2LP - 140g Black Vinyl. Curated by John Hughes’ music supervisor Tarquin Gotch, this double vinyl release includes 25 tracks from the movies Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Pretty In Pink, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Some Kind Of Wonderful, Planes, Trains And Automobiles and She’s Having A Baby.
Demon Music group in conjunction with the Hughes family are proud to present the first official compilation of music from the movies of legendary filmmaker John Hughes, covering the classic eighties period 1983 – 1989.
For anyone growing up in the 1980s, the films of John Hughes are some of the most iconic of the decade and have created a lasting cultural impact still felt and referenced across TV, film and music. As well as the characters and stories created in these iconic movies, what made John Hughes’ movies different from the rest was the symbiotic relationship between scene and music. Whether Cameron Frye staring at the painting in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off set to The Dream Academy’s “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Instrumental)”, Duckie and Andie from Pretty In Pink at prom set to Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark’s “If You Leave”, or even Neal and Del’s classic “Those aren’t pillows” scene from Planes, Trains and Automobiles set to Emmylou Harris’ “Back In Baby’s Arms”. “
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Simple Minds - Don't You (Forget About Me) From The 1985 Movie The Breakfast Club
2. Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - If You Leave From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
3. Oingo Boingo - Weird Science From The 1985 Movie Weird Science
4. Yello - Oh Yeah From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
5. Thompson Twins - If You Were Here From The 1984 Movie Sixteen Candles
6. Lick The Tins - Can't Help Falling In Love From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
7. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
Side B
1. The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty In Pink From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
2. Furniture - Brilliant Mind From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
3. Big Audio Dynamite - BAD From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
4. Echo & The Bunnymen - Bring On The Dancing Horses From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
5. General Public - Tenderness From The 1985 Movie Weird Science
6. The Dream Academy - Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I
Want (Instrumental) From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Side C
1. Suzanne Vega & Joe Jackson - Left Of Center From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
2. Dave Wakeling - She's Having A Baby From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
3. Dr. Calculus - Full Of Love From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
4. Killing Joke - Eighties From The 1985 Movie Weird Science
5. Sigue Sigue Sputnik - Love Missile F1-11 (Ultraviolence Mix) From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
6. Flesh For Lulu - I Go Crazy From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
Side D
1. Kirsty MacColl - You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
2. Pete Shelley - Do Anything From The 1987 Movie Some Kind Of Wonderful
3. The Flowerpot Men - Beat City From The 1986 Movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
4. Bryan Ferry - Crazy Love From The 1988 Movie She’s Having A Baby
5. The Rave-Ups - Positively Lost Me From The 1986 Movie Pretty In Pink
6. Steve Earle & The Dukes - Six Days On The Road - Album Version From The 1987 Movie Planes, Trains And Automobiles