Wham, Thompson Twins, and Madness.

Ok, so best Song from an 80's movie...
1-Power of Love from Back to the Future. I'm a huge Huey Lewis+the News fan.

2-Maniac from Flashdance

3-Footloose. I love all the songs on this soundtrack!



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The Touch By Stan Bush-Transformers The Movie

Dream Warriors By Dokken- Nightmare On Elm St 3

And Love Kills By Vinnie Vincent Invasion-Nightmare On Elm 4

And The Honorable Mention Goes To
Nobody Rides For Free By Ratt-Point Break

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The Final Countdown by Europe!!!!
And also The Eye Of The Tiger by Survivor
Guess I have a thing for Rocky songs hehehe.

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Mine would have to be St Elmo's Fire - I really like that song - very powerful! in the chorus it sounds like John Parr's head is going to explode! great song - all my friends love it! and so do I /ubb/smilies/smile.gif

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My favorite song from a movie is Up Where We Belong from An Officer and a Gentleman



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I have a few:
"On The Darkside" -from "Eddie and the Cruisers"
"I'm Alright" - from "Caddyshack"
"Footloose" - from "Footloose"
"Love Somebody" - from "Hard To Hold"

Who Ya Gonna Call for this answer?

GHOSTBUSTERS!

I picked up the soundtrack for Subway last week. Anyone remember the Christopher Lambert/Isabelle Adjani styler? I think that was the first movie I saw Jean Reno in.

Anyway, back to the point gobshite, I still love the track "Only Mystery". There's just something haunting about the line: "How can we keep on wathching that f&@#ing tv. We're so bored we don't even care what we see."

Still does something special for me. Especially cause it sounds so strange coming from a relatively mellow song.

Trivia - one of the earlier Eric Serra soundtracks. Same guy that went on to do La Femme Nikita, Fifth Element and many others.

I always liked "I can dream about you (Dan Hartman)" off of the "Streets of Fire" soundtrack. I also liked the movie (think I was the only one...)

You could be right Shakey.

Into The Groove, Madonna, from Desperately Seeking Susan.

I'll add "Invincible" by Pat Benatar from the film "The Legend Of Billy Jean"
and "Burning Heart" by Survivor from "Rocky IV".

INVINCIBLE..(PAT BENATAR/BILLY JEAN)
SECRET OF MY SUCCESS (NIGHT RANGER/SECRET OF MY SUCCESS)
I'M FREE (KENNY LOGGINS/FOOTLOOSE)
FOOTLOOSE (KENNY LOGGINS/FOOTLOOSE)
MAN IN MOTION (JOHN PARR/ST. ELMO'S FIRE)
DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME (SIMPLE MINDS/BREAKFAST CLUB)
GHOSTBUSTERS (RAY PARKER JR./GHOSTBUSTERS)
FAME (IRENE CARA/FAME)
ARTHUR'S THEME (CHRISTOPHER CROSS/ARTHUR)

...................and many many many more :)

-Nothing's gonna stop us now by Starship in ''Mannequin''
-Don't you by Simple Minds in ''Breakfast Club''
-Goonies ''R'' Good enough by Cyndi Lauper in ''The Goonies''
-Lethal Weapon by Honeymoon Suite in ''Lethal Weapon''
-Wild Again by Starship in ''Cocktail''
-Power of Love by Huey Lewis & The News in ''Back to the Future''
-St.Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion) by John Parr
-Take me, I'll follow you by Bobby Cardwell in ''Mac & Me''
-Footloose by Kenny Loggins
-If you leave by OMD in ''Pretty in Pink''
-Mighty Wings by Cheap Trick in ''Top Gun''
-Hungry Eyes by Eric Carmen in ''Dirty Dancing''

Somebody's baby- Jackson Browne from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.... it was never on a Jackson Browne album until his best of. Was only on the Fast Times soundtrack

DON'T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME , BY SIMPLE MINDS_ FROM : THE BREAKFAST CLUB :happy:

"Run Now" - Tommy Keene appeared not only on the soundtrack, but actually showed a clip of him playing live in the movie Out Of Bounds.

If you Were Here: 16 Candles
Take My Breath Away: Top Gun
Rock On: Dream A little Dream

-ali

HrmmmMm

hungry eyes- dirty dancing

kokomo - cocktail

what a feeling - flashdance

Maniac - flashdance

Footloose - footloose (DUH)

Nothings gonna stop us now- mannequin

take my breath away- top gun

"Just Can't Get Enough" (Depeche Mode) from Summer Lovers.
"Top Gun Theme" by Joe Satriani.

Stand Up and be Counted -Fastway (From Trick or Treat)
...I dig the entire soundtrack, actually! :thumb:

Mine are:
Cry Little Sister - Gerard McMann (The Lost Boys)
Beauty Has Her Way - Mummy Calls (The Lost Boys)
Together In Electric Dreams - Moroder/Oakey (Electric Dreams)
Magic Dance - David Bowie (Labyrinth)
Within You - David Bowie (Labyrinth)

I Can Dream About You ~ Dan Hartman http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/sof.jpg

Tonight is What it Means to Be Young ~ Fire Inc. http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/sof.jpg

One Foot Back in Your Door ~ Roman Holliday http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/teachers.jpg

Teacher Teacher ~ 38 Special http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/teachers.jpg

Love Theme From St. Elmo's Fire ~ David Foster http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/elmo.jpg

Never Ending Story ~ Limahl http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/neverend.jpg

If Anyone Had A Heart ~ John Waite http://www.geocities.com/godeltsihw/aln.jpg

Purple Rain is on now how about Darlin Nikki

I love the entire soundtracks to "Last American Virgin" and "Top Gun". My favorite though would have to be "So Far So Good" by Sheena Easton (from About Last Night)